# 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:** 1490
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2016, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29782 "2016-06-29T03:00:14Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > Do they not care how they come across? Do they think that those kinds of responses make them likable? I think he’s [figured it out](http://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2016/06/28/rep-mom-buy-your-own-meds/86464972/) by this time: > [@](#): > > Guice, who told The Clarion-Ledger Tuesday morning “I don’t do interviews” and declined to comment, issued an apology Tuesday night. > > “I realize my remarks to Mrs. Nichols were completely insensitive and out of line,” Guice said in an emailed statement. " I am sorry and deeply regret my reply. I know nothing about her and her family and replied in knee-jerk fashion. I’d like to think the people of Mississippi and my constituents know that I"m willing to help where I am able." That’s right, squirm, worm, squirm. Interesting also how the “knee-jerk” response of this self-described Christian and elected public servant is basically _“Solve your own problems, you greedy bitch”_. Actually, make that _“Solve your own problems of needing tens of thousands in annual medical expenses just to keep your beloved child alive, you middle-class married two-income-family law-abiding responsible but-still-not-rich-enough-to-pay-tens-of-thousands-in-medical-expenses-out-of-pocket greedy bitch”_. ---
**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 29, 2016, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29783 "2016-06-29T03:09:49Z")
Apparently it wasn’t necessarily even a lack of coverage that was the problem. She just needed help in navigating the Medicaid system because of some difficulties with suppliers (I’ve run into similar problems with private Insurance). I would think that helping constituents with such problems is part of the job. [http://www.chron.com/news/us/article/Lawmaker-to-woman-Buy-kid-s-meds-yourself-don-t-8330627.php](http://www.chron.com/news/us/article/Lawmaker-to-woman-Buy-kid-s-meds-yourself-don-t-8330627.php) ---
**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 29, 2016, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29784 "2016-06-29T06:45:16Z")
[Sarah Palin is all aroused because there are UN vehicles on the US highways.](https://www.facebook.com/sarahpalin/photos/a.10150723283643588.424640.24718773587/10154320105558588/?type=3&theater) [Uh, because they’re manufactured here and shipped to the UN overseas? Duh?](http://www.snopes.com/un-vehicles-in-southern-states/) And even after snopes debunked it, she still has that ridiculous post on her Facebook account Plus, if she’s all for the the 2nd Amendment, why that quote about “There are now more U.S. bureaucrats with guns than there are U.S. Marines”? Shouldn’t the government be allowed the right to keep and bear arms? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2016, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29785 "2016-06-29T07:39:06Z")
Mississippi lawmaker to mother seeking help: Buy kid’s meds yourself. ---
**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 29, 2016, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29786 "2016-06-29T08:55:35Z")
Look up 5 posts. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2016, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29787 "2016-06-29T09:49:43Z")
> [@digs](#): > > Mmm, mmmm! I do loves me a nice big plate of fresh steaming stupid! Especially if it’s double-wrapped in bacon and brought to my table by a governor’s wife. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2016, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29788 "2016-06-29T10:55:18Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Look up 5 posts. OOOOOOOooooooooooops. My bad. Thank you silenus. Steve MB’s [post](http://www.inquisitr.com/3255312/mississippi-rep-jeffrey-guice-tells-desperate-mom-of-diabetic-child-to-buy-supplies-with-money-that-you-earn/) was _much better_ than mine. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2016, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29789 "2016-06-29T11:19:23Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > The rich don’t have a monopoly on smart, responsible people. Voting for “regular folks” gets you officeholders like LePage and Palin, with whom you’re no doubt proud to share your party. Or do you have some good counterexamples of “regular folks” electees whom you could present to us as smart and responsible? We can wait. ---
**Author:** ![Askthepizzaguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askthepizzaguy/32/9405_2.png) [@Askthepizzaguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askthepizzaguy)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2016, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29790 "2016-06-29T13:09:10Z")
You have to love the “thinking” that goes into supporting the lowest possible wages for the working class, while blaming them for not being able to afford medicine that costs a fortune. Why don’t you just pay for it yourself, you lazy poors? Sure, rich cock, give me a fucking raise, then eat shit and die, asshole. ---
**Author:** ![Askthepizzaguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askthepizzaguy/32/9405_2.png) [@Askthepizzaguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askthepizzaguy)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2016, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29791 "2016-06-29T13:11:03Z")
Right up there with thinking that being poor is actually a character flaw. ---
**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:** [June 29, 2016, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29792 "2016-06-29T13:40:48Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Sarah Palin is all aroused Thank you for _that_ image with which to start the day… ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2016, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29793 "2016-06-29T15:51:44Z")
> [@Askthepizzaguy](#): > > Right up there with thinking that being poor is actually a character flaw. Being poor must be a sin or else why would god inflict upon them the curse of being poor. ---
**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:** [June 29, 2016, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29794 "2016-06-29T17:34:41Z")
[Newt Gingrich (remember him?) thinks polls he doesn’t like should be withdrawn. He rejects reality and substitutes his own!](http://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/newt-gingrich-trump-poll-224882) > [@](#): > > The Washington Post poll has her tying with Trump with men. Now the odds against that happening are so great that even given the total bias of The Washington Post and the degree to which they’re now committing a hatchet job on Trump, I think some sense of professional dignity should have led them either to withdraw the poll or redesign it ---
**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:** [June 29, 2016, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29795 "2016-06-29T17:40:56Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > [Newt Gingrich (remember him?) thinks polls he doesn’t like should be withdrawn. He rejects reality and substitutes his own!](http://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/newt-gingrich-trump-poll-224882) Withdrawing the pool is ridiculous. They only need to be unskewed. Some of the unskewing experts from 2012 are probably ready to serve again. ---
**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 29, 2016, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29796 "2016-06-29T18:11:46Z")
I’m sure Karl Rove will be more than happy to put out a poll Newt likes. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2016, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29797 "2016-06-29T18:15:31Z")
These men who like Hillary? Are they _real_ men? How many guns do they have? ---
**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 29, 2016, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29798 "2016-06-29T18:26:03Z")
Dilbert cartoonist Scot Adams, who is a Trump supporter: " > [@](#): > > [American women humiliate men by making them wear v-neck sweaters.](http://www.rawstory.com/2016/06/dilbert-cartoonist-men-support-trump-because-women-humiliate-them-with-v-neck-sweaters/) " ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2016, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29799 "2016-06-29T18:42:18Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Dilbert cartoonist Scot Adams, who is a Trump supporter: “” > [@](#): > > Adams believes U.S. men are under the yokes of women, as evidenced by v-neck sweaters which are a “uniform” they are forced to wear, according to the Daily Dot. I find it …_difficult_… to believe anyone would hold this opinion. Could he be pulling a reporters leg? ---
**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 29, 2016, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29800 "2016-06-29T19:56:48Z")
[Repugs block Zika bill with poison pills.](http://mindy-fischer-writer.com/2016/06/republicans-sabotage-zika-funding/) To the wall with the lot of them. ---
**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:** [June 29, 2016, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/29801 "2016-06-29T20:32:21Z")
We could just take them on a little cruise up the Yukon, where I think it was Tim Cahill who estimated that, without heavy protection, the mosquitos on the river could exsangiunate a normal person inside an hour. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1489) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1491)