# 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:** 426
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/8501 "2013-02-05T00:06:49Z")
> [@lance\_strongarm](#): > > Could we lay off the term “retarded,” I thought he was talking about himself because he has admitted the fact that is obvious to us all, that he’s **Really Not All That Bright**. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/8502 "2013-02-05T02:49:11Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > You can’t be referring to Ms. Lorene Yarnell, famed of the Shields and Yarnell comedy team? She passed away just recently and she is sorely missed. It is a shame that her talents were so sadly underutilized, a mime is a terrible thing to waste. You’d better be glad the rope is imaginary. ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/8503 "2013-02-05T03:12:56Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > [Screw McCain! Here’s a guy who knows how to fire off racist tweets!](http://www.mediaite.com/online/former-sc-gop-exec-director-fires-off-racially-charged-tweets-during-the-super-bowl/) > > But he’s not working for the GOP at the moment, so I guess it’s all right. My first thought was that Twitter did have a breach, where 250,000 account logins were leaked, and surely these tweets were made by a prankster. I mean, there’s no way a former state political party exec would make such statements. So I took a moment to look into it, and… yeah, the guy is a prick. His Twitter account is chock full of gems like that. Another example: “It hasn’t been this dark in the Superdome since all those poors occupied it after Hurricane Katrina.” He claims he is engaging in satire. He even went on The Huffington Post to [defend himself](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/04/todd-kincannon-trayvon-martin-tweet_n_2618895.html), and just dug himself in deeper. Wow. This guy made it to the state executive of a major political party. That’s just… wow. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/8504 "2013-02-05T05:56:06Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > You’d better be glad the rope is imaginary. Yeah, right. Like they’d be coming for me before they’d already hanged you! ---
**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:** [February 5, 2013, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/8505 "2013-02-05T12:53:33Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Yeah, right. Like they’d be coming for me before they’d already hanged you! They said you was hung! ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/8506 "2013-02-05T13:19:58Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > … He even went on The Huffington Post to [defend himself](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/04/todd-kincannon-trayvon-martin-tweet_n_2618895.html), and just dug himself in deeper. Wow. … Brilliant, Todd Kincannon “I’m not a racist, I’m a troll!” CMC ---
**Author:** ![lance\_strongarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/87869e/32.png) [@lance\_strongarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lance_strongarm)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/8507 "2013-02-05T14:01:20Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Fair enough. Sorry to anyone I offended, and to anyone I didn’t. Wow, thanks very much. I often get angry refusals when I make this simple request, so I appreciate it when someone gets it. Sure wish we had more people like you and not as many assholes like Todd Kincannon in the world. ---
**Author:** ![lance\_strongarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/87869e/32.png) [@lance\_strongarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lance_strongarm)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2013, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/8508 "2013-02-05T14:03:16Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > I thought he was talking about himself because he has admitted the fact that is obvious to us all, that he’s **Really Not All That Bright**. 😃 Maybe, but I wasn’t worrying about him hurting his own feelings. I was objecting to using other people to represent an insult. Kind of like if you were to say, for instance, “he Jewed me down” to mean negotiating over money would be demeaning to Jews. ---
**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:** [February 5, 2013, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/8509 "2013-02-05T21:15:07Z")
The wind in Oklahoma is blowing down the plains - right through the heads of our fine legislators. See [www.thelostogle.com](http://www.thelostogle.com) for 5 Feb. "We’ve obtained through the Ogle Mole Network a letter sent by State Representative John Bennett (R - Sallisaw) to fellow lawmakers in hopes of forming a “Counterterrorism Caucus” in the Oklahoma legislature. The goal of the caucus would be to help educate and inform Oklahomans about the growing Muslim threat, and prevent the Muslim Brotherhood from “establishing world-wide rule” and “imposing Shariah law.” Some additional highlights: [ You may already know that the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) is an international terrorist organization … MB has a large, well-funded organization active here in the United States and has a number of front organizations operating here in Oklahoma. ….we are working on getting Congresswoman Michelle Bachmann to come to Oklahoma during the upcoming legislative session.:eek: …The next step we need to take is to set up a Counterterrorism (CT) Caucus in the state legislature.] [FONT=Trebuchet MS][SIZE=2]Derplahomans at work. The comments are good - unlike many online blogs where the crazies who have stuck CAPS LOCK keys and skipped punctuation class hang out. [/SIZE][/FONT] ---
**Author:** ![lance\_strongarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/87869e/32.png) [@lance\_strongarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lance_strongarm)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2013, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/8510 "2013-02-06T00:04:35Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > The wind in Oklahoma is blowing down the plains - right through the heads of our fine legislators. Nice fine. The Muslims are the new Jews and Catholics and atheists. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2013, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/8511 "2013-02-06T01:57:50Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > [Screw McCain! Here’s a guy who knows how to fire off racist tweets!](http://www.mediaite.com/online/former-sc-gop-exec-director-fires-off-racially-charged-tweets-during-the-super-bowl/) > > But he’s not working for the GOP at the moment, so I guess it’s all right. Sick. Racist. Homophobic. It’s good-ol-boy buulll-fucking shit like this clown that makes me proud to know that I have never given a single republican a single vote. ---
**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:** [February 6, 2013, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/8512 "2013-02-06T06:30:06Z")
[Tennessee Republican compares homosexuality to ‘shooting heroin’](http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/02/05/tennessee-republican-compares-homosexuality-to-shooting-heroin/) \*"Near the end of the interview, Campfield was asked why schools shouldn’t teach young homosexual students how to protect themselves from HIV. “‘You know, you could say the same thing about kids who are shooting heroin,’ he replied. ‘We need to show them the best ways to shoot up. No, we don’t. Why do we have to hypersexualize little children? Why can’t we just let little kids be little kids for a while?’”\* ---
**Author:** ![gamerunknown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6bbea6/32.png) [@gamerunknown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gamerunknown)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2013, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/8513 "2013-02-06T11:51:53Z")
Insulin is a gateway drug! ---
**Author:** ![Double\_Foolscap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85e7bf/32.png) [@Double\_Foolscap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Double_Foolscap)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2013, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/8514 "2013-02-06T13:05:43Z")
> [@Shayna](#): > > [Tennessee Republican compares homosexuality to ‘shooting heroin’](http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/02/05/tennessee-republican-compares-homosexuality-to-shooting-heroin/) > > \*"Near the end of the interview, Campfield was asked why schools shouldn’t teach young homosexual students how to protect themselves from HIV. > > “‘You know, you could say the same thing about kids who are shooting heroin,’ he replied. ‘We need to show them the best ways to shoot up. No, we don’t. Why do we have to hypersexualize little children? Why can’t we just let little kids be little kids for a while?’”\* The bill he’s defending prohibits any sex ed that discusses non-natural reproduction, so all the straight kids aren’t going to be taught anything either. I wonder if they’ll count abstinence as “inconsistent with natural human reproduction”, and not teach that either? ---
**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:** [February 6, 2013, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/8515 "2013-02-06T15:03:30Z")
> [@lance\_strongarm](#): > > Wow, thanks very much. I often get angry refusals when I make this simple request, so I appreciate it when someone gets it. > > Sure wish we had more people like you and not as many assholes like Todd Kincannon in the world. No thank you necessary. It’s a bad habit and I appreciate any help with curing it. > [@Biggirl](#): > > [McCain tweets racist joke about Iranian President I’madinnerjacket](http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/02/04/16839299-mccain-compares-iranian-leader-to-monkey-draws-gop-charge-of-racism?lite) then gets all “lighten up, Francis” when someone else in the GOP tells him it isn’t a good idea to make racist jokes. > > McCain is vindicated when other members of the GOP jump to is aid-- today is defend the Jew-hater against the war hero day! [It turns out there might be a method to his madness](http://crooksandliars.com/karoli/former-head-south-carolina-gop-race-baiting): > [@](#): > > …Kincannon has switched to claiming that liberals intentionally try to silence conservatives online by using the “Gulag” to silence them. Not only has he made this claim, but he is raising money online by making it. Here’s a screenshot of part of the page he has created on Rally. It even has a logo that seems professionally designed, and yes, a clarion call to help defend conservatives. > > That hashtag, #TGDN, stands for the “Twitter Gulag Defense Network.” Please. > > \ > > No, what Kincannon seems to be doing is being intentionally inflammatory in order to get himself suspended so he can rally the Breitbots and Tea Partiers to his defense. Of course, sympathy is always nice but money is better, so he’s got the convenient fundraising page ready for the hellraising to begin. ---
**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:** [February 6, 2013, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/8516 "2013-02-06T17:16:37Z")
So Kincannon’s stance is that conservatives are racists and social media won’t allow them to be as racist as they want to be? So send me money? Nice work, if you can get it-- and stomach it. P.S., I think you meant to quote my other post. But I know what you meant. ---
**Author:** ![rogerbox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/76d3ee/32.png) [@rogerbox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rogerbox)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2013, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/8517 "2013-02-06T18:05:26Z")
Has anyone noticed that Conservatives cannot differentiate “Freedom of Speech” from “Freedom of criticism of my bigoted, nasty hate speech”? Of course excluding death threats, but it is bizarre that they are the biggest cry babies about blowback from saying some of the most vile strings of words possible in the English language, you would think if they were man enough to celebrate the death of a child for doing nothing wrong that the people who voice their disagreement with those comments would slide right off his rugged individualist conservative back? ---
**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:** [February 6, 2013, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/8518 "2013-02-06T18:14:36Z")
> [@rogerbox](#): > > Has anyone noticed that Conservatives cannot differentiate “Freedom of Speech” from “Freedom of criticism of my bigoted, nasty hate speech”? Yes, constantly. It’s the sure sign of an indefensible position when they start trotting out the old “they want to take away freedom of speech!” bleating. Of course they are only being criticized for their bullshit, and nobody is trying to make laws or whatever to prevent them spouting their verbal santorum. ---
**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:** [February 6, 2013, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/8519 "2013-02-06T18:32:55Z")
> [@rogerbox](#): > > Has anyone noticed that Conservatives cannot differentiate “Freedom of Speech” from “Freedom of criticism of my bigoted, nasty hate speech”? It is consistent with the conservative belief that anything that is constitutionally protected (speech, religion, guns, etc.) should not be subject to any negative extra-governmental consequences. They hate being reminded that no freedom is absolute, and always entails responsibility and accountability. ---
**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:** [February 6, 2013, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/8520 "2013-02-06T22:05:30Z")
[Idaho lawmaker’s bill forces students to pass ‘Atlas Shrugged’ test to graduate](http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/02/06/idaho-lawmakers-bill-forces-students-to-pass-atlas-shrugged-test-to-graduate/) “The chairman of the Idaho Senate’s Education Committee says that he introduced a bill to require all students to read Ayn Rand’s ‘Atlas Shrugged’ because the book ‘made my son a Republican.’” State Sen. John Goedde (R) introduced the bill in committee on Tuesday to mandate that each student pass a test on the novel before they are able to graduate from high school, according to The Spokesman-Review." Of course he denies that he would actually follow through with it … it’s all just an exercise in Gotchaism. But can I have a show of hands of how many here believe him? ::crickets:: Yeah, me neither. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=425) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=427)