# 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:** 2022
**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:** [February 15, 2019, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/40423 "2019-02-15T21:34:50Z")
_The second coming of Christ ended abruptly in a small town in Iowa when, as he was leading a congregation to the church, a pickup came around the corner, striking and mortally injuring the Messiah on Highway 14. Thus, bleeding profusely, with “ATOYOT” embossed on his chest, Jesus lay down between the stripes and died on the crosswalk._ ---
**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 16, 2019, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/40424 "2019-02-16T19:53:33Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Ms. Hutchings seems to have forgotten that the usual Christian take is that Jesus was falsely accused, meaning that the Romans (but, oddly enough, the Jews get blamed for the killing) did not carry out justice. Plus, what the hell is she asserting here; is she expecting a _second_ messiah? Expecting, maybe not, but best be prepared and keep that cross warmed up and ready. ---
**Author:** ![Mike\_Mabes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mike_mabes/32/1782_2.png) [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2019, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/40425 "2019-02-16T20:01:04Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > I guess the argument is that we NEED capital punishment today, because there might be a long haired hippie dude who comes around and starts to preach about how we should all love one another, and how those who love only money should be overthrown, and how if someone offends you, the best thing to do is to simply turn away… > > And we must have capital punishment, so we can use the power of the state to murder that bastard peacenik hippie, because he’s giving people ideas about how to live a good life. And we can’t have that.z > > Or something. I can’t believe that any Christian would support this sort of warped, nonsensical thinking. “If capital punishment was good enough for Jesus, then I’m all for it.” This is simply insane. I think you mean a “long haired hippie type pinko fag, with a commie flag tacked up on the wall inside of his garage.” Who can tell me what song that is from? ---
**Author:** ![mikecurtis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikecurtis/32/3284_2.png) [@mikecurtis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikecurtis)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2019, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/40426 "2019-02-16T20:35:58Z")
I’ve been to the Dew Drop Inn. . .they are very fond of Charlie Daniels there. mc ---
**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:** [February 16, 2019, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/40427 "2019-02-16T20:55:53Z")
> [@mikecurtis](#): > > I’ve been to the Dew Drop Inn. . .they are very fond of Charlie Daniels there. > > mc _I’m going down to the Dewdrop Inn See if I can drink enough There ain’t much to country living (fluids)_ Warren Zevon, too ---
**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 16, 2019, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/40428 "2019-02-16T21:02:41Z")
> [@Mike\_Mabes](#): > > I think you mean a “long haired hippie type pinko fag, with a commie flag tacked up on the wall inside of his garage.” > > Who can tell me what song that is from? No idea, but I bet you voted for George McGovern for president. ---
**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 16, 2019, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/40429 "2019-02-16T21:18:14Z")
But the crowd only cried the louder, “Crucify him!”. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2019, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/40430 "2019-02-17T10:00:13Z")
“They’re gonna crucify me!” -John Lennon ---
**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:** [February 17, 2019, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/40431 "2019-02-17T15:56:56Z")
> [@Mike\_Mabes](#): > > I think you mean a “long haired hippie type pinko fag, with a commie flag tacked up on the wall inside of his garage.” > > Who can tell me what song that is from? I ain’t even got a garage, you can call home and ask my wife. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2019, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/40432 "2019-02-17T16:28:38Z")
I’m a faithful follower of Brother John Birch / And I belong to the Antioch Baptist Church. ---
**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:** [February 17, 2019, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/40433 "2019-02-17T16:51:52Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > “They’re gonna crucify me!” > > -John Lennon hey, go easy on Lennon, he was a fuckin’ artiste, he was [sensitive as shit](https://youtu.be/ayg8oHxSezQ) ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2019, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/40434 "2019-02-18T15:47:06Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > hey, go easy on Lennon, he was a fuckin’ artiste, he was [sensitive as shit](https://youtu.be/ayg8oHxSezQ) I was actually quoting him in “The Ballad of John and Yoko.” A repeated line is: > [@](#): > > The way things are going, they’re gonna crucify me [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/v-1OgNqBkVE/maxresdefault.jpg "The Beatles - The Ballad Of John And Yoko") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-1OgNqBkVE) ---
**Author:** ![CaptMurdock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/captmurdock/32/11736_2.png) [@CaptMurdock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptMurdock)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2019, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/40435 "2019-02-18T16:16:54Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > Jesus might get pissed if we put him down a _second_ time.:eek: Wouldn’t that qualify as double jeopardy? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2019, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/40436 "2019-02-19T07:25:49Z")
Alabama newspaper editor calls for the KKK to cleanup Washington DC. > **[Alabama newspaper editor calls for Klan return to 'clean out D.C.'](https://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/story/news/2019/02/18/alabama-newspaper-ku-klux-klan-to-night-ride-again-linden-democrat-reporter-goodloe-sutton/2910436002/)** > > Goodloe Sutton, the longtime editor of the Democrat-Reporter newspaper, called for lynchings in a phone call with the Montgomery Advertiser. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2019, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/40437 "2019-02-19T08:29:06Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > Alabama newspaper editor calls for the KKK to cleanup Washington DC. > > [Alabama newspaper editor calls for Ku Klux Klan 'to night ride again'](https://amp.montgomeryadvertiser.com/amp/2910436002?__twitter_impression=true) I clicked on that link and, just below the first sentence in the article, is an advertisement for, and I kid you not, “Temple Beth Or Jewish Food Festival & Treasure Market” for this coming Sunday. The address of the temple is on Narrow Lane. For some odd reason, I feel that should be the address of the small-town Alabama newspaper that ran that editorial. Oh, and Goodloe Sutton, the bigot who wrote that editorial, has, shall we say, an interesting take on English grammar. Check out this eloquent utterance: > [@Some Dumbass in Bigot Central](#): > > “If we could get the Klan to go up there and clean out D.C., we’d all been better off,” Sutton said. The rest of his screed is a lot of nonsense. I love the bit, though, where he accuses freed slaves of scaring others–and even killing other Blacks–by putting on Klan robes themselves and “night riding”. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2019, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/40438 "2019-02-19T08:35:29Z")
p.s. And then there’s the bit where he accuses the Democrats of “getting us into World War II”. WTF? ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2019, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/40439 "2019-02-19T09:03:43Z")
I suppose we should at least give him credit to specifying the use of hemp ropes. Nice to see he’s worried about the environment. ---
**Author:** ![Mijin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mijin/32/9369_2.png) [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2019, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/40440 "2019-02-19T09:50:07Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Ms. Hutchings seems to have forgotten that the usual Christian take is that Jesus was falsely accused, meaning that the Romans (but, oddly enough, the Jews get blamed for the killing) did not carry out justice. Plus, what the hell is she asserting here; is she expecting a _second_ messiah? The beauty of her argument is it also can excuse police shooting black people, any civilians killed by american soldiers and so on: it’s all good because you might bag a Jesus and save all of humanity. ---
**Author:** ![Mijin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mijin/32/9369_2.png) [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2019, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/40441 "2019-02-19T09:51:21Z")
Wait what am I saying? Jesus can’t be _black_ ---
**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:** [February 19, 2019, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/40442 "2019-02-19T09:55:42Z")
> [@Mijin](#): > > Wait what am I saying? Jesus can’t be _black_ He’s a very dark shade of beige. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=2021) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=2023)