# 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:** 386
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7701 "2012-11-27T17:30:57Z")
[Now they’re arguing over an apology.](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/tom-ricks-fox-news-network-michael-clemente-394165) Fox says he did apologize and Ricks disagrees. ---
**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:** [November 27, 2012, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7702 "2012-11-27T17:43:29Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > [Now they’re arguing over an apology.](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/tom-ricks-fox-news-network-michael-clemente-394165) Fox says he did apologize and Ricks disagrees. Wow. What a stupid Republican face-saving move! ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7703 "2012-11-27T18:19:09Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > [Now they’re arguing over an apology.](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/tom-ricks-fox-news-network-michael-clemente-394165) Fox says he did apologize and Ricks disagrees. Ah, one of those he-said-he-said things. Let’s see, who is more credible? Tom Ricks has won two Pulitzer Prizes for his journalism, and Michael Clemente is allegedly an Executive Vice President for Fox News. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7704 "2012-11-27T19:52:06Z")
[http://newsok.com/gov.-mary-fallins-office-wont-release-emails-on-health-care-decision/article/3731064](http://newsok.com/gov.-mary-fallins-office-wont-release-emails-on-health-care-decision/article/3731064) Gives back the money to set up the exchanges::smack: “Last year, she accepted $54 million from the federal government to set up an exchange, an online insurance marketplace under the Affordable Care Act. She later rejected the money under pressure from Republican colleagues.” Why did she accept it in the first place? It would save Oklahoma taxpayers money. Now she won’t release the emails involving the [del]deliberative process[/del] backroom backstabing in spite of the Open Records Act: “In response to a records request from _The Oklahoman_, Fallin’s general counsel, Steve Mullins, said these emails involve the governor’s deliberative process and won’t be released.” Which is BS: “A 2009 opinion from the Oklahoma attorney general’s office indicates emails generated while conducting the public’s business are open to the public: “Emails, text messages, and other electronic communications made or received in connection with the transaction of public business, the expenditure of public funds or the administration of public property, are subject to the Oklahoma Open Records Act.” Similar rulings have been made in Pennsylvania, Iowa, Colorado, Tennessee, Florida, North Carolina and California, and elsewhere.” For a more humorous take - [Mary Fallin has secrets... - The Lost Ogle](http://www.thelostogle.com/2012/11/27/mary-fallin-has-secrets/#more-29705) ---
**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:** [November 27, 2012, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7705 "2012-11-27T20:10:23Z")
If I were stammering Jon Scott, I’d be secretly glad that I got someone on Fox to call out Fox for its attempt to manufacture a scandal out of this. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7706 "2012-11-27T20:17:03Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > Gives back the money to set up the exchanges The best part is that these teabagger governors are actually thereby putting the dang fedral gummint in charge of something that the Obamacare bill assigns to the states - while simultaneously procraiming states’ rights and decrying creeping socialism. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2012, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7707 "2012-11-27T20:24:23Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > [Now they’re arguing over an apology.](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/tom-ricks-fox-news-network-michael-clemente-394165) Fox says he did apologize and Ricks disagrees. [QUOTE=Michael Clemente] When Mr. Ricks ignored the anchor’s question, it became clear that his goal was to bring attention to himself – and his book [/QUOTE] Tom Ricks was on for 1 minute and 17 seconds. 8 seconds of that was an introduction of Ricks (or 10% of the total air time) in which the host mentions his book. They also put an infographic telling that Ricks is the author of The Generals for 10 seconds. Yet never once did Ricks himself mention or refer to his book. But maybe Ricks was ignoring the anchor’s question. If only there was some way for a journalist to follow up a response with a related question. It’s too bad that hasn’t yet been invented for I would coin the term “up-follow interrobang” ---
**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:** [November 28, 2012, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7708 "2012-11-28T03:24:33Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > [Now they’re arguing over an apology.](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/tom-ricks-fox-news-network-michael-clemente-394165) Fox says he did apologize and Ricks disagrees. It’s worse than that – Clemente said, “He [Ricks] apologized in our offices afterward but doesn’t have the strength of character to do that publicly.” This sort of chicken-shit accusation of chickenshittery is the sort of thing that led to pistols at dawn not so long ago. ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2012, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7709 "2012-11-28T03:43:05Z")
[They’re just giving each other handjobs and flipping everybody else off now.](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/27/house-committee-chairs-all-white-men_n_2201136.html) > [@](#): > > House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) announced who will chair all of the major House committees in the next Congress. And it turns out they all have something in common besides party affiliation: they’re all white men. > > There isn’t a single woman or minority included in the mix of 19 House committee chairs announced Tuesday – a stark reality for a party desperate to appeal to women and minorities after both groups overwhelmingly rejected Republicans just weeks ago in the presidential election. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2012, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7710 "2012-11-28T03:55:27Z")
> [@](#): > > a party desperate to appeal to women and minorities after both groups overwhelmingly rejected Republicans just weeks ago in the presidential election. They don’t have a clue how to appeal to anyone other than old white men. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2012, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7711 "2012-11-28T04:39:02Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > They don’t have a clue how to appeal to anyone other than old white men. Hey now, be fair; I’m sure all the old white men are thinking really hard about how they can appeal to young, minority, and women voters. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2012, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7712 "2012-11-28T05:53:49Z")
Should’ve asked Romney; he’s got binders full of women. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2012, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7713 "2012-11-28T07:35:05Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > They don’t have a clue how to appeal to anyone other than old white men. Now, be fair. As Romney said, all those women can’t be chairs because they have to get home by 6 to cook dinner for their husbands. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2012, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7714 "2012-11-28T07:51:14Z")
What of man is that? Hell, if she’s that busy, you can wait till seven! ---
**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:** [November 28, 2012, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7715 "2012-11-28T10:50:38Z")
Ooh, another “family values” Republican from Tennessee in the news. Let’s play a game. Has he: A) Been caught doing drugs? B) Been caught having sex with another woman? C) Been caught having sex with another man? D) Been arrested for beating his wife? E) All of the above? And the answer is…[spoiler] […D](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2238978/Republican-Congressional-candidate-family-matters-conservative-arrested-slapping-wife-weeks-losing-election.html?ito=feeds-newsxml). > [@](#): > > A Republican Congressional candidate who lost heavily in November’s elections has now been charged with domestic assault. > Brad Staats, 43, who describes himself as a ‘family matters’ conservative, was arrested early on Sunday morning at his home in Hermitage, Tennessee. > > Police had received a phone call from his wife Bethany Staats, claiming that he had slapped her during a disagreement. At least he’s not known for, say, doing stupid things with firearms. Oh wait… > [@](#): > > Staats’ campaign caused a stir when he posted a picture of his handgun on Facebook, along with the words: ‘Here is something that I usually have with me. Welcome to Tennessee Mr. Obama’ Hits his wife, likes to wave a gun around…what could possibly go wrong? (Apologies to those of you who were really hoping the answer was E.)[/spoiler] ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2012, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7716 "2012-11-28T12:58:13Z")
Whoa! Does this mean he gets questioned by the Secret Service? :eek: ---
**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:** [November 28, 2012, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7717 "2012-11-28T14:16:55Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Ooh, another “family values” Republican from Tennessee in the news. Let’s play a game. Has he: > > A) Been caught doing drugs? > B) Been caught having sex with another woman? > C) Been caught having sex with another man? > D) Been arrested for beating his wife? > E) All of the above? Darn! I would have sworn the answer was Rep. Scott DesJarlais (R-Tennessee): [Scott DesJarlais, Pro-Life Republican Congressman And Doctor, Pressured Mistress Patient To Get Abortion](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/10/scott-desjarlais-abortion-pro-life_n_1953136.html) ---
**Author:** ![enomaj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/59ef9b/32.png) [@enomaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enomaj)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2012, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7718 "2012-11-28T14:24:32Z")
A ‘family matters’ conservative?! Didn’t know Carl Winslow was a Republican. ---
**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:** [November 28, 2012, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7719 "2012-11-28T14:25:59Z")
Heh. It’s like Alec Baldwin’s much-reported tweet: “You know your party is in trouble when people ask did the rape guy win, and you have to ask which one?” ---
**Author:** ![Trion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Trion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trion)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2012, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7720 "2012-11-28T14:29:05Z")
> [@enomaj](#): > > A ‘family matters’ conservative?! Didn’t know Carl Winslow was a Republican. Well, this thread does get a lot more entertaining if you can imagine the respective Republicans saying “Did I do that?” in an Urkel voice. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=385) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=387)