# 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:** 1678
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2017, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33542 "2017-04-19T16:36:07Z")
> [@Little\_Pig](#): > > After using n-word in front of black colleagues, Florida state senator [faces calls to resign](http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-florida-state-senator-n-word-20170419-story.html). > > What a freak’in moron. According to the article you cite: > [@](#): > > A Republican state senator from Miami is facing pressure to resign after he used the n-word to criticize several of his colleagues during an alcohol-fueled rant in front of two black lawmakers. > > Over drinks at a private club in downtown Tallahassee, State Sen. Frank Artiles referred to six white senators as “n—” and spewed other obscenities while complaining about the chamber’s GOP leadership, local media reported Tuesday. So he called _white_ senators the n-word? “alcohol-fueled rant” indeed! ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2017, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33543 "2017-04-19T16:52:04Z")
He claims he really said “niggas,” which is a perfectly acceptable slang term for a white guy to use in reference to other white guys. Jocular, even. Why are you reverse racists persecuting his free speech rights? ---
**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 19, 2017, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33544 "2017-04-19T18:40:16Z")
Jason Chaffetz has announced he’s not running for re-election. I guess he decided he can get more cash in the private sector. ---
**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 19, 2017, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33545 "2017-04-19T18:43:17Z")
Steve King tweeted his celebration for the deportation of a DREAM Act qualified individual. Congressman King really is a sweet guy. [https://twitter.com/SteveKingIA/status/854465237977710593](https://twitter.com/SteveKingIA/status/854465237977710593)? ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2017, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33546 "2017-04-19T21:36:25Z")
[Prompted by the local liquor store lobby, the (74% Republican) Indiana General Assembly is moving to close a loophole keeping gas stations from selling cold beer after one owner installs seating and starts selling prepared food as well as cold beer.](http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/04/19/crack-open-a-lukewarm-one-indianas-quirky-rules-about-beer/) > [@](#): > > “It’s crazy,” said Jay Ricker, who created the uproar by serving tacos, burritos and pizza so he could secure alcohol permits at two of his Ricker’s stores. “It points out the absurdity of the current regulations.” ---
**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:** [April 19, 2017, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33547 "2017-04-19T21:59:59Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > [Prompted by the local liquor store lobby, the (74% Republican) Indiana General Assembly is moving to close a loophole keeping gas stations from selling cold beer after one owner installs seating and starts selling prepared food as well as cold beer.](http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/04/19/crack-open-a-lukewarm-one-indianas-quirky-rules-about-beer/) I get that it’s stupid and all, but are we sure this guy would fared any better under Democratic control? > [@](#): > > Indiana is the only state that bans sales of beer and wine as well as liquor on Sundays. Backward ass hicks, the lot of them. ---
**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:** [April 19, 2017, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33548 "2017-04-19T22:16:14Z")
So Republicans _don’t_ oppose regulations on small business?! I’s so con’foozed! ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2017, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33549 "2017-04-19T22:16:24Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > I get that it’s stupid and all, but are we sure this guy would fared any better under Democratic control? Given that the Republican minority in California is largely to blame for California’s budget problems, probably not. Indiana would still have legislators in the pocket of big booze no matter who has the majority. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2017, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33550 "2017-04-19T23:07:55Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > Backward ass hicks, the lot of them. Indiana was the biggest Klan state in the north back during the big Klan Resurgence of the 1920s. The Klan was very pro-Prohibition. They were afraid that the coloreds and the Catholics and the Jews and the city people would get all hopped up on firewater and come after their women. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2017, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33551 "2017-04-20T00:51:41Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > Indiana was the biggest Klan state in the north back during the big Klan Resurgence of the 1920s. Trump’s election prompted them to start actively recruiting again. Residents of Indiana and Illinois reported finding Klan flyers in plastic bags at the end of their driveways. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2017, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33552 "2017-04-20T14:57:58Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Steve King tweeted his celebration for the deportation of a DREAM Act qualified individual. Congressman King really is a sweet guy. > [x.com](https://twitter.com/SteveKingIA/status/854465237977710593)? I live in a sea of red and am always upset about my shitty representative. But then Steve King pops up his pinhead and reminds me, “it could be worse”. Thanks Steve, for making some of your shitty cohorts seem almost OK in comparison. You are a despicable human being. I am sad that we have people in the US that will support you. Of course, I am sad that we have people that will support our so-called pres. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2017, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33553 "2017-04-20T15:53:12Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > [Prompted by the local liquor store lobby, the (74% Republican) Indiana General Assembly is moving to close a loophole keeping gas stations from selling cold beer after one owner installs seating and starts selling prepared food as well as cold beer.](http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/04/19/crack-open-a-lukewarm-one-indianas-quirky-rules-about-beer/) While temporarily stationed in that hell hole incongruously named San Angelo, I read a newspaper headline to my barracks roommate about the proposal in Texas at the time to ban the sale of cold beer at gas stations. Roomy said, “Damn. I guess I’m going to have to develop a taste for warm beer.” ---
**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:** [April 20, 2017, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33554 "2017-04-20T20:33:14Z")
These dipshit assholes really must be from another planet. A really dumb planet. “I really am amazed that a judge sitting on an island in the Pacific can issue an order that stops the President of the United States from what appears to be clearly his statutory and constitutional power,” Sessions said on “The Mark Levin Show,” as first reported by CNN. > **[Sessions ‘amazed’ judge ‘on an island in the Pacific’ halted Trump travel order](https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/329763-sessions-amazed-judge-sitting-on-an-island-in-the-pacific-can-stop/)** > > Attorney General Jeff Sessions says he was “amazed” a judge in Hawaii could halt President Trump’s order blocking people from six predominately Muslim countries from entering the … ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2017, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33555 "2017-04-20T20:39:23Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > These dipshit assholes really must be from another planet. A really dumb planet. > > “I really am amazed that a judge sitting on an island in the Pacific can issue an order that stops the President of the United States from what appears to be clearly his statutory and constitutional power,” Sessions said on “The Mark Levin Show,” as first reported by CNN. > > [http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/329763-sessions-amazed-judge-sitting-on-an-island-in-the-pacific-can-stop](http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/329763-sessions-amazed-judge-sitting-on-an-island-in-the-pacific-can-stop) O my God in heaven. We have an example of Profoundly Stupid, and Truly Alarming. The Truly Alarming part: our Attorney General doesn’t seem to grasp that whole separation of powers thing. The Profoundly Stupid part: he either thinks that a judge’s authority is proportional to his distance from Washington, or he thinks that Hawaii isn’t really a real state. ---
**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:** [April 20, 2017, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33556 "2017-04-20T20:42:21Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > These dipshit assholes really must be from another planet. A really dumb planet. > > “I really am amazed that a judge sitting on an island in the Pacific can issue an order that stops the President of the United States from what appears to be clearly his statutory and constitutional power,” Sessions said on “The Mark Levin Show,” as first reported by CNN. > > [http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/329763-sessions-amazed-judge-sitting-on-an-island-in-the-pacific-can-stop](http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/329763-sessions-amazed-judge-sitting-on-an-island-in-the-pacific-can-stop) It was perfectly fair - when Trump came up with the idea, he was probably at Trump Tower on an island in the Atlantic. ---
**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 20, 2017, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33557 "2017-04-20T20:42:35Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > O my God in heaven. > > We have an example of Profoundly Stupid, and Truly Alarming. > > The Truly Alarming part: **our Attorney General doesn’t seem to grasp that whole separation of powers thing.** > > The Profoundly Stupid part: he either thinks that a judge’s authority is proportional to his distance from Washington, or he thinks that Hawaii isn’t really a real state. I think he grasps it. He just doesn’t like it. I wouldn’t be surprised if he thinks it’s unAmerican. ---
**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 20, 2017, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33558 "2017-04-20T20:45:18Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > O my God in heaven. > > We have an example of Profoundly Stupid, and Truly Alarming. > > The Truly Alarming part: our Attorney General doesn’t seem to grasp that whole separation of powers thing. > > The Profoundly Stupid part: he either thinks that a judge’s authority is proportional to his distance from Washington, or he thinks that Hawaii isn’t really a real state. Well, Obama was born there, so it clearly isn’t part of the United States. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2017, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33559 "2017-04-20T22:53:08Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > O my God in heaven. > > We have an example of Profoundly Stupid, and Truly Alarming. > > The Truly Alarming part: our Attorney General doesn’t seem to grasp that whole separation of powers thing. > > The Profoundly Stupid part: he either thinks that a judge’s authority is proportional to his distance from Washington, or he thinks that Hawaii isn’t really a real state. It doesn’t matter as much what that moron thinks about Hawaii’s status. The most alarming thing is that he doesn’t understand the concept of “federal judge”. ---
**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 21, 2017, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33560 "2017-04-21T18:52:57Z")
Michael Reagan thinks that men should be able to sue women who wear low cut dresses for sexual arousal. > **[Ronald Reagan's Son Slammed For Sexual Harassment Tweets](https://people.com/politics/ronald-reagan-son-slammed-for-sexual-harassment-tweets/)** > > Michael, the son of former President Ronald Reagan, is the president of the Reagan Legacy Foundation ---
**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:** [April 21, 2017, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33561 "2017-04-21T19:19:42Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Michael Reagan thinks that men should be able to sue women who wear low cut dresses for sexual arousal. > [http://people.com/politics/ronald-reagan-son-slammed-for-sexual-harassment-tweets/](http://people.com/politics/ronald-reagan-son-slammed-for-sexual-harassment-tweets/) By that logic, I could sue him for being annoyed by his stupid face. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1677) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1679)