# 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:** 1424
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2016, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28462 "2016-04-12T07:33:39Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > I’m going to put this here. The Democratic Attorney General of Kentucky is suing the Republican Governor because the Governor cut over $40 million from the higher education budget, even though the legislature (which I believe is Republican dominated) declined to pass a budget with those cuts. The AG says the Governor’s action is unconstitutional. If he made an actual appropriations cut, yeah. If he just declined to spend the money using his discretion as governor to enforce the law, then no, unless Kentucky’s legislature has an anti-impoundment act like the US Congress passed in response to Nixon’s similar actions. Or if there is actually something in the Kentucky Constitution. If not, then this is a stupid liberal idea, not a stupid Republican idea. Here’s a link to the story: > **[Kentucky's top lawyer sues governor over college funding cuts](https://www.yahoo.com/news/kentuckys-top-lawyer-sues-governor-over-college-funding-012033658--sector.html)** > > The lawsuit asks a Franklin County Circuit Court to block Governor Matt Bevin's order last month to cut funding to colleges and universities by 4.5 percent, or $41 million. Attorney General Andy Beshear, a Democrat, said the cuts violate budget laws... It never ceases to annoy me how journalists fail to report on the part of the story that actually matters, as in, “What does Kentucky law say about this dispute?” It’s just he said vs. he said reporting, the kind of fake objectivity that Jon Stewart spent his career rightfully trashing. ---
**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 12, 2016, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28463 "2016-04-12T07:33:52Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Let’s BURN all those copies of _Aesop’s Fables_ Well, obviously. Pagan, right there ! ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2016, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28464 "2016-04-12T16:10:50Z")
Stupid Republican Fear Law drives even more business expansion from the state: > **[Deutsche Bank Freezes North Carolina Expansion, Citing Transgender Law](https://www.wsj.com/articles/deutsche-bank-freezes-north-carolina-expansion-citing-transgender-law-1460469042)** > > Deutsche Bank became the latest company to freeze job creation plans in North Carolina, citing a new state law that halts antidiscrimination protections for lesbian, gay and transgender people. ---
**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 12, 2016, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28465 "2016-04-12T18:02:49Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > Stupid Republican Fear Law drives even more business expansion from the state: > > [http://www.wsj.com/articles/deutsche-bank-freezes-north-carolina-expansion-citing-transgender-law-1460469042](http://www.wsj.com/articles/deutsche-bank-freezes-north-carolina-expansion-citing-transgender-law-1460469042) Subscription required, but it’s sad I had to click the link to see which state you were talking about. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2016, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28466 "2016-04-12T18:05:22Z")
Ahh that sucks. I read it from my work computer, and I don’t have a subscription. It was on the Google news page. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2016, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28467 "2016-04-12T18:07:17Z")
> **[Deutsche Bank Halts North Carolina Job Expansion Plans Over Anti-LGBT Law](https://consumerist.com/2016/04/12/deutsche-bank-halts-north-carolina-job-expansion-plans-over-anti-lgbt-law/)** > > Following in the footsteps of PayPal, Deutsche Bank has announced it’s canceled plans to bring 250 jobs to North Carolina because of the state’s recently enacted law that restricts citi… Doesn’t require a subscription. ---
**Author:** ![Punoqllads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2016, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28468 "2016-04-12T18:08:43Z")
For those playing along from home, a convenient way to see the current score: [http://ncjobslostfromhb2.com/](http://ncjobslostfromhb2.com/) ---
**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 13, 2016, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28469 "2016-04-13T13:12:23Z")
Ted Cruz has just appointed former Navy chaplain Gordon Klingenschmitt to his Colorado Leadership Team. > [@](#): > > Klingenschmitt’s name may be familiar to longtime readers. As we discussed back in November – shortly after he got elected to Colorado’s General Assembly for the first time – Klingenschmitt is not just another social conservative activist. Rather, the former Navy chaplain is a rather extraordinary figure in the religious right, best known for, among other things, claiming to have rid a woman of the “foul spirit of lesbianism” through an exorcism. He also wrote a book arguing, in all seriousness, that President Obama is possessed by demons. (He didn’t mean that metaphorically.) > **[The colorful company Ted Cruz keeps](https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/the-colorful-company-ted-cruz-keeps-msna831036)** > > If the American mainstream judges a presidential candidate by the company he or she keeps, Ted Cruz may have a bit of a problem. He was also on the Daily Show last week: > **[‘Daily Show’ Confronts Anti-Trans Chaplain About Bathroom Bills (VIDEO)](https://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/daily-show-jessica-williams-trans-panic)** > > The Daily Show" correspondent Jessica Williams confronted a state lawmaker about his transphobia and support of "bathroom bills" on Wednesday night's episode. Chaplin and state Rep. From one of the links above: > [@](#): > > Gordon Klingenschmitt, the anti-gay exorcist and preacher who is the Republican nominee for a seat in Colorado’s state legislature, released a book before the 2012 election called “The Demons of Barack H. Obama.” In the book, Klingenschmitt cites fifty events compiled by right-wing pseudo-historian David Barton which apparently reveal President Obama’s demonic spirits. (Ironically, the “demonic spirits of historical revisionism” are among his many demons.) According to Klingenschmitt, Obama is ruled by the “demonic sprits” of “death,” “murder,” “child-murder,” “sexual abuse,” “genocide,” “paganism,” “witchcraft,” “homosexual lust” and “anti-Christian oppression”… to name just a few. > > … > … > … > In one passage concerning Clinton’s UN speech on LGBT rights, Klingenschmitt claims that Obama and Clinton are both ruled by demons and as a result are worthy of death. > **[Gordon Klingenschmitt's Book Reveals Obama Is Ruled By Gay Demons, 'Worthy Of...](https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/gordon-klingenschmitts-book-reveals-obama-is-ruled-by-gay-demons-worthy-of-death/)** > > Gordon Klingenschmitt, the anti-gay exorcist and preacher who is the Republican nominee for a seat in Colorado’s state legislature, released a book before ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2016, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28470 "2016-04-13T13:53:03Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Ted Cruz has just appointed former Navy chaplain Gordon Klingenschmitt to his Colorado Leadership Team. I wouldn’t get too close to an exorcist if I were you, Ted. ---
**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 13, 2016, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28471 "2016-04-13T14:26:13Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > I wouldn’t get too close to an exorcist if I were you, Ted. The question is: Is Ted possessed by a demon or vice versa? ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2016, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28472 "2016-04-13T15:16:35Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Ted Cruz has just appointed former Navy chaplain Gordon Klingenschmitt to his Colorado Leadership Team. > > > [@](#): > > > > Klingenschmitt’s name may be familiar to longtime readers. As we discussed back in November – shortly after he got elected to Colorado’s General Assembly for the first time – Klingenschmitt is not just another social conservative activist. Rather, the former Navy chaplain is a rather extraordinary figure in the religious right, best known for, among other things, claiming to have rid a woman of the “foul spirit of lesbianism” through an exorcism. He also wrote a book arguing, in all seriousness, that President Obama is possessed by demons. (He didn’t mean that metaphorically.) > > \ > > [Gordon Klingenschmitt's Book Reveals Obama Is Ruled By Gay Demons, 'Worthy Of Death' | Right Wing Watch](http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/gordon-klingenschmitts-book-reveals-obama-ruled-gay-demons-worthy-death) So now we have patron demons of sins, crimes, and other foul and unnatural acts? Is there one for wearing clothing made of mixed materials? ---
**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 13, 2016, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28473 "2016-04-13T15:34:57Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Bruce Springsteen has canceled a concert in Greensboro, North Carolina over HB2. And Fox host Todd Starnes [tweeted](http://mediamatters.org/blog/2016/04/08/yahoo-reports-bruce-springsteen-cancels-north-carolina-show-over-bigotry-%20anti-lgbt-law/209838): Bryan Adams has now similarly canceled his Mississippi concert over the religious law there. My Tea Party S-I-L went on a long Facebook rant about how these rich performers can “pressure the public to have things their way”, wrapping up with “Music should not be withheld for political agendas”. I pointed out that the Mississippi law lets people withhold services based on their personal beliefs and Adams was merely doing the same. I’ll spare you the second rant that followed. Hey, if I have to friend these people on Facebook because they’re family, I’m gonna poke them when they say dumb stuff. ---
**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 13, 2016, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28474 "2016-04-13T16:17:17Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > I’ll spare you the second rant that followed. Man, I would _love_ to hear how she justified the idea that Bryan Adams should perform in a state that legislates bigotry in violation of his values, but the baker down the street shouldn’t have to make a gay wedding cake. ---
**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 13, 2016, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28475 "2016-04-13T16:20:09Z")
> [@Skammer](#): > > Man, I would _love_ to hear how she justified the idea that Bryan Adams should perform in a state that legislates bigotry in violation of his values, but the baker down the street shouldn’t have to make a gay wedding cake. Easy. Only one of them’s a christian bigot, hence on the right team. The other plays guitar for SATAN. ETA : IOW, this bottle of sauce says it’s goose sauce. It’s not gander sauce. Get it straight, fuckstick. Real straight. ---
**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 13, 2016, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28476 "2016-04-13T16:31:56Z")
Why are they bothering? Chuck Norris promised [1000 years of Darkness if we re-elected Obama](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/04/chuck-norris-obama-reelection-1000-years-of-darkness-mitt-romney_n_1854309.html). We re-elected Obama. So the Darkness is coming, no matter who wins. I mean, _Chuck_ wouldn’t lie, right? Oppression, OK. Slavery, no problemo. Lynching? Have at it! Lying and stealing? Whatever. But elect a black man and let gays marry? God removes his protection!!! He’s **PISSED**! ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2016, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28477 "2016-04-13T16:32:29Z")
I heard this on Limbaugh ’ radio show yesterday … a more perfect example of right wing logic I don’t think you’re likely to find (all paraphrased): We know that global warming is nothing but a hoax because if it were settled science (like, for example, gravity) there would be no argument against it. So - obviously - since we’re arguing about it, it can’t be true. QED. ---
**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 13, 2016, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28478 "2016-04-13T16:52:44Z")
The TN legislature is in the midst of passing the “TN Bathroom Bill” which would require all students in the state to use the bathroom of the sex listed on their birth certificate. To protect our wives and daughters, see. (Note that TN is one of the few - only? - state that does not permit post-operative trangender folks to change their birth certificate). One of the bills sponsors, Jeremy Durham, has been exiled from the state office building and has to work from a temporary office across the street. The reason? The state AG warned that Durham, who has been accused by several women of unwanted advances, posed “[a continuing risk to unsuspecting women who are employed by or interact with the legislature.”](https://www.rawstory.com/2016/04/gop-cosponsor-of-anti-trans-bathroom-bill-is-a-danger-to-unsuspecting-women-probe-finds/) ---
**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 13, 2016, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28479 "2016-04-13T18:06:48Z")
As a Texas solicitor general in 2004, he argued that Americans have no right to sell sex toys or even have the right to masturbate at all. “There is no substantive-due-process right to stimulate one’s genitals for non-medical purposes unrelated to procreation or outside of an interpersonal relationship” he argued in defense of a state ban on dildos. This zombie factoid was resurrected today with a [tweet from his college roommate](http://occupydemocrats.com/2016/04/13/cruz-said-americans-dont-right-masturbate-college-roommates-response-perfect/): > [@](#): > > “Ted Cruz thinks people don’t have a right to “stimulate their genitals.” I was his college roommate. This would be a new belief of his.” ---
**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 13, 2016, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28480 "2016-04-13T18:23:42Z")
Can’t wait for Ted’s jerk-off police to start patrolling. ---
**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 13, 2016, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28481 "2016-04-13T18:23:46Z")
[Bryan Fischer thinks that Bruce Springsteen hates women and Bryan Adams hates black people.](http://wonkette.com/600610/bryan-fischer-wishes-bryan-adams-would-stop-lynching-all-the-blacks-in-mississippi) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1423) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1425)