# 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:** 1844
**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:** [March 2, 2018, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36862 "2018-03-02T15:03:33Z")
Don’t Mormons get exorcised about bad language? ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2018, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36863 "2018-03-02T15:24:35Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Sen. Orrin Hatch calls those who support Obamacare the “stupidest, dumbass people I’ve ever met”. > > [Hatch calls those who loved health care act 'stupidest, dumbass people I've ever met'](http://kutv.com/news/local/hatch-calls-those-who-supported-obamacar-stupidest-dumbass-people-ive-ever-met) He is nothing but a senile, vile piece of shit. He cannot function without his aides whispering in his ear what he is supposed to say. Our country is run by senile people that should’ve retired 1-2 decades ago. ---
**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:** [March 2, 2018, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36864 "2018-03-02T16:00:12Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > In the old days, I would say that he has to prove it, but of late, it seems like just making the claim is enough, in the foxcourt of public opinion. From the article: > [@](#): > > “There’s no indication they are giving discounts to that organization is my point,” she said. > > “Let’s agree to disagree,” Williams said. There are things that we need to occasionally accept that someone else will have a different opinion or perspective on things. Different analysis with different priorities even. But, we cannot agree to disagree on reality. That’s just fucking stupid. ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2018, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36865 "2018-03-02T16:05:37Z")
Minor hijack just to mention a “new” poster: > [@Trump simultaneously most and least popular he's ever been](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-simultaneously-most-and-least-popular-hes-ever-been/809550/41): > > It’s quite simple. > CNN is strongly anti-Trump, and has a long history of “inventing” news as it suits them. > I am not familiar with Rasmussen, but am quite open to believe hat they are equally biased, in the other direction. > . > If you want honest polls of the American political situation, you need to ask someone that does not have an axe to grind… I.E. You need someone that is not themselves pro- or anti-Trump, and is also not under influence from the American leadership. > Heh. Good luck with that! This post was so stupid I checked the join date. 2012! So I do the View All. _ **Only nine posts in almost six years. The above was only the second post in six years with any political content.** _ (The other was an intelligent reply to "What did the West do to provoke Islamic hostility? ") Please resume your regularly scheduled GOP bashing. But if we’ve somehow awakened another RW idiot … you heard it here first! ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2018, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36866 "2018-03-02T16:08:47Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > He is nothing but a senile, vile piece of shit. He cannot function without his aides whispering in his ear what he is supposed to say. Our country is run by senile people that should’ve retired 1-2 decades ago. You know what cures senility? [Prevagen](https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/jellyfish-memory-supplement-prevagen-hoax-ftc-says-n704886), the brain pills that are derived from jellyfish. Hatch, meet your petard. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2018, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36867 "2018-03-02T17:51:19Z")
Not perzackly. _Discovered_ in jellyfish, who retain remarkable cognitive function well into their later years, as demonstrated by an undiminished capacity for floating. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2018, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36868 "2018-03-02T17:57:59Z")
They can be trained to look through hoops with little effort. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2018, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36869 "2018-03-02T18:00:46Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Not perzackly. _Discovered_ in jellyfish, who retain remarkable cognitive function well into their later years, as demonstrated by an undiminished capacity for floating. We all float down here. ---
**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:** [March 2, 2018, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36870 "2018-03-02T18:03:13Z")
“_float like a jellyfish, sting like a, um, jellyfish_” ---
**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:** [March 2, 2018, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36871 "2018-03-02T18:36:14Z")
Was it Trump or was it a large jellyfish that the prostitutes were pissing on? Sometimes it is hard to tell the difference. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2018, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36872 "2018-03-02T20:28:27Z")
Missouri AG: [“We have no evidence of wrongdoing, so I guess you didn’t do anything wrong.”](http://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article202968959.html) So basically, sleazy MO Gov. Eric Greitens and his staff have been using a texting app called Confide, which deletes texts as soon as they are read, to conduct state business. MO Attorney General Josh Hawley, who is running for Claire McCaskill’s Senate seat in the fall, was investigating whether using the app violated state’s Sunshine Law. And the conclusion was essentially, “we don’t have any evidence, because the app deletes it, so we’ll just have to take your word for it that you didn’t misuse it.” :smack: ---
**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:** [March 2, 2018, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36873 "2018-03-02T20:30:58Z")
I don’t know how many of these people are Republicans, but I’m going to assume that because it’s the Utah House of Representatives, that at least most of them are Republicans. I cannot think of anything stupider than a group of middle aged white people rapping, so here you go: > ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2018, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36874 "2018-03-02T20:39:08Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > …So basically, sleazy MO Gov. Eric Greitens and his staff have been using a texting app called Confide, which deletes texts as soon as they are read… They guy who figures out how to hack that and get instant copies is going to be rich motherfucker. Also, dead. ---
**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:** [March 3, 2018, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36875 "2018-03-03T02:03:41Z")
something you do not want to have to unsee Lisa Garza wants to be in the Texas Lege. She is a R from Eww: her primary campaign is being [pumped full of buck jizz](https://www.dallasnews.com/news/2018-elections/2018/03/01/talk-big-bucks-deer-semen-donations-fueling-south-texas-campaign). talk about a straw man ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2018, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36876 "2018-03-03T04:28:26Z")
Come again? ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2018, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36877 "2018-03-03T04:43:28Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Come again? Wow ---
**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:** [March 3, 2018, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36878 "2018-03-03T04:59:26Z")
> [@zoid](#): > > Wow now, now, **‘luci’** is just being a dear ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2018, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36879 "2018-03-03T07:57:20Z")
I guess the buck stops here, then. ---
**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:** [March 3, 2018, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36880 "2018-03-03T08:02:37Z")
This may be another misplaced thing, but I couldn’t think of another thread in which to include it. Stupid Republican? No, just incredibly cynical and douchey. Stupid liberal? Doesn’t seem so, but stupid - or equally douchey - Democrat, yes. I digress … [Colo. GOP makes claim on seat vacated by Dem state rep expelled over misconduct claims](http://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/376553-colorado-gop-makes-claim-on-seat-vacated-by-dem-state-rep-expelled-over) Giving the article a quick read, it seems this guy Steve Lebsock, a Democrat was accused of sexually harassing a fellow rep and four other women, the result of which was a 54 to 9 vote to oust him. However, he switched parties to Republican, unbeknownst to most of the reps voting, shortly before the vote; I’m not sure what exact length of time “shortly” refers to. Now according to the rules if a member of the legislature is kicked out, that member’s party gets to choose the replacement. So the Republicans are claiming that right based on his last minute party switch. Lots of questions here. Not the least of which is, why the fuck would this guy switch for no reason just before the vote if not to throw a seat to the Republicans? What kind of Democrat would do that, even if he is a lascivious piece of shit? Bribed? Bamboozled? Befuddled? You got me. ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2018, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/36881 "2018-03-03T12:47:43Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Georgia state senator says Delta Airlines gives discounts to Planned Parenthood supporters:[http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/375869-cnn-anchor-confronts-gop-lawmaker-who-claims-delta-gives-discounts-to](http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/375869-cnn-anchor-confronts-gop-lawmaker-who-claims-delta-gives-discounts-to) That the Georgia GOP would renege on its tax break for Delta just because Delta dropped an (unimportant) discount is disgusting, flabbergastingly disgusting. We’re in 21st-century America? Even banana republics have grown past this sort of childishness. And they compound their malice by inventing, out of whole cloth, a lie about Planned Parenthood discounts. “Conservatives” like to pretend they’re about policy, not about reptilian hatreds and partisan corruption. Bah, humbug! Any “conservative” who still affiliates with the GOP after all this sort of crap is as worthless as a banana slug. In my opinion. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1843) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1845)