# 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:** 1231
**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 29, 2015, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24602 "2015-09-29T19:03:45Z")
[Kim Davis’ people run a photo of what they claim is a 100,000-person-strong prayer rally held in Peru in support of her.](http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2015/09/28/3706199/kim-davis-prayer-rally-peru/) It’s only after they discover that people in Peru actually have the internet that [they admit that it’s actually a photo from an evangelical revival that took place over a year ago](http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2015/09/29/3706790/liberty-counsel-kim-davis-retraction/). ---
**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 29, 2015, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24603 "2015-09-29T19:25:55Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Rush Limbaugh: “[The announcement of water on Mars is just more leftist lies](http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/09/28/1425652/-Rush-Limbaugh-NASA-announcement-about-water-on-Mars-will-be-used-to-advance-leftist-agenda).” Holy shit. That’s almost the exact plot of a Dan Brown novel, down to the right-wing blowhard. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Greenjeans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.greenjeans/32/551_2.png) [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2015, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24604 "2015-09-29T20:35:05Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Mike Huckabee says if he’s President, he would bring charges against Judge Bunning for putting Kim Davis in jail for being a Christian.](http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/mike-huckabee-launch-proceedings-against-judge-kim-davis-case) If he keeps this up, he’ll never get Ben Carson’s vote. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2015, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24605 "2015-09-29T21:17:09Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Holy shit. That’s almost the exact plot of a Dan Brown novel, down to the right-wing blowhard. Your know who else uses water…? Planned Parenthood! ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2015, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24606 "2015-09-29T23:56:00Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > [Kim Davis’ people run a photo of what they claim is a 100,000-person-strong prayer rally held in Peru in support of her.](http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2015/09/28/3706199/kim-davis-prayer-rally-peru/) > > It’s only after they discover that people in Peru actually have the internet that [they admit that it’s actually a photo from an evangelical revival that took place over a year ago](http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2015/09/29/3706790/liberty-counsel-kim-davis-retraction/). I understand everything about this but their retraction. Their target audience would absolutely have swallowed it, no matter what proof that it was false was offered. All they had to do was blame the “liberal media” for smearing the innocent Kim Davis. Worked for O’Reilly. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2015, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24607 "2015-09-29T23:57:52Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Rush Limbaugh: “[The announcement of water on Mars is just more leftist lies](http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/09/28/1425652/-Rush-Limbaugh-NASA-announcement-about-water-on-Mars-will-be-used-to-advance-leftist-agenda).” Andrew O’Hehir: [ **“The Martian” and the big Mars discovery: Here’s why we have to go, no matter what it costs** Was this week’s big NASA announcement a movie tie-in or a leftist plot? Either way, Mars is calling](http://www.salon.com/2015/09/29/the_martian_and_the_big_mars_discovery_heres_why_we_have_to_go_no_matter_what_it_costs/) ---
**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 30, 2015, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24608 "2015-09-30T00:43:01Z")
> [@Death\_of\_Rats](#): > > I am pretty sure this would be all of 4chan’s wet dreams come true. :rolleyes: Half will nominate moot for everything, and half will nominate whoever is the current leader of national white supremacism. > [@BrainGlutton](#): > > [Bill O’Reilly: New House Speaker needs to “imitate Trump” and bring more “indignity” to Washington DC.](http://www.salon.com/2015/09/29/bill_oreilly_new_house_speaker_needs_to_imitate_trump_and_bring_more_indignity_to_politics_to_be_successful/) I think the word is “indignance.” Or more commonly “indignation.” ---
**Author:** ![Reyemile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/46a35a/32.png) [@Reyemile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reyemile)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2015, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24609 "2015-09-30T02:54:46Z")
Representative [attempts to use a fake graph from an anti-abortion activist group](http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/jason-chaffetz-planned-parenthood-chart) in the Planned Parenthood hearing, is called out publicly on his bull. ---
**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 30, 2015, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24610 "2015-09-30T03:17:01Z")
[Indiana State House Majority Leader resigns after sexually explicit video sent from his “stolen” phone.](http://www.rawstory.com/2015/09/top-indiana-repub-quits-after-sexually-explicit-video-is-sent-from-his-stolen-cell-phone/) ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2015, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24611 "2015-09-30T03:34:52Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Indiana State House Majority Leader resigns after sexually explicit video sent from his “stolen” phone.](http://www.rawstory.com/2015/09/top-indiana-repub-quits-after-sexually-explicit-video-is-sent-from-his-stolen-cell-phone/) I’m curious what the video may have been. Aside from the fact he has been a total homophobe it appears McMillin has had trouble with videos and explicit pictures in the past. He got in trouble sexting with the girlfriend of a guy he was prosecuting in 2005. [This website](http://www.bilerico.com/2011/03/indianas_jud_mcmillin_a_tale_of_glass_houses_rocks.php) has a rather graphic description of what the pictures showed him doing. Dude has some issues. “According to two sources close to the case, the photos were incredibly graphic. One photo reportedly shows McMillin masturbating and using a dildo on himself while others were simply of McMillin’s genitalia. In one exchange, McMillin is alleged to have texted Stapleton that he was heartsick being separated from her and sent photos of himself masturbating with a string tied tightly from his testicles to the wheels of a rolling office chair to illustrate his pain.” ---
**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 30, 2015, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24612 "2015-09-30T04:12:44Z")
> [@Reyemile](#): > > Representative [attempts to use a fake graph from an anti-abortion activist group](http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/jason-chaffetz-planned-parenthood-chart) in the Planned Parenthood hearing, is called out publicly on his bull. I like that he actually lied in a Congressional hearing; is that against the law? > [@Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT)](#): > > I pulled those numbers directly out of your corporate reports. No. No, you didn’t. Liar. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2015, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24613 "2015-09-30T04:15:03Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > I like that he actually lied in a Congressional hearing; is that against the law? Not if he’s a member of Congress; they have [immunity](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speech_or_Debate_Clause). ---
**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 30, 2015, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24614 "2015-09-30T04:17:30Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Not if he’s a member of Congress; they have [immunity](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speech_or_Debate_Clause). Thanks; I thought that was prolly the case. :mad: ---
**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 30, 2015, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24615 "2015-09-30T04:19:59Z")
> [@Reyemile](#): > > Representative [attempts to use a fake graph from an anti-abortion activist group](http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/jason-chaffetz-planned-parenthood-chart) in the Planned Parenthood hearing, is called out publicly on his bull. Many times in the past I did point at what would happen to the right wingers that only rely on their extremist sources of information, they eventually will show to all the baseless claims that they are working with. Sooner or later they do step on their dicks by showing all the stupid information that they are relying on. So the Republican congress critters are not only using adulterated videos being passed as real ones, they are swallowing the whole hook line and sinker lies that the Right wing groups are passing as “information”. ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2015, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24616 "2015-09-30T04:53:06Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Not if he’s a member of Congress; they have [immunity](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speech_or_Debate_Clause). Even so, it would have been gold if Richards would have retorted “Am I the only one under oath here?”. ---
**Author:** ![Cabbage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@Cabbage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabbage)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2015, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24617 "2015-09-30T05:33:19Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > [Kim Davis’ people run a photo of what they claim is a 100,000-person-strong prayer rally held in Peru in support of her.](http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2015/09/28/3706199/kim-davis-prayer-rally-peru/) > > It’s only after they discover that people in Peru actually have the internet that [they admit that it’s actually a photo from an evangelical revival that took place over a year ago](http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2015/09/29/3706790/liberty-counsel-kim-davis-retraction/). And now her lawyer’s saying she had a secret meeting with the Pope. > **[Pope Francis Met With Kim Davis, Kentucky County Clerk, in Washington...](https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/30/us/county-clerk-kim-davis-who-denied-gay-couples-visited-pope.html)** > > The Vatican confirmed that the pope met with Ms. Davis, who defied a court order on same-sex marriage, but would not elaborate. ---
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2015, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24618 "2015-09-30T06:55:42Z")
[QUOTE=Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT)] I pulled those numbers directly out of your corporate reports. [/quote] > [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > No. No, you didn’t. Liar. I was really hoping she would say, “No, you didn’t. You pulled those numbers directly out of your ass.” But you can’t say that to congressperson, can you–not even one who’s lying, in session. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2015, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24619 "2015-09-30T07:43:06Z")
> [@Cabbage](#): > > And now her lawyer’s saying she had a secret meeting with the Pope. > > [http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/30/us/county-clerk-kim-davis-who-denied-gay-couples-visited-pope.html](http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/30/us/county-clerk-kim-davis-who-denied-gay-couples-visited-pope.html) Which one; the real Pope, or some impostor who believes in climate change and is against the death penalty? ---
**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:** [September 30, 2015, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24620 "2015-09-30T10:17:30Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Which one; the real Pope, or some impostor who believes in climate change and is against the death penalty? Is there an Avignon, Kentucky? ---
**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2015, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24621 "2015-09-30T11:34:56Z")
> [@guizot](#): > > But you can’t say that to congressperson, can you–not even one who’s lying, in session. But a Congressmen can apparently yell it at a sitting president during a SOTU speech. :mad: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1230) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1232)