# 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:** 1233
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2015, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24642 "2015-10-01T12:37:51Z")
Colin Powell says he’s still a Republican [“because it annoys them”](http://theweek.com/speedreads/580615/colin-powell-says-hes-still-republican-because-annoys). 😉 ---
**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:** [October 1, 2015, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24643 "2015-10-01T13:52:51Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > Colin Powell says he’s still a Republican [“because it annoys them”](http://theweek.com/speedreads/580615/colin-powell-says-hes-still-republican-because-annoys). 😉 That’s not a stupid idea - that’s quality trolling. > [@](#): > > Powell said he knows Trump “rather well,” and if he were around him would say, “You know, Don, let’s see what happens — let’s tell all the immigrants working in Trump hotels to stay home tomorrow. Let’s see what happens.” ---
**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:** [October 1, 2015, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24644 "2015-10-01T16:09:40Z")
> [@3trew](#): > > In my experience they usually do have very good weed. Who knew that Dr Frankenstein was a liberal? 🙂 The Monster Stash (Parody of the Monster Bash) (No profanity, but could be NSFW) “This shit is good!!!” “Ganja goooood!!!” - Frankie monster. ---
**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:** [October 1, 2015, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24645 "2015-10-01T16:55:08Z")
This one is not so much stupid as it is truly fucking evil. The back-story is kind of missing but it probably rides the back of budget cutting. And, well, _Alabama_, you know, what more need be said? [31 state licensing offices to be closed](http://www.al.com/opinion/index.ssf/2015/09/voter_id_and_drivers_license_o.html): \*The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency’s website says their office at the Clarke County Courthouse is still open, but soon a lot of others nearby won’t be. On Wednesday, the agency announced that it would close 31 offices throughout the state, leaving 29 counties without a place where 16-year-olds can take a driver’s test … - and, of course, \*In 2011, Alabama lawmakers approved the state’s voter ID law, making it illegal to vote in Alabama without a government-issued photo ID. For most folks, that’s a driver’s license. In those 29 counties you might be able to register at the courthouse, but you won’t be able to cast a ballot there unlessunless you have that ID… Look at the list of counties now where you can’t get a driver’s license. There’s Choctaw, Sumter, Hale, Greene, Perry, Wilcox, Lowndes, Butler, Crenshaw, Macon, Bullock … Depending on which counties you count as being in Alabama’s Black Belt, either twelve or fifteen Black Belt counties soon won’t have a place to get a driver’s license. Counties where some of the state’s poorest live… majority African-American. \* I mean, yeah, maybe this belongs in **Elections** , but that offers much less freedom to spew vitriol upon the inbred bigoted three-toothed racist fucking dickwads in charge of that place that might not be so much of a shithole if it was being run by people with more brain cells than kudzu in their worthless excuses for heads. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2015, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24646 "2015-10-01T17:18:14Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > This one is not so much stupid as it is truly fucking evil. Then post it in [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=770286). ---
**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:** [October 1, 2015, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24647 "2015-10-01T23:59:53Z")
[Alabama Congressman thinks that Obama welcoming Syrian refugees is an impeachable offense.](http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2015/10/01/3708000/mo-brooks-impeach-obama-refugees/) ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2015, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24648 "2015-10-02T00:11:25Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Alabama Congressman thinks that Obama welcoming Syrian refugees is an impeachable offense.](http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2015/10/01/3708000/mo-brooks-impeach-obama-refugees/) Somebody explain to me why we fought a war to prevent Alabama from seceding. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2015, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24649 "2015-10-02T00:41:41Z")
> [@TonySinclair](#): > > Somebody explain to me why we fought a war to prevent Alabama from seceding. They have good BBQ. ---
**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:** [October 2, 2015, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24650 "2015-10-02T01:11:23Z")
Umm, no. White chicken is by no means “good BBQ.” Just when you think Florida is the stupidest state in the union, up pops Alabama. ---
**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:** [October 2, 2015, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24651 "2015-10-02T01:50:35Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > They have good BBQ. Mayonnaise based barbecue is not barbecue. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2015, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24652 "2015-10-02T01:56:48Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > . . . Just when you think Florida is the stupidest state in the union, up pops Alabama. Nevada is fighting hard to stay competitive here. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2015, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24653 "2015-10-02T02:06:56Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Just when you think Florida is the stupidest state in the union, up pops Alabama. :mad: Hey, Florida is not stupid! [Weird, I’ll grant you . . .](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OnlyInFlorida) :o ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2015, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24654 "2015-10-02T03:13:16Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Umm, no. White chicken is by no means “good BBQ.” > > Just when you think Florida is the stupidest state in the union, up pops Alabama. [Alabama also banned dildos and vibrators](https://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2014/04/05/against-all-reason-alabama-outlaws-sex-toys/). Because, you know, if Alabama women have ANY alternative … ---
**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:** [October 2, 2015, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24655 "2015-10-02T03:26:49Z")
Side note: How in the world are those prohibitions on atheists prohibited from holding public office constitutional? ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2015, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24656 "2015-10-02T04:05:17Z")
> [@Evil\_Captor](#): > > [Alabama also banned dildos and vibrators](https://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2014/04/05/against-all-reason-alabama-outlaws-sex-toys/). Because, you know, if Alabama women have ANY alternative … All the more reason to fear Sharia Law. Wouldn’t want them to cut off my hand. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2015, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24657 "2015-10-02T04:40:35Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Side note: How in the world are those prohibitions on atheists prohibited from holding public office constitutional? They’re not. Torasco v Watkins in 1961 struck all of them down. They just haven’t been removed from the state constitutions. They’re unenforceable, though. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2015, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24658 "2015-10-02T05:12:36Z")
> [@TonySinclair](#): > > All the more reason to fear Sharia Law. Wouldn’t want them to cut off my hand. If you’re busted for fornication, try to plea bargain down to masturbation. Trust me on this, you don’t want to know… ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2015, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24659 "2015-10-02T10:32:23Z")
> [@Evil\_Captor](#): > > [Alabama also banned dildos and vibrators](https://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2014/04/05/against-all-reason-alabama-outlaws-sex-toys/). Because, you know, if Alabama women have ANY alternative … And yet dildos are still allowed to run for office. ---
**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:** [October 2, 2015, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24660 "2015-10-02T11:08:04Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Side note: How in the world are those prohibitions on atheists prohibited from holding public office constitutional? Yes. Don’t we believe in the Separation of Non-Church and State? ---
**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:** [October 2, 2015, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24661 "2015-10-02T12:03:57Z")
> [@foolsguinea](#): > > :rolleyes: Half will nominate moot for everything, and half will nominate whoever is the current leader of national white supremacism. > > I think the word is “indignance.” Or more commonly “indignation.” Crap, I wanted to make that post. I guess things just moved too fast for me to keep up. So **foolsguinea** is Jean Valjean, I suppose. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1232) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1234)