# 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:** 1371
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2016, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27402 "2016-02-16T20:55:09Z")
> [@Airbeck](#): > > … and any members of the military with Celiac disease can what? Just die of starvation? > > Jesus Celiac is a Liberal Plot. No “True American” has this “disease.” ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2016, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27403 "2016-02-16T21:15:35Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > **adaher** is an idiot. Full stop. Until they put a bounty on him, we have to just endure. You could adopt my policy. I only address him in order to call him names. I don’t even do that 1/10th as much as I am tempted to. “Idiot” doesn’t even begin to describe him. It’s only the first in a long, long, long list of derogatory terms that fit him perfectly. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2016, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27404 "2016-02-16T21:25:58Z")
Well, as The Simpsons said… “Just don’t look! Just don’t look!” I have Adaher on ignore. Life is more pleasant that way. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2016, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27405 "2016-02-16T22:22:29Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Ted Cruz promises there will no longer be gluten free products in military MREs.](http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/16/politics/ted-cruz-military-speech-gluten-free/index.html) OK, this one has me really baffled. What does Cruz (and presumably the general Republican voter) have against people with celiac disease? Are people with celiac disease not “real Americans”? ETA: Oh, just read the rest of the thread. Apparently I hit the nail on the head. Nevermind. ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2016, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27406 "2016-02-16T22:45:49Z")
I think many social conservative meat-and-[del]potatoes[/del]meat folks lump “gluten free” in with vegan, organic, locavore, raw food, etc. – dietary preferences that they see as stupid, sanctimonious liberal crap. Or they think that celiac disease is a made up thing that people convince themselves they have in order to get preferential treatment. Same way some people believe ADHD is either made up or vastly over-diagnosed. “Those kids just need a good spanking!” Similarly, “Gluten free? Just eat your damned spaghetti like everyone else, princess.” So under Cruz, our military won’t cater to these namby-pamby special snowflakes who think they have some made-up disease. Those soldiers will toughen up posthaste. Where do you expect to find organic vegan raw gluten free quinoa when you’re staring down ISIS, soldier?! This isn’t Obama’s Army anymore!! ---
**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:** [February 16, 2016, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27407 "2016-02-16T23:22:13Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Ted Cruz promises there will no longer be gluten free products in military MREs.](http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/16/politics/ted-cruz-military-speech-gluten-free/index.html) And what is his position on the jello molds in the Capitol Cafeteria? The cotton\polyester fabric mix in the uniforms of the janitorial staff at US Embassies? Any other mindless minutia he thinks the POTUS should weigh in on to make the US more butch? ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2016, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27408 "2016-02-16T23:58:51Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > Obama’s Army One of my favorite Elvis Costello songs! ---
**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:** [February 17, 2016, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27409 "2016-02-17T00:03:02Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Ted Cruz promises there will no longer be gluten free products in military MREs.](http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/16/politics/ted-cruz-military-speech-gluten-free/index.html) So fuck people with celiac disease? They have to quit the military because, dammit, everyone else really really likes gluten? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2016, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27410 "2016-02-17T00:17:38Z")
Would such a medical condition preclude service in the military? ---
**Author:** ![boytyperanma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@boytyperanma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boytyperanma)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2016, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27411 "2016-02-17T00:22:50Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Would such a medical condition preclude service in the military? I’m pretty sure it does. I’m also not sure if gluten free MRES even exist. Would it surprise anyone if a Republican was railing against a non-existant issue. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2016, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27412 "2016-02-17T00:31:48Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Ted Cruz promises there will no longer be gluten free products in military MREs.](http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/16/politics/ted-cruz-military-speech-gluten-free/index.html) Great, the Navy Seals are sneaking up on the leader of ISIS, and a loud fart gives them away. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2016, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27413 "2016-02-17T01:25:16Z")
> [@TonySinclair](#): > > Great, the Navy Seals are sneaking up on the leader of ISIS, and a loud fart gives them away. That would be a Republican, giving his opinion on something. ---
**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:** [February 17, 2016, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27414 "2016-02-17T01:34:02Z")
Whatever the logistical difficulties of deploying and feeding soldiers with food allergies, I imagine that an all-American meal of beef, potatoes, sweet corn, peaches, and a chocolate bar for dessert is already basically gluten-free. Is Ted going to mandate that wheat products be added to every package out of spite? ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2016, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27415 "2016-02-17T02:09:06Z")
> [@foolsguinea](#): > > Whatever the logistical difficulties of deploying and feeding soldiers with food allergies, I imagine that an all-American meal of beef, potatoes, sweet corn, peaches, and a chocolate bar for dessert is already basically gluten-free. Is Ted going to mandate that wheat products be added to every package out of spite? Chocolate is too expensive. It’ll be a wheatlate bar. ---
**Author:** ![BigAppleBucky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigapplebucky/32/178_2.png) [@BigAppleBucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigAppleBucky)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2016, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27416 "2016-02-17T02:23:09Z")
South Carolina Trump supporters - stupid squared? [PPP poll](http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/2015/PPP_Release_SC_21616.pdf)that came out today (Feb 16). Some breakouts Overall Republicans vs Trump supporters Ban Muslims from Entering US 60% overall 80% Trumpsters Ban Homosexuals from Entering US 20% overall 31% of Trumpsters Support shutting down mosques in the United States 29% overall 40% Trumpsters Support a national database of Muslims in the United States 47% overall 62% Trumpsters Islam should be illegal in the United States 25% overall 33% Trumpsters Support the Confederate flag hanging on the capital grounds 54% overall 70% Trumpsters Whites are a superior race 10% overall 16% Trumpsters Yep, stupid squared. ---
**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:** [February 17, 2016, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27417 "2016-02-17T02:25:17Z")
> [@BigAppleBucky](#): > > South Carolina Trump supporters - stupid squared? > > [PPP poll](http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/2015/PPP_Release_SC_21616.pdf)that came out today (Feb 16). Some breakouts > > Overall Republicans vs Trump supporters > Whites are a superior race > 10% overall 16% Trumpsters > > Yep, stupid squared. I’m surprised it’s that low. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2016, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27418 "2016-02-17T02:35:54Z")
Part of the [Republican response](http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/rubio-clarifies-911-comment) to The Donald’s gauche gaffe of telling the truth about the 9/11 attacks: > [@](#): > > Rubio said at the Republican debate that “the World Trade Center came down because Bill Clinton didn’t kill Osama bin Laden when he had the chance to kill him,” according to The Washington Post… > > “And my argument is, if you’re going to ascribe blame, don’t blame George W. Bush, blame a decision that was made years earlier, not to take out bin Laden when the opportunity presented itself.” Er, Marco, you know we have these things called “tape recorders” and “digital memory” and whatnot (you know, kind of like the ones in your circuitry, except without all the bugs and malfunctions). They have the whole story of Bill Clinton trying (but unfortunately failing because the timing was a few hours off) to take out Osama bin Laden in 1998 and getting accused of a “Wag the Dog” ploy by your buddies. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2016, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27419 "2016-02-17T02:48:00Z")
That’s OK, Bush got him! Wait, not Bush? It was Cheney? Wolfowitz?.. ---
**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:** [February 17, 2016, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27420 "2016-02-17T02:55:30Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > I think many social conservative meat-and-[del]potatoes[/del]meat folks lump “gluten free” in with vegan, organic, locavore, raw food, etc. – dietary preferences that they see as stupid, sanctimonious liberal crap. Or they think that celiac disease is a made up thing that people convince themselves they have in order to get preferential treatment. Same way some people believe ADHD is either made up or vastly over-diagnosed. “Those kids just need a good spanking!” Similarly, “Gluten free? Just eat your damned spaghetti like everyone else, princess.” So under Cruz, our military won’t cater to these namby-pamby special snowflakes who think they have some made-up disease. Those soldiers will toughen up posthaste. Where do you expect to find organic vegan raw gluten free quinoa when you’re staring down ISIS, soldier?! This isn’t Obama’s Army anymore!! The problem is that a significant number of the people who believe in the whole “gluten-free” thing are anti-vaxers. Who, at least based on my experience, are almost 100% GOP-leaning. Might actually turn out to be a mistake for ole Ted. ---
**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:** [February 17, 2016, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27421 "2016-02-17T02:58:15Z")
Let’s be sure to forget all of that documentation Clinton left behind for Dubya about Osama’s plans to attack the US, which Dubya ignored. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1370) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1372)