# 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:** 293
**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, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5841 "2012-07-05T20:54:14Z")
> [@Kolga](#): > > 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. I think you missed this: [QUOTE=Me] The examples he chose are obviously stupid, though. [/QUOTE] ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2012, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5842 "2012-07-05T21:07:30Z")
[Rush is only joking when he said giving women the vote is what ruined this country.](http://www.addictinginfo.org/2012/07/04/limbaugh-women-vote/) Because insulting all those sluts can make you lose your sponsors. . . for a week. ---
**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, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5843 "2012-07-05T21:48:47Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > I think you missed this: No, I got that. I just wanted to rant some more about how fucking stupid he is šŸ˜ƒ ---
**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, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5844 "2012-07-05T23:40:25Z")
[A South Carolina judge has sentenced a drunk driver to do a book report on the book of Job.](http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2012/07/05/511153/south-carolina-judge-sentences-drunk-driver-to-bible-study/) ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2012, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5845 "2012-07-06T00:40:16Z")
Dumb, sure, but is there any indication heā€™s a Republican and not just a regular dumb ass? ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2012, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5846 "2012-07-06T03:00:24Z")
> [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](#): > > Dumb, sure, but is there any indication heā€™s a Republican and not just a regular dumb ass? If heā€™s a Democrat Iā€™m Cleavon Little. That said I donā€™t think this is exactly a _Republican_ stupid thing, just an evangelical stupid thing. Freaking Baptists, man. ---
**Author:** ![Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brown_eyed_girl/32/3574_2.png) [@Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brown_Eyed_Girl)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2012, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5847 "2012-07-06T03:16:48Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > [A South Carolina judge has sentenced a drunk driver to do a book report on the book of Job.](http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2012/07/05/511153/south-carolina-judge-sentences-drunk-driver-to-bible-study/) > [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](#): > > Dumb, sure, but is there any indication heā€™s a Republican and not just a regular dumb ass? I live here and Iā€™d put good money down that heā€™s Republican. ---
**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:** [July 6, 2012, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5848 "2012-07-06T03:18:02Z")
There is (unfortunately :D) a [bit more to the story.](http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2012/07/03/156214803/woman-sentenced-to-read-the-bible-yes-but-theres-more-to-the-story) > [@](#): > > After Cassandra Belle Tolley ā€œpleaded guilty to driving drunk and crashing into a car, seriously injuring two people,ā€ Circuit Court Judge Michael Nettles late last month sentenced her to ā€œeight years in jail followed by five years of probation and substance abuse counseling.ā€ > > ā€” Then, with Tolleyā€™s consent, he added this assignment: She ā€œmust read the Old Testament book of Job and write a summary.ā€ > [@](#): > > Tolleyā€™s attorney tells the newspaper his client has started working on the assignment. And Kenneth Gaines, a professor of law at the University of South Carolina, says Nettles couldnā€™t have added that task to her sentence unless Tolley ā€œwas in entire agreement with it. ā€¦ You canā€™t just arbitrarily add anything you want to a sentence.ā€ ā€¦and a bit more at the link. Still screwy, but not as bad as it first appears. ---
**Author:** ![Kolga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e56c9b/32.png) [@Kolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolga)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2012, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5849 "2012-07-06T04:43:37Z")
> [@Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](#): > > I live here and Iā€™d put good money down that heā€™s Republican. A Rock Hill Baptist? Yea, Iā€™d double that bet if I were you. ---
**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:** [July 6, 2012, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5850 "2012-07-06T11:09:00Z")
> [@Bosstone](#): > > If heā€™s a Democrat Iā€™m Cleavon Little. > > That said I donā€™t think this is exactly a _Republican_ stupid thing, just an evangelical stupid thing. Freaking Baptists, man. In the same vein. This is what happens when you start making exceptions to the first amendment: **Louisiana Republican: When I Voted for State Funds to go to Religious Schools, I Didnā€™t Mean Muslim Ones** > [@](#): > > In Louisiana, Republican Governor Bobby Jindal pushed for a voucher program that would allow state funds to be used to pay for religious schools. Itā€™s unconstitutional, itā€™s a way to use taxpayer money to fund someoneā€™s faith, and it was a bad idea to begin with. > > But it passed. > > Now, one of the state legislators, Rep. Valarie Hodges (R-Watson), just made a shocking discovery, though: Christianity isnā€™t the only religion! > > **snips** > > Rep. Hodges made the mistake of saying out loud what most conservative Christians only say to themselves to private: When they say they want ā€œreligious freedom,ā€ theyā€™re only referring to their own faith. Everyone else can fend for themselves. > **[More Voices | Patheos](https://www.patheos.com/more-voices)** The photo of her in the article reminds me of Christine Oā€™Donnell or Sarah Palin. Maybe the three of them are distant cousins. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2012, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5851 "2012-07-06T13:07:35Z")
> [@BigAppleBucky](#): > > The photo of her in the article reminds me of Christine Oā€™Donnell or Sarah Palin. Maybe the three of them are distant cousins. Wow, she really does look like Sarah Palin and Christine Oā€™Donnell had a baby. ---
**Author:** ![gamerunknown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6bbea6/32.png) [@gamerunknown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gamerunknown)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2012, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5852 "2012-07-06T14:45:31Z")
The opposition to nurturing instincts is a critical aspect of conservative ideology. Lakoff goes into it [here](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5f9R9MtkpqM). ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2012, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5853 "2012-07-06T16:43:41Z")
> [@BigAppleBucky](#): > > In the same vein. > > This is what happens when you start making exceptions to the first amendment: > > **Louisiana Republican: When I Voted for State Funds to go to Religious Schools, I Didnā€™t Mean Muslim Ones** > > [More Voices | Patheos](http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2012/07/05/louisiana-republican-when-i-voted-for-state-funds-to-go-to-religious-schools-i-didnt-mean-muslim-ones/) > > The photo of her in the article reminds me of Christine Oā€™Donnell or Sarah Palin. Maybe the three of them are distant cousins. Imagine what she would do if she was told a Muslim is allowed to serve in the militaryā€¦or run for congressā€¦or be a policemanā€¦or firemanā€¦or even, the President! ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2012, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5854 "2012-07-06T17:00:19Z")
I should like to introduce her to my personal Congressman, the Hon. Keith Ellison (D-MN). (Heā€™s a Lutheran Muslim, so thatā€™s more or less OKā€¦) ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2012, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5855 "2012-07-06T17:09:35Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > I should like to introduce her to my personal Congressman, the Hon. Keith Ellison (D-MN). (Heā€™s a Lutheran Muslim, so thatā€™s more or less OKā€¦) Iā€™m so jealous! I have to live with Joe (R-Seance Politics) Pitts. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2012, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5856 "2012-07-06T17:34:25Z")
> [@Gangster\_Octopus](#): > > Imagine what she would do if she was told a Muslim is allowed to serve in the militaryā€¦or run for congressā€¦or be a policemanā€¦or firemanā€¦or even, the President! She probably already thinks a Muslim is president. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2012, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5857 "2012-07-06T19:33:05Z")
fortunately this guy is only at the state level. Does kindergarten lead to crime? Fact-checking N.H. legislatorā€™s ā€˜researchā€™ > **[Does kindergarten lead to crime? Fact-checking N.H. legislator's 'research'](https://news.yahoo.com/does-kindergarten-lead-to-crime--fact-checking-n-h--legislator-s--research-.html)** > > Kindergarten ā€” that bastion of macaroni crafts, crayon-eating and life lessons in sharing ā€” is actually a major driver of crime, at least according to data collected by New Hampshire state legislator Bob Kingsbury. ---
**Author:** ![rockle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@rockle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rockle)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2012, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5858 "2012-07-06T22:45:24Z")
> [@johnpost](#): > > fortunately this guy is only at the state level. > > Does kindergarten lead to crime? Fact-checking N.H. legislatorā€™s ā€˜researchā€™ > > [Yahoo News: Latest and Breaking News, Headlines, Live Updates, and More](http://news.yahoo.com/does-kindergarten-lead-to-crime--fact-checking-n-h--legislator-s--research-.html) What the actual fuck? ---
**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2012, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5859 "2012-07-06T23:36:19Z")
I always try to defend New Hampshire slightly by pointing out that their House of Representatives has 400 legislators, who meet for about two weeks per year, and get a $200 stipend (off the top of my head; I know 400 members is correct, the other two figures are IIRC). Also, there are districts which elect multiple (I think up to nine) members. In a year like 2010, where thereā€™s a huge wave election, youā€™re getting a whole bunch of crazy retired people filling out those #8 and #9 slots from some legislative district in the middle of nowhere that still make it in on a party line vote. Itā€™s like a perfect storm situation for giving the cranks that write letters to the editor of the local paper every week an actual political job. ---
**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:** [July 7, 2012, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/5860 "2012-07-07T01:34:43Z")
Two weeks per year? How can 400 pols get aught done in two weeks a year? Also, I wonder how many righties like the book of Job\* because\* Job is described as a faultless man who owned slaves. That little contradiction took me out of the story, but a Southern Baptist might want to reinforce the idea that God endorses slavery. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=292) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=294)