# 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:** 326
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2012, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6501 "2012-08-21T16:30:11Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > All the Dems have to do is play that Starship song a couple of times and any gravitas it may have had goes right out the window. Actually given the cluelessness of the Republicans regarding song lyrics, I wouldn’t be surprised if this was used as the theme song of their own convention. ---
**Author:** ![user\_hostile](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/user_hostile/32/474_2.png) [@user\_hostile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/user_hostile)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2012, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6502 "2012-08-21T16:32:52Z")
Now Atkin’s pleading for 'giveness. > [@](#): > > “Rape is an evil act,” Akin says in the 30-second ad. “I used the wrong words in the wrong way and for that I apologize. As the father of two daughters, I want tough justice for predators. I have a compassionate heart for the victims of sexual assault. I pray for them. The fact is rape can lead to pregnancy. The truth is rape has many victims. The mistake I made was in the words I said, not in the heart I hold. I ask for your forgiveness.” I’m sure the Gerd-Fearing folks of the Show Me state who support Atkins will proclaim Jebus’s Love is all encompassing and will forgive brother Atkins for his transgressions 'o ignorance; after all, no harm done, right? God bless his lit’l ol the-slut-was-asking-for-it heart. ---
**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2012, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6503 "2012-08-21T16:34:25Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > Actually given the cluelessness of the Republicans regarding song lyrics, I wouldn’t be surprised if this was used as the theme song of their own convention. Without bothering to seek the approval of Jefferson Starship, of course. ---
**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:** [August 21, 2012, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6504 "2012-08-21T16:44:30Z")
> [@user\_hostile](#): > > Now Atkin’s pleading for 'giveness. > > I’m sure the Gerd-Fearing folks of the Show Me state who support Atkins will proclaim Jebus’s Love is all encompassing and will forgive brother Atkins for his transgressions 'o ignorance; after all, no harm done, right? > > God bless his lit’l ol the-slut-was-asking-for-it heart. But, not a word about how women who’ve been raped really should be able to get an abortion, right? ---
**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:** [August 21, 2012, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6505 "2012-08-21T17:07:47Z")
He’s still not admitting that he was full of shit with his little confirmation-biased laden claim, just that he used “the wrong words in the wrong way.” I wonder what words he meant to use and how he meant to use them to claim that only woman who get _really, really_ raped might get pregnant. ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2012, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6506 "2012-08-21T17:16:07Z")
> [@Rhythmdvl](#): > > Any chance by ‘legitimate’ he meant someone who was raped (whether date-, marital-, forceable-, etc.) rather than someone who is merely claiming to have been raped in order to get around an abortion restriction? No. The reason why is that, in context, his quote would make no sense. He’s not speaking about what a woman claims to a doctor in order to secure an abortion. He’s stating that a woman’s body automatically knows whether it’s been raped or not and if that woman has been “legitimately” raped, the chances of her becoming pregnant are virtually zero. Your explanation is not what he meant within the interview he gave. But it is what allows him to sleep at night because he can then rationalize from this that anyone seeking an abortion could not have been raped. It is an impossibility for Akin. Therefore, the rape exception is a non-issue because the only women who would seek to use it are women who are lying about being raped. ---
**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:** [August 21, 2012, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6507 "2012-08-21T17:22:19Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > He’s still not admitting that he was full of shit with his little confirmation-biased laden claim, just that he used “the wrong words in the wrong way.” I wonder what words he meant to use and how he meant to use them to claim that only woman who get _really, really_ raped might get pregnant. Er, I mean, wont get pregnant … or the ones who aren’t really, really, um, not raped … oh fuck it … you know what I meant. ---
**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:** [August 21, 2012, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6508 "2012-08-21T17:27:58Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > It’s even easier than that for the Dems to bitchslap their slogan to hell: > > I see a Democratic ad campaign called “They Built This:” > > They Built This: (shots of neighborhoods of foreclosed homes) > > They Built This: (shots of war-ravaged Iraq) > > They Built This: (shots of Enron building and similar) > > Closing tagline: Does America really need them to build more of that? > > NOTE TO DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGNS: You can use this, but I want credit for it. 🙂 Sure. Your plaque of appreciation is mounted down in the quarry. ---
**Author:** ![mkecane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9e8a1a/32.png) [@mkecane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mkecane)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2012, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6509 "2012-08-21T17:31:42Z")
lol ---
**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:** [August 21, 2012, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6510 "2012-08-21T17:37:13Z")
> [@user\_hostile](#): > > Now Atkin’s pleading for 'giveness. You can’t forgive stupid. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2012, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6511 "2012-08-21T18:33:40Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > Apparently they hope to achieve some sort of Pyramid Power type effect by [surrounding their candidate with the proper feng shui](http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/20/us/politics/romney-campaign-works-feverishly-to-project-relaxed-image.html?_r=1): So the party that’s _against_ wasteful spending just spent $2.5 on _one single stage._ Got it. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2012, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6512 "2012-08-21T20:07:57Z")
They’re still trying [Reince Preibus says GOP platform is not Romney’s platform](http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/08/21/13395825-priebus-gop-platform-not-the-platform-of-mitt-romney?lite) Translation: Even though the party hates women, Mitt Romney doesn’t! So vote for him! Just ignore the rest of the little people behind the curtain… ---
**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:** [August 21, 2012, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6513 "2012-08-21T20:13:38Z")
He probably feels compelled to mention this in light of the fact that the RNC’s response to the Akin flap was to [add a line to the platform demanding a constitutional amendment banning abortion, with no rape exception.](http://thinkprogress.org/election/2012/08/21/718461/2012-republican-platform-to-advocate-abortion-ban-without-rape-exception/) ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2012, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6514 "2012-08-21T22:04:15Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > You can’t forgive stupid. I can forgive stupid, I think we pretty much have to. But stupid and _mean_, nope. ---
**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:** [August 21, 2012, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6515 "2012-08-21T22:12:20Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > He probably feels compelled to mention this in light of the fact that the RNC’s response to the Akin flap was to [add a line to the platform demanding a constitutional amendment banning abortion, with no rape exception.](http://thinkprogress.org/election/2012/08/21/718461/2012-republican-platform-to-advocate-abortion-ban-without-rape-exception/) Now to be known as “the Akin-Ryan Clause”. ---
**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:** [August 21, 2012, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6516 "2012-08-21T23:34:30Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > Er, I mean, wont get pregnant … or the ones who aren’t really, really, um, not raped … oh fuck it … you know what I meant. Let me guess - you used the wrong words in the wrong way? ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2012, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6517 "2012-08-22T00:19:24Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > Now to be known as “the Akin-Ryan Clause”. Too bad Michael Hunt doesn’t hold national office. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2012, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6518 "2012-08-22T00:45:40Z")
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**Author:** ![Sinaptics](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Sinaptics](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sinaptics)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2012, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6519 "2012-08-22T01:14:01Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > Now to be known as “the Akin-Ryan Clause”. Wouldn’t it have been great for Santorum to get the nomination? “Akin 4 Santorum 2012” ---
**Author:** ![user\_hostile](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/user_hostile/32/474_2.png) [@user\_hostile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/user_hostile)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2012, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6520 "2012-08-22T06:29:09Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > But, not a word about how women who’ve been raped really should be able to get an abortion, right? Akin’s supporters are offended, but not enough to vote for someone else. This will blow over in a couple of weeks. Akin and his constituents are very comfortable with not asking hard questions which result in a nebulous answer. That would lead to doubt. And doubt would lead to a loss of faith. A loss of faith would lead to evolution. Evolution would lead to pillaging, looting and…well, it’s likely to be consensual anyway. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=325) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=327)