# 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:** 330
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2012, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6581 "2012-08-26T18:00:35Z")
> [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](#): > > Very important GOP plank: dismantle the Department of Education. They need to keep it irrational, or the GOP will just wash away… I’m watching a guy named Peter Schiff on Book TV right now. He is arguing that the best thing we can do for our “young people” is to abolish government-subsidized student loans, and instead give that money to businesses, so they will hire more people. He says that way, only the kids who will really benefit from college will go, and the other kids won’t waste their youth, you know, learning stuff. ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2012, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6582 "2012-08-26T18:15:51Z")
Didn’t Reagan once say something about how student financial aid was a waste because the students could drop their classes, get their money back, and just take off somewhere…? Somebody told him this was what was happening, and he believed it. Like, if one person did it once, ever, then the whole program is a fraud and we have to end it. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2012, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6583 "2012-08-26T18:24:03Z")
> [@TonySinclair](#): > > I’m watching a guy named Peter Schiff on Book TV right now. He is arguing that the best thing we can do for our “young people” is to abolish government-subsidized student loans, and instead give that money to businesses, so they will hire more people. He says that way, only the kids who will really benefit from college will go, and the other kids won’t waste their youth, you know, learning stuff. Let me get this straight. He thinks handing more money to corporations that, collectively, are sitting on several trillion in cash and still aren’t hiring, is going to get them to hire? Really? Wow. ---
**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:** [August 26, 2012, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6584 "2012-08-26T19:01:26Z")
> [@a35362](#): > > Didn’t Reagan once say something about how student financial aid was a waste because the students could drop their classes, get their money back, and just take off somewhere…? Somebody told him this was what was happening, and he believed it. > . One of his cabinet members said Reagan told him he had heard that ‘these kids were taking the loan money and putting them into CDs (certificate of deposit that is) and not even going to college!’. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2012, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6585 "2012-08-26T19:58:51Z")
“In the heat of a political lifetime, he innocently squirrels away tidbits of misinformation and then, sometimes years later, casually drops them into his public discourse, like gumballs in a quiche.” - Lucy Howard ---
**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 26, 2012, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6586 "2012-08-26T20:43:27Z")
What’s supposed to be the matter with that? Gum is GOOD! EVERYBODY likes gumballs. _mmmmmmmmmmmm_, gum. ---
**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:** [August 26, 2012, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6587 "2012-08-26T21:52:57Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > What’s supposed to be the matter with that? Gum is GOOD! EVERYBODY likes gumballs. > > _mmmmmmmmmmmm_, gum. Obiously. The problem is with the quiche. Quiches are all faggy and French. They’re like an elitist form of pizza, man ! ---
**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 26, 2012, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6588 "2012-08-26T21:55:34Z")
If they dropped gumballs into those fruitcake bricks, maybe people would eat them. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Understander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3da27b/32.png) [@The\_Understander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Understander)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2012, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6589 "2012-08-26T23:19:56Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > Let me get this straight. He thinks handing more money to corporations that, collectively, are sitting on several trillion in cash and still aren’t hiring, is going to get them to hire? Really? > > Wow. Welcome to supply-side economics. Tinfoil hats to your right, Flavor-Aid to your extreme right. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2012, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6590 "2012-08-26T23:31:18Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > Let me get this straight. He thinks handing more money to corporations that, collectively, are sitting on several trillion in cash and still aren’t hiring, is going to get them to hire? Really? Correct. Here’s his book on Amazon: > **[The Real Crash: Schiff, Peter D.: 9781250004475: Amazon.com: Books](https://www.amazon.com/Real-Crash-Peter-D-Schiff/dp/1250004470)** > > The Real Crash \[Schiff, Peter D.\] on Amazon.com. \*FREE\* shipping on qualifying offers. The Real Crash Skimming through the reviews, it’s endorsed by Mike Huckabee and Ben Stein, which is quite a brain trust, if you like experts on forcible rape and evolution. And one of the first five-star reviews notes that Schiff clearly understands money much better than that idiot Paul Krugman. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2012, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6591 "2012-08-26T23:37:17Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > Obiously. The problem is with the quiche. Quiches are all faggy and French. They’re like an elitist form of pizza, man ! [Real men don’t each quiche.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_Men_Don't_Eat_Quiche) I may have a copy of it around here somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![Bouncer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9d8465/32.png) [@Bouncer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bouncer)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2012, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6592 "2012-08-27T00:35:04Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > And gets hit by lightning. For a hundred miles around, people will think somebody is burning a thousand sticks of bacon incense. woah Woah WOAH!!! …they make.. they make bacon incense? WHY HAVE YOU NOT TOLD ME OF THIS!!!?!?! Regards, -Bouncer- PS: Not that I’m addicted to b-b-bacon or a-a-anything. I’m not. Really. WHERE IS IT YOU WILL TELL ME RIGHT NOW!!! ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2012, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6593 "2012-08-27T00:49:32Z")
Holy cats, there really is bacon incense, and fragrance, and body oil…! 🆒 I knew there were Bacon of the Month Clubs… ---
**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 27, 2012, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6594 "2012-08-27T02:31:42Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > [Real men don’t each quiche.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_Men_Don't_Eat_Quiche) I may have a copy of it around here somewhere. Yeah, yeah. “Real Men don’t eat quiche,” I’ve heard it a million times. :rolleyes: Although, to be fair, there _is_ a certain amount of truth to the statement. We INHALE it. Nom. 🙂 ---
**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 27, 2012, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6595 "2012-08-27T02:34:15Z")
> [@TonySinclair](#): > > Correct. Here’s his book on Amazon: > > [The Real Crash: Schiff, Peter D.: 9781250004475: Amazon.com: Books](http://www.amazon.com/Real-Crash-Americas-Bankruptcy---How-Yourself/dp/1250004470/) > > Skimming through the reviews, it’s endorsed by Mike Huckabee and Ben Stein, which is quite a brain trust, if you like experts on forcible rape and evolution. And one of the first five-star reviews notes that Schiff clearly understands money much better than that idiot Paul Krugman. I particularly enjoyed this little snippet: > [@](#): > > \*but most importantly, Peter hits on all of the major financial issues that exist in our country today, and he offers the simplistic suggestions for reform to fix our path. \* Uhh, you don’t really know what the word “simplistic” means, do you mister? ---
**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:** [August 27, 2012, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6596 "2012-08-27T13:06:29Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > I particularly enjoyed this little snippet: > Uhh, you don’t really know what the word “simplistic” means, do you mister? I think he hit it exactly, myself. Not on _purpose_, mind 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:** [August 27, 2012, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6597 "2012-08-27T13:25:21Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Uhh, you don’t really know what the word “simplistic” means, do you mister? “Things I understand.” ---
**Author:** ![ladyfoxfyre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@ladyfoxfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladyfoxfyre)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2012, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6598 "2012-08-27T20:46:08Z")
[Tom Smith, GOP Senate Candidate: Pregnancy From Rape Similar To ‘Having A Baby Out Of Wedlock’](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/27/tom-smith-rape_n_1834234.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000009) > [@](#): > > Pressed by a reporter on how he would handle a daughter or granddaughter becoming pregnant as a result of rape, Smith said he had already “lived something similar to that” in his family. > > “She chose life, and I commend her for that,” he said. “She knew my views. But, fortunately for me, I didn’t have to … she chose the way I thought. Don’t get me wrong, it wasn’t rape.” > > When a reporter asked Smith to clarify what kind of situation was similar to becoming pregnant from rape, the candidate responded, “Having a baby out of wedlock.” > > He added, “Put yourself in a father’s position. Yes, it is similar.” Yes, super similar. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2012, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6599 "2012-08-27T21:46:20Z")
> [@ladyfoxfyre](#): > > [Tom Smith, GOP Senate Candidate: Pregnancy From Rape Similar To ‘Having A Baby Out Of Wedlock’](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/27/tom-smith-rape_n_1834234.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000009) > > Yes, super similar. Wouldn’t it be great if Republican candidates got a complex about answering questions about rape? “Rape is rape! And that’s all I’m going to say about it! Rape. Is. Rape!” ---
**Author:** ![ladyfoxfyre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@ladyfoxfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladyfoxfyre)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2012, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6600 "2012-08-27T21:57:25Z")
I think it would be great if we could stop having to have a national discourse on rape itself as though it were some kind of controversial topic. You can’t get pregnant from it, if it’s “legitimate” and you’re not just some whore trying to get a free abortion. It’s not really that bad, this guy went through something that was totally the same thing as having to go through a rape pregnancy. I mean, why aren’t we asking ourselves the really tough questions here; how is the father\* handling all of this? \*aka the rapist. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=329) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=331)