# 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:** 1418
**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 4, 2016, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28342 "2016-04-04T03:40:27Z")
[Earthquakes are caused by God, not by fracking.](http://winningdemocrats.com/colorado-republican-fracking-cant-cause-earthquakes-because-thats-gods-job/) ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Greenjeans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.greenjeans/32/551_2.png) [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2016, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28343 "2016-04-04T03:46:06Z")
Then God must not like fracking, because he’s causing earthquakes in places where it’s being done. ---
**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 4, 2016, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28344 "2016-04-04T06:41:12Z")
> [@Mr.Greenjeans](#): > > Then God must not like fracking, because he’s causing earthquakes in places where it’s being done. He’s just trying to loosen up the oil so that His chosen people, oil company executives, can harvest His bounty. ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2016, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28345 "2016-04-04T06:42:16Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > Pay for a pelvic exam and get a free abortion? Lots of brilliance going around today. That would be a good way around the law. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2016, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28346 "2016-04-04T09:30:43Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > Pay for a pelvic exam and get a free abortion? Abortions for some, miniature American flags for others! ---
**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:** [April 4, 2016, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28347 "2016-04-04T13:53:23Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Abortions for some, miniature American flags for others! An aborted fetus in every pot! ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2016, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28348 "2016-04-04T14:53:54Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > Pay for a pelvic exam and get a free abortion? > [@Gyrate](#): > > Abortions for some, miniature American flags for others! > [@Superdude](#): > > An aborted fetus in every pot! And even if that was true I think that Trump’s support will remain in the 40’s among Republicans, his hair must be Teflon for them. Good thing that in the general election match polls his support did go down, it seems that the majority of Americans have Teflon remover. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2016, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28349 "2016-04-04T15:06:09Z")
I’m assuming this fellow is Republican but am happy to be corrected: [Mississippi Landlord evicts interracial couple because his church doesn’t like “black and white shacking”.](http://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2016/04/02/mississippi-rv-park-owner-evicts-interracial-couple/82469086/) > [@](#): > > On Feb. 28, she arrived at the RV park and gave Baker a $275 check for rent for the month. > > “He was real nice,” she said. “He invited me to church and gave me a hug. I bragged on him to my family.” > > The next day, she said, Baker telephoned her and said, “Hey, you didn’t tell me you was married to no black man.” > > She said she replied that she didn’t realize it was a problem. > > “Oh, it’s a big problem with the members of my church, my community and my mother-in-law,” she quoted him as saying. “They don’t allow that black and white shacking.” > > “We’re not shacking. We’re married,” she replied. > > “Oh, it’s the same thing,” she quoted him as replying. > > She said he told her, “You don’t talk like you wouldn’t be with no black man. If you would had come across like you were with a black man, we wouldn’t have this problem right now.” Yes, it’s definitely her fault for failing to come across as if she were married to a black man. I don’t know _what_ she was thinking. ---
**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 4, 2016, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28350 "2016-04-04T15:13:01Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > I’m assuming this fellow is Republican but am happy to be corrected: > > [Mississippi Landlord evicts interracial couple because his church doesn’t like “black and white shacking”.](http://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2016/04/02/mississippi-rv-park-owner-evicts-interracial-couple/82469086/) > > Yes, it’s definitely her fault for failing to come across as if she were married to a black man. I don’t know _what_ she was thinking. Some Christian. Sure wasn’t very Loving of him. ---
**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 4, 2016, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28351 "2016-04-04T15:16:46Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Yes, it’s definitely her fault for failing to come across as if she were married to a black man. I don’t know _what_ she was thinking. This is why I preface all statements with “I’m miscegenatin’ like a motherfuck.” They’re always startled at Wendy’s. ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2016, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28352 "2016-04-04T15:20:32Z")
> [@vivalostwages](#): > > What’s up with the modern GOP and their constant barrage of punitive policies? > > My guesses: > > 1. They want to stick it to the poor, unemployed, minorities, LGBTQ, and women for being…poor, unemployed, minorities, LGBTQ, and women. > > 2. They believe that their policies are form of tough love designed to straighten people out (literally, too). > > 3. They’re following the OT model of pouring out wrath against anyone they think deserves it. > > 4. They want things to go back to the way they were in the distant past. 5a. Doing the bidding of the Koch Brothers and other corporate masters requires sticking it to the poor and unemployed. 5b. They found out that a non-trivial bloc of the white working poor will vote against their self-interest as long as the GOP promises to stick it even worse to those _others_ ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2016, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28353 "2016-04-04T15:57:28Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > I’m assuming this fellow is Republican but am happy to be corrected: > > [Mississippi Landlord evicts interracial couple because his church doesn’t like “black and white shacking”.](http://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2016/04/02/mississippi-rv-park-owner-evicts-interracial-couple/82469086/) > > Yes, it’s definitely her fault for failing to come across as if she were married to a black man. I don’t know _what_ she was thinking. Its too bad it wasn’t in North Carolina. Otherwise his asserting his religious freedom to discriminate against them would be the perfect test case to get their religious freedom law slammed down. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2016, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28354 "2016-04-04T15:59:30Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Some Christian. Sure wasn’t very Loving of him. The article says the NAACP is looking into it. Where the hell is the _Law?_ Why aren’t papers being served on his ass by the police? ---
**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:** [April 4, 2016, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28355 "2016-04-04T16:01:46Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Some Christian. Sure wasn’t very Loving of him. I see what you did there…well-played ---
**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:** [April 4, 2016, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28356 "2016-04-04T17:48:45Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > This is why I preface all statements with “I’m miscegenatin’ like a motherfuck.” > > They’re always startled at Wendy’s. Just the Wendy’s? ---
**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:** [April 4, 2016, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28357 "2016-04-04T17:49:38Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > The article says the NAACP is looking into it. Where the hell is the _Law?_ Why aren’t papers being served on his ass by the police? I don’t think it’s a criminal offense. Someone would have to sue him, not arrest him. ---
**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:** [April 4, 2016, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28358 "2016-04-04T17:51:14Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > This is why I preface all statements with “I’m miscegenatin’ like a motherfuck.” Since I am in a same-race marriage, I am reduced to saying “I’m cegenatin’ like a son-of-a-bitch.” ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2016, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28359 "2016-04-05T02:45:41Z")
> [@lance\_strongarm](#): > > Since I am in a same-race marriage, I am reduced to saying “I’m cegenatin’ like a son-of-a-bitch.” Thanks to this thread, I just realized I’ve never cegenated. [/sneak brag] No wonder I abruptly shifted to the left after college… ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2016, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28360 "2016-04-05T03:30:19Z")
> [@lance\_strongarm](#): > > > [@jsgoddess](#): > > > > This is why I preface all statements with “I’m miscegenatin’ like a motherfuck.” > > Since I am in a same-race marriage, I am reduced to saying “I’m cegenatin’ like a son-of-a-bitch.” Etymology Pedant is helpless in the face of the compulsion to point out that actually, the “misce-” in “miscegenation” comes from Latin _miscere_ “to mix” (combined with Latin _genus_ “type, race”), rather than from Old English “mis-” “bad, wrong” (from Proto-Germanic \*_missa-_ “divergent, astray”). Thus while **jsgoddess** is miscegenatin’, you are idemgenatin’ or possibly homogenatin’ (which sounds like it could be startling on a number of levels). ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2016, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28361 "2016-04-05T05:22:15Z")
> [@lance\_strongarm](#): > > Since I am in a same-race marriage, I am reduced to saying “I’m cegenatin’ like a son-of-a-bitch.” Same race as in you’re both under the same broad US classification(white, black, Asian), or same race as in you’re both the same nationality(Swedish, Tutsi, Chinese). Because I dare say that the vast majority of US marriages are interracial compared to other countries. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1417) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1419)