# 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:** 1447
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2016, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28922 "2016-05-05T13:48:20Z")
You do know, don’t you, that the English-language Bible has been corrupted by a liberal bias, and that Jesus didn’t actually say those things about wealth and helping the poor? Fortunately, Andrew Schlafly (son of Phyllis Schlafly and the brain cell behind Conservapedia) is working on the [Conservative Bible Project](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservapedia#Conservative_Bible_Project), which will remove those tainted interpretations and present His teachings in all their free-market glory. Not sure how far he’s gotten, but I’m certain it will be worth the wait. ---
**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 5, 2016, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28923 "2016-05-05T15:03:59Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > [Tow Truck Driver Leaves Woman With Disabilities On Side Of Highway Because She Supports Bernie Sanders](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/tow-truck-driver-refuses-to-help-bernie-supporter_us_572a75b4e4b096e9f090403f?) There is something wrong with the way that story is written, > [@](#): > > McWade was heading home to Travelers Rest on I-26 when a tractor trailer hit the front of her car, she said. Afterward, her car wouldn’t start, and a first responder moved it to the side of the interstate. yet, > [@](#): > > Shupe showed up, saw the Sanders signs, and drove back to South Carolina without sticking around. McWade was “sitting there in a very safe area … with her air conditioning on and her car locked, she was perfectly fine,” he said. If your car will not start, how do you run the A/C? I am going to guess the tow truck driver is bullshitting like an asshole, because > [@](#): > > He said if he had known about her disabilities, he still would not have towed her car … ---
**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:** [May 5, 2016, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28924 "2016-05-05T15:23:45Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > There is something wrong with the way that story is written It’s HuffPo, so that’s hardly a surprise. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2016, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28925 "2016-05-05T15:33:04Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > If your car will not start, how do you run the A/C? It will drain your battery, but you can do it. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2016, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28926 "2016-05-05T15:33:16Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > There is something wrong with the way that story is written, > > yet, > > If your car will not start, how do you run the A/C? > > I am going to guess the tow truck driver is bullshitting like an asshole, because > > > [@](#): > > > > He said if he had known about her disabilities, he still would not have towed her car … You can run the A/C for a little while on battery power, but I suspect you’re right. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2016, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28927 "2016-05-05T15:42:44Z")
Once again, this is what passes for “Christian” in our nation these days. Absolutely no relation to the actual teachings of Christ. ---
**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:** [May 5, 2016, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28928 "2016-05-05T15:54:04Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > You can run the A/C for a little while on battery power, but I suspect you’re right. There might have been damage to the frame or maybe a bent axle. The engine will run but the car can’t be moved. ---
**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:** [May 5, 2016, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28929 "2016-05-05T16:12:42Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > Once again, this is what passes for “Christian” in our nation these days. > > Absolutely no relation to the actual teachings of Christ. I’m not a Bible scholar, so I may have this a little wrong, but wasn’t there a parable or what have you about Jesus overturning people in wheelchairs in the temple? ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2016, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28930 "2016-05-05T16:25:32Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > I’m not a Bible scholar, so I may have this a little wrong, but wasn’t there a parable or what have you about Jesus overturning people in wheelchairs in the temple? I don’t think so, but he did skin the lepers. ---
**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 5, 2016, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28931 "2016-05-05T16:26:28Z")
I thought he roasted the dead. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2016, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28932 "2016-05-05T16:50:41Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > I don’t think so, but he did skin the lepers. No no no, you’ve got it all wrong. Jesus and the Apostles played the Lepers in a game of pickup soccer/football. The Lepers were skins. After the game, Jesus went over the field, picking up body parts and re-attaching them to the Lepers. Good sportsmanship, you see. ---
**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 5, 2016, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28933 "2016-05-05T17:22:07Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > I thought he roasted the dead. No, he braised the dead. Much tastier. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2016, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28934 "2016-05-05T17:49:32Z")
In the updated bootstrappy “American Christian” version, Lazarus is just a lazy good for nothing who spends 4 days pretending to be dead while resting comfortably in a nice, cool tomb during the hot summer. Probably be illustrated as black or Mexican too. “When he had said this, Jesus called in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!” The dead man came out, his hands and feet wrapped with strips of linen, and a cloth around his face.” Jesus just called him out on his bullshit. ---
**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 5, 2016, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28935 "2016-05-05T19:31:32Z")
[David Duke says we need to give Trump space to “dispose” the Jews.](http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/david-duke-hopes-get-donald-trump-embrace-full-blown-anti-semitism) ---
**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:** [May 5, 2016, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28936 "2016-05-05T19:34:06Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > Jesus and the Apostles played the Lepers in a game of pickup soccer/football. No, not soccer. It was a hockey game. There was a face off at center ice. Sank you, sank you … I’m here all of ze week. ---
**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 5, 2016, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28937 "2016-05-05T20:09:40Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [David Duke says we need to give Trump space to “dispose” the Jews.](http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/david-duke-hopes-get-donald-trump-embrace-full-blown-anti-semitism) > [@](#): > > … “Here’s a question for you,” Duke asked. “How do we go from this idea, ‘We’re going to build the wall,’ to understanding that Europeans are being wiped out in their land and to start taking a more open position to defend our people …" David Duke lives in Europe? ---
**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 5, 2016, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28938 "2016-05-05T20:14:51Z")
He’s European American, that’s good enough for him. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2016, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28939 "2016-05-05T20:45:55Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Antichrist GTI The Anti-Satin. ---
**Author:** ![Lightray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightray/32/391_2.png) [@Lightray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightray)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2016, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28940 "2016-05-05T20:50:25Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > The Anti\_Satin. So… Sateen? ---
**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:** [May 5, 2016, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/28941 "2016-05-05T20:53:46Z")
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