# 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:** 1213
**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:** [September 14, 2015, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24242 "2015-09-14T04:29:49Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > 😕 If the sleeves are closed, how can you handle a gun?! [Like this.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlMz2sCDCA4) ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2015, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24243 "2015-09-14T14:32:07Z")
> [@E-DUB](#): > > Scott Walker seems to be the poster boy for reasoning incorrectly from invalid data. It has been working so well for Trump so far, every candidate wants to copy him. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2015, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24244 "2015-09-14T14:51:55Z")
Are you a Kansas state employee? [No freedom of religion for you!](http://www.politicususa.com/2015/09/13/kansas-secretary-state-fired-state-employee-attending-church.html) > [@](#): > > A former Kansas state employee has filed a federal wrongful termination lawsuit targeting Kansas’ Secretary of State and assistant secretary of state, Eric Rucker. The lawsuit alleges that the employee’s dismissal was founded on her refusal to attend bible and prayer services in Secretary of State Kris Kobach’s office. > … > Court documents say that assistant secretary of state Rucker appealed to the plaintiff’s grandmother to terminate the employee on religious grounds. Rucker left a telephone message for Margie Canfield, the “wayward” employee’s grandmother, who is a longtime administrator and former chairman of the Kansas Republican Party to set up a meeting. After leaving a message on Margie Canfield’s telephone, Rucker arrived at her Topeka home and “proceeded to tell Margie that she needed to terminate her granddaughter’s employment with the state despite the fact that she had no direct authority over her employment.” Rucker apparently grew tired of waiting three days for the grandmother to fire her granddaughter from Kobach’s staff and finally notified Courtney Canfield himself that her employment in the secretary of state’s office had ended and to seek unemployment benefits. Apparently freedom of religion in Kansas applies only to evangelical Christians. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2015, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24245 "2015-09-14T15:13:33Z")
But she wasn’t required to _believe_, just go there and stand around for a while! How many of use have sat there with a straight face while our boss lays out a plan that might as well be faith-based, for all the difference it would make. ---
**Author:** ![Toxgoddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Toxgoddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxgoddess)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2015, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24246 "2015-09-14T15:25:07Z")
Not stupid, but we don’t have an Evil RIOTD thread. Scott Walker wants to take union busting to a whole new level: elilminate federal unions, gut the National Labor Relations Board, make all states automatically “right-to-work” unless they vote otherwise, and generally remove all worker protections against unfair labor practices and making it more difficult for unions to organize. As one expert quoted comments, he could only be making these proposals to satisfy wealthy contributors. > **[GOP’s Walker proposes vast union restrictions](https://www.freep.com/story/money/business/2015/09/14/scott-walker-unions/72243414/)** > > Among the proposals: Eliminating unions for employees of the federal government and making all workplaces right-to-work. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2015, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24247 "2015-09-14T15:43:46Z")
Why doesn’t he just build a giant time machine and take this country back a hundred years and be done with it? It’ll also solve the nasty problems of women and minorities voting too ---
**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:** [September 14, 2015, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24248 "2015-09-14T16:06:42Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > _Dred Scott v. Sanford_ is not an “overturned” decision, it stood, AFAIK, until slavery was eliminated via Am. XIII, which made the meat of the ruling irrelevant. It was legislatively overturned. ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2015, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24249 "2015-09-14T17:10:35Z")
> [@YogSosoth](#): > > Why doesn’t he just build a giant time machine and take this country back a hundred years and be done with it? It’ll also solve the nasty problems of women and minorities voting too Because you’d need people with a scientific _education_ to do the work. ---
**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:** [September 14, 2015, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24250 "2015-09-14T17:18:56Z")
> [@Bridget\_Burke](#): > > Because you’d need people with a scientific _education_ to do the work. What, you mean that thing that keeps trying to contradict the Bible? ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2015, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24251 "2015-09-14T17:19:42Z")
> [@Toxgoddess](#): > > Not stupid, but we don’t have an Evil RIOTD thread. Scott Walker wants to take union busting to a whole new level: elilminate federal unions, gut the National Labor Relations Board, make all states automatically “right-to-work” unless they vote otherwise, and generally remove all worker protections against unfair labor practices and making it more difficult for unions to organize. As one expert quoted comments, he could only be making these proposals to satisfy wealthy contributors. > > [GOP’s Walker proposes vast union restrictions](http://www.freep.com/story/money/business/2015/09/14/scott-walker-unions/72243414/) “Stupid” in that he’s running for the Pub nomination for POTUS. He (and all the other candidates) should learn a lesson from Trump: Economic populism plays better to the Tea Party base than supply-side orthodoxy. ---
**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:** [September 14, 2015, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24252 "2015-09-14T17:21:57Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > What, you mean that thing that keeps trying to contradict the Bible? No, you don’t necessarily need a Christian. ---
**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:** [September 14, 2015, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24253 "2015-09-14T18:00:52Z")
> [@YogSosoth](#): > > Why doesn’t he just build a giant time machine and take this country back a hundred years and be done with it? It’ll also solve the nasty problems of women and minorities voting too How do you propose to accelerate the whole country to 88 mph? ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2015, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24254 "2015-09-14T18:09:26Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > How do you propose to accelerate the whole country to 88 mph? The GOP has a plan for that. You just have to get the country to go downhill at a steep enough angle. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2015, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24255 "2015-09-14T18:43:04Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > “Stupid” in that he’s running for the Pub nomination for POTUS. He (and all the other candidates) should learn a lesson from Trump: Economic populism plays better to the Tea Party base than supply-side orthodoxy. But supply-side bullshit is what the Kochs are paying for. ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2015, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24256 "2015-09-14T18:43:13Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > How do you propose to accelerate the whole country to 88 mph? Well, the surface of the earth is travelling faster than that due to the earth’s spin. Sadly, the whole “the earth is a sphere that is spinning in space” thing doesn’t accord with the hard core fundy worldview, so… ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2015, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24257 "2015-09-14T19:08:35Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > How do you propose to accelerate the whole country to 88 mph? Rocket packs. Mythbuster-size loads of 'em. Point 'em east, strap 'em all down, and light those babies off. The days will get shorter right away. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2015, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24258 "2015-09-14T19:31:46Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > Rocket packs. Mythbuster-size loads of 'em. Point 'em east, strap 'em all down, and light those babies off. The days will get shorter right away. WARNING! WARNING! WARNING! “Mythbuster-sizing” leads to a _very_ high probability of _ **BOOM!!** _ ---
**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:** [September 14, 2015, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24259 "2015-09-14T19:38:38Z")
[Senator Ron Johnson says the Syrian refugees are an ISIS plot against America.](http://crooksandliars.com/2015/09/ron-johnson-syrian-refugees-are-isis-plot) Note that he is the chairman of the Senate Homeland Security committee. ---
**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:** [September 14, 2015, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24260 "2015-09-14T20:02:24Z")
> [@Toxgoddess](#): > > Not stupid, but we don’t have an Evil RIOTD thread. Scott Walker wants to take union busting to a whole new level: elilminate federal unions, gut the National Labor Relations Board, make all states automatically “right-to-work” unless they vote otherwise, and generally remove all worker protections against unfair labor practices and making it more difficult for unions to organize. As one expert quoted comments, he could only be making these proposals to satisfy wealthy contributors. > > [GOP’s Walker proposes vast union restrictions](http://www.freep.com/story/money/business/2015/09/14/scott-walker-unions/72243414/) ALEC must be involved with this somehow. ---
**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:** [September 14, 2015, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24261 "2015-09-14T20:39:32Z")
> [@MaxTheVool](#): > > Well, the surface of the earth is travelling faster than that due to the earth’s spin. Sadly, the whole “the earth is a sphere that is spinning in space” thing doesn’t accord with the hard core fundy worldview, so… No, no, no. We are standing still; the whole solar system, galaxy, universe are traveling around us. It’s right there in the [del]science text books[/del] Bible. Don’t get all up in my face about facts, you know, that science-y stuff. should I have added a smiley or something? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1212) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1214)