# 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:** 399
**Author:** ![Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/budget_player_cadet/32/205_2.png) [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2012, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7961 "2012-12-22T09:53:40Z")
> [@LeeshaJoy](#): > > And don’t forget the 1983 classic [The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus,](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089488/) in which Santa literally **consorts with pagan nature spirits.** :eek: And of course, the recent _Rise of the Guardians_, where Santa is a swashbuckling Russian (they’re still commies, right?) who consorts with nature spirits as well. ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2012, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7962 "2012-12-22T12:33:16Z")
Youngsters, Arlo Guthrie told us in the 60s why Santa was not to be trusted : [The pause of Mr Claus](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQbyT0cUMNc) ---
**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:** [December 22, 2012, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7963 "2012-12-22T14:42:02Z")
[Iowa Supreme Court: Firing of attractive worker not harassment](http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20121222/NEWS01/312220050/-1/COUPON/Iowa-Supreme-Court-Firing-attractive-worker-not-harassment) Perhaps not a Republican idea. Is this the new improved Iowa Supreme Court? I remember a recall because the previous judges overruled a ban on gay marriage IIRC correctly. Strange anyway. Dentist fires assistant after 10 years because she’s too hot, he has been harassing her, he’s getting ready to take “action”, the dentist’s wife finds out and she is pissed. TEN YEARS:confused: And can anyone furnish pictures? . . . . No, not of the Supreme Court:D ---
**Author:** ![Katriona](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/katriona/32/113_2.png) [@Katriona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Katriona)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2012, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7964 "2012-12-22T16:02:41Z")
> [@bup](#): > > So all we need to do is spread the meme that Santa Claus is a socialist, and Republicans will drop him. > > Santa in \*\*\*Santa Claus is Coming to Town \*\*\*is not only a socialist, but an outlaw and renegade. I always took Santa for a Republican. Old white guy doling out rewards and punishments based on his own fucked-up ideas of morality. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2012, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7965 "2012-12-22T16:05:27Z")
So _that’s_ why I never got that bicycle! ---
**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 23, 2012, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7966 "2012-12-23T14:50:57Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > And can anyone furnish pictures? If you present [“Melissa Nelson” to Google Images](http://www.google.com/search?um=1&hl=en&safe=off&tbo=d&biw=1241&bih=606&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=Melissa+Nelson&btnG=) you’ll see several women of that name. In the first row I see six pictures: two of the victim, two of models pretending to be a dental assistant, and two other Melissa Nelsons. If I were going to risk a harassment suit, I’d harass the same-named blond blue-eyed ukelele player. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2012, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7967 "2012-12-23T15:15:39Z")
I must be getting old; I didn’t click on the link. But, wait, there’s a woman with blue-eyes _and_ a ukelele…? ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2012, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7968 "2012-12-23T15:34:35Z")
Pics of her in various news stories, e.g.: [http://www.news4jax.com/news/-Irresistible-Iowa-worker-decries-ruling/-/475880/17879022/-/jf7ka7/-/index.html](http://www.news4jax.com/news/-Irresistible-Iowa-worker-decries-ruling/-/475880/17879022/-/jf7ka7/-/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![boytyperanma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@boytyperanma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boytyperanma)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2012, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7969 "2012-12-24T03:16:35Z")
Don’t know much about Mike Crapo but I thought a Mormon GOP senator drinking and driving sounds like a stupid idea. > **[Crapo apologizes after DUI arrest](https://www.politico.com/story/2012/12/mike-crapo-drunk-driving-085451)** > > The Idaho senator is released on $1,000 bond, and has a court date scheduled for Jan. 4. ---
**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 24, 2012, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7970 "2012-12-24T04:05:31Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > If you present [“Melissa Nelson” to Google Images](http://www.google.com/search?um=1&hl=en&safe=off&tbo=d&biw=1241&bih=606&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=Melissa+Nelson&btnG=) you’ll see several women of that name. In the first row I see six pictures: two of the victim, two of models pretending to be a dental assistant, and two other Melissa Nelsons. > > If I were going to risk a harassment suit, I’d harass the same-named blond blue-eyed ukelele player. Google updates quickly. Thirteen hours later, there are now _five_ pictures of the victim and _three_ different models pretending to be such a victim before you get to the pretty ukelele player. Melissa Nelson the cultural ecologist has dropped from Row 1 to Row 3. ---
**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 24, 2012, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7971 "2012-12-24T16:23:19Z")
> [@boytyperanma](#): > > Don’t know much about Mike Crapo but I thought a Mormon GOP senator drinking and driving sounds like a stupid idea. > > [http://www.politico.com/story/2012/12/mike-crapo-drunk-driving-85451.html](http://www.politico.com/story/2012/12/mike-crapo-drunk-driving-85451.html) Unless there’s some sort of hypocrisy involved, I think he should be given a pass for making a stupid mistake. ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2012, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7972 "2012-12-24T16:43:13Z")
> [@BigAppleBucky](#): > > Unless there’s some sort of hypocrisy involved, I think he should be given a pass for making a stupid mistake. Oh it’s hypocrisy all right. Senator Crapo has [supported tax cuts for brewers](http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2010/09/08/abstinent_mormon_farmers_grow_barley_for_beer/), saying that while he abstains from alcohol, he won’t impose his religious beliefs on others, but he wants to support a growing industry. Yes, Senator, I’m sure it’s your pro-business stance that makes you want to support craft breweries in Idaho. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2012, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7973 "2012-12-24T16:52:04Z")
That’s a bit tenuous. Common Republicans, you can do better. I’m fine with arguable conservative viewpoints and whatnot, and don’t really care about small-h hypocrisy. Is a day really going by without some extreme claim or contorted logic to fill the thread? Common, Florida, do your duty! South Carolina, you’re so close, let’s hear from you? Texas? Texas? Please stop eating paste for a few minutes and do something newsworthy. And upstate NY, don’t think I don’t see you there, trying to avoid eye contact. You’ve got plenty of stupid to share, let’s get with it! ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2012, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7974 "2012-12-24T17:05:11Z")
Texas has put an embargo on stupid. When the rest of ya’ll run out after New Years, they’re gonna double the price on raw, unrefined stupid. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2012, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7975 "2012-12-24T17:33:02Z")
Sorry, but if Texas tries to hold in all the stupid it generates, we’ll end up with a stupidity eruption that would Deepwater Horizon look like a greasy paper towel fell out of a rowboat. I think the last time a state tried that was the Great Alaska Idiocy Strike of February 11, 1964–and look what that got us. A Texas-sized stupendum? My go, it’s full of tards. \*Won’t someone think of the children?! \* ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2012, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7976 "2012-12-24T19:29:44Z")
Yeah? Tryng to remember all the idiot stuff that happened because we made a refrigerator into a state. The number one, something that doesn’t pale in comparision… ---
**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 24, 2012, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7977 "2012-12-24T19:56:36Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Yeah? Tryng to remember all the idiot stuff that happened because we made a refrigerator into a state. The number one, something that doesn’t pale in comparision… Two words. Sister Sarah. ---
**Author:** ![CannyDan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cannydan/32/548_2.png) [@CannyDan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CannyDan)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2012, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7978 "2012-12-24T22:48:13Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > Two words. Sister Sarah. Wasn’t that two _mules?_ ---
**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 24, 2012, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7979 "2012-12-24T22:55:38Z")
> [@CannyDan](#): > > Wasn’t that two _mules?_ No, elephants. ---
**Author:** ![CannyDan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cannydan/32/548_2.png) [@CannyDan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CannyDan)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2012, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7980 "2012-12-24T23:10:19Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > No, elephants. Nah, four elephants carry the disk, two mules for Sister Sarah, and a cartridge in a pear tree! 😃 _(Something wrong with the scansion, or whatever…)_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=398) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=400)