# 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:** 1717
**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:** [June 22, 2017, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34322 "2017-06-22T17:12:19Z")
> [@aurora\_maire](#): > > As far as any kind of legislation regarding women who have had an abortion or use contraceptives, how the fuck is anyone but the women going to know that? Do they have some law that this information has to be given to employers or landlords? Why shouldn’t your landlord have the right to pry into your personal medical information and history? ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2017, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34323 "2017-06-22T17:34:19Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > I read somewhere on this board that Republicans believe life begins at conception and ends at birth. But it also restarts at [brain death](http://www.lifeandhope.com/) ---
**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 22, 2017, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34324 "2017-06-22T19:22:03Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > This one isn’t real. Well, it may only be merely exaggerated, but in any case it didn’t happen. But the photoshopped McConnell is still a sight to see! > [http://www.theonion.com/article/panicking-mitch-mcconnell-shoves-entire-senate-hea-56289](http://www.theonion.com/article/panicking-mitch-mcconnell-shoves-entire-senate-hea-56289) > [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Wow- that actually improved his appearance! Correct. He no longer looks like a turtle. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2017, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34325 "2017-06-22T22:48:45Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > … > I read somewhere on this board that Republicans believe life begins at conception and ends at birth. > [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > But it also restarts at [brain death](http://www.lifeandhope.com/) Interesting. So the only time their “lives” matter to the Republicans is when they’re, well, NOT alive, awake, conscious, talking, etc.? ---
**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:** [June 22, 2017, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34326 "2017-06-22T23:09:18Z")
Sign of consciousness in Republiopaths are thin on the ground. Or conscience, for that matter. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2017, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34327 "2017-06-23T00:57:49Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Interesting. So the only time their “lives” matter to the Republicans is when they’re, well, NOT alive, awake, conscious, talking, etc.? Sometimes not even then, considering what they want to do to many elderly. ---
**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:** [June 23, 2017, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34328 "2017-06-23T01:11:57Z")
> [@Leaper](#): > > Sometimes not even then, considering what they want to do to many elderly. They’re shooting themselves in the foot there. Ice floes are getting a bit thin on the ocean… ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2017, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34329 "2017-06-23T01:29:04Z")
“Elderly” being persons over ninety years of age, yes? And is there any reason why each such elderly get their own private personal ice floe? ---
**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:** [June 23, 2017, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34330 "2017-06-23T12:59:23Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Interesting. So the only time their “lives” matter to the Republicans is when they’re, well, NOT alive, awake, conscious, talking, etc.? Their ideal voter. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2017, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34331 "2017-06-23T16:21:23Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > “Elderly” being persons over ninety years of age, yes? And is there any reason why each such elderly get their own private personal ice floe? And why Ice Floes? I mean, here in MN that isn’t really an issue, except the neighbors on the lake may complain about all the bodies washing up in the spring. But what about the rest of the country where there are no ice floes? Do they have to drive grandma all the way up here in the middle of winter? ---
**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:** [June 23, 2017, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34332 "2017-06-23T16:26:14Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > And why Ice Floes? I mean, here in MN that isn’t really an issue, except the neighbors on the lake may complain about all the bodies washing up in the spring. But what about the rest of the country where there are no ice floes? Do they have to drive grandma all the way up here in the middle of winter? FedEx ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2017, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34333 "2017-06-23T16:35:05Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > And why Ice Floes? I mean, here in MN that isn’t really an issue, except the neighbors on the lake may complain about all the bodies washing up in the spring. But what about the rest of the country where there are no ice floes? Do they have to drive grandma all the way up here in the middle of winter? That’s where “Second Amendment Solutions” kick in ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2017, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34334 "2017-06-23T17:14:06Z")
_Old Yeller?_ :eek: ---
**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:** [June 23, 2017, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34335 "2017-06-23T17:50:47Z")
updated version: _Old Orange_ ---
**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:** [June 23, 2017, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34336 "2017-06-23T18:06:21Z")
Don’t you even think about creating up and FedExing that Old Orange up here to the land of ice floes! ---
**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:** [June 23, 2017, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34337 "2017-06-23T18:25:08Z")
We shall give him a proper sendoff from Barrow. Perhaps his floe will ultimately bump up against Ellesmere, and we will say that he would have none of it. But, given the state of the Arctic, he could just as easily rest finally on Новая Земля. ---
**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:** [June 23, 2017, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34338 "2017-06-23T19:07:41Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > We shall give him a proper sendoff from Barrow. Perhaps his floe will ultimately bump up against Ellesmere, and we will say that he would have none of it. But, given the state of the Arctic, he could just as easily rest finally on Новая Земля. Not there – my cousin’s hubby works at Eureka, and I wouldn’t wish the Big Orange on him. ---
**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 23, 2017, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34339 "2017-06-23T19:35:59Z")
Gene “Get 'em while they’re young” Ponder, a high school teacher in Spanish Fort, Alabama, [assigned students a summer report](http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/23/health/alabama-reading-list-trnd/index.html) on one book from [a list of options](https://twitter.com/EoinHiggins_/status/877617717460836352/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2017%2F06%2F23%2Fhealth%2Falabama-reading-list-trnd%2Findex.html). Amoung the suggested titles. “Liberalism Is a Mental Disorder: Savage Solutions,” “Liberty and Tyranny: A Conservative Manifesto” “Guilty: Liberal ‘Victims’ and their Assault on America.” Inexplicably, [Mein Kampf](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mein_Kampf) was omitted from the list. ---
**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:** [June 23, 2017, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34340 "2017-06-23T20:25:06Z")
> [@Little\_Pig](#): > > Gene “Get 'em while they’re young” Ponder, a high school teacher in Spanish Fort, Alabama, [assigned students a summer report](http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/23/health/alabama-reading-list-trnd/index.html) on one book from [a list of options](https://twitter.com/EoinHiggins_/status/877617717460836352/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2017%2F06%2F23%2Fhealth%2Falabama-reading-list-trnd%2Findex.html). > > Amoung the suggested titles. > > “Liberalism Is a Mental Disorder: Savage Solutions,” > “Liberty and Tyranny: A Conservative Manifesto” > “Guilty: Liberal ‘Victims’ and their Assault on America.” > > Inexplicably, [Mein Kampf](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mein_Kampf) was omitted from the list. That’s an interesting list, heavily weighted with what appear to be _very_ right-leaning tracts. But I notice that the last entry is James Loewen’s _Lies my Teacher Told Me_, which has a left-leaning tilt. Is this someone’s idea of “balance”? about two dozen books on one side and one on the other? ---
**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 25, 2017, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34341 "2017-06-25T16:18:31Z")
[They’re sentencing me to death’: Medicaid recipients on the Republican healthcare plan](http://https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jun/25/medicaid-republican-healthcare-plan-affordable-care-act) Evil or stupid? Probably both. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1716) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1718)