# 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:** 262
**Author:** ![Punoqllads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2012, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5221 "2012-04-17T21:04:11Z")
Hear, hear, **Rhythmdvl**. Let’s keep this thread on topic. Speaking of which, according to Tony Perkins the Secret Service prostitution scandal was caused by [“…military enforcing open homosexuality”](http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/04/17/hate-group-leader-open-homosexuality-caused-secret-service-scandal/). I had not heard that the military was requiring all those enlisted to be openly homosexual. Apparently this _is_ Sparta. ---
**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:** [April 17, 2012, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5222 "2012-04-17T21:14:47Z")
So now straight people have to go in the closet? That’s some pretty funny shit, right there. ---
**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:** [April 17, 2012, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5223 "2012-04-17T22:43:16Z")
Hey, I see the “Stupid Liberal…” thread is up to nearly 700 posts, and this is around 5,200. Yeah, that seems about the right ratio. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2012, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5224 "2012-04-17T22:52:33Z")
What is it, about twenty five percent **curlcoat?** ---
**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:** [April 17, 2012, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5225 "2012-04-17T22:58:32Z")
Haven’t looked that closely in a while. Clothahump started it, and [the OP is a doozy](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=13708574&postcount=1). ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2012, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5226 "2012-04-18T03:20:50Z")
The _Stoopid Lib’rul_ thread would be a lot shorter if it was confined to actual criticism. But we just had _ **curlcoat** _ and _ **mister nyx** _ sniping back and forth for three pages. from that thread: > [@](#): > > I’ve got an even stupider idea: create the curlcoat show thread, and every time a thread turns into a cc show (this isn’t the first I’ve seen certainly) then it can go to the cc show thread, and the argument wouldn’t even have to continue, since its all already happened before. I am almost positive some other thread has been derailed for exactly this same discussion with cc. > > I enjoy both the stupid liberal and stupid republican threads. At least when they haven’t been hijacked. ---
**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:** [April 18, 2012, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5227 "2012-04-18T03:53:07Z")
[http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/04/17/dana-loesch-women-get-raped-for-supporting-the-left/](http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/04/17/dana-loesch-women-get-raped-for-supporting-the-left/) > [@](#): > > After being questioned about crime at the “Occupy” protests, she said that all she knew was that the movement was about “vandalism and rape.” > > “What are you about if not those things?” she said. “What are you here for? What are you involved in the Occupy movement for?” :smack: ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2012, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5228 "2012-04-18T06:50:45Z")
“OK, guys, now try to remember this time. Its ravage, plunder, rape, and then burn!” ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2012, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5229 "2012-04-18T09:55:40Z")
“Qualifications?” “Rape, murder, arson, and rape.” “You said rape twice.” “I like rape.” ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2012, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5230 "2012-04-18T12:45:17Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Hey, I see the “Stupid Liberal…” thread is up to nearly 700 posts, and this is around 5,200. Yeah, that seems about the right ratio. Actually, the “Stupid Liberal” thread, like this one, is mostly about Stupid Republican ideas. Blame me for the numbers if you wish. If I’d known score was kept, I’d not have padded out the other thread with posts like this one: > [@Stupid liberal idea of the day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-liberal-idea-of-the-day/579086/675): > > A Democrat State Senator in Oklahoma has proposed an amendment to a personhood bill: > > > [@](#): > > > > However, any action in which a man ejaculates or otherwise deposits semen anywhere but in a woman’s vagina shall be interpreted and construed as an action against an unborn child. > > She withdrew the amendment after her betters pointed out that this denies men control over their own bodies. Still, what will liberals think of next? :dubious: > > The [same news article](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/10/oklahoma-senator-constance-johnson-satirical-amendment-ejaculation_n_1268768.html) mentions that > > > [@](#): > > > > Virginia State Senator Janet Howell introduced a bill that would have forced men to receive a rectal exam to receive erectile dysfunction medication. > > It doesn’t say explicitly whether Howell has the Big D-for-Dumb by her name, but we all know it’s the liberal donkeys who are statist and authoritarian, so I’ll bet that way. > > (BTW, I’m sure those of us who believe in the Rights of Life are proud that American legislators are finally recognizing that human life begins with a healthy ovum. But that ovum will die unless it is fertilized. ☹ I hope these laws are written to make clear that women who fail to fertilize their healthy ova are committing manslaughter.) The idea that an ovulating woman is committing manslaughter if she refuses impregnation attempts seems extreme, but also a consequence of some recent Republican legislation… I wonder if any Republican politicians are trying out this line on their aides? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2012, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5231 "2012-04-18T14:22:40Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > I wonder if any Republican politicians are trying out this line on their aides? :dubious: The aides most Republicans would want to screw don’t have ovaries. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2012, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5232 "2012-04-18T14:48:37Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > The idea that an ovulating woman is committing manslaughter if she refuses impregnation attempts seems extreme, but also a consequence of some recent Republican legislation… I wonder if any Republican politicians are trying out this line on their aides? :dubious: Under “Stand Your Ground” legislation you’re allowed to kill the ovum if you felt under sufficient threat from it. ---
**Author:** ![xenophon41](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xenophon41/32/253_2.png) [@xenophon41](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xenophon41)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2012, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5233 "2012-04-18T15:55:13Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Under “Stand Your Ground” legislation you’re allowed to kill the ovum if you felt under sufficient threat from it. Unless it’s been fertilized. Then it’s sacrosanct until birth (or sometimes until failure to implant, but that sorta depends on whether it’s lab-grown and/or will be used in stem cell therapy). (Republican rules are complicated.) ---
**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:** [April 18, 2012, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5234 "2012-04-18T16:36:36Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > - Everyone’s experiences are just the same as mine. If I succeeded, then so can anyone, regardless of the circumstances or their background.\* > > I don’t think I’ve ever heard anyone make this argument. Then you haven’t been paying attention. A statement of contempt (e.g. “I have very little tolerance for…”) for failure to do X indicates that anyone, with few if any exceptions, is normally expected to be capable of doing X. For example, only a pretentious snob would profess “very little tolerance” for people who fail to keep track of the minutiae of food service at a fancy dinner, but most of us would have “very little tolerance” for somebody who picks up a serving dish at dinner and starts lapping out of it like a dog. ---
**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:** [April 18, 2012, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5235 "2012-04-18T16:36:59Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > And it’s true that things today have changed… but that doesn’t account for people that are, today, putting themselves through school. So I grant you that dismissing Ms. Foxx’s experiences from 1968 may work, but how do you dismiss the people who are managing it today? Those people are graduating with $80k in student debt, and not thrilled about it. Ms. Foxx is saying she has no sympathy for people with lots of student loan debt. That is, of course, her prerogative, but it is the prerogative of everyone else to call her stupid. This has nothing to do with whether people are succeeding. ---
**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:** [April 18, 2012, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5236 "2012-04-18T16:46:07Z")
> [@Rhythmdvl](#): > > I know the Martin case has largely (but not exclusively) fallen along party lines, but is that all there is to suggest this belongs in SRIatD? He’s not a registered voter, for what it’s worth. ---
**Author:** ![BigAppleBucky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigapplebucky/32/178_2.png) [@BigAppleBucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigAppleBucky)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2012, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5237 "2012-04-19T21:41:38Z")
OK thing for your campaign manager or wife to say, but when the candidate says it himself, voters may ask themselves the question: “Does this person have all his marbles? Is he paranoid?” Not as bad as Newt’s space station on Mars promise, but more than a little bit weird. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2012, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5238 "2012-04-19T22:58:34Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > He’s a spy and a girl delighter. Stop singing, and finish your homework! ---
**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:** [April 19, 2012, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5239 "2012-04-19T23:50:03Z")
> [@BigAppleBucky](#): > > OK thing for your campaign manager or wife to say, but when the candidate says it himself, voters may ask themselves the question: “Does this person have all his marbles? Is he paranoid?” Then the voters have to ask themselves “Am I actually PART of the vast leftwing conspiracy?” The conspiracy could be big. Really big. Like maybe even 55% of the voting public. That Obama is so sneaky. He’s going to involve the actual voting public in his conspiracy to get elected! ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5240 "2012-04-20T01:11:15Z")
GOP Senate candidate says: > [@](#): > > [“But in Monongalia County now, I have to put a huge sticker on my buildings to say this is a smoke-free environment. This is brought to you by the government of Monongalia County. Okay?” he said. “Remember Hitler used to put Star of David on everybody’s lapel, remember that? Same thing.”](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/19/john-raese-smoking-ban-hitler_n_1437201.html) A fitting headline on the sidebar: “Catastrophic Brain Injuries at All-Time High in High School Football.” And politics. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=261) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=263)