# 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:** 1734
**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:** [July 25, 2017, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34662 "2017-07-25T18:45:38Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > It’s easy. To make things fair, you make the little guy stand twice as far from you as you are from him. > That makes both targets the same apparent size. You could use mirrors instead. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2017, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34663 "2017-07-25T19:40:35Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > It would definitely take guts to engage in a gun duel when you’re such an easy target. With those pajamas, if she shoots at and misses him, I will be disappointed if no [dog jumps up and ridicules her.](http://https://www.google.com/search?q=duck+hunt+dog&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS749US749&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjQy9q8l6XVAhUS6GMKHSvjCOcQ_AUICigB&biw=1600&bih=770#imgrc=20eIks8yw6FeRM:) ---
**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:** [July 25, 2017, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34664 "2017-07-25T19:50:31Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > With those pajamas, if she shoots at and misses him, I will be disappointed if no [dog jumps up and ridicules her.](http://https://www.google.com/search?q=duck+hunt+dog&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS749US749&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjQy9q8l6XVAhUS6GMKHSvjCOcQ_AUICigB&biw=1600&bih=770#imgrc=20eIks8yw6FeRM:) Poor link format, [here’s better.](https://www.google.com/search?q=duck+hunt+dog&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS749US749&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjQy9q8l6XVAhUS6GMKHSvjCOcQ_AUICigB&biw=1600&bih=770#imgrc=20eIks8yw6FeRM:) ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2017, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34665 "2017-07-25T20:05:16Z")
As an Attractiveness Challenged American, I have compassion and understanding for the ugly. But there are limits. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2017, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34666 "2017-07-25T20:20:45Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Is that Mrs. Hutt? Poked around a little. Apparently, this was a “Pajama and Lingerie Party” for charity, wherein silly costuming was encouraged. The blonde in the picture was a paid employee of the event, a bartender, who was expected to “dress” as she did. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2017, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34667 "2017-07-25T20:20:47Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Texas Congressman Blake Farenthold blames the failure of the Senate to pass health care takeaway on the female Senators, and calls it “repugnant”. He also said “If it was a guy from south Texas, I might ask him to step outside and settle this Aaron Burr-style.” > > I guess no male Senators refused to back it, huh? > > [http://www.sfgate.com/news/politics/article/The-Latest-Trump-says-GOP-health-care-push-is-11330631.php](http://www.sfgate.com/news/politics/article/The-Latest-Trump-says-GOP-health-care-push-is-11330631.php) He likes to duel? May he die like Preston Brooks. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2017, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34668 "2017-07-25T20:23:11Z")
Trebuchets and bowling balls at three hundred yards! Yowzuh! ---
**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:** [July 25, 2017, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34669 "2017-07-25T20:27:39Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > The blonde in the picture was a paid employee of the event, a bartender, who was expected to “dress” as she did. Oh! That’s all right, then. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2017, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34670 "2017-07-25T20:28:43Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > Poor link format, [here’s better.](https://www.google.com/search?q=duck+hunt+dog&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS749US749&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjQy9q8l6XVAhUS6GMKHSvjCOcQ_AUICigB&biw=1600&bih=770#imgrc=20eIks8yw6FeRM:) Thanks. Don’t know why mine didn’t work. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2017, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34671 "2017-07-25T20:39:53Z")
Lamar Smith says that “carbon enrichment” will help farming and open more shipping routes. > **[GOP House Science Chair: Melting Arctic Sea Ice A Win For The Earth](https://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/lamar-smith-benefits-climate-change)** > > Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX), noted climate change denier and chair of the House Science Committee, on Monday penned an eyebrow-raising op-ed that argued there are "benefits" to a changing climate. > [@](#): > > Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX), noted climate change denier and chair of the House Science Committee, on Monday penned an eyebrow-raising op-ed that argued there are “benefits” to a changing climate. > > “The benefits of a changing climate are often ignored and under-researched. Our climate is too complex and the consequences of misguided policies too harsh to discount the positive effects of carbon enrichment,” Smith wrote in an op-ed for The Daily Signal, a website run by the conservative Heritage Foundation. > > Smith acknowledged that the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is increasing and argued that it would help plant growth and farming. He also posited that sea ice melting in the Arctic would open up new shipping routes, spinning ice melt as a positive change for the Earth. First they denied it was happening. Then they acknowledged that it was, but denied that humans were causing it. Now they’re acknowledging the first two points but claiming that it’s actually a good thing. How much more obvious can it be that it’s an organized campaign of denial. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2017, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34672 "2017-07-25T21:03:27Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Poked around a little. Apparently, this was a “Pajama and Lingerie Party” for charity, wherein silly costuming was encouraged. The blonde in the picture was a paid employee of the event, a bartender, who was expected to “dress” as she did. Okay. To be fair that does explain the photo. I can accept someone doing goofy things for charity. I can even commend it. The guy’s still an asshat, but not because of that picture. He’s an asshat for his attitude and statements. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2017, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34673 "2017-07-26T02:02:14Z")
Have you guys followed Trump’s speech to the Boy Scouts? Fuck that man’s repulsive. [http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/25/politics/donald-trump-boy-scouts-speech/index.html](http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/25/politics/donald-trump-boy-scouts-speech/index.html) ---
**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:** [July 26, 2017, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34674 "2017-07-26T03:31:15Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > Lamar Smith says that “carbon enrichment” will help farming and open more shipping routes. > [GOP House Science Chair: Melting Arctic Sea Ice A Win For The Earth - TPM – Talking Points Memo](http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/lamar-smith-benefits-climate-change) > > First they denied it was happening. > > Then they acknowledged that it was, but denied that humans were causing it. > > Now they’re acknowledging the first two points but claiming that it’s actually a good thing. > > How much more obvious can it be that it’s an organized campaign of denial. > [@](#): > > “The benefits of a changing climate are often ignored and under-researched. Our climate is too complex and the consequences of misguided policies too harsh to discount the positive effects of carbon enrichment,” Smith wrote in an op-ed for The Daily Signal, a website run by the conservative Heritage Foundation. I love it. This bonehead is looking at complex data, doing re-search! Hoo-boy! ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2017, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34675 "2017-07-26T08:14:02Z")
Global warming: it’s not a bug - it’s a feature! ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2017, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34676 "2017-07-26T12:48:48Z")
Not a new idea. [“Carbon dioxide: They call it pollution. We call it life.”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5D_WeWXioU) ---
**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:** [July 26, 2017, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34677 "2017-07-26T19:58:49Z")
Darrell Issa: voting to repeal the Affordable Care Act is a vote for “free market and competition” over “Stalin-type socialism”. [https://thinkprogress.org/republican-congressman-says-if-you-oppose-obamacare-repeal-you-support-stalin-type-socialism-3f1f9e23ba65](https://thinkprogress.org/republican-congressman-says-if-you-oppose-obamacare-repeal-you-support-stalin-type-socialism-3f1f9e23ba65) ---
**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:** [July 26, 2017, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34678 "2017-07-26T20:47:36Z")
Another Republican Congressman advocates violence against Senators who don’t vote for healthcare takeaway. > **[Washington Journal | Series | C-SPAN.org](https://www.c-span.org/series/?washingtonJournal)** > > Watch Washington Journal full episodes, clips and more. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2017, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34679 "2017-07-26T20:54:10Z")
Nah. Weak stuff. “Snatch a knot in her ass” is no more explicitly violent than “kick her butt”. Hillary “kicked butt” on Trump in the debates, at no time did one of her Gucci’s contact Trump’s bountiful buttocks. Not least because she would have to burn them… ---
**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:** [July 26, 2017, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34680 "2017-07-26T21:18:36Z")
I read that a little earlier and I have a question. “Snatch a knot in their ass.” I recognize those as all English words, a language with which I’m fairly familiar, but for the life of me … what the fuck does that even mean? ---
**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:** [July 26, 2017, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/34681 "2017-07-26T21:21:29Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > I read that a little earlier and I have a question. > > “Snatch a knot in their ass.” I recognize those as all English words, a language with which I’m fairly familiar, but for the life of me … what the fuck does that even mean? My first reaction was "Snatch who in the _what?!?"_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1733) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1735)