# 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:** 1255
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2015, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25082 "2015-10-26T01:03:02Z")
Ben Carson: [Rape victims who get abortions are [del]just like Hitler[/del] exactly like slave owners](http://www.occupydemocrats.com/ben-carson-rape-victims-who-have-abortions-are-just-like-slave-owners/). ---
**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 26, 2015, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25083 "2015-10-26T01:26:31Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Private detective working for David Vitter campaign arrested for illegally taping Vitter’s political opponents.](http://www.politico.com/story/2015/10/vitter-private-investigator-arrest-215130?cmpid=sf) > > In other words, Louisiana business as usual. Is it illegal to record conversations that occur in public in Louisiana? ---
**Author:** ![yanceylebeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yanceylebeef/32/12290_2.png) [@yanceylebeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yanceylebeef)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2015, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25084 "2015-10-26T14:47:11Z")
> [@bup](#): > > Ben Carson: [Rape victims who get abortions are [del]just like Hitler[/del] exactly like slave owners](http://www.occupydemocrats.com/ben-carson-rape-victims-who-have-abortions-are-just-like-slave-owners/). Between this, turning the Department of Education into an investigatory body to weed out “extreme” liberal views, his views on evolution, comparing Obamacare to slavery, and the incredible recruiting abilities of the Gay Mafia in prisons, I really think he’s trying to “Costanza” this race. He just wants to sell books, and fleece the rubes. He’s trying to get fired, but everything he says, no matter how wacky, crazy, or intolerant is just lapped up. If he’s not careful, he’s going to get the nomination. God help us all. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2015, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25085 "2015-10-26T16:03:46Z")
> [@yanceylebeef](#): > > If he’s not careful, he’s going to get the nomination. God help us all. It would make a good wacky comedy, along the lines of “The Mouse that Roared” but about inadvertantly winning the presidency. I’d enjoy this if I were in an outer universe observing this one. ---
**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 26, 2015, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25086 "2015-10-26T16:12:56Z")
I thought he had suspended his campaign, so he could go on a book tour. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2015, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25087 "2015-10-26T16:38:45Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > I think that this thread might outlive us all. I’m starting the believe that they think they won’t get any press at all unless they something stupid. ---
**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 26, 2015, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25088 "2015-10-26T16:49:02Z")
Not an original stupid thought but certainly a doubling-down on the current party line stupidity: [Texas Lt Gov Dan Patrick opines on Planned Parenthood](http://www.politifact.com/texas/statements/2015/oct/22/dan-patrick/dan-patrick-says-planned-parenthood-does-nothing-p/) > [@](#): > > I don’t think they do anything good. Look, they’re nothing more than a referral service. They pretend to care about women’s health. But they don’t have professionals even giving any information to women except referring them to another clinic. They don’t have equipment. They don’t do anything except profit from killing babies and then selling body parts of those aborted babies. Um…no. ---
**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 26, 2015, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25089 "2015-10-26T16:54:53Z")
In the A Little Knowledge Is A Dangerous Thing Dept: [Conservative radio talk show host thinks LGBT people may use magnets to destroy the belief of the religious types that oppose them.](http://www.rawstory.com/2015/10/conservative-radio-host-freaks-out-transgender-crowd-will-use-magnets-to-suck-god-from-your-brain/#.Vigqs6SWZQ4.twitter) If I were to CONSIDER putting something like this in one of my stories, I’d go, “Nope, that’s a bridge too far, NOBODY would believe anyone was that stupid.” ---
**Author:** ![boytyperanma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@boytyperanma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boytyperanma)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2015, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25090 "2015-10-26T17:01:09Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Is it illegal to record conversations that occur in public in Louisiana? It’s still not clear what he was arrested for. He was recording a sheriff talking to any other public official in a breakfast joint. When confronted he took off running and trespassed through several private properties while doing so. Stupid idea to try and record the coversation. It’s not clear if he did anything illegal. David Vitter is involved so at a minimum it is sleezy. ---
**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 26, 2015, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25091 "2015-10-26T17:09:38Z")
> [@Evil\_Captor](#): > > In the A Little Knowledge Is A Dangerous Thing Dept: > > [Conservative radio talk show host thinks LGBT people may use magnets to destroy the belief of the religious types that oppose them.](http://www.rawstory.com/2015/10/conservative-radio-host-freaks-out-transgender-crowd-will-use-magnets-to-suck-god-from-your-brain/#.Vigqs6SWZQ4.twitter) So _that’s_ how fucking magnets work ! ---
**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 26, 2015, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25092 "2015-10-26T17:13:10Z")
As per Gentle Ben: > [@](#): > > \*Think about this. During slavery — and I know that one of those words you’re not supposed to say — but I’m saying it. During slavery, a lot of the slave owners thought they had the right to do whatever they wanted to that slave, anything that they chose to do. . . - Which word are we not supposed to say? During? This is a man who who thinks there should be policy to stop black vs white discrimination. That we should put a stop to free speech-- as long as it’s liberal free speech. Religion will keep people away from sex and drugs, no expensive programs needed. Today’s college grads are stupider than 1800 6th graders. The United States is different and better than all the other countries in the world. Poverty in the U.S. isn’t a real thing like it is in India and Africa. There should be a 5 year federal hiring freeze-- no hiring at all-- to reduce the size of the government. It is ethically right to stop countries we don’t agree with with brute force. We should abolish Medicare and Medicaid and replace it with a 2000 dollar voucher. Note that he wants a federal hiring freeze but wants to increase the size of the military. Because the military isn’t federally run-- or something. [Yet 6 in 10 Republicans think he can win the White House.](http://www.pennlive.com/nation-world/2015/10/republican_voters_view_trump_a.html) The same poll says 7 in 10 think Trump will win, so there’s that-- very stupid Republican idea. ---
**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 26, 2015, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25093 "2015-10-26T17:26:49Z")
[Trumps foreign policy plan is to “make our military so strong, so powerful we’ll never have to use it.”](http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/watch/trump-will-find-a-general-patton-to-fight-isis-551943747632) How, you ask? Trump is going to find a General Patton. Believe him. That whole Town Hall meeting is hilarious. In it Trump also states that he knows what it’s like to be a common man. He started way low-- in Brooklyn, even. And all he got was a million dollar loan from his father that he had to pay back. He knows what it’s like to start from nothing! All the polls that say he’s trailing crazy Ben Carson in Iowa? Wrong! He knows he’s winning! Just like Charlie Sheen. Winning! The two Republican frontrunners, ladies and gentlemen. ---
**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 26, 2015, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25094 "2015-10-26T17:40:33Z")
Isn’t it already ? I’m struggling to find a war that the US ever had to fight, as opposed to \*chose \*to fight. Even WW2 is sorta sketch on that ground as the Japanese hardly threatened the mainland - but it’s the closest I can come up with. 1812, maybe ? ---
**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 26, 2015, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25095 "2015-10-26T17:45:23Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > Isn’t it already ? I’m struggling to find a war that the US ever had to fight, as opposed to \*chose \*to fight. Even WW2 is sorta sketch on that ground as the Japanese hardly threatened the mainland - but it’s the closest I can come up with. 1812, maybe ? He’s gonna make it classier and more luxurious! It’s gonna be YUUUUGE! ---
**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 26, 2015, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25096 "2015-10-26T17:49:05Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Is it illegal to record conversations that occur in public in Louisiana? It’s illegal unless one of the parties consents, yes. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2015, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25097 "2015-10-26T17:53:54Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > He started way low-- in Brooklyn, even. And all he got was a million dollar loan from his father that he had to pay back. He knows what it’s like to start from nothing! This is why Trump’s a genius. How come _I_ never thought of borrowing a million dollars from my dad? ---
**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 26, 2015, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25098 "2015-10-26T18:02:11Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > It’s illegal unless one of the parties consents, yes. Hmm. I went and googled for it; couldn’t find a direct link to Louisiana Revised Statutes, but I did find it at [Justia: > [@2011 LRS 15:1303](#): > > §1303. Interception and disclosure of wire, electronic, or oral communications > > A. Except as otherwise specifically provided in this Chapter, it shall be unlawful for any person to: > > (1) Willfully intercept, endeavor to intercept, or procure any other person to intercept or endeavor to intercept, any wire or oral communication; ]([LA Rev Stat § 15:1303 :: RS 15:1303 — Interception and disclosure of wire, electronic, or oral communications :: 2011 Louisiana Laws :: US Codes and Statutes :: US Law :: Justia](http://law.justia.com/codes/louisiana/2011/rs/title15/rs15-1303)) How does that square with the concept that people have no right to privacy when in public? Is a journalist recording cops making an arrest violating that statute if the cops are speaking? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2015, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25099 "2015-10-26T18:18:49Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > So _that’s_ how fucking magnets work ! Might be related to the phenomenon that causes me to lose my will power when I’m close to my refrigerator. I’ll take the magnets off it, and report back. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2015, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25100 "2015-10-26T18:26:48Z")
Lindsey Graham can’t figure out how he’s losing in the polls: [https://www.yahoo.com/politics/lindsey-graham-on-gop-field-how-am-i-losing-to-150953390.html](https://www.yahoo.com/politics/lindsey-graham-on-gop-field-how-am-i-losing-to-150953390.html) In fairness, that’s kind of a legitimate question. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2015, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25101 "2015-10-26T18:32:47Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > Lindsey Graham can’t figure out how he’s losing in the polls: > > [Lindsey Graham on GOP field: ‘How am I losing to these people?’](https://www.yahoo.com/politics/lindsey-graham-on-gop-field-how-am-i-losing-to-150953390.html) > > In fairness, that’s kind of a legitimate question. Graham appears to have no understanding whatsoever of who makes up the Republican Party. Also, I never knew that Carson had tried to kill somebody. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1254) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1256)