# 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:** 1422
**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:** [April 9, 2016, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28422 "2016-04-09T23:37:42Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Donald Trump has tweeted that over a million postcards have been sent to the Republican National Committee demanding that Trump be the Republican candidate](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/04/09/donald-trump-brags-about-a-million-mysterious-postcards-that-were-addressed-to-a-parking-lot/?tid=sm_tw). Except the RNC says they haven’t received a single one, and the picture of the postcard that Trump tweeted has an address that’s a vacant lot. Trump is **totally** trolling the whole Republican party at this point. ---
**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:** [April 10, 2016, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28423 "2016-04-10T00:59:17Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > I’m going to claim this is a stupid Republican thing to say. > > [The wife of the former CEO of General Electric says that sending jobs overseas is in order to protect widows and children.](http://crooksandliars.com/2016/04/spouse-former-ge-ceo-corporations-move) Sounds exactly like what the former Vice President of East Coast Television and Microwave Oven Programming for General Electric would have said. ---
**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 10, 2016, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28424 "2016-04-10T02:29:11Z")
NASCAR felt it would be appropriate for Duck Dynasty dude to give the prayer before a race today. In his invocation, he prayed that God give us a “Christian man” as President. Meaning nether Bernie nor Hillary. NASCAR needs to reconsider their priorities. [NASCAR Invocation Features Prayer To Elect A Republican President](http://screengrabber.deadspin.com/nascar-invocation-features-prayer-to-elect-a-republican-1770094804)? ---
**Author:** ![Punoqllads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2016, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28425 "2016-04-10T03:03:44Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Meaning nether Bernie nor Hillary. NASCAR needs to reconsider their priorities. NASCAR is quite aware of the demographics it panders to. ---
**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:** [April 10, 2016, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28426 "2016-04-10T16:10:10Z")
Louie Gohmert says he would have gone into the girls bathroom [to ogle naked girls](http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/young-louie-gohmert-wouldnt-have-resisted-temptation-enter-girls-bathrooms) if transgender bathroom access laws were enacted when he was in the seventh grade. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2016, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28427 "2016-04-10T16:53:06Z")
Wait. Girls get all nekkid when they go to pee? ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2016, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28428 "2016-04-10T17:02:10Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Wait. Girls get all nekkid when they go to pee? if there are boys around, perhaps ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2016, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28429 "2016-04-10T21:05:58Z")
OK so Louie Gohmert admits to being a perv. Or to having been one in his teens. Who would have openly claimed to be a girl himself in order to go perving. And who to this day thinks that in the girls’ room you get naked in sight of everyone in the common space. Got it. I think. Ladies, watch out for Louie Gohmert. ---
**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 10, 2016, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28430 "2016-04-10T21:14:58Z")
Well, I did just read a report that said more Republican legislators have been arrested for shenanigans in bathrooms than transgender people have been. ---
**Author:** ![boytyperanma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@boytyperanma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boytyperanma)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2016, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28431 "2016-04-11T00:04:32Z")
[This lawmaker thought he was in the presence of a transgender woman. So he ‘threatened to wave his penis’ at her.](http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2016/03/this-lawmaker-thought-he-was-in-the-presence-of-a-transgender-woman-so-he-threatened-to-wave-his-penis-at-her/) He of course insists this is not true by claiming he was merely being a sexist asshole > [@](#): > > I am a man and I can prove it. > [@](#): > > They just took it exactly the wrong way ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2016, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28432 "2016-04-11T01:27:42Z")
Y’know, for like a couple of decades the “conservatives” were content to be badly hung up on Teh Gayz; all of a sudden they’re really freaking out over the “T” part of LGBT all over the place… ---
**Author:** ![boytyperanma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@boytyperanma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boytyperanma)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2016, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28433 "2016-04-11T01:41:18Z")
They’ve always been freaking out about the ‘T’ part. The ‘LGB’ part just had more targets. Now that it’s been made clear bullying gay people isn’t acceptable they’ve decided targeting Transgender people is somehow still acceptable. Really they just want to hate. They’ll take whatever target they think the can get away with. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2016, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28434 "2016-04-11T01:51:49Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > Y’know, for like a couple of decades the “conservatives” were content to be badly hung up on Teh Gayz; all of a sudden they’re really freaking out over the “T” part of LGBT all over the place… Because they lost so badly on Teh Gayz. Not just via the Supreme Court ruling on same-sex marriage, but via steadily changing public attitudes, especially among younger people. Majorities of conservatives used to be heartily opposed to racial integration too, and after that to Women’s Lib. They lost decisively on those issues as public attitudes chaned, and had to dredge up a new movement for social equality that they could be indignantly opposed to. They are presently hoping that their current target of indignant opposition will have more staying power, but I don’t think they’ve bargained for the ridicule potential of the extent of rhetoric it will require that explicitly references willies and hoo-has. ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2016, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28435 "2016-04-11T03:24:09Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > I wonder how fast they decide to repeal it when there are black militias guarding their churches. Probably have a few major busts of inner city churches, accusing them of hiring gang members and ‘brandishing’ firearms. Then of course, someone (black) is going to be shot. No worries. Mississippi may be the stupidest state in the nation, but their prosecutors and judges are all smart enough to know that “place of worship” translates in this context to specifically “white Christian place of worship.” ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2016, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28436 "2016-04-11T13:57:26Z")
Missouri State Senate committee subpoenas abortion records from Planned Parenthood, even though Federal law says it’s illegal to hand over what they want > [@](#): > > The Washington Post reported: > On Thursday, a Republican-led state Senate committee in Missouri voted to hold Mary Kogut, a regional Planned Parenthood official, in contempt of the state Senate for not cooperating with a subpoena related to their investigation. If the full chamber agrees to hold her in contempt of the Senate, she could serve 10 days in jail and/or pay a fine of $300. The committee also voted to hold the owner of a pathology lab that reviews fetal tissue in contempt. > > The sticking point between the two sides is whether St. Louis’s Planned Parenthood, the only abortion provider in the state, will provide six years’ worth of documents about how it handles and disposes of its fetal tissue. > > In theory, this shouldn’t be particularly difficult. Officials with the local Planned Parenthood affiliate have said they’re prepared to share the relevant documents about how fetal tissue was handled. State GOP lawmakers, however, have said that’s not enough –they’re also insisting on seeing abortion consent forms. > > The health care organization has said that would violate patient privacy, but Republicans are demanding the materials anyway – to the point that they’re willing to possibly put a regional Planned Parenthood official in jail for contempt for failing to turn over private medical documents. > > The Guardian report added an additional wrinkle: according to Planned Parenthood, it can’t honor the state subpoena because federal privacy laws prohibit the group from releasing the materials the GOP wants to see. > > At least for now, Republican state lawmakers in Missouri are moving forward anyway, and on Tuesday, the state Senate is scheduled to begin debate on the contempt charge. According to the Associated Press, it will be the first time in 113 years that Missouri lawmakers even vote on such a measure. > **[Missouri GOP escalates Planned Parenthood fight to new level](https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/missouri-gop-escalates-planned-parenthood-fight-new-level-msna829406)** > > Republicans going after Planned Parenthood may be routine, but Republicans threatening Planned Parenthood with jail time is not. ---
**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 11, 2016, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28437 "2016-04-11T15:29:44Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Missouri State Senate committee subpoenas abortion records from Planned Parenthood, even though Federal law says it’s illegal to hand over what they want > > [Missouri GOP escalates Planned Parenthood fight to new level](http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/missouri-gop-escalates-planned-parenthood-fight-new-level#break) Did anyone bother to tell these idiots they _lost_ the war, and that they are still part of the Union? ---
**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:** [April 11, 2016, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28438 "2016-04-11T15:51:21Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Did anyone bother to tell these idiots they _lost_ the war, and that they are still part of the Union? Missouri never left the Union. We may be idiots. But we’re not _traitors._ ---
**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 11, 2016, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28439 "2016-04-11T15:54:02Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > Missouri never left the Union. We may be idiots. But we’re not _traitors._ Apparently you’re leaving it _now_. ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2016, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28440 "2016-04-11T16:47:41Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > Missouri never left the Union. We may be idiots. But we’re not _traitors._ Okay. Has anyone told these idiots that they won the war and are still part of the Union? ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2016, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28441 "2016-04-11T16:55:42Z")
> [@Zakalwe](#): > > I must have missed the memo that “family values” means “go after everything with a vagina and try to get lucky”. Bad move on the GOP’s part, I might have been an (R) all these years… “Family values” just means they are pro-family. Their family, your family, starting families with whoever they can get their hands on… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1421) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1423)