# 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:** 1087
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2015, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21722 "2015-05-21T04:44:57Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > He could be a Libertarian, or a Nazi. :dubious: “Or”? ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2015, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21723 "2015-05-21T04:47:32Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > You say potato… . . . I say, "Give me the motherfucking **money,** you motherfucking rat-bastard, or **I’ll kill you!"** :mad: Because that’s the American Way. With potatoes. God bless America! 🙂 With potatoes. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2015, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21724 "2015-05-21T04:49:07Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > We’re quoting Craigslist as a source now? Why not? If it’s good for whores and used furniture, it’s good for such less dignified things as political/op-ed links and C&Ps. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2015, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21725 "2015-05-21T11:27:25Z")
Ted Cruz thinks liberals are [obsessed with sex.](http://thinkprogress.org/election/2015/05/20/3661035/ted-cruz-wonders-left-obsessed-sex-isis/) ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2015, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21726 "2015-05-21T12:56:32Z")
Louie Gohmert hasn’t made an appearance for a couple of pages now, [so here we go](http://www.rawstory.com/2015/05/louie-gohmert-bush-would-never-have-invaded-iraq-if-he-knew-obama-would-come-along-and-bungle-it/): > [@](#): > > “Everybody else wants to ask that question of, ‘Gee, would you have gone into Iraq if you’d known what you know now?’” Gohmert complained to Virginia talk radio host John Fredericks. > > “If President Bush had known that he would have a total incompetent follow him that would not even be able to negotiate a status of forces agreement with Iraq and start helping our enemies and just totally put the Middle East in chaos, then he would have to think twice about doing anything if he had known he would have such a total incompetent leader take over after him,” Gohmert said. Mission accomplished. ---
**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 21, 2015, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21727 "2015-05-21T22:40:00Z")
[Josh Duggar has resigned from the Family Research Council after allegations of child molestation surface. Including some of his sisters.](http://www.tmz.com/2015/05/21/josh-duggar-admits-molestation-statement-resigns-confessed-sex-scandal-wife/) ---
**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 21, 2015, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21728 "2015-05-21T22:46:56Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Josh Duggar has resigned from the Family Research Council after allegations of child molestation surface. Including some of his sisters.](http://www.tmz.com/2015/05/21/josh-duggar-admits-molestation-statement-resigns-confessed-sex-scandal-wife/) So he was researching his family. ---
**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 22, 2015, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21729 "2015-05-22T01:04:38Z")
This stuff writes itself. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2015, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21730 "2015-05-22T01:25:20Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Josh Duggar has resigned from the Family Research Council after allegations of child molestation surface. Including some of his sisters.](http://www.tmz.com/2015/05/21/josh-duggar-admits-molestation-statement-resigns-confessed-sex-scandal-wife/) > [@running\_coach](#): > > So he was researching his family. At least he wasn’t researching his brothers. 'cause being gay is bad. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2015, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21731 "2015-05-22T01:37:55Z")
[Over in Kansas, the state legislature, aided and abetted by Brownback, appears to be trying to blackmail the state judicial system.](http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2015/may/20/editorial-budget-blackmail/) Last year they tied funding for the courts to a number of policy changes that affect how the courts work (removing the Kansas Supreme Court’s authority to appoint chief justices and make budget allocations). A lawsuit has been filed alleging this is un-state-Constitutional, and that lawsuit is still pending[sup]1[/sup]. And this year, the state legislature is once more tying funding for the judiciary to their possibly un-Constitutional laws on selecting state judges. This places the Shawnee District Court in the enviable position of declaring the law constitutional and retaining funding, or declaring it un-constitutional and losing all funding for the judiciary. [sup]1[/sup]The Kansas State Constitution says “The supreme court shall have general administrative authority over all the courts in this state.” ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2015, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21732 "2015-05-22T02:12:08Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > Last year they tied funding for the courts to a number of policy changes that affect how the courts work (removing the Kansas Supreme Court’s authority to appoint chief justices and make budget allocations). . . . Why? What would be the point of that? ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2015, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21733 "2015-05-22T02:40:52Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > . . . Why? What would be the point of that? 4 of the justices (out of 7) happen to have been appointed by a Democratic governor. One assumes this has to do with that. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2015, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21734 "2015-05-22T02:42:47Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > . . . Why? What would be the point of that? I don’t know. The republicans are saying it’s to create more local control over courts. The democrats are saying it’s an attempt to force the courts to do what the (vast majority) republicans in the state legislature want, and [there are hints in the articles I’ve seen that it’s payback for the courts forcing the legislature to spend more money on public education](http://www.kansascity.com/opinion/article21504450.html) which, as we all know, is anathema to many in the republican party. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2015, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21735 "2015-05-22T07:43:44Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > I don’t know. The republicans are saying it’s to create more local control over courts. The democrats are saying it’s an attempt to force the courts to do what the (vast majority) republicans in the state legislature want, and [there are hints in the articles I’ve seen that it’s payback for the courts forcing the legislature to spend more money on public education](http://www.kansascity.com/opinion/article21504450.html) which, as we all know, is anathema to many in the republican party. “What’s education ever done for us?” ---
**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 22, 2015, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21736 "2015-05-22T08:27:26Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Josh Duggar has resigned from the Family Research Council after allegations of child molestation surface. Including some of his sisters.](http://www.tmz.com/2015/05/21/josh-duggar-admits-molestation-statement-resigns-confessed-sex-scandal-wife/) 19 kids and counting! > [@Morgyn](#): > > At least he wasn’t researching his brothers. > > 'cause being gay is bad. Dan Savage, while expressing sorrow at the molestation, has also pointed out the irony of how Duggar and the FRC had repeatedly accused him of being a danger to children. ---
**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 22, 2015, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21737 "2015-05-22T12:56:54Z")
In Salem, NH yesterday: > [@](#): > > **Republican Jeb Bush criticizes ‘arrogance’ in climate change debate** > > … > > Bush said there is no doubt that climate change is real but said there should be room for differing views on why it is occurring. > > “I find this a lot in these debates when people say, ‘Well everybody knows, the science is clear.’ Well, it’s not so clear and there is diverse views on these things particularly as it relates to the influence of man on this subject,” he said. > > “Why do we have to have a debate where people who have doubts about this are considered Neanderthals? That’s the arrogance,” Bush said. > **[Republican Jeb Bush criticizes 'arrogance' in climate change debate](https://www.yahoo.com/news/republican-jeb-bush-criticizes-arrogance-climate-change-debate-203413584.html)** > > By Steve Holland SALEM, N.H. (Reuters) - Republican Jeb Bush rejected on Thursday what he called an arrogant view that anyone who questions how much climate change is a result of human activity is considered "Neanderthal." Bush, answering questions... ---
**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 22, 2015, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21738 "2015-05-22T13:44:51Z")
Arrogance is thinking that you know better than 97% of the people who are actually educated in the subject. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2015, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21739 "2015-05-22T13:46:05Z")
Quick, somebody ask him about vaccines! ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2015, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21740 "2015-05-22T15:11:15Z")
He’s got a point. It’s arrogant as hell to dismiss my views on phlogiston out of hand like I’m some kind of _ignoramus_. Teach the phlogiston controversy, people ! Redox is a lie from Satan ! ---
**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 22, 2015, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/21741 "2015-05-22T15:50:57Z")
I’m thinking that the “intellectual arrogance” thing is the new talking point, since the “I’m not a scientist” thing was roundly met with derision. I suspect that this one will meet with a similar lack of success. Next up: “I have a secret plan for removing the carbon from the atmosphere.” (With apologies to Richard Nixon.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1086) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1088)