# 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:** 339
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2012, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6761 "2012-09-10T06:41:00Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Mitt Romney suggests Obama plans to [take references to god off of US coins](http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/obama-aides-mock-romney-talk-taking-god-off-163532605--election.html): > > > [@](#): > > > > “I will not take God off our coins and I will not take God out of my heart. We’re a nation that’s bestowed by God,” the Republican standard-bearer said. My husband told me about this, then mentioned some other things (I think someone at Fark said) he wouldn’t do, either: He’s never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down, never gonna run around and desert you. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2012, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6762 "2012-09-10T06:47:25Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Mitt Romney suggests Obama plans to [take references to god off of US coins](http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/obama-aides-mock-romney-talk-taking-god-off-163532605--election.html): Obama would never do such a thing. It would ruin the one funny joke in that late 70s flick with George Burns and John Denver (“Trust me, like it says on the money!”). ---
**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:** [September 10, 2012, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6763 "2012-09-10T08:58:27Z")
Mike Huckabee has [joined the chorus](http://gawker.com/5936386/mike-huckabee-would-like-to-remind-you-that-rape-has-created-some-extraordinary-people) denouncing the idea that legitimate rape doesn’t cause pregnancy. Moreover, rather than just being neutral, forcible rape can be a positive good: [QUOTE=Mick Huckabee] “Ethel Waters, for example, was the result of a forcible rape,” Huckabee said of the late American gospel singer. One-time presidential candidate Huckabee added: “I used to work for James Robison back in the 1970s, he leads a large Christian organization. He, himself, was the result of a forcible rape. And so I know it happens, and yet even from those horrible, horrible tragedies of rape, which are inexcusable and indefensible, life has come and sometimes, you know, those people are able to do extraordinary things.” [/QUOTE] ---
**Author:** ![Sinaptics](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Sinaptics](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sinaptics)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2012, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6764 "2012-09-10T11:23:41Z")
> [@Shayna](#): > > He’s never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down, never gonna run around and desert you. 😃 Obligatory link to the most awesome rick roll ever. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1X2B9zLrsXE](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1X2B9zLrsXE) ---
**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:** [September 10, 2012, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6765 "2012-09-10T15:23:49Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > Sounds more like lying than flipping. Lyin’ Ryan, puddin and pie Scared the seniors to make them cry When the truth came into play, Lying Ryan ran away. ---
**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:** [September 10, 2012, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6766 "2012-09-10T16:39:47Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > Mike Huckabee has [joined the chorus](http://gawker.com/5936386/mike-huckabee-would-like-to-remind-you-that-rape-has-created-some-extraordinary-people) denouncing the idea that legitimate rape doesn’t cause pregnancy. > > Moreover, rather than just being neutral, forcible rape can be a positive good: You know who else led an extraordinary life despite being the result of rape ? [SIZE=1]N[SIZE=1]o, not Hitler, you dummy. Jesus ! [/SIZE][/SIZE] ---
**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:** [September 10, 2012, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6767 "2012-09-10T16:42:27Z")
A Nation bestowed by God…which part of the Bible is that from? ---
**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:** [September 10, 2012, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6768 "2012-09-10T17:04:03Z")
> [@j666](#): > > I think the second part was even worse: > > I didn’t use the word “troops”, I used the word “military”. I think they refer to the same thing. > No, not really; people use “troops” to refer to the individual men and women, and “military” most often to refer to the organization. Yep. “The troops” will be as important to Romney as “the military” the day the former start writing nine-figure checks to his defense-contractor buddies. ---
**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:** [September 10, 2012, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6769 "2012-09-10T17:12:37Z")
> [@Gangster\_Octopus](#): > > A Nation bestowed by God…which part of the Bible is that from? The Gospel According to Saint Ronnie, of course. ---
**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:** [September 10, 2012, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6770 "2012-09-10T18:55:12Z")
[Team Romney tries to tell everybody](http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/romney-strategist-obama-convention-poll-bounce-sugar-high-145651379--election.html) [“Remain Calm! All Is Well!”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=zDAmPIq29ro) > [@](#): > > “Don’t get worked up about the latest polling,” Neil Newhouse, Romney’s pollster, wrote in a memo distributed to reporters Monday. “While some voters will feel a bit of a sugar high from the conventions, the basic structure of the race has not changed significantly. The reality of the Obama economy will reassert itself as the ultimate downfall of the Obama presidency, and Mitt Romney will win this race.” ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2012, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6771 "2012-09-10T19:00:45Z")
Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain… ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2012, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6772 "2012-09-10T19:04:29Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > Mike Huckabee has [joined the chorus](http://gawker.com/5936386/mike-huckabee-would-like-to-remind-you-that-rape-has-created-some-extraordinary-people) denouncing the idea that legitimate rape doesn’t cause pregnancy. > > Moreover, rather than just being neutral, forcible rape can be a positive good: My G-d these people are fucking sick. > [@Sinaptics](#): > > Obligatory link to the most awesome rick roll ever. > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1X2B9zLrsXE](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1X2B9zLrsXE) Can you believe my husband RICK ROLLED me … verbally?? OMG I wanted to kill him! LOL This is my favorite, though, which is yours, but with a twist: https://www.youtube.com/embed/HioPyCID6RI?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque ---
**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:** [September 10, 2012, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6773 "2012-09-10T19:59:50Z")
Does this count as a stupid Republican idea? > [@](#): > > According to a PPP poll of likely Ohio voters, **15 percent of Republicans in Ohio think Romney is “more responsible” for bin Laden’s death than Obama,** while 47 percent of Republicans are “not sure” whether Obama or Romney deserves more of the credit. [http://www.salon.com/2012/09/10/15\_percent\_of\_ohio\_gopers\_credit\_romney\_with\_bin\_ladens\_death/](http://www.salon.com/2012/09/10/15_percent_of_ohio_gopers_credit_romney_with_bin_ladens_death/) Probably 30% or 40% of them also think Obama is a socialist. It’s really tough to deal with such irrationality. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2012, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6774 "2012-09-10T20:03:43Z")
I would love to hear the rationale behind that brain dead opinion of Romney being “responsible” for ObL’s death. ---
**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:** [September 10, 2012, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6775 "2012-09-10T20:25:40Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > I would love to hear the rationale behind that brain dead opinion of Romney being “responsible” for ObL’s death. He prayed for it, and his Mormon god is closer to the real god than Obama’s Muslim god. ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2012, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6776 "2012-09-10T20:39:55Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > I would love to hear the rationale behind that brain dead opinion of Romney being “responsible” for ObL’s death. Obama CANNOT be responsible for OBL’s death. He just cannot. Obama’s responsibility, on a scale of 0-100 is 0. You cannot have a negative responsibility. You clearly can’t be less than 0. So Romney therefore has to be somewhere else. Maybe a 5. Maybe a 1. What do I know? I don’t follow foreign policy but I do know math and I know that 1\>0 . ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2012, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6777 "2012-09-10T23:39:07Z")
[Virginia lawmaker: Children with disabilities are God’s punishment to women who previously had abortions.](http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2010/02/22/83337/disabled-abortion/) ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2012, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6778 "2012-09-11T00:03:34Z")
> [@Shayna](#): > > [Virginia lawmaker: Children with disabilities are God’s punishment to women who previously had abortions.](http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2010/02/22/83337/disabled-abortion/) Not to diminish the stupidness of that guy, but the date on that is 2 1/2 years ago. ---
**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:** [September 11, 2012, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6779 "2012-09-11T00:10:27Z")
Pat Robertson sez: If your wife won’t listen to you, move to Saudi Arabia so you can beat her: [Pat Robertson Tells Man to Beat his Wife, Move to Saudi Arabia - YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoHdO2rwGwE&feature=player_embedded) ---
**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:** [September 11, 2012, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/6780 "2012-09-11T00:37:12Z")
> [@Shayna](#): > > [Virginia lawmaker: Children with disabilities are God’s punishment to women who previously had abortions.](http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2010/02/22/83337/disabled-abortion/) There are not enough fuck youuuuuus in the world. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=338) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=340)