# 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:** 2184
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43669 "2020-03-13T12:35:44Z")
> [@Leaper](#): > > According to the article on the emergency sick leave bill, it was blocked because Lamar Alexander wanted the federal government to “foot the bill.” > > If that really is the only objection to it, then hopefully it should pass in short order with one simple change? Can someone point to a link that has the text of the bill? ---
**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:** [March 13, 2020, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43670 "2020-03-13T13:26:42Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > Can someone point to a link that has the text of the bill? [Sorry, only a footnote that the congress.gov site hasn’t yet received the text.](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/3415/text) ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43671 "2020-03-13T15:46:44Z")
Just a quick little note to say Fuck You to Republicans who are so vehemently against “socialism” and “welfare” that they’re willing to do harm to living, breathing human beings, but are more than willing to embrace both of them when it’s bailing out corporations and giving more tax breaks to the wealthy. Fuck you guys. ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43672 "2020-03-13T15:50:38Z")
> [@Hamlet](#): > > Just a quick little note to say Fuck You to Republicans who are so vehemently against “socialism” and “welfare” that they’re willing to do harm to living, breathing human beings, but are more than willing to embrace both of them when it’s bailing out corporations and giving more tax breaks to the wealthy. Fuck you guys. There are atheists in foxholes, but there are no libertarians in pandemics. ---
**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:** [March 13, 2020, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43673 "2020-03-13T20:22:07Z")
> [@Defensive\_Indifference](#): > > There are atheists in foxholes, but there are no libertarians in pandemics. But Meghan McCain said just this morning that it’s a libertarian philosophy, not socialist, and we all know what a wise political pundit she is (or pundint, as she pronounces it). ---
**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:** [March 14, 2020, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43674 "2020-03-14T17:23:09Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > Can someone point to a link that has the text of the bill? > [@kaylasdad99](#): > > [Sorry, only a footnote that the congress.gov site hasn’t yet received the text.](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/3415/text) UPDATE: That link now has the text of the bill. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2020, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43675 "2020-03-15T12:06:42Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > I want him to live long enough to serve out a batch of consecutive sentences. Never happen… He can barely string two words together 😃 ---
**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:** [March 15, 2020, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43676 "2020-03-15T20:28:41Z")
A valiant attempt to wrest the “Dumbest Congresscritter” crown from Louie Gohmert: > [@Devin Nunes](#): > > One of the things you can do, if you’re healthy you and your family, it’s a great time to just go out, go to a local restaurant. Likely you can get in easily. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2020, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43677 "2020-03-15T20:51:01Z")
Well, not in Ohio, you can’t. Gov. DeWine ® just closed all bars and restaurants in the state. And he’s saying that the school closure is likely to extend for the rest of the year. For comparison, the CDC only recommends closing a school if one of the students or staff is diagnosed, and then only for a few weeks. There’s a part of me that thinks that he just wanted to close schools in general, and saw this as a golden opportunity. But I’m not sure why he wants to trash the economy of the state. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2020, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43678 "2020-03-15T21:04:06Z")
Originally Posted by Devin Nunes “One of the things you can do, if you’re healthy you and your family, it’s a great time to just go out, go to a local restaurant. Likely you can get in easily.” Always look on the blight side of life! And remember! Even a coffin can have a silver lining! ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2020, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43679 "2020-03-15T21:08:33Z")
How crazy is this shit? This crazy… > **[ISIS tells terrorists to steer clear of coronavirus-stricken Europe](https://www.politico.eu/article/coronavirus-isis-terrorists-europe/)** > > Terror group advises hand washing rather than attacks on the West. **ISIS tells terrorists to steer clear of coronavirus-stricken Europe** > [@](#): > > …In the latest edition of the terrorist group’s al-Naba newsletter, the editors who normally urge followers to carry out attacks on the West instead ask them to “stay away from the land of the epidemic” for the time being… ---
**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:** [March 15, 2020, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43680 "2020-03-15T21:17:55Z")
Governor of Illinois has just closed all bars and restaurants, too. ---
**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:** [March 15, 2020, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43681 "2020-03-15T21:29:52Z")
Lt. Governor of Florida whines about his family vacation being ruined. > **[Jeff Kottkamp upset after ski vacation totally ruined by coronavirus](https://floridapolitics.com/archives/323536-jeff-kottkamp-upset-after-ski-vacation-totally-ruined-by-coronavirus/)** > > Colorado Governor seemingly unimpressed over former LG's woes. ---
**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:** [March 15, 2020, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43682 "2020-03-15T21:31:06Z")
Former Lt. Governor of Florida whines about his family vacation being ruined. > **[Jeff Kottkamp upset after ski vacation totally ruined by coronavirus](https://floridapolitics.com/archives/323536-jeff-kottkamp-upset-after-ski-vacation-totally-ruined-by-coronavirus/)** > > Colorado Governor seemingly unimpressed over former LG's woes. ---
**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:** [March 15, 2020, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43683 "2020-03-15T21:46:13Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Former Lt. Governor of Florida whines about his family vacation being ruined. > [Jeff Kottkamp upset after ski vacation totally ruined by coronavirus](https://floridapolitics.com/archives/323536-jeff-kottkamp-upset-after-ski-vacation-totally-ruined-by-coronavirus) Why don’t they just go to Italy? :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2020, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43684 "2020-03-16T03:33:13Z")
“When there’s blood from your eyes and your fever’s sky high, that corona!..” ---
**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:** [March 16, 2020, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43685 "2020-03-16T04:14:49Z")
David Clarke, former Sheriff of Milwaukee, Individual 1’s favorite black cop: “GO INTO THE STREETS FOLKS. Visit bars, restaurants, shopping malls, CHURCHES and demand that your schools re-open. NOW! If government doesn’t stop this foolishness…STAY IN THE STREETS. END GOVERNEMNT CONTROL OVER OUR LIVES. IF NOT NOW, WHEN? THIS IS AN EXPLOITATION OF A CRISIS.” [https://twitter.com/SheriffClarke/status/1239320085778571266](https://twitter.com/SheriffClarke/status/1239320085778571266) “It is now evident that this is an orchestrated attempt to destroy CAPITALISM. First sports, then schools and finally commercial businesses. Time to RISE UP and push back. Bars and restaurants should defy the order. Let people decide if they want to go out.” [https://twitter.com/SheriffClarke/status/1239318325097910272](https://twitter.com/SheriffClarke/status/1239318325097910272) ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2020, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43686 "2020-03-16T05:29:17Z")
That man makes Daffy Duck look like Bertrand Russell. ---
**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:** [March 16, 2020, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43687 "2020-03-16T08:20:09Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > David Clarke, former Sheriff of Milwaukee, Individual 1’s favorite black cop: > “GO INTO THE STREETS FOLKS. Visit bars, restaurants, shopping malls, CHURCHES and demand that your schools re-open. NOW! > If government doesn’t stop this foolishness…STAY IN THE STREETS. > END GOVERNEMNT CONTROL OVER OUR LIVES. IF NOT NOW, WHEN? > THIS IS AN EXPLOITATION OF A CRISIS.” > [https://twitter.com/SheriffClarke/status/1239320085778571266](https://twitter.com/SheriffClarke/status/1239320085778571266) > > “It is now evident that this is an orchestrated attempt to destroy CAPITALISM. First sports, then schools and finally commercial businesses. Time to RISE UP and push back. Bars and restaurants should defy the order. Let people decide if they want to go out.” > [https://twitter.com/SheriffClarke/status/1239318325097910272](https://twitter.com/SheriffClarke/status/1239318325097910272) I mean, by all means, vulnerable conspiracy-spouting, Trump-suckling boomers and assorted Rugged Individualists - do go out, socialize, kiss each other on the fucking mouth to show everyone that you’re NOT AFRAID OF NO HOAX and WON’T BACK DOWN. It is brave and noble. This goes triple for fundie christians - that chalice won’t communion itself ! One condition though : first you gotta agree not to go to no hospital neither when y’all come down with the flu, 'cause that would be SOCIALISM and also they need the beds and ventilators for people who actually \*should \*keep breathing. ---
**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:** [March 16, 2020, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/43688 "2020-03-16T11:04:42Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > I mean, by all means, vulnerable conspiracy-spouting, Trump-suckling boomers and assorted Rugged Individualists - do go out, socialize, kiss each other on the fucking mouth to show everyone that you’re NOT AFRAID OF NO HOAX and WON’T BACK DOWN. It is brave and noble. This goes triple for fundie christians - that chalice won’t communion itself ! > One condition though : first you gotta agree not to go to no hospital neither when y’all come down with the flu, 'cause that would be SOCIALISM and also they need the beds and ventilators for people who actually \*should \*keep breathing. Furthermore, I’d like to note that Barack **HUSSEIN** Obama never once spat in anyone’s mouth or licked their hands, and if he were still president right now he’d tell you you aren’t allowed to either. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=2183) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=2185)