# 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:** 214
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2012, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/4261 "2012-01-23T21:38:21Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > Not all equally instantly. > > I love it. Well, to be reasonable … some instances are more equal than others! ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2012, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/4262 "2012-01-23T22:34:36Z")
> [@Ravenman](#): > > Can we now start saying that the Founding Fathers supported gay marriage? You know, not _instantly_. But _eventually_. And maybe _soon_. When the time comes, I am totally stealing this reasoning. ---
**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:** [January 23, 2012, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/4263 "2012-01-23T22:49:59Z")
> [@Ravenman](#): > > Heh – I think the next paragraph is even more galling: Uh, Mrs. Higglebottom? I have a masters in history, but can you explain to me using third-grade words how the Founding Fathers brought freedom to black slaves in America at such time that was (a) well after the Founders all died and (b) only after the Constitution was specifically changed to rid it of the provisions which enshrined slavery as an American institution? I also like how he seems to imply that before the arrival of the Europeans, Native Americans weren’t free. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2012, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/4264 "2012-01-23T23:42:46Z")
I hesitate to put this in this thread because the perpetrator’s identity is yet unknown, but it’s clear to see that a certain idealogy and a certain sector of media and government has enabled this kind of extremism… [A Democratic congressional candidate’s campaign manager came home from a family outing to find his daughter’s cat dead on their front doorstep, its head bashed in, and the word “LIBERAL” scrawled across its corpse. (Warning - contains graphic image.)](http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2012/01/23/409443/arkansas-democratic-campaign-manager-comes-home-to-find-childs-cat-murdered-liberal-written-on-dead-body/) ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2012, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/4265 "2012-01-23T23:50:20Z")
Hey, hey, hey now. Republican idea? That could very well be a Tea Party member for all you know. You shouldn’t jump to conclusions. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/4266 "2012-01-24T00:46:01Z")
Boy are Republicans stupid. Everybody knows cats are libertarians. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/4267 "2012-01-24T00:47:54Z")
After the whole thing with the census worker who offed himself, I’m less inclined to jump to conclusions. Anyway, maybe the cat was pro-SSM or something. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/4268 "2012-01-24T00:53:39Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > After the whole thing with the census worker who offed himself, I’m less inclined to jump to conclusions. Anyway, maybe the cat was pro-SSM or something. I don’t think the cat committed suicide. He’d just booked a trip to the hamper, saved himself up a nice big ball of string and his owner just got a new can opener. He had too much to live for. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/4269 "2012-01-24T00:56:34Z")
Possibly Captain Schettino sailed too close to it and accidentally hit it with a rock. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/4270 "2012-01-24T01:27:33Z")
> [@Gangster\_Octopus](#): > > Here is another candidate for today: > > [State lawmaker wannts to ban gays from Virginia National Guard](http://api.viglink.com/api/click?format=go&key=ce270d38103a630c3181db372a25a052&loc=http%3A%2F%2Fboards.straightdope.com%2Fsdmb%2Fshowthread.php%3Fp%3D13272892%23post13272892&v=1&libid=1327368394015&out=http%3A%2F%2Fcontent.usatoday.com%2Fcommunities%2Fondeadline%2Fpost%2F2010%2F12%2Fstate-lawmaker-wants-to-ban-gays-from-virginia-national-guard%2F1&ref=http%3A%2F%2Fboards.straightdope.com%2Fsdmb%2Fnewreply.php%3Fdo%3Dpostreply%26t%3D511831&title=Stupid%20Republican%20idea%20of%20the%20day%20-%20Page%2061%20-%20Straight%20Dope%20Message%20Board&txt=State%20lawmaker%20wannts%20to%20ban%20gays%20from%20Virginia%20National%20Guard&jsonp=vglnk_jsonp_13273683975951) Bob has been an especially [stupid Republican monkey](http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2010/02/22/83337/disabled-abortion/?fb_comment_id=fbc_10150636826695576_29297068_10151165014305576#f336b1ead69f7ae): > [@](#): > > On Thursday, Virginia State Delegate Bob Marshall (R) spoke at a press conference against state funding for Planned Parenthood. He blasted the organization for supporting a women’s right to choose, saying that God punishes women who have had abortions by giving them disabled children: > “ **The number of children who are born subsequent to a first abortion with handicaps has increased dramatically.** Why? Because when you abort the first born of any, nature takes its vengeance on the subsequent children,” said Marshall, a Republican. > “In the Old Testament, the first born of every being, animal and man, was dedicated to the Lord. There’s a special punishment Christians would suggest.” Oh, and now he is [running for the US Senate](http://www.newsleader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2012201170315). ---
**Author:** ![Truman\_Burbank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@Truman\_Burbank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Truman_Burbank)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/4271 "2012-01-24T13:35:21Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > That email has been circulating at least that long. He probably just forwarded it. The article does say it was an email he forwarded. But no, the article and event itself come straight from January 2012. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/4272 "2012-01-24T17:59:27Z")
Santorum: [Accept your broken rape-baby gift from God](http://thinkprogress.org/health/2012/01/23/409242/santorum-to-rape-victims-make-the-best-out-of-a-bad-situation/?mobile=nc). Or I’ll have your doctor arrested. Peace be with you. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/4273 "2012-01-24T18:08:19Z")
I can’t really pick on him for that. If you’re pro-life because you think a foetus is a human, it’s logically inconsistent to accept abortion for rape/incest reasons. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/4274 "2012-01-24T18:14:53Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > I can’t really pick on him for that. If you’re pro-life because you think a foetus is a human, it’s logically inconsistent to accept abortion for rape/incest reasons. Yeah but I wouldn’t call it a gift from God. Nor would I tell women to just accept their rape-baby gift and get over it. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/4275 "2012-01-24T18:16:34Z")
Well, that’s kind of the thing: what _would_ you say that wouldn’t be phenomenally insensitive? ---
**Author:** ![user\_hostile](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/user_hostile/32/474_2.png) [@user\_hostile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/user_hostile)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/4276 "2012-01-24T19:10:00Z")
Per the Wikipedia [link](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_G._Marshall#Virginia_House_of_Delegates), the article alleges (since I can’t log into the source for the quotes.) > [@](#): > > When asked about abortion in the case of incest, Marshall replied that sometimes incest is voluntary. In response to abortions in the case of rape, Marshall said, “Your origins should not be held against you [referring to the victim’s unborn child]. The woman becomes a sin-bearer of the crime, because the right of a child predominates over the embarrassment of the woman.” Rape is an embarrassment? ---
**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:** [January 24, 2012, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/4277 "2012-01-24T20:31:08Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > I can’t really pick on him for that. If you’re pro-life because you think a foetus is a human, it’s logically inconsistent to accept abortion for rape/incest reasons. Well, yes, if you believe that people have a right to receive what they need even if the people who currently possess those things don’t want to fork them over. Republicans generally reject that premise. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/4278 "2012-01-24T20:33:45Z")
> [@user\_hostile](#): > > Rape is an embarrassment? We’re lucky he doesn’t consider it a compliment. ---
**Author:** ![Truman\_Burbank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@Truman\_Burbank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Truman_Burbank)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/4279 "2012-01-24T20:47:55Z")
…by Ralph Shortey, (R), outlawing the use of aborted human fetuses in food or the reasearch and development of food. [http://www.krmg.com/news/news/local/food-containing-fetuses-targeted-under-new-oklaho/nG7P7/](http://www.krmg.com/news/news/local/food-containing-fetuses-targeted-under-new-oklaho/nG7P7/) I hesitate, but this guy might have won the thread… ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2012, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/4280 "2012-01-24T20:56:59Z")
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