# 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:** 1394
**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:** [March 11, 2016, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27862 "2016-03-11T22:36:32Z")
Admittedly, a Democrat is involved in this, too, but[it’s a Republican who’s going ballistic](http://www.addictinginfo.org/2016/03/11/republican-explodes-after-obama-foils-evil-scheme-to-sell-apache-holy-land-to-mining-firm/), because the Obama Administration has labeled an Apache holy area as a historic location, thus preventing a provision in a bill snuck into it by McCain and Flake to sell this Native American holy area to foreign mining interests. ---
**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:** [March 12, 2016, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27863 "2016-03-12T01:23:03Z")
Well, I’m glad to hear the administration stepped in after McCain and Flake sold them out. (I remember hearing about the bill before.) ---
**Author:** ![John\_Bredin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@John\_Bredin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Bredin)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2016, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27864 "2016-03-12T02:09:51Z")
I think Trump picking the UIC Pavilion for his Chicago rally, among all the venues he could have rented in the metropolitan area (hint, Trumpy: most of your supporters are probably in the suburbs) counts as a stupid Republican idea for today. He’ll attract protestors wherever he holds his rallies, but in the heart of Chicago at the University of Illinois, on the West Side a stone’s throw from Pilsen, is practically coming to the doorstep of his deepest opposition. 😕:dubious: So it’s not so surprising that the rally attracted so many protestors that Trumpy had to [del]cancel[/del] postpone. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![C3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/c3/32/3108_2.png) [@C3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C3)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2016, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27865 "2016-03-12T02:27:15Z")
Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC), proponent of Voter ID law, arrives at the polls without his ID…[oops](http://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/politics-columns-blogs/under-the-dome/article65555907.html). ---
**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:** [March 12, 2016, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27866 "2016-03-12T02:31:58Z")
If Burr was early voting, why didn’t he just come back later? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2016, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27867 "2016-03-12T02:35:30Z")
> [@](#): > > …So it’s not so surprising that the rally attracted so many protestors that Trumpy had to cancel postpone. This was either deliberate or the action of the dumbest mofo _evah_! And nobody said anything to Il Douche? ---
**Author:** ![C3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/c3/32/3108_2.png) [@C3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C3)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2016, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27868 "2016-03-12T02:53:13Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > If Burr was early voting, why didn’t he just come back later? It’s probably the one day he’ll be in North Carolina this year. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2016, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27869 "2016-03-12T03:18:50Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Ummm — that metaphor doesn’t make a lot of sense. “corroded rectum”? Maybe Bender has one. And who flushes a commode on a rectum? Obviously, he meant a bidet. But not as picturesque as the metaphor Al Franken used before he became a senator, when he talked about how Washington was like a clogged toilet, and how we had to break through that clog with the Log of Freedom. ---
**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:** [March 12, 2016, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27870 "2016-03-12T04:15:39Z")
> [@yanceylebeef](#): > > That crazy GOP chair of Travis County Texas says he’s ready for “flushing the commode on the corroded rectum of American politics.” > > How do you ask?[Easy, he’s going to out all the closeted republicans.](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/robert-morrow-closet-gays_us_56e1bfc4e4b065e2e3d51ea5) > > Awesome! You better call it Coulson, 'cause I’m starting to root for this guy. ---
**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:** [March 12, 2016, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27871 "2016-03-12T04:25:26Z")
Oklahoma’s on a run today. First the house with guns then the senate. "OKLAHOMA CITY - After the State Senate passed a controversial bill proposing to deregulate portions of public schools on Thursday, groups on either side of the issue started a political fight that put teachers and students in the crossfire. The bill numbered SB1187, or the School District Empowerment Act, **removes** 12 state standards that public schools have to follow. Those standards include **having certified teachers, and paying teachers the state minimum salary. The bill also allows schools to loosen some restrictions on background checks."** If you churn out a future stupid electorate, it’s good for incumbents. ---
**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:** [March 12, 2016, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27872 "2016-03-12T08:24:54Z")
> [@John\_Bredin](#): > > So it’s not so surprising that the rally attracted so many protestors that Trumpy had to [del]cancel[/del] postpone. :rolleyes: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/5bslu64OftQ/hqdefault.jpg "Trumpy! You can do Stupid Things!") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bslu64OftQ) ---
**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:** [March 12, 2016, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27873 "2016-03-12T08:38:58Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > If you churn out a future stupid electorate, it’s good for incumbents. Silly me: all this time, I thought we were talking in the present tense. ---
**Author:** ![even\_sven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dfb087/32.png) [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2016, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27874 "2016-03-12T12:24:59Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > Oklahoma’s on a run today. First the house with guns then the senate. > > "OKLAHOMA CITY - After the State Senate passed a controversial bill proposing to deregulate portions of public schools on Thursday, groups on either side of the issue started a political fight that put teachers and students in the crossfire. > > The bill numbered SB1187, or the School District Empowerment Act, **removes** 12 state standards that public schools have to follow. Those standards include **having certified teachers, and paying teachers the state minimum salary. The bill also allows schools to loosen some restrictions on background checks."** > > If you churn out a future stupid electorate, it’s good for incumbents. Wow. Gosh. It looks like they’ve made cuts so deep that many districts are going to a four-day school week. ---
**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:** [March 12, 2016, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27875 "2016-03-12T13:29:45Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > If you churn out a future stupid electorate, it’s good for incumbents. Okie d’ohkie… ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2016, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27876 "2016-03-12T14:11:21Z")
Jesus wasn’t a Jew, and white European-Americans are God’s real Chosen People. [Says the Trumpeter who replaced David Duke at the Klan.](http://www.politicususa.com/2016/03/11/religious-nuttiness-jesus-jew.html) ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2016, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27877 "2016-03-12T16:29:01Z")
Texas 'Pub wants the wimmins to carry dead fetuses all the way to term, because…original sin. [http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/texas-republican-wants-women-carry-deceased-fetuses-full-term](http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/texas-republican-wants-women-carry-deceased-fetuses-full-term) ---
**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:** [March 12, 2016, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27878 "2016-03-12T21:36:52Z")
Kentucky state legislator: [Requiring a DNA test from a felon to see if he is a rapist is more intrusive than being raped.](http://www.addictinginfo.org/2016/03/12/kentucky-republican-to-rape-victim-getting-dna-from-rapist-worse-intrusion-than-being-raped/) And he told this to a rape victim who was testifying before the committee he is on. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2016, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27879 "2016-03-12T22:12:11Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Kentucky state legislator: [Requiring a DNA test from a felon to see if he is a rapist is more intrusive than being raped.](http://www.addictinginfo.org/2016/03/12/kentucky-republican-to-rape-victim-getting-dna-from-rapist-worse-intrusion-than-being-raped/) And he told this to a rape victim who was testifying before the committee he is on. You can’t imagine the horror of having your cheek swabbed with a Q-tip. ETA: but let’s keep those mandatory ultrasounds going. ---
**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:** [March 12, 2016, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27880 "2016-03-12T22:13:00Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Kentucky state legislator: [Requiring a DNA test from a felon to see if he is a rapist is more intrusive than being raped.](http://www.addictinginfo.org/2016/03/12/kentucky-republican-to-rape-victim-getting-dna-from-rapist-worse-intrusion-than-being-raped/) And he told this to a rape victim who was testifying before the committee he is on. I find it weird that a Republican is against requiring criminals to submit DNA samples. The rape insensitivity, I take for granted these days. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2016, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/27881 "2016-03-12T22:53:16Z")
> [@vivalostwages](#): > > Texas 'Pub wants the wimmins to carry dead fetuses all the way to term, because…original sin. > > [http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/texas-republican-wants-women-carry-deceased-fetuses-full-term](http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/texas-republican-wants-women-carry-deceased-fetuses-full-term) ??? When the fetus is dead, it doesn’t continue to grow or develop. There is no “full term.” (There is one recorded case of a woman carrying a dead fetus for several years.) These guys are… Well, words fail. I could wish there were a hell, because they belong there. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1393) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1395)