# 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:** 162
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2011, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/3221 "2011-07-13T22:39:05Z")
> [@legalsnugs](#): > > Who voted for this loony tune? Right thinking people, apparently. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Jas09](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jas09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jas09)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2011, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/3222 "2011-07-13T22:41:10Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > It seems that the Republicans hate for democracy is alive and well in Wisconsin. They put candidates on the recall election ballot who were listed as Democrats, but were not. Luckily, it doesn’t appear to have fooled enough voters to have changed the outcome of the elections. > > [url=[http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US\_WISCONSIN\_RECALLS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&utm\_source=feedburner&utm\_medium=feed&utm\_campaign=Feed%3A+tbo%2Fap%2Fusnews+(AP+Top+U.S.+News)](http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_WISCONSIN_RECALLS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+tbo%2Fap%2Fusnews+%28AP+Top+U.S.+News%29)] Now they’re also pushing through a redistricting bill prior to these recalls (which they delayed with the fake nominees, and after they promised not to do so) to help gerrymander their way to safety. Quality governance there… ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/3223 "2011-07-15T04:25:48Z")
[Congress Votes to Roll Back Clean Water](http://www.americanrivers.org/newsroom/blog/akober-20110714-congress-votes-to-roll-back.html) \*"In one of the most sweeping attacks on clean, safe water in our nation’s history, the House of Representatives today voted to turn back the clock 40 years on clean water protections. The “dirty water bill”, H.R. 2018 was introduced by Representative Mica (R-FL) and Representative Rahall (D-WV) and undermines critical Clean Water Act safeguards for public health, wildlife, and rivers. The bill removes the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to ensure states effectively implement state water quality standards and improve them when those standards fail to protect clean water. Without this federal backstop, weak standards in one state may result in polluted waters downstream in other states regardless of whether those states have strong water quality standards or not."\* ::Weeps for our country at the hands of these imbeciles:: ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/3224 "2011-07-15T05:00:32Z")
> [@Shayna](#): > > [Congress Votes to Roll Back Clean Water](http://www.americanrivers.org/newsroom/blog/akober-20110714-congress-votes-to-roll-back.html) > > \*"In one of the most sweeping attacks on clean, safe water in our nation’s history, the House of Representatives today voted to turn back the clock 40 years on clean water protections. The “dirty water bill”, H.R. 2018 was introduced by Representative Mica (R-FL) and Representative Rahall (D-WV) and undermines critical Clean Water Act safeguards for public health, wildlife, and rivers. > > The bill removes the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to ensure states effectively implement state water quality standards and improve them when those standards fail to protect clean water. Without this federal backstop, weak standards in one state may result in polluted waters downstream in other states regardless of whether those states have strong water quality standards or not."\* > > ::Weeps for our country at the hands of these imbeciles:: Unsafe drinking water. It’s got what children need. ---
**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/3225 "2011-07-15T06:51:15Z")
That’s going to die in the Senate though, right? Or at least get vetoed? Please? ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/3226 "2011-07-15T07:30:16Z")
> [@waterj2](#): > > That’s going to die in the Senate though, right? Or at least get vetoed? Please? I can’t see how that shit bill can get any further. Sad that it got as far as it did. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/3227 "2011-07-15T10:39:13Z")
> [@Rhythmdvl](#): > > Unsafe drinking water. It’s got what children need. Electrolytes? ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/3228 "2011-07-15T11:32:26Z")
Given that Bill was co-sponsored by a Democrat, why is it a Stupid Republican Idea? ---
**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:** [July 15, 2011, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/3229 "2011-07-15T12:37:07Z")
> [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](#): > > Given that Bill was co-sponsored by a Democrat, why is it a Stupid Republican Idea? It’s actually more of a stupid corporate idea. It doesn’t surprise me that a WV Democrat co-sponsored it…mountaintop removal and the water pollution that follows is good for the coal companies… ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/3230 "2011-07-15T12:58:22Z")
> [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](#): > > Given that Bill was co-sponsored by a Democrat, why is it a Stupid Republican Idea? Because, of the 212 votes required to pass (8 not voting), [223 came from Republicans](http://www.govtrack.us/congress/vote.xpd?vote=h2011-573)? ---
**Author:** ![Plumbkrazy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f05b48/32.png) [@Plumbkrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plumbkrazy)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/3231 "2011-07-15T13:49:34Z")
I lurked here for a long time before registering, and this topic was one of the first to catch my eye…great reading. Thank goodness that between continued urbanization, decreasing birthrates among caucasians, the slow death of Christianity (yes, it is dying), and the fracturing of their own party (teabaggers), the Republican party will eventually cease to exist in its current form. There will always be a certain number of God-fearing fools who are eager to vote against their own best interests while helping wealthy people who wouldn’t piss on them if they were on fire, but their numbers will eventually dwindle to the point where they no longer affect national politics. ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/3232 "2011-07-15T16:08:31Z")
> [@Lobohan](#): > > Since you wouldn’t know an actual fact if it were sodomizing your dog, I’ll kindly ask for specifics… > > You’re the problem. Simpering morons like you think you’re informed, but you’re really just an angry, ignorant drone that’s mouthing off about stuff he doesn’t understand. The Republican party was better when people better than you were electing their candidates. Very amusing, Mr. **Lobohan** , but I assume you realize that a nomination for stupidest Republican idea is ineligible unless it’s uttered by someone capable of … er … ideation. BTW, any fans of Mr. **Galveston** ’s thinking can learn more by clicking on his name and clicking some more to get to: > [@](#): > > [BLOG.HONORINGCHRIST.NET](http://BLOG.HONORINGCHRIST.NET) > The High Cost of Ignoring the Bible > Let’s talk about interest, as in bank interest. While we are at it, let’s also talk about the US national debt and the cause of it. > > Does God have anything to say about finances? You bet He does! … > > [or a month earlier:] > > Of course, Ephesus was only one of seven churches that Jesus wrote to in that part of the world. Did those churches repent and obey the commands of Jesus? I have to think that if they did so, their repentance was not permanent… So the Church failed, and Mohammed came along and said he had a better idea. Well, the rest is history, and now that part of the world is almost toatlly Islamic, and extremely oppressive to Christianity. > > I think it would be fair to say that because the Church failed, we got Bin Laden and crew. ---
**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/3233 "2011-07-15T17:15:41Z")
> [@legalsnugs](#): > > Mitch McConnell (R-KY) doesn’t just hate Democrats, he hates _democracy_. > … > Who voted for this loony tune? Sigh. And can you believe that Kentucky has a 5-4 registration advantage for Democrats, and yet we put the likes of McConnell and Rand Paul in our Senate seats. The problem is that the Kentucky Democratic Party could not find its ass with both hands, a flashlight, and an electronic ass-finder. And anyone who has a shot at beating Mitch would be foolish to try with such a pack of losers behind him. I’m afraid we’re stuck with Mitch until someone can prove that he got out of the Army back in the day by being just gay enough. (An unlikely theory, for sure, but one I’ve always found particularly satisfying.) ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/3234 "2011-07-15T19:02:01Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > Because, of the 212 votes required to pass (8 not voting), [223 came from Republicans](http://www.govtrack.us/congress/vote.xpd?vote=h2011-573)? This. > [@Plumbkrazy](#): > > I lurked here for a long time before registering, and this topic was one of the first to catch my eye…great reading. > > Thank goodness that between continued urbanization, decreasing birthrates among caucasians, the slow death of Christianity (yes, it is dying), and the fracturing of their own party (teabaggers), the Republican party will eventually cease to exist in its current form. > > There will always be a certain number of God-fearing fools who are eager to vote against their own best interests while helping wealthy people who wouldn’t piss on them if they were on fire, but their numbers will eventually dwindle to the point where they no longer affect national politics. From your mouth to your deity’s ear. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/3235 "2011-07-15T19:25:36Z")
Governor Rick Perry (R-TX) thinks the problems facing America are so challenging, [they should just be "turned over to God](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rev-chuck-currie/rick-perry-god-texas_b_898841.html)." > [@](#): > > According to a transcript of the private meeting, organized to raise funds for Perry’s Aug. 6 “day of prayer and fasting” at Reliant Stadium, the governor stated that property rights, government regulation and a “legal system that’s run amok” were threatening the American way of life and "it’s time to just hand it over to God and say ‘God, you’re gonna have to fix this…’ " Keep your god out of my government. If you can’t fix the problems we face, just stay out of the way of the people who can. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/3236 "2011-07-15T19:37:23Z")
You mean, God? ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/3237 "2011-07-15T19:43:40Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > You mean, God? I think maybe if unemployment doesn’t go below 9% we should sacrifice someone. The only wya to be sure that gawd is on our side. -Joe ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/3238 "2011-07-15T19:50:26Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Governor Rick Perry (R-TX) thinks the problems facing America are so challenging, [they should just be "turned over to God](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rev-chuck-currie/rick-perry-god-texas_b_898841.html)." Such stupid, empty-headed rhetoric. What, are we going to stop doing anything, and simply pray to some farcical sky fairy to solve our problems for us? ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/3239 "2011-07-15T20:06:19Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > You mean, God? Him too. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2011, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/3240 "2011-07-15T20:11:48Z")
> [@Plumbkrazy](#): > > …There will always be a certain number of God-fearing fools who are eager to vote against their own best interests while helping wealthy people who wouldn’t piss on them if they were on fire, but their numbers will eventually dwindle to the point where they no longer affect national politics. Unfortunately, they seem to breed like rabbits. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=161) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=163)