# 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:** 417
**Author:** ![MacCat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maccat/32/216_2.png) [@MacCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacCat)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/8321 "2013-01-24T03:13:44Z")
> [@waterj2](#): > > Guy can’t even pull off the most mundane planning tasks. Like putting on [the socks without the holes](http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/blog/2007/jan/30/darnitwolfowi) before visiting a mosque. It’s ironic, because [he is known](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9nzBWcTSVM) for his grooming practices. ---
**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:** [January 24, 2013, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/8322 "2013-01-24T03:20:43Z")
Paul Broun, it should be noted, has had a starring role in this thread before. He’s the Georgia Congressman who publicly stated in October of last year that evolution and the Big Bang Theory (the actual theory, not the TV show) are (and I quote) “lies from the Pit of Hell”. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/8323 "2013-01-24T03:26:18Z")
> [@](#): > > … I think the only Constitution that Barack Obama upholds is the Soviet constitution, not this one. He has no concept of this one, though he claimed to be a constitutional lawyer… Viddy well, my droogs, the Constitution is real horror show! ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/8324 "2013-01-24T17:13:39Z")
[New Mexico Bill Would Criminalize Abortions After Rape As ‘Tampering With Evidence’](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/24/new-mexico-abortion-bill_n_2541894.html?utm_hp_ref=politics) > [@](#): > > A Republican lawmaker in New Mexico introduced a bill on Wednesday that would legally require victims of rape to carry their pregnancies to term in order to use the fetus as evidence for a sexual assault trial. Words fail me. ---
**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:** [January 24, 2013, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/8325 "2013-01-24T17:16:32Z")
> [@Shakes](#): > > [New Mexico Bill Would Criminalize Abortions After Rape As ‘Tampering With Evidence’](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/24/new-mexico-abortion-bill_n_2541894.html?utm_hp_ref=politics) > > Words fail me. As someone elsewhere said: If I set fire to this congressman, can I arrest him for putting out the fire using the same ‘tampering with evidence’ logic? ---
**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:** [January 24, 2013, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/8326 "2013-01-24T17:36:34Z")
Out of curiosity, did the Soviet Union actually _have_ a written constitution? ---
**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:** [January 24, 2013, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/8327 "2013-01-24T18:02:10Z")
> [@Shakes](#): > > [New Mexico Bill Would Criminalize Abortions After Rape As ‘Tampering With Evidence’](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/24/new-mexico-abortion-bill_n_2541894.html?utm_hp_ref=politics) > > > [@](#): > > > > A Republican lawmaker in New Mexico introduced a bill on Wednesday that would legally require victims of rape to carry their pregnancies to term in order to use the fetus as evidence for a sexual assault trial. > > Words fail me. I don’t know why, but I’m actually surprised they’re doubling down on the rape thing. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/8328 "2013-01-24T18:14:29Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Out of curiosity, did the Soviet Union actually _have_ a written constitution? [Yep.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_of_the_Soviet_Union) Three of them. ---
**Author:** ![redtail23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3e96dc/32.png) [@redtail23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/redtail23)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/8329 "2013-01-24T18:15:51Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > The fact that some Oklahomans are able to say “hey…we’re not \*all \*batshit crazy” gives me some hope for the future of our Republic. Hey…we’re not _all_ batshit crazy. The best part is that the whole thing looks to be a set-up. Apparently [Sally Kern](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sally_Kern) is the woman who was “innocently” asking questions. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/8330 "2013-01-24T18:35:27Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > I don’t know why, but I’m actually surprised they’re doubling down on the rape thing. LOL. Leave it to the Republicans. Only they could be so twisted at to take two emotionally charged topics like abortion and rape and somehow smash those two together. Either one of those subjects alone the Republicans don’t do well on. Both together? LOL, seriously, what are these guys thinking? ---
**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:** [January 24, 2013, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/8331 "2013-01-24T18:40:48Z")
> [@Shakes](#): > > [New Mexico Bill Would Criminalize Abortions After Rape As ‘Tampering With Evidence’](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/24/new-mexico-abortion-bill_n_2541894.html?utm_hp_ref=politics) > > Words fail me. It’s a two-fer. Outlaw abortion AND make women the ones who must sacrifice in order to prevent rape. ---
**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:** [January 24, 2013, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/8332 "2013-01-24T18:41:31Z")
I can comprehend the view that abortion is murder and sacrilege. I totally disagree, but I can imagine a religious person feeling strongly the other way. But … > [@Shakes](#): > > [New Mexico Bill Would Criminalize Abortions After Rape As ‘Tampering With Evidence’](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/24/new-mexico-abortion-bill_n_2541894.html?utm_hp_ref=politics) We all know that the more involved or seemingly intelligent right-wing posts on message boards are parodies, composed by rationalists in the hopes that _reductio ad absurdem_ will lead the batshit-crazy back to the light. I think Cathrynn Brown is a rationalist, who ran for office as a troll and is now working from within the GOP as a parodist, to demonstrate its complete loss of reason. I can imagine no other explanation for this most peculiar proposal. ---
**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:** [January 24, 2013, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/8333 "2013-01-24T20:44:32Z")
Meanwhile, a Catholic hospital in Denver is being sued for malpractice by a man whose pregnant wife and her unborn twin sons died in their care. In the hospital’s brief, they argue that the man has no standing to sue them for the wrongful death of the twins, because [unborn fetuses aren’t people.](http://jezebel.com/5978696/catholic-hospital-conveniently-claims-fetuses-arent-people-in-malpractice-lawsuit) ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/8334 "2013-01-24T20:59:47Z")
Well, there’s been an update, a clarification if you will, of what Brown intended with this bill: > [@](#): > > UPDATE: 12:25 p.m. – Brown said in a statement Thursday that she introduced the bill with the goal of punishing the person who commits incest or rape and then procures or facilitates an abortion to destroy the evidence of the crime. > > “New Mexico needs to strengthen its laws to deter sex offenders,” said Brown. “By adding this law in New Mexico, we can help to protect women across our state.” So, she wasn’t trying to keep rape victims from aborting the evidence, \*she’s just really really crap at writing bills to say what she wants them to say. \* Read the text of the bill [here](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/13%20Regular/bills/house/HB0206.pdf) and decide what she seems to have meant by it. ---
**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:** [January 24, 2013, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/8335 "2013-01-24T21:04:03Z")
Oh, I think that law says exactly what she wants it to say. ---
**Author:** ![redtail23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3e96dc/32.png) [@redtail23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/redtail23)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2013, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/8336 "2013-01-24T21:54:14Z")
Yeah, I don’t think that’s as much a “clarification” as yet another “oh crap, they’re calling me on this bullshit, what can I make up to sound slightly less lunatic”. ---
**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:** [January 24, 2013, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/8337 "2013-01-24T22:47:42Z")
> [@Shakes](#): > > [New Mexico Bill Would Criminalize Abortions After Rape As ‘Tampering With Evidence’](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/24/new-mexico-abortion-bill_n_2541894.html?utm_hp_ref=politics) > Words fail me. I see the GOP is still trying to cozy up to women. In a related matter, New Mexico has a sex education problem. > **[Micro Pigs, Teacup pigs, Mini Pigs](https://microteacuppigs.com/)** > > Micro teacup pigs for sale and adoption. We have the smallest mini pigs in the world! > [@](#): > > New Mexico, together with states like Arkansas, Texas, and Mississippi, lead the country in teen pregnancy. According to 2008 figures published by the federal Centers for Disease Control, The Land of Enchantment trails only Mississippi in teenage births. Certainly not the land of enlightenment, but still way behind Arizona, Florida, Texas, Oklahoma, and several other states for pure stupid. ---
**Author:** ![user\_hostile](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/user_hostile/32/474_2.png) [@user\_hostile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/user_hostile)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2013, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/8338 "2013-01-25T02:48:49Z")
> [@BigAppleBucky](#): > > I see the GOP is still trying to cozy up to women. > > In a related matter, New Mexico has a sex education problem. > > [Micro Pigs, Teacup pigs, Mini Pigs](http://newmexicoindependent.com/71995/new-mexicos-sexual-education-problem) > > Certainly not the land of enlightenment, but still way behind Arizona, Florida, Texas, Oklahoma, and several other states for pure stupid. But it’s most certainly the Land of Enchantment, **BigAppleBucky** 😉 ---
**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:** [January 25, 2013, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/8339 "2013-01-25T04:37:55Z")
> [@Jenaroph](#): > > Well, there’s been an update, a clarification if you will, of what Brown intended with this bill: So, she wasn’t trying to keep rape victims from aborting the evidence, \*she’s just really really crap at writing bills to say what she wants them to say. > \* > Read the text of the bill [here](http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/13%20Regular/bills/house/HB0206.pdf) and decide what she seems to have meant by it. Weasel powers! Activate! ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2013, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/8340 "2013-01-25T07:10:40Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > I don’t know why, but I’m actually surprised they’re doubling down on the rape thing. > [@Shakes](#): > > LOL. Leave it to the Republicans. Only they could be so twisted at to take two emotionally charged topics like abortion and rape and somehow smash those two together. > > Either one of those subjects alone the Republicans don’t do well on. Both together? LOL, seriously, what are these guys thinking? Someone on another forum said it’s “like the GOP has Rape Tourette’s or something”. They just blurt out absurdly misogynistic rape comments every so often. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=416) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=418)