# 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:** 1611
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2017, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32202 "2017-01-12T17:06:56Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > [GOP Rep](http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/randy-weber-jim-acosta-fired-prohibited-press-briefings) wants CNN to fire reporter Jim Acosta for supposedly being disrespectful to P-E Trump (by asking him a question he didn’t like?). This is the same shit-stain who tweeted that Obama was the same as Hitler. That was apparently OK behavior though. Rep. Weber is a hypocritical asshole. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2017, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32203 "2017-01-12T17:10:14Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > [GOP Rep](http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/randy-weber-jim-acosta-fired-prohibited-press-briefings) wants CNN to fire reporter Jim Acosta for supposedly being disrespectful to P-E Trump (by asking him a question he didn’t like?). Trying to muzzle the press is always a good idea. If being disrespectful to the president is grounds for dismissal, Fox would consist of an empty desk and muzak. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2017, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32204 "2017-01-12T17:12:32Z")
In a perfect world… ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2017, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32205 "2017-01-12T17:46:32Z")
To pour a bit more salt on the wound, he shut down the CNN guy to give respectful attention to Blightbart. But, of course. ---
**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:** [January 14, 2017, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32206 "2017-01-14T05:39:15Z")
Steve King introduced a bill to make it illegal to have an abortion after a fetus’s heartbeat can be heard. Before many women even know they’re pregnant. > **[National version of Heartbeat Bill introduced in U.S. House](https://www.cleveland.com/politics/2017/01/national_version_of_anti-abort.html)** > > The national version of the Heartbeat Bill, seen by advocates as a way to challenge the standards in Roe v. Wade and subsequent abortion rulings by the U.S. Supreme Court, would ban abortion if a fetal heartbeat can be detected. ---
**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:** [January 14, 2017, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32207 "2017-01-14T05:47:22Z")
Cruz and Graham team up to introduce a bill to defund the UN. I found articles about this subject all over the place (largely on conservative “news” websites), but I couldn’t find a single mainstream media article on it. > **[Senate bill proposes to defund UN over Israel settlement vote](https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2017/01/13/506009/Senate-bill-aims-to-defund-UN-over-Israel-vote)** > > Two hawkish senators introduce a bill to cut off funding to the UN over last month ---
**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:** [January 14, 2017, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32208 "2017-01-14T06:05:40Z")
Campus Republicans at UC Davis decided it would be a great idea to invite Milo Yiannopoulis and Martin Shkreli to speak on campus. It had to be stopped after protests got out of hand, but they claim they will try again tomorrow. I can understand why the idiots would invite Milo Y to speak, he’s a political douchebag. But why would they invite Shkreli? He’s just a run of the mill douchebag. ---
**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:** [January 14, 2017, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32209 "2017-01-14T06:14:28Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Campus Republicans at UC Davis decided it would be a great idea to invite Milo Yiannopoulis and Martin Shkreli to speak on campus. It had to be stopped after protests got out of hand, but they claim they will try again tomorrow. > > I can understand why the idiots would invite Milo Y to speak, he’s a political douchebag. But why would they invite Shkreli? He’s just a run of the mill douchebag. Doesn’t he embody the Republican ideal of Profit Before Morality? ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2017, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32210 "2017-01-14T08:37:36Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > I can understand why the idiots would invite Milo Y to speak, he’s a political douchebag. But why would they invite Shkreli? He’s just a run of the mill douchebag. Aren’t they the same person? Edit: Oh, wait, no, of course not. Oddly, I’m not sure I had ever seen a photo of Yiannopoulos. Maybe I just mentally filled in Shkreli’s face whenever I heard him mentioned. Isn’t that odd? ---
**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:** [January 14, 2017, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32211 "2017-01-14T12:54:36Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > … > > I can understand why the idiots would invite Milo Y to speak, he’s a political douchebag. But why would they invite Shkreli? He’s just a run of the mill douchebag. Sounds like someone really really wanted a protest to complain about. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2017, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32212 "2017-01-14T15:42:25Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Doesn’t he embody the Republican ideal of Profit Before Morality? I thought the Republican ideal was “Morality? What’s that?” ---
**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:** [January 14, 2017, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32213 "2017-01-14T15:57:51Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > I thought the Republican ideal was “Morality? What’s that?” It’s something they heard was in The Bible. ---
**Author:** ![snoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@snoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snoe)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2017, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32214 "2017-01-14T16:26:09Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > Sounds like someone really really wanted a protest to complain about. Yeah - it’s fundamentally just trolling. (And Milo Y is a troll, too - the fact that he has developed a theory & praxis of trolling doesn’t really make him that much more sophisticated than Shkreli. Millipedes and earthworms - they both live under rocks.) ---
**Author:** ![snoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@snoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snoe)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2017, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32215 "2017-01-14T16:37:24Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > I thought the Republican ideal was “Morality? What’s that?” A recent example: Rex Tillerson, Christian and literal Boy Scout, leans heavily on a dubious “I can’t recall” during his confirmation hearings. [http://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/hearings/card/1484153838](http://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/hearings/card/1484153838) ---
**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:** [January 14, 2017, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32216 "2017-01-14T16:44:53Z")
They are like Vizzini, we are like Montoya: _You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means_. (In reference to Falwell’s Coalition of Neither, which was instrumental in getting us to where we are.) ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2017, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32217 "2017-01-14T16:47:20Z")
> [@foolsguinea](#): > > …Oddly, I’m not sure I had ever seen a photo of Yiannopoulos… I have, and you don’t wanna. Trust me on this. ---
**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:** [January 14, 2017, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32218 "2017-01-14T18:45:08Z")
I do have to laugh at all of the right wingers who defend Milo Y. I can only imagine them running away screaming if they ever find out he’s gay. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Bredin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@John\_Bredin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Bredin)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2017, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32219 "2017-01-14T19:01:01Z")
> [@](#): > > [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > I do have to laugh at all of the right wingers who defend Milo Y. I can only imagine them running away screaming if they ever find out he’s gay. Gay? Don’t ask, don’t tell. They don’t ask if he’s gay, and their “news” sources don’t tell them. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![PigArcher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bcef8e/32.png) [@PigArcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PigArcher)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2017, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32220 "2017-01-14T20:35:07Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > I do have to laugh at all of the right wingers who defend Milo Y. I can only imagine them running away screaming if they ever find out he’s gay. He’s useful for friend arguments. And also to claim people are anti-gay when they criticize him. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2017, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32221 "2017-01-14T22:25:48Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > I do have to laugh at all of the right wingers who defend Milo Y. I can only imagine them running away screaming if they ever find out he’s gay. “Gayer than five guys fucking eight guys.” - Patton Oswalt [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1610) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1612)