# 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:** 179
**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:** [October 4, 2011, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/3561 "2011-10-04T19:52:44Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > Yes, I understand the usual crap argument. And his solution is? Make people stop being gay at the point of a gun? You’re trying to logic this up. These people don’t have logic. They wouldn’t recognize actual logic if it came up out of their toilet and bit them in the balls. Disdaining homosexuals kept them from being out and public. It was only after they started trying to trick people into accepting them as human beings that they began to pop up everywhere. Therefore, trying to get society to disdain them again is the way to fix all of that. Once all those gays realize that society’s not going to coddle them anymore, they’ll stop being gay (since it’s a choice, after all) and go back to getting married and having kids like the good Lord intended. ---
**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:** [October 4, 2011, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/3562 "2011-10-04T20:20:29Z")
> [@a35362](#): > > Gay-enablers? You know, people who don’t spend every hour of every day thinking about the gays. About fighting them. About their lewdness and evil and how contagious their wickedness is. About opposing them. In hot tubs. NO ! NO ! Bad thought ! ---
**Author:** ![boytyperanma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@boytyperanma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boytyperanma)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2011, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/3563 "2011-10-04T23:21:27Z")
> [@Ravenman](#): > > Noted objectivist Senator Rand Paul is drawing the line on US assistance to international refugees who make it to this country. > > It seems that Senator Paul believes that elderly and disabled refugees from Sierra Leone, Iraq and Afghanistan are secret terrorists. Proponents of the bill to extend these temporary benefits to those who are fleeing torture, war, and persecution note that some of the beneficiaries have come to the US because they helped US troops at great risk to themselves and their families. > > In response, Senator Paul said, “Get a f-in’ job, you lazy immigrants… and SPEEKEE THE ENGLISH, KA-PEESH?” > > [Link.](http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1011/65142.html) Yeah he’s something special. Right now he’s the sole senator blocking [legislation](http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11271/1178063-84-0.stm) to stop exploding gas mains. Even the gas companies are on board with it. Coburn was also blocking unanimous consent but it’s been covered in the past he does that for every bill in the senate, even he stepped back and said let this one go through. So finally we have something 99 senators can agree on and out hero Rand Paul has come in to stop it. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/3564 "2011-10-05T04:14:26Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > What exactly is his point? Let’s make being gay illegal so people will live longer? Yes, that’s it. What’s so hard to understand? Think about it: if being gay was illegal, then it follows that some (as of yet unknown) percentage of people would not engage in homosexual activity. Whatever you think about sexual preference being a choice or not is irrelevant; the key is that fewer people would choose to _engage_ in homosexual activity. Therefore, in terms of strict percentages of the population, a decrease in homosexual activity will necessarily lead to some Republicans leading longer political lives. See: Mark Foley, Larry Craig, Bob Allen, Roy Ashburn … ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/3565 "2011-10-05T04:18:32Z")
OK, but being gay is not a choice, but being Republican is. Not suggesting any course of action, you understand. Just sayin’, is all. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/3566 "2011-10-05T04:31:56Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > What exactly is his point? Let’s make being gay illegal so people will live longer? … I think they’ll go for denying health and life insurance to gays, or charge them an extra premium, as their “risky choices” raise the cost for the rest of us. Something like smoking. ---
**Author:** ![Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/budget_player_cadet/32/205_2.png) [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/3567 "2011-10-05T04:47:08Z")
[![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgrPdSp68Zs) Apparently, Rick Santorum is either deaf or covering his ass for something stupid he thought he could get away with. I’m leaning towards the latter, especially because his timing seems to wait until the boos die down… Anal lube and fecal matter indeed, this one. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2011, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/3568 "2011-10-05T04:55:37Z")
The Man Who Will Never, Ever Be King. ---
**Author:** ![boytyperanma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@boytyperanma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boytyperanma)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2011, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/3569 "2011-10-07T06:29:41Z")
The Republican parties village idiot, Louie Gohmert, is out talking again. This time his argument against Obama’s job bill is it is a [gay conspiracy](http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2011/10/06/Gohmert_Conspiracy_Theory_Obama_Jobs_Bill_Is_Gift_to_Gays/) designed to discourage marriage by providing tax incentives for unmarried couples. Experts reading the proposal can’t seem to find what the fuck he’s talking about but if Louie Gohmert says somethings in the bill by golly it must be. This man in my opinion really is the stupidest man in congress and there is a lot of competition for that title. He seems like a perfect candidate for the the Republican presidential primary why isn’t he running? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2011, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/3570 "2011-10-07T06:41:36Z")
Perhaps I can assist you, I’m a native Texan and I still speak Goober. If we offer the same tax encouragement we offer to married couples to persons living in fornicative situations, then we encourage all manner of perversion. A state of marriage must be incentivized, otherwise who would do such a thing? Why buy a cow when Cheez-Whiz is cheaper? ---
**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:** [October 7, 2011, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/3571 "2011-10-07T12:12:32Z")
> [@boytyperanma](#): > > The Republican parties village idiot, Louie Gohmert It takes some damn hard work to earn that title, given the high level of competition in the field… ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2011, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/3572 "2011-10-07T14:51:08Z")
“The Republican parties Village Idiot” will never replace “Republicans boo gay” as the GOP dance anthem. ---
**Author:** ![hotflungwok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/edb3f5/32.png) [@hotflungwok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hotflungwok)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2011, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/3573 "2011-10-07T18:21:03Z")
[Let’s bring dwarf tossing back!](http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-10-07/dwarfs-better-off-tossed-than-jobless-florida-republican-says.html) > [@](#): > > Jobless dwarfs should have the option of being flung around a barroom for cash rather than standing in the unemployment line, according to one Florida state lawmaker. > > Representative Ritch Workman, a Melbourne Republican, has introduced a bill to undo a ban on “dwarf-tossing” as part of what he says is his mission to repeal overreaching and outdated laws from Florida’s books. Though the dwarf-tossing measure is not a “jobs bill,” he said, it may put a few people to work in a state where unemployment is 1.6 percentage points above the national average. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2011, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/3574 "2011-10-07T18:40:27Z")
That’s what I call “looking out for the little guy”! ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2011, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/3575 "2011-10-07T18:58:59Z")
> [@hotflungwok](#): > > [Let’s bring dwarf tossing back!](http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-10-07/dwarfs-better-off-tossed-than-jobless-florida-republican-says.html) Well, think of the overall savings- this would fire the 300 dwarf-bar tossing inspectors , resulting in a huge tax savings. That, together with the closure of the main dwarf-tossing regulatory commission and not having to rent the dwarf-tossing regulatory headquarters office block will result in over $50,000,000/year being returned to the state coffers. That’s not a teeny tiny amount of savings! ---
**Author:** ![Truman\_Burbank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@Truman\_Burbank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Truman_Burbank)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2011, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/3576 "2011-10-13T16:32:51Z")
but should at least be noted here, bringing back the firing squad: [http://news.yahoo.com/fla-lawmaker-wants-bring-back-firing-squads-110708935.html](http://news.yahoo.com/fla-lawmaker-wants-bring-back-firing-squads-110708935.html) ---
**Author:** ![Truman\_Burbank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@Truman\_Burbank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Truman_Burbank)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2011, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/3577 "2011-10-13T16:35:13Z")
If you sponsor a ‘legal carry’ law, you probably shouldn’t be caught doing this: [http://news.yahoo.com/fla-lawmaker-wants-bring-back-firing-squads-110708935.html](http://news.yahoo.com/fla-lawmaker-wants-bring-back-firing-squads-110708935.html) I gotta get back to work… ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2011, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/3578 "2011-10-13T16:39:25Z")
Those are the same article. ---
**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:** [October 13, 2011, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/3579 "2011-10-13T17:02:25Z")
When he finishes wasting his time working, maybe he’ll come back and float the right link. ---
**Author:** ![Truman\_Burbank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@Truman\_Burbank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Truman_Burbank)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2011, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/3580 "2011-10-13T17:03:19Z")
Thanks for pointing that out. Should have been this link: [http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2011/oct/12/sponsor-of-tennessee-guns-in-bars-bill-charged/](http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2011/oct/12/sponsor-of-tennessee-guns-in-bars-bill-charged/) Bonus mugshot picture… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=178) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=180)