# 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:** 2102
**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:** [September 10, 2019, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42029 "2019-09-10T01:36:59Z")
How is this disaster of an administration affecting the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps? ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2019, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42030 "2019-09-10T01:51:51Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > How is this disaster of an administration affecting the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps? Wait till you see the new hats he got ‘em! ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2019, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42031 "2019-09-10T02:25:13Z")
Hey, a Tennessee legislator [wants to keep people uneducated](https://apnews.com/ba22eace0ec2414794c6722c5bfb5baf), because educated people tend to become liberals. ---
**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:** [September 10, 2019, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42032 "2019-09-10T02:35:05Z")
There are no words. ---
**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:** [September 10, 2019, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42033 "2019-09-10T02:43:04Z")
There are motherfuckers who vote for those motherfuckers. ---
**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:** [September 10, 2019, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42034 "2019-09-10T02:48:19Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > Hey, a Tennessee legislator [wants to keep people uneducated](https://apnews.com/ba22eace0ec2414794c6722c5bfb5baf), because educated people tend to become liberals. “Make America Stupid Again!” Let’s go all the way and eliminate high school, too. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2019, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42035 "2019-09-10T03:19:21Z")
Pol Pot would have loved that guy! ---
**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:** [September 10, 2019, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42036 "2019-09-10T09:40:28Z")
Nobody needs no readin’ or ritin’ anyhow, and countin’s just high fallutin’. ---
**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:** [September 10, 2019, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42037 "2019-09-10T13:14:30Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > Hey, a Tennessee legislator [wants to keep people uneducated](https://apnews.com/ba22eace0ec2414794c6722c5bfb5baf), because educated people tend to become liberals. > [@](#): > > The senator did not immediately respond to a request for further elaboration. I’m guessing his aides are sitting on him. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2019, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42038 "2019-09-10T15:03:39Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Laura Ingraham stuffed a beef steak with light bulbs and drank it with plastic straws to “trigger the libs”. > [Laura Ingraham Tries To Drink Light Bulb-Stuffed Steak To 'Trigger' Liberals | HuffPost Latest News](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/laura-ingraham-tries-to-drink-light-bulb-steak-to-trigger-liberals_n_5d73c962e4b0fde50c2740cd) Hey Laura I’m a liberal. Do you know what makes me mad? I get furious when I see conservatives pull down their panties, piss loudly into a water glass, then drink it while saying “Yum Yum, I only wish this pee was Trump’s.” Man, that really riles me up and makes my head explode. Maybe there’s a show there for you. ---
**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:** [September 10, 2019, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42039 "2019-09-10T19:03:04Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > “Make America Stupid Again!” > > Let’s go all the way and eliminate high school, too. You want to change that to “So Stupid”, so that the acronym is “MASSA”. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2019, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42040 "2019-09-10T19:11:57Z")
If Laura wants to trigger libs so bad, she can just do what she usually does and goof on mass shooting survivors. Of course, sponsors tend to flee in terror when she does that. ---
**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:** [September 11, 2019, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42041 "2019-09-11T01:49:48Z")
Pat Robertson says God is going to bring back leprosy, of all things, because … abortion. > **[Pat Robertson: God is bringing back leprosy as punishment for abortion](https://deadstate.org/pat-robertson-god-is-bringing-back-leprosy-as-punishment-for-abortion/)** > > If you want to know whether or not the religious right is winning the culture wars, check to see how apocalyptic-sounding their rhetoric is. For a reliable bellwether, look no further than Pat Robertson. During this Monday’s edition of the 700 Club,... ---
**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:** [September 11, 2019, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42042 "2019-09-11T02:56:36Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > Hey, a Tennessee legislator wants to keep people uneducated, because educated people tend to become liberals. > [@E-DUB](#): > > There are no words. Actually, I can think of a few words; for example American Khmer Rouge. ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2019, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42043 "2019-09-11T02:59:19Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > Hey, a Tennessee legislator [wants to keep people uneducated](https://apnews.com/ba22eace0ec2414794c6722c5bfb5baf), because educated people tend to become liberals. His opponent in the upcoming should run an ad non-fucking-stop with that clip and the tag line: Kerry Roberts wants to shut down UT. Who are you going to stand up for, Tennessee? A vote for Kerry Roberts is a vote to shut down Volunteer football forever. (with Rocky Top playing very softly in the background) ---
**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:** [September 11, 2019, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42044 "2019-09-11T03:34:51Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Pat Robertson says God is going to bring back leprosy, of all things, because … abortion. > [Pat Robertson: God is bringing back leprosy as punishment for abortion – DeadState](https://deadstate.org/pat-robertson-god-is-bringing-back-leprosy-as-punishment-for-abortion/) Bring it back? Since when has it been eradicated? ---
**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:** [September 11, 2019, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42045 "2019-09-11T03:45:03Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Bring it back? Since when has it been eradicated? Infection rates _have_ been dropping off. d&r ---
**Author:** ![bmoak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9dc877/32.png) [@bmoak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bmoak)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2019, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42046 "2019-09-11T03:55:13Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > Hey Laura > > I’m a liberal. Do you know what makes me mad? I get furious when I see conservatives pull down their panties, piss loudly into a water glass, then drink it while saying “Yum Yum, I only wish this pee was Trump’s.” > > Man, that really riles me up and makes my head explode. Maybe there’s a show there for you. I still think that Barack and Michelle Obama should have done a series of PSAs urging people not to drink drain cleaner. ---
**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:** [September 11, 2019, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42047 "2019-09-11T12:08:56Z")
That’s just evil. Is there a GoFundMe set up? ---
**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:** [September 11, 2019, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42048 "2019-09-11T12:33:27Z")
> [@bmoak](#): > > I still think that Barack and Michelle Obama should have done a series of PSAs urging people not to drink drain cleaner. When they go low, we go lye. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=2101) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=2103)