# 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:** 1440
**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 28, 2016, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28782 "2016-04-28T02:48:08Z")
[House Majority Whip Steve Scalise has suggested that “President” Trump might nominate Ted Cruz to the Supreme Court.](http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/277650-top-republican-floats-cruz-as-supreme-court-pick) ---
**Author:** ![bengangmo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@bengangmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bengangmo)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2016, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28783 "2016-04-28T05:00:33Z")
Ok - [this isn’t republicans](http://news.asiaone.com/news/crime/woman-pleads-guilty-law-says-only-men-can-be-guilty-rape#sthash.rSERHAtD.dpuf), but just so that you don’t think America has a monopoly on stupid… > [@](#): > > Zunika Ahmad, 39, who is biologically female but had lived as a man since she was 16, and had even “married” two women, turned up in the High Court expecting to be jailed for her offences. > > Both the prosecution and defence had also agreed on the facts and charges of the case. > > But in an unexpected landmark ruling, Senior Judge Kan Ting Chiu rejected Zunika’s guilty pleas and acquitted her of the sexual penetration charges. > > His reason: Under the law, only a man can be charged with sexual penetration. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2016, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28784 "2016-04-28T06:15:02Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Naming Carly Fiorina as your Vice Presidential candidate is stupid, in and of itself. But you have to have SOME kind of diversity in your ticket, and Fiorina, while a woman, at least is not, you know … black. And yeah, she’s said and done a lot of really stupid things and her businesses have all suffered seriously for having her at their helms, but hell, what do you expect? She’s a Republican woman! Women who fall for the Republican Party are like women who fall for bad-boy bikers who deal meth and pimp them out on the side … they’ve got NO judgement whatsoever. I mean, if you want sane and intelligent women as your Republican running mates, the bench isn’t just thin, it’s damn near nonexistent. Look at John McCain! He had to pick Sarah.Fucking.Palin as his running mate! If Palin and Fiorina are the best you can do for Republican female candidates, the rest of the field has to be so fucked up they have to be kept in straight jackets and wear those Hannibal Lector masks that don’t let you bite people. Thus ends my impassioned defense of Carly Fiorina. it was, within the constraints under which Cruz operated, the best decision he could have made under the circumstances, which is not stupid. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Feldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lord_feldon/32/341_2.png) [@Lord\_Feldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Feldon)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2016, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28785 "2016-04-28T06:20:04Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [House Majority Whip Steve Scalise has suggested that “President” Trump might nominate Ted Cruz to the Supreme Court.](http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/277650-top-republican-floats-cruz-as-supreme-court-pick) Do it! Everybody who actually has to work with Cruz ends up hating him, so hopefully it wouldn’t take long for justices to end up taking contrary positions just to spite him. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_stamos_left_ear/32/3198_2.png) [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Stamos_Left_Ear)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2016, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28786 "2016-04-28T07:25:30Z")
> [@MaxTheVool](#): > > Now, is it possible that the Oklahoma legislature is _also_ largely made up of Republicans? I would say it’s probable since Oklahoma and Utah are probably the reddest red states in the country. ---
**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:** [April 28, 2016, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28787 "2016-04-28T10:17:30Z")
> [@Evil\_Captor](#): > > I mean, if you want sane and intelligent women as your Republican running mates, the bench isn’t just thin, it’s damn near nonexistent. Look at John McCain! He had to pick Sarah.Fucking.Palin as his running mate! But she’s so purty! ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2016, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28788 "2016-04-28T13:59:38Z")
> [@Evil\_Captor](#): > > It’s a pointless exercise, almost certainly, but I don’t see anything particularly stupid about it. Well, it was done in a profoundly stupid way. First, Ted butchered the introduction, coming _this close_ to calling Fiorina his butt buddy. Seriously, that’s what it sounded like (24:08 into [this video)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kqp1sMbjvE) Then, Fiorina sang. Dear god, [she sang](http://time.com/4310405/carly-fiorina-sings-ted-cruz-video/). This might have been a humanizing touch if it wasn’t so tone deaf, both in execution, and in terms of convincing the electorate that Carly, as a woman, is ready to take on the awesome dignity and responsibilities of the highest rank in the country if needed. Also, Ted, you might want to be careful about making speeches about judging executives by whom they choose to hire when you select a running mate who is notorious for being despised by her employees and whose claim to fame is a calamitous merger that crippled an American icon. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2016, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28789 "2016-04-28T14:15:33Z")
[Sometimes a Republican gets it right.](http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/4/28/1521047/-John-Boehner-on-Ted-Lucifer-Cruz-never-worked-with-a-more-miserable-son-of-a-bitch-in-my-life) Has anyone checked Ted for numerical birthmarks? ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2016, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28790 "2016-04-28T14:31:07Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > Those skits all made fun of extremists, not mainstream versions of the faith. They did not make fun of Mohammed or Allah the way they’ve made fun of Christian beliefs. _TWEET_! _Displays yellow card._ Your post is found at fault for the following logical fallacies: moving the goalposts, and “no true Scotsman.” You don’t have a case, you idiot. I suppose you could be encouraged to try again, but I don’t expect anything better. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2016, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28791 "2016-04-28T14:52:08Z")
In his ongoing attempts to ensure nuclear proliferation, Tom Cotton has decided that the US should [force Iran to sell heavy water](http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/tom-cotton-white-house-spar-over-sparkling-water) to potential bad actors instead of the US. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2016, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28792 "2016-04-28T14:54:03Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [A John McCain fund raiser, who is a former staffer for Senator John Kyl, has been arrested for having an active meth lab, other drugs, and bomb making materials in her house](http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/2041599-emily-pitha-sen-john-mccain-campaign-fundraiser-arrested-in-meth-lab-bust/). (Not to mention access to these materials by two kids, ages 5 and 10). This is the break the McCain campaign has been waiting for! ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2016, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28793 "2016-04-28T16:21:36Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > This is the break the McCain campaign has been waiting for! You know, I thought my comment about Republican women in my previous post may have been a WEE bit over the top. But … no. ---
**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 28, 2016, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28794 "2016-04-28T17:45:20Z")
[http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/tennessee-governor-signs-religious-counseling-bill-into-law/ar-BBslCYZ?li=BBnbfcL](http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/tennessee-governor-signs-religious-counseling-bill-into-law/ar-BBslCYZ?li=BBnbfcL) **Tennessee governor signs religious counseling bill into law** And my bullshit meter explodes: > [@](#): > > Haslam said he consulted several counselors on both side of the issue and that they all told him that “this isn’t about taking on or not taking on LGBT clients, because even the ones who said they think the bill is needed said they never actually turned someone down for this reason.” ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2016, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28795 "2016-04-28T18:08:25Z")
> [@Lord\_Feldon](#): > > Do it! Everybody who actually has to work with Cruz ends up hating him, so hopefully it wouldn’t take long for justices to end up taking contrary positions just to spite him. Wouldn’t be long before another vacancy opened up. “Neighbors observed eight persons leaving Justice Cruz’ house carrying some sort of bundle, but said it was difficult to make out details as they were dressed all in loose black robes.” ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2016, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28796 "2016-04-28T20:36:54Z")
Or the President and Congress just say “Well, we can prosecute and remove the eight justices, but then we don’t have a Supreme Court, so I don’t think that is Constitutional.” ---
**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 28, 2016, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28797 "2016-04-28T21:51:27Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > [MSN](http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/tennessee-governor-signs-religious-counseling-bill-into-law/ar-BBslCYZ?li=BBnbfcL) > > **Tennessee governor signs religious counseling bill into law** > > And my bullshit meter explodes: > [@](#): > > Haslam said he consulted several counselors on both side of the issue and that they all told him that “this isn’t about taking on or not taking on LGBT clients, because even the ones who said they think the bill is needed said they never actually turned someone down for this reason.” So… they put the bill in place to allow counselors to turn patients away, but really nobody has ever actually turned anyone away… so why in hell did they need to pass a bill that was apparently not needed? Why not just title it “The Pandering To Stupid Asshole Republican Voters Bill”? ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2016, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28798 "2016-04-28T23:58:49Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > So… they put the bill in place to allow counselors to turn patients away, but really nobody has ever actually turned anyone away… so why in hell did they need to pass a bill that was apparently not needed? Why not just title it “The Pandering To Stupid Asshole Republican Voters Bill”? Because a bill needs a more specific name than that. ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2016, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28799 "2016-04-29T01:55:17Z")
> [@Lobohan](#): > > No, it’s like saying that an engineer who is fairly knowledgeable about science is more qualified to pontificate on climate change, than a profoundly stupid cunt, who doesn’t read anything, ever. > > You have the B.S. :rolleyes: > [@Knorf](#): > > _TWEET_! _Displays yellow card._ Your post is found at fault for the following logical fallacies: moving the goalposts, and “no true Scotsman.” > > You don’t have a case, you idiot. > > I suppose you could be encouraged to try again, but I don’t expect anything better. I haven’t moved the goalposts at all. I didn’t claim they don’t make fun of terrorists, I claimed they don’t make fun of Islam. SNL lampooned a mainstream Christian movie. If they can make fun of mainstream Christianity they can make fun of mainstream Islam. The reason they don’t is obvious to all, including you. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2016, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28800 "2016-04-29T02:12:27Z")
So why not just say it? ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2016, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28801 "2016-04-29T02:14:51Z")
Wait, a Republican administration creating unnecessary laws that intrude into people’s lives? Unpossible. Why, I thought that’s the very thing they stood squarely against! 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1439) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1441)