# 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:** 1415
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2016, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28282 "2016-04-01T16:07:27Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Move over, Sarah Palin, you’re no longer the craziest politician in Alaska. Congressman Don Young has stolen your job. Don Young has been a pimple on Alaska’s ass for decades. He was originally elected in a special election to replace Nick Begich, who died in a plane crash and who was to Don Young as Einstein is to Elmer Fudd. Young is and always has been an embarrassment to the state, with one of the worst voting and attendance records in Congress. I met this ass clown purely by accident when he was visiting Ft. Yukon (where his wife was from). I refused to shake his hand. In other stupid news, the Kansas senate has [passed a bill](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/02/us/outraged-by-kansas-justices-rulings-gop-seeks-to-reshape-court.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news) that would allow impeachment of their supreme court judges based solely on whether or not the legislature likes their decisions. Seems their panties are all in a wad over the court’s decisions on things like abortion, which are based on, you know, _constitutional law_. Fucking morons rule the day once again. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2016, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28283 "2016-04-01T16:09:52Z")
Who could imagine they would freak out in Kansas? ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2016, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28284 "2016-04-01T16:21:36Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > In other stupid news, the Kansas senate has [passed a bill](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/02/us/outraged-by-kansas-justices-rulings-gop-seeks-to-reshape-court.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news) that would allow impeachment of their supreme court judges based solely on whether or not the legislature likes their decisions. Seems their panties are all in a wad over the court’s decisions on things like abortion, which are based on, you know, _constitutional law_. Fucking morons rule the day once again. “I’d like ‘Stuck Down like a Bitch by 8 SCJ’s’ for $400 please, Alex.” ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2016, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28285 "2016-04-01T17:36:52Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > So it sounds as if Church says that executing gays falls under the duties its Security team, then you’re free to do so. It’s a stand-your-holy-ground law. ---
**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:** [April 1, 2016, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28286 "2016-04-01T19:00:22Z")
[Maine Governor Refuses to Swear-in Newly Elected Senator](http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/maine-governor-refuses-swear-newly-elected-senator-38084761) Has tantrum over unrelated nomination that was rejected. > [@](#): > > LePage spokeswoman Adrienne Bennett says the governor canceled the event in response to a party-line vote Thursday in the Legislature’s labor committee, which turned down LePage’s pick for the unemployment insurance commission. Bennett said Democrats treated the nominee, Steven Webster, “despicably.” He has an excuse. > [@](#): > > Bennett said LePage is not refusing to swear-in Deschamault. Maine law gives the governor five business days to certify the results of an election, she said, and LePage doesn’t want to “prematurely” cut off the unsuccessful candidate’s statutory right to request a recount. > > It was not a tight race. Deschambault beat her Republican opponent Stephen Martin by a margin of 16 percentage points. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2016, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28287 "2016-04-01T19:21:21Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > [Maine Governor Refuses to Swear-in Newly Elected Senator](http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/maine-governor-refuses-swear-newly-elected-senator-38084761) Can the Senator take her seat anyway? ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2016, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28288 "2016-04-01T19:55:28Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > It’s a stand-your-holy-ground law. Nice one! I missed this one when it came out a few weeks ago, but it will come as a surprise to no one in the Volunteer state that [the Tennessee legislature was named the Most Conservative in the country](http://knoxblogs.com/humphreyhill/2016/03/06/26142/) by the Conservative Political Action Conference earlier this month. So… yay us, I guess. I wonder what put us over the top - maybe because we rank 40th in overall poverty rate in the country? Or 43rd in income equality? But at least I can still bring my gun into bars and public parks. ---
**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:** [April 1, 2016, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28289 "2016-04-01T20:39:17Z")
Why does the Governor have to swear in legislators? Today’s list: 1-[Glenn Beck, Cruz supporter, says that Ted Cruz will get his agenda through Congress by having his Vice President (possibly Carly Fiorina), take control of the Senate](http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/glenn-beck-envisions-president-ted-cruzs-white-house-literally-running-senate-well). 2-[Cruz himself says he wants a national right-to-work law](http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2016/04/01/3765757/cruz-right-to-work/). ---
**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:** [April 1, 2016, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28290 "2016-04-01T20:44:21Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > 2-[Cruz himself says he wants a national right-to-work law](http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2016/04/01/3765757/cruz-right-to-work/). So much for states’ rights. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2016, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28291 "2016-04-01T20:45:23Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > 2-[Cruz himself says he wants a national right-to-work law](http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2016/04/01/3765757/cruz-right-to-work/). Ah yes, the party of smaller government, reducing the power of the Feds, fewer regulations, all that 😉 ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2016, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28292 "2016-04-01T20:53:16Z")
They will reduce _al_l such Federal regulation into _one_ rule, the Golden Rule: Guy who’s got the gold, makes the rules. ---
**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:** [April 1, 2016, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28293 "2016-04-01T20:55:33Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > Ah yes, the party of smaller government, reducing the power of the Feds, fewer regulations, all that 😉 It is fewer regulations. Rather than 50 different laws, there will be just one. One Law To Rule Them All. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2016, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28294 "2016-04-01T21:00:53Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > So much for states’ rights. No, silly, states’ rights are for things like slavery, or making abortions difficult, not for things that, you know, actually _help_ people It’s states’ rights for me but not for thee… ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2016, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28295 "2016-04-01T21:01:47Z")
Democrats believe that decisions should be made by a strong central government. Republicans believe that decisions should be made by whatever level of government is controlled by Republicans. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2016, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28296 "2016-04-01T21:02:51Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > One Law To Rule Them All. > [@Frodo](#): > > … Were you, like, summoned by that post or something? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2016, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28297 "2016-04-01T21:06:58Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > Were you, like, summoned by that post or something? :dubious: I can’t confirm or deny any possible powers that I may or may not have received through my possession of [del]my preciou…[/del] the one ring. ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2016, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28298 "2016-04-01T21:12:50Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > They will reduce _al_l such Federal regulation into _one_ rule, the Golden Rule: Guy who’s got the gold, makes the rules. And that will be different from the current situation — how? ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2016, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28299 "2016-04-01T21:13:47Z")
> [@OttoDaFe](#): > > And that will be different from the current situation — how? Fits on a smaller piece of paper. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2016, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28300 "2016-04-01T23:06:34Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > 1-[Glenn Beck, Cruz supporter, says that Ted Cruz will get his agenda through Congress by having his Vice President (possibly Carly Fiorina), take control of the Senate](http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/glenn-beck-envisions-president-ted-cruzs-white-house-literally-running-senate-well). And if they give her any trouble she will just lay them off. ---
**Author:** ![oft\_wears\_hats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7993a0/32.png) [@oft\_wears\_hats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oft_wears_hats)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2016, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28301 "2016-04-01T23:15:34Z")
Mississippi is on a fucking roll: [Mississippi lawmakers approve the “Protecting Freedom of Conscience from Government Discrimination Act.”](http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/04/01/472669895/heres-why-mississippis-religious-freedom-bill-is-so-controversial) Bet you can’t guess what it does. > [@](#): > > Here’s Section 2, in its entirety: > > _The sincerely held religious beliefs or moral convictions protected by this act are the belief or conviction that: > (a) Marriage is or should be recognized as the union of one man and one woman; > (b) Sexual relations are properly reserved to such a marriage; and > (c) Male (man) or female (woman) refer to an individual’s immutable biological sex as objectively determined by anatomy and genetics at time of birth._ > > The bill then defines all the actions that a Mississippi resident could take — with one of those moral convictions as a reason — with the guarantee that the state government won’t punish him or retaliate against him. Stay classy, Mississippi. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1414) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1416)