# 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:** 1085
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2015, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21682 "2015-05-18T17:29:05Z")
[Jeb Bush thinks that a _real_ “tolerant country” would allow discrimination, as long as it’s based on religious beliefs. > [@Jeb Bush](#): > > It’s not just that people of faith can have their views, it’s that they need the space to act on their conscience. That is what faith is about. > [@Jeb Bush](#): > > A big country, a tolerant country ought to be able to figure out the difference between discriminating against someone because of their sexual orientation, and not forcing someone to participate in a wedding that they find goes against their moral beliefs. ]([Jeb Bush: A 'tolerant country' should allow discrimination based upon 'religious beliefs'](http://www.rawstory.com/2015/05/jeb-bush-a-tolerant-country-should-allow-discrimination-based-upon-religious-beliefs/)) ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2015, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21683 "2015-05-18T18:40:35Z")
Is that the lead-in to the question about his Terry Schiavo Law? ---
**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 18, 2015, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21684 "2015-05-18T18:47:01Z")
Fox News says it’s [unjust](http://mediamatters.org/blog/2015/05/18/fox-complains-about-right-to-appeal-death-sente/203680) to let death row inmates appeal their sentences; > [@](#): > > After a federal jury sentenced the Boston bomber to death last week, Fox & Friends hosted an attorney and death penalty advocate on May 18 to discuss Tsarnaev’s right to appeal his sentence. Co-host Brian Kilmeade complained that the possibility of a lengthy process could mean “we’re not going to get to kill this guy, are we?” Elisabeth Hasselbeck argued, “Where’s the justice” if Tsarnaev can challenge the jury’s verdict: > > HASSELBECK: That relief was felt in Boston. We’ve got friends and family there ourselves, and I think most Americans looked at this as justice is done. But now we hear about this appeals process, and we’re wondering, well, where’s the justice in that? ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2015, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21685 "2015-05-18T19:36:20Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Fox News says it’s [unjust](http://mediamatters.org/blog/2015/05/18/fox-complains-about-right-to-appeal-death-sente/203680) to let death row inmates appeal their sentences; Sometimes these Fox people just take my breath away. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2015, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21686 "2015-05-18T19:39:53Z")
She showed more depth of character back on “Survivor”. Then something must have happened to her. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2015, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21687 "2015-05-18T19:45:41Z")
Clearly she’s already voted this guy off the island. ---
**Author:** ![user\_hostile](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/user_hostile/32/474_2.png) [@user\_hostile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/user_hostile)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2015, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21688 "2015-05-19T01:38:06Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > She showed more depth of character back on “Survivor”. Then something must have happened to her. I envision a reunion show to bring out the best in her, _Survivor: Ramadi_ in which the contestants would be strictly limited to Fox News correspondents. ---
**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 19, 2015, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21689 "2015-05-19T01:43:35Z")
This is why my constant name for her when she was on “The View” was Shut-Up-Elizabeth. The woman is completely brain-dead. ---
**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 19, 2015, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21690 "2015-05-19T03:34:59Z")
[People are moving to Texas from New York and California in order to avoid gay marriage.](http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/texas-activist-people-moving-texas-because-it-banned-gay-marriage) Allegedly. ---
**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 19, 2015, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21691 "2015-05-19T03:36:17Z")
nm ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2015, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21692 "2015-05-19T04:14:06Z")
Sure, until they try to buy some arugula and quinoa at the Piggly Wiggly. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2015, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21693 "2015-05-19T05:03:59Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [People are moving to Texas from New York and California in order to avoid gay marriage.](http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/texas-activist-people-moving-texas-because-it-banned-gay-marriage) Like I keep trying to tell my 90-year-old mom, it’s not mandatory. ---
**Author:** ![Truman\_Burbank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@Truman\_Burbank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Truman_Burbank)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2015, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21694 "2015-05-19T05:51:43Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [People are moving to Texas from New York and California in order to avoid gay marriage.](http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/texas-activist-people-moving-texas-because-it-banned-gay-marriage) > > Allegedly. Speaking as a native Californian, let me just say I totally support anyone who would move to Texas voluntarily from here, don’t let the door hit ya. You probably won’t want to relocate in Austin, from what I understand… ---
**Author:** ![3trew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/13edae/32.png) [@3trew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3trew)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2015, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21695 "2015-05-19T07:55:14Z")
We’ve had the whole gay marriage thing here in Canada for years, but I would really like to promote the idea of moving to Texas to any Canadians who still find it problematic. It would be best to do that before the next federal election. You should probably take all your friends too. ---
**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 19, 2015, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21696 "2015-05-19T13:32:25Z")
> [@3trew](#): > > We’ve had the whole gay marriage thing here in Canada for years, but I would really like to promote the idea of moving to Texas to any Canadians who still find it problematic. It would be best to do that before the next federal election. You should probably take all your friends too. Couldn’t they still vote in your federal elections? I’m not familiar with your laws. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2015, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21697 "2015-05-19T14:09:38Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > [Duke University professor Jerry Hough says](http://www.rawstory.com/2015/05/duke-professor-blacks-riot-because-theyre-lazier-than-asians-and-have-strange-un-american-names/) Blacks riot because they’re lazier than Asians and have ‘strange’ un-American names. It’s certainly stupid, but I don’t think you can just assume he’s a Republican. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2015, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21698 "2015-05-19T14:15:35Z")
What would \*you \*assess the probability to be? ---
**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 19, 2015, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21699 "2015-05-19T14:19:21Z")
He could be a Libertarian, or a Nazi. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2015, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21700 "2015-05-19T14:27:14Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > What would \*you \*assess the probability to be? Very high. But that’s not the point. ---
**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 19, 2015, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21701 "2015-05-19T14:35:21Z")
> [@Truman\_Burbank](#): > > Speaking as a native Californian, let me just say I totally support anyone who would move to Texas voluntarily from here, don’t let the door hit ya. You probably won’t want to relocate in Austin, from what I understand… Or to Houston–where our mayor married her partner last year, in California. Actually, most Texas cities will make homophobes uncomfortable. All the “sources” quoted in the article are highly suspect, though. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1084) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1086)