# 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:** 1173
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2015, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23442 "2015-08-04T19:06:30Z")
I found an alternate take of that Ted Cruz video: [That’s what I thought!](https://youtu.be/vwCRmg9eKGs) I think he might be wearing a little more make up in this one. ---
**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2015, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23443 "2015-08-04T19:38:46Z")
Stupid Republican idea of the day-week-year-eternity: defunding Planned Parenthood. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2015, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23444 "2015-08-04T23:21:06Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > Nuts. I saw what you did there. ---
**Author:** ![xenophon41](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xenophon41/32/253_2.png) [@xenophon41](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xenophon41)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2015, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23445 "2015-08-04T23:29:05Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Bastogne does not need to be defended… > [@Frank](#): > > Nuts. > [@TonySinclair](#): > > I saw what you did there. Yeah, that didn’t get enough appreciation. ---
**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:** [August 4, 2015, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23446 "2015-08-04T23:31:52Z")
Chris Christie talks sex, man face palms. GIF [https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--aTeCxxuT--/c\_fit,fl\_progressive,q\_80,w\_636/1370905360250436389.gif](https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--aTeCxxuT--/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/1370905360250436389.gif) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=11&v=-iaVjVAxiC8](https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=11&v=-iaVjVAxiC8)YouTube ---
**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:** [August 5, 2015, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23447 "2015-08-05T00:24:44Z")
> [@monstro](#): > > [Ted Cruz shows the world what the GOP is all about by frying bacon on the barrel of a machine gun.](http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2015/08/ted-cruz-cooks-bacon-machine-gun) > > I think they should just make all the Republican candidates duke it out in the Redneck Games. He wasn’t exactly being original with that. [https://www.youtube.com/results?search\_query=cook+bacon+on+gun](https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=cook+bacon+on+gun) ---
**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:** [August 5, 2015, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23448 "2015-08-05T00:41:09Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Bacon tastes terrible with Hoppes No. 9. This. I like the smell of bacon and I LOVE the smell of Hoppes No. 9, but they don’t mix. If bacon weren’t so salty it might be good to preserve guns in storage. Didn’t they use lard before Cosmoline? ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2015, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23449 "2015-08-05T01:27:46Z")
In all seriousness, Ted Cruz isn’t a natural born citizen how is he eligable? ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2015, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23450 "2015-08-05T01:36:02Z")
[Serious answer.](http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2015/mar/26/ted-cruz-born-canada-eligible-run-president-update/) (Short version: his mother was an American Citizen, and thus he had American citizenship at birth.) ---
**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:** [August 5, 2015, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23451 "2015-08-05T02:37:11Z")
> [@BigAppleBucky](#): > > Chris Christie talks sex, man face palms. GIF > > [https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--aTeCxxuT--/c\_fit,fl\_progressive,q\_80,w\_636/1370905360250436389.gif](https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--aTeCxxuT--/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/1370905360250436389.gif) > > [https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=11&v=-iaVjVAxiC8](https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=11&v=-iaVjVAxiC8)YouTube Is there a context that’s missing that makes that stupid? Because random dude’s reaction not withstanding, I’m not seeing a problem with what Christie is saying. ---
**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:** [August 5, 2015, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23452 "2015-08-05T02:42:19Z")
I think everybody was scared off by “Chris Christie talks sex,” and didn’t follow the link. I know I didn’t. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2015, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23453 "2015-08-05T03:01:36Z")
I’ve seen Rob Ford talk about sex, so how scary could it be? [watches video] pffft, big deal. ---
**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:** [August 5, 2015, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23454 "2015-08-05T03:46:51Z")
[Jeb! had to backtrack when he said that we’re spending too much money on women’s health.](http://www.rawstory.com/2015/08/jeb-bush-backtracks-after-questioning-whether-us-needs-500-million-for-womens-health/) ---
**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:** [August 5, 2015, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23455 "2015-08-05T07:35:14Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > If bacon weren’t so salty it might be good to preserve guns in storage. Didn’t they use lard before Cosmoline? Yup. Which led to the Sepoy rebellion (well, there were many reasons the sepoys rebelled, but the trigger was the use of lard as cartridge grease, and the fact that they had to bite down on said cartridges). ---
**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:** [August 5, 2015, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23456 "2015-08-05T14:45:40Z")
Apparently GOP-TV (Faux News) decided they wanted John Kasich in rather than Rick Perry so they dropped the NBC poll. Fox had declared over and over again they would use the five most recent polls. > **[Fox News rigs debate to hide close call](https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/fox-news-rigs-debate-to-hide-close-call-498639427657)** > > Rachel Maddow points out that Fox News violated their own debate qualification criteria by ignoring the fifth most recent poll and instead taking the sixth, with the result being a greater distinction between tenth and eleventh place, Kasich and... ---
**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:** [August 5, 2015, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23457 "2015-08-05T14:49:01Z")
> [@BigAppleBucky](#): > > Apparently GOP-TV (Faux News) decided they wanted John Kasich in rather than Rick Perry so they dropped the NBC poll. Fox had declared over and over again they would use the five most recent polls. > [Fox News rigs debate to hide close call, RNC allows it](http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/fox-news-rigs-debate-to-hide-close-call-498639427657) And you \*believed \*them? _guffaw_ 😉 ---
**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:** [August 5, 2015, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23458 "2015-08-05T14:59:41Z")
> [@BigAppleBucky](#): > > Apparently GOP-TV (Faux News) decided they wanted John Kasich in rather than Rick Perry so they dropped the NBC poll. Fox had declared over and over again they would use the five most recent polls. > [Fox News rigs debate to hide close call, RNC allows it](http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/fox-news-rigs-debate-to-hide-close-call-498639427657) Which suggests that **adaher** is better at predicting what FoxNews wants than what the general public want. ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2015, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23459 "2015-08-05T17:17:49Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Which suggests that **adaher** is better at predicting what FoxNews wants than what the general public want. Not surprising, considering that Fox News and **adaher** are inhabitants of the same alternative reality. ---
**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:** [August 5, 2015, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23460 "2015-08-05T18:08:46Z")
> [@42fish](#): > > Not surprising, considering that Fox News and **adaher** are inhabitants of the same alternative reality. Where they listen to alternative music and have alternative lifestyles, aye? ;):p:D ---
**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:** [August 5, 2015, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23461 "2015-08-05T18:55:09Z")
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