# 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:** 1707
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2017, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34122 "2017-06-05T19:47:59Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > The House overwhelmingly passes a bill allowing teens to spend 15 years in federal prison for sexting to each other. Or, even if they just \*ask \*their girlfriend/boyfriend for sexy pics. > [House Passed Bill That Could Send Teens Caught Sexting to Prison | Teen Vogue](http://www.teenvogue.com/story/teens-could-face-prison-sexting-law) That is utterly insane! ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2017, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34123 "2017-06-05T21:06:39Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > The House overwhelmingly passes a bill allowing teens to spend 15 years in federal prison for sexting to each other. Or, even if they just \*ask \*their girlfriend/boyfriend for sexy pics. > [House Passed Bill That Could Send Teens Caught Sexting to Prison | Teen Vogue](http://www.teenvogue.com/story/teens-could-face-prison-sexting-law) I would just like to state for the millionth time how goddamned glad I am that shit like wifi and the internet didn’t exist when I was a teenager. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2017, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34124 "2017-06-05T21:46:44Z")
I cringe to think how much more I would _not_ have accomplished if video games happened in the sixties! ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2017, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34125 "2017-06-05T22:57:56Z")
No source yet, but you know that Democrat who was running against Steve King of Iowa who dropped out due to death threats? She apparently claims she also dropped out because the state agency she works for had its budget cut by 12%, and that she was told by her supervisor that it was retaliation from the legislature. ---
**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:** [June 7, 2017, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34126 "2017-06-07T03:42:22Z")
The Republican candidate in Georgia (Handel) said in a debate tonight “I do not support a livable wage.” - There’s your Republican Party 2017 ---
**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:** [June 7, 2017, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34127 "2017-06-07T04:07:48Z")
Milo fanboy sues UC Berkeley for $23 million because “defendants “have subjected UC Berkeley students and invitees who do not subscribe to the radical, left wing philosophies sanctioned by Defendants to severe violence and bodily harm for merely expressing a differing viewpoint, in clear contravention of their rights under the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.”” Oh, and Nancy Pelosi, just for shits and giggles, I guess. [http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/the-wrap/article/Milo-Yiannopoulos-Supporter-Sues-Berkeley-for-23-11200868.php](http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/the-wrap/article/Milo-Yiannopoulos-Supporter-Sues-Berkeley-for-23-11200868.php) (I just noticed that this article is in the Gate’s Entertainment section. LOL) ---
**Author:** ![Punoqllads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2017, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34128 "2017-06-07T04:42:04Z")
Paul Ryan condemns violence outside the Turkish ambassador’s residence, demands apology from [Istanbul](https://twitter.com/SpeakerRyan/status/872225978940084224/photo/1). After a thorough investigation it was determined that Sultan Mehmed VI was still dead. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2017, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34129 "2017-06-07T04:56:49Z")
> [@Punoqllads](#): > > Paul Ryan condemns violence outside the Turkish ambassador’s residence, demands apology from [Istanbul](https://twitter.com/SpeakerRyan/status/872225978940084224/photo/1). After a thorough investigation it was determined that Sultan Mehmed VI was still dead. And when are we going to get that apology from St. Petersburg? ---
**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:** [June 7, 2017, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34130 "2017-06-07T05:02:02Z")
> [@TonySinclair](#): > > And when are we going to get that apology from St. Petersburg? Yeah, Florida has a lot to answer for. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2017, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34131 "2017-06-07T05:12:00Z")
Eric Trump starts the dehumanization campaign in preparation for the upcoming purges: [http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/336683-eric-trump-dems-not-even-people](http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/336683-eric-trump-dems-not-even-people) But I’m sure the conservatives here will call any concern about that paranoid, and of course, the president doesn’t think that, nobody thinks that, silly liberals. ---
**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:** [June 7, 2017, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34132 "2017-06-07T05:25:13Z")
“They became obstructionists because they have no message of their own”, huh ? Sure we’re talking about the same party, Eric ? ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2017, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34133 "2017-06-07T05:33:16Z")
Maybe the Patriarch of Constantinople will end up apologizing. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2017, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34134 "2017-06-07T05:37:49Z")
> [@foolsguinea](#): > > Maybe the Patriarch of Constantinople will end up apologizing. :rolleyes: People just like it better that way ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2017, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34135 "2017-06-07T08:02:00Z")
Obstructionist Eric? How about the Republicans voting down a routine re-authorization of a Veteran’s jobs program in 2012 to deny Obama any “victory” during the election season. Or same season, the two Derplahoman Senators voting “Present” on the two judges THEY themselves recommended and Obama put forth for the federal bench. [They were denied by those two votes - hey, but no victory for Obama, right?] No obstruction there. ---
**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:** [June 7, 2017, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34136 "2017-06-07T11:30:32Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > More Republicans who can’t sleep due to to insane bathroom fixations, Texas edition: > [http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/texas-set-pass-transgender-bathroom-law-schools-47553226](http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/texas-set-pass-transgender-bathroom-law-schools-47553226) They suffer from gynotransphobia. [Texas pushing ahead with their bill even as other states shy away from the abyss.](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/06/us/texas-bathroom-bill.html?mcubz=2&_r=0) > [@](#): > > HOUSTON — Gov. Greg Abbott reignited one of the most divisive issues in Texas politics on Tuesday, calling lawmakers back to the Capitol for a special session of the Legislature in part to consider a bill that would reinforce the state’s effort to regulate bathroom use by transgender people in public buildings. Called back into special session for that garbage? Crazy. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2017, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34137 "2017-06-07T12:24:01Z")
> [@Leaper](#): > > Eric Trump starts the dehumanization campaign in preparation for the upcoming purges: [http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/336683-eric-trump-dems-not-even-people](http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/336683-eric-trump-dems-not-even-people) > > But I’m sure the conservatives here will call any concern about that paranoid, and of course, the president doesn’t think that, nobody thinks that, silly liberals. That dickless, silver-spoon, over-privileged little worm thinks the Trumps can lecture _anyone_ about morals? Grab them morals by the pussy, Eric, and shove them up your white trash butthole. Then go out and shoot a captive, elderly elephant to prove your non-existent masculinity. Fuckhead. ---
**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:** [June 7, 2017, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34138 "2017-06-07T14:45:43Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > That dickless, silver-spoon, over-privileged little worm thinks the Trumps can lecture _anyone_ about morals? Grab them morals by the pussy, Eric, and shove them up your white trash butthole. Then go out and shoot a captive, elderly elephant to prove your non-existent masculinity. Fuckhead. Qusay Trump may get into trouble for stealing charitable funds. His older brother, Uday Trump had confirmed his dad’s obstruction of justice with the firing of Comey. A great pair, those two. ---
**Author:** ![Crybaby\_Boobie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crybaby_boobie/32/545_2.png) [@Crybaby\_Boobie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crybaby_Boobie)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2017, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34139 "2017-06-07T14:57:49Z")
Every time someone calls trumpster fire a “great man”, I legitimately get sick to my stomach. ---
**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:** [June 7, 2017, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34140 "2017-06-07T15:09:14Z")
> [@Leaper](#): > > Eric Trump starts the dehumanization campaign in preparation for the upcoming purges: [http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/336683-eric-trump-dems-not-even-people](http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/336683-eric-trump-dems-not-even-people) > > But I’m sure the conservatives here will call any concern about that paranoid, and of course, the president doesn’t think that, nobody thinks that, silly liberals. “You see the head of the DNC, who is a total whack job,” he told host Sean Hannity. “There’s no leadership there.” I’ll bet Sean Hannity was creaming in his pants during the interview. But wait! Isn’t this the same sack of [monkey shit](https://www.google.com/search?q=monkey+dung&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjHxLP_gKzUAhWpiFQKHV-UA2EQ_AUICigB&biw=1600&bih=770#imgrc=72KZXPjSJMWrKM:) whose Foundation [paid President Donald Trump’s businesses](http://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-cancer-charity-donations-trump-organization) $1.2 million between 2007 and 2015 for expenses related to the foundation’s annual charity event at the Trump National Golf Club in Westchester County, New York? ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2017, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34141 "2017-06-07T15:35:10Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > “They became obstructionists because they have no message of their own”, huh ? Sure we’re talking about the same party, Eric ? Evan if that were true, no message at all is still better than the message of America-hatred your fuckstick of a father puts out, Eric. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1706) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1708)