# 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:** 1317
**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:** [December 22, 2015, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26322 "2015-12-22T21:55:08Z")
A vlogger? We are paying attention to someone who cannot even be troubled to write stuff? How low we have sunk. ---
**Author:** ![MindsEye\_Watering](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindseye_watering/32/3619_2.png) [@MindsEye\_Watering](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MindsEye_Watering)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2015, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26323 "2015-12-22T22:15:58Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > A vlogger? We are paying attention to someone who cannot even be troubled to write stuff? How low we have sunk. I am confident that Republicans can sink lower. A LOT lower. ---
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2015, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26324 "2015-12-22T22:21:41Z")
> [@BigAppleBucky](#): > > It turns out that the gym in which the debate was held had a convenient boys’ restroom, but the girls’ room was a minute and 45 second walk away. Bogus! Her advance team has got to do a better job next time. That kind of thing hurts her IMO. ---
**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:** [December 22, 2015, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26325 "2015-12-22T23:13:54Z")
Mandatory catheters at all debates! ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2015, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26326 "2015-12-22T23:35:40Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Chelsea Clinton timed her pregnancy so that she can deliver during the Presidential campaign.](http://www.salon.com/2015/12/22/the_oreilly_factor_goes_full_conspiratorial_questions_the_timing_of_chelsea_clintons_pregnancy/) She’s a Clinton. OF COURSE SHE DID! God, it’s like he knows nothing about politics. ---
**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:** [December 22, 2015, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26327 "2015-12-22T23:49:53Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > A vlogger? We are paying attention to someone who cannot even be troubled to write stuff? How low we have sunk. Hey, it’s not every day us Hindus get our five minutes of racial/religious hatred. Muslims get all the attention. ---
**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:** [December 23, 2015, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26328 "2015-12-23T00:27:32Z")
Wisconsin state legislator wants ordinary citizens to be judge, jury and executioner. > [@](#): > > Wisconsin does not have a death penalty law, but with significant practice and careful aim, law abiding citizens can help clean our society of these scum bags. Criminals no longer have any fear of our courts or our prisons, so it’s time that the citizens of this fine state stand up and fight back. A gang banger in the mall with a gun is going to think twice if there could be a law abiding CCW holder standing behind them fully prepared to shoot center mass, as this is how you’re trained to eliminate the threat these creeps pose to you, your family, and all law abiding citizens unwillingly dragged into their public crime spree. I think we all know what complexion he’s talking about when he says “gangbanger”. ---
**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:** [December 23, 2015, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26329 "2015-12-23T01:03:36Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Wisconsin state legislator wants ordinary citizens to be judge, jury and executioner. > > > [@](#): > > > > Wisconsin does not have a death penalty law, but with significant practice and careful aim, law abiding citizens can help clean our society of these scum bags. Criminals no longer have any fear of our courts or our prisons, so it’s time that the citizens of this fine state stand up and fight back. A gang banger in the mall with a gun is going to think twice if there could be a law abiding CCW holder standing behind them fully prepared to shoot center mass, as this is how you’re trained to eliminate the threat these creeps pose to you, your family, and all law abiding citizens unwillingly dragged into their public crime spree. > > I think we all know what complexion he’s talking about when he says “gangbanger”. Who’s providing this training he’s talking about? ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2015, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26330 "2015-12-23T01:13:29Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > I think we all know what complexion he’s talking about when he says “gangbanger”. I, for one, am saddened that a word that used to mean an expression of shared happiness has become a pejorative term. ---
**Author:** ![Toxgoddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Toxgoddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxgoddess)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2015, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26331 "2015-12-23T02:48:38Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Wisconsin state legislator wants ordinary citizens to be judge, jury and executioner. > > I think we all know what complexion he’s talking about when he says “gangbanger”. No, he just watched “The Purge” on Netflix and was inspired. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2015, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26332 "2015-12-23T04:29:21Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Hey, it’s not every day us Hindus get our five minutes of racial/religious hatred. Muslims get all the attention. Try being a Bahá’í. It’s like the Canadians of the religious world, you try to get all edgy and in the fundies’ faces and still nobody hates you. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_stamos_left_ear/32/3198_2.png) [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Stamos_Left_Ear)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2015, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26333 "2015-12-23T06:13:26Z")
The Arizona Senate Education Committee will now be led by Sen. Sylvia Allen, R-Snowflake. According to [The Arizona Republic](http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/arizona/politics/2015/12/21/arizona-senate-education-panel-sylvia-allen/77720740/) > [@](#): > > Allen is best known for her controversial public comments over the years. During a legislative hearing in 2009, she said the Earth is [6,000 years old](http://archive.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/2009/07/11/20090711politics-allen0711.html), a belief held by “Young Earth” biblical creationists. In 2013, a Facebook post about [chem-trail conspiracies](https://www.facebook.com/sylvia.t.allen/posts/622863927737785?fref=nf) gained widespread media attention, as did a March comment suggesting [mandatory church attendance](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGvctqvDsag). > > Allen, who graduated from Snowflake High School and did not attend college, is co-founder of George Washington Academy, an EdKey, Inc. charter school in Snowflake. > > As chairwoman, she will control which legislative education proposals succeed and which ones die. Did I mention she’s in charge of the Arizona Senate Education Committee? ---
**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:** [December 23, 2015, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26334 "2015-12-23T06:42:02Z")
> [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](#): > > Did I mention she’s in charge of the Arizona Senate Education Committee? It’s the Republican way to fix cronyism; have education governed by those with no connection to education. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2015, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26335 "2015-12-23T07:16:01Z")
There’s a school that’s actually called _ **Snowflake** _ High school? That tickles me. All the parents there with there special little snowflakes… ---
**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:** [December 23, 2015, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26336 "2015-12-23T07:36:24Z")
On the bright side, so are the faculty and staff. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2015, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26337 "2015-12-23T09:11:22Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Hey, it’s not every day us Hindus get our five minutes of racial/religious hatred. Muslims get all the attention. Om shanti! > [@digs](#): > > Try being a Bahá’í. It’s like the Canadians of the religious world, you try to get all edgy and in the fundies’ faces and still nobody hates you. Well, arguing with a Baha’i is a little bit like kicking a happy little puppy. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2015, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26338 "2015-12-23T16:07:33Z")
But is it as much fun? ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2015, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26339 "2015-12-23T17:04:05Z")
Almost. ---
**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:** [December 23, 2015, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26340 "2015-12-23T21:00:37Z")
[Atheists are sucking the joy out of Christmas.](http://www.rawstory.com/2015/12/fox-hosts-atheists-are-sucking-the-joy-out-of-christmas-by-expecting-tolerance/) ---
**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:** [December 23, 2015, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26341 "2015-12-23T21:04:24Z")
Who would have imagined that they’d expect tolerance from people who follow a book that preaches “love thy neighbor” and “turn the other cheek?” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1316) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1318)