# 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:** 1378
**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 22, 2016, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27542 "2016-02-22T14:38:14Z")
> [@BigAppleBucky](#): > > I think this whole bathroom thing is no big deal for young adults these days. My kids went to college and all three lived in mixed sex dorms with both sexes on the same floor. The youngest’s dorm had just one bathroom per floor shared by both (all three or four?) genders. It was kind of a brother-sister deal. No one made a big thing of it. > > Seems more civilized to me than my college days. God we were troglodytes. Sure, but this isn’t just young adults we’re talking about. Also, public restrooms and lockers often involve less privacy than those bathrooms in those dorms might have. I doubt the men and women were all showering together in open showers with no stalls, for instance. The bottom line is that some people expect gender privacy, for whatever reason. The question is whether they are entitled to it. This is really a larger question, as you’ve show - should we just go ahead and dump gender segregation altogether? And if so, what do we tell those who still want it? I didn’t want to hijack any more, and I have a new interest in this, so I started a new thread if anyone is interested: > **[Transgender Service Animals](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=784817)** > > No, not really - I want to compare the debate over transgender use of bathrooms and locker rooms to service animals. I saw a news story about people taking pets around and pretending they are service animals so they can take them on airplanes, in... ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2016, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27543 "2016-02-22T16:35:41Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Technically, maybe not a Republiopath idea, _per se_, but this guy is [clearly a piece of work](http://www.rawstory.com/2016/02/wtf-arizona-lawyer-says-scalia-can-vote-from-the-grave-to-keep-supreme-court-conservative/), > \*Anti-government attorney Kory Langhofer argued over the weekend that the Supreme Court could continue to decide cases 5-4 in favor of conservatives after the death of Antonin Scalia because the deceased justice could effectively cast votes from the grave. > > “There’s no Ouija board required to figure out how Justice Scalia would vote on these things, he’s already voted… We’re at the second-to-last step in how these cases unfold when Justice Scalia died. We know exactly what he thought… And it’s not unprincipled to say we should give affect to that.”\* As long as we’re bringing back ghosts, let’s say ghost Scalia became liberal after he realized there was no afterlife and his entire religious foundation dropped out from under him. Its just an eternity of watching other people masturbate ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2016, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27544 "2016-02-22T17:26:01Z")
Yeah, that’s right up there with casting votes for people who don’t vote based on their voter registration. Can’t remember where I heard that idea, but I figured it was the last solution for Democrats upset over poor turnout by registered Dems. Just count them as down the line votes for Democrats whether they show or not! But even that is more logical than casting votes for Scalia based on WWSD? Supreme Court justices are not as predictable as you might think. Nothing can be assumed. ---
**Author:** ![Wolf333](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf333/32/3460_2.png) [@Wolf333](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolf333)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2016, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27545 "2016-02-22T17:56:00Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > Yeah, that’s right up there with casting votes for people who don’t vote based on their voter registration. **Can’t remember where I heard that idea** , but I figured it was the last solution for Democrats upset over poor turnout by registered Dems. Just count them as down the line votes for Democrats whether they show or not! > > But even that is more logical than casting votes for Scalia based on WWSD? Supreme Court justices are not as predictable as you might think. Nothing can be assumed. (my bold) I believe that was liberal strawman. Possibly right wing echo chamber. ---
**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 22, 2016, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27546 "2016-02-22T19:26:08Z")
[New York Republicans apparently want people on food stamps/SNAP to starve.](http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2016/02/20/3751602/food-stamps-junk-food-new-york/) ---
**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:** [February 22, 2016, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27547 "2016-02-22T19:47:31Z")
That’s a terrible article, and your link tagline isn’t very enlightening either. ---
**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 22, 2016, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27548 "2016-02-22T19:49:37Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > That’s a terrible article, and your link tagline isn’t very enlightening either. It seems pretty clear to me. What are your objections? ---
**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 22, 2016, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27549 "2016-02-22T19:57:48Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > That’s a terrible article, and your link tagline isn’t very enlightening either. > [@](#): > > Sandwiches prepared at bodegas and delis, for instance, could no longer be bought with SNAP anywhere in New York. And bottled water, seltzer, ice, honey-roasted nuts, and vegetable seeds or seedlings intended to be planted at home would all be cut off. > [@](#): > > The list of groceries that are exempt from state sales taxes, and that could potentially be targeted by this second stage of the Ritchie and Nozzolio bill, includes staples like baking products, bouillon, cereal, instant breakfast mix, dried fruits and vegetables, peanut butter, all seafood, poultry, and meat products, and all sauces and gravies, the state rules indicate. Does this help you? Do you think this is a reasonable list of items that those on food stamps should be FORBIDDEN to buy? ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2016, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27550 "2016-02-22T20:13:35Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Does this help you? Do you think this is a reasonable list of items that those on food stamps should be FORBIDDEN to buy? Regarding seeds and seedlings for growing food: everybody knows Americans won’t do agricultural jobs, especially the poor, the laziest of them all, whose hands will fit an Xbox controller but not a shovel. They must be selling those seeds to illegal immigrants. \ ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2016, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27551 "2016-02-22T20:19:08Z")
nm ---
**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 22, 2016, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27552 "2016-02-22T20:23:31Z")
I don’t understand. No, I don’t think this is a reasonable list. That’s why I put it under Stupid Republican ideas. ---
**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:** [February 22, 2016, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27553 "2016-02-22T20:29:18Z")
True. But the lists that the Pubbies are trying to push through these days just seem aimed at the idea of ensuring that the filthy moochers don’t get any _actual pleasure_ from the bounty of table scraps that the American people are so generously donating to them… ---
**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 22, 2016, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27554 "2016-02-22T20:37:03Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > I don’t understand. No, I don’t think this is a reasonable list. That’s why I put it under Stupid Republican ideas. The list of foods banned in Wisconsin is pretty bad. It includes seafood and low cholesterol eggs, which when you think about it would actually help overweight folks. It’s a punitive measure, for sure. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2016, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27555 "2016-02-22T21:27:18Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > Yeah, that’s right up there with casting votes for people who don’t vote based on their voter registration. Can’t remember where I heard that idea, but I figured it was the last solution for Democrats upset over poor turnout by registered Dems. Just count them as down the line votes for Democrats whether they show or not! > > But even that is more logical than casting votes for Scalia based on WWSD? Supreme Court justices are not as predictable as you might think. Nothing can be assumed. Actually most voter fraud in the past two election cycles was perpetrated by republicans filling out absentee ballots for others. CITE!!! Okay, google - absentee ballot fraud republican Oh, but some of those posts are from Huffington Post and NYT!!! Read the posts and note the “guilty pleas”. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2016, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27556 "2016-02-22T22:12:13Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > But even that is more logical than casting votes for Scalia based on WWSD? Supreme Court justices are not as predictable as you might think. Nothing can be assumed. Extending this logic (not yours, adaher … the idiot who first suggested this) it would never be necessary to replace SC justices at all. We could still be issuing rulings based on what John Marshall would’ve done. ---
**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:** [February 22, 2016, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27557 "2016-02-22T22:18:39Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Does this help you? Do you think this is a reasonable list of items that those on food stamps should be FORBIDDEN to buy? > [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > It seems pretty clear to me. What are your objections? If the ban applies to sandwiches from delis or wherever, that’s really stupid. But the article doesn’t explain how the other foods not yet on the list _could_ be banned, except to say that it will be up to a state agency to decide. The objection seems to be “well, they might ban _anything_!” ---
**Author:** ![Punoqllads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2016, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27558 "2016-02-22T22:30:43Z")
New Hampshire state representative Susan DeLemus (R) says [the Pope is the anti-Christ](http://www.politico.com/story/2016/02/pope-francis-anti-christ-219614). Gallup says New Hampshire is [38% Catholic](http://www.gallup.com/poll/12091/tracking-religious-affiliation-state-state.aspx). ---
**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 22, 2016, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27559 "2016-02-22T22:35:14Z")
New Hampshire has 400 members of the state House of Representatives, each representing fewer than 3500 people. So it’s easy to see why there are so many crazy New Hampshire state legislators. ---
**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:** [February 22, 2016, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27560 "2016-02-22T23:09:04Z")
> [@Punoqllads](#): > > New Hampshire state representative Susan DeLemus (R) says [the Pope is the anti-Christ](http://www.politico.com/story/2016/02/pope-francis-anti-christ-219614). Gallup says New Hampshire is [38% Catholic](http://www.gallup.com/poll/12091/tracking-religious-affiliation-state-state.aspx). There’s no Wikipedia page, but I’m wondering if she’s a [Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synode](http://wels.net/about-wels/what-we-believe/doctrinal-statements/antichrist/). Not exactly the same viewpoint as the Evangelical “Left Behind” crowd. They see the Pope as more a false teacher than the son of the Satan. They [WELS] would be the first to tell you the “Rapture” is a crock (at least the ones I know). Interesting to see her hubby participated in the 1st Bundy standoff according to this story in [RAW](http://www.rawstory.com/2015/12/busted-trump-loving-republican-lawmaker-caught-lying-in-unhinged-rant-about-obamas-lies/#.Vmm3RufW1HA.twitter) in December of last year. > [@](#): > > _DeLemus’ husband, Jerry DeLemus was part of the armed insurgency at Bundy Ranch in Nevada last year_. He also made an unsuccessful run for sheriff. In 2012, the DeLemus couple had endorsed far-right Republican Rick Santorum. Dime O’ dozen wackaloons. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2016, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27561 "2016-02-22T23:18:28Z")
> [@Punoqllads](#): > > New Hampshire state representative Susan DeLemus (R) says [the Pope is the anti-Christ](http://www.politico.com/story/2016/02/pope-francis-anti-christ-219614). The Pope?! Not Obama?! That’s Republican heresy! :eek: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1377) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1379)