# 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:** 1227
**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:** [September 26, 2015, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24522 "2015-09-26T01:07:33Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > That’s _much_ more polite than the way I thought to respond. Kudos. Tell ya what, you can respond less politely to me then, because I agree with **choie**. This is SRIOTD, not Adolescent Sniggering Sexism from Liberals of the Day. Yes, Coulter’s entire output is bigoted, stupid and vile. **Evil Captor** ’s fiction, and the enthusiastic contributions to it here, just replaces the “bigoted” part with misogyny. Congratulations, fellow progressives; how innovative. ---
**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 26, 2015, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24523 "2015-09-26T01:58:26Z")
> [@xenophon41](#): > > Tell ya what, you can respond less politely to me then, because I agree with **choie**. This is SRIOTD, not Adolescent Sniggering Sexism from Liberals of the Day. > > Yes, Coulter’s entire output is bigoted, stupid and vile. **Evil Captor** ’s fiction, and the enthusiastic contributions to it here, just replaces the “bigoted” part with misogyny. Congratulations, fellow progressives; how innovative. Agreed. Creepy sexist and transphobic language is no better coming from non-Republicans than from Republicans. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2015, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24524 "2015-09-26T02:07:48Z")
Same. That sort of language and attitude is uncool and disappointing. ---
**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 26, 2015, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24525 "2015-09-26T02:23:36Z")
[Marco Rubio says women are having abortions just so they can sell the baby parts to Planned Parenthood.](http://www.occupydemocrats.com/delusional-rubio-women-are-getting-pregnant-just-to-sell-the-fetus-to-planned-parenthood/) ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2015, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24526 "2015-09-26T04:40:42Z")
Next he’ll be claiming that they’re having unprotected sex with HIM just so they can get pregnant, then rush over to PP and get paid to have an abortion. :dubious: ---
**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:** [September 26, 2015, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24527 "2015-09-26T04:47:20Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Next he’ll be claiming that they’re having unprotected sex with HIM just so they can get pregnant, then rush over to PP and get paid to have an abortion. :dubious: [😕 With all 5 members? Or every member past & present? At once or in a row or what?](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIM_(Finnish_band)) ---
**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 26, 2015, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24528 "2015-09-26T07:10:31Z")
OK, I thought that was actually funny. Insulting Ann Coulter’s looks, and wishing rape on her (if she were fattened up): just mean. (Also it makes you look ridiculous; even if she’s not your type, Coulter is an obvious exemplar of a couple of well-recognized “evil sexy” tropes.) Misreading HIM as HIM [His Infernal Majesty]: funny & random. (While still being gross and raunchy, yes. But it relies on subversion of meaning and the unexpected.) ---
**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2015, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24529 "2015-09-26T10:39:16Z")
Hah! I thought kaylasdad99 was referring to Him, the creepy and ostensibly satanic character on The Powerpuff Girls TV show. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2015, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24530 "2015-09-26T12:17:30Z")
Sheesh. I was referring to Rubio. Although I can see where the idea of women having sex with him raises plausibility issues. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2015, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24531 "2015-09-26T13:58:35Z")
> [@TonySinclair](#): > > MSNBC has had live coverage of the Pope’s visit for about 10 hours a day for the last few days (with Brian Williams anchoring!), followed the rest of the day and evening by respectful to reverent commentary about his visit from Catholics Chris Matthews and Rachel Maddow. I assume this will continue through Sunday. > > I don’t see how this fits into the left’s War on Christians, but they must be up to something sneaky. Yesterday at around 6:30 PM I was flipping through the channels during the Papal Mass at Madison Square Garden. All the networks were covering the service live. CNN and MSNBC were covering the Mass The NAME of the FOX News program on at that time ( as per my channel Guide" was “Live Coverage of Pope Francis visit”. But they had interrupted this coverage to run a Breaking News Special Report on Hillary Clinton’s e-mails. ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2015, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24532 "2015-09-26T14:49:22Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Marco Rubio says women are having abortions just so they can sell the baby parts to Planned Parenthood.](http://www.occupydemocrats.com/delusional-rubio-women-are-getting-pregnant-just-to-sell-the-fetus-to-planned-parenthood/) I’m all in favor of ridiculing Republiopathic stupidity, but rationalists do themselves a disservice when they exaggerate. Rubio claims that PP encourages abortions so that it can profit – already stupid and outrageous enough – he does NOT claim the women aborting are trying to profit. ---
**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 26, 2015, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24533 "2015-09-26T16:07:21Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > Yesterday at around 6:30 PM I was flipping through the channels during the Papal Mass at Madison Square Garden. > > All the networks were covering the service live. > > CNN and MSNBC were covering the Mass > > The NAME of the FOX News program on at that time ( as per my channel Guide" was “Live Coverage of Pope Francis visit”. > But they had interrupted this coverage to run a Breaking News Special Report on Hillary Clinton’s e-mails. Silly rabbit - Catholics aren’t Christians. You have to be born again in the blood of the lamb and not follow all those idolatrous beliefs the mackerel-snappers do. Pastor Billy-Bob said so last Sunday at the 4th Baptist Church, Reformed down in Grove Hill, Alabama. ---
**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 26, 2015, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24534 "2015-09-26T17:52:11Z")
I have [a thousand words to contribute](http://forums.macrumors.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fpbs.twimg.com%2Fmedia%2FCPxapsmUsAAyAmH.jpg&hash=0cc7476074ad5eae223f3293d0a1cadc) (so to speak). This is Republican stupidity at its finest. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2015, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24535 "2015-09-26T18:40:42Z")
> [@choie](#): > > Gee. What nice progressives you all are. “Tranny,” in 2015. How pithy of you, **elucidator** … Well, here’s the thing: I’m not nice. I have that on very good authority. As well, I live in the nations number one strategic reserve of raw unprocessed nice, so I am aware. I gather that we are largely in agreement on the broad spectrum of political issues, and I commend you for it. But that isn’t about nice, that’s about reasoning. I always vote, always for as left as I am offered. I have been to more anti-war demonstrations than I can clearly remember, even as I hate self-righteous speeches (even when I entirely agree with the views offered). And one more gorram Maya Angelou wannabe and I swear!..but enough. Duty is duty, it is done or it is not. But I am not nice. Prospects are dim. The chance that I might be _scolded_ into it, dimmer still. So, what is to be done? How might I be assured that my failings in character do not spoil the day for one such as yourself? For whom I hold no animosity, no desire to afflict myself upon you. How about this? My name is right there up top, you have no obligation to read. So, _don’t_! I very much doubt that I am going to say something you simply must read. You can get along just fine without me. And if you don’t, I’ll never know unless you make a point of telling me. Which you wouldn’t, because you’re nice. So, you see the name, you simply pick up your little basket and skip along, skip along. There, all settled! ---
**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 26, 2015, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24536 "2015-09-26T19:19:55Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > I have [a thousand words to contribute](http://forums.macrumors.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fpbs.twimg.com%2Fmedia%2FCPxapsmUsAAyAmH.jpg&hash=0cc7476074ad5eae223f3293d0a1cadc) (so to speak). This is Republican stupidity at its finest. missing image dot png is a SCANDAL ! GRR and RAAH ! ---
**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 26, 2015, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24537 "2015-09-26T19:34:47Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > missing image dot png is a SCANDAL ! GRR and RAAH ! Try [this copy](http://home.blarg.net/~sydde/A-A-Rs.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2015, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24538 "2015-09-26T20:01:50Z")
OK, Slack Republicans. Seems harmless enough, by comparison… ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2015, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24539 "2015-09-26T20:14:08Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Try [this copy](http://home.blarg.net/~sydde/A-A-Rs.jpg). I see an Asian and that’s almost as good. ---
**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 26, 2015, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24540 "2015-09-26T23:12:22Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > I’m all in favor of ridiculing Republiopathic stupidity, but rationalists do themselves a disservice when they exaggerate. > > Rubio claims that PP encourages abortions so that it can profit – already stupid and outrageous enough – he does NOT claim the women aborting are trying to profit. “Rubio said that women are incentivized by the prospect of selling baby parts for a personal profit, before backing off the claim after apparently realizing that he had managed to out-crazy even some of the more hardline conservative presidential candidates” [Senator Mark Kirk is attacking a Chicago Tribune reporter before the reporter’s story on Kirk’s bullying tactics even comes out.](http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/mark-kirk-todd-lighty-chicago-tribune) ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2015, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24541 "2015-09-26T23:17:22Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > “Rubio said that women are incentivized by the prospect of selling baby parts for a personal profit, before backing off the claim after apparently realizing that he had managed to out-crazy even some of the more hardline conservative presidential candidates” > > [Senator Mark Kirk is attacking a Chicago Tribune reporter before the reporter’s story on Kirk’s bullying tactics even comes out.](http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/mark-kirk-todd-lighty-chicago-tribune) Which just goes to prove: if you think the Republican idea is too stupid for this thread, think again. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1226) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1228)