# 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:** 1443
**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:** [May 2, 2016, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28842 "2016-05-02T20:12:14Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [American Family Association admits that it is planting men in the women’s rooms at Target.](http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/anti-lgbt-activists-testing-target-sending-men-womens-rooms) Catch them. Charge them. If they are willing to swear an oath that they are transgendered, then release them, and publish this information for everyone. If they are not wiling to swear this, then convict them and put them on the sex offender registry. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2016, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28843 "2016-05-02T20:14:30Z")
> [@YogSothoth](#): > > The only thing I know about Joe Walsh is that he’s an asshole, and that he is (was?) married to Jeri Ryan and tried to get her to have sex in public. That’s a different Illinois politician. Of the top of my head, I don’t remember his first name, but his last name is Ryan. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2016, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28844 "2016-05-02T20:15:41Z")
> [@YogSothoth](#): > > The only thing I know about Joe Walsh is that he’s an asshole, and that he is (was?) married to Jeri Ryan and tried to get her to have sex in public. Then the only thing you know about Joe Walsh is incorrect. (She was married to Jack **Ryan** ). ---
**Author:** ![Abe\_Babe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@Abe\_Babe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abe_Babe)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2016, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28845 "2016-05-02T20:33:20Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > That’s a different Illinois politician. Of the top of my head, I don’t remember his first name, but his last name is Ryan. And we can thank him and the IL republicans for President Obama. The politician was Jack Ryan, and he dropped out of the race. He was replaced on the repub ticket by Alan Keyes, who was wholly unsuitable for Illinois. That got Obama on the national stage and into the US Senate. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2016, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28846 "2016-05-02T22:05:28Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Catch them. > Charge them. > > If they are willing to swear an oath that they are transgendered, then release them, and publish this information for everyone. > > If they are not wiling to swear this, then convict them and put them on the sex offender registry. I just realized that if this happens, some probably figure they can get off by saying yes at the arrest, and saying later, oh, I changed my mind. They already think that sexuality is completely and utterly fluid on a whim for everyone (or so they think liberals think) so why not? (And yes, I know about genderqueer folk and all that, but I think they treat their identity differently than transgendered folk.) ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2016, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28847 "2016-05-02T23:40:49Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [That piece of shit Keith Ablow, the alleged medical expert for Fox “News”, says that transgender children should be injected with their birth gender hormones to “fix” them.](http://mediamatters.org/blog/2016/04/25/fox-news-doctor-proposes-harmful-new-treatment-transgender-children/210068) Okay. what do we inject alleged medical experts with? Injections for homophobia? Injections for racism? Pill for “christian persecution complex”? ---
**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:** [May 2, 2016, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28848 "2016-05-02T23:50:46Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > Pill for “christian persecution complex”? Good news! It’s a suppository. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2016, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28849 "2016-05-03T01:27:41Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Catch them. > Charge them. > > If they are willing to swear an oath that they are transgendered, then release them, and publish this information for everyone. > > If they are not wiling to swear this, then convict them and put them on the sex offender registry. I’d be willing to crowdfund their sex change operation. :eek: ---
**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:** [May 4, 2016, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28850 "2016-05-04T02:16:35Z")
And as the stupid republican idea of the _ **decade** _ the Republicans selected Trump as their nominee… ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2016, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28851 "2016-05-04T03:08:13Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > (She was married to Jack **Ryan** ). Back before Governor George Ryan went to jail and Jack Ryan’s political career imploded that was a reliable enough surname in local Republican circles that they approached my completely apolitical BIL, yclept Ryan, about running for office. He laughed at them. The name lacks the mojo it once had. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2016, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28852 "2016-05-04T03:46:25Z")
“Lucifer in the flesh.” has conceded. Trump as the “utterly amoral,” a “serial philanderer” and a “braggadocious, arrogant buffoon,” among other slurs, looks like the Pub’s nominee. These are their better qualities as stated by their fellow Republicans. I’m gonna need more popcorn. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2016, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28853 "2016-05-04T03:49:12Z")
> [@Mr.Greenjeans](#): > > Good news! It’s a suppository. How would you administer it? Their heads are in the way. ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2016, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28854 "2016-05-04T03:57:40Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > And as the stupid republican idea of the _ **decade** _ the Republicans selected Trump as their nominee… Truly. It’s a thread-closing moment. ---
**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:** [May 4, 2016, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28855 "2016-05-04T04:02:41Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > And as the stupid republican idea of the _ **decade** _ the Republicans selected Trump as their nominee… Don’t sell them so short. This is the stupid republican idea of the _century_. Thus far. > [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [American Family Association admits that it is planting men in the women’s rooms at Target.](http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/anti-lgbt-activists-testing-target-sending-men-womens-rooms) Well, they had to make their fears true somehow. They never said that those men lurking in ladies rooms weren’t republican conservatives. Them fake trannies ain’t gonna molest kids on their own… ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2016, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28856 "2016-05-04T04:52:06Z")
If only there was a true conservative in the race. We’ll get one in 2020 fer sure. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2016, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28857 "2016-05-04T05:01:55Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > If only there was a true conservative in the race. We’ll get one in 2020 fer sure. Well, the _true_ conservative would be fixated on recapturing the glories of the past. Vote Hindsight 2020! ---
**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:** [May 4, 2016, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28858 "2016-05-04T05:26:50Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > “Lucifer in the flesh.” has conceded. > Trump as the “utterly amoral,” a “serial philanderer” and a “braggadocious, arrogant buffoon,” among other slurs, looks like the Pub’s nominee. > > These are their better qualities as stated by their fellow Republicans. > > I’m gonna need more popcorn. Any bets on how long it takes Cruz to endorse him? ---
**Author:** ![bengangmo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@bengangmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bengangmo)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2016, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28859 "2016-05-04T05:39:53Z")
The US has never had a divorced President before right? ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2016, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28860 "2016-05-04T05:44:03Z")
Wrong. Little Ronnie Rea-shit’s first wife was Jane “Falcon Crest” Wyman. AKA Jane “Magnificent Obsession” Wyman. ---
**Author:** ![Punoqllads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2016, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28861 "2016-05-04T08:15:29Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [American Family Association admits that it is planting men in the women’s rooms at Target.](http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/anti-lgbt-activists-testing-target-sending-men-womens-rooms) Josh Duggar is protecting women from rapists. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1442) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1444)