# 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:** 1249
**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2015, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24962 "2015-10-17T19:05:00Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > [Tennessee Conservatives fight _against_ religion in schools!!](http://www.tennessean.com/story/news/politics/2015/10/09/tn-bill-would-ban-teaching-religious-doctrine-until-high-school/73681930/) Okay…so it was a particular religion-Islam-that brought on this hypocritical display. Allah forbid the poor tykes should learn the origin of algebra. Gotta nip that there indoctrination crap in the bud! I love this part: > [@](#): > > A longtime Sunday school teacher, Butt said she thought students in middle school weren’t able to assess or analyze information about religion, … ---
**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:** [October 17, 2015, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24963 "2015-10-17T19:22:28Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > It doesn’t work that way in Conseramerica. Anything that hints of Islam(even wrongly) will be stomped on, while Christian references will still be seen as “traditional”, not religious. Even in public schools ? I grant I haven’t set foot in Tennessee (nor do I really wish to), but in my personal experience teachers tend to gravitate towards two general personalities : the “Eh, fuck it, seems easy and there’s lots of time off” low-effort folks and the “I’m gonna SHAPE THE FUTURE and teach those kids SO MUCH !” people with a true calling - the latter tending to be lefties, atheists, science wonks or poets or history buffs… IOW not really the Gawd gawd gawd Jeebus crowd. So I could totes see a teacher seeing the retard on display here and formulating a Plan _à la_ Scopes trial 😛 ---
**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 17, 2015, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24964 "2015-10-17T22:22:32Z")
I do expect a conservative student to someday protest loudly against having to learn that Muslim terror weapon of Math destruction: Al-gebra :p:) ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2015, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24965 "2015-10-17T22:40:12Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > Is that also true of any liberal who compared Bush to Hitler? Depends on the comparison. Comparing Bush to Hitler in terms of genocide is just as stupid as comparing Bernie to Stalin or Pol Pot. But comparing Bush’s use of stagecraft and propaganda to Hitler’s may be instructive. A knee-jerk “Ooh, Godwin’s Law!” doesn’t take much intelligence. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2015, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24966 "2015-10-17T22:43:30Z")
> [@Sinaptics](#): > > Just want to qualify this as Republican politicians and not republicans in general. Also, I missed a preposition. Still, the Republican politicians wouldn’t be pandering to the ignorant if there weren’t a lot of ignorant Republican voters. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2015, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24967 "2015-10-17T22:59:35Z")
> [@TonySinclair](#): > > Depends on the comparison. Comparing Bush to Hitler in terms of genocide is just as stupid as comparing Bernie to Stalin or Pol Pot. But comparing Bush’s use of stagecraft and propaganda to Hitler’s may be instructive. A knee-jerk “Ooh, Godwin’s Law!” doesn’t take much intelligence. Considering the source, not much intelligence is expected. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2015, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24968 "2015-10-17T23:26:14Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > I do expect a conservative student to someday protest loudly against having to learn that Muslim terror weapon of Math destruction: > > Al-gebra My name is ' **luc** , and I’m a mathtard…(Hi, ' **luci**!) Fucking hate algebra. Can stare at the simplest equation and my brain just sputters and sparks. Had to take Algebra 1 twice, and _cheat!_ …to get a “D”. And the camel it rode in on. ---
**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 17, 2015, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24969 "2015-10-17T23:59:41Z")
[Former escort claims to have been a regular of David Vitter’s](http://wonkette.com/595029/love-child-stay-away-from-david-vitter-or-he-will-bortion-you-allegedly). She claims he put her up in a house and gave her $5000 a month, a ring just like the ring he gave his wife, and demanded that she get an abortion when she told him she was pregnant. ---
**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:** [October 18, 2015, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24970 "2015-10-18T00:04:39Z")
So, have any teenagers started condemning Algebra for its Islamist roots? Win-win for those that take up the charge: They’ll got to drop the dreaded class, and get kudos from Republicans, maybe even an invitation to join a Youth Brigade. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2015, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24971 "2015-10-18T00:32:37Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Former escort claims to have been a regular of David Vitter’s](http://wonkette.com/595029/love-child-stay-away-from-david-vitter-or-he-will-bortion-you-allegedly). She claims he put her up in a house and gave her $5000 a month, a ring just like the ring he gave his wife, and demanded that she get an abortion when she told him she was pregnant. He has not changed his views. He is 100% against abortion, including cases of rape and incest. The only exceptions are when the life of the mother or the career of the Congressman are at stake. ---
**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 18, 2015, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24972 "2015-10-18T02:02:29Z")
Story says she carried the baby to term and gave it up for adoption. 'Twould be so SWEET to have him come forward and demand a paternity test. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2015, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24973 "2015-10-18T04:13:03Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > Keith Ellison did. But I’m not really interested in having that discussion on the liberal board. I just wanted to know if you regard such a comparison as a stupid liberal idea. I meant mainstream _presidential_ Democratic president. Apples to apples. But whatevs… Comparing Bush II to Hitler is in most instances very stupid. ---
**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:** [October 18, 2015, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24974 "2015-10-18T15:41:32Z")
Tennessee should also forbid Computer Science for middle schoolers–heaven forbid that they be indoctrinated into the Sharia mindset via the _algorithm_! ---
**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:** [October 18, 2015, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24975 "2015-10-18T17:36:41Z")
Donald Trump is under fire from the GOP establishment again. This time, he has committed the unforgiveable sin of mentioning that [George W. Bush was president on 9/11.](http://www.king5.com/story/news/2015/10/17/trump-faces-backlash-blaming-ex-president-george-w-bush-911/74129434/) > [@](#): > > “When you talk about George Bush, I mean — say what you want — the World Trade Center came down during his time,” Trump said. > > Bloomberg’s Stephanie Ruhle then interrupted and said Trump couldn’t blame Bush for the attacks that left nearly 3,000 Americans dead. > > “He was president, okay?" Trump responded. "Blame him or don’t blame him, but he was president. The World Trade Center came down during his reign.” Man, the Donald just can’t win for losing. ---
**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:** [October 18, 2015, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24976 "2015-10-18T18:29:58Z")
> [@](#): > > Bloomberg’s Stephanie Ruhle then interrupted and said Trump couldn’t blame Bush for the attacks that left nearly 3,000 Americans dead. Damn liberal media. ---
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2015, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24977 "2015-10-18T19:01:31Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Donald Trump is under fire from the GOP establishment again. > > This time, he has committed the unforgiveable sin of mentioning that [George W. Bush was president on 9/11.](http://www.king5.com/story/news/2015/10/17/trump-faces-backlash-blaming-ex-president-george-w-bush-911/74129434/) > > Man, the Donald just can’t win for losing. But he kept us safe! He kept us safe! HE KEPT US SAFE!! ---
**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:** [October 18, 2015, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24978 "2015-10-18T19:04:56Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > > [@](#): > > > > Bloomberg’s Stephanie Ruhle then interrupted and said Trump couldn’t blame Bush for the attacks that left nearly 3,000 Americans dead. > > Damn liberal media. [CNN reporter actually pushes back on Jeb’s 9/11 nonsense.](Bloomberg’s Stephanie Ruhle then interrupted and said Trump couldn’t blame Bush for the attacks that left nearly 3,000 Americans dead) See about 2.22 in. P.S., I know there’s a way to link to a YouTube video at the point you wish to, but damned if I know how. ---
**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:** [October 18, 2015, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24979 "2015-10-18T19:13:59Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > [CNN reporter actually pushes back on Jeb’s 9/11 nonsense.](Bloomberg’s Stephanie Ruhle then interrupted and said Trump couldn’t blame Bush for the attacks that left nearly 3,000 Americans dead) See about 2.22 in. > > P.S., I know there’s a way to link to a YouTube video at the point you wish to, but damned if I know how. After the URL, put ?t=#m#s. So for your video, it would be URL?t=2m22s. You can also click on the “Share” button and it will give you the URL and a box that shows the current time. Pause the video, check the box next to the time and it will include the time in the URL Share box. ---
**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:** [October 18, 2015, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24980 "2015-10-18T19:26:42Z")
Thanks! ---
**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:** [October 18, 2015, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24981 "2015-10-18T19:26:56Z")
By the way, **Biggirl** , your link doesn’t work. I think I found what you were referring to on both [Raw Story](https://www.rawstory.com/2015/10/cnn-host-destroys-jeb-bush-you-blame-hillary-for-benghazi-but-insist-brother-blameless-for-911/) and [Addicting Info](http://www.addictinginfo.org/2015/10/18/cnn-host-leaves-jeb-bush-speechless-calls-out-hypocrisy-on-911-and-benghazi-video/), tho. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1248) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1250)