# 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:** 454
**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2013, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9061 "2013-03-27T02:44:58Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Rush Limbaugh [continues to have no sense of irony](http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/03/25/1196949/-With-No-Irony-Rush-Limbaugh-Says-Lesbians-are-Obese-Substance-Abusers). Or is coming out as a lesbian. One of those. The font of all knowledge, Conservapedia, does indeed have a page to point out that [lesbians are fat](http://www.conservapedia.com/Lesbianism_and_obesity), but I don’t see [anything listed](http://www.conservapedia.com/Homosexuality_and_health) about them being alcoholics. Perhaps Rush is more up to date than Conservapedia. ---
**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:** [March 27, 2013, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9062 "2013-03-27T02:57:15Z")
> [@waterj2](#): > > Perhaps Rush is more up to date than Conservapedia. The Domesday Book is more up to date than Conservapedia. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2013, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9063 "2013-03-27T03:17:26Z")
[Top Conservatives vow “DEFCON 6” if USSC overturns gay marriage ban!](http://www.businessinsider.com/top-conservatives-promise-defcon-6-if-the-supreme-court-overturns-californias-gay-marriage-ban-2013-3) > [@Steve Deace](#): > > This idea that some people have that the court is going to settle the issue in the Republican Party — it’s going to do the exact opposite," Deace added. “It’s going to raise the issue to Orange Threat Level, it’ll be **DEFCON 6** …It will become the defining litmus test.” Uh… so it’s going to be some sort of [super peace](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DEFCON), one never seen before in post-WW2 history? :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2013, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9064 "2013-03-27T03:36:30Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > The Domesday Book is more up to date than Conservapedia. Spring is iccumin in Lewd sing cuckoo! Cuckoo! ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2013, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9065 "2013-03-27T10:14:54Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Spring is iccumin in > Lewd sing cuckoo! Cuckoo! _Ne swil thu nauer nu_, **'luci**. No wonder it’s taking longer than we thought!! ---
**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:** [March 27, 2013, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9066 "2013-03-27T15:28:54Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Uh… so it’s going to be some sort of [super peace](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DEFCON), one never seen before in post-WW2 history? Threat Level Fabulous? ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2013, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9067 "2013-03-27T15:56:50Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Threat Level Fabulous? Threat Level Rainbow Because it’s at least 20% cooler. ---
**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:** [March 27, 2013, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9068 "2013-03-27T16:12:15Z")
[Rules Are For The Little People, Gohmert Edition:](http://www.politico.com/story/2013/03/louie-gohmert-cops-parking-ticket-89375.html) > [@](#): > > Shortly after 11 p.m. on March 13, officers wrote Rep. Louie Gohmert a citation for parking his black Ford SUV in a spot reserved for National Park Service vehicles, according to a Park Police report obtained by POLITICO. > > But Gohmert wasn’t having it: He told the Park Police that his congressional parking placard allows him to park in that spot, and he’s on the committee that oversees the agency. > > Gohmert took the ticket off his windshield and placed it on a police car along with his business card with a written message: “Oversight of Park Service is my job! Natural Resources Thus the Congressional Plate in window.” > > He was “rude and irate,” one officer reported. Another wrote that Gohmert was “ranting.” ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2013, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9069 "2013-03-27T16:18:10Z")
It seems to be unclear from the _Politico_ article whether Gohmert was allowed to park there. Apparently, members of Congress are allowed to park anywhere when on official business and displaying the appropriate placard. The Park Police officer apparently said he had not noticed the placard and didn’t know what it meant anyway. My question is whether Gohmert was actually on official business. ---
**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:** [March 27, 2013, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9070 "2013-03-27T16:25:19Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > It seems to be unclear from the _Politico_ article whether Gohmert was allowed to park there. Apparently, members of Congress are allowed to park anywhere when on official business and displaying the appropriate placard. The Park Police officer apparently said he had not noticed the placard and didn’t know what it meant anyway. My question is whether Gohmert was actually on official business. From the article: > [@](#): > > Gohmert’s communications director, Kimberly Willingham, told POLITICO via email that the congressman had dinner with his stepsister and her husband that evening and decided to drive them to the memorial. Doesn’t sound very official or businesslike to me. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2013, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9071 "2013-03-27T16:28:54Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > Doesn’t sound very official or businesslike to me. Doesn’t matter what it “sounds like.” There are actual rules for these kinds of things. As I said, I consider this an open question so far. I’m not ready to assume that dinner with relatives is not official business until someone offers the actual standard for official business. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2013, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9072 "2013-03-27T17:02:24Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > It seems to be unclear from the _Politico_ article whether Gohmert was allowed to park there. Apparently, members of Congress are allowed to park anywhere when on official business and displaying the appropriate placard. The Park Police officer apparently said he had not noticed the placard and didn’t know what it meant anyway. My question is whether Gohmert was actually on official business. I thought the article made it abundantly clear: > [@](#): > > A Park Police spokesman and Capitol Hill source said a congressional plate would not allow a lawmaker to park in a reserved spot near the Lincoln Memorial. How accurate this is, I am not competant to judge, but you’d think “a Park Police spokesman and Capitol Hill source” would know what they’re talking about. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2013, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9073 "2013-03-27T17:08:19Z")
It also said this: > [@](#): > > Washington law says members of Congress may park their cars “in any available curb space in the District of Columbia” when it is being used “on official business” and displaying the congressional registration tag issued by the member’s home state. Members may not block loading zones, fire hydrants or rush hour zones. There doesn’t seem to be a definitive answer in the article. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2013, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9074 "2013-03-27T19:25:55Z")
Well, he is an “official”, and his family is his own damned 'business", so there you go! “Official business”! ---
**Author:** ![Spiff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiff/32/9852_2.png) [@Spiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiff)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2013, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9075 "2013-03-27T20:38:50Z")
[SCOTUS Chief Justice John Roberts didn’t get the Marbury v. Madison memo](http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2013/03/john-roberts-swipes-obama-doma.php). From the link: > [@](#): > > “If he has made a determination that executing the law by enforcing the terms is unconstitutional, I don’t see why he doesn’t have the courage of his convictions,” Roberts said of Obama, “and execute not only the [DOMA] statute, but do it consistent with his view of the Constitution, rather than saying, oh, we’ll wait till the Supreme Court tells us we have no choice.” Can you imagine the right wing outcry if President Obama had instructed the Department of Justice not to enforce DOMA? ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2013, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9076 "2013-03-27T20:52:39Z")
Except that “executing DOMA consistent with [Obama’s] view of the Constitution” means \*not \*executing it. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2013, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9077 "2013-03-27T21:14:58Z")
Except that he’s not entitled to make that decision, he is the executive, and if its the law, he has to enforce the law. Unless he’s Andy Jackson, then no. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2013, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9078 "2013-03-27T21:16:30Z")
I know, I was just pointing out the minor flaw in Roberts’ reasoning there. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2013, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9079 "2013-03-27T22:29:07Z")
Well, this is America, where no one is above the law though a lot of folks are underneath it. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2013, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9080 "2013-03-27T23:45:35Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > To me, its mostly about priorities. First take away all the guns, then force Eagle Scouts into gay marriages, and _then_ universal health care. You left out the mandatory abortions. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=453) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=455)