# 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:** 1880
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2018, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37582 "2018-05-02T18:00:50Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Candidate for Governor of Georgia runs an ad in which he points a gun at a teenager. > [https://www.youtube.com/watch?time\_continue=2&v=4ABRz\_epvic](https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=4ABRz_epvic) > [@Slash1972](#): > > That has got to be some sort of joke. Almost certainly a joke. The caption labels him as a “conservative,” when he’s clearly a reactionary. AND, **THAT** , LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, ILLUSTRATES WHY PRESCRIPTIVISM MUST NEVER CAPITULATE TO DESCRIPTIVISM. IMPRECISE LANGUAGE LEADS DIRECTLY TO MADNESS AND DEGENERACY. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2018, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37583 "2018-05-02T18:01:29Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > I firmly support the right of a citizen to express unpopular opinions without sanction. Not because tomorrow, it could be me, but because yesterday, it _was_ me. That is very well put. Where did you steal it? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2018, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37584 "2018-05-02T18:15:21Z")
Don’t know. My memory isn’t what it used to be. Or maybe it is, and I just don’t remember. ---
**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:** [May 2, 2018, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37585 "2018-05-02T19:09:53Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > I see that she tweeted an article that relates that, according to his financial filings, he spends more on his car payments and on take-out food than he does on his son. > > And I love some (many) of the replies she’s getting on Twitter:Fuck her. My favorite: “You shoulda fucked Trump instead. You might have gotten $130k.” ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2018, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37586 "2018-05-02T19:45:04Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > Freedom of Speech. > > He can say anything he wants, no matter how vile. > > However, I would wonder if someone could sue him for inciting violence. Generally, you have to be able to prove actual damages in such a lawsuit. So you have to wait until someone does violence to you, and then sue them, and include him as inciting that violence. Might have a better case for suing him for slander. But then you’d have to prove that he was speaking about you specifically, either by name or nickname or something that clearly identifies you to the public. If he just rants against ‘jews’ in general, it isn’t like any single Jewish person could sue him and win. That’s a consequence of our reverence for Freedom of Speech. It’s often more productive to just make fun of them. Point out that when the Nazis said this, at least they wore sharp uniforms, without pot bellies. Or ask them if Jesus was a Jew. He was born of a Jewish mother, after all. (And had two daddies.) ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2018, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37587 "2018-05-02T23:40:34Z")
> [@foolsguinea](#): > > Does this clown even count as Republican? > > I don’t think he’s a threat to the republic. I think he’s just a nigh-powerless, deluded nut. > [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > If he gets the number two spot in the California open primary, he’ll have the word “Republican” after his name, which will be enough to get all of the wingnuts to vote for him. In _California_, I feel compelled to point out. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2018, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37588 "2018-05-02T23:42:45Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > I firmly support the right of a citizen to express unpopular opinions without sanction. Not because tomorrow, it could be me, but because yesterday, it _was_ me. > [@dropzone](#): > > That is very well put. Where did you steal it? > [@elucidator](#): > > Don’t know. My memory isn’t what it used to be. Or maybe it is, and I just don’t remember. Your modesty does you credit, ' **luci**. Pretty sure he’s speaking from experience, **dropzone**. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2018, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37589 "2018-05-03T00:25:30Z")
“Experience” I get, having also been there for the '60s and '70s. It’s just that he phrased it so _well._😉 ---
**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:** [May 3, 2018, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37590 "2018-05-03T01:18:28Z")
And it was refreshingly pun-free, too. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2018, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37591 "2018-05-03T01:23:34Z")
That was a dead giveaway. ---
**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:** [May 3, 2018, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37592 "2018-05-03T20:48:23Z")
The House chaplain has rescinded his resignation. [Paul Ryan Reverses Course, Accepts House Chaplain Rescinding Resignation | HuffPost Latest News](https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/house-chaplain-rescinds-resignation-following-anger-over-ouster_us_5aeb6b9ae4b041fd2d2479c5)? ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2018, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37593 "2018-05-03T21:00:28Z")
Like Costanza? Just show up on Monday like nothing happened? (I thought he was fired.) ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2018, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37594 "2018-05-03T21:53:43Z")
Nah, he was ‘asked to resign’. His letter rescinding his resignation questions Ryan’s ability to fire him. ---
**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:** [May 3, 2018, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37595 "2018-05-03T21:58:22Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > Nah, he was ‘asked to resign’. > > His letter rescinding his resignation questions Ryan’s ability to fire him. “I answer to a higher authority.” ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2018, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37596 "2018-05-03T22:13:42Z")
\*The priest’s defenders have argued that the chaplain can be fired only by a vote of the full House, suggesting his term could last through the end of the year. “You may wish to outright fire me, if you have the authority to do so, but should you wish to terminate my services, it will be without my offer of resignation,” Conroy wrote.\* ---
**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:** [May 3, 2018, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37597 "2018-05-03T22:22:40Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > \*The priest’s defenders have argued that the chaplain can be fired only by a vote of the full House, suggesting his term could last through the end of the year. > > “You may wish to outright fire me, if you have the authority to do so, but should you wish to terminate my services, it will be without my offer of resignation,” Conroy wrote.\* “Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest?”- Paul “Henry II” Ryan. ---
**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:** [May 3, 2018, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37598 "2018-05-03T22:32:20Z")
Can’t he be quietly reassigned to a small state legislature somewhere? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Greenjeans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.greenjeans/32/551_2.png) [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2018, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37599 "2018-05-03T23:25:52Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > Like Costanza? Just show up on Monday like nothing happened? (I thought he was fired.) Well, he’s the House chaplain, so I figure he shows up on Sunday like nothing happened. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2018, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37600 "2018-05-03T23:42:13Z")
The man should go all out _Christian Acts and Charity and Compassion of God_ on their asses. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2018, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/37601 "2018-05-04T00:31:43Z")
He’s a Jesuit so that wouldn’t be pretty. :eek: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1879) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1881)