# 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:** 1346
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2016, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26902 "2016-01-22T16:48:58Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > that the seat of the federal government does not need representation since it actually has 535 representatives fighting for its interests and the majority of them live in the DC metro area. Bwaaa! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! That is the funniest thing I’ve heard all week! ---
**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:** [January 22, 2016, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26903 "2016-01-22T17:12:22Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > What will a DC rep or Senator do, fight to bring jobs and government spending to DC? Give the city’s residents a voice in how their city is administered, presumably. I really don’t understand why anyone would lie about those graduation or employment rates. I mean, 60% and 14% are _terrible_. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2016, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26904 "2016-01-22T17:23:32Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Republican Congressman lies about black people in order to object to District of Columbia statehood.](http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2016/01/21/3741521/congressman-makes-up-statistics-about-black-people-to-argue-dc-residents-are-irresponsible/) > [@](#): > > Appearing at a town hall meeting Wednesday night, Congressman Andy Harris (R-MD) argued that Washington, D.C. should not be a state because its residents make “irresponsible decisions.” So, should [Michigan](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=781536) be stripped of its statehood, then? ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2016, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26905 "2016-01-22T17:40:11Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > 2-Jane Orient, who runs Doctors for Disaster Preparedness. Her organization believes that AIDS/HIV is harmless; that water fluoridation causes cancer; that elements within the federal government allowed the San Bernardino massacre to take place; and that Hillary Clinton ran guns to ISIS through Benghazi. They’re not even trying anymore. Its like the Mad Libs of extremist right wing conspiracies, just fill in the blanks: "If Obama poisoned the waters of Flint, in order to defeat the Oregon freedom fighters, that might get ISIS to attack our 2nd Amendment Rights, so that Clinton can fake Global Warming, to enrich George Soros and pay Iran to destroy our Confederate heroes’ statues in order to build more Planned Parenthood abortion clinics! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2016, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26906 "2016-01-22T18:30:11Z")
> [@YogSosoth](#): > > They’re not even trying anymore. Its like the Mad Libs of extremist right wing conspiracies, just fill in the blanks: > > "If Obama poisoned the waters of Flint, in order to defeat the Oregon freedom fighters, that might get ISIS to attack our 2nd Amendment Rights, so that Clinton can fake Global Warming, to enrich George Soros and pay Iran to destroy our Confederate heroes’ statues in order to build more Planned Parenthood abortion clinics! I bet Huckabee could say that with a straight face. ---
**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:** [January 22, 2016, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26907 "2016-01-22T18:43:16Z")
You left out the part about the Reverse Vampires. ---
**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:** [January 22, 2016, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26908 "2016-01-22T18:47:10Z")
[Ted Cruz; It’s Obama’s fault I forgot to sign up for health insurance.](http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2016/01/22/3741921/ted-cruz-health-insurance/) ---
**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 22, 2016, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26909 "2016-01-22T19:56:20Z")
[Trump retweeted a tweet from a white supremacist/neo-Nazi account, and featured it on his front page.](https://www.yahoo.com/politics/trump-retweets-support-from-neo-nazi-white-164217608.html) ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2016, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26910 "2016-01-22T20:42:47Z")
> [@YogSosoth](#): > > They’re not even trying anymore. Its like the Mad Libs of extremist right wing conspiracies, just fill in the blanks: > > "If Obama poisoned the waters of Flint, in order to defeat the Oregon freedom fighters, that might get ISIS to attack our 2nd Amendment Rights, so that Clinton can fake Global Warming, to enrich George Soros and pay Iran to destroy our Confederate heroes’ statues in order to build more Planned Parenthood abortion clinics! > [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > I bet Huckabee could say that with a straight face. I’m pretty sure he has at some point. ---
**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:** [January 22, 2016, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26911 "2016-01-22T21:03:22Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Trump retweeted a tweet from a white supremacist/neo-Nazi account, and featured it on his front page.](https://www.yahoo.com/politics/trump-retweets-support-from-neo-nazi-white-164217608.html) That tweet was actually kind of funny. Normally I’d be inclined to forgive something like this as a careless oversight of one of his staff members not knowing where the tweet came from. But given Trump’s history… total dick move and NOT deserving of ANY forgiveness at all. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2016, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26912 "2016-01-22T21:52:13Z")
So, it might appear, then, that the further right one is, the less sense of humor. Hmmm. Well, that would mean that the more liberal/left you are…Ha! Now, _that’s_ funny! ---
**Author:** ![TheSeaOtter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ed655f/32.png) [@TheSeaOtter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheSeaOtter)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2016, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26913 "2016-01-22T22:14:03Z")
[GOP Kansas senator offers his ‘detailed guidance’ for women’s attire during testimony](http://www.kansascity.com/news/government-politics/article56028075.html) > [@](#): > > [It] prohibits women testifying on bills from wearing low-cut necklines and miniskirts[…] > Sen. Mitch Holmes’ 11-point code of conduct does not include any restrictions on men, who he said needed no instruction on how to look professional. […] > Holmes, a 53-year-old Republican from St. John who is chairman of the Senate Ethics and Elections Committee, said he wrote the instruction because provocatively dressed women are a distraction. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2016, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26914 "2016-01-22T22:17:31Z")
> [@](#): > > Holmes, a 53-year-old Republican from St. John who is chairman of the Senate Ethics and Elections Committee, said he wrote the instruction because provocatively dressed women are a distraction. And that’s a bad thing? At our age, a nice distraction now and then should be welcomed. ---
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2016, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26915 "2016-01-22T22:32:26Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > [Ted Cruz; It’s Obama’s fault I forgot to sign up for health insurance.](http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2016/01/22/3741921/ted-cruz-health-insurance/) The party of personal responsibility strikes again! ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2016, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26916 "2016-01-22T22:54:49Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Jane Orient, who runs Doctors for Disaster Preparedness. Her organization believes that AIDS/HIV is harmless; that water fluoridation causes cancer; that elements within the federal government allowed the San Bernardino massacre to take place; and that Hillary Clinton ran guns to ISIS through Benghazi. So she got one wrong (the guns were for al Qaeda, not ISIS). Big deal. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2016, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26917 "2016-01-22T23:55:38Z")
You know, schizos are prone to diss Orient. Just sayin’, is all. ---
**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:** [January 23, 2016, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26918 "2016-01-23T00:19:22Z")
Indictment pending. ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2016, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26919 "2016-01-23T00:30:06Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Indictment pending. Does the death penalty attach? 'Cause…wow. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2016, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26920 "2016-01-23T00:33:19Z")
You guys are either bitterly envious of my wit or of my capacity to ignore scorn and abuse. Either way, I win. Eat your hearts out. ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2016, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26921 "2016-01-23T00:40:18Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Give the city’s residents a voice in how their city is administered, presumably. I really don’t understand why anyone would lie about those graduation or employment rates. I mean, 60% and 14% are _terrible_. They already have that under self rule laws passed by Congress. There’s really no compelling reason for DC to have representation. This is not a case of the world changing and thus the country changing with the times. The reasons for keeping the capital out of Congress are just as valid now as they were in 1787. It’s not as if DC’s interests aren’t being looked out for. There is nothing DC reps couldn’t do that the other 535 aren’t already doing. It’s not like North Dakota, which would be pretty much forgotten if they didn’t have two Senators. Most of the politicians and officials live there and fight for DC’s interests. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1345) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1347)