# 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:** 1250
**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, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24982 "2015-10-18T19:47:30Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > 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. My link is blank because it matches my brain. Yes, that’s what I was trying to talk about. ---
**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, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24983 "2015-10-18T23:19:09Z")
Jeb! acquits his brother of 9/11 while charging Hillary with guilt for Benghazi. When confronted he responds: [QUOTE=Rawstory link immediately upthread] Bush stammered in response: “Well, I — the question on Benghazi, which we will now finally get the truth to, is was the place secure? They had a responsibility at the Department of State to have proper security.” [/QUOTE] Finally get to the truth? :rolleyes: The U.S. Congress has already held 21 hearings about Benghazi, almost equaling the total 22 hearings held about 9/11. This is a good stat to pop out when a blowhard claims “both sides are the same.” (Though the stat won’t work; the blowhard believes Benghazi was at least as big a tragedy as 9/11.) ---
**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 19, 2015, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24984 "2015-10-19T16:34:58Z")
Mississippi’s Nov. 3 statewide ballot includes Initiative 42, which would allow people to sue if the state fails to provide “an adequate and efficient system of free public schools.” Republicans hate this, some more than others, prolly: [ > [@Rep. Lester "Bubba" Carpenter](#): > > If 42 passes in its form, a judge in Hinds County, Mississippi — predominantly black, it’s going to be a black judge — they’re going to tell us where the state education money goes. ]([http://bigstory.ap.org/article/2ea21fb6ebb943f1b41009c0d5376a5d/mississippi-lawmaker-apologizes-over-black-judge-comment](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/2ea21fb6ebb943f1b41009c0d5376a5d/mississippi-lawmaker-apologizes-over-black-judge-comment))[The Clarion-Ledger has the video (4:00 mark if it doesn’t auto-start there)](http://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/local/dailyledes/2015/10/18/rep-bubba-carpenter-black-judge-and-initiative-42/74196426/). His speech goes on to lay out exactly how he thinks money might be distributed… ---
**Author:** ![Punoqllads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2015, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24985 "2015-10-19T18:28:30Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > 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. Even better if Maury is hired for the reveal. ---
**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 19, 2015, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24986 "2015-10-19T19:05:28Z")
[GOP Congressman already floating impeachment proceedings against Hillary.](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/mo-brooks-hillary-clinton_5625053de4b0bce3470156eb) Seriously Crazy Town. ---
**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:** [October 19, 2015, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24987 "2015-10-19T19:10:50Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > [GOP Congressman already floating impeachment proceedings against Hillary.](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/mo-brooks-hillary-clinton_5625053de4b0bce3470156eb) > > Seriously Crazy Town. It’s like Christmas shopping in July. Avoid the crowds. ---
**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 19, 2015, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24988 "2015-10-19T19:55:27Z")
[Trey Gowdy is upset that he’s being criticized for chairing the Benghazi Witchhunt Committee.](http://www.mediaite.com/online/gowdy-these-have-been-among-the-worst-weeks-of-my-life/) ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2015, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24989 "2015-10-19T20:12:24Z")
[QUOTE=Rep. Trey Gowdy R-Salem] The uptick in criticism is [happening] the two weeks before she’s coming. I don’t think that that is a coincidence; it’s an attempt to marginalize and impugn the credibility of the panel that’s going to be asking her questions. [/QUOTE] It’s an attempt to impugn the credibility of a committee form to impugn the credibility of a presidential candidate, and that’s just not fair. ☹ > [@](#): > > The people who know me appreciate the fact that it is an impossible job… to run a serious fact-centric investigation in a political environment. I’m sure it is. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2015, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24990 "2015-10-19T20:22:07Z")
“unless you’re on the committee, you have no idea what we have done,” OK, tell us. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2015, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24991 "2015-10-19T21:29:58Z")
That’s classified. ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2015, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24992 "2015-10-19T22:12:55Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > That’s classified. So email us about it. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2015, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24993 "2015-10-19T23:39:01Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > [GOP Congressman already floating impeachment proceedings against Hillary.](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/mo-brooks-hillary-clinton_5625053de4b0bce3470156eb) > > Seriously Crazy Town. His grounds are “how many lives she put at risk by violating all rules of law that are designed to protect America’s top-secret and classified information from falling into the hands of our geopolitical foes who then might use that information to result in the deaths of Americans.” There seems to be a problem with Google. I can’t find any information about his attempt to impeach Cheney for leaking Valerie Plame’s NOC status, endangering the lives of many US informants and agents. ---
**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2015, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24994 "2015-10-20T18:26:14Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > [GOP Congressman already floating impeachment proceedings against Hillary.](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/mo-brooks-hillary-clinton_5625053de4b0bce3470156eb) > > Seriously Crazy Town. I am glad that Republicans are conceding that Hillary is gonna be our next president. 😃 ---
**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:** [October 20, 2015, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24995 "2015-10-20T19:12:44Z")
> [@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. Vitter is all kinds of evil, and I hope he goes to a special place in hell reserved for hypocrites, but I had to chuckle at this part: [QUOTE=Vitter Baby Mama] I found out I was pregnant. And he has asked me, very plainly, you know, “Am I the father?” And I kind of flipped out because he was the only person I’d been sleeping with. [/QUOTE] Lady, _you were a prostitute_. You are the dictionary definition of when it’s totally okay for the man to ask if he’s the father. :smack: ---
**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:** [October 20, 2015, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24996 "2015-10-20T19:21:19Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Vitter is all kinds of evil, and I hope he goes to a special place in hell reserved for hypocrites, but I had to chuckle at this part: > > Lady, _you were a prostitute_. You are the dictionary definition of when it’s totally okay for the man to ask if he’s the father. :smack: On the other hand, she had a free house and 5000 a month. No need for other men to make the rent and groceries. Just because she’s a prostitute doesn’t mean she enjoys it. ---
**Author:** ![Kevbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e47774/32.png) [@Kevbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kevbo)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2015, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24997 "2015-10-20T19:33:00Z")
> [@Knorf](#): > > Comparing Bush II to Hitler is in most instances very stupid. Of course. 'Dolf wasn’t ALL bad…could give a hell of a speech, that one. ---
**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 20, 2015, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24998 "2015-10-20T19:51:08Z")
Not a bad painter either. He could do a whole apartment in an afternoon. Two coats! ---
**Author:** ![Abe\_Babe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@Abe\_Babe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abe_Babe)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2015, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/24999 "2015-10-20T20:18:23Z")
> [@Kevbo](#): > > Of course. 'Dolf wasn’t ALL bad…could give a hell of a speech, that one. ya know who else gives good speeches? Obama. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2015, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25000 "2015-10-20T22:03:01Z")
> [@Abe\_Babe](#): > > ya know who else gives good speeches? Obama. Reagan too. ---
**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 20, 2015, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25001 "2015-10-20T22:51:46Z")
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