# 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:** 490
**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 12, 2013, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9781 "2013-06-12T16:30:16Z")
> [@waterj2](#): > > So convicted war criminal Allen West is somebody we’re supposed to take advice about military justice from? Right. Nitpick: West was not convicted of war crimes. He was administratively disciplined under Art. 15 of the UCMJ. ---
**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:** [June 12, 2013, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9782 "2013-06-12T21:25:22Z")
Congressman and Terrorist Advocate Peter King [calls for prosecution of journalists](http://www.forbes.com/sites/rickungar/2013/06/12/gop-rep-peter-king-blows-away-the-first-amendment-to-catch-the-bad-guys/) who expose the government’s dirty laundry. ---
**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 13, 2013, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9783 "2013-06-13T00:34:11Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by **Folacin** > > They just can’t help themselves - Trent Franks (R-AZ) says the rate of pregnancy from rape is ‘very low’: > > [http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/...washingtonpost](http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/...washingtonpost) > > On the plus side, he seems to be in favor of Plan B contraception: > > Quote: > “But when you make that exception, there’s usually a requirement to report the rape within 48 hours. And in this case that’s impossible because this is in the sixth month of gestation. And that’s what completely negates and vitiates the purpose of such an amendment.” > The overall discussion is around banning abortion after the 20th week vs. the apparent current standard of 24 weeks. A fellow GOPer calls this guy a moron, for this comment. > **[GOP Senate candidate calls House Republican "moron" for rape comment](https://www.salon.com/2013/06/12/gop_senate_candidate_slams_moron_house_republican_for_rape_comment/)** > > Gabriel Gomez, who is running for Senate in Massachusetts, slammed Arizona Rep. Trent Franks > [@](#): > > Gabriel Gomez, the Republican candidate in the special election for senator of Massachusetts, said that Republican Rep. Trent Franks is a “moron” for commenting that most rapes don’t result in pregnancy. > > “I think that he’s a moron and he proves that stupid has no specific political affiliation,” Gomez told ABC News. > > “I have no idea what goes into the mind of a moron like that,” he continued. “These kinds of comments only come from a moron and they shouldn’t be tolerated one bit.” ---
**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:** [June 13, 2013, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9784 "2013-06-13T01:08:25Z")
Somebody knows which state they’re running for Senator of. No Republican who embraces that kind of GOP idiocy is ever getting elected statewide in Massachusetts. Even Scott Brown had to pretend to be a moderate to win his Senate election. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2013, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9785 "2013-06-13T23:29:44Z")
There are two hours left to post a SRIotD before it’s been a full 24 hours. Common Republicans, you can do it! ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2013, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9786 "2013-06-13T23:45:55Z")
Well, it was yesterday, but I don’t think we captured Maine House Republican Leader Ken Fredette citing _Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus_ and saying that he opposes Medicaid expansion because of his “[man brain](http://www.portlanddailysun.me/index.php/newsx/news-briefs/9567-republican-legislator-blasted-for-comment-about-man-s-brain)” > [@](#): > > Because if you listen to the debate today, in my mind, a man’s mind, I hear really two fundamental issues. From the other side of the aisle, I hear the conversation being about free – ‘This is free, we need to take it and it’s free and we need to do it now.’ And that’s sort of the fundamental message that my brain receives. Now my brain, being a man’s brain, sort of thinks differently. Because I say it’s not – if it’s free, is it really free? Because I say, in my brain, 'There’s a cost to this. Democratic Maine Representative Diane Russell responded, “That was the most offensive, sexist and awkwardly painful speech I’ve seen on the floor of the House. I thought it was 2013, not 1813. Apparently, I was wrong.” ---
**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 14, 2013, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9787 "2013-06-14T00:13:32Z")
Of course she was wrong with her female brain. I hope Ken told her not worry her pretty little head over it, that’s mans work. Just like sucking cock is IMHO a mans job, what do women know about dicks? ---
**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 14, 2013, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9788 "2013-06-14T00:47:37Z")
Also from the recent past. Darrell Issa Refuses To Release ‘Evidence’ That Obama Conspired With IRS To Target Tea Party. [http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2013/06/11/2141071/darrell-issa-refuses-to-release-documents-that-prove-obama-conspired-to-target-tea-party/](http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2013/06/11/2141071/darrell-issa-refuses-to-release-documents-that-prove-obama-conspired-to-target-tea-party/) He’s acting like a kid with a stolen half eaten candy bar hidden behind his back who won’t let mom see his hand. - Darrell - that’s a dead giveaway. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) has promised to release “redacted” (for names??), but complete, transcripts on June 14 if Issa doesn’t release them by then. One would think that Issa could save at least some face by releasing them first, but it doesn’t look like that is going to happen. ---
**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 14, 2013, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9789 "2013-06-14T01:14:50Z")
> **[The Morning Plum: House GOP stomps all over Republican rebranding](https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2013/06/13/the-morning-plum-house-gop-stomps-all-over-republican-rebranding/)** > > The big ticket items coming out of the House of Representatives seem to run directly counter to the goals of that ballyhooed GOP "rebranding." **The Morning Plum: House GOP stomps all over Republican rebranding** GOPers ignore their post 2012 election autopsy results and continue their wars against women, gays and young immigrants. ---
**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 14, 2013, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9790 "2013-06-14T01:35:59Z")
**“It is time to put our differences aside and figure out ways that we can move Wisconsin forward.”** - Said Scott Walker on the night of his recall victory. Today he rescinded the appointment of a 20 year old UW-Platteville student to the UW Board of Regents. Apparently because he signed the recall. [http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/scott-walker-withdraws-appointment-of-student-regent-who-signed-recall-b9933118z1-211395241.html](http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/scott-walker-withdraws-appointment-of-student-regent-who-signed-recall-b9933118z1-211395241.html) > [@](#): > > Joshua Inglett, who finished his sophomore year last month, said an aide to Walker asked him Wednesday evening whether he had signed the recall petition. He told him he had and within hours another Walker aide left him a voice mail that made it clear to Inglett he wouldn’t get the position. > > Inglett said he’d spent months trying to get the two-year appointment and was frustrated that his signing the petition sunk it at the last moment. What bothered him more was that he felt he was being portrayed as someone who wasn’t forthcoming when he said he had answered everything he was asked. > > “I felt like my character had been attacked,” he said. > > “They had four months to look this up and Google search me,” he said. “I looked it up online yesterday. It took me 15 seconds.” Inglett is handling this with a pretty high degree of class. Walker was Nixonian. ---
**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:** [June 14, 2013, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9791 "2013-06-14T03:06:45Z")
> [@BigAppleBucky](#): > > Inglett is handling this with a pretty high degree of class. Which, to be honest, isn’t that hard. You have to actually WORK to display less class than Scotty. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2013, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9792 "2013-06-14T05:07:32Z")
> [@BigAppleBucky](#): > > **“It is time to put our differences aside and figure out ways that we can move Wisconsin forward.”** > > - Said Scott Walker on the night of his recall victory. > > Today he rescinded the appointment of a 20 year old UW-Platteville student to the UW Board of Regents. Apparently because he signed the recall. > > [http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/scott-walker-withdraws-appointment-of-student-regent-who-signed-recall-b9933118z1-211395241.html](http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/scott-walker-withdraws-appointment-of-student-regent-who-signed-recall-b9933118z1-211395241.html) > > Inglett is handling this with a pretty high degree of class. Walker was Nixonian. From your link: > [@](#): > > Walker dismissed criticism from Democrats who characterized his decision as political retribution. > > **“They would be ignoring the reality of what the situation’s been, which is that we’ve appointed people from all types of political and ideological persuasions in the past,”** he said. Is his assertion (bolded) true? ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2013, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9793 "2013-06-14T12:39:01Z")
Yes, I ought to start a new forum. Governor Ricky & Crazy Ted Cruz would fill it up quickly. From [Burnt Orange Report](http://www.burntorangereport.com/diary/13648/rick-perry-insults-new-york-in-latest-stage-of-national-embarrassment-tour): > [@](#): > > Rick Perry has been traveling across the country touting Texas’ economy and claiming our state has the peachiest economy anyone could ever imagine. Mostly, he’s been angering locals and elected officials of both parties by insulting every state in the country not named Texas. California Governor Jerry Brown memorably called Perry’s ads in his state “barely a fart”. > > Governor Good Hair is slated to go to New York and Connecticut next week, and he just released a New York radio ad ahead of the trip. Apparently, Perry thinks the “insult to lure” strategy is a good one. The first lines of the radio ad: > > > [@](#): > > > > The “new” New York sounds a lot like the “old” New York. > > > > Higher taxes. Stifling regulations. Bureaucrats telling you whether you can even drink a Big Gulp. > > > > This is Texas Gov. Rick Perry, and there is a place where opportunity, freedom and innovation are flourishing, and that’s Texas. The article goes on to explain how he’s wrong about New York. And that many of those Texas jobs are low-paying (or available in our Democratic-voting cities). And mentions that the Texas tax dollars underwriting his campaign could have been better spent here–to help our struggling public education (starved by funding) & our crappy health care (actually, we have excellent, world-renowned health care–for those who can afford it). Stay tuned, folks! Governor Good Hair & Crazy Ted are both teasing us with their possible Presidential dreams. ---
**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:** [June 14, 2013, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9794 "2013-06-14T14:39:09Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > From your link: > Is his assertion (bolded) true? If Gov. Walker said it, then no. ---
**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:** [June 14, 2013, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9795 "2013-06-14T14:42:13Z")
> [@Spiff](#): > > If Gov. Walker said it, then no. It’s true in a “We’ve got both kinds of music here - country AND western” kind of way. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2013, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9796 "2013-06-14T15:16:21Z")
> [@Spiff](#): > > If Gov. Walker said it, then no. > [@Gyrate](#): > > It’s true in a “We’ve got both kinds of music here - country AND western” kind of way. Well then I would think that something like this would make easy fodder for a decent journalist. If he’s lying, it should be easy to find out by reviewing his past appointments. and even if he isn’t lying, it’s so close to admitting that he checks “political and ideological persuasions” and makes sure to keep a quota going so he appears, ahem, “fair and balanced” that they could make political hay with that notion. So what enterprising reporter in Wisconsin is taking up this mantle? ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2013, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9797 "2013-06-14T15:40:56Z")
At a meeting of evangelicals Ron Johnson states explicitly that a well run government is contrary to Republican goals. [http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/06/13/ron-johnson-restoring-faith-in-government-is-the-wrong-solution/](http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/06/13/ron-johnson-restoring-faith-in-government-is-the-wrong-solution/) > [@](#): > > “When I hear politicians talk about restoring faith in government… no, no, no, no, no. That is the wrong solution! We need to engender that healthy distrust, that healthy distrust that our Founders found with government.” This apparently got the biggest cheers of any of the speakers at the meeting. ---
**Author:** ![rogerbox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/76d3ee/32.png) [@rogerbox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rogerbox)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2013, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9798 "2013-06-14T17:03:18Z")
Republicans have a pretty sweet gig, wherein doing their job poorly is doing it well. ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2013, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9799 "2013-06-14T18:03:51Z")
> [@rogerbox](#): > > Republicans have a pretty sweet gig, wherein doing their job poorly is doing it well. I remember when conservatives used to call that “The soft bigotry of low expectations.” ---
**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 14, 2013, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/9800 "2013-06-14T18:39:54Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Well then I would think that something like this would make easy fodder for a decent journalist. > > If he’s lying, it should be easy to find out by reviewing his past appointments. Department of Workforce Development Secretary is Reggie Newson who is considered a Democrat. So there is at least one exception. [http://dwd.wisconsin.gov/dwd/bio\_reggie\_newson.htm](http://dwd.wisconsin.gov/dwd/bio_reggie_newson.htm) His position is non-partisan and Newson, as far as I could see in a five minute search, was not active in Democratic party politics. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=489) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=491)