# 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:** 1184
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2015, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23662 "2015-08-16T01:35:40Z")
[QUOTE=Ben Carson] And if you’ve had no crops at all, you don’t owe me no tithes. [/QUOTE] You’d think a guy who made it through medical school would know enough math to calculate than 10% of zero is zero. ---
**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 16, 2015, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23663 "2015-08-16T02:08:30Z")
Ben Carson: [The leading cause of black deaths is abortion.](http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/ben-carson-abortion-black-people) ---
**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:** [August 16, 2015, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23664 "2015-08-16T04:07:49Z")
Really? Really? ---
**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:** [August 16, 2015, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23665 "2015-08-16T11:24:56Z")
[Trump wants to deport all 11 million undocumented immigrants](http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/Trump-says-hed-deport-undocumented-immigrants-as-US-President/articleshow/48499697.cms) > [@](#): > > “We’re going to keep the families together, but they have to go,” Trump told NBC’s “Meet the Press,” according to an excerpt released on Saturday. > > Asked by host Chuck Todd about illegal immigrants who might have nowhere else to go, Trump said: "We will work with them. > > “They have to go … we either have a country, or we don’t have a country,” he added. > > Trump, 69, also said in the interview he would need to rescind Obama’s executive orders on immigration, including one that protects from deportation the children of parents who came to the country illegally. Please, _please_, PLEASE! let him get nominated. We just might be able to elect President Bernie Sanders! ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2015, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23666 "2015-08-16T15:32:27Z")
Just dropping this in here: > [@Barry Goldwater](#): > > Mark my word, if and when these preachers get control of the [Republican] party, and they’re sure trying to do so, it’s going to be a terrible damn problem. Frankly, these people frighten me. Politics and governing demand compromise. But these Christians believe they are acting in the name of God, so they can’t and won’t compromise. I know, I’ve tried to deal with them. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2015, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23667 "2015-08-16T18:43:59Z")
Goldwater-What a RINO. ---
**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 16, 2015, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23668 "2015-08-16T19:03:07Z")
Whadya expect from a closeted Jew? I think we established in another thread that all Jews hate Christians and Muslims and want them dead, or something. I couldn’t follow it. I did learn that all liberals hate Jews, which was a surprise to me. 😉 FTR, Barry’s dad was Jewish, his mom was one of the ecumenical sorts from Roger Williams’ family, he was raised and remained on the books an Episcopalian, but would sometimes refer to himself as Jewish. While I disagreed with him on a lot of stuff, I never had too big a problem with him because he wasn’t crazy. _Conscience of a Conservative_ not withstanding, in later years I think he would have more in common with Obama than Trump or most of the others in the clown car. ---
**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 16, 2015, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23669 "2015-08-16T19:08:05Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > [Trump wants to deport all 11 million undocumented immigrants](http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/Trump-says-hed-deport-undocumented-immigrants-as-US-President/articleshow/48499697.cms) > > Please, _please_, PLEASE! let him get nominated. We just might be able to elect President Bernie Sanders! Hell, we could elect President Elmo. ---
**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 16, 2015, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23670 "2015-08-16T19:39:40Z")
[Huckabee says 10 year old pregnant rape victim is SOL.](https://www.yahoo.com/politics/huckabee-on-abortion-10-year-old-rape-victim-126844580291.html) ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2015, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23671 "2015-08-16T21:56:58Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > [Huckabee says 10 year old pregnant rape victim is SOL.](https://www.yahoo.com/politics/huckabee-on-abortion-10-year-old-rape-victim-126844580291.html) Hey, it’s GOD’s gift. To who (whom) I have no f$%@)ing idea. ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2015, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23672 "2015-08-17T05:30:26Z")
[Some Republican lawmakers now rooting for feds to cut all Medicaid funding to Arkansas](http://m.arktimes.com/ArkansasBlog/archives/2015/08/15/some-republican-lawmakers-now-rooting-for-feds-to-cut-all-medicaid-funding-to-arkansas) ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2015, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23673 "2015-08-17T06:05:03Z")
Fixed link. ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2015, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23674 "2015-08-17T09:58:16Z")
> [@Shayna](#): > > [Some Republican lawmakers now rooting for feds to cut all Medicaid funding to Arkansas](http://m.arktimes.com/ArkansasBlog/archives/2015/08/15/some-republican-lawmakers-now-rooting-for-feds-to-cut-all-medicaid-funding-to-arkansas) > [@Kamino\_Neko](#): > > Fixed link. This is incredible. I know we’ve seen threats like this before from the dimwitted, but 200+ thousand off medical care besides the rest of the beneficiaries? The article doesn’t exactly say why they want this. Probably has to do with the party donations, but really. Who directly benefits from something like this? Besides their god? (Not that it will pass or stay passed, hopefully) ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2015, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23675 "2015-08-17T13:24:14Z")
> [@Locrian](#): > > This is incredible. I know we’ve seen threats like this before from the dimwitted, but 200+ thousand off medical care besides the rest of the beneficiaries? The article doesn’t exactly say why they want this. Probably has to do with the party donations, but really. Who directly benefits from something like this? Besides their god? (Not that it will pass or stay passed, hopefully) I’m guessing it’s because he has no idea what Medicare/Medicaid covers in his state. Although it probably wasn’t necessary to add a qualifying clause to “he has no idea”. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2015, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23676 "2015-08-17T13:27:37Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > Hey, it’s GOD’s gift. To who (whom) I have no f$%@)ing idea. To the rapist, of course. Isn’t it obvious by now that Republicans are pro-rape and pro-rapist? Taking things by force from weaker people is what they are all about … that’s why they love war so much. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2015, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23677 "2015-08-17T14:37:28Z")
> [@Bridget\_Burke](#): > > But it was Hotze who stole the show. He began his time on stage by showing his audience a video that warned of the audacious plans of the gay rights movement. “Just like there was a communist manifesto, there’s a homosexual manifesto,” Hotze said. There’s a [Homosexual Agenda](http://www.bettybowers.com/homoagenda.html), too. ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Wiggler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/red_wiggler/32/13190_2.png) [@Red\_Wiggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Wiggler)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2015, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23678 "2015-08-17T16:42:56Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > There’s a [Homosexual Agenda](http://www.bettybowers.com/homoagenda.html), too. I _knew_ it. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2015, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23679 "2015-08-17T18:14:10Z")
> [@Red\_Wiggler](#): > > I _knew_ it. They’ve got a manifesto, an agenda, and they’re all out of chewing gum! ---
**Author:** ![Grim\_Render](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@Grim\_Render](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grim_Render)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2015, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23680 "2015-08-17T18:24:06Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > Um, yes ? The Norwegian government owns the oil (and gas), uses this ownership to impose special taxes on all companies operating in its fields and pours all of the profits into an investment fund, and the profits of \*that \*are flushed into Norway’s pension fund - which is a social expense BTW 😉 ; the largest most inconvenient one where most western nations are concerned. > That’s all pretty “socialist” (in the American, blinkered sense of the word). It is called “Statens Pensjonsfond Utland”, yes. But it is not actually related to pensions. I have no idea why its called that, a lot of people confuse it with “Statens Pensjonsfond Innland”. Anyway, selling leases for extration of oil and taxing the profits is hardly socializing something. Leasing your stuff is a farily captialist practice. Socializing the oil would mean that the government seized the oil fields away from businesses which owned them, or declared a state monopoly on extraction. Social expenses are not actually the same thing as “socialist” the words just have a similar root. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2015, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/23681 "2015-08-17T18:31:22Z")
Well, the _uber_-capitalist approach would be to sell all rights to oil and gas extraction areas rather than leasing them. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1183) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1185)