# 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:** 1810
**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:** [January 10, 2018, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36182 "2018-01-10T19:09:23Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > … > It would seem to me that the insurance companies would love to pay for an abortion rather than a delivery, and would far rather pay for an abortion at a proper provider than pay for medical treatment after a botched job. Tut-tut! Watch out! You’re being logical/reasonable now. That will not fly. One of those times it’s embarrassing to be a Texan. ---
**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:** [January 10, 2018, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36183 "2018-01-10T19:32:55Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > One of those times it’s embarrassing to be a Texan. [knock that shit off](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molly_Ivins) ---
**Author:** ![Chisquirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@Chisquirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chisquirrel)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2018, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36184 "2018-01-10T19:41:09Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > The rationale for this, on the part of the conservatives who passed it, is that people who oppose abortion on moral or religious grounds should not have to subsidize it. Suppose I oppose guns for moral reasons. Should there be insurance for those who may cause or receive a gunshot wound (highly correlated with gun owners) and want it paid for by insurance, so I don’t have to subsidize their fetish? ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2018, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36185 "2018-01-10T19:48:48Z")
> [@Chisquirrel](#): > > Suppose I oppose guns for moral reasons. Should there be insurance for those who may cause or receive a gunshot wound (highly correlated with gun owners) and want it paid for by insurance, so I don’t have to subsidize their fetish? Don’t ask me. I don’t agree with their rationale; i was simply reporting what they said. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2018, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36186 "2018-01-10T20:16:19Z")
> [@Chisquirrel](#): > > Suppose I oppose guns for moral reasons. Should there be insurance for those who may cause or receive a gunshot wound (highly correlated with gun owners) and want it paid for by insurance, so I don’t have to subsidize their fetish? Should I, a person that supports zpop for moral reasons subsidize people having babies when it’s also more expensive than an abortion? ---
**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:** [January 10, 2018, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36187 "2018-01-10T20:30:37Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Should I, a person that supports zpop for moral reasons subsidize people having babies when it’s also more expensive than an abortion? Yes, because as a liberal, you don’t have morals. You are guided by satan himself in your desire to murder the unborn. [/s] ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2018, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36188 "2018-01-10T20:35:42Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > You are guided by satan himself in your desire to murder the unborn. I thought that was google maps! ---
**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:** [January 10, 2018, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36189 "2018-01-10T21:30:00Z")
Decisions, decisions. Should I vote for scumbag Joe Arpaio for Senate, or Revenge Porner Craig Brittain? (yes, I know this is from November, but he’s tweeting today about the liberal plot to keep him off the news) > **[Revenge Porn Operator Craig Brittain Running for Jeff Flake's Senate Seat](http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/revenge-porn-operator-craig-brittain-senate-jeff-flake-kelli-ward-9836220)** > > In case you thought the race couldn't get any crazier... ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2018, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36190 "2018-01-10T23:34:01Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > Yes, because as a liberal, you don’t have morals. You are guided by satan himself in your desire to murder the unborn. > > [/s] > [@wonky](#): > > I thought that was google maps! No, no. Google Maps guides you to _where_ you can murder the unborn. The desire to do so comes from Satan. Judging by the number of people who use my neighborhood as a cut-through, an argument could be made that Satan and Google maps are one and the same, though. ---
**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:** [January 11, 2018, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36191 "2018-01-11T04:50:30Z")
Governor Eric Greitens of Missouri admits to having had an affair with a married woman and took a naked photo of her to use as blackmail to keep her quiet. > **[Missouri GOP governor admits to affair after woman's ex-husband says he...](https://www.rawstory.com/2018/01/missouri-gop-governor-admits-to-affair-after-womans-ex-husband-says-he-blackmailed-her-with-a-naked-photograph/)** > > Missouri’s Republican Governor Eric Greitens, a former Navy SEAL and ardent Donald Trump supporter, on Wednesday admitted he had an extramarital affair with a woman in March 2015, News 4 reports. According to the report, the unnamed woman alleges... ---
**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:** [January 11, 2018, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36192 "2018-01-11T08:42:52Z")
Confirmation that Greitens is a dirtbag, finally. It was already clear that he was in over his head as governor. ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2018, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36193 "2018-01-11T13:05:01Z")
Here’s the original report: [http://www.kmov.com/story/37240190/governor-greitens-admits-to-extramarital-affair](http://www.kmov.com/story/37240190/governor-greitens-admits-to-extramarital-affair) To nitpick **Rick Kirchen’s** post a little, Greitens admitted the affair but denied the blackmail. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2018, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36194 "2018-01-11T15:55:03Z")
‘Affair’ is a funny word for what the woman says happened. (Which Greitens hasn’t denied.) Sounds more like he rushed her into being tied up before she had a chance to say, ‘hey, wtf?’ Legally I’m sure it qualifies as consensual, but this wasn’t exactly a thing where two people talk about their fantasies, and agree to try out one of them. And as others around the Internets have already said, this sure doesn’t sound like his first time at this particular rodeo. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2018, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36195 "2018-01-11T17:58:12Z")
“Family Values,” Ladies and Gentlemen. ---
**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:** [January 11, 2018, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36196 "2018-01-11T18:16:47Z")
We all know what “family values” means. Take the cannoli. ---
**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:** [January 11, 2018, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36197 "2018-01-11T18:49:26Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > Here’s the original report: > > [http://www.kmov.com/story/37240190/governor-greitens-admits-to-extramarital-affair](http://www.kmov.com/story/37240190/governor-greitens-admits-to-extramarital-affair) > > To nitpick **Rick Kirchen’s** post a little, Greitens admitted the affair but denied the blackmail. Good point, I left out a comma that might have made that clearer. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2018, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36198 "2018-01-11T19:36:20Z")
And the hits just keep on comin’! TPM reports that the woman told her husband that Greitens slapped her when she told Greitens she’d had sex with her husband since her last encounter with Greitens. The husband’s lawyer confirms that the woman did include that detail in what she told her husband. The husband’s lawyer predicts more damaging information will come out, saying, colorfully, > [@](#): > > "It is always important when you’re bellying up to the bar, that you belly all the way up to the bar.” [https://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/missouri-governor-eric-greitens-allegedly-slapped-woman-having-affair](https://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/missouri-governor-eric-greitens-allegedly-slapped-woman-having-affair) ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2018, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36199 "2018-01-11T19:43:34Z")
This is one of my most favoritest days in a long time. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2018, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36200 "2018-01-11T20:23:32Z")
[Ruh-roh!](http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/kevin-swanson-the-shape-of-water-represents-the-end-of-civilization-as-we-know-it/) > [@](#): > > On his radio show today, extremist anti-LGBTQ pastor Kevin Swanson declared that the new film “The Shape Of Water” represents “the end of civilization as we know it.” > > Swanson fumed that the film about a woman who falls in love with a mysterious sea creature is an explicit violation of Leviticus 20:15, which declares that “if a man has sexual relations with an animal, he is to be put to death, and you must kill the animal.”… > > “This is the end of culture,” Swanson said. “This is the end of civilization as we know it.” ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2018, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36201 "2018-01-11T20:26:40Z")
If that guy ever searches “Smurf porn” or “Pterodactyl porn” his head will explode! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1809) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1811)