# 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:** 2061
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2019, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41205 "2019-05-31T23:44:48Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > “Awww come on! We was just joking around! Right boys? You libtards are so sensitive-like” > > \ > > This is the Republican Party. A party of high school bullies and cowards. I think that once the conservatives are satisfied that they’ve legislated vaginas enough, they’re going turn their attention toward gay rights, and it’ll get nasty. ---
**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:** [June 1, 2019, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41206 "2019-06-01T07:05:34Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Florida State Rep. Mike Hill (R-Pensacola) jokes about filing a bill to execute gay people: > > > [@](#): > > > > A citizen comments: “In 1 Corinthians, it says that a man who has an affair with another man will be put to death.” > > > > Hill’s response? > > > > “It says that in the Old Testament, too.” > > > > Another attendee asks, “Can you introduce legislation?” > > > > Chuckles are audible. The state representative joins the laughter. “I wonder how that would go over?” Hill says. I’m fairly certain that’s not what it says in that particular book. Wasn’t Paul ordering church discipline, such as excommunication or disfellowship? Also, it doesn’t matter a whit what any religion’s book requires. Introducing “Based on the requirements in the Bible” is a violation of SOCAS. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2019, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41207 "2019-06-01T14:08:41Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > this is as good a place as any to bring up [this shit](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E85cJBAWrK8&t=2m35s) > > It is an inspiring short video that was displayed at a Fresno Grizzlies baseball game on Memorial Day, featuring a heartfelt speech by old Ronnie, which I have cued up to about thirty seconds before the objectionable part, in order for the meat of the intended message to be fully clear. > > As he is saying “_… these are the enemies of freedom …_” we are treated to images of: a person (woman, I think) wearing a mask that says “antifa”; a picture of Kim Jong-un; a picture of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez; a picture of Fidel Castro; and two more images of black-clad street protesters. > > Castro is buried in the ground. -un is fairly insignificant to us, other than the fact that Individual-1 wants to have sex with him. That leaves some of our own citizens, including an elected official, as the important enemies of our freedom. > > And he wants to build the wall _where_? Trump supporters are so afraid of progress. I think we should take their sliced Wonder Bread away. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2019, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41208 "2019-06-01T14:38:57Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > I think that once the conservatives are satisfied that they’ve legislated vaginas enough, they’re going turn their attention toward gay rights, and it’ll get nasty. _Will_ get nasty? It [already is](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faithful_Word_Baptist_Church). > [@Wiki](#): > > In explaining the “hate group” designation, the SPLC noted Anderson’s position that homosexuals should be killed, citing a sermon in which he said: “The biggest hypocrite in the world is the person who believes in the death penalty for murderers but not for homosexuals.” A few days after the listing, Anderson stated: “I do hate homosexuals and if hating homosexuals makes our church a hate group then that’s what we are.” Anderson has also been vocal in expressing his hate for transgender people, stating during a sermon entitled 6 Types of Prayer that he hopes Caitlyn Jenner’s heart explodes. ---
**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:** [June 1, 2019, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41209 "2019-06-01T14:46:58Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > _Will_ get nasty? It [already is](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faithful_Word_Baptist_Church). > > > [@](#): > > > > Originally Posted by Wiki > > In explaining the “hate group” designation, the SPLC noted Anderson’s position that homosexuals should be killed, citing a sermon in which he said: “The biggest hypocrite in the world is the person who believes in the death penalty for murderers but not for homosexuals.” A few days after the listing, Anderson stated: “I do hate homosexuals and if hating homosexuals makes our church a hate group then that’s what we are.” Anderson has also been vocal in expressing his hate for transgender people, stating during a sermon entitled 6 Types of Prayer that he hopes Caitlyn Jenner’s heart explodes. :smack: Jesus must be rolling over in his grave. Oh… wait… ---
**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:** [June 1, 2019, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41210 "2019-06-01T17:42:43Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > :smack: Jesus must be rolling over in his grave. Oh… wait… Poor guy doesn’t even get a headstone… with some pithy saying on it, like: **HERE LIES JESUS of NAZARETH _~ ~ ~ “For Christ’s sake, quit hating people!”_** ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2019, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41211 "2019-06-01T18:46:39Z")
Remember that W Va. GOP official who called Michelle Obama. An “ape in heels” and the GOP fell over itself trying to whitesplain why it wasn’t a racist comment? Well she just went to prison for defrauding FEMA. > **[Ex-W.Va. official who made racist Michelle Obama remark sentenced to prison](https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/446362-ex-wva-official-who-made-racist-michelle-obama-remark-sentenced/)** > > A former West Virginia official who gained notoriety after making a racist remark about former first lady Michelle Obama was sentenced to prison this week after pleading guilty to embezzl… ---
**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:** [June 1, 2019, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41212 "2019-06-01T18:59:22Z")
Good people on both sides, right? ---
**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:** [June 1, 2019, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41213 "2019-06-01T23:14:07Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > I’m fairly certain that’s not what it says in that particular book. Wasn’t Paul ordering church discipline, such as excommunication or disfellowship? > > Also, it doesn’t matter a whit what any religion’s book requires. Introducing “Based on the requirements in the Bible” is a violation of SOCAS. I don’t recall the death penalty for _anything_ in 1 Corinthians. Quite the contrary, when it comes to whatever deviants supposedly wouldn’t “inherit the kingdom,” Paul says, “Such were some of you, but…” ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2019, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41214 "2019-06-01T23:29:28Z")
> [@zoid](#): > > Good people on both sides, right? Fox News is becoming a mainstream platform for white christian nationalism and they’re not even apologetic about it anymore, it would seem. > **[Fox News supported Laura Ingraham after she defended a prominent white...](https://www.businessinsider.com/laura-ingraham-fox-news-white-supremacist-paul-nehlen-2019-5)** > > Fox News defended network host Laura Ingraham after outrage over her feature of a white supremacist Paul Nehlen in a sympathetic segment. The conservative press is de-legitimizing science, de-legitimizing factual truth, and instead providing an increasingly sophisticated ecosystem for conspiracy theories and ethno-nationalist polarization. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2019, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41215 "2019-06-01T23:33:21Z")
> [@foolsguinea](#): > > I don’t recall the death penalty for _anything_ in 1 Corinthians. Quite the contrary, when it comes to whatever deviants supposedly wouldn’t “inherit the kingdom,” Paul says, “Such were some of you, but…” You’ve probably been perusing _First_ Corinthians. The “no poofters” edition is _One_ Corinthians. ---
**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:** [June 2, 2019, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41216 "2019-06-02T00:17:36Z")
June 1, 2019 Former Idaho GOP Chairman arrested for violating his wife’s restraining order against him by hiding in her bushes and masturbating while wearing a wig. > **[Former Idaho GOP chairman arrested for masturbating in a wig outside his...](https://deadstate.org/former-idaho-gop-chairman-arrested-for-masturbating-in-a-wig-outside-his-ex-wifes-home/)** > > The former chair of the Idaho GOP is in big trouble after being arrested for a stalking charge. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2019, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41217 "2019-06-02T00:26:14Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > June 1, 2019 > Former Idaho GOP Chairman arrested for violating his wife’s restraining order against him by hiding in her bushes and masturbating while wearing a wig. > [https://deadstate.org/former-idaho-gop-chairman-arrested-for-masturbating-in-a-wig-outside-his-ex-wifes-home/](https://deadstate.org/former-idaho-gop-chairman-arrested-for-masturbating-in-a-wig-outside-his-ex-wifes-home/) He was just headed to a costume party. And he was actually peering into windows trying to scare a different woman. That’s the response from his attorney. Sounds legit. ---
**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:** [June 2, 2019, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41218 "2019-06-02T01:00:28Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > June 1, 2019 > Former Idaho GOP Chairman arrested for violating his wife’s restraining order against him by hiding in her bushes and masturbating while wearing a wig. > [https://deadstate.org/former-idaho-gop-chairman-arrested-for-masturbating-in-a-wig-outside-his-ex-wifes-home/](https://deadstate.org/former-idaho-gop-chairman-arrested-for-masturbating-in-a-wig-outside-his-ex-wifes-home/) > [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > He was just headed to a costume party. And he was actually peering into windows trying to scare a different woman. > > That’s the response from his attorney. Sounds legit. And he got bored and decided to kill some time by… yeah. Makes perfect sense. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2019, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41219 "2019-06-02T01:31:51Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > And he got bored and decided to kill some time… No, just thirsty. ---
**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:** [June 4, 2019, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41220 "2019-06-04T18:24:52Z")
**[SANCTIONED RUSSIAN OLIGARCH’S COMPANY TO INVEST MILLIONS IN NEW ALUMINUM PLANT IN MITCH MCCONNELL’S STATE](https://www.newsweek.com/company-russian-oligarch-millions-aluminum-plant-mitch-mcconnell-1397061)** > [@](#): > > Rusal, the aluminum company partially owned by Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska, announced plans to invest around $200 million to build a new aluminum plant in Kentucky just months after the Trump administration removed it from the U.S. sanctions list. > > The new aluminum plant, slated to be built in the home state of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, will be the biggest new aluminum plant constructed in the U.S. in decades. Rusal will have a 40 percent stake in the facility. > … > > The U.S. removed Rusal from its sanctions list in January, after the Treasury Department struck an agreement with the company that saw Deripaska, a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, reduce his stake in the company to below 50 percent and lower his voting rights to below 35. The agreement requires the companies to report any contact between Deripaska and company affiliates, including members of the board. > > McConnell was among the advocates for lifting sanctions on Rusal, arguing that the deal with Treasury would maintain pressure on Deripaska personally without disrupting global aluminum supplies. > … > > Still, analysts have expressed concern that Deripaska, who was sanctioned in April 2018 for attempting to meddle in the U.S. elections, may still wield influence over his companies from behind the scenes. > … Nah. Nuttin’ to see here. Move along. [Original headline was in all caps.] ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2019, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41221 "2019-06-05T00:21:33Z")
There is ample precedent for this sort of move, especially when Vlad reduced his position from President to Prime Minister. Or was it the other way round? ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2019, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41222 "2019-06-05T01:59:05Z")
[Tennessee DA Says Gay People Aren’t Entitled To Domestic Violence Protections](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/craig-northcott-same-sex-domestic-violence_n_5cf66185e4b0a1997b70fd14) And very recently, before this he said that Muslims inherently evil. And the [Coffee County Republican Party issued statement of support for Northcott](https://www.tullahomanews.com/news/local/coffee-county-republican-party-issues-statement-of-support-for-northcott/article_4486beb6-7b27-11e9-85f0-9fc1f6c99967.html) ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2019, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41223 "2019-06-05T02:33:09Z")
Damn, for a couple days I thought I had killed the thread that can not be killed. ---
**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:** [June 5, 2019, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/41224 "2019-06-05T04:17:43Z")
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