# 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:** 1232
**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, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24622 "2015-09-30T11:37:00Z")
And a sitting VP can tell a Senator to go fuck themselves on the Senate floor. Er…the telling was on the Senate floor, not the…you know what, never mind. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2015, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24623 "2015-09-30T11:40:11Z")
> [@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. Here’s an “honest” graph plotting the same information, from the _Mother Jones_ site: > **[Lying with charts, anti-abortion edition](https://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2015/09/lying-charts-anti-abortion-edition/)** > >   ---
**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, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24624 "2015-09-30T15:45:05Z")
[GOP leader accidentally tells the truth about Benghazi committee.](http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/gop-leader-accidentally-tells-the-truth-about-benghazi-committee) ---
**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 30, 2015, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24625 "2015-09-30T16:59:50Z")
More from Jan “Enslave the Illegals” Mickelson; [Jewish and Christian groups working to resettle Mideast refugees aren’t actually religious people at all, and we should foreclose on them and take their property if they’re not capable of feeding and housing all the refugees themselves.](http://mediamatters.org/blog/2015/09/29/ias-jan-mickelson-phony-baloney-religious-front/205854) ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2015, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24626 "2015-09-30T17:23:11Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > [GOP leader accidentally tells the truth about Benghazi committee.](http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/gop-leader-accidentally-tells-the-truth-about-benghazi-committee) “Untrustable???” Criminy, that’s guy who wants to be the next Speaker of the House??? ---
**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, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24627 "2015-09-30T20:04:53Z")
[Indiana GOP’s House Leader resigns after texting sexually explicit video of himself cheating on wife to everyone on his “Contacts” list.](http://www.salon.com/2015/09/30/indiana_gops_house_leader_resigns_after_texting_sexually_explicit_video_of_himself_cheating_on_wife_to_everyone_on_his_contacts_list/) ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2015, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24628 "2015-09-30T20:08:11Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > “Untrustable???” > > Criminy, that’s guy who wants to be the next Speaker of the House??? He was in the same room as Hannity, taking a direct hit of his dumbness rays. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2015, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24629 "2015-09-30T20:39:24Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > [Indiana GOP’s House Leader resigns after texting sexually explicit video of himself cheating on wife to everyone on his “Contacts” list.](http://www.salon.com/2015/09/30/indiana_gops_house_leader_resigns_after_texting_sexually_explicit_video_of_himself_cheating_on_wife_to_everyone_on_his_contacts_list/) Probably no need to mention that he [del]is[/del] was a fierce crusader for the sanctity of marriage. ---
**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 30, 2015, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24630 "2015-09-30T20:59:09Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > [Indiana GOP’s House Leader resigns after texting sexually explicit video of himself cheating on wife to everyone on his “Contacts” list.](http://www.salon.com/2015/09/30/indiana_gops_house_leader_resigns_after_texting_sexually_explicit_video_of_himself_cheating_on_wife_to_everyone_on_his_contacts_list/) [From here.](http://eaglecountryonline.com/local-article/report-sex-video-dissemination-may-have-prompted-mcmillin-resignation/) > [@](#): > > That’s what I am doing right now with my family. With that being said I will never understand the **need for some people to spew hatred.** Payback’s a bitch, isn’t it? ---
**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, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24631 "2015-09-30T22:36:43Z")
[Anti-pot Republican ticketed for possession of pot.](http://statepolitics.lohudblogs.com/2013/03/15/assemblyman-katz-ticketed-for-marijuana-and-speeding-on-thursday/) ---
**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, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24632 "2015-09-30T22:40:41Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Anti-pot Republican ticketed for possession of pot.](http://statepolitics.lohudblogs.com/2013/03/15/assemblyman-katz-ticketed-for-marijuana-and-speeding-on-thursday/) I’m not seeing anything in that story to indicate that he was an anti-marijuana crusader… no mention at all of his stance on marijuana laws, actually. ETA: Ah, okay, I found [another story on the same site about his NO vote last year for medical marijuana](http://statepolitics.lohudblogs.com/2013/03/15/katz-voted-against-medicial-marijuana-bill/). ---
**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 30, 2015, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24633 "2015-09-30T22:49:59Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > ETA: Ah, okay, I found [another story on the same site about his NO vote last year for medical marijuana](http://statepolitics.lohudblogs.com/2013/03/15/katz-voted-against-medicial-marijuana-bill/). See, he’s against pot being used for medicine but is O.K. with everybody getting high. ---
**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, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24634 "2015-09-30T22:51:26Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > See, he’s against pot being used for medicine but is O.K. with everybody getting high. Objection; we only know that he’s okay with himself getting high. 😛 ---
**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 30, 2015, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24635 "2015-09-30T23:08:06Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Objection; we only know that he’s okay with himself getting high. 😛 Point of order : we don’t actually know that he is. Maybe Teh Ghay Librulz were the ones who made him do it. ---
**Author:** ![3trew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/13edae/32.png) [@3trew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3trew)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2015, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24636 "2015-09-30T23:20:04Z")
In my experience they usually do have very good weed. ---
**Author:** ![marshmallow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@marshmallow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marshmallow)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2015, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24637 "2015-09-30T23:20:06Z")
That’s just more proof of how addicting and destructive the devil weed really is. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2015, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24638 "2015-10-01T00:27:45Z")
There are some people who just shouldn’t. You got somebody that’s uptight, boring, and rigid, don’t make him smoke weed. Then he’s just uptight, rigid, boring and stoned. Which is not an improvement. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2015, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24639 "2015-10-01T02:23:33Z")
Who the fuck displays a PowerPoint graph with no X or Y Axis information? If that graph covered only two days in one location it could be fucking accurate! But what good is that as evidence for a case? Really? They’re cranking their Indignation Amplifier to 11 because most only go to 10 but they thought they’d need that extra bit. ---
**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:** [October 1, 2015, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24640 "2015-10-01T02:34:08Z")
BG, I was going to point out the incident in post #24620 was also mentioned in post #24603, but that closeup on his smiling face is full of win. Ribbit. ---
**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:** [October 1, 2015, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24641 "2015-10-01T03:46:27Z")
> [@Sitnam](#): > > Who the fuck displays a PowerPoint graph with no X or Y Axis information? I do believe the answer to that question is “fucking liars, that’s who.” There’s only one reason to display a graph missing labels on one or both axes and that’s to mislead your audience. We learned this on an episode of Cyberchase, so congratulations, congressdude, you’re dumber than 4th graders. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1231) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1233)