# 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:** 1675
**Author:** ![SaneBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@SaneBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaneBill)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2017, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33482 "2017-04-13T07:27:49Z")
> [@Punoqllads](#): > > Principal sponsor of the North Carolina SSM ban reinstatement bill calls Lincoln a tyrant [on the order of Hitler](http://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article144216324.html). I am not exaggerating. Oh, no, you can’t compare them. Look how they shaved :smack: ---
**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:** [April 13, 2017, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33483 "2017-04-13T17:20:27Z")
Someone who is not quite clear on the subject. [Congressman tells angry constituents the idea that they pay his salary is ‘bullcrap’](https://www.yahoo.com/news/m/2e34e903-47e6-3016-b4f0-31d957bf567a/ss_congressman-tells-angry.html). ---
**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:** [April 13, 2017, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33484 "2017-04-13T19:34:06Z")
> [@Little\_Pig](#): > > Someone who is not quite clear on the subject. [Congressman tells angry constituents the idea that they pay his salary is ‘bullcrap’](https://www.yahoo.com/news/m/2e34e903-47e6-3016-b4f0-31d957bf567a/ss_congressman-tells-angry.html). Now, now - apparently his point is that his Federal tax bill is larger than his salary, so it doesn’t count or is a tax refund or something: > [@Markwayne Mullin](#): > > I pay for myself. I paid enough taxes before I got there and continue to through my company to pay my own salary. Also, I love the name **Markwayne** , which is probably his grandfathers’ names or something and his parents couldn’t decide which one to name him after. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2017, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33485 "2017-04-13T19:46:52Z")
> [@Little\_Pig](#): > > Someone who is not quite clear on the subject. [Congressman tells angry constituents the idea that they pay his salary is ‘bullcrap’](https://www.yahoo.com/news/m/2e34e903-47e6-3016-b4f0-31d957bf567a/ss_congressman-tells-angry.html). He must be a pal of the other guy who said that Congressmen work for the President. ---
**Author:** ![Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brown_eyed_girl/32/3574_2.png) [@Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brown_Eyed_Girl)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2017, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33486 "2017-04-13T20:02:34Z")
No, drunkenly telling a woman she should fuck you is not comparable to Jesus’ crucifixion and [you are not Jesus](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/?icid=hjx004), bub. ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2017, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33487 "2017-04-13T20:08:13Z")
> [@TonySinclair](#): > > He must be a pal of the other guy who said that Congressmen work for the President. That explains it, if he is working for Trump, then he probably isn’t getting paid. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2017, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33488 "2017-04-13T20:27:20Z")
> [@Little\_Pig](#): > > Someone who is not quite clear on the subject. [Congressman tells angry constituents the idea that they pay his salary is ‘bullcrap’](https://www.yahoo.com/news/m/2e34e903-47e6-3016-b4f0-31d957bf567a/ss_congressman-tells-angry.html). Of course the voters don’t pay him. That’s what lobbyists are for. ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2017, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33489 "2017-04-13T20:38:15Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Of course the voters don’t pay him. That’s what lobbyists are for. Would have been awesome for him to point that out. “You think that I answer to you? I answer to the highest bidder, and I get paid many times more by my lobbiests than by you.” ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2017, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33490 "2017-04-13T21:12:01Z")
> [@Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](#): > > No, drunkenly telling a woman she should fuck you is not comparable to Jesus’ crucifixion and [you are not Jesus](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/?icid=hjx004), bub. That link doesn’t go where you think it does. I get the front page of HuffPo’s Canadian site. Can you provide at least a name to search on? ---
**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:** [April 13, 2017, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33491 "2017-04-13T22:22:09Z")
> [@Kamino\_Neko](#): > > That link doesn’t go where you think it does. I get the front page of HuffPo’s Canadian site. Can you provide at least a name to search on? Maybe this? > [@"\[huffpo](#): > > ([GOP Candidate Loses Party's Support After Telling Woman 'You Should F\*\*k Me' | HuffPost Latest News](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/brian-mcdowell-video-gop_us_58efa52ae4b0b9e9848a1c87?uje&ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009))"]Brian McDowell, a former contestant on NBC’s “The Apprentice” who just filed a petition to run for office last month, was caught on tape asking a woman to sleep with him, slurring his words as he spoke. “Let me tell you right now. You should fuck me. It would really be good,” McDowell says in the video. “Listen, you never know.” > > The footage prompted Cape May County Republicans to pull their support of his campaign, Politico reported. McDowell told the outlet he won’t end his campaign because of the video. > > “There are human errors and even Jesus dropped the cross three times,” McDowell said. “I’m not running to be the pope. I’m running to make New Jersey more affordable.” ---
**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:** [April 13, 2017, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33492 "2017-04-13T22:30:25Z")
What exactly does he think he means by “and even Jesus dropped the cross three times”? ---
**Author:** ![Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brown_eyed_girl/32/3574_2.png) [@Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brown_Eyed_Girl)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2017, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33493 "2017-04-13T23:23:01Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Maybe this? Yes, thank you. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2017, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33494 "2017-04-14T00:15:19Z")
[Jeffrey Lord:](http://resistancereport.com/politics/cnn-commentator-trump-martin-luther-king-healthcare/) Trump is “the Martin Luther King of health care.” I can’t even. ---
**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:** [April 14, 2017, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33495 "2017-04-14T00:22:41Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > [Jeffrey Lord:](http://resistancereport.com/politics/cnn-commentator-trump-martin-luther-king-healthcare/) Trump is “the Martin Luther King of health care.” > > I can’t even. Jeffrey Lord and Jack Kingston fight for space around Trump’s rectum. ---
**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:** [April 14, 2017, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33496 "2017-04-14T00:40:28Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Jeffrey Lord and Jack Kingston fight for space around Trump’s rectum. Like male anglerfish fighting for position at the female’s cloaca. ---
**Author:** ![mistymage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mistymage/32/459_2.png) [@mistymage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mistymage)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2017, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33497 "2017-04-14T17:43:18Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > What exactly does he think he means by “and even Jesus dropped the cross three times”? It’s the Stations of the Cross [What are the Stations of the Cross and what can we learn from them? | GotQuestions.org](https://www.gotquestions.org/stations-of-the-cross.html) Nowhere in the Bible does it actually say He fell but it’s one of those “traditions”. I think it may have to do with the whole Trinity thing. [http://www.ewtn.com/v/experts/showmessage.asp?number=353203&Pg=&Pgnu=&recnu=](http://www.ewtn.com/v/experts/showmessage.asp?number=353203&Pg=&Pgnu=&recnu=) ---
**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:** [April 14, 2017, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33498 "2017-04-14T17:56:59Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > [Jeffrey Lord:](http://resistancereport.com/politics/cnn-commentator-trump-martin-luther-king-healthcare/) Trump is “the Martin Luther King of health care.” > > I can’t even. Maybe Lord was pro-segregation. ---
**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:** [April 14, 2017, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33499 "2017-04-14T18:06:53Z")
> [@mistymage](#): > > It’s the Stations of the Cross [What are the Stations of the Cross and what can we learn from them? | GotQuestions.org](https://www.gotquestions.org/stations-of-the-cross.html) > > Nowhere in the Bible does it actually say He fell but it’s one of those “traditions”. I think it may have to do with the whole Trinity thing. [http://www.ewtn.com/v/experts/showmessage.asp?number=353203&Pg=&Pgnu=&recnu=](http://www.ewtn.com/v/experts/showmessage.asp?number=353203&Pg=&Pgnu=&recnu=) I don’t understand what he thinks he means by referencing it tho. When referring to his own life, he’s saying that he’s trying to do the right thing but he isn’t perfect. How is referencing Jesus dropping his crucifixion cross 3 times also about a guy trying to do the right thing but failing? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![SingleMalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/singlemalt/32/3961_2.png) [@SingleMalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SingleMalt)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2017, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33500 "2017-04-14T18:51:52Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > I don’t understand what he thinks he means by referencing it tho. > > When referring to his own life, he’s saying that he’s trying to do the right thing but he isn’t perfect. How is referencing Jesus dropping his crucifixion cross 3 times also about a guy trying to do the right thing but failing? 😕 The only thing that I can come up with, is that he’s saying he’s analogous to Jesus, and gets two more mistakes before he’s crucified. Of course, he could just be an idiot. ---
**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:** [April 14, 2017, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33501 "2017-04-14T19:05:04Z")
> [@Little\_Pig](#): > > Someone who is not quite clear on the subject. [Congressman tells angry constituents the idea that they pay his salary is ‘bullcrap’](https://www.yahoo.com/news/m/2e34e903-47e6-3016-b4f0-31d957bf567a/ss_congressman-tells-angry.html). Hehheh, one of the people in that video is a facebook friend of mine. She said that she corresponds with one of his aides on a regular basis, trying to get responses from the Congressman about issues. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1674) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1676)