# Stupid Republican idea of the day **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 26, 2009, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897 "2009-03-26T18:48:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1081
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2015, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21602 "2015-05-15T03:26:04Z")
> [@Zakalwe](#): > > Injuns? Nah. Let 'em run casinos and drink firewater. All they’re good for anyways. And frybread. Don’t forget the frybread. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2015, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21603 "2015-05-15T04:26:41Z")
> [@MacCat](#): > > “I’m running for president in 2016, and the focus is going to be about how we, if I run, how do you create high sustained economic growth.” > > Looks like W may be advising on communication skills as well as War Preznit Stuff… Numerous news sites ran with the headline: “For half a sentence, Jeb Bush is an official 2016 candidate” (or very similar, including the phrase “For half a sentence”). [Example.](http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/politics/fl-ap-bush-quote-20150513-story.html) Googling that headline turns up many others too. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2015, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21604 "2015-05-15T04:50:51Z")
> [@Zakalwe](#): > > Yeah, but it only counts once the white folk git there. Give 'em a few more years and some of them Spics’ll count (not Mexicans obviously). Cubans made it to damn near white in less than 40 years! Hell, **we got one runnin’ for President now**! Don’t tell me the 'Merican Dream is dead. > > Injuns? Nah. Let 'em run casinos and drink firewater. All they’re good for anyways. _cough_ **two** _cough_ ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2015, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21605 "2015-05-15T05:14:07Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > _cough_ **two** _cough_ Yes, though he LOOKS like the atavistic by-blow of a certain Irish-American alcoholic Wisconsin politician of yesteryear, Ted Cruz is actually Cuban by blood. ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2015, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21606 "2015-05-15T12:40:43Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > Didn’t some of the men in the Old Testament have concubines? So, no problem. One famous instance is recorded in[Sarah Presenting Hagar to Abraham](http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Adriaen_van_der_Werff_Sarah_presenting_Hagar_to_Abraham.jpg). Thomas Jefferson expressed his admiration for the painting. Not long after his daughter Polly arrived in France, accompanied by 14-year-old Sally Hemings… ETA: Concerning Ted Cruz’s lineage–his mother is Irish/Italian & attended Rice University in Houston. After a troubled marriage, she & Cruz Sr (who had 2 daughters from his first marriage) divorced after Teddy finished his schooling. Cruz Sr hogs the spotlight–she remains very private. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2015, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21607 "2015-05-15T13:12:08Z")
[A multiple scorer here:](http://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/davidbadash/citing_his_religious_beliefs_montana_man_shoots_bartender_for_using_wrong_tomato_juice?recruiter_id=2) > [@](#): > > Citing His Religious Beliefs, Montana Man Shoots Bartender For Using Wrong Tomato Juice ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2015, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21608 "2015-05-15T13:21:13Z")
I don’t know about the “Republican” part but that story makes up for it with double stupid. I’m always amazed these people forget that killing people is \*also \*against their religion. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2015, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21609 "2015-05-15T13:24:26Z")
The stupidest part to me is ordering a beer with tomato juice. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2015, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21610 "2015-05-15T13:25:30Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > _cough_ **two** _cough_ Three, if you count El Jebe. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2015, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21611 "2015-05-15T13:47:27Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > The stupidest part to me is ordering a beer with tomato juice. Not to mention the existence of “Clamato”. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2015, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21612 "2015-05-15T13:50:15Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > The stupidest part to me is ordering a beer with tomato juice. To be fair, I’m not even Jewish and I consider Clamato to be an offense against God. Who drinks _clam juice_? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2015, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21613 "2015-05-15T13:58:01Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > To be fair, I’m not even Jewish and I consider Clamato to be an offense against God. Who drinks _clam juice_? Someone trying to kill the taste of Budweiser. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2015, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21614 "2015-05-15T13:59:50Z")
[MyFOXNY censors nipples on a Picasso painting while on air.](http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2015/may/14/fox-news-picasso-painting-censorship) And we wonder why people make fun of America. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2015, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21615 "2015-05-15T14:00:09Z")
What exactly is clam juice anyway? Is it fresh squeezed? ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2015, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21616 "2015-05-15T14:01:57Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > [A multiple scorer here:](http://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/davidbadash/citing_his_religious_beliefs_montana_man_shoots_bartender_for_using_wrong_tomato_juice?recruiter_id=2) Potential foul here - no evidence the shooter is a Republican. I’ll admit that it is likely, but we should have some standards here. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2015, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21617 "2015-05-15T14:04:07Z")
In objection to [a California bill](http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article20999688.html) removing religious and personal-belief exemptions to state vaccination requirements: > [@](#): > > Sen. Joel Anderson, R-Alpine, raised the most vociferous objections, declaiming SB 277 at length as a violation of religious freedoms. “Do you have a right to steal my soul without my knowledge?” he asked, prompting murmurs across the Senate floor. Hmmm… how does he arrange fundraisers and campaign events if he won’t allow people to point cameras at him? ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2015, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21618 "2015-05-15T14:06:23Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > Potential foul here - no evidence the shooter is a Republican. 1. Citing religious belief as an excuse for behavior 2. Gun ownership without responsibility ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2015, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21619 "2015-05-15T14:06:27Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > Potential foul here - no evidence the shooter is a Republican. I’ll admit that it is likely, but we should have some standards here. I’m not so sure it’s likely. Jews tend to vote Democrat. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2015, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21620 "2015-05-15T14:16:53Z")
Agreed - foul tip. It should go in either the Stupid Gun News or stupid Religion news threads. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2015, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21621 "2015-05-15T14:18:09Z")
There are Jews in Montana? Anyway: Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan[transfers $11 million](http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/politics/bs-md-hogan-announcement-20150514-story.html#page=1) from Baltimore’s school budget, claiming “there’s no money”, but [funds $30 million](http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/bs-md-youth-jail-20150513-story.html) for a juvenile detention facility there. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1080) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1082)