# 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:** 1455
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2016, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29082 "2016-05-14T08:00:19Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > 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). I thought you were gonna link to [this](https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1149.txt). And yes, it has been implemented. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2016, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29083 "2016-05-14T17:06:46Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > And yet they rejected research on oral sadism and the vegetarian personality! Take that carrot out of your mouth. ---
**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 14, 2016, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29084 "2016-05-14T17:12:05Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > 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. I am disappointed that they are not disapproving of the Shape-Shifting Lizard people taking over. Why are Republicans in favor of bowing before our Reptilian Overlords? ---
**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 15, 2016, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29085 "2016-05-15T00:53:35Z")
Republicans? Lizards? I would like a 2000-word essay comparing and contrasting the two on my desk Monday morning. No prom for you! ---
**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 15, 2016, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29086 "2016-05-15T01:01:47Z")
Sigh. If you got no leg to stand on, turn the table. > [@"\[rusTED](#): > > ([http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/14/politics/ted-cruz-texas-republican-convention/index.html](http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/14/politics/ted-cruz-texas-republican-convention/index.html))"]There is no decree clause to the Constitution. We have entered the world of politically correct lunacy. And there is nothing in the Constitution that gives the President the power to be the bathroom police in this country. Who was it wanted to be the bathroom police again? _You must tolerate our bigotry or we will call you intolerant!_ ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2016, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29087 "2016-05-15T01:39:59Z")
Ten bucks to the first person of any sex to piss on his leg. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2016, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29088 "2016-05-15T10:07:41Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > And who better to delegate that task to than Attorney General Christie? Time for a traffic study on the Internet! ---
**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 15, 2016, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29089 "2016-05-15T16:14:48Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > Ten bucks to the first person of any sex to piss on his leg. Unless, of course, he is on fire. ---
**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 15, 2016, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29090 "2016-05-15T16:24:23Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Unless, of course, he is on fire. In that case, you piss next to him and tell him to roll in it. ---
**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 15, 2016, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29091 "2016-05-15T17:04:19Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > In that case, you piss next to him and tell him to roll in it. Y’know, the next time he eats something that’s too spicy and says, “My mouth is on fire!”… 😃 ---
**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 15, 2016, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29092 "2016-05-15T17:56:13Z")
Ben Carson has revealed Trump’s shortlist for VP: New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie Texas Sen. Ted Cruz Ohio Gov. John Kasich Florida Sen. Marco Rubio and former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin > **[Carson says Christie, Cruz, Kasich, Rubio and Palin are on Trump’s shortlist...](https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-vp-shortlist-cruz-palin-152539923.html)** > > Ben Carson says Donald Trump’s list of possible running mates includes some awfully familiar names for anyone who’s followed the 2016 presidential race: New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, Ohio Gov. John Kasich, Florida Sen. Marco... Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G900A using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2016, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29093 "2016-05-15T18:24:47Z")
Ah… The giants. ---
**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 15, 2016, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29094 "2016-05-15T20:52:53Z")
[Texas Lieutenant Governor would rather give up federal funding for schools than give up on the transgender bathroom issue.](http://www.liberalamerica.org/2016/05/15/texas-teabagger-risking-losing-federal-funding-over-restrooms/) ---
**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 15, 2016, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29095 "2016-05-15T20:56:43Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Texas Lieutenant Governor would rather give up federal funding for schools than give up on the transgender bathroom issue.](http://www.liberalamerica.org/2016/05/15/texas-teabagger-risking-losing-federal-funding-over-restrooms/) It’s not like they actually worry about educating their kids. ---
**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 15, 2016, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29096 "2016-05-15T21:00:13Z")
OK, let me get this straight. Republicans are opposed to abortion and to birth control, right? So then, if a woman who, let’s say, is raped, becomes pregnant and delivers the child, the Illinois Republicans don’t want to provide the child and the mother with state financial funding unless she can track down the rapist and put his name on the birth certificate. > **[Illinois GOP: If single moms can’t find the dad, their babies won’t get birth...](https://deadstate.org/illinois-gop-if-single-moms-cant-find-the-dad-their-babies-wont-get-birth-certificates/)** > > Being a single mom in Springfield, Illinois could get a little more difficult if certain GOP lawmakers get their way. ---
**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 15, 2016, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29097 "2016-05-15T21:06:26Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > OK, let me get this straight. Republicans are opposed to abortion and to birth control, right? So then, if a woman who, let’s say, is raped, becomes pregnant and delivers the child, the Illinois Republicans don’t want to provide the child and the mother with state financial funding unless she can track down the rapist and put his name on the birth certificate. > [http://deadstate.org/illinois-gop-if-single-moms-cant-find-the-dad-their-babies-wont-get-birth-certificates/](http://deadstate.org/illinois-gop-if-single-moms-cant-find-the-dad-their-babies-wont-get-birth-certificates/) A life is only precious until it’s born. [Then it’s a leech.](https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.addictinginfo.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2015%2F10%2Fgop-hypocrisy.jpg&imgrefurl=http%3A%2F%2Faddictinginfo.org%2F2015%2F10%2F10%2Frepublican-hypocrisy%2F&docid=7pMDUv_ka-F4xM&tbnid=HBu696gLGKoXTM%3A&w=960&h=728&bih=793&biw=1510&ved=0ahUKEwidlK3t_dzMAhWILmMKHauRCNAQMwgdKAAwAA&iact=mrc&uact=8) ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2016, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29098 "2016-05-15T22:21:30Z")
“Establishment Republican”-One who still believes that ugly thought have to be couched in nice language.-Antonym-Donald Trump. ---
**Author:** ![slumtrimpet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@slumtrimpet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slumtrimpet)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2016, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29099 "2016-05-16T00:26:25Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > Ben Carson has revealed Trump’s shortlist for VP: > > New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie > Texas Sen. Ted Cruz > Ohio Gov. John Kasich > Florida Sen. Marco Rubio > and former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin > [Carson says Christie, Cruz, Kasich, Rubio and Palin are on Trump’s shortlist for VP](https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-vp-shortlist-cruz-palin-152539923.html) > Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G900A using Tapatalk Please lord, I don’t believe in you but if you could grant me just this one wish; let it be Sarah. Please. ---
**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 16, 2016, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29100 "2016-05-16T01:30:06Z")
Agreed. Trump/Palin 2016. Maximum Clownshoes Forever. It’s the only way that makes any sense. Anything less would be caving to sanity. It’ll be one for the books. ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2016, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29101 "2016-05-16T03:00:17Z")
I hope it’s Palin too. The new Trumpy Wumpy book will be called, “How a Woman Destroyed My Chance at Dictatorship.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1454) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1456)