# 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:** 507
**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:** [July 25, 2013, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10121 "2013-07-25T14:39:16Z")
> [@YogSosoth](#): > > He actually said “calves the size of cataloupes”… -\_-; Didn’t he use the term, “wet backs” a year or two ago, or was that some other GOPer? ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2013, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10122 "2013-07-25T14:40:38Z")
> [@BigAppleBucky](#): > > Didn’t he use the term, “wet backs” a year or two ago, or was that some other GOPer? And where did that come from, anyway? Isn’t the Rio Grande a river which, much of the year, you can walk across without getting your knees wet? ---
**Author:** ![DrumBum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e79b87/32.png) [@DrumBum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrumBum)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2013, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10123 "2013-07-25T16:34:35Z")
> [@BigAppleBucky](#): > > Didn’t he use the term, “wet backs” a year or two ago, or was that some other GOPer? I believe it was [Alaska Rep. Don Young](http://thehill.com/homenews/house/290919-alaska-congressman-don-young-apologizes-after-calling-hispanics-wetbacks) although there are doubtless others that have done so. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2013, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10124 "2013-07-25T16:53:10Z")
> [@DrumBum](#): > > I believe it was [Alaska Rep. Don Young](http://thehill.com/homenews/house/290919-alaska-congressman-don-young-apologizes-after-calling-hispanics-wetbacks) although there are doubtless others that have done so. Well, in his case it’s understandable, what with all those damned Russki icebacks always swimming across the Bering Strait. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2013, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10125 "2013-07-25T17:14:56Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Steven King, speaking to _Newsmucks_ on the Dream Act… Come to think of it, isn’t smuggling marijuana into the U.S. kinda like carrying coals to Newcastle? ---
**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:** [July 25, 2013, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10126 "2013-07-25T17:35:07Z")
I don’t know. Let me ask my weed dealer, “Melon-Legs” Garcia. ---
**Author:** ![sylmar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@sylmar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sylmar)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2013, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10127 "2013-07-25T17:39:07Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Come to think of it, isn’t smuggling marijuana into the U.S. kinda like carrying coals to Newcastle? Price gouging! Sending cheaper domestic weed over the border then smuggling it back in to commandeer higher profits by passing it off as high faluting imports. Rest assured, Mr King will clip this in the bud. ---
**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:** [July 25, 2013, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10128 "2013-07-25T20:34:18Z")
Louie (the Screwy) Gohmert came up with a doozy yesterday. **Compares African American Civil Rights To Snail Darters** > [@](#): > > GOHMERT: There is nobody in this chamber who is more appreciative than I am for the gentleman from Tennessee and my friend from Michigan standing up for the rights of race, religion, national religion of the Delta Smelt, the snail darter, various lizards, the lesser prairie chicken, the greater sage grouts and so many other insects who would want someone standing for their religion, their race, their national origin and I think that’s wonderful. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2013, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10129 "2013-07-25T20:39:24Z")
“Screwy Louie”! Perfect! Stolen, mine, got here first, back off! ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2013, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10130 "2013-07-25T21:33:10Z")
> [@BigAppleBucky](#): > > Louie (the Screwy) Gohmert came up with a doozy yesterday. > > **Compares African American Civil Rights To Snail Darters** …WTF did I just read? I’d call it stream of consciousness, but I’m dubious that he was actually conscious. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2013, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10131 "2013-07-25T21:45:48Z")
> [@Llama\_Llogophile](#): > > I don’t know if this so much stupid as loathsome, but… > > [Pro-life congressman who urged abortions for ex-wife and mistress running again](http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/washington-whispers/2013/07/24/desjarlais-pro-life-congressman-who-urged-abortions-for-ex-wife-and-mistress-is-running-again?google_editors_picks=true) Ah, Scott DeJarlais. To be fair, he only wanted his mistress to get an abortion because he didn’t want the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners to find out he was having sex with some of his patients. ---
**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:** [July 25, 2013, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10132 "2013-07-25T22:03:21Z")
> [@Balance](#): > > …WTF did I just read? I’d call it stream of consciousness, but I’m dubious that he was actually conscious. How dare you cast aspersions on his [asparagus](https://www.google.com/search?q=Gohmert&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a#client=firefox-a&hs=04U&rls=org.mozilla:en-US%3Aofficial&sclient=psy-ab&q=gohmert+asparagus&oq=Gohmert+&gs_l=serp.1.0.0l10.3587.3587.1.5805.1.1.0.0.0.0.679.679.5-1.1.0....0...1c.1.22.serp..0.1.677.00Rb5OuiFBw&psj=1&bav=on.2,or.r_qf.&bvm=bv.49784469,d.dmg&fp=e3c630419a7f1357&biw=1024&bih=604). CMC fnord! ---
**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:** [July 25, 2013, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10133 "2013-07-25T22:26:58Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > “Screwy Louie”! Perfect! Stolen, mine, got here first, back off! Oh baby, me gotta go now. ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2013, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10134 "2013-07-25T22:31:36Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > How dare you cast aspersions on his [asparagus](https://www.google.com/search?q=Gohmert&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a#client=firefox-a&hs=04U&rls=org.mozilla:en-US%3Aofficial&sclient=psy-ab&q=gohmert+asparagus&oq=Gohmert+&gs_l=serp.1.0.0l10.3587.3587.1.5805.1.1.0.0.0.0.679.679.5-1.1.0....0...1c.1.22.serp..0.1.677.00Rb5OuiFBw&psj=1&bav=on.2,or.r_qf.&bvm=bv.49784469,d.dmg&fp=e3c630419a7f1357&biw=1024&bih=604). Has anyone figured out what he was _trying_ to say when that came out? ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2013, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10135 "2013-07-25T22:36:24Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > “Screwy Louie”! Perfect! Stolen, mine, got here first, back off! Sorry, but its from the Simpsons from about 1991 years ago. > [@](#): > > Marge: Homer, if the baby’s a boy, what do you think about the name Larry? > > Homer: Marge, we can’t do that. All the kids will call him Larry Fairy. > > Marge: How about Louie? > > Homer: They’ll call him Screwy Louie. > > Marge: Bob? > > Homer: Slob. > > Marge: Luke? > > Homer: Puke. > > Marge: Marcus? > > Homer: Mucus. > > Marge: What about Bart? > > Homer: Hmm, let’s see. Bart, Cart, Dart, E-art… nope, can’t see any problem with that And I claimed it back then already 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Karrius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/71c47a/32.png) [@Karrius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karrius)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2013, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10136 "2013-07-26T00:09:45Z")
There isn’t a “Stereotypically evil republican idea of the day”, so this will have to go here: [http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2013/07/25/2354941/ohio-plans-unspeakably-cruel-appeal-of-dying-mans-last-wish/](http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2013/07/25/2354941/ohio-plans-unspeakably-cruel-appeal-of-dying-mans-last-wish/) Republicans are just laughably evil. Seriously, do they get off on hurting others? It would explain a whole lot. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2013, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10137 "2013-07-26T00:35:11Z")
> [@Balance](#): > > > [@](#): > > > > Originally Posted by crowmanyclouds > > How dare you cast aspersions on his asparagus. > > Has anyone figured out what he was _trying_ to say when that came out? Oh, stop playing dumb. He just got the order reversed; it could happen to anyone. He obviously meant to say “cast asparagus on my aspersions.” ---
**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:** [July 26, 2013, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10138 "2013-07-26T06:09:20Z")
Rand Paul’s aide [Jack Hunter](http://freebeacon.com/rebel-yell/) realized he needed to exit stage right, cuz the Republican establishment was getting ready to out him. But the door was stuck… > [@](#): > > A close aide to Sen. Rand Paul (R., Ky.) who co-wrote the senator’s 2011 book spent years working as a pro-secessionist radio pundit and neo-Confederate activist, raising questions about whether Paul will be able to transcend the same fringe-figure associations that dogged his father’s political career. > > Paul hired Jack Hunter, 39, to help write his book The Tea Party Goes to Washington during his 2010 Senate run. Hunter joined Paul’s office as his social media director in August 2012. > > From 1999 to 2012, Hunter was a South Carolina radio shock jock known as the “Southern Avenger.” He has weighed in on issues such as racial pride and Hispanic immigration, and stated his support for the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. Mr. Hunter, who used to write a race-baiting column for the Charleston City Paper and who use to be a member of the [del]Song[/del] League of the South\* group, realized, “Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah, Zip-A-Dee-A, my views of colored folk’s inferiority are gonna bite my bosses ass in every way!” So, donning Agent 86’s hat, he tries [the old ask-his-formal-editor-to-delete-every-post-he-ever-wrote-to-hide-his-hatred-of-all-folks-not-like-him-trick.](http://www.charlestoncitypaper.com/HaireoftheDog/archives/2013/07/18/former-editor-of-rand-pauls-neo-confederate-staffer-talks-about-the-southern-avenger) > [@](#): > > [the former editor:] “While I told him that I would have removed one or two posts — it’s not uncommon for writers to hastily pen a column they later regret — I found the breadth of the request to be excessive, and to be honest, quite cowardly. Doing so, I told Jack, was a repudiation of the very persona he had created as a writer and radio personality. It was a denial of the very views that had made him a local media celebrity and a rising star in the so-called liberty movement, and as such, a slap in the face to all those who had ever supported him. It was best, I said, that if those points of views no longer applied to him, Jack should pen a column detailing how he had changed his mind, but he declined. And frankly, that told me all I needed to know about Jack’s conversion. It was solely for appearances only. It was not heartfelt. It was not true. It was simply to protect his boss, Rand Paul, as he plots a path to the White House in 2016.” The editor also has a positive things to say about the junior Senator and the Senator’s dad, Ron Paul. Watch for Rand Paul’s 2016 slogan: “Ich bin ein weißer Amerikaner” \*designated by the SPLC as Neo-Confederate hate group. ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2013, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10139 "2013-07-26T14:47:21Z")
[Weißer](http://www.dict.cc/german-english/Wei%C3%9Fer.html) “I am a cracker [Am.] [derog.] cup of strong black coffee”? Now that, my friends, is a candidate we can all get behind. And on the count of three, we all push — hard! ---
**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:** [July 26, 2013, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10140 "2013-07-26T15:16:14Z")
> [@Balance](#): > > Has anyone figured out what he was _trying_ to say when that came out? my WAG is that “casting aspersions on my asparagus” is some local (or possibly family) slang saying that he grew up with, but which no one else has heard of. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=506) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=508)