# 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:** 1599
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2016, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31962 "2016-12-13T23:47:51Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > I was straining to snark. It didn’t come out very well. Try a good laxative. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2016, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31963 "2016-12-14T02:12:45Z")
[And in Oklahoma](https://www.buzzfeed.com/emaoconnor/oklahoma-ant-abortion-bathrooms?utm_term=.cmy9mmmVw#.wqO7gggQj) (hey, isn’t it nice to see something on a state level from time to time?): > [@](#): > > Restrooms in hospitals, nursing homes, restaurants, and public schools in Oklahoma will have to post signs with information directing pregnant women to seek services other than abortions under new regulations approved Tuesday. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2016, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31964 "2016-12-14T02:19:35Z")
Nursing homes? ---
**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:** [December 14, 2016, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31965 "2016-12-14T02:26:02Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > Nursing homes? [Pro-birth Republican]Pregnant women are _sneaky._[/P-bR] ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2016, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31966 "2016-12-15T21:17:40Z")
Not so much stupid but malicious and greedy, but since the GOP didn’t win all they wanted in North Carlona they are [doing all they can to strip power from the new legislation.](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/14/us/politics/north-carolina-governor-roy-cooper-republicans.html?_r=0) ---
**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:** [December 16, 2016, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31967 "2016-12-16T00:16:44Z")
There is [a thread specifically for evil](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=19855741#post19855741), which will become busy soon, I think. ---
**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:** [December 16, 2016, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31968 "2016-12-16T14:14:14Z")
Our own Phil Plait has a go at [Trump advisor Anthony Scaramucci](http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2016/12/16/trump_advisor_anthony_scaramucci_anti_science_interview_on_cnn.html)in his blog article. The amount of stupidity and lying Mr. Scaramucci piles up in a very short period in a CNN interview is too much to list here, but the cherry on the top of this turd sundae was > [@](#): > > CUOMO: But you don’t accept the science. Let me just move on to something else, though, which is— > > SCARAMUCCI: I didn’t say that. I said I’m not certain about it— > > CUOMO (talking simultaneously): You said you don’t know. I’m saying the scientific community does. > > SCARAMUCCI: But you’re saying that you do, and you’re saying the scientific community knows, and I’m saying people have gotten things wrong **throughout the 5,500-year history of our planet**. Ayup. He just said “5,500-year history of our planet”. It’s all going great, folks. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2016, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31969 "2016-12-16T16:01:15Z")
Not that I am in the mood to cut the Trumpites any slack, but he might have thinking “recorded” history and dropped the word. Then again, he might be an idiot. I’m sure clarification will be forthcoming… ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2016, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31970 "2016-12-16T18:22:27Z")
Could be he’s a young earth creationist, too, which means there’s more than a few screws loose. ---
**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:** [December 16, 2016, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31971 "2016-12-16T18:29:36Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > Could be he’s a young earth creationist, too, which means there’s more than a few screws loose. New splinter group: He’s a _younger_ earth creationist. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2016, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31972 "2016-12-16T18:46:43Z")
Joe Arpaio now has [proof](http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2016/12/15/sheriff-joe-arpaio-probe-proves-obama-birth-certificate-fake/95500958/) that Obama’s birth certificate is a fake! Let it go, Joe; just let it go. ---
**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:** [December 16, 2016, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31973 "2016-12-16T18:58:01Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Joe Arpaio now has [proof](http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2016/12/15/sheriff-joe-arpaio-probe-proves-obama-birth-certificate-fake/95500958/) that Obama’s birth certificate is a fake! > > Let it go, Joe; just let it go. Who would have thought it was so simple as to print up one himself? ---
**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:** [December 16, 2016, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31974 "2016-12-16T21:33:05Z")
Kellyanne Conway says that Obama could end the administration feud with Trump over Russian involvement in the election, “if he loves the country enough”. > **[Conway: Obama could shut down Trump feud if he loved 'the country enough' |...](https://www.cnn.com/2016/12/16/politics/kellyanne-russia-clinton-obama/index.html?sr=fbCNN121616kellyanne-russia-clinton-obama0730PMStoryLink&linkId=32476036)** > > Senior Trump transition adviser Kellyanne Conway said Friday that President Barack Obama should end his administration's public feud with President-elect Donald Trump over the intelligence community's assertion of Russia's election meddling -- out of... ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2016, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31975 "2016-12-16T22:34:16Z")
Captain Sheridan could have ended the rebellion against President Clark if he’d just loved Earth enough. ---
**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:** [December 16, 2016, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31976 "2016-12-16T22:57:46Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Joe Arpaio now has [proof](http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2016/12/15/sheriff-joe-arpaio-probe-proves-obama-birth-certificate-fake/95500958/) that Obama’s birth certificate is a fake! > > Let it go, Joe; just let it go. Joe Arpaio > [@](#): > > Look at me! Look at me! Look at me! Look! AT ! _ME!!!_! ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2016, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31977 "2016-12-17T00:03:46Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > He just said “5,500-year history of our planet”. > [@The Stainless Steel Rat](#): > > Then again, he might be an idiot. I’m sure clarification will be forthcoming… Scaramucci, Scaramucci, watch his rule for man’s span grow! ---
**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:** [December 17, 2016, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31978 "2016-12-17T05:48:18Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Joe Arpaio now has [proof](http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2016/12/15/sheriff-joe-arpaio-probe-proves-obama-birth-certificate-fake/95500958/) that Obama’s birth certificate is a fake! > > Let it go, Joe; just let it go. I for one am convinced. Obama should be required to leave office before the end of next month. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2016, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31979 "2016-12-17T12:53:35Z")
> [@Gorsnak](#): > > I for one am convinced. Obama should be required to leave office before the end of next month. That’ll learn’m about messing with America! ---
**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:** [December 17, 2016, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31980 "2016-12-17T18:04:14Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > Joe Arpaio > > > [@](#): > > > > Look at me! Look at me! Look at me! Look! AT ! _ME!!!_! Well, if he is wearing the pink underwear, he might be hard to miss. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2016, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/31981 "2016-12-17T19:01:57Z")
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