# 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:** 1965
**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:** [October 11, 2018, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39282 "2018-10-11T15:21:08Z")
“Every sperm is sacred. Every sperm is great. If a sperm is wasted, God gets quite iraaaaaate!” [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/fUspLVStPbk/maxresdefault.jpg "Every Sperm is Sacred - Monty Python's The Meaning of Life") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUspLVStPbk) Death penalty for any man ejaculating from masturbating, and confinement in a mental institution for involuntary nocturnal emissions. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_McQwark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@Steve\_McQwark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_McQwark)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2018, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39283 "2018-10-11T15:37:53Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > Death penalty for any man ejaculating from masturbating, and confinement in a mental institution for involuntary nocturnal emissions. Whoa, whoa, whoa. Now you done stopped preaching and took to meddling. ---
**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:** [October 11, 2018, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39284 "2018-10-11T16:23:24Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Ron DeSantis wrote a book defending slavery. > [https://shareblue.com/florida-republican-ron-desantis-slavery-apologist/](https://shareblue.com/florida-republican-ron-desantis-slavery-apologist/) From your source, it sounds like he admits slavery was a bad thing, but argues that the Constitution was going to undermine it somehow, so the Constitution was a good thing. That is sort of a bold argument, but not that far out for right-wing rhetoric. Does he know about the Reconstruction Amendments? ---
**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:** [October 11, 2018, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39285 "2018-10-11T16:29:29Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > By the way, what little the Bible does actually have to say about abortion does not include it being a capital offense. Or, indeed, an offense at all. But pro-life rhetoric is based more in modern “human rights” philosophy than in a Protestant Fundamentalist belief in the Bible. Perennial presidential candidate Alan Keyes based his argument for fetal rights (to the extent he had one) on the Declaration of Independence. ---
**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:** [October 11, 2018, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39286 "2018-10-11T16:37:38Z")
[Uh… yeah…](https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/11/politics/melania-trump-be-best-initiative-bullying/index.html) > [@](#): > > First lady Melania Trump said in an interview that aired Thursday that she is the most bullied person in the world, which has led her to create her anti-bullying “Be Best” initiative, before softening her comments slightly to say she is one of the most bullied… ---
**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:** [October 11, 2018, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39287 "2018-10-11T16:40:28Z")
But enough about her homelife! ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2018, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39288 "2018-10-11T16:46:58Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > What in the HELL is wrong with these people? I know trump turned over some rocks, but just how much glue have these people been sniffing? Yeah, what have they got against kickboxers? ---
**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:** [October 11, 2018, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39289 "2018-10-11T16:54:30Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > What in the HELL is wrong with these people? I know trump turned over some rocks, but just how much glue have these people been sniffing? Not just sniffing, apparently: [Stephen Miller’s Third-Grade Teacher: He Was a “Loner” and Ate Glue](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/stephen-millers-third-grade-teacher-tells-all-1150549) ---
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2018, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39290 "2018-10-11T18:51:20Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Idaho’s Republican candidate for lieutenant governor [wants the death penalty for women who procure abortions.](https://www.idahostatesman.com/news/politics-government/election/article207845019.html) And they find nothing contradictory about the punishment for murder being…murder. ---
**Author:** ![JB99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/439d5e/32.png) [@JB99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JB99)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2018, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39291 "2018-10-11T22:31:35Z")
It’s real easy to take extreme positions you’ll never have to enforce. These people will scream until they are blue in the face about the evils of abortion, but has this person ever actually introduced a bill to make this a reality? Doubt it. But it the fucking retards will show up year after year and vote for whoever is the loudest and the most extreme, whether they actually do anything about it or not. ---
**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:** [October 11, 2018, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39292 "2018-10-11T22:53:20Z")
Mitt Romney says Trump shouldn’t be impeached because he’s a “sitting President”. Er. What other kind of President is impeached? > **[Mitt Romney: Trump shouldn’t be impeached because he’s a "sitting president"](https://www.vox.com/2018/10/11/17963744/mitt-romney-trump-impeachment-utah-midterms)** > > Mitt Romney, who is running for Senate in Utah, shows us once again that he’s done being a Never Trumper. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2018, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39293 "2018-10-11T23:11:00Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Mitt Romney says Trump shouldn’t be impeached because he’s a “sitting President”. Er. What other kind of President is impeached? > [Midterms 2018: Romney says Trump shouldn’t be impeached because he’s a “sitting president” - Vox](https://www.vox.com/2018/10/11/17963744/mitt-romney-trump-impeachment-utah-midterms) I thought you HAD to be making that up. But, no. He actually said it: > [@](#): > > While [rival Senate candidate Jenny] Wilson said she would support impeachment if special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation finds grounds to support it, Romney disagreed. > > “I don’t think it makes sense to be talking about impeachment, not for a sitting president,” he said. A different source: [Romney says Supreme Court confirmation process 'awful' | AP News](https://apnews.com/434e9b61551749a48e05104e5764d579) Neither source mentions whether people in the audience laughed, or simply stared in amazement. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2018, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39294 "2018-10-11T23:13:10Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Idaho’s Republican candidate for lieutenant governor [wants the death penalty for women who procure abortions.](https://www.idahostatesman.com/news/politics-government/election/article207845019.html) > [@Monty](#): > > Not that logic is actually part and parcel of that idiot’s regimen, but if he truly feels that way, then he needs to also extend the stance to its logical extreme: investigate every woman for every menstrual cycle to determine if a fertilized ovum was “aborted” and, if so, what caused it to happen. Why not simply place females in sow crates? We could call them “God’s Plan” crates. And it would keep them from voting! ---
**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:** [October 11, 2018, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39295 "2018-10-11T23:14:16Z")
At least Republicans are leading by example in showing stupid fucking kids all across America that being fucking stupid doesn’t have to be a limitation. ---
**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:** [October 11, 2018, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39296 "2018-10-11T23:24:38Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > Why not simply place females in sow crates? > > We could call them “God’s Plan” crates. And it would keep them from voting! That’s already been worked out in The Handmaid’s Tale. ---
**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:** [October 11, 2018, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39297 "2018-10-11T23:55:50Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > At least Republicans are leading by example in showing stupid fucking kids all across America that being fucking stupid doesn’t have to be a limitation. Or lushy, or scammy, or rapey, or, or, or … ---
**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:** [October 11, 2018, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39298 "2018-10-11T23:57:39Z")
[Flake on Kavanaugh confirmation: To see GOP ‘spiking the ball in the end zone’ doesn’t seem right](https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/411055-flake-on-kavanaugh-confirmation-to-see-gop-spiking-the-ball-in-the-end-zone) > [@](#): > > Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) said it didn’t seem right for Republicans to celebrate after the confirmation of Justice Brett Kavanaugh. > > “Frankly, I’ve looked at what’s happened since he’s been confirmed and to see our party kind of spiking the ball in the end zone it just doesn’t seem right,” Flake told C-SPAN on Thursday. > > “This is an impartial referee that we’re putting on the court,” Flake said, adding that Kavanaugh gave a “magnanimous” and “appropriate” speech following his confirmation. > > “But the fact that there is even an event to celebrate, you know with only Republicans there, no Democrats, I just didn’t think that that was right.” > … No fucking joke. Well, they’re your people, doofus. :dubious: ---
**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:** [October 12, 2018, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39299 "2018-10-12T03:46:15Z")
Impartial. Yeah, right. ---
**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:** [October 12, 2018, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39300 "2018-10-12T03:58:09Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Mitt Romney says Trump shouldn’t be impeached because he’s a “sitting President”. Er. What other kind of President is impeached? > [Midterms 2018: Romney says Trump shouldn’t be impeached because he’s a “sitting president” - Vox](https://www.vox.com/2018/10/11/17963744/mitt-romney-trump-impeachment-utah-midterms) _Former_ Presidents. They want to start with Obama and work on all the Dems retroactively. ---
**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:** [October 12, 2018, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/39301 "2018-10-12T19:09:41Z")
Stephen Miller’s third grade teacher said he used to eat paste as a kid. She’s been suspended from her teaching job. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1964) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=1966)