# 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:** 1466
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2016, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29302 "2016-05-26T07:03:41Z")
A fluke? ---
**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 26, 2016, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29303 "2016-05-26T18:04:41Z")
Ken Starr has been removed as president of Baylor University. An investigation by the board of regents determined that university officials mishandled numerous reports of women being sexually assaulted by members of the football team. According to the investigation, the administration failed to take appropriate action on the reports, even discouraging women from filing reports in some cases. Starr will stay on as Chancellor and as a law professor. > **[Baylor Removes Ken Starr As President Amid Sexual Assault Scandal](https://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/ken-starr-out-baylor-university)** > > Baylor University's board of regents announced Thursday that Ken Starr would be removed as president and transition to the role of chancellor at the Texas university. The board also suspended the… ---
**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 26, 2016, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29304 "2016-05-26T18:18:28Z")
The Republican Party Establishment is trying its latest damage-control tactic, floating the idea that Trump’s craziness will be [Etch-a-Sketched down the memory hole](http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/281149-rnc-official-we-wont-go-full-trump-on-party-platform) now that he’s clinched the nomination: > [@](#): > > A top Republican National Committee (RNC) official sought to soothe business leaders worried about Donald Trump’s influence on the party, saying at a private meeting on Tuesday that its presumptive presidential nominee would not dictate the party’s platform… > > The source said several of those attending the meeting offered knowing smiles in response to the comment. > > “And then he added … that the platform would not include some of the more controversial positions that Trump has taken,” the source said… Yeah, sure, good luck with that. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2016, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29305 "2016-05-26T19:27:26Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > Ken Starr has been removed as president of Baylor University. An investigation by the board of regents determined that university officials mishandled numerous reports of women being sexually assaulted by members of the football team. According to the investigation, the administration failed to take appropriate action on the reports, even discouraging women from filing reports in some cases. > > Starr will stay on as Chancellor and as a law professor. > > [Baylor Removes Ken Starr As President Amid Sexual Assault Scandal - TPM – Talking Points Memo](http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/ken-starr-out-baylor-university) That’s Ken Starr. Showing indifference to sexual misconduct. **The** Ken “Blowjobgate” Starr. :rolleyes: ---
**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 26, 2016, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29306 "2016-05-26T20:06:25Z")
I just like the way the investigation turns the tables on Ken Starr. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2016, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29307 "2016-05-26T20:26:49Z")
Probably seduced by the sophisticated, ultra-hip atmosphere of Waco, Texas. ---
**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 26, 2016, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29308 "2016-05-26T20:40:52Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Probably seduced by the sophisticated, ultra-hip atmosphere of Waco, Texas. Old joke: How do you pick up women in Waco, Texas? For stupid idea: Senator Orrin Hatch says that his meeting with Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland didn’t leave Hatch impressed with Garland’s qualifications for the vacancy. Trouble is, he hadn’t actually MET with Garland at the time that comment was made. > **[GOP Senator Says He Was Unmoved By Meeting With Merrick Garland Before...](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/orrin-hatch-merrick-garland_n_57470db6e4b055bb117157e4)** > > A Utah newspaper published an op-ed by Sen. Orrin Hatch saying the meeting hadn't changed his mind about Garland. There was just one problem. ---
**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 26, 2016, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29309 "2016-05-26T20:50:52Z")
[Republican US Civil Rights Commissioner testified before Congress that transgender children are like little girls who want to be Russian princesses.](http://www.rawstory.com/2016/05/watch-california-democrat-delivers-epic-smackdown-to-ignorant-bigot-who-mocked-trans-children/comments/#disqus) Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren called her a bigot. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2016, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29310 "2016-05-26T21:02:58Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > Old joke: > > How do you pick up women in Waco, Texas? With a forklift? ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2016, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29311 "2016-05-26T22:18:35Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Republican US Civil Rights Commissioner testified before Congress that transgender children are like little girls who want to be Russian princesses.](http://www.rawstory.com/2016/05/watch-california-democrat-delivers-epic-smackdown-to-ignorant-bigot-who-mocked-trans-children/comments/#disqus) > > Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren called her a bigot. Well, the M-to-Fs **are** like little girls, at least. ---
**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 26, 2016, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29312 "2016-05-26T22:36:33Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > Old joke: > > How do you pick up women in Waco, Texas? > [@BrainGlutton](#): > > With a forklift? Garbage truck. ---
**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 26, 2016, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29313 "2016-05-26T23:07:21Z")
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton [explains transgenderism](http://www.politico.com/story/2016/05/texas-transgender-bathroom-obama-223599): > [@](#): > > This opens the door with all kinds of issues with men deciding one day they want to be women and then switching back the next day. ---
**Author:** ![BigAppleBucky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigapplebucky/32/178_2.png) [@BigAppleBucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigAppleBucky)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2016, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29314 "2016-05-26T23:12:32Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > It simply will not do to give _those_ people [too much access](http://www.rawstory.com/2016/05/wisconsin-county-clerk-objects-to-weekend-voting-because-it-gives-urban-areas-too-much-access/), amirite? I KNEW that would be Waukesha County. That clerk has been a wack job before. ---
**Author:** ![Punoqllads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2016, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29315 "2016-05-27T00:04:53Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton [explains transgenderism](http://www.politico.com/story/2016/05/texas-transgender-bathroom-obama-223599): His opinions shouldn’t necessarily be rejected out of hand. Paxton is actually a scholar on transgenderism. At least, that’s how he explained the porn on his work computer. ---
**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 27, 2016, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29316 "2016-05-27T02:00:55Z")
[Orrin Hatch said he met with Merrick Garland and was not impressed.](http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/hatch-op-ed-scotus-nom) Funny enough, he actually hadn’t met with him. ---
**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 27, 2016, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29317 "2016-05-27T03:19:59Z")
[The right is shocked, SHOCKED that Obama’s new out-of-the-White House home is _ **only 1096 feet** _ from a mosque!](http://wonkette.com/602295/secret-muslim-barack-obamas-new-house-is-near-a-mosque-and-the-daily-caller-is-on-it) ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2016, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29318 "2016-05-27T04:08:16Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [The right is shocked, SHOCKED that Obama’s new out-of-the-White House home is _ **only 1096 feet** _ from a mosque!](http://wonkette.com/602295/secret-muslim-barack-obamas-new-house-is-near-a-mosque-and-the-daily-caller-is-on-it) That looks like a parody site, not a real right-wing opinion site. But…damn, it’s hard to tell some days! ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2016, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29319 "2016-05-27T04:14:04Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [The right is shocked, SHOCKED that Obama’s new out-of-the-White House home is _ **only 1096 feet** _ from a mosque!](http://wonkette.com/602295/secret-muslim-barack-obamas-new-house-is-near-a-mosque-and-the-daily-caller-is-on-it) Or, as it’s more commonly known, “nearly a quarter of a mile”. And FFS, the DC Islamic Center has been in Kalorama since 1957. That other notorious secret Muslim [Donald Rumsfeld used to live there too.](http://dc.curbed.com/2015/1/12/10003390/donald-rumsfelds-kalorama-home-sold-for-39m). ---
**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 27, 2016, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29320 "2016-05-27T04:16:38Z")
The Daily Caller is not a parody site. It was founded by Tucker Carlson and Neil Patel. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2016, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29321 "2016-05-27T04:16:46Z")
> [@Trinopus](#): > > That looks like a parody site, not a real right-wing opinion site. > > But…damn, it’s hard to tell some days! Wonkette isn’t parody. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1465) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1467)