# 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:** 292
**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:** [July 4, 2012, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5821 "2012-07-04T10:17:06Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > [According to Walsh, however, she’s not a “true hero”, because she talks about her service](http://thinkprogress.org/election/2012/07/03/510443/joe-walsh-tammy-duckworth-service/), unlike John McCain, who never mentioned it. Well, I’m disappoint. He should have gone [full Sixta](http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=DgQf1IEmWak#t=268s) and accused Duckworth of not being a true hero 'cause she (presumably?) got shot down and cost taxpayers chopper moneys. That helicoptar wa’n’t yours to looose ! ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2012, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5822 "2012-07-04T20:26:42Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > In fairness, all superheroes have legs. Major Sarigar of the Alien Legion might not agree 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:** [July 4, 2012, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5823 "2012-07-04T21:15:53Z")
I don’t think he’s eligible for federal office. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2012, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5824 "2012-07-04T21:29:25Z")
Got see his long form spawning certificate. ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2012, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5825 "2012-07-04T21:49:38Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Got see his long form spawning certificate. I’ve always wondered, is it where the egg is laid or where it hatches? ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2012, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5826 "2012-07-05T02:23:39Z")
> [@Lobohan](#): > > I’ve always wondered, is it where the egg is laid or where it hatches? Hatches. It’s the same principle as Anchor Babies. ---
**Author:** ![LeeshaJoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@LeeshaJoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LeeshaJoy)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2012, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5827 "2012-07-05T02:25:07Z")
If life begins at conception, as certain factions of the party would have you believe, shouldn’t citizenship depend on where the baby was conceived? ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2012, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5828 "2012-07-05T02:51:21Z")
Great. Long form question: Where were you conceived? _In the back seat of my father’s Pinto._ ---
**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:** [July 5, 2012, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5829 "2012-07-05T02:55:16Z")
> [@LeeshaJoy](#): > > If life begins at conception, as certain factions of the party would have you believe, shouldn’t citizenship depend on where the baby was conceived? So…it isn’t where the egg is laid, but where the Mom is. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2012, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5830 "2012-07-05T03:16:23Z")
The precise position of the ovipositor is crucial. Has to be exact. ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2012, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5831 "2012-07-05T04:03:57Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > Great. Long form question: > > Where were you conceived? _In the back seat of my father’s Pinto._ Wait. Isn’t ‘pinto’ a Spic word? Sorry boy, back of the line! ---
**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:** [July 5, 2012, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5832 "2012-07-05T16:52:39Z")
> [@Lobohan](#): > > I’ve always wondered, is it where the egg is laid or where it hatches? I firmly believe life begins at nidification. ---
**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:** [July 5, 2012, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5833 "2012-07-05T17:19:13Z")
So Marty Golden, NY State Senator, had a solution. [http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-250\_162-57466407/n.y-sen-marty-golden-cancels-feminine-etiquette-class-after-outrage/](http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-250_162-57466407/n.y-sen-marty-golden-cancels-feminine-etiquette-class-after-outrage/) Yes, a 1950’s style etiquette class for women seeking jobs. That’s a straight arrow to the heart of the matter!:rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Kolga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e56c9b/32.png) [@Kolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolga)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2012, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5834 "2012-07-05T18:11:07Z")
Health care in America is so expensive because [people don’t die of cancer anymore.](http://www.cityandstateny.com/chris-collins-people-longer-die-prostate-breast-cancers/) There are not enough :rolleyes: in the world. ---
**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:** [July 5, 2012, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5835 "2012-07-05T19:56:23Z")
[Florida Republican congressman tells constituent who favors a minimum wage increase to “get a job”.](http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2012/07/05/511463/gop-rep-minimum-wage-get-a-job/) Because that’s the problem, you know. All those unemployed minimum-wage earners. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2012, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5836 "2012-07-05T20:18:44Z")
> [@Kolga](#): > > Health care in America is so expensive because [people don’t die of cancer anymore.](http://www.cityandstateny.com/chris-collins-people-longer-die-prostate-breast-cancers/) > > There are not enough :rolleyes: in the world. [QUOTE=City and State] Collins, the former Erie County executive, has a history of verbal gaffes. When Collins was running for governor in 2010, he famously referred to Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver as the “antichrist.” [/QUOTE] I wouldn’t exactly cal this a “gaffe”. ---
**Author:** ![Spiff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiff/32/9852_2.png) [@Spiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiff)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2012, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5837 "2012-07-05T20:27:19Z")
> [@Trinopus](#): > > Major Sarigar of the Alien Legion might not agree with you. Nor would Phantom Limb. ---
**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:** [July 5, 2012, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5838 "2012-07-05T20:29:30Z")
> [@Kolga](#): > > Health care in America is so expensive because [people don’t die of cancer anymore.](http://www.cityandstateny.com/chris-collins-people-longer-die-prostate-breast-cancers/) > > There are not enough :rolleyes: in the world. Well, the underlying point is somewhat valid: people survive diseases today that were considered untreatable 50 or even 20 years ago. The examples he chose are obviously stupid, though. ---
**Author:** ![Kolga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e56c9b/32.png) [@Kolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolga)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2012, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5839 "2012-07-05T20:49:47Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Well, the underlying point is somewhat valid: people survive diseases today that were considered untreatable 50 or even 20 years ago. The examples he chose are obviously stupid, though. More than [39,000](http://www.breastcancer.org/symptoms/understand_bc/statistics.jsp) people died of breast cancer in 2011. More than [33,000](http://www.cancer.org/acs/groups/content/@epidemiologysurveilance/documents/document/acspc-029771.pdf) (warning: PDF) people died of prostate cancer in 2011. That’s more than 72,000 “nobodies” in just one year that died of cancers “nobody” dies from anymore, according to Mr. I Didn’t Go To Medical School (referring to Collins, not you, **RNATB** ) While more people do survive cancers now, his statement that nobody dies of these cancers anymore is fucking stupid. Hence its inclusion in this thread. ---
**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:** [July 5, 2012, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5840 "2012-07-05T20:53:10Z")
Well of course they’re nobodies, because they’re dead. Duh! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=291) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=293)