# 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:** 1488
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2016, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29742 "2016-06-26T05:47:18Z")
On the plus side, double-wrapped bacon scallops sound pretty awesome. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2016, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29743 "2016-06-26T06:09:20Z")
I guess, but if you got bacon, why spoil it with fish? ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2016, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29744 "2016-06-26T07:52:23Z")
Or bivalve? ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2016, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29745 "2016-06-26T08:23:30Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > The wife of Governor Paul LePage just announced that she’s taken a job as a waitress because his $70,000 a year salary isn’t enough for them to make ends meet. > > I understand that his salary is the lowest of any governor, but don’t they live rent-free in the Governor’s Mansion? And just what is the cost of living in Maine? > > I assume this is a political stunt to show all of those freeloaders on SNAP that they just need to get a job. Cut them some slack. Being a high profile politician is always tough for an average family, and the LePages are pretty average. This was not some rich guy deciding he wanted power. These are the kinds of things that most of us would have to do if we ran for high office. Which is why most of us don’t. It’s difficult and then we get shit for it anyway. ---
**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:** [June 26, 2016, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29746 "2016-06-26T18:58:11Z")
I won’t cut Paul LePage slack for anything. He’s a horrible, evil excuse for a human being who should be turned into glue. ---
**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:** [June 26, 2016, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29747 "2016-06-26T19:01:29Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > It’s difficult and then we get shit for it anyway. There’s no shortage of material for LePage, of all governors, to get shit for, and lots of it. ETA: What **Rick Kitchen** just said. ---
**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:** [June 26, 2016, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29748 "2016-06-26T19:23:45Z")
[Texas Supreme Court rules that parents don’t have to educate their children if they believe Jesus is coming soon.](http://bipartisanreport.com/2016/06/26/texas-court-says-citizens-can-skip-education-if-they-believe-the-rapture-is-coming-details/) ---
**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:** [June 26, 2016, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29749 "2016-06-26T19:39:39Z")
Paging Beckett! Paging Samuel Beckett! Clean-up on Aisle 4. A couple of idiot parents dropped the last two letters. ---
**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:** [June 26, 2016, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29750 "2016-06-26T20:59:03Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Texas Supreme Court rules that parents don’t have to educate their children if they believe Jesus is coming soon.](http://bipartisanreport.com/2016/06/26/texas-court-says-citizens-can-skip-education-if-they-believe-the-rapture-is-coming-details/) I coulda sworn, we’ve seen this movie before. I just _know_ I remember some kind of case like that from a few years ago. Aha! Reading the linked article: > [@](#): > > The oldest daughter of the McIntyre’s, Tori, age 17, ran away in 2006 so that she could return to school. According to ABC News, the school district wasn’t sure she could handle any classwork harder than the 9th grade level work, and she was placed in 9th grade as a result. Yes! This is _that_ family! (Trying to google up some contemporary news reports from 2006, but all I can find on google is more current news. Somebody with better google-fu please?) ---
**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:** [June 27, 2016, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29751 "2016-06-27T20:37:02Z")
The Federal Elections Commission ruled that Mike Huckabee violated copyright by using Survivor’s “Eye of the Tiger” during his rally when anti-gay county clerk Kim Davis was released from prison. He tried to pass the cost off to his presidential campaign fund, but the FEC has said that, since Huckabee claimed that the rally was religious, and not political, he has to pay the fine personally. > **[LOL of the day: FEC rules Huckabee must pay $25,000 of his own money for...](https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/6/27/1542961/-LOL-of-the-day-Court-rules-Huckabee-must-pay-25-000-of-his-own-money-for-using-Eye-of-the-Tiger?detail=facebook)** > > While campaigning to woo America’s most gullible voters, Mike Huckabee held a campaign stop outside a Kentucky jail on the day Rowan County Kim Davis was released. She went straight from the jail to the stage, with Huckabee lauding her release... ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2016, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29752 "2016-06-27T20:42:16Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > The Federal Elections Commission ruled that Mike Huckabee violated copyright by using Survivor’s “Eye of the Tiger” during his rally when anti-gay county clerk Kim Davis was released from prison. He tried to pass the cost off to his presidential campaign fund, but the FEC has said that, since Huckabee claimed that the rally was religious, and not political, he has to pay the fine personally. This really belongs in a ‘Cosmic Justice of the Day’ thread. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2016, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29753 "2016-06-27T21:11:18Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > The _ **Federal Elections Commission ruled that Mike Huckabee violated copyright** _ by using Survivor’s “Eye of the Tiger” during his rally when anti-gay county clerk Kim Davis was released from prison. He tried to pass the cost off to his presidential campaign fund, but the FEC has said that, since Huckabee claimed that the rally was religious, and not political, he has to pay the fine personally. > > [LOL of the day: FEC rules Huckabee must pay $25,000 of his own money for using 'Eye of the Tiger'](http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/6/27/1542961/-LOL-of-the-day-Court-rules-Huckabee-must-pay-25-000-of-his-own-money-for-using-Eye-of-the-Tiger?detail=facebook) Emphasis mine. The bolded section is not quite correct. The FEC does not make rulings on copyright infringement, and they made no such ruling in this case. As your own story says, Huckabee and the band Survivor settled out of court, so there was no actual ruling at all on the copyright issue. The FEC’s ruling pertained only to the issue of whether or not Huckabee could use his campaign fund to pay the settlement. Still very nice to see Huckabee lose out on this one, and have to pay the settlement himself. ---
**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:** [June 28, 2016, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29754 "2016-06-28T01:56:54Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > Emphasis mine. > > The bolded section is not quite correct. The FEC does not make rulings on copyright infringement, and they made no such ruling in this case. As your own story says, Huckabee and the band Survivor settled out of court, so there was no actual ruling at all on the copyright issue. The FEC’s ruling pertained only to the issue of whether or not Huckabee could use his campaign fund to pay the settlement. > > Still very nice to see Huckabee lose out on this one, and have to pay the settlement himself. Even further clarification, for anyone who didn’t read the link: Huckabee had tried to claim the appearance as a non-commercial religious event, so that he had the right to play the music under fair-use rules. He then tried to pass of the settlement cost to his presidential campaign. He tried to have it both ways. ---
**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:** [June 28, 2016, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29755 "2016-06-28T02:05:48Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > Even further clarification, for anyone who didn’t read the link: Huckabee had tried to claim the appearance as a non-commercial religious event, so that he had the right to play the music under fair-use rules. He then tried to pass of the settlement cost to his presidential campaign. He tried to have it both ways. How can he be a Christian minister when he wants it both ways? 😃 ---
**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:** [June 28, 2016, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29756 "2016-06-28T02:18:01Z")
You gotta love that. I wonder if he’ll now claim that he was misunderstood and that it was indeed a campaign event. I wouldn’t be surprised. ---
**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:** [June 28, 2016, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29757 "2016-06-28T02:35:19Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > You gotta love that. I wonder if he’ll now claim that he was misunderstood and that it was indeed a campaign event. I wouldn’t be surprised. I think I may have jumped on this particular bandwagon prematurely. As much as I despise Huckabee, I think the ruling is being misinterpreted by that Daily Kos writer. It seems to be about whether the settlement can be paid for by a special defense fun instead of his campaign, and it doesn’t seem to have anything to do with religion. [https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/2917039-Fec-Huckabee-2.html](https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/2917039-Fec-Huckabee-2.html) ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2016, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29758 "2016-06-28T02:51:27Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > I think I may have jumped on this particular bandwagon prematurely. Any link **Rick Kitchen** provides is worth looking at twice, or three times. He simply pastes whatever shows up on his facebook, with no regard to whether it’s accurate. His links are occasionally correct, but it’s rare. It’s obvious that he spends no time whatsoever verifying them. He is as useless as **BrainGlutton** was. ---
**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:** [June 28, 2016, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29759 "2016-06-28T04:55:19Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > Any link **Rick Kitchen** provides is worth looking at twice, or three times. He simply pastes whatever shows up on his facebook, with no regard to whether it’s accurate. His links are occasionally correct, but it’s rare. > > It’s obvious that he spends no time whatsoever verifying them. He is as useless as **BrainGlutton** was. I usually try to make a habit of checking links out before piling on with everyone else, especially when they fit a stereotype very neatly, push all of the right buttons (hypocrisy, schadenfreude, etc.), and especially when they’re attacking something that I like seeing attacked (because I should trust my judgement less in those cases). I slipped up on this one and responded before reading. :smack: ---
**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:** [June 28, 2016, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29760 "2016-06-28T05:13:46Z")
There’s a reason I blocked you, **Frank**. ---
**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:** [June 28, 2016, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29761 "2016-06-28T05:25:45Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > There’s a reason I blocked you, **Frank**. I don’t want you to think that I was agreeing with Frank’s assessment of you. I was just pointing out that I think that you had been misled on this. I’ve posted one or two things in the past that I should have researched better. We’re all human. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1487) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1489)