# 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:** 1587
**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:** [October 28, 2016, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31722 "2016-10-28T04:38:15Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Not really sure why it should matter all that much, since Wisconsin is a college town. Green Bay is a college town? ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2016, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31723 "2016-10-28T04:49:44Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Not really sure why it should matter all that much, since Wisconsin is a college town. I knew there was a reason why I like living here: the entire _state_ is a college town! That explains why everyone’s sporting an ironic “Underdog as Dr. Who” v-neck under an insincere lumberjack shirt (to go with their ManBun)… as they longboard through red lights vaping and sipping their Chai-and-Jagermeister. ---
**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:** [October 28, 2016, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31724 "2016-10-28T04:55:00Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Green Bay is a college town? Wisconsin is a college town. Every-fucking-town you go to, there is a UW. ---
**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:** [October 28, 2016, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31725 "2016-10-28T05:07:49Z")
Then why does it have Ron Johnson as a Senator? ---
**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:** [October 28, 2016, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31726 "2016-10-28T05:29:11Z")
It was an off-year election. Russ got tea-bagged or something. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2016, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31727 "2016-10-28T05:40:29Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Mark Kirk is an unmitigated douche.](http://theconcourse.deadspin.com/senator-mark-kirk-mocks-tammy-duckworths-mixed-race-bac-1788310472?) Here’s the [full video](https://youtu.be/ZWM6EUeqP1g?t=1380)at the point of his comment, with aftermath. The silence just hangs there. I like how Kirk kind of nods his head like he thinks he’s got her with a good one. Apparently the debate moderators were visibly shocked by his quip. And Kirk is supposed to be one of the moderate Republicans. ---
**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:** [October 28, 2016, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31728 "2016-10-28T08:45:26Z")
> [@YogSothoth](#): > > Here’s the [full video](https://youtu.be/ZWM6EUeqP1g?t=1380)at the point of his comment, with aftermath. The silence just hangs there. I like how Kirk kind of nods his head like he thinks he’s got her with a good one. Apparently the debate moderators were visibly shocked by his quip. And Kirk is supposed to be one of the moderate Republicans. You have to admit that Duckworth played that one perfectly by just letting it stay out there on its own without response. ---
**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:** [October 28, 2016, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31729 "2016-10-28T09:52:41Z")
Duckworth beating Kirk by 10 points. There’s no way it should even be this close. Mark Kirk really has to go. Duckworth, Iraq War COMBAT veteran who lost two limbs and sustained other severe injuries, is a US citizen, daughter of a US citizen, the father being a US marine (now deceased) with a lineage going back to the revolutionary war. Wouldn’t be surprised if several relatives of hers fought in all the previous wars, including the revolution. To shit on all of that and question her lineage or patriotism by suggesting her “parents” (meaning, just her mother) came “all the way from Thailand”, as literally the only response to Tammy’s insistence on having someone who actually served and bled for their country involved in the decision to send more American families to war… It’s mind-boggling. It may be worse that anything Trump has said this entire election. Dyed dark red Republicans should be flipping Mark Kirk the bird over that disgraceful behavior. I’m not a big pro-war kind of guy and I don’t automatically think everyone who served is a good person doing good things for good reasons. At the same time, I’m pretty much sitting here fuming at the horrific disrespect. ---
**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:** [October 28, 2016, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31730 "2016-10-28T09:53:49Z")
Duckworth chose to become a helicopter pilot because it was one of the only COMBAT roles available to women. She chose to actually fight. She didn’t just incidentally get injured on a base somewhere. She was on the front lines. Mark Kirk can kiss my white ass. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2016, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31731 "2016-10-28T09:56:36Z")
> [@Askthepizzaguy](#): > > Dyed dark red Republicans should be flipping Mark Kirk the bird over that disgraceful behavior. It worked for Saxby Chambliss. Why would they change tacks now? ---
**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:** [October 28, 2016, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31732 "2016-10-28T10:18:31Z")
I want to say the elected and establishment Republican party operatives and senators/congresspersons etc are more or less irredeemable, but a majority of the citizens that voted them into office are not. I’d love it if they did not re-elect people like this. Vote in anyone else, then return to voting GOP afterward if they insist. Turn the Republican party into something that resembles the party of Reagan or George H.W. Bush or Bob Dole. There were Republican politicians I respected once, despite their deeply conservative views. There are very few such people in office today. Republican voters are the only ones who can decisively change that. I’m already not voting for a Republican. The only vote that matters is the Republican voter who makes a different choice. ---
**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:** [October 28, 2016, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31733 "2016-10-28T10:26:02Z")
Here, this is something I saw from Tammy Duckworth, posted in the comments section of that article. Can we please have her as a Senator? [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/rPOKm20wP4s/hqdefault.jpg "Rep. Duckworth Deplores Witness for Claiming Veterans Disability") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPOKm20wP4s) ---
**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:** [October 28, 2016, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31734 "2016-10-28T10:39:54Z")
The guy she verbally eviscerated for gaming the veteran’s support systems of the United States, in the above video, was later convicted for the murder of his wife. I researched, it’s not someone with the same name. It’s Strong Castle CEO Braulio Castillo, who murdered his wife the very next year in their own home. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/true-crime/wp/2016/06/20/ashburn-ceo-braulio-castillo-convicted-of-murder-in-estranged-wifes-2014-death/](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/true-crime/wp/2016/06/20/ashburn-ceo-braulio-castillo-convicted-of-murder-in-estranged-wifes-2014-death/) From the article: > [@](#): > > The Castillos had been married for nearly 18 years and had five children. In early 2012, they bought a small company, renamed it Strong Castle, and quickly began receiving tens of millions of dollars in federal IT contracts from the IRS, which [attracted Congressional scrutiny](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2013/06/26/duckworth-scorches-witness-at-house-hearing-video/). From wikipedia: > [@](#): > > On June 26, 2013, during a hearing of the [House Oversight and Government Reform Committee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_Oversight_and_Government_Reform_Committee), Duckworth received national media attention after questioning **Strong Castle CEO Braulio Castillo** on a $500 million government contract the company had been awarded based on Castillo’s disabled veteran status.[[50]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tammy_Duckworth#cite_note-Congresswoman_Who_Lost_Her_Legs_In_Battle-50)[[51]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tammy_Duckworth#cite_note-51)[[52]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tammy_Duckworth#cite_note-52)[[53]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tammy_Duckworth#cite_note-53) Not related to anything Republican-stupid-idea, just a fact. Duckworth was calling out this scumbag as the scumbag he was before he truly revealed just how much of a scumbag he is. Duckworth will be a Senator from Illinois shortly. I hope she destroys a ton of scumbags during her long political career. ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2016, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31735 "2016-10-28T12:17:50Z")
Duckworth will gore a lot of oxes during her career, not just Republican ones. She’s the real deal, your very own John McCain. ---
**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:** [October 28, 2016, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31736 "2016-10-28T12:19:51Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > Duckworth will gore a lot of oxes during her career, not just Republican ones. She’s the real deal, your very own John McCain. …only with integrity. ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2016, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31737 "2016-10-28T12:31:41Z")
Referring to her mavericky ways, although leaving part of herself back in the warzone is another thing she has in common with McCain. ---
**Author:** ![yanceylebeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yanceylebeef/32/12290_2.png) [@yanceylebeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yanceylebeef)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2016, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31738 "2016-10-28T15:19:51Z")
It’s going to be fun watching Kirk get his ass kicked by a warrior who left her legs on the battlefield. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2016, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31739 "2016-10-28T15:32:09Z")
> [@yanceylebeef](#): > > It’s going to be fun watching Kirk get his ass kicked by a warrior who left her legs on the battlefield. Happy to see some feisty women Democrats getting elected to the Senate. Something we need more of. ---
**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:** [October 28, 2016, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31740 "2016-10-28T15:42:37Z")
> [@yanceylebeef](#): > > It’s going to be fun watching Kirk get his ass kicked by a warrior who left her legs on the battlefield. Here’s hoping for a November 9 headline reading “No-Legged Woman Wins Ass-Kicking Contest”. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2016, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31741 "2016-10-28T15:44:16Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Here’s hoping for a November 9 headline reading “No-Legged Woman Wins Ass-Kicking Contest”. I’m not sure if I’m supposed to be laughing at that but I did. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1586) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1588)