# 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:** 478
**Author:** ![Foggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foggy/32/1082_2.png) [@Foggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foggy)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2013, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9541 "2013-06-01T02:24:38Z")
> [@BigAppleBucky](#): > > Coming soon: UN tanks rolling up your street. I would like to see that! Really, I’ve never seen a tank and having them right on Hyde Street would make it soo easy. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![rogerbox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/76d3ee/32.png) [@rogerbox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rogerbox)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2013, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9542 "2013-06-01T05:52:18Z")
What right does Greta Van Susteren have to be outraged? The republicans, aka Fox News, have made it loud and clear how the feel about women, so why is she acting like she’s shocked they feel this way? ---
**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:** [June 1, 2013, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9543 "2013-06-01T07:19:37Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > Ah, good. Tom Cotton of Arkansas thinks it would be just fine and dandy to [throw the entire family in prison](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/22/tom-cotton-corruption-of-blood_n_3322251.html) if one member of it is convicted of violating U.S. sanctions on Iran. The good news is that The bad news is that he thought this was a good idea in the first place. > > Some days, there are just \*not \*enough roll-eyes. He should move to North Korea; they would approve of this sort of thing. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2013, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9544 "2013-06-01T08:43:18Z")
> [@Shayna](#): > > [\*\* Kansas Republican Actually Opposes The Poor Buying More Food \*\*](http://www.addictinginfo.org/2013/05/26/kansas-republican-actually-opposes-the-poor-buying-more-food/) > > House Republican fuckhead Jeff Melcher explained his opposition to lowering sales tax from 6.3% to 4.95% on groceries thusly: > > _“It seems to me we are encouraging the behavior of purchasing food and discouraging the behavior of purchasing anything else.”_ > > Chew on that for a bit. I’m filing this under, “too hilariously fucking terrible to be true, yet it is” category. ---
**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:** [June 1, 2013, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9545 "2013-06-01T11:28:26Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > [Pat Robertson did.](http://www.opposingviews.com/i/society/video-pat-robertson-blames-tornado-victims-not-praying) > > Yes, yes, I know that story appeared in March, 2012, but are you going to try to tell me that God _can’t_ express His disapproval proactively? He’s GOD, for His sake! Interesting fact that I discovered first hand: Remember when Robertson said God would send hurricanes to hit Disneyworld because of “gay day?” The very next hurricane to make landfall in the U.S. that season scored an almost direct hit on Roberton’s headquarters. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2013, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9546 "2013-06-01T14:19:39Z")
> [@BigAppleBucky](#): > > A GOP news outlet (Fox) panel freaks out over women becoming the bread winners > [http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/05/29/fox-contributor-liberals-who-reject-that-men-should-dominate-women-are-anti-science/](http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/05/29/fox-contributor-liberals-who-reject-that-men-should-dominate-women-are-anti-science/) > Even Greta Van Susteren thought those guys were cavemen: > > [Greta Van Susteren Rips Sexist Male Colleagues: 'Have These Men Lost Their Minds?' | HuffPost Latest News](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/31/greta-van-susteren-men-lost-minds_n_3365184.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular) > [@rogerbox](#): > > What right does Greta Van Susteren have to be outraged? The republicans, aka Fox News, have made it loud and clear how the feel about women, so why is she acting like she’s shocked they feel this way? Sometimes its just fun to watch them fight amongst themselves, like when Megyn Kelly [responded](http://news.yahoo.com/study-female-breadwinners-stirs-tv-verbal-brawl-205202681.html) to those guys ---
**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:** [June 1, 2013, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9547 "2013-06-01T16:22:17Z")
**GOP injects ‘scandals’ into discussion of student loans** > **[GOP injects ‘scandals’ into discussion of student loans](https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2013/05/31/gop-injects-scandals-into-discussion-of-student-loans/)** > > Huge majorities see the economy as a higher priority than the scandal-fest that has gripped Washington. WTF? Why talk scandals when there is a simply policy issue at stake that should be essentially non-political? ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2013, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9548 "2013-06-01T17:02:46Z")
> [@lance\_strongarm](#): > > Interesting fact that I discovered first hand: > > Remember when Robertson said God would send hurricanes to hit Disneyworld because of “gay day?” The very next hurricane to make landfall in the U.S. that season scored an almost direct hit on Roberton’s headquarters. Which just goes to show how insidious and widespread Teh Ghey Agenda is. Now even Og’s gay-friendly ! Where will it stop ?! ---
**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:** [June 1, 2013, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9549 "2013-06-01T22:07:13Z")
Ohio GOP student vote suppression effort backfires. [http://www.addictinginfo.org/2013/05/24/ohios-house-of-representatives-blows-it-by-unintentionally-encouraging-the-democratic-vote/](http://www.addictinginfo.org/2013/05/24/ohios-house-of-representatives-blows-it-by-unintentionally-encouraging-the-democratic-vote/) The GOP House voted a bill to punish colleges and universities that provided proof of residence to students registering to vote by automatically reducing out-of-state tuition to in-state rates. Naturally, the schools were outraged and would face hundreds of millions of lost tuition revenue. But then someone in the GOP controlled state senate realized that the out of state students would be more than happy to register if their tuition would be reduced. Oopsie. > [@](#): > > As Sen. Bill Coley (R-Liberty Township), said about the amendment: > > “There is some concern that it might have an unintended consequence. They would get some financial incentive to vote in Ohio. That’s not what the House intended, nor what the Senate wants. So we’re trying to rework that piece.” Translation: they need to find another way to suppress the student vote. ---
**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:** [June 1, 2013, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9550 "2013-06-01T22:13:02Z")
The second sentence of your post doesn’t really make sense. ---
**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:** [June 1, 2013, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9551 "2013-06-01T22:23:22Z")
Sure it does. Certain colleges in Ohio were certifying students as Ohio residents against the wishes of the GOP. So the GOP said “If they are Ohio residents, they should be paying Ohio tuition rates instead of out-of-state rates.” ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2013, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9552 "2013-06-01T23:22:17Z")
This student-vote-suppression business is really sleazy. If you look at the [voter registration rules](http://www.longdistancevoter.org/voter_registration_rules#.UaqA745K6nw) for the various state jurisdictions, all they say is that you must be a legal resident of that state (and sometimes of your county of residence as well). Some stipulate that you must not “claim the right to vote in another county or state”, i.e., you can’t double-register, which is perfectly reasonable. But the laws say nothing about requiring you not to have any other residence in a different state. To impose that additional requirement only on college students is blatantly discriminatory treatment. ---
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2013, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9553 "2013-06-02T01:37:23Z")
**Cathie Adams: Grover Norquist ‘Showing Signs Of Converting To Islam’ Because He Has A Beard** Not a parody: > [@](#): > > Cathie Adams, president of the Texas Eagle Forum and former chairman of the Republican Party of Texas, made questionable remarks about anti-tax activist Grover Norquist during a recent speech on “Radical Islam and the Muslim Brotherhood.” > > In a video posted by the Far North Dallas Tea Party and reported on by Right Wing Watch, Adams can be heard saying Norquist is “showing signs of converting to Islam himself," citing his beard as evidence. > > “Many of us know him because often times we like what he says about economic issues, but Grover Norquist is trouble with a capital T,” Adams says in the video. “As you see he has a beard, and he’s showing signs of converting to Islam himself.” ---
**Author:** ![Foggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foggy/32/1082_2.png) [@Foggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foggy)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2013, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9554 "2013-06-02T01:46:48Z")
Link: [Cathie Adams: Grover Norquist ‘Showing Signs Of Converting To Islam’ Because He Has A Beard](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/01/cathie-adams-grover-norquist_n_3372347.html) ---
**Author:** ![computergeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e56c9b/32.png) [@computergeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/computergeek)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2013, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9555 "2013-06-02T02:29:57Z")
Wow, too much of the party is truly nuts these days. ---
**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:** [June 2, 2013, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9556 "2013-06-02T02:33:07Z")
“Trouble with a capital T” and that rhymes with P and that stands for… What the fuck? ---
**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:** [June 2, 2013, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9557 "2013-06-02T17:39:06Z")
[http://www.addictinginfo.org/2013/06/02/kentucky-senator-eliminate-science-school/](http://www.addictinginfo.org/2013/06/02/kentucky-senator-eliminate-science-school/) Kentucky GOPer says teaching of science in schools is a UN plot. Sadly, he is on state senate education committee. > [@](#): > > Kentucky is in the process of updating its educational textbooks. Normally not a cause of contention (outside of Texas), this week it was brought into the spotlight when State Senator Mike Wilson wrote an op-ed against the new educational standards. In it, he proclaimed that the new educational standards are nothing less than an attempt by the UN to force control onto the population of the United States. ---
**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:** [June 2, 2013, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9558 "2013-06-02T19:58:59Z")
> [@BigAppleBucky](#): > > … Kentucky GOPer … Money [quote] ([http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20130523/OPINION04/305230023/Sen-Mike-Wilson-Science-standards-include-troubling-assumptions?gcheck=1](http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20130523/OPINION04/305230023/Sen-Mike-Wilson-Science-standards-include-troubling-assumptions?gcheck=1)), > [@](#): > > … Another area of contention is evolution. The standards make it clear that evolution is fundamental to understanding the life sciences. Generally, the standards focus on changes in gene pools, genetic mutations and effects of the environment on changes within species. The controversy arises with the statement that “Students can evaluate evidence of the conditions that may result in new species and understand the role of genetic variation in natural selection.” This is supposition and implies that one species may evolve into a different species. There is no factual evidence that this has ever occurred and to suppose that it happens is counter to the beliefs of many Kentuckians. … CMC fnord! ---
**Author:** ![Foggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foggy/32/1082_2.png) [@Foggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foggy)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2013, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9559 "2013-06-02T20:21:03Z")
> [@](#): > > Coming soon: UN tanks rolling up your street. > [@](#): > > Kentucky GOPer says teaching of science in schools is a UN plot. OK, is there a flow chart to show what the UN is up to? It would really help to keep this straight. ---
**Author:** ![marshmallow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@marshmallow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marshmallow)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2013, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9560 "2013-06-02T20:28:51Z")
The Islamic indoctrination of our children continues. I’ve read we now teach them Arabic numerals and something called _al-jabr_. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=477) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=479)