# 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:** 1505
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2016, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30082 "2016-07-16T15:15:59Z")
Newt (remember him? the guy who won’t go away?) made [one last desperate ploy](http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/15/politics/newt-gingrich-hannity-interview/) to get Trump to pick him, and failed. > [@](#): > > “Let me be as blunt and direct as I can be: Western civilization is in a war. We should frankly test every person here who is of a Muslim background, and if they believe in Sharia, they should be deported,” Gingrich said in an interview with Fox News’ Sean Hannity. “Sharia is incompatible with Western civilization. Modern Muslims who have given up Sharia, glad to have them as citizens. Perfectly happy to have them next door.” Be easier to put them in walled neighborhoods and make them wear little crescents on their clothes, Mr. Speaker. ---
**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:** [July 16, 2016, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30083 "2016-07-16T15:33:36Z")
So how do you test for Sharia anyway ? Blood test, MRI, biometrics, phrenology, urine pH, rabbit test ? I’m pretty sure native Arabic speakers can pronounce “shibboleth” better 'n you, Newt. Or is it like pornography, you can’t quite define it but bigots know a “Sharia believer”\* when they see them ? - Sharia is a legal & jurisprudence system, btw. You don’t believe in it any more than Newt believes in the Supreme fucking Court or, quite demonstrably, the Constitution. ---
**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:** [July 16, 2016, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30084 "2016-07-16T15:57:25Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > So how do you test for Sharia anyway ? Blood test, MRI, biometrics, phrenology, urine pH, rabbit test ? I’m pretty sure native Arabic speakers can pronounce “shibboleth” better 'n you, Newt. Or is it like pornography, you can’t quite define it but bigots know a “Sharia believer”\* when they see them ? > > - Sharia is a legal & jurisprudence system, btw. You don’t believe in it any more than Newt believes in the Supreme fucking Court or, quite demonstrably, the Constitution. Newt does believe in Sharia law. However, in this country, it goes by the term “religious freedom laws”. ---
**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2016, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30085 "2016-07-16T17:10:51Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > So how do you test for Sharia anyway ? Blood test, MRI, biometrics, phrenology, urine pH, rabbit test ? > [/SIZE] Breathalyzer - it measures your blood / Islam content. ---
**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:** [July 16, 2016, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30086 "2016-07-16T17:34:19Z")
> [@Llama\_Llogophile](#): > > Breathalyzer - it measures your blood / Islam content. And [midichlorian](http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Midi-chlorian) count. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2016, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30087 "2016-07-16T18:20:25Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > And [midichlorian](http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Midi-chlorian) count. But not, despite their seeming similarity (for certain individuals), ones Mahdichlorian count. CMC fnord! ---
**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:** [July 16, 2016, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30088 "2016-07-16T18:52:33Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > But not, despite their seeming similarity (for certain individuals), ones Mahdichlorian count. > > CMC fnord! _doffs hat_ ---
**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:** [July 17, 2016, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30089 "2016-07-17T00:33:19Z")
> [@Starving\_Artist](#): > > Both arguments are specious. Yes, the murder rate has remained constant. There are other crimes however and they’re the ones that enjoyed a tremendous increase since the late 60s. Surely you’re not trying to say murder is the only crime worth being concerned about? Well, yeah, like, in the '50s, there would only be one or two women getting raped in any given year. Since then, rapes have shot, by orders of magnitude, through the roof. We should take a close look at what they were doing back then, so that we can get these rapes back to their historic basement levels. ---
**Author:** ![choie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/choie/32/7829_2.png) [@choie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/choie)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2016, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30090 "2016-07-17T02:16:57Z")
Ladies and gentlemen, the nuttiest of Republicans continue to show their classy side. [Michael Folk, West Virginia delegate (R, duh), thinks HRC should be tried for treason, then executed.](http://www.wvgazettemail.com/news-politics/20160716/wv-delegate-calls-for-clinton-to-be-executed) His preferred method is that she be hanged in the public square. (What, no parading her around naked, flogging and then stocks first? Slacker.) Note that he goes right to the punishment phase of this hypothetical trial; none of that pesky “waiting for an actual verdict” nonsense for Mr. Folk. He tried to walk that back a teensy bit, saying it was ‘hyperbolic’ but then doubled-down by reminding us all that his masturbatory image of breaking another human being’s neck is free speech, so it’s all good. Shockingly, “[c]alls to Conrad Lucas, chairman of the state Republican Party, and Republican Tim Armstead, speak of the West Virginia House of Delegates, were not immediately returned Saturday afternoon.” I hope the decent Repubilcan politicians\* will swiftly and firmly decry this fucker. - There’s gotta be some left, right? Enough for a baseball team? Or at least a basketball starting line-up? A game of tic-tac-toe? ---
**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:** [July 17, 2016, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30091 "2016-07-17T02:22:46Z")
> [@choie](#): > > I hope the decent Repubilcan politicians\* will swiftly and firmly decry this fucker. > > - There’s gotta be some left, right? Enough for a baseball team? Or at least a basketball starting line-up? A game of tic-tac-toe? Solitare. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2016, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30092 "2016-07-17T03:41:36Z")
… 'til dawn with a deck of fifty-one… ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2016, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30093 "2016-07-17T04:03:34Z")
> [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > Does it mean Trump is in his Pence? I’ve got trumpence, jolly jolly trumpence… ---
**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:** [July 17, 2016, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30094 "2016-07-17T04:14:09Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > … 'til dawn with a deck of fifty-one… Smokin’ cigarettes and watchin’ Cap’n Kangaroo… ---
**Author:** ![MacCat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maccat/32/216_2.png) [@MacCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacCat)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2016, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30095 "2016-07-17T04:37:43Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Smokin’ cigarettes and watchin’ Cap’n Kangaroo… So don’t tell me… ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2016, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30096 "2016-07-17T04:58:45Z")
I’ve no meth to do! ---
**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:** [July 17, 2016, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30097 "2016-07-17T05:09:32Z")
Doin’ crystal meth will lift you up until you break ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2016, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30098 "2016-07-17T05:39:29Z")
Fuckin’ hate meth. I know, rationally, its not possible for a chemical compound to have a spiritual essence, it cannot be intrinsically evil. But I fuckin’ hate meth. ---
**Author:** ![Randolph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Randolph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Randolph)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2016, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30099 "2016-07-17T08:02:35Z")
I was told there would be no meth. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2016, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30100 "2016-07-17T08:13:44Z")
I was told there’d be punch and pie. ---
**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:** [July 17, 2016, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/30101 "2016-07-17T11:53:28Z")
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