# 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:** 221
**Author:** ![boytyperanma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@boytyperanma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boytyperanma)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2012, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/4401 "2012-02-07T06:00:43Z")
We finally found some of the [voter fraud](http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/05/us/indiana-secretary-of-state-convicted-in-voter-fraud-case.html?_r=1&ref=us) the Republicans keep going on about. Of course it’s a Republican being convicted. But see see voter fraud right there! ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2012, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/4402 "2012-02-07T13:42:36Z")
So, nobody here mentioned the GOP’s tantrums over the Clint Eastwood/Detroit Superbowl ad? > **[Clint Eastwood's Super Bowl Chrysler Ad Stirs Political Waters](https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/business/2012/02/clint-eastwoods-chrysler-ad-stirs-political-waters/)** > > Get breaking national and world news, broadcast video coverage, and exclusive interviews. Find the top news online at ABC news. ---
**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:** [February 7, 2012, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/4403 "2012-02-07T13:56:12Z")
I’ll be interested to see if my buddy - a staunch right wing republican - will change his tune with the marching orders. I didn’t catch the commercial, but my buddy had texted me saying, and I quote, “I think I just went gay for Clint Eastwood.” ---
**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:** [February 7, 2012, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/4404 "2012-02-07T14:03:50Z")
> [@boytyperanma](#): > > We finally found some of the [voter fraud](http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/05/us/indiana-secretary-of-state-convicted-in-voter-fraud-case.html?_r=1&ref=us) the Republicans keep going on about. Of course it’s a Republican being convicted. But see see voter fraud right there! I don’t know what this is, but it can’t be voter fraud: there’s not a single mention of ACORN. ---
**Author:** ![Baboonanza](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f475e1/32.png) [@Baboonanza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baboonanza)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2012, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/4405 "2012-02-07T14:04:37Z")
> [@Mr.Miskatonic](#): > > So, nobody here mentioned the GOP’s tantrums over the Clint Eastwood/Detroit Superbowl ad? > > [http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/business/2012/02/clint-eastwoods-chrysler-ad-stirs-political-waters/](http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/business/2012/02/clint-eastwoods-chrysler-ad-stirs-political-waters/) The end of that article is brilliant: > [@](#): > > Instead, he says, the ad was intended as a tribute to the employees of Chrysler and resonated “because it says something…about the resilience of America.” > > Italy’s Fiat SpA now owns a majority of Chrysler. ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2012, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/4406 "2012-02-07T14:41:15Z")
> [@Sinaptics](#): > > Not so much as a stupid idea as a stupid Republican. Though, I guess you can make a case that posting random articles to your facebook without checking them out is, in fact, fairly stupid. > > [Congressman Falls for The Onion’s Planned Parenthood ‘Abortionplex’ Story](http://www.theatlanticwire.com/national/2012/02/congressman-falls-months-old-onion-story-about-planned-parenthood-abortionplex/48344/) Ahhh, The Onion. The eternal bane of the GOP politician. It is like a mongoose fighting to an exhusted death with a length of rubber hose that looks kinda snake-like. 😃 ---
**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:** [February 7, 2012, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/4407 "2012-02-07T17:20:03Z")
> [@Mr.Miskatonic](#): > > So, nobody here mentioned the GOP’s tantrums over the Clint Eastwood/Detroit Superbowl ad? > > [http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/business/2012/02/clint-eastwoods-chrysler-ad-stirs-political-waters/](http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/business/2012/02/clint-eastwoods-chrysler-ad-stirs-political-waters/) To quote Mr. Eastwood himself on the kerfuffle: > [@](#): > > “I am certainly not politically affiliated with Mr. Obama. It was meant to be a message about job growth and the spirit of America. I think all politicians will agree with it. I thought the spirit was okay. But you know what? Republicans are NOT OK with job growth and a positive spirit for the country. In this election cycle, they are about pessimism and trying to prevent job growth. In their books, working towards a positive outcome for the economy is an anathema. The ONLY goal is to eliminate Obama from the Whitehouse, and if hundreds of thousands or millions have to suffer for that lofty goal, so be it. ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2012, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/4408 "2012-02-07T20:05:00Z")
> **[Santorum and Gingrich dismiss climate change, vow to dismantle the EPA - The...](https://www.coloradoindependent.com/2012/02/06/santorum-and-gingrich-dismiss-climate-change-vow-to-dismantle-the-epa/)** > > GOLDEN — A day before Republicans voice their presidential preferences in Colorado caucuses, Rick Santorum dismissed climate change as “a hoax” and advocated an energy plan heavy on fossil fuels. Santorum and Gingrich dismiss climate change as a hoax, and vow to dismantle the EPA if elected. > [@frothy mixture](#): > > “We were put on this Earth as creatures of God to have dominion over the Earth, to use it wisely and steward it wisely, but for our benefit not for the Earth’s benefit,” Santorum told an audience at the Colorado School of Mines where he was a guest speaker Monday at the Colorado Energy Summit. > > “We are the intelligent beings that know how to manage things and through the course of science and discovery if we can be better stewards of this environment, then we should not let the vagaries of nature destroy what we have helped create,” Santorum said to applause from the conservative crowd. ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2012, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/4409 "2012-02-07T21:11:25Z")
Today is a good day for this kind of thing. “Judicial activism” again, this time from Gingrich and Romney, over Prop 8 being stricken down: [http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entries/romney-slams-california-gay-marriage-ruling](http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entries/romney-slams-california-gay-marriage-ruling) ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_fun_ball/32/17664_2.png) [@Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Fun_Ball)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2012, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/4410 "2012-02-07T22:03:15Z")
> [@Ogre](#): > > [Santorum and Gingrich dismiss climate change, vow to dismantle the EPA - The Colorado Independent](http://coloradoindependent.com/111924/santorum-and-gingrich-dismiss-climate-change-vow-to-dismantle-the-epa) > > Santorum and Gingrich dismiss climate change as a hoax, and vow to dismantle the EPA if elected. Yeah, I saw this. The fact that he said this at my alma mater pissed me off so much that I was incapable of posting… Fucker. I just cannot take the anti-science stance of the GOP, everything else is fine, but the anti-science thing enrages me. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_fun_ball/32/17664_2.png) [@Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Fun_Ball)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2012, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/4411 "2012-02-07T23:39:21Z")
Oh, and when I say fine, I mean I still disagree with it, but it doesn’t upset me. ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Jocko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uncle_jocko/32/2932_2.png) [@Uncle\_Jocko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Jocko)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2012, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/4412 "2012-02-08T00:14:12Z")
> [@Ogre](#): > > Today is a good day for this kind of thing. > > “Judicial activism” again, this time from Gingrich and Romney, over Prop 8 being stricken down: > > [http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entries/romney-slams-california-gay-marriage-ruling](http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entries/romney-slams-california-gay-marriage-ruling) Y’know, I do have to sort of admire Gingrich’s chutzpah, if anything. I mean, a Presidential candidate who says he’ll just abolish any courts that issue rulings he doesn’t agree with … that’s out there, man! And maybe Romney should just let the American people vote on every decision anybody in government ever makes. Hey, it’s the will of the people! They know better than all these non-elected judges and stuff, who just study, you know, laws and the Constitution and rights and all that useless garbage … ---
**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:** [February 8, 2012, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/4413 "2012-02-08T14:11:46Z")
> [@L. G. Butts](#): > > Yeah, I saw this. The fact that he said this at my alma mater pissed me off so much that I was incapable of posting… Fucker. Was it at the Colorado School of Mines? I was so disappointed when I found out that it wasn’t a college for Minecraft. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_fun_ball/32/17664_2.png) [@Happy\_Fun\_Ball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Fun_Ball)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2012, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/4414 "2012-02-08T14:37:25Z")
Yeah, when I started there I thought it was the Colorado School of Minds. ---
**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:** [February 8, 2012, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/4415 "2012-02-08T16:12:55Z")
> **[Louie Gohmert: Best caribou wingman ever](https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/in-the-loop/post/louie-gohmert-best-caribou-wingman-ever/2012/02/07/gIQAIj2dwQ_blog.html)** > > Rep. Louie Gohmert is the patron saint of amorous wildlife. To paraphrase Molly Ivens, Texas politicians are a gift that just keep on giving… ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2012, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/4416 "2012-02-08T16:56:08Z")
Someone in the comments section of one of these articles claimed that a Republican congress person or representative tried to ban _animal husbandry._ I’m having trouble finding a cite, though… does anyone know about this? I almost hope it’s true, just so I can point and laugh. :googles: I found [this](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/11/floridas-bestiality-law_n_860836.html#s277665&title=Josh_Chambers): could that be the reference? It’s a little out dated (and possibly mentioned earlier in this behemoth of a thread), but still hilarious… banning sex! Santorum wishes it was his idea! ETA: And from the comments _there_, I found [this](http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/the-buzz-florida-politics/2009/03/bestiality-monk.html). That must be it. ---
**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:** [February 8, 2012, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/4417 "2012-02-08T17:23:02Z")
> [@mnemosyne](#): > > Someone in the comments section of one of these articles claimed that a Republican congress person or representative tried to ban _animal husbandry._ I’m having trouble finding a cite, though… does anyone know about this? > > I almost hope it’s true, just so I can point and laugh. > > :googles: > > I found [this](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/11/floridas-bestiality-law_n_860836.html#s277665&title=Josh_Chambers): could that be the reference? It’s a little out dated (and possibly mentioned earlier in this behemoth of a thread), but still hilarious… banning sex! Santorum wishes it was his idea! > ETA: And from the comments _there_, I found [this](http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/the-buzz-florida-politics/2009/03/bestiality-monk.html). That must be it. Well, if they want to drive out job creators like Dr. Samuel Gall and lose out on innovative inventions like the gall bladder, that’s their problem. ---
**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:** [February 8, 2012, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/4418 "2012-02-08T17:56:25Z")
> [@Truman\_Burbank](#): > > [http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/in-the-loop/post/louie-gohmert-best-caribou-wingman-ever/2012/02/07/gIQAIj2dwQ\_blog.html](http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/in-the-loop/post/louie-gohmert-best-caribou-wingman-ever/2012/02/07/gIQAIj2dwQ_blog.html) > > To paraphrase Molly Ivens, Texas politicians are a gift that just keep on giving… Every time I think I’m proving anything by going to law school, I remember Louie Gohmert, the stupidest human being alive… JD, Baylor (1977). ---
**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:** [February 8, 2012, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/4419 "2012-02-08T18:03:38Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > Well, if they want to drive out job creators like Dr. Samuel Gall and lose out on innovative inventions like the gall bladder, that’s their problem. Where is it on the list of favorite organs these days? I let my subscription lapse. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2012, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/4420 "2012-02-08T18:46:39Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Every time I think I’m proving anything by going to law school, I remember Louie Gohmert, the stupidest human being alive… JD, Baylor (1977). Baylor had a law school? The one in Waco, they had a _law school_? Doth thou shitteth me, as the Amish say? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=220) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=222)