# 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:** 1457
**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 17, 2016, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29122 "2016-05-17T19:43:07Z")
Texas Governor compared Obama’s transgender/bathroom order to JFK’s pledge to land men on the moon: > [@](#): > > JFK wanted to send a man to the moon. Obama wants to send a man to the women’s restroom. We must get our country back on track. [And he’s getting skewered on Twitter.](http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/greg-abbott-bathroom-guidance-moon-landing) My favorite: > [@](#): > > @GregAbbott\_TX thank u for continuing Texases long tradition of extreme hospitalty towards JFK ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2016, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29123 "2016-05-17T20:26:32Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > And seriously, do you want this type of Texan to be the ones the aliens find first? That depends on the size of the anal probe they use. ---
**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 17, 2016, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29124 "2016-05-17T20:33:38Z")
[Alex Jones: Michelle Obama murdered Joan Rivers because she revealed that Michelle Obama is a man.](http://blackbag.gawker.com/finally-alex-jones-explains-why-michelle-obama-murdere-1777118755?) ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2016, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29125 "2016-05-17T20:50:25Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Alex Jones: Michelle Obama murdered Joan Rivers because she revealed that Michelle Obama is a man.](http://blackbag.gawker.com/finally-alex-jones-explains-why-michelle-obama-murdere-1777118755?) [shrug] Joan Rivers is like an Agatha Christie murder victim, there are so many people with motives that everyone’s a suspect. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2016, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29126 "2016-05-17T22:50:16Z")
Last night President Obama gave a speech at Rutgers University where he said “. . .ignorance is not a vurtue.” [Trump tweeted this response:](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/732377163505225728?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > [@](#): > > “In politics, and in life, ignorance is not a virtue.” This is a primary reason that President Obama is the worst president in U.S. history! Is this an endorsement for ignorance? An 'I’m-rubber-you’re-glue" type dealie? A non-sequitur from a mind warped by a sentient hairpiece? I don’t understand. ---
**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 17, 2016, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29127 "2016-05-17T22:58:02Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > Last night President Obama gave a speech at Rutgers University where he said “. . .ignorance is not a vurtue.” [Trump tweeted this response:](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/732377163505225728?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > Is this an endorsement for ignorance? An 'I’m-rubber-you’re-glue" type dealie? A non-sequitur from a mind warped by a sentient hairpiece? I don’t understand. I thought – prayed, really – that the tweet must have been from a parody account. Nope. That’s the real Republican nominee for President, folks. I just… Jesus. I mean, really. Jesus. I can’t get my head around this. ---
**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 17, 2016, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29128 "2016-05-17T23:59:51Z")
I would remind you that extremism in the defense of stupidity is no vice! And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of ignorance is no virtue! ---
**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 18, 2016, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29129 "2016-05-18T01:20:48Z")
Ignorance is strength! I have the best ignorance! It’s yuge. Obama is a disaster because he’s not ignorant at all. Sad! ---
**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 18, 2016, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29130 "2016-05-18T01:38:31Z")
Alabama senator wants to place “monitors” at restrooms to make sure nothing funny happens. > **[An Alabama lawmaker has the creepiest response to transgender bathroom hysteria](https://www.vox.com/2016/5/17/11692494/transgender-bathrooms-creepy?ref=yfp)** > > Unbelievable. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G900A using Tapatalk ---
**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 18, 2016, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29131 "2016-05-18T03:05:08Z")
Funny how a question that involves less than 1% of the country’s population becomes such an immediate national crisis (actually, since we’re talking “transfolk who also are planning funny business in the loo”, make that less than one percent of less than one percent…). Of all the wedge issues in all the elections in all the world… ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2016, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29132 "2016-05-18T03:18:31Z")
Maybe they’re running out of wedge issues. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2016, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29133 "2016-05-18T03:40:41Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > Maybe they’re running out of wedge issues. So instead they want wedgie issues? ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2016, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29134 "2016-05-18T13:07:52Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > Funny how a question that involves less than 1% of the country’s population becomes such an immediate national crisis (actually, since we’re talking “transfolk who also are planning funny business in the loo”, make that less than one percent of less than one percent…). > > Of all the wedge issues in all the elections in all the world… The Republicans are used to cowtowing to the 1%. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2016, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29135 "2016-05-18T14:28:29Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > Last night President Obama gave a speech at Rutgers University where he said “. . .ignorance is not a vurtue.” [Trump tweeted this response:](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/732377163505225728?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > Is this an endorsement for ignorance? An 'I’m-rubber-you’re-glue" type dealie? A non-sequitur from a mind warped by a sentient hairpiece? I don’t understand. > [@Bayard](#): > > I thought – prayed, really – that the tweet must have been from a parody account. Nope. That’s the real Republican nominee for President, folks. I just… Jesus. I mean, really. Jesus. I can’t get my head around this. Ignorance Is Strength. Just look how strong Trump is. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2016, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29136 "2016-05-18T14:31:41Z")
His strength is yuuuge! Like Herculean, except American and not Greek. ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2016, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29137 "2016-05-18T14:43:26Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > Alabama senator wants to place “monitors” at restrooms to make sure nothing funny happens. > > [An Alabama lawmaker has the creepiest response to transgender bathroom hysteria | Vox](http://www.vox.com/2016/5/17/11692494/transgender-bathrooms-creepy?ref=yfp) > > Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G900A using Tapatalk I’ve complained about the sudden need to show photo ID at voting places–when the previous methods produced almost no “voter fraud.” But having to show my Original Birth Certificate (Long Form?) every time I want to pee will really anger me… (The Texas Republican Platform has always been ridiculous. The big problem at this year’s shindig was learning to love The Donald. Thus, distractions about Secession & Bathroom Politics.) ---
**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 18, 2016, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29138 "2016-05-18T14:56:27Z")
> [@Bridget\_Burke](#): > > I’ve complained about the sudden need to show photo ID at voting places–when the previous methods produced almost no “voter fraud.” But having to show my Original Birth Certificate (Long Form?) every time I want to pee will really anger me… > > (The Texas Republican Platform has always been ridiculous. The big problem at this year’s shindig was learning to love The Donald. Thus, distractions about Secession & Bathroom Politics.) And, if it’s Taco Night, the monitor may well have to wait until I’m done to see my birth certificate, or there will need to be a clean-up in aisle 4. ---
**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 18, 2016, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29139 "2016-05-18T15:00:59Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > And, if it’s Taco Night, the monitor may well have to wait until I’m done to see my birth certificate, or there will need to be a clean-up in aisle 4. Maybe they should check at the door and issue restroom passes. (You return them when you leave) ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2016, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29140 "2016-05-18T15:13:18Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > Last night President Obama gave a speech at Rutgers University where he said “. . .ignorance is not a vurtue.” [Trump tweeted this response:](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/732377163505225728?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > Is this an endorsement for ignorance? An 'I’m-rubber-you’re-glue" type dealie? A non-sequitur from a mind warped by a sentient hairpiece? I don’t understand. Obama believes ignorance is a virtue in governance though. “Wha? I had no idea that was going on! I’m shocked!” ---
**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 18, 2016, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29141 "2016-05-18T15:21:48Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > Obama believes ignorance is a virtue in governance though. “Wha? I had no idea that was going on! I’m shocked!” So he should have a direct line to each and every federal employee, talk to every one of them every day? Put them on a polygraph to ensure he’s hearing everything? If Trump is elected, will you hold him to the same standard? Did you expect the same of Bush? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1456) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1458)