# 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:** 1178
**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 9, 2015, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23542 "2015-08-09T16:56:41Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Tea Party Republican state representative and supporter of traditional marriage caught in cover-up of affair [with another married Republican state representative](http://huff.to/1Iwqm0l). Also a supporter of traditional adultery. Apparently, it’s all fine as long as there’s none of that icky queer stuff going on. ---
**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:** [August 9, 2015, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23543 "2015-08-09T22:17:20Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > White House spokesman Josh Earnest called Tom Cotton an “[international man of mystery](http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/jul/30/white-house-ridicules-sen-tom-cotton-man-mystery/)” after Cotton supposedly flew to Vienna to find out sooper sekrit stuffe about the Iran deal, which Earnest said is readily available online. So this is Alabama’s Senator: the poor man’s version of Sterling Archer without the erudite wit, snappy literary references, and…wait, I had something for this… ---
**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:** [August 9, 2015, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23544 "2015-08-09T22:40:10Z")
> [@user\_hostile](#): > > So this is Alabama’s Senator: Arkansas’, actually. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2015, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23545 "2015-08-09T23:01:32Z")
Used to be, people knew the difference between a hillbilly and a cracker! ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2015, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23546 "2015-08-09T23:03:19Z")
And the one Republican candidate that was supposed to be serious shows his stupidity: > **[John Kasich Dismisses Climate Change As ‘Some Theory That’s Not Proven’](https://www.nationaljournal.com/s/623738/john-kasich-dismisses-climate-change-some-theory-thats-not-proven/)** > > The Ohio governor suggests that action to fight global warming could kill jobs. > [@](#): > > John Kasich Dismisses Climate Change As ‘Some Theory That’s Not Proven’ > > August 9, 2015 Ohio Gov. John Kasich suggested that man-made climate change may not be real and that action to fight it could kill jobs during an interview on NBC’s Meet the Press on Sunday. > > “We don’t want to destroy people’s jobs based on some theory that’s not proven,” Kasich said when asked by host Chuck Todd if he believes that climate change is man made and that man should do something about it. > > Kasich added that “man absolutely affects the environment” but said that he thinks that “as to the overall impact of that, I think that’s a legitimate debate.” ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2015, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23547 "2015-08-09T23:57:01Z")
> [@](#): > > Kasich added that “man absolutely affects the environment” but said that he thinks that “as to the overall impact of that, I think that’s a legitimate debate.” He’s right about that. We need a lot of research to determine whether this is merely a global catastrophe that will entirely destroy our current way of life or whether it’s worse. ---
**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:** [August 10, 2015, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23548 "2015-08-10T00:29:05Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > Arkansas’, actually. Well, bless your little heart. :smack: ---
**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 10, 2015, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23549 "2015-08-10T00:43:05Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Used to be, people knew the difference between a hillbilly and a cracker! I KNOW! This is a shocking failure of our educational system and No Child Left Behind. And Obama. ---
**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:** [August 10, 2015, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23550 "2015-08-10T00:49:50Z")
Thanks Obama. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2015, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23551 "2015-08-10T00:52:18Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Used to be, people knew the difference between a hillbilly and a cracker! Well, peckerwoods did. ---
**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 10, 2015, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23552 "2015-08-10T06:39:26Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > White House spokesman Josh Earnest called Tom Cotton an “[international man of mystery](http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/jul/30/white-house-ridicules-sen-tom-cotton-man-mystery/)” after Cotton supposedly flew to Vienna to find out sooper sekrit stuffe about the Iran deal, which Earnest said is readily available online. But did he get his Mmmmmojo back ? ---
**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 10, 2015, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23553 "2015-08-10T11:17:30Z")
> [@user\_hostile](#): > > So this is Alabama’s Senator: the poor man’s version of Sterling Archer without the erudite wit, snappy literary references, and…wait, I had something for this… And he only flew to Vienna. If he’d gone all the way to Tehran he could have caught a flight into the… …danger zone. ---
**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 10, 2015, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23554 "2015-08-10T11:19:59Z")
I thought it was a highway ? Can you even get there by plane ? ---
**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:** [August 10, 2015, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23555 "2015-08-10T11:25:39Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > If he’d gone all the way Phrasing! ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2015, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23556 "2015-08-10T16:27:44Z")
> [@](#): > > “We don’t want to destroy people’s jobs based on some theory that’s not proven,” Kasich said when asked by host Chuck Todd if he believes that climate change is man made and that man should do something about it. I suppose it’s possible that this is not actual stupidity, but cynical faux-stupidity espoused in an attempt to get funding from the Koch Brothers. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2015, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23557 "2015-08-10T19:30:36Z")
[Michele Bachmann: Iran deal a cause for celebration because it proves the End Times have begun in earnest.](http://www.salon.com/2015/08/10/michele_bachmann_iran_deal_a_cause_for_celebration_because_it_proves_the_end_times_have_begun_in_earnest/) ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2015, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23558 "2015-08-10T19:37:56Z")
Only about four years ago, she was their leading candidate for the Presidency. It isn’t that she’s gotten crazier since, either. ---
**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 10, 2015, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23559 "2015-08-10T19:44:13Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > [Michele Bachmann: Iran deal a cause for celebration because it proves the End Times have begun in earnest.](http://www.salon.com/2015/08/10/michele_bachmann_iran_deal_a_cause_for_celebration_because_it_proves_the_end_times_have_begun_in_earnest/) I’d almost be willing to go through the End Times if it gets her off the planet. ---
**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 10, 2015, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23560 "2015-08-10T19:48:03Z")
Unfortunately, there is a disturbingly large segment of our population who believe in “the end times” and that those times are near. I have a few in my extended family. Fortunately none of them are near enough that I interact with them regularly, but I was seated at a table with some of them at a recent wedding. It’s hard to keep your tongue when they start spouting this nonsense. ---
**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:** [August 10, 2015, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23561 "2015-08-10T19:53:16Z")
When did they start rebuilding the Temple? Isn’t that sort of, like, a prerequisite? On the other hand, it does seem like Matthew 24:24\* _is_ being fulfilled. Problem is, from the GOP/Fundie viewpoint, the FCs and FPs don’t seem to be on the side they think they’re on. \*“For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1177) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1179)