# 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:** 1454
**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 13, 2016, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29062 "2016-05-13T00:29:11Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Senator Mark Kirk is criticizing his Democratic opponent, Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth, for not doing enough for veterans](http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/5/12/1525801/-Mark-Kirk-attacks-Tammy-Duckworth-s-service-to-veterans?detail=facebook). This is the same Tammy Duckworth who lost both of her legs in combat. Hey, Swiftboating worked on Kerry didn’t it? ---
**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:** [May 13, 2016, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29063 "2016-05-13T00:46:43Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Senator Mark Kirk is criticizing his Democratic opponent, Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth, for not doing enough for veterans](http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/5/12/1525801/-Mark-Kirk-attacks-Tammy-Duckworth-s-service-to-veterans?detail=facebook). This is the same Tammy Duckworth who lost both of her legs in combat. Well, you’d think if she’d lost both her legs in combat, she’d stand up for other vets! ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2016, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29064 "2016-05-13T01:03:28Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Senator Mark Kirk is criticizing his Democratic opponent, Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth, for not doing enough for veterans](http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/5/12/1525801/-Mark-Kirk-attacks-Tammy-Duckworth-s-service-to-veterans?detail=facebook). This is the same Tammy Duckworth who lost both of her legs in combat. I’m sorry, but I don’t think being a member of a group NECESSARILY immunizes you from accusations of acting against that group or being indifferent to its needs. Doesn’t this get said all the time in terms of race? Now, if you say the dumb part is the idea that Kirk would be BETTER for veterans, I’d agree offhand, but… ---
**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 13, 2016, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29065 "2016-05-13T03:37:55Z")
[Politically Incorrect!] Duckworth vs Kirk: The Battle of the Gimps. I’ll take Legless Tammy, my congresswoman, over Stroke-Out Kirk any day. He’s moved farther right since his cerebrovascular accident than Illinois prefers, so he’s talking his way out of office. [/PI!] And, speaking as a longtime resident of the modern Cradle of Presidents, she’s got a chance. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2016, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29066 "2016-05-13T03:43:42Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Senator Mark Kirk is criticizing his Democratic opponent, Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth, for not doing enough for veterans](http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/5/12/1525801/-Mark-Kirk-attacks-Tammy-Duckworth-s-service-to-veterans?detail=facebook). This is the same Tammy Duckworth who lost both of her legs in combat. In fairness, being wounded in combat doesn’t automatically prevent you from slashing veteran benefits in office. ETA: Not saying that Duckworth was slashing veterans benefits or anything like that. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2016, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29067 "2016-05-13T04:13:24Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Senator Mark Kirk is criticizing his Democratic opponent, Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth, for not doing enough for veterans](http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/5/12/1525801/-Mark-Kirk-attacks-Tammy-Duckworth-s-service-to-veterans?detail=facebook). This is the same Tammy Duckworth who lost both of her legs in combat. Let her consult with Max Cleland. She can learn from his mistakes, if he made any. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2016, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29068 "2016-05-13T04:17:02Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > And, speaking as a longtime resident of the modern Cradle of Presidents, she’s got a chance. Actually, for the past 50 years now, the Cradle of Presidents is a cloning-and-cybernetics lab in Area 51. . . but, you knew that. ---
**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:** [May 13, 2016, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29069 "2016-05-13T06:25:16Z")
> [@Evil\_Captor](#): > > Well, you’d think if she’d lost both her legs in combat, she’d stand up for other vets! Say what you will, I think she kicks ass. ---
**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 13, 2016, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29070 "2016-05-13T13:00:24Z")
Matt Salmon (R-AZ), founding member of the House Freedom Caucus, dismissed Trump’s bombastic campaign promises yesterday on Morning Joe, saying that Trump would [govern differently than he campaigned](http://www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/watch/republican-congressman-the-party-must-unite-684372547804). Wait, what?? Isn’t that what Trump supporters are so angry at the GOP establishment for? Sometimes I think Republicans are just begging to be lied 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:** [May 13, 2016, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29071 "2016-05-13T20:28:21Z")
Donald Trump promises he would appoint justices who would overturn Roe v. Wade, hoping that the ruling gets “[unpassed](http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/donald-trump-trust-me-overturn-shocking-gay-marriage-decision#sthash.LZKSK0Nb.dpuf).” ---
**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 13, 2016, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29072 "2016-05-13T20:36:38Z")
[Trump is mad at Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon and owner of the _Washington Post_, because the Post has the audacity to investigate and report on him, so he says he’ll be looking into Amazon’s business practices “when” he becomes President.](http://www.vox.com/2016/5/13/11669850/donald-trump-threatens-amazon) ---
**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 13, 2016, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29073 "2016-05-13T21:14:49Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Sometimes I think Republicans are just begging to be lied to. [There seems to be some recent scientific evidence to support that](http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0153419) [QUOTE=Pfattheicher, Schindler (study abstract)] … In this contribution, bullshit is used as a technical term which is defined as communicative expression that lacks content, logic, or truth from the perspective of natural science. We used the Bullshit Receptivity scale (BSR) to measure seeing profoundness in bullshit statements.… Results revealed that favorable views of all three Republican candidates were positively related to judging bullshit statements as profound. The smallest correlation was found for Donald Trump. Although we observe a positive association between bullshit and support for the three Democrat candidates, this relationship is both substantively small and statistically insignificant. … individuals who were more politically conservative had a higher tendency to see profoundness in bullshit statements. [/QUOTE] but we already knew that. ---
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2016, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29074 "2016-05-13T21:22:57Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Matt Salmon (R-AZ), founding member of the House Freedom Caucus, dismissed Trump’s bombastic campaign promises yesterday on Morning Joe, saying that Trump would [govern differently than he campaigned](http://www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/watch/republican-congressman-the-party-must-unite-684372547804). > > Wait, what?? Isn’t that what Trump supporters are so angry at the GOP establishment for? Sometimes I think Republicans are just begging to be lied to. Channel surfing last night (so no cite) I came across a Republican talking head futively trying to explain the difference between Trump saying he would ban all Muslims (a suggestion) and build a wall (a policy). No one else could get him to actually explain the criteria for determining which of Trump’s campaign statements belong to which category. But he knew. ---
**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 13, 2016, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29075 "2016-05-13T21:56:05Z")
Besides voting on secession, the Texas Republican convention are also going to debate and then vote on whether to disapprove of implanting RFID chips into people. They also oppose executive orders (I guess unless a Republican does it) and smart meters. But they are in favor of “restorative therapy” to make all of those people who “choose” to be gay straight again. [https://twitter.com/cd\_hooks/status/731195774822813696/photo/1?ref\_src=twsrc^tfw](https://twitter.com/cd_hooks/status/731195774822813696/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2016, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29076 "2016-05-14T01:22:13Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > They also oppose executive orders (I guess unless a Republican does it) and smart meters. Well, opposing “smart meters” goes without saying; I’m sure they’re tired of having some jerk point a box at them, the box making the wah-wah-WAH muted trumpet noise, and the jerk smirking and laughing. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2016, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29077 "2016-05-14T04:47:02Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Trump is mad at Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon and owner of the _Washington Post_, because the Post has the audacity to investigate and report on him, so he says he’ll be looking into Amazon’s business practices “when” he becomes President.](http://www.vox.com/2016/5/13/11669850/donald-trump-threatens-amazon) And who better to delegate that task to than Attorney General Christie? ---
**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:** [May 14, 2016, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29078 "2016-05-14T05:10:04Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > [There seems to be some recent scientific evidence to support that](http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0153419) > > but we already knew that. This explains Adaher. 😃 Sent from my SPH-L720T using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2016, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29079 "2016-05-14T06:15:46Z")
And yet they rejected research on oral sadism and the vegetarian personality! ---
**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:** [May 14, 2016, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29080 "2016-05-14T07:01:33Z")
> [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](#): > > This explains Adaher. 😃 > > Sent from my SPH-L720T using Tapatalk So true. Sent to your SPH-L720T using a keyboard. ---
**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 14, 2016, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29081 "2016-05-14T07:50:01Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > So true. > > Sent to your SPH-L720T using a keyboard. Amen. Sent to your monitor using [carrier pigeon](https://www.google.com/search?q=carrier+pigeon&biw=1920&bih=961&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&sqi=2&ved=0ahUKEwjg3sKJitnMAhWGaD4KHZH2AJkQ_AUIBigB#imgrc=hi1EqrtXsQHJ0M%3A). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1453) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1455)