# 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:** 468
**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:** [April 24, 2013, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9341 "2013-04-24T20:03:10Z")
Whoever heard of twins not dressing the same? ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2013, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9342 "2013-04-24T20:07:20Z")
Alas. She _was_ a twin. That’s actually Hannibal Lecter underneath the hoodie. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2013, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9343 "2013-04-24T20:15:26Z")
> [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](#): > > Here’s a weird photo shop thing: > > A conservative group put together a mailer in opposition to a proposal to make it easier to register to vote. They used a picture of people standing in line, presumably to vote. However, they photoshopped the head of one woman onto another woman’s body. The latter happened to be a dark-skinned woman. > > In addition, they completely removed a dark-skinned man’s head from the photo altogether. > > [http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2013/04/23/1909661/anti-voting-mailer/](http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2013/04/23/1909661/anti-voting-mailer/) > > Now, I can’t figure out why they did this. Was it out of concern that they could be accused of racism? The picture shows mainly white people waiting in line, so it would be hard to see how people could accuse them of focusing on black people to raise fears. > > The bottom line ought to be that if you have a picture and for some reason it occurs to you to put more black people in or take black people out or make people’s skin look blacker or make it look less black, you probably ought to just leave it alone or find another picture. > > The photoshop job is just terrible, by the way. The head they chose to superimpose was of the woman standing right next to the woman in question. What were they supposed to be, twins? Not a particularly Republican stupidity. About 10 years ago, UW Madison got a lot of bad press for [adding in a black student’s face to a recruiting brochure photo of a crowd at football game,](http://www.snopes.com/college/admin/uwmadison.asp#photo) presumably to demonstrate the diversity of the student population. ---
**Author:** ![Sinaptics](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Sinaptics](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sinaptics)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2013, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9344 "2013-04-24T21:03:25Z")
What war on women? [GOP advocate calls 19 yo advocate of raising minimum wage a “Radical Bitch”…suggests she’s a prostitute on FaceBook](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/24/steve-kush-new-mexico-gop-radical_n_3148039.html) ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2013, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9345 "2013-04-24T22:13:04Z")
> [@Sinaptics](#): > > What war on women? > [GOP advocate calls 19 yo advocate of raising minimum wage a “Radical Bitch”…suggests she’s a prostitute on FaceBook](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/24/steve-kush-new-mexico-gop-radical_n_3148039.html) Article update, Steve Kush has been suspended indefinitely without pay. How much you wanna bet he soon comes out with a “I apologize if anyone was offended” non-apology and then the county GOP quietly reinstates him after things die down? ---
**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:** [April 25, 2013, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9346 "2013-04-25T00:33:16Z")
> [@Sinaptics](#): > > What war on women? > [GOP advocate calls 19 yo advocate of raising minimum wage a “Radical Bitch”…suggests she’s a prostitute on FaceBook](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/24/steve-kush-new-mexico-gop-radical_n_3148039.html) JFTR, the suggestion that she’s a prostitute came from one of the guy’s interlocutors (who did, in fact apologize). ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2013, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9347 "2013-04-25T00:36:16Z")
So, you think you’re just gonna waltz in here throwing around fancy California words like “interlocutor” and nobody’ll say anything about it! ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2013, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9348 "2013-04-25T00:54:56Z")
Interlocutor? I barely knew 'er. ---
**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:** [April 25, 2013, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9349 "2013-04-25T16:21:10Z")
Not a Dream! Not a Hoax! Not an Imaginary Story! Not an _Onion_ Satire! [Mark Sanford debates cardboard cutout of Nancy Pelosi](http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2013/04/24/mark-sanford-debates-cardboard-cutout-of-nancy-pelosi/) ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2013, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9350 "2013-04-25T16:45:39Z")
Give the GOP some credit, its better than an empty chair ---
**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:** [April 25, 2013, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9351 "2013-04-25T17:19:10Z")
I notice that nowhere in the article does it say he was winning the debates… ---
**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:** [April 25, 2013, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9352 "2013-04-25T17:35:52Z")
> [@YogSosoth](#): > > Article update, Steve Kush has been suspended indefinitely without pay. How much you wanna bet he soon comes out with a “I apologize if anyone was offended” non-apology and then the county GOP quietly reinstates him after things die down? Huh. A real apology (from the update to that article): > [@](#): > > > [@](#): > > > > "Last night, I attended the County Commissioners meeting on my own personal time and posted remarks on my personal Facebook page that were both insensitive and inappropriate. I regret my now obvious ill-fated attempt at humor. > > > > “My comments were mine, and mine alone, as such I would ask that folks direct their criticism and remarks at me and only me. I take full responsibility for those comments and feel awful that I put my thumbs on the keypad of my smart phone. > > > > “The remarks I made have no place in the public arena and, of all people, after two decades in politics I should have known better. > > > > “On a personal level, having two sisters, I most certainly should have know better. I know how I would feel if the shoe were on the other foot and I sincerely apologize to both the young woman in question and her family for my insensitive and moronic comments. > > > > “I am sincere in my apology and if this situation has taught me anything it is that I will make every effort in the future to be aware of the feelings of others." Other than the “some of my sisters are women” rubbish, it’s pretty good. ---
**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:** [April 25, 2013, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9353 "2013-04-25T18:10:46Z")
Word. If that had been posted on the SDMB in 1999, somebody would have already called him a “class act” by now. Ah, well. Kudos, Mr. Kush. If they don’t put you back into your accustomed position, perhaps you can apply for a role in their protocol department, and teach them all the meaning of the word “apology.” Again, well done. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2013, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9354 "2013-04-25T18:14:31Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Huh. A real apology (from the update to that article): > > Other than the “some of my sisters are women” rubbish, it’s pretty good. Wow, I’m actually shocked. Though the cynical me thinks he wants to take “full responsibility” to spare the larger GOP from his taint. Still, good for him to offer a real apology. Don’t believe him though, too many GOPers are good enough at hiding what they really believe for me to think he did a total 180%. He’d have to actually repudiate his beliefs on minimum wage for me to believe him sincere ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2013, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9355 "2013-04-26T22:59:42Z")
Louie Gomer (Goober-R): “This administration has so many Muslim Brotherhood members that have influence that they just are making wrong decisions for America.” I swear. I am not making this up. No, _really!_ [http://politicalwire.com/archives/2013/04/26/bonus\_quote\_of\_the\_day.html](http://politicalwire.com/archives/2013/04/26/bonus_quote_of_the_day.html) ---
**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2013, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9356 "2013-04-27T01:25:50Z")
I’m pretty sure that this supposed Louie Gohmert person is just something someone invented to test whether liberal northeasterners like me will believe ridiculous things about Texans. I mean, I’m prepared to believe some pretty bad things about Texas, but you aren’t getting me to believe they hand out Congressional seats by choosing the nuttiest guy that calls in to the local right-wing talk radio show. On the other had, I have seen Louie Gohmert speaking with my own two eyes. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2013, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9357 "2013-04-27T02:35:33Z")
Mississippi, this time. [A school is holding mandatory Christian assemblies](http://www.addictinginfo.org/2013/04/26/mississippi-school-forces-students-to-listen-to-christian-lecture-teachers-block-exits/) and barring the doors so students can’t leave. A clever student has managed to record one of the April assemblies. [A lawsuit has been filed on behalf of the students, alleging violation of the Establishment clause](http://www.scribd.com/doc/137789500/Complaint-in-M-B-v-Rankin-County-School-District). Gotta love this: [Quote=AddictingInfo] And since the school forced all of the students to be there and physically blocked them from leaving, these students were held against their will. That action is known as unlawful restraint and it is a felony. So this high school basically committed a crime in the effort to convert non-Christians to Christianity. [/Quote] No idea if that last will fly. I’m no lawyer, and as I recall, the schools I went to were able to mandate attendance at all sorts of things. Classes, for instance. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2013, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9358 "2013-04-27T03:14:45Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Huh. A real apology (from the update to that article): It’s good, but not great. I’ve read better apologies; they usually have the words “I’m sorry” in them. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2013, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9359 "2013-04-27T03:15:17Z")
> [@](#): > > …the schools I went to were able to mandate attendance at all sorts of things. Well, sure, reform school was pretty strict where I grew up, too. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2013, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9360 "2013-04-27T03:43:48Z")
Time to bring back the Colosseum for these folks. Let them feed the lions. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=467) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=469)