# 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:** 393
**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:** [December 10, 2012, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7841 "2012-12-10T22:07:49Z")
Must be a slow news day - [Fox News is asking Donald Trump what he thinks of the idea that Muslims are praying in New York.](http://thinkprogress.org/security/2012/12/10/1308331/fox-news-ground-zero-mosque-back/) ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2012, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7842 "2012-12-11T03:47:58Z")
> [@user\_hostile](#): > > [Petraeus for President](http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/fox-news-chiefs-failed-attempt-to-enlist-petraeus-as-presidential-candidate/2012/12/03/15fdcea8-3d77-11e2-a2d9-822f58ac9fd5_story.html?tid=pm_pop) > > Petraeus devotion to his wife was the show stopper for former general’s candidacy. [Insert rimshot here]. > > Not that this surprises me, but thanks to Murdoch and Ailes poisoning the GOP well, this goes a long way in explaining why the Republicans couldn’t field a viable candidate for president. The publicity surrounding that incident alerted me to the fact that Ailes has weird alien eyes. In fact, he has Jabba the Hutt eyes. Which let me to create some artwork that fully fleshed out this idea, with Ann Coulter playing Slave Leia. The artwork is prolly safe for work … Roger the Hutt and Ann Coulter in a metal bikini, but the ads on the page are totally not safe for work, so I’ll spoiler it: [Roger the Hutt](http://politicallysexy.blogspot.com/2012/12/jabba-hutt-has-celebrity-clone-roger.html) ---
**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:** [December 11, 2012, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7843 "2012-12-11T10:52:03Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Must be a slow news day - [Fox News is asking Donald Trump what he thinks of the idea that Muslims are praying in New York.](http://thinkprogress.org/security/2012/12/10/1308331/fox-news-ground-zero-mosque-back/) Freedom of religion is for _other people_. [Freedom Nazi] No freedom for you! [/FN] ---
**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:** [December 11, 2012, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7844 "2012-12-11T23:06:27Z")
Republicans in Wisconsin ending same day voter registration. Move will cost the state an additional $5.2 million. > [@](#): > > Madison - Ending election-day registration would likely cost the state more than $5.2 million, won’t reduce the administrative work of clerks and would still allow some people to register at the polls because of a federal law. This is the top legislative agenda item for 2013. - Even though they have promised a “laser like focus” on jobs. Money quote bolded: > [@](#): > > Sen. Glenn Grothman (R-West Bend) said he had not yet reviewed the material from the accountability board and remained committed to trying to end election-day registration. He said he would like the Senate to vote on it in January. > > He said he believed election-day registration made it easier to commit voter fraud, though he acknowledged he had no evidence to support that is happening. > > “ **I can’t prove it, but we all believe it** ,” he said of fraud. “It would be harder to cheat under Motor Voter and that’s why we should go with Motor Voter.” ---
**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:** [December 11, 2012, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7845 "2012-12-11T23:23:23Z")
Ah, Glenn Grothman (R-Shoeleather Sandwich)… ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2012, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7846 "2012-12-12T02:31:09Z")
He wants to go back to “motor voter”. Does memory fail, yet again, or did the Pubbies throw a screaming shit fit to try and stop “motor voter” because freedom? Like twenty years ago, it was the end of democracy and decency, ducks and geese, living together… And now they’re fucking nostalgic about it. What a long strange trip its been. ---
**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2012, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7847 "2012-12-12T03:22:34Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > He wants to go back to “motor voter”. Does memory fail, yet again, or did the Pubbies throw a screaming shit fit to try and stop “motor voter” because freedom? Like twenty years ago, it was the end of democracy and decency, ducks and geese, living together… > > And now they’re fucking nostalgic about it. What a long strange trip its been. Hey, a movin’ target is good as anything else. Whatever it takes to prevent them pesky nigras an’ wetbacks from votin’ in large numbers is worth it, dadgummit! ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2012, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7848 "2012-12-12T04:17:35Z")
> [@Onomatopoeia](#): > > Hey, a movin’ target is good as anything else. Whatever it takes to prevent them pesky nigras an’ wetbacks from votin’ in large numbers is worth it, dadgummit! I object. We’ll take the nigras and the wetbacks, but NOT THE IRISH! ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2012, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7849 "2012-12-12T04:20:07Z")
> [@Onomatopoeia](#): > > Hey, a movin’ target is good as anything else. Whatever it takes to prevent them pesky nigras an’ wetbacks from votin’ in large numbers is worth it, dadgummit! Actually, in this case, it’s not minorities at all. It’s college students. Specifically, UW-Madison. Madison is so overwhelmingly left-leaning and votes in such high numbers that it almost single handily tips the entire state of Wisconsin in the D’s favor. It also means you get candidates for Senate coming to campaign right on Library Mall because they know the student turnout will help decide the election. I loved the fact that as an undergrad I could just bring a water bill to the polling place and, boom, I could vote. I don’t understand why every state doesn’t allow that. ---
**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:** [December 12, 2012, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7850 "2012-12-12T19:13:30Z")
> [@BigAppleBucky](#): > > Republicans in Wisconsin ending same day voter registration. > > Move will cost the state an additional $5.2 million. > This is the top legislative agenda item for 2013. - Even though they have promised a “laser like focus” on jobs. > > Money quote bolded: [http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/ending-sameday-voter-registration-would-cost-52-million-board-finds-vn804tl-182996661.html](http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/ending-sameday-voter-registration-would-cost-52-million-board-finds-vn804tl-182996661.html) ---
**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:** [December 12, 2012, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7851 "2012-12-12T20:51:01Z")
Richard “Rape is a gift from God” Mourdock has finally figured out why he lost election by a landslide in a solidly red state. [It’s because of the liberal media.](http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/senate-races/272179-mourdock-email-blames-liberal-media-for-his-senate-loss) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2012, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7852 "2012-12-12T21:03:32Z")
> [@Enderw24](#): > > I loved the fact that as an undergrad I could just bring a water bill to the polling place and, boom, I could vote. I don’t understand why every state doesn’t allow that. Because some students will vote via absentee ballot in their home state, AND vote in their school state? (Personally, I think it’s ok to vote in local elections in both places you live, but since it’s illegal I don’t do it.) ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2012, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7853 "2012-12-12T21:58:58Z")
> [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](#): > > . . . (Personally, I think it’s ok to vote in local elections in both places you live, but since it’s illegal I don’t do it.) It would unfairly give extra power to rich people. Rich Joe might maintain homes in twenty or thirty different communities, and vote in each of them. Your own community might be host to a few hundred out-of-towners or even out-of-staters, who maintain a residence solely to vote there. I suppose I’m a hypocrite in this, though, because I see it okay for rich blokes to send money to local campaigns in towns and states far from where they really live. I don’t admire it, but I can’t see any way to prevent it without a constitutional amendment. I guess I can only argue that money is an influence, but not an actual vote, and, anyway, the First Amendment says I can. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2012, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7854 "2012-12-12T23:18:39Z")
> [@Trinopus](#): > > It would unfairly give extra power to rich people. Rich Joe might maintain homes in twenty or thirty different communities, and vote in each of them. Your own community might be host to a few hundred out-of-towners or even out-of-staters, who maintain a residence solely to vote there. Well, arguably the contribution they make to the local economies in property taxes and/or rent (depending on how this “maintenance” is arranged) has more of an impact than their individual votes. I mean, it would have to be the swingingest of swing venues for a single vote to matter. Of course having said that, I can picture organized efforts to “reside” many people, i.e. the party rents a large house and gets 50 people (or whatever the maximum legal occupancy is) to temporarily “live” there for the purposes of voting, and the total cost is just a few months’ rent. Repeat several hundred times and a tight race in a contentious congressional district could be bought. Heck, find a party supporter who owns a vacant apartment building with 60 units, move 400 “residents” in… ---
**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:** [December 13, 2012, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7855 "2012-12-13T00:50:30Z")
The Supreme Court will soon hear a case involving gay marriage. [Justice Scalia has hinted at his position](http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/272161-scalia-defends-equating-bans-on-gay-marriage-murder): [QUOTE=Justice Antonin Scalia] “If we cannot have moral feelings against homosexuality, can we have it against murder? Can we have it against other things?” [/QUOTE] ---
**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:** [December 13, 2012, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7856 "2012-12-13T00:56:50Z")
Well, there goes the hope that HE’LL be the swing vote… Seriously, I hope he DOES try that kind of whinge in whatever deliberative discussions they have. It might be just the thing to prod Kennedy into voting to affirm the Ninth’s decision. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2012, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7857 "2012-12-13T01:20:55Z")
To be ruthlessly fair, he did not actually make a comparison between homosexuality and murder. He simply noted that moral inclinations are commonly reflected in law. He might just as easily compared homosexuality to, say, shoplifting but probably enjoyed the little extra bit of inflammatory baiting. Because he is an asshole. Please don’t make me do this again. Ever. ---
**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:** [December 13, 2012, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7858 "2012-12-13T02:30:23Z")
In October, [an email was circulated](http://irvingblog.dallasnews.com/2012/12/chain-email-prompts-35-minute-report-to-school-board-on-islam-in-irving-isd-curriculum.html/) accusing the school district in Irving, TX of having a radical pro-Islam bias in its curriculum. The school board, which is dominated by conservatives and opens its meetings with a Christian prayer, was so concerned that they hired an independent investigator to scour the curriculum for any sign of religious bias. [The result (PDF) should shock absolutely noone:](https://v3.boardbook.org/Public/PublicItemDownload.aspx?ik=33213280) > [@](#): > > - Christianity got twice as much attention in the curriculum as any other religion. Islam was a distant second. > > - The Red Crescent and Boston Tea Party reference mentioned in the email were nowhere in CSCOPE’s curriculum, although they may have been in the past. > > - If there was any Islamic bias in CSCOPE it was “bias against radical Islam.” ---
**Author:** ![fumster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9c0ed/32.png) [@fumster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fumster)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2012, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7859 "2012-12-13T09:13:33Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > To be ruthlessly fair, he did not actually make a comparison between homosexuality and murder. He simply noted that moral inclinations are commonly reflected in law. He might just as easily compared homosexuality to, say, shoplifting but probably enjoyed the little extra bit of inflammatory baiting. Because he is an asshole. > > Please don’t make me do this again. Ever. But it’s not a very good argument. If we have moral feelings against murder, can’t we have them against mixing two fibers? The reason murder is illegal is not because it is immoral, it’s because we give up our right to legally murder a person in return for assurance we can not be murdered legally by someone else. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2012, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7860 "2012-12-13T09:26:35Z")
Well, we gotta ban homosexuality, lest somebody homosexualize you! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=392) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=394)