# 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:** 517
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2013, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10321 "2013-08-17T11:18:11Z")
> [@YogSosoth](#): > > Oh god, please please please PLEASE let that happen! The Republican primaries would be better than pay per view! I’m still not watching unless somebody gets thrown through a table. ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2013, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10322 "2013-08-17T13:59:09Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > I’m still not watching unless somebody gets thrown through a table. Oh man! They could be having a discussion on the “defense” of marriage and Hannity could make reference to “The Gay Agenda” and then Darren Young (WWE wrestler who recently came out) could storm on to the stage and throw Hannity through the table! Chaos reigns! It would be ratings gold, I tell, GOLD! ---
**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:** [August 17, 2013, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10323 "2013-08-17T14:21:34Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Well, they **won’t** get much attention for their primary debate, if nobody but Fox covers it. I can imagine the discussions in the ABC and CBS executive offices. "CNN and NBC got out of broadcasting the GOP debates by airing Hillary programming. What can we show that will get us off the hook? An Obama biopic? A documentary on how well Obamacare is working? Let’s think of something! Hate to miss this opportunity. Meanwhile at Comedy Central - “Will we have to pay Fox News for clips because all the crazy debate moments we want to show are over the fair usage limit?” ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2013, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10324 "2013-08-17T18:45:20Z")
> [@Zakalwe](#): > > Oh man! They could be having a discussion on the “defense” of marriage and Hannity could make reference to “The Gay Agenda” and then Darren Young (WWE wrestler who recently came out) could storm on to the stage and throw Hannity through the table! Chaos reigns! It would be ratings gold, I tell, GOLD! Perhaps he could throw Hannity _onto_ the table, and demonstrate the Gay Agenda in a direct and unmistakable manner. Of course, I could not _approve_ of such behavior. No. That would be wrong. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2013, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10325 "2013-08-17T20:49:41Z")
I may not support what you lay, but I’ll defend to the death your right to lay it. ---
**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:** [August 17, 2013, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10326 "2013-08-17T22:04:50Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Perhaps he could throw Hannity _onto_ the table, and demonstrate the Gay Agenda in a direct and unmistakable manner. Of course, I could not _approve_ of such behavior. No. That would be wrong. That scenario sounds like something one of those “ex-gay” outfits would use as aversion therapy. ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2013, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10327 "2013-08-17T23:20:30Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > That scenario sounds like something one of those “ex-gay” outfits would use as aversion therapy. Yeah, that would probably keep Darren from having gay sex for a long time. The trauma would be tremendous! ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2013, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10328 "2013-08-18T00:47:47Z")
Local stupid idea of today: In Tempe, Arizona there was a small group (roughly 10 or so) Republicans close to the lake demanding the impeachment of Obama. Even a few conservative congresspersons said that even if the votes are there to impeach it should not be done because Republicans will do a very stupid thing. So, besides being a stupid idea, then one could throw them a bone if they explained what should be the reason, what was it in their big banner? Would it be for the NSA? (No, it was not in the banner, but this item should be a pox on all the politicians) Would it be for Obamacare? (Understandable if you are a tea partier, idiotic reason elsewhere) Nah, it was because of Benghazi… :rolleyes: > **[Fox's Bolling Cites Repeatedly Debunked Benghazi Myths As Evidence It's Not A...](https://www.mediamatters.org/fox-nation/foxs-bolling-cites-repeatedly-debunked-benghazi-myths-evidence-its-not-phony-scandal)** > > Fox News host Eric Bolling and Daily Caller senior editor Jamie Weinstein continued Fox's attempt to breathe life back into its manufactured Benghazi scandals by suggesting that issues debunked long ago were still open questions. Yeah, that Benghazi. You, know, I take into consideration what even Republicans are thinking that impeachment would be a stupid thing to do with that evidence, but those fair minded Republicans are in denial of the stupid miasma that is covering their peers right now, so I would welcome them to try and fall in their faces as they deserve. ---
**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:** [August 19, 2013, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10329 "2013-08-19T21:33:38Z")
Obamacare madness. > **[Stupid Republican Tricks: Obamacare Edition](https://crooksandliars.com/karoli/stupid-republican-tricks-obamacare-edition)** > > I just wish they'd all shut up and sit down. I've never seen such a bunch of whining ignorants as the idiotic Republicans who insist on making Obamacare the One and Only Issue. FreedomWorks urging Young Libertarians in Love to burn, burn, burn fictitious Obamacare cards. Republican governors refusing to accept the Medicaid expansion or set up exchanges in order to gum up implementation, but it’s “wrong” to say Republicans are not trying to help? Grover Norquist disingenously claiming Republicans aren’t doing anything to hinder implementation of the ACA and that “the idea that Republicans have not been trying to help is wrong.” ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2013, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10330 "2013-08-19T22:12:55Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Perhaps he could throw Hannity _onto_ the table, and demonstrate the Gay Agenda in a direct and unmistakable manner. Of course, I could not _approve_ of such behavior. No. That would be wrong. Of course, “approve” and “enjoy” are not the same thing. ---
**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:** [August 20, 2013, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10331 "2013-08-20T05:30:45Z")
\*\*Maine Governor Paul LePage told a crowd gathered at a GOP fundraiser last week that President Obama “hates white people,” according to two state lawmakers who where there. \*\* > **[Republican lawmakers: LePage said Obama ‘hates white people’](https://www.pressherald.com/2013/08/19/lepage-is-heard-to-say-obama-hates-white-people/)** > > Two Republicans say the governor made the remark during a fundraiser in Belgrade last week. > [@](#): > > The lawmakers, both Republicans, confirmed the comment when asked by a Portland Press Herald reporter but asked that their names be withheld for fear of political retribution. > > Each said LePage talked about how Obama could have been the best president ever if he had highlighted his biracial heritage. LePage said the president hasn’t done that because he hates white people. > > “Yeah, he said it,” said one of the lawmakers. “It was one little thing from a speech, but I think most people there thought it was totally inappropriate.” ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2013, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10332 "2013-08-20T06:22:39Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Building the pumps to evenly mix the waste with all the world’s seawater is an implementation detail that has yet to be worked out. > [@aNewLeaf](#): > > Chemtrail sprayers solve this problem easily. [Did you really think that would remain in the joke-realm?](http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2013/08/oregon-gop-art-robinson-nuclear-waste-airplanes) > [@](#): > > After months of in-fighting, the beleaguered Oregon Republican Party elected a new chairman last weekend. His name is Art Robinson, and he wants to sprinkle radioactive waste from airplanes to build up our resistance to degenerative illnesses. Robinson, who unsuccessfully ran for Congress against progressive Rep. Peter DeFazio in 2010 and 2012, took over after the previous chair resigned in advance of a recall campaign over her alleged financial mismanagement. > > Robinson, who has a Ph.D. in chemistry, has marketed himself for the last three decades as an expert on everything from nuclear fallout to AIDS to climate science in the pages of a monthly newsletter, Access to Energy, which he published from his compound in the small town of Cave Junction. A quick glance at his writings, which were publicized during his ill-fated challenges to DeFazio, suggest that whatever the failings of the previous party leadership—Democrats now hold all statewide elected offices and control both houses of the state Legislature—Robinson brings with him a new set of challenges entirely. > > On nuclear waste: “All we need do with nuclear waste is dilute it to a low radiation level and sprinkle it over the ocean—or even over America after hormesis is better understood and verified with respect to more diseases.” And: “If we could use it to enhance our own drinking water here in Oregon, where background radiation is low, it would hormetically enhance our resistance to degenerative diseases. Alas, this would be against the law.” Keep reading, it gets weirder. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2013, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10333 "2013-08-20T08:28:11Z")
This came out last month but it appears not to have been mentioned. [Valerie Hodges](http://www.nola.com/opinions/index.ssf/2012/07/louisiana_lawmaker_needs_lesso.html), a Republican member of the Louisiana legislature voted in favor of a law that gives government money to religious schools. She thought this was a great idea and publicly supported the law: _“I actually support funding for teaching the fundamentals of America’s Founding Fathers’ religion, which is Christianity, in public schools, or private schools… I liked the idea of giving parents the option of sending their children to a public school or a Christian school.”_ As you can tell Hodges’ own education appears a little spotty. Among other things, she apparently never learned that there is more than one religion in the world. She discovered this however, when the law was enacted and one of the religious schools now eligible for government money is the Islamic School of Greater New Orleans, which as you might guess is not a Christian institution. Hodges was apparently shocked to discover than Islam is a religion just like Christianity and she now denounces the law she voted for: _“We need to ensure that (the new law) does not open the door to fund radical Islam schools. There are a thousand Muslim schools that have sprung up recently.”_ (There are actually three. Math is apparently another subject Hodges struggles with.) _“I do not support using public funds for teaching Islam anywhere here in Louisiana.”_ Actually, Valarie, you do support it. You helped make it happen. May the peace and blessings of Allah be upon you. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2013, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10334 "2013-08-20T13:48:42Z")
I think you’re going after the wrong issue there - she clearly wants the state to subsidize Christian schools (inferrably evangelical ones at that), but no other denomination, especially the one of brown funny-talking terr’ists. I would instead blast her for not understanding what faiths the “Founding Fathers” held, and that they put SOCAS into the Constitution for good reasons, and that she doesn’t know what those are, and that in so doing she’s flouting the document that the people she reveres created. ---
**Author:** ![Punoqllads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2013, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10335 "2013-08-20T16:02:53Z")
That happened last year, not last month. ---
**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:** [August 20, 2013, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10336 "2013-08-20T22:27:40Z")
Ted Cruz hopes to shake off his “birther” issues be renouncing his Canadian citizenship. Well, apparently [it’s more complicated](http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/20/us-usa-politics-cruz-canada-idUSBRE97J0S220130820) than [going to a Canada Post all-services window and announcing “Canada sucks. I quit.”](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/841/how-do-i-go-about-renouncing-my-u-s-citizenship): > [@](#): > > U.S. Senator Ted Cruz, who says he recently discovered he is likely a Canadian, must win security clearance from Canada’s spy agency, fill out a four-page form and then wait up to eight months to sever his ties to America’s northern neighbor… ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2013, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10337 "2013-08-20T22:38:37Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > Ted Cruz hopes to shake off his “birther” issues be renouncing his Canadian citizenship. Well, apparently [it’s more complicated](http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/20/us-usa-politics-cruz-canada-idUSBRE97J0S220130820) than [going to a Canada Post all-services window and announcing “Canada sucks. I quit.”](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/841/how-do-i-go-about-renouncing-my-u-s-citizenship): Hm. If the spy agency has to clear him, then he probably has to swear that in his time in the U.S. – including his time in the Senate – he has learned no information of interest to Canadian intelligence. How will he answer **that,** I wonder? 😃 ---
**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:** [August 20, 2013, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10338 "2013-08-20T22:43:42Z")
One test of American citizenship for Senator Cruz should be whether or not he puts gravy on his Freedom Fries. ---
**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:** [August 20, 2013, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10339 "2013-08-20T22:49:18Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Hm. If the spy agency has to clear him, then he probably has to swear that in his time in the U.S. – including his time in the Senate – he has learned no information of interest to Canadian intelligence. > > How will he answer **that,** I wonder? 😃 I wonder how the Canadian spy agency will do the investigation. I’m having this mental image of the janitor/spy from that one _Kim Possible_ episode sifting through his wastebaskets. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2013, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10340 "2013-08-20T23:50:34Z")
I’d like to see some baby pictures, like his whole head before he grew any hair. Check for tattoos. Birthmarks. Numbers, symbols, anything like that. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=516) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=518)