# 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:** 1223
**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:** [September 23, 2015, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24442 "2015-09-23T23:40:59Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > [Ann Coulter: “This is why our founders distrusted Catholics.”](http://www.salon.com/2015/09/23/ann_coulter_unleashes_her_nativist_fury_on_pope_francis_and_catholics_this_is_why_our_founders_distrusted_catholics/) Yeah, Ann,\* that’s\* why. :rolleyes: So this week she’s anti-Papist, although she’s trying, absurdly, to claim that “_American_ Catholics” are different from “_Roman_ Catholics.” Last week it was Jews–American Jews at that. So, who’s she going after next week? Mormons? Seventh-Day Adventists? Sikhs? Confucians? Lutherans? The Traveling Wilburys? ---
**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:** [September 23, 2015, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24443 "2015-09-23T23:45:40Z")
> [@FXMastermind](#): > > Does anyone else sort of want Trump to win, just for the Saturday Night Live sketches for the next 4 years? Yes. I feel about President Trump the way Jimmy Kimmel felt about Governor Schwarzenegger. He said something like, “I’m torn. This is very bad for my state, but very good for me as a comedian.” Of course, personally, _I’d_ rather have Schwarzenegger in the White House; but that’s not going to happen. ☹ ---
**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 23, 2015, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24444 "2015-09-23T23:58:09Z")
> [@](#): > > When coverage doesn’t go his way, he engages in personal attacks on our anchors and hosts, which has grown stale and tiresome. He doesn’t seem to grasp that candidates telling journalists what to ask is not how the media works in this country. They’re so cute when they pretend to be journalists. ---
**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 24, 2015, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24445 "2015-09-24T00:04:14Z")
[Travis County, TX official GOP twitter account links to a blog titled “Islam is a Satanic Cult of Murder Not a Religion”](http://www.addictinginfo.org/2015/09/23/texas-republican-group-tweets-link-to-outrageous-anti-muslim-blog-post/) ---
**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:** [September 24, 2015, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24446 "2015-09-24T00:31:18Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > [Ann Coulter: “This is why our founders distrusted Catholics.”](http://www.salon.com/2015/09/23/ann_coulter_unleashes_her_nativist_fury_on_pope_francis_and_catholics_this_is_why_our_founders_distrusted_catholics/) That harpy would get just a D in history. It is true that many founding fathers originally wanted to dismiss catholics, and it is also true that a good number of catholics did maintain ideas of respecting the divine rights of kings and fought alongside the British, but everything changed when the Revolutionaries found that they needed France to succeed. > **[Catholics And The American Revolution: An Excerpt From A Catholic School...](https://www.patheos.com/blogs/mcnamarasblog/2013/07/catholics-and-the-american-revolution-an-excerpt-from-a-catholic-school-textbook-1914.html)** > > 320. Patriotism Among Catholics. We have seen that the discovery and exploration of America and the subsequent Christianizing and civilizing of the > [@](#): > > After the American alliance with Catholic France, the law excluding Catholics from civil rights was repealed. With this event dawned a new era for Catholicity in America. Among prominent Catholic leaders in the army may be mentioned : Stephen Moylan, the French Counts, Lafayette and Rochambeau, the noble Poles, Kosciusko and Pulaski, the German Barons, Steuben and De Kalb, and the Indian chief, Orono. Stephen Moylan occupied one after another, offices of trust in the American army and rounded out the full measure of his service with General Greene in the southern campaign at the close of the war. William Paca, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, held numerous political offices in his own state, and was a member of the State convention which ratified the federal Constitution. Thomas Fitzsimmon was a member of the First Continental Congress, took part in the Trenton campaign, and was a member of the convention that framed the Constitution of the United States. Daniel Carroll of Maryland was the only other Catholic member. Eminent Catholics in the navy were Captain John Barry and Jeremiah O’Brien. And that is why George Washington thanked Catholics after he became president: > **[George Washington and Catholics - The American Catholic](https://the-american-catholic.com/2009/11/05/george-washington-and-catholics/)** > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgCQDZdlMdc America has been blessed by God in many ways but I suspect no blessing has been greater than His granting us George Washington to lead us in our struggle for independence and to be our first President.... > [@](#): > > As mankind become more liberal they will be more apt to allow that all those who conduct themselves as worthy members of the community are equally entitled to the protection of civil government. I hope ever to see America among the foremost nations in examples of justice and liberality. And I presume that your fellow-citizens will not forget the patriotic part which you took in the accomplishment of their Revolution, and the establishment of their government; or the important assistance which they received from a nation in which the Roman Catholic faith is professed. And, yes, even with all that it is also true that a lot of anti-catholic feelings remained among many, and what rights Catholics had in the new USA did vary a lot state by state. Over here we should not forget one reason that Benedict Arnold said that made him betray the American cause, he publicly cited America’s alliance with Catholic France as one of the reasons. Well, what do you know, the harpy is more in tune with the Traitor. ---
**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:** [September 24, 2015, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24447 "2015-09-24T00:36:30Z")
Mike Huckabee says: “Obama pretends to be Christian.” [http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/23/politics/mike-huckabee-barack-obama-christian/index.html](http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/23/politics/mike-huckabee-barack-obama-christian/index.html) Mike Huckabee pretends to be relevant. ---
**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:** [September 24, 2015, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24448 "2015-09-24T00:47:23Z")
Mike Huckabee pretends to be human. ---
**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2015, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24449 "2015-09-24T01:08:16Z")
Not well. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2015, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24450 "2015-09-24T04:26:06Z")
> [@foolsguinea](#): > > So, who’s she going after next week? Mormons? Seventh-Day Adventists? Sikhs? Confucians? Lutherans? The Traveling Wilburys? The Traveling Wilburys? That would have to be the end of the line for her. ---
**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:** [September 24, 2015, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24451 "2015-09-24T04:51:18Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Mike Huckabee pretends to be human. Mike Huckabee is the Antichrist. With today’s GOP…that’s not saying much. Mike could have a brief surge in the polls with his “Prince of Darkness, Jr.” strategy (sporting a 666 lapel pin below the American flag), but even Satan himself is flummoxed over the feculent crop of GOP candidates he’s having to work with. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2015, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24452 "2015-09-24T08:26:32Z")
> [@commasense](#): > > Obama needs to get this memo: he can just fire congressmen and senators he doesn’t like. He’s a constitutional lawyer! Why didn’t he think of this before?!? Hey, if the President (Obama or Jindal or whoever) could just fire lesser elected officials at will ((what would Trump do?)) then he can certainly fire a lowly elected county clerk now and then. What’s stopping him? ---
**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:** [September 24, 2015, 8:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24453 "2015-09-24T08:59:51Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Travis County, TX official GOP twitter account links to a blog titled “Islam is a Satanic Cult of Murder Not a Religion”](http://www.addictinginfo.org/2015/09/23/texas-republican-group-tweets-link-to-outrageous-anti-muslim-blog-post/) Joke’s on him : the Church of Satan is a religion, too (with tax exempt status and everything, even though it lobbies for taxation of all churches) 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2015, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24454 "2015-09-24T10:11:02Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson says that [del]Islam[/del] [del] Judaism [/del] [del] Catholicism [/del] [del] being a Woman [/del] [del] being Black[/del] [del]being of Mexican heritage [/del] is antithetical to the Constitution, and he doesn’t believe that a [del] Muslim[/del] one of the above should be elected president. Or, apparently, anyone with a post-19th century education: > **[Ben Carson argued evolution was 'encouraged by' Satan](https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/ben-carson-argued-evolution-was-encouraged-satan-msna688151)** > > Ben Carson take some strange positions. But to hear him talk about evolution and the Big Bang is to hear the candidate take matters to a whole new level. ---
**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:** [September 24, 2015, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24455 "2015-09-24T10:51:58Z")
Wait wait wait wait wait… that guy is/was a _brain surgeon_ ?! ---
**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:** [September 24, 2015, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24456 "2015-09-24T11:20:13Z")
> [@TonySinclair](#): > > Or, apparently, anyone with a post-19th century education: > [Ben Carson argued evolution was 'encouraged by' Satan](http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/ben-carson-argued-evolution-was-encouraged-satan) From the article: Addressing his bizarre views yesterday, the GOP presidential hopeful said, **“I’m not gonna denigrate you because of your faith** and you shouldn’t denigrate me for mine. And that’s the kind of attitude, you know – that’s the kind of attitude that I think is very important in the society in which we live today.” Bolding mine. This is just too funny given his recent remarks about religion and the presidency. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2015, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24457 "2015-09-24T11:21:29Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > Wait wait wait wait wait… that guy is/was a _brain surgeon_ ?! Just because he is extremely competent to mess around with your brain, it doesn’t mean his is necessairily in full working order… For example, my brother has a PhD (so does his wife) and a very good job, but he holds many of the same views as Carson…wouldn’t be surprised if he’s backing him. Competence in one field does not translate to intelligence in others…more’s the pity. ---
**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:** [September 24, 2015, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24458 "2015-09-24T11:58:12Z")
Well, yeah, but I’d wish the guy rooting around in my noggin to have a rough understanding of evolution, if only as it pertains to biology - specifically the biology of my noggin. 'Cause I figure that probably helps :). I know surgeons are just glorified mechanics (who in turn are just glorified LEGO enthusiasts), but still. ---
**Author:** ![FXMastermind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fxmastermind/32/7289_2.png) [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2015, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24459 "2015-09-24T12:13:11Z")
> [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > Competence in one field does not translate to intelligence in others…more’s the pity. It helps to remember this, especially when some primitive religious nutjob is building a nuclear bomb. Just because they seem like an idiot, because of their religious beliefs, doesn’t make them stupid when it comes to war. ---
**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 24, 2015, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24460 "2015-09-24T13:08:04Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > Wait wait wait wait wait… that guy is/was a _brain surgeon_ ?! \*\*\*Was. \*\*\* He’s retired. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2015, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24461 "2015-09-24T14:11:13Z")
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