# 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:** 2104
**Author:** ![kirkrapine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7ea924/32.png) [@kirkrapine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kirkrapine)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2019, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42069 "2019-09-12T06:21:32Z")
\*\* > [@Morgyn](#): > > Hey, a Tennessee legislator [wants to keep people uneducated](https://apnews.com/ba22eace0ec2414794c6722c5bfb5baf), because educated people tend to become liberals. He is himself a graduate of [Lipscomb University.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lipscomb_University) He probably would reply that Christian colleges don’t count as higher education – which would be hard to dispute. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2019, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42070 "2019-09-12T13:10:43Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Won’t work. He’ll just agree with the scumbags, and claim that Republicans are more patriotic BECAUSE they skipped the 9/11 ceremony. There is nothing they won’t stoop to, nobody they can’t blame. How perceptive and observant of you! That’s exactly what one of them did! > **[NC Republican says vote to take away health care from 500,000 had to be today...](https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/9/11/1884889/-North-Carolina-Republican-says-they-had-to-vote-today-without-Democrats-or-the-terrorists-win)** > > Campaign Action Meet North Carolina state Rep. Jason Saine. He’s one of the Republicans who perverted democracy in his state on Wednesday, holding a vote to override Gov. Roy Cooper’s state budget veto after Republicans had told Democrats there... ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2019, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42071 "2019-09-12T13:11:30Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Individual 1’s spiritual adviser, Paula White, says she has consecrated the White House as holy ground with the superior blood of Jesus. > [Trump Faith Adviser Paula White Dedicates White House as 'Holy Ground' Sanctified by 'The Superior Blood of Jesus' | Right Wing Watch](https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/trump-faith-adviser-paula-white-dedicates-white-house-as-holy-ground-sanctified-by-the-superior-blood-of-jesus/) So the Highlander duels on the South lawn are off, then? ---
**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 12, 2019, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42072 "2019-09-12T13:27:00Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > How perceptive and observant of you! > > That’s exactly what one of them did! > > [NC Republican says vote to take away health care from 500,000 had to be today or 'terrorists win'](https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/9/11/1884889/-North-Carolina-Republican-says-they-had-to-vote-today-without-Democrats-or-the-terrorists-win) Of course, they sent a note to the Democrats: “Hey, guys, we really should carry on with business as usual or the terrorists have won. So, tomorrow we’re going to consider overriding the Governor’s veto; stand with us in solidarity as we consider the question!” ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2019, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42073 "2019-09-12T13:29:25Z")
> [@kirkrapine](#): > > \*\* > > He is himself a graduate of [Lipscomb University.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lipscomb_University) He probably would reply that Christian colleges don’t count as higher education – which would be hard to dispute. Sadly, I am also a graduate of Lipscomb. Fortunately, I got better! ---
**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 12, 2019, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42074 "2019-09-12T13:36:20Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Individual 1’s spiritual adviser, Paula White, says she has consecrated the White House as holy ground with the superior blood of Jesus. > [Trump Faith Adviser Paula White Dedicates White House as 'Holy Ground' Sanctified by 'The Superior Blood of Jesus' | Right Wing Watch](https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/trump-faith-adviser-paula-white-dedicates-white-house-as-holy-ground-sanctified-by-the-superior-blood-of-jesus/) From that link, the gospel according to Paula: > [@](#): > > …“You better believe I’m praying,” she said. “You better believe I’m up there singing the name of Jesus. You better believe I’m walking around those parameters saying, ‘I lift this up and I dedicate every ounce of this place as holy ground and I dedicate it by the superior blood of Jesus.’ And every door that God opens for me, I invoke the name of Jesus. I release angels right now and the Holy Spirit and walls of fire. I burn up every demonic altar in the name of Jesus … …blahblahblah… My emphasis. Perimeters, Paula. If you’re going to rant, at least use the right words. :rolleyes: [Note](https://www.vocabulary.com/articles/chooseyourwords/parameter-perimeter/): > [@](#): > > Parameter is a limit that affects how something can be done, and perimeter is the outline of a physical area. … But according to Garner’s Modern American Usage, the use of parameter to mean boundary is “virtually universal” except by “die-hard snoots.” Ahem. That would be me. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Running\_with\_Scissors](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a183cd/32.png) [@Running\_with\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Running_with_Scissors)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2019, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42075 "2019-09-12T14:16:01Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > From that link, the gospel according to Paula: > …blahblahblah… > > My emphasis. > > Perimeters, Paula. If you’re going to rant, at least use the right words. :rolleyes: > > [Note](https://www.vocabulary.com/articles/chooseyourwords/parameter-perimeter/): Ahem. That would be me. 🙂 I have never heard of that usage of \*parameter \*until this post. But I work in IT, where the use of the word \*parameter \*is very common (we don’t care much about _perimeters_). ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2019, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42076 "2019-09-12T15:51:00Z")
Who the hell “walks around” a parameter? Silly question; an illiterate, obviously. ---
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2019, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42077 "2019-09-12T16:03:31Z")
Obama giving the Iranians their own money back was a huge Republican scandal, but Trump [gifting the Iranians money](https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-flirts-with-dollar15-billion-bailout-for-iran-sources-say) if they are willing to come back the the deal brokered by the Obama administration that he is the one who canceled is just fine. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2019, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42078 "2019-09-12T16:42:42Z")
> [@Fiveyearlurker](#): > > Obama giving the Iranians their own money back was a huge Republican scandal, but Trump [gifting the Iranians money](https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-flirts-with-dollar15-billion-bailout-for-iran-sources-say) if they are willing to come back the the deal brokered by the Obama administration that he is the one who canceled is just fine. Of course this is a genius move! Just like when you take the trade agreement acronym NAFTA, swap out some letters and rebrand it as USMCA. So much better now! :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2019, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42079 "2019-09-12T16:48:45Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > That’s probably **not** what she means (although it’s probably the only interpretation under which her statement is even remotely true) Or even sane, but we should probably give up on anyone connected to Trump saying anything that fits that description. ---
**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 12, 2019, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42080 "2019-09-12T16:52:51Z")
> [@Fiveyearlurker](#): > > Obama giving the Iranians their own money back was a huge Republican scandal, but Trump [gifting the Iranians money](https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-flirts-with-dollar15-billion-bailout-for-iran-sources-say) if they are willing to come back the the deal brokered by the Obama administration that he is the one who canceled is just fine. Do I really have to say it? IOWRDI ---
**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 12, 2019, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42081 "2019-09-12T17:03:29Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > Who the hell “walks around” a parameter? > Silly question; an illiterate, obviously. I think someone, somewhere, was thinking of perimeters and ramparts and the two words merged on the way out of their mouth and parameter was the closest real word they could get to the result so, you know, they went with it. And then everyone else did because it sounded almost right and somewhere, Mrs. Malaprop is a very happy lady. ---
**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:** [September 12, 2019, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42082 "2019-09-12T17:59:43Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > Her problems with the American educational system apparently include the following: > > > [@](#): > > > > "[…] Right now, we’re fighting in California—in third grade, in fifth grade—they put certain things on certain vegetables and teach them how to insert them in certain parts of the anatomy.” > > :eek: OMG, do you mean that those eeeeevil Californians are actually teaching innocent grade schoolers to EAT SALAD?!? > > That’s probably **not** what she means (although it’s probably the only interpretation under which her statement is even remotely true), but I find it funny that she was being so coy with her insinuation that it ended up not even necessarily meaning anything bad. What she probably meant was this: Real health/sex education classes commonly demonstrate how to properly put on a condom\* by putting it on a banana in front of the class. But I’ve never heard of that earlier than 8th or 9th grade. Seems like physical development would make it rather pointless for 8-year-olds. And a banana is a fruit, not a vegetable. Though I suppose you could use a carrot, or a cucumber, or an ear of corn. \*Apparently, studies have shown that many teenagers don’t know how to do this effectively. (That seems to be confirmed by teenage pregnancy rates.) ---
**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 12, 2019, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42083 "2019-09-12T18:55:47Z")
> [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](#): > > And a banana is a fruit, not a vegetable. That is just a tad bit overly prescriptivist. “Vegetable” tends to get used very broadly to mean “non-processed plant-based edible” – food that is not animal-derived. Tomatoes are sometimes/often called a vegetable when they are very clearly a fruit. Peppers are treated similarly. What is zucchini? I most often hear that called a vegetable when it is clearly not. Or corn, which is a grain, but is often also presented as a vegetable. Perhaps the usage is mean to be anthropomorphistically evocative in a slangy sort of way: a vegetable has highly limited mental function, while the idea of inserting a fruit into one’s body, well, uh. ---
**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 12, 2019, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42084 "2019-09-12T19:48:47Z")
Fox News’s Stuart Varney running an attack on Elizabeth Warren that sounds like he should be campaigning for her. > ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2019, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42085 "2019-09-12T19:50:52Z")
> [@Fiveyearlurker](#): > > Obama giving the Iranians their own money back was a huge Republican scandal, but Trump [gifting the Iranians money](https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-flirts-with-dollar15-billion-bailout-for-iran-sources-say) if they are willing to come back the the deal brokered by the Obama administration that he is the one who canceled is just fine. > [@wguy123](#): > > Of course this is a genius move! Just like when you take the trade agreement acronym NAFTA, swap out some letters and rebrand it as USMCA. So much better now! :smack: You know, right up until now I’d thought that Trudeau had done a good job holding the line on the New NAFTA, but now I’m pissed. If we’d just threatened to make us some nukes we’d have scored an easy $15Billion! :mad: ---
**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 13, 2019, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42086 "2019-09-13T04:41:37Z")
Texas state legislator Briscoe Cain just threatened to shoot Beto O’Rourke. [https://twitter.com/BriscoeCain/status/1172339197690052610](https://twitter.com/BriscoeCain/status/1172339197690052610) ---
**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:** [September 13, 2019, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42087 "2019-09-13T05:33:16Z")
It’s already been deleted from the thread in your link. Anybody got a screenshot? ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2019, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42088 "2019-09-13T05:35:11Z")
What else would you expect from the GOP?? Okay, he should’ve posted a pic with his comment holding gun and buybull. So I guess he disappointed his base. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=2103) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=2105)