# 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:** 1828
**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:** [February 8, 2018, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36542 "2018-02-08T20:32:15Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > If I had any religious inklings at all I’d be praying for her to get the flu soonest. I’d just want to be around when she sneezes, and say, “Oh, I guess you didn’t pray hard enough, or give enough money. God’s mad at you!” ---
**Author:** ![John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_stamos_left_ear/32/3198_2.png) [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Stamos_Left_Ear)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2018, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36543 "2018-02-08T20:46:15Z")
Dan Flynn, who is running to be a state rep in Texas, is using seriously anti-Islamic literature. [https://twitter.com/aymanndotcom/status/961689374797783040](https://twitter.com/aymanndotcom/status/961689374797783040) ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2018, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36544 "2018-02-08T20:46:20Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > I’d just want to be around when she sneezes, and say, “Oh, I guess you didn’t pray hard enough, or give enough money. God’s mad at you!” “God bless you. Oops, too late” ---
**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:** [February 8, 2018, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36545 "2018-02-08T21:24:24Z")
Republican lawmakers are threatening to cut off U.S. funding for the World Health Organization’s cancer research program over its finding that the active ingredient in the herbicide Roundup is probably carcinogenic to humans. [https://www.apnews.com/716e2a6e6ff14f1b8920c17e61c64353/GOP-lawmakers-take-aim-at-cancer-research-group-over-Roundup?utm\_campaign=SocialFlow&utm\_source=Twitter&utm\_medium=AP\_Politics](https://www.apnews.com/716e2a6e6ff14f1b8920c17e61c64353/GOP-lawmakers-take-aim-at-cancer-research-group-over-Roundup?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=AP_Politics) ---
**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:** [February 8, 2018, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36546 "2018-02-08T22:36:48Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > If I had any religious inklings at all I’d be praying for her to get the flu soonest. The only religious Inklings I ever liked were Tolkien and Lewis… ---
**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:** [February 8, 2018, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36547 "2018-02-08T23:07:56Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > The only religious Inklings I ever liked were Tolkien and Lewis… And Charles Williams. ---
**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:** [February 9, 2018, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36548 "2018-02-09T02:44:19Z")
Ooooooh, you like Charles Williams? NOBODY remembers him any more, and I’ve always loved him. ---
**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:** [February 9, 2018, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36549 "2018-02-09T03:06:00Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > Ooooooh, you like Charles Williams? NOBODY remembers him any more, and I’ve always loved him. I remember reading _Place of the Lion_. Loved it, nd meant to find more, but then realized I was trying to be “deep and literary”, so I went back to rereading some Narnia instead… ---
**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:** [February 9, 2018, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36550 "2018-02-09T03:26:32Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > Ooooooh, you like Charles Williams? NOBODY remembers him any more, and I’ve always loved him. > [@digs](#): > > I remember reading _Place of the Lion_. Loved it, nd meant to find more, but then realized I was trying to be “deep and literary”, so I went back to rereading some Narnia instead… Let’s meet at the Bird & Baby and talk this through over a pint. Or six. 😉 ---
**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:** [February 9, 2018, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36551 "2018-02-09T03:50:27Z")
A Fox News executive is whining about the US Olympic team being too gay and too dark. > **[Fox News pulls article complaining of "darker, gayer" U.S. Olympic team](https://www.salon.com/2018/02/09/fox-news-executive-blasts-darker-gayer-u-s-olympic-team-in-bigoted-rant/)** > > UPDATE: Fox News said Friday that "John Moody’s column does not reflect the views or values" of the network ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2018, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36552 "2018-02-09T03:57:14Z")
No, see, what the Word is telling Christians to do is to go down to their nearest Rite-Aid or Walgreens or CVS and get a flu shot. Do what the Word says, and sure enough, you won’t get the flu. ---
**Author:** ![steatopygia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steatopygia/32/3132_2.png) [@steatopygia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steatopygia)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2018, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36553 "2018-02-09T04:05:20Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > A Fox News executive is whining about the US Olympic team being too gay and too dark. > [https://www.salon.com/2018/02/08/fox-news-executive-blasts-darker-gayer-u-s-olympic-team-in-bigoted-rant/](https://www.salon.com/2018/02/08/fox-news-executive-blasts-darker-gayer-u-s-olympic-team-in-bigoted-rant/) There is so much stupid in that short piece. He complains about the team being too diverse and believes that the team is selected not on qualifications, but on some imagined quota. Perhaps he would like to start something like, oh I don’t know, White People Affirmative Action. ---
**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:** [February 9, 2018, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36554 "2018-02-09T04:14:27Z")
Why can’t Fox News be subjected to constant ridicule with quotes like this held up to universal derision? I’d love to see the network become marginalized (or fined out of existence). ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2018, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36555 "2018-02-09T06:17:46Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > Ooooooh, you like Charles Williams? NOBODY remembers him any more, and I’ve always loved him. Many Dimensions! Shadows of Ecstasy! War in Heaven! I must run now to my bookcases and see if I can find those ancient paperbacks! Time to reread (when I get through the rest of the to-be-read pile…). ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2018, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36556 "2018-02-09T16:24:26Z")
> [@steatopygia](#): > > {…} Perhaps he would like to start something like, oh I don’t know, White People Affirmative Action. > [@](#): > > Moody continued, {…} “Insisting that sports bow to political correctness by assigning teams quotas for race, religion or sexuality is like saying that professional basketball goals will be worth four points if achieved by a minority in that sport – white guys, for instance – instead of the two or three points awarded to black players, who make up 81 percent of the NBA. Any plans to fix that disparity? Didn’t think so.” CMC fnord! ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2018, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36557 "2018-02-09T16:35:45Z")
As I wrote elsewhere; _Yes, it’s horrible that these pesky minority people keep qualifying for the Olympic team and taking slots from well bred, but slower and less athletic heterosexual white males._ ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2018, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36558 "2018-02-09T16:52:59Z")
Yes, building an athletic team on the basis of diversity quotas would be incredibly stupid. Fortunately, no one on earth does that. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2018, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36559 "2018-02-09T16:55:40Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > Yes, building an athletic team on the basis of diversity quotas would be incredibly stupid. Fortunately, no one on earth does that. If you are being sarcastic, is there a team your sarcasm is targeting? ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2018, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36560 "2018-02-09T17:02:12Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > If you are being sarcastic, is there a team your sarcasm is targeting? No sarcasm. I was responding to the Fox News exec who saw a diverse US Olympic team and assumed, without any evidence, that it was because some politically correct quota had been imposed. To the best of my knowledge, no sports team on earth uses racial quotas – just athletic ability. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2018, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36561 "2018-02-09T17:04:27Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > No sarcasm. I was responding to the Fox News exec who saw a diverse US Olympic team and assumed, without any evidence, that it was because some politically correct quota had been imposed. To the best of my knowledge, no sports team on earth uses racial quotas – just athletic ability. Thanks for the clarification. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1827) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1829)