# 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:** 1082
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2015, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21622 "2015-05-15T14:53:39Z")
[Sandy Rios wants us to know driving while gay was a factor in that train crash.](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/05/14/sandy-rios-anti-gay-amtrak_n_7286360.html) [QUOTE=Sandy] “I am not inferring to [sic] those of you who are gay rights activists and who like to monitor this show, I’m not inferring that this accident happened because he was gay,” said Rios, who hosts “Sandy Rios In The Morning” on American Family Radio. “But I do think it’s an interesting part of the story, and I bet it will be edited out.” “I don’t know," she added, "but I think it is something to be discussed and I think it’s a factor and I doubt you will hear it anywhere else.” [/QUOTE] Yeah Sandy, you won’t hear about it anywhere else because it’s beyond stupid. Oh, and it’s _imply_ not _infer_ you stupid bitch. ---
**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, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21623 "2015-05-15T15:02:13Z")
> [@Shakes](#): > > [Sandy Rios wants us to know driving while gay was a factor in that train crash.](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/05/14/sandy-rios-anti-gay-amtrak_n_7286360.html) > > Yeah Sandy, you won’t hear about it anywhere else because it’s beyond stupid. > > Oh, and it’s _imply_ not _infer_ you stupid bitch. I’m surprised Pat Robertson didn’t come up with it. ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2015, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21624 "2015-05-15T15:42:00Z")
Maybe it’s too silly to mention amongst the very sad stupidities but when the Republiopathic News Channel FauxNews discussed the recent highest-priced Picasso, they smudged out the breasts! ([Here’s a Jpeg of the original for Dopers whose asylums show only Fox.](http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/03298/_Les-femmes-d_Alge_3298862b.jpg)) ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2015, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21625 "2015-05-15T15:58:32Z")
FOX News and the news programs of FOX affiliates are not the same organization. ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2015, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21626 "2015-05-15T16:00:25Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > 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: > > Hmmm… how does he arrange fundraisers and campaign events if he won’t allow people to point cameras at him? Why is there a Democrat/Republican split on mandatory vaccines? I thought the anti-vaccine loonies crossed both parties? ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2015, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21627 "2015-05-15T16:08:49Z")
[Fox News is launching a “Comedy” Parody Show.](http://variety.com/2015/tv/news/fox-news-channel-greg-gutfeld-satire-1201496200/)(ironic quotes are mine) They tried it before. They just don’t get it. Ideology ahead of comedy doesn’t work. Especially when it’s the ruling class getting angry shipped as “humor.” ---
**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, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21628 "2015-05-15T16:13:17Z")
> [@Kamino\_Neko](#): > > FOX News and the news programs of FOX affiliates are not the same organization. According to the article it isn’t an affiliate, it’s owned by 21st Century Fox. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2015, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21629 "2015-05-15T16:18:59Z")
> [@Shakes](#): > > [Sandy Rios wants us to know driving while gay was a factor in that train crash.](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/05/14/sandy-rios-anti-gay-amtrak_n_7286360.html) [What it’s like to drive while gay.](https://i.imgur.com/QgJULh.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Cyros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a698b9/32.png) [@Cyros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyros)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2015, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21630 "2015-05-15T16:41:43Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > To be fair, I’m not even Jewish and I consider Clamato to be an offense against God. Who drinks _clam juice_? Infidel! The Caesar is proof of God’s infinite love for us! ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2015, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21631 "2015-05-15T17:10:44Z")
> [@bup](#): > > [Fox News is launching a “Comedy” Parody Show.](http://variety.com/2015/tv/news/fox-news-channel-greg-gutfeld-satire-1201496200/)(ironic quotes are mine) > > They tried it before. They just don’t get it. Ideology ahead of comedy doesn’t work. Especially when it’s the ruling class getting angry shipped as “humor.” Jimmy Dore of The Young Turks has it nailed. (Paraphrasing here) “When you see someone powerful making fun of someone weak, you don’t see it as comedy, you see it as bullying. When you see someone weak making fun of someone strong, it’s funny. Comedy punches up, not down.” Fox can make fun of black people, the poor, atheists, gays and whatever other “out” groups they like, but it will never work. And they will NEVER make fun of The One Percent or Christian churches. ---
**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, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21632 "2015-05-15T17:15:39Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > Why is there a Democrat/Republican split on mandatory vaccines? I thought the anti-vaccine loonies crossed both parties? The anti-vaxxers are just one manifestation of opposition to science, creationists and denialists being others although they often overlap. That mindset does have a strong partisan imbalance. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2015, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21633 "2015-05-15T17:23:40Z")
> [@Bridget\_Burke](#): > > 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). [Sarah](http://disney.wikia.com/wiki/Sarah_Silverman) gave [Hagar](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unboxed_(Sammy_Hagar_album)) to [Abraham?](http://geekvision.tv/2012/07/movie-review-abraham-lincoln-vampire-hunter/) ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2015, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21634 "2015-05-15T17:52:21Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > [Sarah](http://disney.wikia.com/wiki/Sarah_Silverman) gave [Hagar](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unboxed_(Sammy_Hagar_album)) to [Abraham?](http://geekvision.tv/2012/07/movie-review-abraham-lincoln-vampire-hunter/) No, I’m sure it was Hagar: [https://images.search.yahoo.com/images/view;\_ylt=AwrB8qC4MVZVARAApkOJzbkF;\_ylu=X3oDMTIzZHV0M2xwBHNlYwNzcgRzbGsDaW1nBG9pZAMwMDBhMDIxMTEwZmE3NGY0MWFlMWQyNDRhMzJhNTI4MwRncG9zAzI1BGl0A2Jpbmc-?.origin=&back=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%2Fimages%3Fp%3DHagar%2Bthe%2BHorrible%26fr%3Dyfp-t-252%26tab%3Dorganic%26ri%3D25&w=600&h=485&imgurl=d1466nnw0ex81e.cloudfront.net%2Fn\_iv%2F600%2F1150193.jpg&rurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mycomicshop.com%2Fsearch%3FTID%3D19651225&size=77.7KB&name=\Hagar+the+Horrible\<%2Fb\>+The+Epic+Chronicles+HC+(2009-+Titan+Books)+Dailies+...&p=Hagar+the+Horrible&oid=000a021110fa74f41ae1d244a32a5283&fr2=&fr=yfp-t-252&tt=\Hagar+the+Horrible\<%2Fb\>+The+Epic+Chronicles+HC+(2009-+Titan+Books)+Dailies+...&b=0&ni=240&no=25&ts=&tab=organic&sigr=11fucpgue&sigb=131t8h9qq&sigi=11injm8nl&sigt=12g4uir9a&sign=12g4uir9a&.crumb=iFnxBO8CwGG&fr=yfp-t-252](https://images.search.yahoo.com/images/view;_ylt=AwrB8qC4MVZVARAApkOJzbkF;_ylu=X3oDMTIzZHV0M2xwBHNlYwNzcgRzbGsDaW1nBG9pZAMwMDBhMDIxMTEwZmE3NGY0MWFlMWQyNDRhMzJhNTI4MwRncG9zAzI1BGl0A2Jpbmc-?.origin=&back=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%2Fimages%3Fp%3DHagar%2Bthe%2BHorrible%26fr%3Dyfp-t-252%26tab%3Dorganic%26ri%3D25&w=600&h=485&imgurl=d1466nnw0ex81e.cloudfront.net%2Fn_iv%2F600%2F1150193.jpg&rurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mycomicshop.com%2Fsearch%3FTID%3D19651225&size=77.7KB&name=%3Cb%3EHagar+the+Horrible%3C%2Fb%3E+The+Epic+Chronicles+HC+%282009-+Titan+Books%29+Dailies+...&p=Hagar+the+Horrible&oid=000a021110fa74f41ae1d244a32a5283&fr2=&fr=yfp-t-252&tt=%3Cb%3EHagar+the+Horrible%3C%2Fb%3E+The+Epic+Chronicles+HC+%282009-+Titan+Books%29+Dailies+...&b=0&ni=240&no=25&ts=&tab=organic&sigr=11fucpgue&sigb=131t8h9qq&sigi=11injm8nl&sigt=12g4uir9a&sign=12g4uir9a&.crumb=iFnxBO8CwGG&fr=yfp-t-252) ---
**Author:** ![sciurophobic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cab0a1/32.png) [@sciurophobic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciurophobic)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2015, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21635 "2015-05-15T18:04:21Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > To be fair, I’m not even Jewish and I consider Clamato to be an offense against God. Who drinks _clam juice_? To quote the late comedian Richard Jeni, “It’s tomato and clam juice, and you drink it. Notice I said YOU fucking drink it. (…) Wait, the tomato juice doesn’t taste fishy enough - swizzle a herring in there, will ya?” ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2015, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21636 "2015-05-15T18:06:19Z")
> [@Evil\_Captor](#): > > Jimmy Dore of The Young Turks has it nailed. (Paraphrasing here) “When you see someone powerful making fun of someone weak, you don’t see it as comedy, you see it as bullying. When you see someone weak making fun of someone strong, it’s funny. Comedy punches up, not down.” > > Fox can make fun of black people, the poor, atheists, gays and whatever other “out” groups they like, but it will never work. And they will NEVER make fun of The One Percent or Christian churches. Fox News, and its viewers, think they are the weak and downtrodden. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2015, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21637 "2015-05-15T18:13:32Z")
> [@Evil\_Captor](#): > > “When you see someone powerful making fun of someone weak, you don’t see it as comedy, you see it as bullying. When you see someone weak making fun of someone strong, it’s funny. Comedy punches up, not down.” Well, I don’t know about that. Jokes about how poor and ignorant are the poor and ignorant usually are funny. _Snuffy Smith_ was, _Andy Capp_ was, Jeff Foxworthy’s redneck jokes are. Even the old Polish and Italian jokes were usually funny – scornful, and funny. ---
**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, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21638 "2015-05-15T19:19:32Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Well, I don’t know about that. Jokes about how poor and ignorant are the poor and ignorant usually are funny. _Snuffy Smith_ was, _Andy Capp_ was, Jeff Foxworthy’s redneck jokes are. Even the old Polish and Italian jokes were usually funny – scornful, and funny. Right, but those aren’t examples of strong poking fun at weak. Those are weak poking fun at other weak or, at worst, weak poking fun at weaker. ---
**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, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21639 "2015-05-15T19:37:53Z")
Naw, I think those are examples of poking fun at the _stupid_. They’re always in season. ---
**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, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21640 "2015-05-15T19:50:43Z")
> [@](#): > > 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. There is no evidence that either of Ted’s parents every divorced their first spouses. [Jeb Bush thinks we don’t need Obamacare because we have Apple Watches.](http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/05/15/1385019/-Jeb-Bush-s-magical-Apple-Watch-as-a-healthcare-system?detail=facebook) [Alan Keyes compares Obama to Hitler, Stalin and other serial killers.](http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/alan-keyes-obama-serial-killer-mold-hitler-and-stalin) ---
**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, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21641 "2015-05-15T20:00:28Z")
[Washington state rep says bicycling is bad for the environment.](http://www.seattlebikeblog.com/2013/03/02/state-lawmaker-says-bicycling-is-not-good-for-the-environment-should-be-taxed/) > [@Rep. Ed Orcutt](#): > > “You would be giving off more CO2 if you are riding a bike than driving in a car,” he said. However, he said he had not “done any analysis” of the difference in CO2 from a person on a bike compared to the engine of a car (others have). > > “You can’t just say that there’s no pollution as a result of riding a bicycle.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1081) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1083)