# 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:** 1332
**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:** [January 8, 2016, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26622 "2016-01-08T21:04:39Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > 20 dollars, same as in town. +1 ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2016, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26623 "2016-01-08T21:23:32Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > So how do you determine the monetary value? Heard this on the news last night - the presumably sponsoring representative said they would be valued at $0. I’m not sure who that is insulting . . . ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2016, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26624 "2016-01-08T21:58:19Z")
Anybody who’d fuck a Republican is too lazy to jerk off. ---
**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:** [January 8, 2016, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26625 "2016-01-08T22:29:11Z")
> [@DrumBum](#): > > A Missouri lawmaker introduced a bill Wednesday that would [require lobbyists to report “sexual relations” with state legislators as a “gift”](http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/07/politics/missouri-lobbyist-sex-gift-bill/index.html) in their disclosures to the state ethics commission. > > I suppose they should be commended for being honest about their extracurricular activities Yeah, I live in Missouri and we are currently trying in the Legislature to end a sad status of being the only state of all 50 where all three of the following are currently true: (1) No limits on campaign contributions (2) No limits on the value of gifts from lobbyists to legislators (3) No “cooling-off” period before ex-legislators can go through the “revolving door” to become lobbyists themselves :o > [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Donald Trump has a surprisingly simple answer to the Bundy standoff: “[Just go talk to them](http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/1/8/1467306/-Donald-Trump-says-he-d-end-the-Oregon-standoff-just-by-telling-the-Bundys-You-gotta-get-out?detail=facebook).” > > Gee, why didn’t anybody think of that? Let’s at least give credit where it’s due–what he said overall there was surprisingly sensible: > [@](#): > > “You cannot let people take over federal property,” Mr. Trump said. “You can’t, because once you do that, you don’t have a government anymore. I think, frankly, they’ve been there too long.” > > Mr. Trump said he wasn’t necessarily suggesting a large-scale military action, but that “at a certain point you have to do something and you have to be firm and you have to be strong, you have to be a government.” ---
**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:** [January 8, 2016, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26626 "2016-01-08T22:44:06Z")
> [@DrumBum](#): > > A Missouri lawmaker introduced a bill Wednesday that would [require lobbyists to report “sexual relations” with state legislators as a “gift”](http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/07/politics/missouri-lobbyist-sex-gift-bill/index.html) in their disclosures to the state ethics commission. > > I suppose they should be commended for being honest about their extracurricular activities That’s actually responsible and commendable. Especially considering the lawmaking body. And the lobbying bodies. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2016, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26627 "2016-01-08T22:52:55Z")
> [@Evil\_Captor](#): > > And the problem is that it’s built on bribery. Aye – but both parties (or at least their pols and leaders) are more or less equally guilty of being apparently satisfied with that state of affairs. ---
**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:** [January 8, 2016, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26628 "2016-01-08T23:46:05Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > My favorite quote from that article about LePage comes from his communications director::dubious: His communications director is a [dead musician??](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Steele) ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2016, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26629 "2016-01-09T00:16:35Z")
Well, that explains a lot. ---
**Author:** ![SeldomSeen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ba0ec/32.png) [@SeldomSeen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeldomSeen)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2016, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26630 "2016-01-09T00:29:44Z")
No way to know for sure if this guy’s a republican, but it seems likely… A North Dakota man drove his pickup truck to Washington DC with a plan to [kidnap the first canines](http://news.yahoo.com/man-plotted-obama-dognapping-faces-weapons-charge-wash-210944052.html). Apparently concerned that Bo and Sunny might bite back, he carried along a 12-gauge shotgun, a 22 rifle, 350 riounds of ammo, a machete and a billyclub. Secret Service agents apprehended him in a DC hotel and were astonished to learn he was the son of JFK and Marilyn Monroe and was planning to run for president himself:dubious: Those North Dakota winters will drive a man crazy… ---
**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:** [January 9, 2016, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26631 "2016-01-09T01:44:28Z")
> [@SeldomSeen](#): > > A North Dakota man drove his pickup truck to Washington DC with a plan to [kidnap the first canines](http://news.yahoo.com/man-plotted-obama-dognapping-faces-weapons-charge-wash-210944052.html). Apparently concerned that Bo and Sunny might bite back, he carried along a 12-gauge shotgun, a 22 rifle, 350 riounds of ammo, a machete and a billyclub. Secret Service agents apprehended him in a DC hotel and were astonished to learn he was the son of JFK and Marilyn Monroe and was planning to run for president himself:dubious: That’s not a birth certificate, that’s a gift certificate with the word “gift” crossed out and “birth” written in in crayon. ---
**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:** [January 9, 2016, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26632 "2016-01-09T04:48:30Z")
If he says he’s JFK’s son, what makes you think he’s a Republican? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2016, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26633 "2016-01-09T05:25:54Z")
He’s 49. His Mom died in 1962, his Dad, a year later. Creepy stuff or very, very poor math skills. ---
**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:** [January 9, 2016, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26634 "2016-01-09T05:58:49Z")
He stole that idea from Robert Lewis, the main male character in _A Life Less Ordinary_. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2016, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26635 "2016-01-09T09:43:53Z")
> [@SeldomSeen](#): > > Secret Service agents apprehended him in a DC hotel and were astonished to learn he was the son of JFK and Marilyn Monroe You mean… I have a brother!!! ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2016, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26636 "2016-01-09T12:52:15Z")
You see, when a girl zombie and a boy zombie love each other very much, within the confines of a committed relationship… ---
**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:** [January 9, 2016, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26637 "2016-01-09T16:32:15Z")
Jack wouldn’t even need to divorce Jackie, since the wedding vows ended at his death. Or undeath. Not that it stopped him when he was alive, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2016, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26638 "2016-01-09T17:25:47Z")
You people are so naive. Dudes, JFK and Marilyn Monroe are still alive. Duh! They live at Graceland, ferchrissakes. ---
**Author:** ![SeldomSeen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ba0ec/32.png) [@SeldomSeen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeldomSeen)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2016, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26639 "2016-01-09T18:07:48Z")
> [@foolsguinea](#): > > If he says he’s JFK’s son, what makes you think he’s a Republican? Good heavens, you don’t think a _democrat_ would plot to dognap the President’s best friends? :eek: ---
**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:** [January 9, 2016, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26640 "2016-01-09T20:45:59Z")
[Anti-gay lawyer arrested for transporting an underage teen girl to Canada to engage in sexual activity and record it.](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/20/lisa-biron-anti-gay-christian-lawyer-child-porn-charges_n_2166055.html) ---
**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:** [January 9, 2016, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26641 "2016-01-09T20:52:52Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Anti-gay lawyer arrested for transporting an underage teen girl to Canada to engage in sexual activity and record it.](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/20/lisa-biron-anti-gay-christian-lawyer-child-porn-charges_n_2166055.html) I think the GOP should adopt “Another One Bites The Dust” as the Party theme song. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1331) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1333)