# 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:** 1349
**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 25, 2016, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26962 "2016-01-25T21:48:22Z")
> **[Ted Cruz Singles Out Anti-Abortion Groups In Flint For Water Donations](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ted-cruz-flint-water-abortion_n_56a649b4e4b0404eb8f23abb?ref=yfp)** > > Volunteers will be delivering water to crisis pregnancy centers for "expecting moms and moms of little ones," according to Cruz's campaign. Ted Cruz is donating water to Flint residents. Well, only if they’re pro-life. ---
**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:** [January 25, 2016, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26963 "2016-01-25T23:00:31Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > [Ted Cruz Singles Out Anti-Abortion Groups In Flint For Water Donations | HuffPost Latest News](http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/ted-cruz-flint-water-abortion_us_56a649b4e4b0404eb8f23abb?ref=yfp) > > Ted Cruz is donating water to Flint residents. Well, only if they’re pro-life. What a piece of shit. ---
**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 25, 2016, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26964 "2016-01-25T23:09:07Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > [Ted Cruz Singles Out Anti-Abortion Groups In Flint For Water Donations | HuffPost Latest News](http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/ted-cruz-flint-water-abortion_us_56a649b4e4b0404eb8f23abb?ref=yfp) > > Ted Cruz is donating water to Flint residents. Well, only if they’re pro-life. Ah yes, children are only worth something before they’re born. After, not so much. ---
**Author:** ![user\_hostile](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/user_hostile/32/474_2.png) [@user\_hostile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/user_hostile)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2016, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26965 "2016-01-25T23:53:58Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > It always amazes me that they don’t see the parallels between Sharia law and their own God’s law. Ted Cruz recently said [he was a Christian first, and an American second](http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/1/22/1473694/-Ted-Cruz-I-m-a-Christian-first-American-second-Imagine-if-Muslim-or-Jewish-politician-said-that). If a Muslim said that he was a Muslim first and an American second, he would be excoriated as a potential terrorist. I’ve often wondered when the Father-of-all-Lies gave up the idea of filling the airwaves with campaign commercials. You know, Old Scratch lobbying folks that “I’m still a bigger liar than Cruz!” We can only speculate that he probably figured out that it would be starting way too late in the election cycle to affect public opinion. Then again, maybe Cruz will make Old Scratch his running mate to patch up their differences. ---
**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 25, 2016, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26966 "2016-01-25T23:56:28Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > It’s masks all the way down. > > until you hit the turtles Or Leo McKern. ---
**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:** [January 26, 2016, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26967 "2016-01-26T00:12:22Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Tennessee state House Majority Whip resigns his position after being outed for sexual harrassment](http://www.rawstory.com/2016/01/tennessee-gop-lawmaker-resigns-leadership-post-after-hes-outed-as-a-serial-sexual-harasser/). Though he isn’t going to leave the legislature. > [@](#): > > When confronted with the messages from all three woman, Durham stated he didn’t remember sending them. Because he was too high? ---
**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 26, 2016, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26968 "2016-01-26T00:16:41Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Tennessee state House Majority Whip resigns his position after being outed for sexual harrassment](http://www.rawstory.com/2016/01/tennessee-gop-lawmaker-resigns-leadership-post-after-hes-outed-as-a-serial-sexual-harasser/). Though he isn’t going to leave the legislature. > [@](#): > > Contacted by The Tennessean on Sunday about the announcement that he was stepping down from his post, Durham demurred by email, writing: “I’m talking it over with my family but have not made a decision. Nothing should’ve gone out. **Watching Broncos game at the moment.** ” Important stuff comes first. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2016, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26969 "2016-01-26T00:32:33Z")
Speaking of abortion, the investigation into the Planned Parenthood gotcha! videos has produced indictments. Against 2 of the assholes behind the videotaping! > **[2 Abortion Foes Behind Planned Parenthood Videos Are Indicted (Published 2016)](https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/26/us/2-abortion-foes-behind-planned-parenthood-videos-are-indicted.html?_r=0)** > > A grand jury cleared Planned Parenthood of allegations of misconduct, instead indicting its opponents on charges including tampering with a governmental record. ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2016, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26970 "2016-01-26T00:42:51Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > [Ted Cruz Singles Out Anti-Abortion Groups In Flint For Water Donations | HuffPost Latest News](http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/ted-cruz-flint-water-abortion_us_56a649b4e4b0404eb8f23abb?ref=yfp) > > Ted Cruz is donating water to Flint residents. Well, only if they’re pro-life. Cruz probably figures the pro-choicers drink the blood of infants, so they don’t really need the water as badly. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2016, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26971 "2016-01-26T01:24:24Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > Speaking of abortion, the investigation into the Planned Parenthood gotcha! videos has produced indictments. Against 2 of the assholes behind the videotaping! > > [http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/26/us/2-abortion-foes-behind-planned-parenthood-videos-are-indicted.html?\_r=0](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/26/us/2-abortion-foes-behind-planned-parenthood-videos-are-indicted.html?_r=0) Further evidence of the leftist conspiracy against pro-life patriots! ---
**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2016, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26972 "2016-01-26T03:32:55Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > [Ted Cruz Singles Out Anti-Abortion Groups In Flint For Water Donations | HuffPost Latest News](http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/ted-cruz-flint-water-abortion_us_56a649b4e4b0404eb8f23abb?ref=yfp) > > Ted Cruz is donating water to Flint residents. Well, only if they’re pro-life. I was going to cry foul on this one, because no matter his opinions he is providing water to expectant mothers and their intended babies, even if he is working it for press - until I got to this line: > [@](#): > > Cruz’s campaign is requesting donations for its efforts in Flint. No. No, donate your own money, if you think you get to decide which are the “deserving poor” spend your own damned money, and then read the New Testament. That miserable man can’t even do good well. ---
**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 26, 2016, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26973 "2016-01-26T03:49:51Z")
> [@j666](#): > > I was going to cry foul on this one, because no matter his opinions **he is providing water to expectant mothers and their intended babies** , even if he is working it for press - until I got to this line: > No. No, donate your own money, if you think you get to decide which are the “deserving poor” spend your own damned money, and then read the New Testament. > > That miserable man can’t even do good well. The water is going to [crisis pregnancy centers.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crisis_pregnancy_center) > [@](#): > > A crisis pregnancy center (CPC), sometimes called a pregnancy resource center is a type of non-profit organization established to counsel pregnant women against having an abortion. > > CPCs generally provide peer counseling related to abortion, pregnancy, and childbirth, and may also offer additional non-medical services such as financial assistance, child-rearing resources, and adoption referrals. > > CPCs that qualify as medical clinics may also provide pregnancy testing, sonograms, and other services. > > However, CPCs have also been known to disseminate false medical information, usually about the supposed physical and mental health risks of abortion. ---
**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2016, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26974 "2016-01-26T04:11:44Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > The water is going to [crisis pregnancy centers.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crisis_pregnancy_center) I am aware of what crisis pregnancy centers are. I am also fairly certain they are frequently primarily by pregnant women, and I will not condemn a person for donating clean water to pregnant women. I will even forgive a person for publicly donating the water. Asking other people to donate to an organization that will donate the water in your name? Nasty. (I expect there will be lots of pregnant women in Flint who are so conflict about their pregnancies that they just keep visiting the centers, day after day, drinking bottle after bottle.) ---
**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 26, 2016, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26975 "2016-01-26T04:20:43Z")
> [@j666](#): > > I am aware of what crisis pregnancy centers are. I am also fairly certain they are frequently primarily by pregnant women, and I will not condemn a person for donating clean water to pregnant women. > > I will even forgive a person for publicly donating the water. Asking other people to donate to an organization that will donate the water in your name? Nasty. > > (I expect there will be lots of pregnant women in Flint who are so conflict about their pregnancies that they just keep visiting the centers, day after day, drinking bottle after bottle.) He could have donated to the community. Instead, he wants the women to be subjected to anti-abortion propaganda before they get their bottle. ---
**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 26, 2016, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26976 "2016-01-26T04:31:29Z")
> [@j666](#): > > I am aware of what crisis pregnancy centers are. I am also fairly certain they are frequently primarily by pregnant women, and I will not condemn a person for donating clean water to pregnant women. > > I will even forgive a person for publicly donating the water. Asking other people to donate to an organization that will donate the water in your name? Nasty. > > (I expect there will be lots of pregnant women in Flint who are so conflict about their pregnancies that they just keep visiting the centers, day after day, drinking bottle after bottle.) But the water is only going to go to the pregnant women who are going to be visiting crisis pregnancy centers. Not to other pregnant women who will be visiting their regular OBGyn or other clinics. ---
**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 26, 2016, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26977 "2016-01-26T04:34:23Z")
[Steve Doocy had to explain on air to Brian Kilmeade that President Obama can’t run for a third term.](http://www.addictinginfo.org/2016/01/25/knowing-they-have-idiot-viewers-fox-news-asserts-obama-wont-be-running-again-video/) ---
**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2016, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26978 "2016-01-26T10:46:41Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > He could have donated to the community. Instead, he wants the women to be subjected to anti-abortion propaganda before they get their bottle. I suspect they can take it; they have been “subjected” to propaganda about what women should do and should be their entire lives. The Flint water is more dangerous right now than easily debunked propaganda. Cruz has every right to choose what and to whom to donate, just like the rest of us; it’s his money. Oh, wait … > [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > But the water is only going to go to the pregnant women who are going to be visiting crisis pregnancy centers. Not to other pregnant women who will be visiting their regular OBGyn or other clinics. Yes, I understand that. That is what the article said. I, like the women of Flint, am able to read, evaluate, come to a conclusion, and make a decision. Not being able to provide enough of everything to everyone, Cruz directed his donation, just like the rest of us do. You may or may not agree with his values, but his donations are directing clean water to pregnant women. I will not condemn him for that anymore that I would support anyone condemning your donations to Planned Parenthood or other non-profit reproductive healthcare clinics in Flint. ---
**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:** [January 26, 2016, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26979 "2016-01-26T11:48:42Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Steve Doocy had to explain on air to Brian Kilmeade that President Obama can’t run for a third term.](http://www.addictinginfo.org/2016/01/25/knowing-they-have-idiot-viewers-fox-news-asserts-obama-wont-be-running-again-video/) I’m willing to write this off as just the generalized stupidity of morning-show commentary, though I admit feeling mild surprise that showed the tweet of Rick Sheridan: “To be honest, I believe [Obama] would beat anybody in the current GOP crop.” I’d’ve thought Fox News’s position would be that such a concept was on-its-face nonsensical, that Obama could not (and never actually has) “beat” a Republican candidate in a fair election. ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2016, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26980 "2016-01-26T12:25:07Z")
I’ll make a deal with you then. Obama gets a third term automatically, thus making 2016 a midterm, in effect.🙂 ---
**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:** [January 26, 2016, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/26981 "2016-01-26T12:55:24Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > I’ll make a deal with you then. Obama gets a third term automatically, thus making 2016 a midterm, in effect.🙂 You might have mistaken me for someone who’s pro-Obama. At this point, I’m just recommending the U.S. become more anti-Republican, at least until a realignment leads the less sane elements of that party being jettisoned. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1348) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1350)