# 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:** 2152
**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:** [December 11, 2019, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43029 "2019-12-11T02:23:47Z")
> [@Fiveyearlurker](#): > > So, here’s something that annoys the shit out of me. Republicans are allowed to [openly disdain parts of the United States](https://twitter.com/GOPChairwoman/status/1204437745575301120). Can you imagine the DNC chairperson doing the equivalent of this? Stating that politicians should be discounted as Americans because they are from Wyoming, Kansas and North Dakota? As quite a few people are pointing out to her in multiple tweets (although I’m sure she’s ignoring them), land doesn’t vote, people do. (Side note: Some of those graphics are pretty awesome.) ---
**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:** [December 11, 2019, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43030 "2019-12-11T05:25:04Z")
Ted Yoho, Tea Party darling, becomes the 28th sitting Republican to announce he isn’t running for reelection. [https://www.sfgate.com/news/us/article/Florida-GOP-Rep-Yoho-announces-retirement-from-14895768.php](https://www.sfgate.com/news/us/article/Florida-GOP-Rep-Yoho-announces-retirement-from-14895768.php) Not really a stupid idea. More Republicans should do it. ---
**Author:** ![galen\_ubal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galen_ubal/32/4440_2.png) [@galen\_ubal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen_ubal)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43031 "2019-12-11T05:35:16Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Ted Yoho, Tea Party darling, becomes the 28th sitting Republican to announce he isn’t running for reelection. > [https://www.sfgate.com/news/us/article/Florida-GOP-Rep-Yoho-announces-retirement-from-14895768.php](https://www.sfgate.com/news/us/article/Florida-GOP-Rep-Yoho-announces-retirement-from-14895768.php) > > Not really a stupid idea. More Republicans should do it. Wow, he’s my “representative”. I’ve no doubt the seat will go to another hard-right Republican, knowing the area, but I’m glad to see him go. ---
**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:** [December 11, 2019, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43032 "2019-12-11T07:43:46Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > HERESY ! Don’t you know Moon’s day is some Muslim paganism ? Jack Chick taught me so. As for Sun’s day, that’s obviously Roman idolatry. > From now on, every day shall be known as Godday. Sort it out. Primidi, Duodi, Tridi, Quartidi, Quintidi, Sextidi, Septidi. Very Republican. Of course, there are supposed to be three more in the sequence, but baby steps. … On the one hand, it does seem inappropriate to have a pagan deity on the capitol dome. On the other hand, now I want to put Ceres back there to spite a Christian…Christianist. ---
**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:** [December 11, 2019, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43033 "2019-12-11T08:56:36Z")
Dominionist probably describes Assemblyman Parson adequately. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43034 "2019-12-11T10:39:50Z")
Proposal for the days of the week: > [@foolsguinea](#): > > Primidi, Duodi, Tridi, Quartidi, Quintidi, Sextidi, Septidi. Very Republican. Of course, there are supposed to be three more in the sequence, but baby steps. Just as a point of interest: This is very nearly exactly how the days are named in Hebrew. Saturday has a name: Shabat (literally, Sabbath). The other six days are simply numbered: First Day (Sunday), Second Day, through Sixth Day (Friday). ---
**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:** [December 11, 2019, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43035 "2019-12-11T12:39:52Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > Just as a point of interest: This is very nearly exactly how the days are named in Hebrew. Saturday has a name: Shabat (literally, Sabbath). The other six days are simply numbered: First Day (Sunday), Second Day, through Sixth Day (Friday). The Chinese do the same. Days are [day of the]Week One, Two etc… and months are Month One, Month Two etc… Workmanlike, but it lacks the certain je-ne-sais-quoi of invoking long forgotten deities and demi-gods. Oh, and two odd megalomaniacs of course (for August and July) ---
**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:** [December 11, 2019, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43036 "2019-12-11T14:01:29Z")
> [@Fiveyearlurker](#): > > So, here’s something that annoys the shit out of me. Republicans are allowed to [openly disdain parts of the United States](https://twitter.com/GOPChairwoman/status/1204437745575301120). Can you imagine the DNC chairperson doing the equivalent of this? Best to leave that sort of thing to the trained professionals: > [@H. L. Mencken](#): > > All the benefit that a New Yorker gets out of Kansas is no more than what he might get out of Saskatchewan, the Argentine pampas, or Siberia. But New York to a Kansan is not only a place where he may get drunk, look at dirty shows and buy bogus antiques; it is also a place where he may enforce his dunghill ideas upon his betters. ---
**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:** [December 11, 2019, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43037 "2019-12-11T14:52:03Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > As quite a few people are pointing out to her in multiple tweets (although I’m sure she’s ignoring them), land doesn’t vote, people do. > > (Side note: Some of those graphics are pretty awesome.) Yeah, but if we start counting cows in the census, then we’ll see who really holds the power. Heck, if counting a cow as a whole person seems too drastic, maybe we can come to some sort of a compromise. Maybe… I don’t know - just pulling a number out of the air at random, maybe a cow could count as three-fifths of a person. Then the joke will be on all you libtards. Real America will rise again. \*) You know, I started this post as a joke, but I think I’m on to something here. Karen! Get me Devin Nunes’ cow on the phone… we’ve got an amendment to write. ---
**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:** [December 11, 2019, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43038 "2019-12-11T15:31:30Z")
> [@Steve\_McQwark](#): > > Yeah, but if we start counting cows in the census, then we’ll see who really holds the power. Heck, if counting a cow as a whole person seems too drastic, maybe we can come to some sort of a compromise. Maybe… I don’t know - just pulling a number out of the air at random, maybe a cow could count as three-fifths of a person. Then the joke will be on all you libtards. Real America will rise again. > > \*) You know, I started this post as a joke, but I think I’m on to something here. Karen! Get me Devin Nunes’ cow on the phone… we’ve got an amendment to write. “All those in favor of eliminating the capital gains tax say ‘moo’.” “Those opposed.” “The moos have it; the bill passes.” \ ---
**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:** [December 11, 2019, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43039 "2019-12-11T15:42:16Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > The statue of Ceres at the top of the Missouri capitol building was taken down for repairs, and now a Republican state legislator doesn’t want it to go back up there because “We serve a mighty God and we have need for no other god(s).” > [Say no to ‘false god’: Missouri lawmaker urges governor to block historic statue](https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/missouri-lawmaker-urges-governor-to-block-the-return-of-historic/article_d5e71db5-dfa6-5f9f-98e4-b0a58dd9be92.html)? > [@The headline](#): > > Say no to ‘false god’ Um, that would be all of them, Mr. Moon. What? Yours is the one true god? That’s exactly what that guy, that guy, and that guy way over there says, too. Prove yours is the one true god. Show your work. ---
**Author:** ![Lightray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightray/32/391_2.png) [@Lightray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightray)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43040 "2019-12-11T15:46:07Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > The statue of Ceres at the top of the Missouri capitol building was taken down for repairs, and now a Republican state legislator doesn’t want it to go back up there because “We serve a mighty God and we have need for no other god(s).” > [Say no to ‘false god’: Missouri lawmaker urges governor to block historic statue](https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/missouri-lawmaker-urges-governor-to-block-the-return-of-historic/article_d5e71db5-dfa6-5f9f-98e4-b0a58dd9be92.html)? Eh, it’s just the wrong god, is all. Missouri agriculture isn’t doing so well, what with the trade war. Probably needs to be a god that Missouri is benefiting from. Since it’s on top of the Missouri capitol building, I’d suggest Mammon, or maybe Cloaca. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43041 "2019-12-11T15:52:52Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > Um, that would be all of them, Mr. Moon. What? Yours is the one true god? That’s exactly what that guy, that guy, and that guy way over there says, too. Prove yours is the one true god. Show your work. The team with the most guns gets to say who the One True God is. That’s human history. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43042 "2019-12-11T16:56:38Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > ,every day shall be known as Godday.,. “…You get _nothing_! Godday, sir! I said, Godday!” ---
**Author:** ![RioRico](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f04885/32.png) [@RioRico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RioRico)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43043 "2019-12-11T18:03:47Z")
> [@Lightray](#): > > Eh, it’s just the wrong god, is all. Missouri agriculture isn’t doing so well, what with the trade war. Probably needs to be a god that Missouri is benefiting from. Since it’s on top of the Missouri capitol building, I’d suggest Mammon, or maybe Cloaca. They’d go for Priapus but that would be wishful thinking. ---
**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:** [December 11, 2019, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43044 "2019-12-11T18:32:40Z")
> [@Lightray](#): > > Eh, it’s just the wrong god, is all. Missouri agriculture isn’t doing so well, what with the trade war. Probably needs to be a god that Missouri is benefiting from. Since it’s on top of the Missouri capitol building, I’d suggest Mammon, or maybe Cloaca. Mr. Moon would probably prefer a statue of Our Lord And Savior, Donald Trump. ---
**Author:** ![RioRico](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f04885/32.png) [@RioRico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RioRico)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2019, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43045 "2019-12-12T01:30:59Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Mr. Moon would probably prefer a statue of Our Lord And Savior, Donald Trump. [God sent us Trump because…](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D5dpXekWsAAqGr6.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2019, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43046 "2019-12-12T03:09:49Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > Best to leave that sort of thing to the trained professionals: Wonderful quote — thanks! (Not just because I happen to be a New Yorker who lived for a decade in Kansas). ---
**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:** [December 12, 2019, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43047 "2019-12-12T04:07:10Z")
Louie Gohmert said the whistleblower’s name in open debate hearings. [Rep. Louie Gohmert Names Alleged Whistleblower During House Debate](https://www.thedailybeast.com/rep-louie-gohmert-names-alleged-whistleblower-during-house-debate)? ---
**Author:** ![Tierce](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@Tierce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tierce)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2019, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43048 "2019-12-12T23:27:58Z")
[Mike Huckabee on Twitter:](https://twitter.com/GovMikeHuckabee/status/1205211276005101568?fbclid=IwAR0XhTzSu3I8CHdrrAV5I03mBb7aCsWDUEHRVjuPUC_EkZEvNSg5ifvBc-c) > [@](#): > > I’ll be on @seanhannity 2nite @FoxNews at 9pm ET and will explain how @realDonaldTrump will be eligible for a 3rd term due to the illegal attempts by Comey, Dems, and media , et al attempting to oust him as @POTUS so that’s why I was named to head up the 2024 re-election. The Constitution, motherfucker, have you read it? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=2151) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=2153)