# 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:** 1083
**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, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21642 "2015-05-15T20:05:02Z")
That guy has no clue about the carbon cycle, does he? Unfortunately, he’s not alone. ---
**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, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21643 "2015-05-15T20:10:09Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > [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/) Since we all give off CO2 when we breathe, I see one solution. He should lead by example. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2015, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21644 "2015-05-15T20:16:52Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > To be fair, I’m not even Jewish and I consider Clamato to be an offense against God. Who drinks _clam juice_? Anyone who knows how to make a proper Bloody Mary. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2015, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21645 "2015-05-15T21:03:10Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > [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/) FYI, this is from 2013 ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2015, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21646 "2015-05-15T21:21:33Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Anyone who knows how to make a proper Bloody Mary. And to think such blasphemy could come from a fellow Californian. ---
**Author:** ![Precambrianmollusc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/precambrianmollusc/32/63_2.png) [@Precambrianmollusc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Precambrianmollusc)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2015, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21647 "2015-05-15T22:19:34Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Anyone who knows how to make a proper Bloody Mary. I think that would be a proper Bloody Ceaser Bloody Mary would be tomato juice. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2015, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21648 "2015-05-15T23:32:40Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > 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) That would explain why Sarah and Abraham went so long without issue. > [@Stripper Requests Protection From Anti-Gay Texas State Senator](#): > > A dancer at a gentleman’s club has filed a restraining order against anti-gay Texas state senator Charles Perry, author of the _Freedom of Religion with Respect to Recognizing or Performing Certain Marriages Act._ > > A married Texas state senator, who announced at his swearing in ceremony last September that the U.S. government is perpetuating “laws that lead citizens away from God,” has been accused of stalking an Oklahoma woman. > > Salon reports that Cynthia Ortiz, a dancer by profession, has filed a request for a restraining order against State Senator Charles Perry, claiming he has hacked her computer, vandalized her car, interfered with her relationships, and made trouble for her at work. She also claims he surveilled her home and had her watched. > > ``` > “I could not go outside without one coming to watch especially if I was on the phone,” Ortiz’s request states. “A man in a brown truck would follow me everywhere I went.” > > ``` [http://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/uncucumbered/stripper\_requests\_restraining\_order\_for\_texas\_state\_senator](http://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/uncucumbered/stripper_requests_restraining_order_for_texas_state_senator) In the plus column, he’s straight. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2015, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21649 "2015-05-15T23:40:33Z")
Ugh. I like tomatoes and I like clams but Clamato is one of those things that triggers my gag reflex for some irrational reason. Two things that don’t belong together, in that way. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_stamos_left_ear/32/3198_2.png) [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Stamos_Left_Ear)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2015, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21650 "2015-05-16T00:11:22Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Anyone who knows how to make a proper Bloody Mary. You coulda had a V8. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Greenjeans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.greenjeans/32/551_2.png) [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2015, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21651 "2015-05-16T13:28:59Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [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) [QUOTE=Jeb] "On this device in five years will be applications that will allow me to manage my health care in ways that five years ago were not even possible. I’ll have the ability, someone will, you know, because of my blood sugar, there’ll be a wireless, there’ll be, someone will send me a signal. It’ll come here, I’ll get a double beep saying, ‘You just ate a butterscotch sundae’ or something like that. ‘You went way over the top. You’re a diabetic, you can’t do that,’ whatever. [/QUOTE] It is really starting to sound like like GW might have been the smart one. ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2015, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21652 "2015-05-16T13:50:28Z")
[Tennessee Republican who pressured mistress to get an abortion votes to restrict them for other women.](http://www.rawstory.com/2015/05/tennessee-republican-who-pressured-mistress-to-have-abortion-votes-to-restrict-them-for-other-women/#.VVYaNfPUb3o.reddit) ---
**Author:** ![BigAppleBucky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigapplebucky/32/178_2.png) [@BigAppleBucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigAppleBucky)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2015, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21653 "2015-05-16T14:54:50Z")
More like evil Republicans rather than only stupid. [Wisconsin GOP restricts foods available from the SNAP program](https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/publications/p4/p44578.pdf) No spices, organic foods, whole grains and other stuff, )some, like sweetened juices, that I agree with). But no potatoes?? What the fuck?? Potatoes have long been a staple food for poor folks. I recall my grandparents relating their experiences growing up poor in the middle of Wisconsin. They ate potatoes at every meal. They had meat on Sundays, but potatoes three meals a day all week. No canned sauces? One of the things I always buy when donating to food pantries are jars of tomato sauce. You can do a lot with that stuff. (I usually pair off the tomato sauce with some whole grain pasta (also banned) and olive oil. Brown eggs. WTF??? They cost the same, and have the same food value and taste as white eggs. And they insist cartons of juice be the 64 ounce kind. Guess what, the fucking companies reduced their standard carton size to 59 ounces (without reducing the price) about five years ago. So carton juices are out. Oh, and you can’t buy the calcium added juice. That’s aimed at African American kids who cannot drink milk due to lactose intolerance. Now they can’t get their calcium through their orange juice purchased with SNAP. Fucking bastards. ---
**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 16, 2015, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21654 "2015-05-16T15:53:06Z")
> [@BigAppleBucky](#): > > More like evil Republicans rather than only stupid. > > [Wisconsin GOP restricts foods available from the SNAP program](https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/publications/p4/p44578.pdf) > > Oh, and you can’t buy the calcium added juice. That’s aimed at African American kids who cannot drink milk due to lactose intolerance. Now they can’t get their calcium through their orange juice purchased with SNAP. > > Fucking bastards. Wow. Whenever you think the GOP can’t sink any lower it does. Also forbidden are UHT milk, quart-size containers (which can be logistically convenient). Ketchup is forbidden – Make up your minds, Republiopaths, in the 1980’s you were telling us ketchup is a vegetable! I’ll [give equal time to the stupid, and quote from the plan’s mastermind](http://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/article/2013/mar/21/lawmaker-explains-his-proposal-limit-food-stamp-us/): [QUOTE=Wisconsin state Rep. Dean Kaufert, R-Neenah] … I think it’s time to reform the system and Wisconsin could be a leader… … and these are taxpayer dollars… … But I think we should – it’s our tax dollars, and we should be able to say… Those are tax dollars… And so I don’t know why, in this day and age of technology with smart cards, we can’t do the same thing. … And then you and I are paying for them when they develop diabetes … – and I don’t want to be the health police, I don’t want to be (New York Mayor) Michael Bloomberg – but … it’s our tax dollars. We should have a little bit of say in how they’re spent. [/QUOTE] ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2015, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21655 "2015-05-16T16:41:27Z")
God, I love word salad for breakfast. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2015, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21656 "2015-05-16T17:46:20Z")
Considering how important food stamp revenue is to the groecery industry (every major chain would pretty much go bankrupt without it), the GOP is going to find itself between a rock and a hard place if they keep trying to slash food stamps to the point that Walmart turns on them. ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2015, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21657 "2015-05-16T22:34:43Z")
Forget WalMart, they get farmers against them (in Wisconsin of all fucking places) and they’re toast. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2015, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21658 "2015-05-16T22:54:14Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > There is no evidence that either of Ted’s parents ever divorced their first spouses. You mean Cruz is a product of bigamists? It would be irresponsible not to speculate! Oh, and I like (the idea of) Clamato juice too. Haven’t had it in years, because it’s positively _bouncing off the walls_ with high fructose corn syrup. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2015, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21659 "2015-05-16T23:40:05Z")
Watch what you say about HFCS. Once ADM is done replacing the Wisconsin legislature they’ll come for you! Fucking with farmers in Wisconsin rarely ends happily for the fuckers. Add in corporate ag behemoths and you’re dead. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2015, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21660 "2015-05-17T02:25:52Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > You mean Cruz is a product of bigamists? It would be irresponsible not to speculate! > > Oh, and I like (the idea of) Clamato juice too. Haven’t had it in years, because it’s positively _bouncing off the walls_ with high fructose corn syrup. Why?! There’s sugar in tomato juice – why add corn syrup? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2015, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21661 "2015-05-17T03:39:16Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Why?! There’s sugar in tomato juice – why add corn syrup? Why add _clam juice_? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1082) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1084)