# 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:** 1679
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2017, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33562 "2017-04-21T20:02:55Z")
> [@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/) Someone help me out here. What exactly would he be claiming as damages? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2017, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33563 "2017-04-21T20:08:21Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > Someone help me out here. What exactly would he be claiming as damages? Well, if you have a real hair trigger…dry cleaning bills. 😛 ---
**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 21, 2017, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33564 "2017-04-21T20:12:22Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > Someone help me out here. What exactly would he be claiming as damages? I am more concerned about when they have to demonstrate standing. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2017, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33565 "2017-04-21T20:47:52Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > By that logic, I could sue him for being annoyed by his stupid face. With that law, Hannity becomes a living _ **goldmine** _. ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2017, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33566 "2017-04-21T21:42:18Z")
> [@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/) He also thinks being called Hot Chocolate is a compliment and i guess women should take it as such. ---
**Author:** ![SaneBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@SaneBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaneBill)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2017, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33567 "2017-04-22T03:03:50Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Michael Reagan thinks that men should be able to sue women who wear low cut dresses for sexual arousal. Yes, yes. And next long hair. Or just being distinguishable from men. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_fun_ball/32/17664_2.png) [@Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Fun_Ball)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2017, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33568 "2017-04-22T14:03:58Z")
> [@SaneBill](#): > > Yes, yes. > And next long hair. Or just being distinguishable from men. Yep. Its funny how all the right wing anti-islamic types in this country seem to want our women to wear burkas also. ---
**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 23, 2017, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33569 "2017-04-23T03:07:20Z")
A woman at Congressman Warren Davidson (he’s the guy who holds Boehner’s seat now in Ohio)'s town hall told him that she was worried that her son would lose his medical coverage under the Republican medical plan. His reply? [He needs to find another job](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/gop-congressman-mom-son-medicaid-obamacare-repeal_us_58fbd993e4b00fa7de14d627). ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2017, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33570 "2017-04-23T22:03:16Z")
[Sessions originally](http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/4/23/1655585/-Jeff-Sessions-defends-belittling-Hawaii-judge-Nobody-has-a-sense-of-humor-anymore#view-story): “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 today: “Nobody has a sense of humor anymore.” ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2017, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33571 "2017-04-24T01:01:31Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > [Sessions originally](http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/4/23/1655585/-Jeff-Sessions-defends-belittling-Hawaii-judge-Nobody-has-a-sense-of-humor-anymore#view-story): “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 today: “Nobody has a sense of humor anymore.” Evidently God does. ---
**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:** [April 24, 2017, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33572 "2017-04-24T01:03:08Z")
God just made me spray chamomile tea on my keyboard… ---
**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 24, 2017, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33573 "2017-04-24T02:11:59Z")
> [@TonySinclair](#): > > Evidently God does. What happened? Did Sessions just get struck by lightning? ---
**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:** [April 24, 2017, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33574 "2017-04-24T02:24:47Z")
No, that’d be slapstick. Sessions becoming AG is more of an absurdist comedy schtick (think Andy Kaufman mudwrestling Emo Phillips, with ring announcer Steven Wright). ---
**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 24, 2017, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33575 "2017-04-24T06:36:48Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > [Sessions originally](http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/4/23/1655585/-Jeff-Sessions-defends-belittling-Hawaii-judge-Nobody-has-a-sense-of-humor-anymore#view-story) Best, and most accurate, line from that column: > [@](#): > > Eventually you’d think Trump would stumble on somebody who was good at their job just through sheer luck, but no. ---
**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 24, 2017, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33576 "2017-04-24T16:00:18Z")
> [@digs](#): > > No, that’d be slapstick. Hmmmmm. I’m picturing Sessions jumping up and down as his skeleton glows right through his skin with Frankenstein’s Lab sound effects and he shouts “Woo woo woo!” ---
**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:** [April 24, 2017, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33577 "2017-04-24T16:53:58Z")
Hawaii not being part of the USA proves that Obama is not a natural born American, therefore Obamacare is was not legally brought into force and effect by him because he obtained the presidency by lying about his nationality. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2017, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33578 "2017-04-24T17:19:11Z")
Its Republican humor, which is just like the regular kind except for not having any funny. ---
**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 24, 2017, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33579 "2017-04-24T17:53:31Z")
> [@](#): > > Eventually you’d think Trump would stumble on somebody who was good at their job just through sheer luck, but no. Does McMaster qualify? ---
**Author:** ![Punoqllads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2017, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33580 "2017-04-24T18:08:27Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Does McMaster qualify? And Mattis is by most accounts a competent guy who is respected by service members. Two out of twenty ain’t bad. ---
**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 24, 2017, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/33581 "2017-04-24T19:58:15Z")
[A Republican candidate for Governor of Virginia, who is a former Trump campaign manager, says that the removal of a monument in New Orleans which commemorated “white supremacy in the South” shows that “ISIS has won.”](http://www.rawstory.com/2017/04/trump-loving-virginia-gubernatorial-candidate-says-isis-has-won-after-confederate-monument-removed/) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1678) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1680)