# 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:** 1874
**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:** [April 21, 2018, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37462 "2018-04-21T13:34:28Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > Let your 12 year old go to the park alone and wait for the police to show up at your house. Cite? Oh, and we’re still waiting for you to back up your previous contentions. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2018, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37463 "2018-04-21T14:26:09Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > That’s absurd. Where do you live? I see eight-year-olds walking around our town unaccompanied every day. Utah just passed a law making it _legal_ for kids to play unsupervised. Adaher’s point is not entirely without merit. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2018, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37464 "2018-04-21T15:37:18Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > That’s absurd. Where do you live? I see eight-year-olds walking around our town unaccompanied every day. Another example of the problem with 24-hour news channels (may Ted Turner burn in hell) - any idiocy that happens anywhere gets broadcast to the world (or at least the entire US), and people think a single occurrence of something reflects a nationwide norm. So, one mom gets arrested/cited for letting her kid play in a park across the street from the McDonald’s where she is applying for a job and it’s nanny state hell everywhere. I trace most of the problems in America to two things: 1. CNN and the 24-hour news cycle when there just isn’t that much news 2. Ronald Reagan and his demonizing of government: The nine scariest words “I’m from the government and I’m here to help” ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2018, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37465 "2018-04-21T15:37:57Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > Kid are having less sex because they can’t get any damned privacy. They are under 24 hour video surveillance, backed up by hover parents with GPS tracking systems. And the back seats of cars are waaaaaay smaller now. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2018, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37466 "2018-04-21T17:40:20Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > Kids are waiting longer to have sex now: > > [CDC: Teens waiting longer to have sex, more use morning-after pill - CBS News](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cdc-teens-waiting-longer-to-have-sex-more-use-morning-after-pill/) > > This obviously doesn’t mean that abstinence education is superior, or that it even works, but it does show that it’s not crazy to think that maybe teens can be convinced not to have sex. Intercourse. Kids are waiting longer to have intercourse. Thank blowjobs. Kids are still getting it on as much as ever. Because they’re hormonal kids. ---
**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:** [April 21, 2018, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37467 "2018-04-21T19:36:18Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > And the back seats of cars are waaaaaay smaller now. Most cars have reclining seats these days, though, which kind of picks up the slack. And with today’s ubiquitous SUVs, if kids get to drive them, it is rather easy to make room in the back. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2018, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37468 "2018-04-22T09:46:01Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > Utah just passed a law making it _legal_ for kids to play unsupervised. Adaher’s point is not entirely without merit. Yes, because we all know laws are only passed to address real concerns, and never as a sop to people who whine at lawmakers. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2018, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37469 "2018-04-22T22:06:09Z")
Stupid Republican electoral tricks: > **[Arizona Republicans seek law change in case John McCain seat in play](https://www.yahoo.com/news/arizona-republicans-seek-law-change-110021651.html)** > > John McCain, a six-term Arizona senator, was diagnosed last summer with an aggressive form of brain cancer. Arizona lawmakers are debating legislation that would keep John McCain’s Senate successor off the ballot in November’s midterm elections,... ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2018, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37470 "2018-04-23T03:16:28Z")
> [@E-DUB](#): > > Stupid Republican electoral tricks: > > [Arizona Republicans seek law change in case John McCain seat in play](https://www.yahoo.com/news/arizona-republicans-seek-law-change-110021651.html) Didn’t the Democrats do the same thing in Mass., possibly even switching the rules twice (depending on which party held the governor’s mansion)? ---
**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:** [April 23, 2018, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37471 "2018-04-23T03:35:19Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > Didn’t the Democrats do the same thing in Mass., possibly even switching the rules twice (depending on which party held the governor’s mansion)? So rather than doing the right thing, the GOP wants their turn? How about if both side behaved like adults rather than a toddler? What I find amazing is that both sides want to blame the other for wrong-doing but want to do it themselves. How about some fucking ethics and fair play? ---
**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:** [April 23, 2018, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37472 "2018-04-23T06:23:18Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > What I find amazing is that both sides want to blame the other for wrong-doing but want to do it themselves. > How about some fucking ethics and fair play? If there’s one thing these past couple, difficult years have taught me ; it’s that people regardless of politics or any other bias tend to have ironclad rationalizations for their doing shit they won’t tolerate from others. In many if not most cases it’s not even active, knowing, self-acknowledged hypocrisy. They really buy their own bullshit. The human mind is astoundingly good at crafting seemingly coherent/internally consistent narratives out of contradictory elements. See also : “the only moral abortion is my abortion” ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2018, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37473 "2018-04-23T06:29:09Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > Utah just passed a law making it _legal_ for kids to play unsupervised. Adaher’s point is not entirely without merit. And it’s a law that does nothing. It leaves everything up to police discretion–exactly the same as it was before. It’s more political theater than law. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2018, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37474 "2018-04-23T07:02:13Z")
> [@Moriarty](#): > > Intercourse. Kids are waiting longer to have intercourse. > > Thank blowjobs. Kids are still getting it on as much as ever. Because they’re hormonal kids. Even funnier (or more tragic, depending on your perspective) are the kids who have anal sex so they can remain “virgins”. This is really something people do. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2018, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37475 "2018-04-23T09:06:36Z")
Hey, it’s a valid … loophole. [So I’ve heard.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8ZF_R_j0OY) (2 click-rule spoiler) ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2018, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37476 "2018-04-23T15:50:56Z")
Its a myth that anal sex cannot result in pregnancy. Where do you think little baby Republicans come from? ---
**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:** [April 23, 2018, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37477 "2018-04-23T16:07:18Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > Hey, it’s a valid … loophole. If there’s a loop in there, do consult a physician. ---
**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:** [April 23, 2018, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37478 "2018-04-23T16:10:02Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Its a myth that anal sex cannot result in pregnancy. Where do you think little baby Republicans come from? When a Mommy Republican and a Daddy Republican are married to other people… ---
**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:** [April 25, 2018, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37479 "2018-04-25T20:30:52Z")
Christopher Wylie, the Cambridge Analytica whistleblower, held a closed door meeting with the Democratic members of the House Judiciary and Oversight committees. Not a single Republican bothered to come. > **[Cambridge Analytica whistleblower urges U.S. lawmakers to investigate company](https://www.politico.com/story/2018/04/24/cambridge-analytica-whistleblower-house-democrats-547674)** > > Rep. David Cicilline called the briefing "disturbing." ---
**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:** [April 26, 2018, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37480 "2018-04-26T03:19:24Z")
Joe Walsh, he of “I didn’t pay my child support”, took time off from actually bashing Trump today to say that the reason why we need AR 15s is because of to prevent what’s happening with Alfie Evans. For those who don’t know, Alfie Evans is a baby in the UK who was declared brain dead by his doctors, but his parents refused to accept it. He was taken off life support and the parents have gone so far as to have Alfie declared a citizen of Italy so he can be taken there, but they want him put back on life support in the meantime. > **[Alfie Evans case](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfie_Evans_case)** > > Alfie James Evans (9 May 2016 – 28 April 2018), was an infant boy from Liverpool with an undiagnosed neurodegenerative disorder, later revealed to be GABA-transaminase deficiency. The medical team and the child's parents disagreed about whether to maintain his life support or to withdraw it, resulting in a legal battle. Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust sought a declaration that continued mechanical ventilation was "unkind and inhumane", and not in the child’s best interests. Alfie' The... So, I’m not sure if Joe Walsh is calling for armed idiots to storm the hospital and force the medical staff to put Alfie back on life support, or to take him out of the hospital and forcibly taken to Italy. Or just what. ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2018, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37481 "2018-04-26T03:23:01Z")
I had to Google to make sure it wasn’t the singer/guitarist Joe Walsh. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1873) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1875)