# 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:** 148
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2011, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2941 "2011-05-06T15:49:58Z")
> [@Knorf](#): > > [Here’s a link](http://www.indiewire.com/article/the_people_vs._the_donald_new_doc_exposes_trumps_ruthless_attack_on_scottis) to a new documentary all about a particularly stupid Republican with delusions of grandeur. Donald Rump is a joke that even the Repubs are catching onto. ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_Stimulus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Digital\_Stimulus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_Stimulus)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2942 "2011-05-13T17:48:50Z")
It’s not often I find the word “stupid” at all in a respectable (YMMV) article from a respectable (YMMV) organization, much less as a direct description of someone. But the first few lines of [a piece on Salon.com](http://www.salon.com/news/politics/war_room/2011/05/12/rand_paul_dumb) are: > [@](#): > > Rand Paul is stupid. Or, at least, he is not very bright. I say that not because I disagree with him politically, but because he regularly says stupid things. Brought this thread to mind immediately. 😃 A synopsis: Rand Paul is quoted saying, apparently straightforwardly and without any tinge of hyperbole, that “_With regard to the idea of whether you have a right to health care, you have [to] realize what that implies. It’s not an abstraction. I’m a physician. That means you have a right to come to my house and conscript me. It means you believe in slavery…_” Parene’s response: > [@](#): > > Has Rand Paul read the Constitution? Serious question! Because it bans slavery, yet it also says people shall “enjoy the right” “to have the Assistance of Counsel” in criminal prosecutions! Does Rand Paul know that we have been enslaving lawyers for 200 years? ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2943 "2011-05-13T17:52:25Z")
Well, strictly speaking, the right to assistance of counsel does not necessarily mean the right to have to government _pay_ for counsel. ---
**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 13, 2011, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2944 "2011-05-13T17:54:37Z")
First the came for the Indian Chiefs, but I said nothing. Then they came for the lawyers. Then they came for the doctors. Ah, hell, take 'em. I need smart slaves! ---
**Author:** ![howye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9adbd/32.png) [@howye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/howye)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2945 "2011-05-13T18:05:56Z")
I have pretty much ignored the Pauls as what little I heard was …stupid, but reading the link’s to the other stories in that Salon article I come away with one an over all impression of FUCK is he that stupid? That is just some mind bending dumb right there. Of course, he isn’t that dumb is he? Both Pauls have figured out how to tap into the deep well of dumb that resides in so much of this country, and they are going to live it up while it lasts. I don’t know, maybe Rand (don’t that just tell you all you need to know right there) is a true believer, having been brain washed by daddy. In which case he is crazy and stupid. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2946 "2011-05-13T18:17:32Z")
> [@howye](#): > > I have pretty much ignored the Pauls as what little I heard was …stupid, but reading the link’s to the other stories in that Salon article I come away with one an over all impression of > > FUCK is he that stupid? That is just some mind bending dumb right there. > > Of course, he isn’t that dumb is he? Both Pauls have figured out how to tap into the deep well of dumb that resides in so much of this country, and they are going to live it up while it lasts. I don’t know, maybe Rand (don’t that just tell you all you need to know right there) is a true believer, having been brain washed by daddy. In which case he is crazy and stupid. Do you remember the insane (and insanely) long thread about _pro bono_ work with **Rand Rover** vs…well, everybody? There’s your hard-core libertarian/Objectivist attitude toward public service. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2947 "2011-05-13T19:25:32Z")
Here’s John McCain, [responding to Republican stupidity](http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/post/john-mccain-to-bush-apologists-stop-lying-about-bin-laden-and-torture/2011/03/03/AF10AnzG_blog.html). ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2948 "2011-05-13T19:35:17Z")
Here’s some more Republican stupidity: > [@K.T. McKee](#): > > When members of Wasilla High School’s symphonic jazz choir heard Friday it wouldn’t be singing the popular Queen hit “Bohemian Rhapsody” at this year’s graduation ceremony after working on it all year, the students couldn’t get their heads around it. > > WHS Principal Dwight Probasco reportedly had received complaints from at least one parent that the 1975 hit written by Freddie Mercury wasn’t appropriate for the ceremony simply because Mercury was gay. [Cite](http://www.frontiersman.com/articles/2011/05/12/local_news/doc4dc8c8e0a76f2219524721.txt). ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2949 "2011-05-13T19:42:28Z")
That particular criterion limits their repertoire to Carman and Sandi Patty. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2950 "2011-05-13T19:48:05Z")
Wait a minute! Freddie Mercury was _gay_? ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2951 "2011-05-13T19:56:20Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Wait a minute! Freddie Mercury was _gay_? I know, it’s a shocker. ---
**Author:** ![Punoqllads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2952 "2011-05-13T19:58:42Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Wait a minute! Freddie Mercury was _gay_? Gayer than a tap-dancing Senator in a Minneapolis airport bathroom stall. ---
**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, 2011, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2953 "2011-05-13T19:59:08Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Wait a minute! Freddie Mercury was _gay_? Now now! You just lie back on the Chaise longue, and I’ll have someone fetch you a mimosa to refresh you. \ ---
**Author:** ![howye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9adbd/32.png) [@howye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/howye)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2954 "2011-05-13T20:09:36Z")
> [@Knorf](#): > > I know, it’s a shocker. Next you will be telling me Liberace was too. ---
**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, 2011, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2955 "2011-05-13T20:23:52Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Wait a minute! Freddie Mercury was _gay_? Gayer than a daffodil, darling. ---
**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, 2011, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2956 "2011-05-13T20:54:57Z")
I heard Francis Scott Key was gay, too. ---
**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, 2011, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2957 "2011-05-13T21:17:32Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > I heard Francis Scott Key was gay, too. Francis Bellamy? Gay. ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2958 "2011-05-13T22:13:42Z")
Lee Greenwood? Gay. Even he was taken aback by that one. ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2011, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2959 "2011-05-13T22:17:12Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Francis Bellamy? Gay. And in truth, a socialist apparently! Did not know that. We may have just discovered the way to end the controversy about forcing kids to recite the Pledge in schools. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2011, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/2960 "2011-05-14T04:13:02Z")
> [@Knorf](#): > > Here’s John McCain, [responding to Republican stupidity](http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/post/john-mccain-to-bush-apologists-stop-lying-about-bin-laden-and-torture/2011/03/03/AF10AnzG_blog.html). That’s… not stupid. > [@Knorf](#): > > Here’s some more Republican stupidity: > [Cite](http://www.frontiersman.com/articles/2011/05/12/local_news/doc4dc8c8e0a76f2219524721.txt). Anyone want to bet that Wasilla High plays _We Will Rock You_\* or _We Are the Champions_ at football games? \*I know, it was written by Brian May, but close enough. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=147) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=149)