# 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:** 1640
**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:** [March 3, 2017, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32782 "2017-03-03T21:31:45Z")
[Congressman Roger Marshall thinks that Jesus would be against health care for the poor.](https://www.statnews.com/2017/03/03/roger-marshall-kansas-obamacare/) ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2017, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32783 "2017-03-03T22:10:21Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Congressman Roger Marshall thinks that Jesus would be against health care for the poor.](https://www.statnews.com/2017/03/03/roger-marshall-kansas-obamacare/) I’m not in the habit of defending Republicans, but he didn’t say anything of the sort. He uses a saying from Jesus to denigrate and insult poor people, and imply that it’s pointless to try and help them, but says nothing like what you claimed. > [@Congressman Marshall](#): > > “Just like Jesus said, ‘The poor will always be with us,’” he said. “There is a group of people that just don’t want health care and aren’t going to take care of themselves.” > > Pressed on that point, Marshall shrugged. > > “Just, like, homeless people. … I think just morally, spiritually, socially, [some people] just don’t want health care,” he said. “The Medicaid population, which is [on] a free credit card, as a group, do probably the least preventive medicine and taking care of themselves and eating healthy and exercising. And I’m not judging, I’m just saying socially that’s where they are. So there’s a group of people that even with unlimited access to health care are only going to use the emergency room when their arm is chopped off or when their pneumonia is so bad they get brought [into] the ER.” The reporter goes on to partially refute Marshall’s claims: > [@statnew.com reporter Lev Facher](#): > > A 2013 study by the nonpartisan Kaiser Family Foundation found Medicaid’s impact on physical health inconclusive. But adults who gained access to Medicaid under the ACA showed markedly improved mental health and increased use of preventive services like mammograms and cholesterol checks, which increased by 60 and 20 percent, respectively. ---
**Author:** ![Chisquirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@Chisquirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chisquirrel)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2017, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32784 "2017-03-03T22:15:19Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Congressman Roger Marshall thinks that Jesus would be against health care for the poor.](https://www.statnews.com/2017/03/03/roger-marshall-kansas-obamacare/) Just for reference, [QUOTE=Roger Marshall] Just like Jesus said, ‘The poor will always be with us.’ There is a group of people that just don’t want health care and aren’t going to take care of themselves. Just, like, homeless people. … I think just morally, spiritually, socially, [some people] just don’t want health care. The Medicaid population, which is [on] a free credit card, as a group, do probably the least preventive medicine and taking care of themselves and eating healthy and exercising. And I’m not judging, I’m just saying socially that’s where they are. So there’s a group of people that even with unlimited access to health care are only going to use the emergency room when their arm is chopped off or when their pneumonia is so bad they get brought [into] the ER.” [/QUOTE] Well, that’s a rather selective reading of the Bible. He left off the last half of the verse: [QUOTE=Mark 14:7] “The poor you will always have with you, and you can help them whenever you want. But you will not always have Me.” [/QUOTE] Unless he slightly misquoted the verse he wanted: [QUOTE=Deuteronomy 15:11] For the poor will never cease to be in the land; therefore I command you, saying, ‘You shall freely open your hand to your brother, to your needy and poor in your land.’ [/QUOTE] I could almost ignore “I’m not judging, but THESE people are doing it wrong, even if evidence suggests otherwise” alone, and the fact that obesity is [rather similar across socioeconomic boundaries.](https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/databriefs/db50.htm) It’s like starting with “With all due respect,” before being rude. Asshole. EDIT: Partially ninja’d. That’s what I get for using my words. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2017, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32785 "2017-03-03T22:17:49Z")
> [@xenophon41](#): > > Which in that sense makes it _exactly_ like the incident where Melania Trump said “Let them rely on natural remedies!” > > ETA: If you or **Muffin** or anyone else can show where Mrs. Trump has ever advocated or campaigned for specific Trump policies or positions regarding public health care, I’ll yield the point on hypocrisy (but not about what was actually said). If you do not like the facts at hand, your are free to produce facts that support your position that the FLOTUS does not support the POTUS’s long-held positions on health care and the environment, and that these are exceptions to her statement that she supports him “one-hundred percent.” ---
**Author:** ![xenophon41](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xenophon41/32/253_2.png) [@xenophon41](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xenophon41)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2017, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32786 "2017-03-03T22:51:39Z")
Good lord. Standing “100 percent” in support of her husband doesn’t mean shit about specific policies. I have no idea what Melania Trump understands about public policy; if she’s at all like the man she 100% supports, then she understands jack shit. I expect that Melania’s interests and knowledge overlap with any given political philosophy only incidentally and marginally. I expect that like some past FLOTUS, she will be fairly apolitical in her pursuits. If Mrs. Trump begins to stump for the elimination of the EPA, or repeal of PPACA or any of the myriad and various evils of her husband’s Administration, I’ll start giving a shit about her FLOTUS activities. Until then, twisting her vapid but bog-standard utterances into things they’re not like **Rick** has done is stupid and makes anyone who goes along with it look stupid as well. And treating her as a designated proxy for her husband’s sins is petty, mean, and denies her any agency of her own. ---
**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:** [March 4, 2017, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32787 "2017-03-04T06:00:20Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > Wait a sec, are we talking about regulating the first lady? That’s what \*started \*this whole stupid thread! I was _right here_ when this started! (It’s a defining moment for many Boomers, like “Where were you when JFK blew up the Challenger on 9/11?”) And I remember thinking “This isn’t exactly a hard-hitting thread so far… doubt it’ll last.” ---
**Author:** ![Truman\_Burbank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@Truman\_Burbank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Truman_Burbank)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2017, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32788 "2017-03-04T08:44:57Z")
Just like I predicted they’d never be able to make a successful TV series based upon the movie MASH… ---
**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:** [March 4, 2017, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32789 "2017-03-04T10:09:55Z")
Apologies if this has been posted already, but Sean Hannity says that the Right was [“always nice to the Obamas.”](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/hannity-michelle-obama-family_us_58b8fb51e4b05cf0f3ff6bd2) ---
**Author:** ![BigAppleBucky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigapplebucky/32/178_2.png) [@BigAppleBucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigAppleBucky)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2017, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32790 "2017-03-04T12:45:19Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Congressman Roger Marshall thinks that Jesus would be against health care for the poor.](https://www.statnews.com/2017/03/03/roger-marshall-kansas-obamacare/) [Republican](https://www.facebook.com/GOPJeezus/) [Jesus](http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/republican-jesus/photos) does. Doubt [Biblical Jesus](http://www.patheos.com/blogs/christiancrier/2015/03/20/top-7-bible-verses-about-helping-the-poor/)would agree. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2017, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32791 "2017-03-04T14:23:42Z")
> [@BigAppleBucky](#): > > [Republican](https://www.facebook.com/GOPJeezus/) [Jesus](http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/republican-jesus/photos) does. Doubt [Biblical Jesus](http://www.patheos.com/blogs/christiancrier/2015/03/20/top-7-bible-verses-about-helping-the-poor/)would agree. Having actually met Jesus years ago during a psychoerotic dream state, I can assure all gentle readers that Jesus doesn’t give a flying shit. He shutters when recalling his time here on earth and has absolutely no desire to return for any reason. He also requests that people stop invoking his name in prayer, slogans, pleas, etc. In short, leave the guy alone… ---
**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:** [March 4, 2017, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32792 "2017-03-04T14:30:56Z")
> [@Little\_Pig](#): > > He shutters when recalling his time here on earth and has absolutely no desire to return for any reason. I heard that he used to louver when he was younger, too. ---
**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:** [March 4, 2017, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32793 "2017-03-04T17:15:03Z")
> [@Little\_Pig](#): > > He shutters when recalling his time here on earth and has absolutely no desire to return for any reason. > [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > I heard that he used to louver when he was younger, too. And he healed the blinds! ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2017, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32794 "2017-03-04T17:23:56Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > And he healed the blinds! Lame! ---
**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:** [March 4, 2017, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32795 "2017-03-04T17:27:46Z")
Them too! ---
**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:** [March 4, 2017, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32796 "2017-03-04T17:31:17Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > Lame! Halt! ---
**Author:** ![Randolph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Randolph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Randolph)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2017, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32797 "2017-03-04T17:44:40Z")
Hammer time? ---
**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:** [March 4, 2017, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32798 "2017-03-04T18:38:18Z")
An Oklahoma state legislator is accused of requiring Muslim constituents to answer a loaded questionnaire with several anti-Mohammad questions before he will meet with them. > **[Oklahoma Lawmaker Issues 'Quiz' to Muslim Constituents](https://www.snopes.com/news/2017/03/03/oklahoma-lawmaker-quiz-muslim-constituents/)** > > The document asked the respondents whether they believed in 'Sharia Law.' https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?height=400&width=224&href=https://www.facebook.com/adam.soltani/videos/you-wont-believe-what-islamophobic-bigot-john-bennett-is-up-to-now/10102298612863631/ ---
**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:** [March 4, 2017, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32799 "2017-03-04T18:47:13Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > An Oklahoma state legislator is accused of requiring Muslim constituents to answer a loaded questionnaire with several anti-Mohammad questions before he will meet with them. > [Oklahoma Lawmaker Issues 'Quiz' to Muslim Constituents | Snopes.com](http://www.snopes.com/2017/03/03/oklahoma-lawmaker-quiz-muslim-constituents/) > [You won't believe what Islamophobic Bigot John Bennett is up to now | By Adam Soltani | Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/adam.soltani/videos/vb.44014355/10102298612863631/?type=2&theater) You couldn’t wait until it was confirmed? Snopes link. > [@](#): > > **We contacted Rep. Bennett’s office seeking comment, but he has yet to respond.** > > In the video, Soltani stated he was informed that the questionnaire was created by the advocacy group ACT for America and included questions such as: > > ``` > Mohammed was a killer of pagans, Christians and Jews that did not agree with him. Do you agree with this example? > Sharia Law says that it must rule over the kafirs, the non-Muslims. Do you agree with this? > I have heard that, according to accepted Islamic sources, Mohammed, at the age of 49, married a 6-year-old girl, and that he had sex with her when he was 52 and she was only 9 years old. Is that really true? > > ``` > > **We also contacted ACT for America regarding Soltani’s allegation they were the group responsible for the questionnaire but have yet to hear back from them.** (The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) has rates that organization as an “extremist” anti-Islam group.) The picture is blurred, the questionnaire looks too generic, the logo at the top is not clear and Bennett’s name is hand written. I don’t see any clear evidence it came from Bennett’s office. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2017, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32800 "2017-03-04T18:50:04Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > You couldn’t wait until it was confirmed? Rick Kitchen gets a nickel every time he posts a link on the dope. It’s the only fucking thing that would explain it. ---
**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:** [March 4, 2017, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/32801 "2017-03-04T18:57:19Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > An Oklahoma state legislator is accused of requiring Muslim constituents to answer a loaded questionnaire with several anti-Mohammad questions before he will meet with them. > [http://www.snopes.com/2017/03/03/oklahoma-lawmaker-quiz-muslim-constituents/](http://www.snopes.com/2017/03/03/oklahoma-lawmaker-quiz-muslim-constituents/) > [You won't believe what Islamophobic Bigot John Bennett is up to now | By Adam Soltani | Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/adam.soltani/videos/vb.44014355/10102298612863631/?type=2&theater) Does this legislator have rolls of toilet paper in his office with the constitution printed on them? Because that would be a good gift to send him. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1639) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1641)