# 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:** 1140
**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:** [July 8, 2015, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22782 "2015-07-08T17:06:08Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > LA Gov. Bobby Jindal “The Confederate flag is a symbol of my heritage” > [http://conservativefrontline.com/la-gov-bobby-jindal-the-confederate-flag-is-a-symbol-of-my-heritage/](http://conservativefrontline.com/la-gov-bobby-jindal-the-confederate-flag-is-a-symbol-of-my-heritage/) > He’s a direct descendent of Robert E. Lee himself! I’m sure Piyush would have been really popular in the CSA. ---
**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:** [July 8, 2015, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22783 "2015-07-08T17:59:12Z")
According to Fox News’ Keith Ablow, [our society’s acceptance of gender equality means it’s OK for men to hit women;](http://mediamatters.org/blog/2015/07/08/fox-news-doctor-gender-equality-means-men-can-n/204295) > [@](#): > > That was the Fox News contributor and “Medical A-Team” member’s takeaway from a newly surfaced surveillance video showing then-Florida State University quarterback De’Andre Johnson punching a female student in the face at a bar. > > Discussing the assault and Johnson’s subsequent dismissal from the team on the July 8 edition of Fox & Friends, Ablow stressed that while he doesn’t personally believe men should hit women, “that may be an antiquated notion if you look at our culture, which has just in a wholesale way dispensed with all gender quote-unquote stereotypes.” > > Ablow went on to blame co-ed sports and a culture that tries to “dispense with the idea of gender differences” for an environment in which a man would punch a woman. If men are accustomed to competing against women in wrestling matches, Ablow said, then “when you’re in a bar and she slaps you, you punch her in the face.” ---
**Author:** ![Sinaptics](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Sinaptics](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sinaptics)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2015, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22784 "2015-07-08T18:14:27Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > According to Fox News’ Keith Ablow, [our society’s acceptance of gender equality means it’s OK for men to hit women;](http://mediamatters.org/blog/2015/07/08/fox-news-doctor-gender-equality-means-men-can-n/204295) Ah, the “Bitch had it coming” defense. One of my favorites. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2015, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22785 "2015-07-08T18:34:50Z")
Well, I don’t think a woman should be slapping anyone in a bar, either. Both can be wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2015, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22786 "2015-07-08T18:37:57Z")
[Donald Trump: ‘I Will Win the Latino Vote’](http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/donald-trump-i-will-win-latino-vote-n388696) > [@](#): > > Donald Trump said Wednesday that he believes he will win the Latino vote, slamming Hillary Clinton for promoting what he called an immigration policy that would “let everybody come in… killers, criminals, drug dealers.” > > “I have a great relationship with the Mexican people. I have many people working for me - look at the job in Washington - I have many legal immigrants working with me. And many of them come from Mexico. They love me, I love them,” the 2016 GOP contender said in an interview with NBC News. “And I’ll tell you something, if I get the nomination, I’ll win the Latino vote.”… ---
**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:** [July 8, 2015, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22787 "2015-07-08T18:59:54Z")
The Blacks are gonna be jealous. He used to have the great relationship with them. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2015, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22788 "2015-07-08T19:15:14Z")
Some of his best friends … ---
**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:** [July 8, 2015, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22789 "2015-07-08T19:44:39Z")
[Tea Party historian says that the concept of retirement is pagan](http://www.rawstory.com/2015/07/tea-party-historian-says-bible-commands-humans-to-work-until-death-god-did-not-design-us-for-retirement/#). Real Christians will work till they die. ---
**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:** [July 8, 2015, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22790 "2015-07-08T19:52:14Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Tea Party historian says that the concept of retirement is pagan](http://www.rawstory.com/2015/07/tea-party-historian-says-bible-commands-humans-to-work-until-death-god-did-not-design-us-for-retirement/#). Real Christians will work till they die. > [@](#): > > David Barton, a Tea Party activist and Oral Roberts University-educated history author… Isn’t that like being retired? ---
**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:** [July 8, 2015, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22791 "2015-07-08T19:55:39Z")
> [@](#): > > Oral Roberts University-educated history author… Isn’t that sort of like the opposite of a real university education? By that I mean that you end up more ignorant than you would be if you just stopped after high school. ---
**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:** [July 8, 2015, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22792 "2015-07-08T22:24:50Z")
Congressman Louie Gohmert, (R-Arkham): The pope is treating climate change deniers like Galileo — [and it’s Obama’s fault:](http://www.rawstory.com/2015/07/louie-gohmert-the-pope-is-treating-climate-change-deniers-like-galileo-and-its-obamas-fault/) > [@](#): > > When Brawner pressed Gohmert about who had persuaded the pope, the congressman pointed to the president and the media. > > “By the massive onslaught of media trying to convince the world that climate change is our leading problem, the president said it repeatedly,” Gohmert argued. “It’s wonderful it the pope listens to the words of the U.S. president, that’s a good thing.” > > He added: “But you know, so many places do not even allow an opposing viewpoint… Since when does science not allow opposing viewpoints? Well, they didn’t allow Galileo to make an opposing viewpoint, there were a lot of accurate opposing viewpoints that were not allowed at the time that were later allowed to come in.” > > “And people wondered, ‘How in the world did that whole group of educated people come to the wrong conclusion?'” ---
**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:** [July 8, 2015, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22793 "2015-07-08T22:29:39Z")
Christ, it’s like his brain is a pin ball. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2015, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22794 "2015-07-08T23:59:49Z")
A pin-head the size of a microchip. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2015, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22795 "2015-07-09T00:34:28Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Congressman Louie Gohmert, (R-Arkham): The pope is treating climate change deniers like Galileo — [and it’s Obama’s fault:](http://www.rawstory.com/2015/07/louie-gohmert-the-pope-is-treating-climate-change-deniers-like-galileo-and-its-obamas-fault/) Yeah, whenever I see Gohmert, I immediately think of Galileo. ---
**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:** [July 9, 2015, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22796 "2015-07-09T00:59:15Z")
They are both currently, as of 2015 CE, equally as smart. ---
**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:** [July 9, 2015, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22797 "2015-07-09T01:10:24Z")
[Jeb Bush:People need to work more hours.](http://news.yahoo.com/jeb-bush-people-longer-hours-235206730.html) > [@](#): > > He was answering a question about his plans for tax reform and responded: > > “My aspiration for the country and I believe we can achieve it, is 4 percent growth as far as the eye can see. Which means we have to be a lot more productive, workforce participation has to rise from its all-time modern lows. It means that people need to work longer hours” and, through their productivity, gain more income for their families. That’s the only way we’re going to get out of this rut that we’re in.” ---
**Author:** ![MacCat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maccat/32/216_2.png) [@MacCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacCat)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2015, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22798 "2015-07-09T01:16:10Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > Isn’t that sort of like the opposite of a real university education? By that I mean that you end up more ignorant than you would be if you just stopped after high school. Like FOX “News” - The More You Watch The Less You Know… ---
**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:** [July 9, 2015, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22799 "2015-07-09T01:25:57Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > [Jeb Bush:People need to work more hours.](http://news.yahoo.com/jeb-bush-people-longer-hours-235206730.html) Bushonomics v3.0 The last version crashed the economy. This version, however, is rumored to be pure vaporware. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2015, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22800 "2015-07-09T01:52:51Z")
I really don’t understand that statement from Jeb. Isn’t it the republicans who put people on part time status to avoid health care costs? Also, there aren’t enough jobs, full or part time. That’s the problem, not a lack of productivity. I thought he was the smart brother. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2015, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/22801 "2015-07-09T01:54:03Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > I thought he was the smart brother. In that family, all are Darryl. None are Larry. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1139) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1141)