# 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:** 1269
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2015, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25362 "2015-11-09T17:43:16Z")
What I will give the right credit for is that they hold Ben Carson to the same standards they hold, say, Hillary Clinton. You know in your heart that if Hillary had said she was offered a West Point appointment, and that she had taken a course that wasn’t offered at the time, there wouldn’t be any more outrage than Ben’s getting. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2015, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25363 "2015-11-09T17:45:24Z")
> [@bup](#): > > What I will give the right credit for is that they hold Ben Carson to the same standards they hold, say, Hillary Clinton. You know in your heart that if Hillary had said she was offered a West Point appointment, and that she had taken a course that wasn’t offered at the time, there wouldn’t be any more outrage than Ben’s getting. Hell, if Ben Carson was a Democrat he’d be spending 12 hours in front of a Congressional committee, demanding an explanation into WestPointGate. ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2015, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25364 "2015-11-09T20:00:52Z")
I’m Carson’ed out. Let’s talk Rubio. [He released some credit card records](http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/nationworld/ct-rubio-gop-charge-card-statements-20151107-story.html) detailing personal spending on the GOP dime. He claims he paid it all back. But as a voter, I’m a bit more concerned about this: > [@](#): > > Rubio, for example, charged more than $5,000 during his seven-night stay at the Venetian hotel in Las Vegas in August 2005. The campaign said he made the trip for political business and then extended it to visit family in Nevada. He paid $1,745 for his portion of the charges in the next billing cycle. Anyone else a bit concerned about hiring on a public servant who spends $700.00+/night for a hotel room? I dunno, I haven’t seen the records and maybe this included family or entourage. And I’m sure that there’s lots of room for _tu quoque_ here. But since when do state lawmakers get to drop $5K on hotel rooms in a week? ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2015, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25365 "2015-11-09T20:05:58Z")
Those fucking resort fees the Vegas hotels tack on to your bill will just kill your credit cards, yanno. ---
**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:** [November 9, 2015, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25366 "2015-11-09T20:24:10Z")
On the other hand, the Venetian is owned by Sheldon Adelson, who probably just spent that $5k on campaigning for Republican candidates anyway, so it all goes full-circle. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2015, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25367 "2015-11-09T22:45:09Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Plagiarizing his lies about how honest he is? In the context, I would more expect the prof to laugh at him as the only patsy who fell for it. > > But, you know, Carson is a superhero in disguise. [As the pictures of his house clearly show](http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/gallery/2015/nov/07/ben-carson-house-homage-to-himself-in-pictures) I don’t get it. He’s got pictures of himself with Bush and with Jesus. He got Bush to autograph the picture with him, so why didn’t he get Jesus to autograph His? ---
**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:** [November 9, 2015, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25368 "2015-11-09T23:47:29Z")
> [@TonySinclair](#): > > I don’t get it. He’s got pictures of himself with Bush and with Jesus. He got Bush to autograph the picture with him, so why didn’t he get Jesus to autograph His? You forget, Carson is a neurosurgeon. Carson autographed Jesus’ copy of the picture. ---
**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:** [November 10, 2015, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25369 "2015-11-10T01:11:10Z")
Ted Cruz says that an atheist “[isn’t fit to be President](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/ted-cruz-atheists_5640b613e4b0411d30719f52).” And that a PotUS should begin each day on his knees, in prayer. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2015, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25370 "2015-11-10T03:29:05Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > Ted Cruz says that an atheist “[isn’t fit to be President](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/ted-cruz-atheists_5640b613e4b0411d30719f52).” > > And that a PotUS should begin each day on his knees, in prayer. That’s hardly the worst thing that was said at that little conference. I like (for varying values of “like”) this: [QUOTE=Kevin Swanson] [Don’t you dare carve happy faces on open, pussy sores!](http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/swanson-and-buehner-call-homosexuality-flesh-eating-virus-sores-happy-faces-carved-them) [/QUOTE] He also seems to think that gays should be executed. Huckabee, Jindal, and Cruz were all there, and as far as I’ve been able to find, none of them seem to think this is an attitude that ought to be refuted. ---
**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:** [November 10, 2015, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25371 "2015-11-10T04:54:25Z")
[Looks like Rafael Cruz may be a … fabricator, too.](http://www.addictinginfo.org/2015/11/09/now-it-looks-like-ted-cruz-and-his-dad-made-up-family-stories-of-cuba/) ---
**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:** [November 10, 2015, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25372 "2015-11-10T10:13:33Z")
That Kevin Swanson link is not so much a Gish Gallop as a Gish freakin’ Avalanche. So much stupid, wrong and weird in such a short statement. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2015, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25373 "2015-11-10T11:51:56Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > That’s hardly the worst thing that was said at that little conference. I like (for varying values of “like”) this: > > He also seems to think that gays should be executed. Huckabee, Jindal, and Cruz were all there, and as far as I’ve been able to find, none of them seem to think this is an attitude that ought to be refuted. What the heck is “amateur prostitution”, and is it administered by the NCAA? ---
**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:** [November 10, 2015, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25374 "2015-11-10T15:24:49Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > What the heck is “amateur prostitution” When the girl ain’t much good at it. Alternatively, marriage. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2015, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25375 "2015-11-10T15:51:19Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > What the heck is “amateur prostitution”, and is it administered by the NCAA? Professional whoring would get you disqualified from the Olympics, unless you’re on the International Olympic Committee, in which case it is expected. ---
**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:** [November 10, 2015, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25376 "2015-11-10T15:52:42Z")
Be aware, however, that Olympic prostitutes have “sponsors,” not pimps. ---
**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:** [November 10, 2015, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25377 "2015-11-10T16:11:53Z")
> [@TonySinclair](#): > > He also posted an undated story about a hoax psychology retest at Yale. It doesn’t have a single detail that matches Carson’s story, but he again claims that he deserves an apology. > > So it appears that he didn’t make the story up out of thin air; he saw that article, and concocted a version where he would be the star of the story. > > He’s plagiarizing his lies. [The Yale equivalent of The Onion punked a freshman Psych class and Ben Carson was the only student who didn’t catch on.](http://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewkaczynski/ben-carsons-yale-classmate-we-did-the-prank-test-that-carson#.xxBgjYKqPL) 40 years later he still hasn’t caught on. In fact, he has used this story of what a dumb, gullible ass he is and turned it into what an honest, award winning hero he is. Even the president of Yale has recognized his greatness. If you don’t believe him you can ask his girlfriend. You wouldn’t know her. She’s Canadian. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2015, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25378 "2015-11-10T16:46:48Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > If you don’t believe him you can ask his girlfriend. You wouldn’t know her. She’s Canadian. :mad: Dammit, we can’t have a POTUS who would date an immigrant, a foreigner, an . . . an iceback! ---
**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:** [November 10, 2015, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25379 "2015-11-10T17:06:34Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > [The Yale equivalent of The Onion punked a freshman Psych class and Ben Carson was the only student who didn’t catch on.](http://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewkaczynski/ben-carsons-yale-classmate-we-did-the-prank-test-that-carson#.xxBgjYKqPL) 40 years later he still hasn’t caught on. In fact, he has used this story of what a dumb, gullible ass he is and turned it into what an honest, award winning hero he is. Even the president of Yale has recognized his greatness. > > If you don’t believe him you can ask his girlfriend. You wouldn’t know her. She’s Canadian. Actually, this story adds credibility to Carson … he was not, in this instance, lying. ---
**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:** [November 10, 2015, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25380 "2015-11-10T17:22:36Z")
> [@Evil\_Captor](#): > > Actually, this story adds credibility to Carson … he was not, in this instance, lying. Yes. Yes he was. He did not get an award from the president of Yale for being the most honest student, which is what he claimed. He got fooled by a prank, which is what happened. ---
**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:** [November 10, 2015, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/25381 "2015-11-10T17:49:25Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > That’s hardly the worst thing that was said at that little conference. I like (for varying values of “like”) this: > > He also seems to think that gays should be executed. Huckabee, Jindal, and Cruz were all there, and as far as I’ve been able to find, none of them seem to think this is an attitude that ought to be refuted. I think I might have spelled that “pus-y.” The other spelling has quite a different meaning. Oops. The link showed the spelling as “pussy.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1268) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1270)