# 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:** 1351
**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 27, 2016, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27002 "2016-01-27T00:59:36Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Was the guillotine ever used in the US? Or anywhere not-France? Was beheading ever a practiced method of execution in the US (outside of incorrectly-calculated hangings)? In a word, no. Apparently, [Georgia introduced a bill allowing for execution by guillotine in 1996](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/Archives/19951996/leg/fulltext/hb1274.htm), but never got beyond that. ---
**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 27, 2016, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27003 "2016-01-27T01:04:49Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Was the guillotine ever used in the US? Or anywhere not-France? Nazis used it on (at least) the members of the resistance group the White Rose. ---
**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 27, 2016, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27004 "2016-01-27T01:55:19Z")
> [@user\_hostile](#): > > In a word, no. > > Apparently, [Georgia introduced a bill allowing for execution by guillotine in 1996](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/Archives/19951996/leg/fulltext/hb1274.htm), but never got beyond that. Long distance ETA: I was referring to the US only. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27005 "2016-01-27T03:16:15Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [In other news, the Governor of Maine wants to bring back the guillotine.](http://www.politico.com/story/2016/01/paul-lepage-guillotine-drug-traffickers-218236) You know, this is another Non-Stupid Idea. If you forego the tumbrils and rotten cabbages and macabre knitting, the guillotine might be the most reliably humane method of execution available. There’s no evidence that any subsequent claims that a newer method was more humane was valid, certainly. If we have the death penalty, I will accept the guillotine. (No, I do not support the death penalty in most cases, so let’s not get side tracked on that.) ---
**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 27, 2016, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27006 "2016-01-27T03:21:39Z")
There was something there at the end about how LePage wanted to take bets about which hole the head falls into. ---
**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27007 "2016-01-27T03:42:01Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > There was something there at the end about how LePage wanted to take bets about which hole the head falls into. Well, as long as we tax his winnings, that is fine. I’m serious; if you can face driving on roads paid in part from a bet like that, I will begin to believe we get the government we deserve. ---
**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 27, 2016, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27008 "2016-01-27T04:06:59Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > [Tennessee Republicans seek to nullify all marriages in the state in order to prevent gays from marrying.](http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2016/01/25/3742492/tennessee-marriage-lawsuit/) So if a Tennessee couple’s marriage is invalidated, are they still legally brother and sister? ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27009 "2016-01-27T12:58:00Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > But the Tea Party Governor and Attorney General said the indictments and lack of indictments of Planned Parenthood will not interfere with their continuing investigation of Planned Parenthood. > > [In other news, the Governor of Maine wants to bring back the guillotine.](http://www.politico.com/story/2016/01/paul-lepage-guillotine-drug-traffickers-218236) From the linked article: > [@](#): > > New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, whom LePage has endorsed for president, defended his surrogate at the time. > > “We all know that he shoots from the hip, and when he does that there are going to be times when even he, in retrospect, thinks he shouldn’t have said,” Christie said in an interview with “Morning Joe.” > > Read more: [http://www.politico.com/story/2016/01/paul-lepage-guillotine-drug-traffickers-218236#ixzz3yRunaBrw](http://www.politico.com/story/2016/01/paul-lepage-guillotine-drug-traffickers-218236#ixzz3yRunaBrw) Outrageous quotes? Shoots from the hip (and apparently without any thinking at all)? Why the heck isn’t LePage running for President? If you got him and Trump to debate one-on-one I think you could sell tickets and make a killing. ---
**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 27, 2016, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27010 "2016-01-27T13:15:54Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [In other news, the Governor of Maine wants to bring back the guillotine.](http://www.politico.com/story/2016/01/paul-lepage-guillotine-drug-traffickers-218236) Well, he could always save on building the contraption and hire some be-headers from the Saudi Arabians, since they appear to agree with him on methods of putting ‘bad guys’ to death…of course, the thought could make his head explode… ---
**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 27, 2016, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27011 "2016-01-27T13:17:42Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Why the heck isn’t LePage running for President? If you got him and Trump to debate one-on-one I think you could sell tickets and make a killing. Debate? Hell, Trump may have found his VP candidate: TRUMP/PAGE 2016:\_\_\_\_ (you fill in the blank, I can’t bear too). ---
**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 27, 2016, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27012 "2016-01-27T14:33:36Z")
> [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > Well, he could always save on building the contraption and hire some be-headers from the Saudi Arabians, since they appear to agree with him on methods of putting ‘bad guys’ to death…of course, the thought could make his head explode… I was going to suggest that since Maine is a northern state, that Paige should emulate Ned Stark (winter is coming!) and do the beheadings himself . I was surprised to discover that Maine isn’t actually that far north - fooled by the map again. ---
**Author:** ![lance\_strongarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/87869e/32.png) [@lance\_strongarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lance_strongarm)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27013 "2016-01-27T14:34:44Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > Nope. I bled like a pig for two weeks. The blood came from me. As did most of the women in the ward. The hospital supplied gigantic pads that made me laugh. We all still walked around for the 3 days we were there, holding our groins and dripping blood on the floor. But I’m sure your experience was different when you had your baby. > > [Bleeding after birth.](https://www.nct.org.uk/parenting/guide-blood-loss-after-birth) We were discussing a situation before the placenta had been detached and expelled. The bleeding from the uterine wall doesn’t start until after the placenta comes off of it. ---
**Author:** ![Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/try2b_comprehensive/32/65_2.png) [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27014 "2016-01-27T15:07:00Z")
Unless it is a Republican placenta! ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27015 "2016-01-27T15:14:13Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > There was something there at the end about how LePage wanted to take bets about which hole the head falls into. He stole that from a George Carlin bit. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27016 "2016-01-27T15:15:40Z")
> [@j666](#): > > You know, this is another Non-Stupid Idea. If you forego the tumbrils and rotten cabbages and macabre knitting, the guillotine might be the most reliably humane method of execution available. :mad: Oh, sure, if we wanted to make a mockery of the whole thing! If it’s worth doing, it’s worth doing **right!** Public square! Tumbrils! Knitting! Drumroll! “It is a far, far, better thing I do . . .” ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27017 "2016-01-27T15:34:33Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > I was going to suggest that since Maine is a northern state, that Paige should emulate Ned Stark (winter is coming!) and do the beheadings himself . I was surprised to discover that Maine isn’t actually that far north - fooled by the map again. Geography trivia: the closest state to Africa is Maine. ---
**Author:** ![lance\_strongarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/87869e/32.png) [@lance\_strongarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lance_strongarm)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27018 "2016-01-27T15:54:21Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > [Tennessee Republicans seek to nullify all marriages in the state in order to prevent gays from marrying.](http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2016/01/25/3742492/tennessee-marriage-lawsuit/) I hope they actually do that. I would laugh at all the straight married couples going “what just happened?” And I’d laugh at the next Republican who said he/she was pro-marriage. Dicks. ---
**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 27, 2016, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27019 "2016-01-27T17:31:50Z")
> [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > Debate? Hell, Trump may have found his VP candidate: TRUMP/PAGE 2016:\_\_\_\_ (you fill in the blank, I can’t bear too). “Hello, Madame President” ---
**Author:** ![MacCat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maccat/32/216_2.png) [@MacCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacCat)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27020 "2016-01-27T19:01:30Z")
> [@](#): > > New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, whom LePage has endorsed for president, defended his surrogate at the time. > > “We all know that he shoots from the hip, and when he does that there are going to be times when even he, in retrospect, thinks he shouldn’t have said,” Christie said in an interview with “Morning Joe.” [He should know](http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/monster-storm/new-jersey-gov-chris-christie-apologizes-storm-crack-i-got-n504526) > [@](#): > > Christie’s mea culpa came after he got an earful from several mayors in the hard-hit area — including a political ally he called “crazy” for comparing the monster snowstorm to Hurricane Sandy. > > “I take heat for what I say all the time,” Christie admitted during a news conference in Trenton. “I got carried away.” Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27021 "2016-01-27T19:54:46Z")
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