# 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:** 1111
**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:** [June 13, 2015, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22202 "2015-06-13T03:35:30Z")
[Another GOP naif bumbles through Europe (James Ellis)](http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/11/politics/jeb-bush-polish-waitergate-scandal/) Jeb Bush meets with Polish pol, Radoslaw Sikorski, who had been taped calling Americans “losers, total losers” and the relationship with the United States “worthless, even less than worthless”. The recordings, made at a fancy restaurant where he was eating on the taxpayers’ dime, came out last year. At the time of the recordings he was Poland’s foreign minister, but had served the last year as the equivalent of the Speaker of the House. Because of the scandal, he was forced to resign this week. Of course, 'ol JEB loved the guy and said he was surprised Sikorski would have said such a thing. ---
**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:** [June 13, 2015, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22203 "2015-06-13T16:05:28Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > Jeb Bush wanted to make unwed mothers publish their sexual history in a newspaper. This was a few years ago but this article about it came out today. > [Jeb Bush In 1995: Unwed Mothers Should Be Publicly Shamed | HuffPost Latest News](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/06/09/jeb-bush-1995-book_n_7542964.html?1433860308) And Marco Rubio voted for that bill. > **[Marco Rubio And Five Members Of Congress Voted For Florida's 'Scarlet Letter'...](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/florida-adoption-bill_n_7565046?fb_action_ids=996109463734537&fb_action_types=og.comments)** > > Marco Rubio And Five Members Of Congress Voted For Florida's 'Scarlet Letter' Adoption Bill > [@](#): > > Sen. Marco Rubio (R) was among the Florida state legislators who voted for the so-called “Scarlet Letter” law in 2001 that required single mothers to publish their sexual histories in the newspaper in order to place their babies up for adoption. ---
**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:** [June 13, 2015, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22204 "2015-06-13T22:32:15Z")
Ann Coulter: [Women shouldn’t have the right to vote. Neither should poor people.](http://www.addictinginfo.org/2015/06/13/ann-coulter-women-shouldnt-have-the-right-to-vote-audio/) ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2015, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22205 "2015-06-14T01:09:40Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Ann Coulter: [Women shouldn’t have the right to vote. Neither should poor people.](http://www.addictinginfo.org/2015/06/13/ann-coulter-women-shouldnt-have-the-right-to-vote-audio/) Wrong thread. I think you’re looking for the “Stupid Media-whore-troll idea of the day” thread. Coulter is simply an Ass-clown. A mouth attached to a spinal cord. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2015, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22206 "2015-06-14T03:38:58Z")
So, she’s still saying that? Good, I feel less awkward for still complaining about her saying that. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2015, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22207 "2015-06-14T14:12:39Z")
Has Jeb also evolved his views since 1994 about [getting off welfare?](http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/11/politics/jeb-bush-to-women-on-welfare-in-1994-get-a-husband/) > [@](#): > > If people are mentally and physically able to work, they should be able to do so within a two-year period. They should be able to get their life together and **find a husband** , find a job, find other alternatives in terms of private charity or a combination of all three. ---
**Author:** ![slumtrimpet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@slumtrimpet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slumtrimpet)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2015, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22208 "2015-06-14T15:00:59Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > Has Jeb also evolved his views since 1994 about [getting off welfare?](http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/11/politics/jeb-bush-to-women-on-welfare-in-1994-get-a-husband/) Yeah guys, get off your ass and find yourself a husband. What? Oh. 😛 ---
**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:** [June 14, 2015, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22209 "2015-06-14T15:34:55Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Ann Coulter: [Women shouldn’t have the right to vote. Neither should poor people.](http://www.addictinginfo.org/2015/06/13/ann-coulter-women-shouldnt-have-the-right-to-vote-audio/) It always puzzles me when people ask to have their own rights taken away. Her position is especially strange as shown by this quote from the article you linked to. > [@](#): > > Coulter said, “Well as you know, my position is women should not have the right to vote.” Chuckling, she added, “It’s very popular on college campuses.” She also said that although women shouldn’t vote, “We can still write books! We can run for office.” Women should be able to run for office, but should not be able to vote. 😕 Hey Ann: if your political opinions aren’t worth paying attention to (as implied by thinking you shouldn’t be able to vote) then why should we pay any attention to your political opinions? And a question: Does she vote? Why? She should put her money with her mouth is and not vote. ---
**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:** [June 14, 2015, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22210 "2015-06-14T15:47:33Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > Or, you know, the government could go back to significantly subsidizing the cost of public universities. An educated electorate (and work force) is a public good, and I have no problem with my tax dollars supporting it as such. But an educated electorate is not good for Republicans. ---
**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:** [June 14, 2015, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22211 "2015-06-14T19:25:30Z")
> [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](#): > > But an educated electorate is not good for Republicans. Depends on who has control of curriculum and content. All they have to do is appoint Dr. Roy Spencer to run DofE and he will purge all those damn liberal professors and teachers who are making education a bad thing for the RW. ---
**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:** [June 14, 2015, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22212 "2015-06-14T19:58:20Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Depends on who has control of curriculum and content. Wouldn’t matter. Academia is not high school, you don’t teach (or learn) stuff by rote any more. You’re (supposed to be) taught critical thinking & scientific processes and methodologies, not just their results. So, how to research & evaluate new information on your own, how to rate the validity of a source… points are docked for looking stuff up on Wikipedia and calling it a day and shit, it’s harsh :). And you can’t rip that out of higher level education without tanking the worth of the education, because those methodologies are 90% of what prospective employers are looking for in a college kid. The content they do wind up learning along the way will most likely be outdated or otherwise irrelevant in a real world job setting. ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2015, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22213 "2015-06-14T21:23:54Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > > [@eschereal](#): > > > > Depends on who has control of curriculum and content. > > Wouldn’t matter. Academia is not high school, you don’t teach (or learn) stuff by rote any more. You’re (supposed to be) taught critical thinking & scientific processes and methodologies, not just their results. So, how to research & evaluate new information on your own, how to rate the validity of a source… points are docked for looking stuff up on Wikipedia and calling it a day and shit, it’s harsh :). > And you can’t rip that out of higher level education without tanking the worth of the education, because those methodologies are 90% of what prospective employers are looking for in a college kid. The content they do wind up learning along the way will most likely be outdated or otherwise irrelevant in a real world job setting. So do away with the current academic model entirely (anything that requires critical thinking can be offshored for a fraction of the price). Sometimes it appears that the PTBs want a population of serfs, and serfs don’t need much education. Get the country back to the three r’s — and the Bible, of course — and everything will be fine. ---
**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:** [June 14, 2015, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22214 "2015-06-14T23:02:41Z")
> [@OttoDaFe](#): > > So do away with the current academic model entirely (anything that requires critical thinking can be offshored for a fraction of the price). > > Sometimes it appears that the PTBs want a population of serfs, and serfs don’t need much education. Get the country back to the three r’s — and the Bible, of course — and everything will be fine. Until the 1% try to get medical care, or want to hire someone who can invent things that will make them money, or want to exploit the resources in outer space. They need a certain part of the population educated, just not too many. They need enough to supply their needs, but not enough to outvote the uneducated. ---
**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:** [June 15, 2015, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22215 "2015-06-15T02:19:50Z")
[QUOTE=OttoDaFe] Get the country back to the three r’s — and the Bible, of course — and everything will be fine. [/QUOTE] RoidRage and Reagan ? ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2015, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22216 "2015-06-15T02:47:56Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > RoidRage and Reagan ? One of those americanisms we outsiders don’t always get, in this case it means “Reading, wRiting and aRithmetics” or so I surmise from an Eric Flint book I read (1633 I think). ---
**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:** [June 15, 2015, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22217 "2015-06-15T02:51:03Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > Guess who else is involved in the Duggar antics? > [Guess Who's Mixed Up In Duggar Family Sex Crimes Now? Hobby Lobby, Of Course!](http://wonkette.com/586542/guess-whos-mixed-up-in-duggar-family-sex-crimes-now-hobby-lobby-of-course#ISWvl2dHB3siq7gi.99) > > > [@](#): > > > > It turns out the program Josh went to was the Basic Life Principles Training Center, led by none other than Duggar family BFF Bill Gothard, the creepy man who, as your Wonkette reported Sunday, “coincidentally has been accused of sexual abuse and harassment by more than 30 teenage girls.” > > … > > Arkansas courts ALSO sent juvenile offenders to Gothard’s programs, housed in an old VA hospital in Little Rock, donated by some other good friends, the Green family, owners of Hobby Lobby. > > … > > Wonder how somebody as gross and creepy as Bill Gothard got all that official endorsement from the state, and how theoretically non-religious courts might think it’s okay to send juvenile offenders to a guy who thinks when little boys change little girl babies’ diapers, that the girls share responsibility for any subsequent abuse that happens, because they have VAGINAS and they’re RIGHT THERE. If you are thinking “Hmmm, I wonder if **Mike Huckabee** has anything to do with this,” you are wearing your thinking pants correctly! It turns out that, as Arkansas governor, Huckabee thought it would be great to use Gothard’s teachings and programs for … [just about everything!](http://www.ethicsdaily.com/huckabee-linked-to-controversial-bible-teacher-bill-gothard-cms-12076) > > It’s like there’s this cabal of crazy right-wing high-profile religious fundamentalists who all know each other. It appears that Huckabee may have more than one child molester amongst his associates. > **[Co-Author Of Mike Huckabee Books Was Accused Of Child Molestation In Two...](https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/andrewkaczynski/co-author-of-mike-huckabee-books-was-accused-of-child-molest)** > > Prominent Christian author John Perry, who has also co-authored a book with Alabama Supreme Court Justice Roy Moore, has been accused of child molestation in two separate lawsuits.Updated with Perry's statement at the bottom > [@](#): > > John Perry, a prolific author who co-wrote two books with former Arkansas governor and presidential candidate Mike Huckabee and co-wrote one with Alabama Supreme Court Justice Roy Moore, was accused of child molestation in two separate lawsuits, BuzzFeed News has found. > > A 2012 police investigation of Perry’s alleged offenses found that “the allegations of sexual battery were sustained” but that the statute of limitations had expired. ---
**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:** [June 15, 2015, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22218 "2015-06-15T02:55:19Z")
> [@Frodo](#): > > One of those americanisms we outsiders don’t always get, in this case it means “Reading, wRiting and aRithmetics” or so I surmise from an Eric Flint book I read (1633 I think). You surmise correctly. **Kobal2** , of course, was making a joke about Republican love of Machismo and Ronald Reagan. ---
**Author:** ![boytyperanma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@boytyperanma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boytyperanma)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2015, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22219 "2015-06-15T04:15:57Z")
Americans should be like Noah and work till they are 600 years old, no retirement in the bible. [http://www.alternet.org/tea-party-and-right/montana-republican-noah-was-600-years-old-when-he-built-ark-so-why-do-americans](http://www.alternet.org/tea-party-and-right/montana-republican-noah-was-600-years-old-when-he-built-ark-so-why-do-americans) This is satire right? ---
**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:** [June 15, 2015, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22220 "2015-06-15T04:20:46Z")
> [@boytyperanma](#): > > Americans should be like Noah and work till they are 600 years old, no retirement in the bible. > > [http://www.alternet.org/tea-party-and-right/montana-republican-noah-was-600-years-old-when-he-built-ark-so-why-do-americans](http://www.alternet.org/tea-party-and-right/montana-republican-noah-was-600-years-old-when-he-built-ark-so-why-do-americans) > > This is satire right? [Poe’s Law](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_law) ---
**Author:** ![TheSeaOtter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ed655f/32.png) [@TheSeaOtter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheSeaOtter)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2015, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22221 "2015-06-15T14:04:42Z")
> [@Frodo](#): > > One of those americanisms we outsiders don’t always get, in this case it means “Reading, wRiting and aRithmetics” or so I surmise from an Eric Flint book I read (1633 I think). Normally pronounced “Readin’, Ritin’, an’ 'rithmatic”, but [yes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_three_Rs). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1110) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1112)