# 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:** 542
**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:** [October 2, 2013, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10821 "2013-10-02T17:11:43Z")
[Obsession is a sad thing to watch](http://www.opposingviews.com/i/politics/obama-presidency/conservative-activist-dean-chambers-declares-president-obama-gay): > [@](#): > > The founder of [UnSkewedPolls.com](http://UnSkewedPolls.com) recently wrote that he believes President Barack Obama is gay. > > Talking Points Memo (TPM) reports that Dean Chambers, the conservative activist who gained fame during the 2012 election for “unskewing” polls favorable to Barack Obama, explained this weekend his newest revelation that the president is “actually” gay… Sorry, Dean; even if he were gay he’d be totally out of your league. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2013, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10822 "2013-10-02T17:14:08Z")
You mean “actually” gay, rather than just pretending for the extra votes? (Is it common for men who are “actually” gay to marry women so smoking hot they scorch footprints in the sidewalk when they barefoot?) ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2013, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10823 "2013-10-02T17:37:32Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > You mean “actually” gay, rather than just pretending for the extra votes? I thought it was an open secret that Michelle’s husband was gay. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2013, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10824 "2013-10-02T17:43:25Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > [Obsession is a sad thing to watch](http://www.opposingviews.com/i/politics/obama-presidency/conservative-activist-dean-chambers-declares-president-obama-gay): > > Sorry, Dean; even if he were gay he’d be totally out of your league. > [@](#): > > TPM also notes that in the article, Chambers cites various conspiracy theories claiming to show Obama’s closeted life in Chicago as a state senator. He reportedly takes it even a step further, however, defending Obama’s Christian faith by arguing that people of Muslim faith “have been known to stone someone for being gay.” > > Chambers also adds, “Would you be a Muslim if it put you as risk for being killed because of your lifestyle choices?” :rolleyes: Look, if one is shopping for a gay-friendly faith, sorry, but none of the Abrahamic religions make the top 5. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2013, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10825 "2013-10-02T17:49:07Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > :rolleyes: Look, if one is shopping for a gay-friendly faith, sorry, but none of the Abrahamic religions make the top 5. Obama attends an Episcopal church; [they’re fairly forward thinking on homosexuality](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Episcopal_Church_%28United_States%29#Gender_and_sexuality). Certainly no stoning. If Obama gay rumors finally convince some nuts he’s not a secret Muslim, it’s a step forward. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2013, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10826 "2013-10-02T17:58:27Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Yesterday, overwhelming public interest in signing up for Obamacare resulted in some websites glitching or temporarily shutting down. > > [Sean Hannity wants to know whether those websites’ problems are going to cause delays in ambulance dispatching.](http://mediamatters.org/blog/2013/10/01/sean-hannity-wonders-if-new-obamacare-website-t/196207) Look for Jenny McCarthy to start reading lists of kids diagnosed with autism since midnight Oct 1. ---
**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:** [October 2, 2013, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10827 "2013-10-02T18:00:15Z")
> [@Rhythmdvl](#): > > I thought it was an open secret that Michelle’s husband was gay. It’s possibe Michelle is not in on the secret ---
**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:** [October 2, 2013, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10828 "2013-10-02T18:22:16Z")
> [@Spavined\_Gelding](#): > > . . . (On Steve King’s district in Iowa) . . The district is just about the most rural, elderly, conservative Protestant (read: Dutch Reform), Northern European white and under educated one could imagine. . . . I would bet at least an 80% high school graduation rate and probably a fair number (certainly greater than in the rural South) of college educated folks. The state of Iowa is well known for it’s primary and secondary education successes. [http://educateiowa.gov/index.php?option=com\_content&id=1832:iowa-second-in-the-nation-for-the-highest-average-act-composite-score](http://educateiowa.gov/index.php?option=com_content&id=1832:iowa-second-in-the-nation-for-the-highest-average-act-composite-score) > **[Iowa has nation's best high school graduation rate](https://www.thegazette.com/2013/02/27/iowa-has-nations-best-high-school-graduation-rate/)** > > Iowa has earned a “B plus” in four-year graduation rates. According to new numbers from the Iowa Department of Education, … Just being educated does not, of course, ensure that one can think rationally and critically. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2013, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10829 "2013-10-02T18:25:44Z")
> [@bup](#): > > If Obama gay rumors finally convince some nuts he’s not a secret Muslim, it’s a step forward. Are you kidding? These folks can hold three contradictory ideas in their head before breakfast. ---
**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:** [October 2, 2013, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10830 "2013-10-02T18:27:03Z")
> [@bup](#): > > If Obama gay rumors finally convince some nuts he’s not a secret Muslim, it’s a step forward. No, then the next talking point will be that the 72 virgins promised in the afterlife are _men_. ---
**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:** [October 2, 2013, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10831 "2013-10-02T18:28:03Z")
> [@bup](#): > > Obama attends an Episcopal church; [they’re fairly forward thinking on homosexuality](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Episcopal_Church_%28United_States%29#Gender_and_sexuality). Certainly no stoning. > > If Obama gay rumors finally convince some nuts he’s not a secret Muslim, it’s a step forward. Don’t bet on it. He’s still called a Communist Nazi all the time. Just add gay to the list. A Kenyan, Muslim, socialist, queer, Nazi Communist anti-Christian liberal Democrat. The spittle almost seems to fly off the screen from some of those hate websites. ---
**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:** [October 2, 2013, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10832 "2013-10-02T19:03:46Z")
Shutdown? _What_ shutdown? There’s no shutdown. [In the proud tradition of “homicide bombers” and “partial birth abortions”,](http://mediamatters.org/blog/2013/10/02/fox-fix-in-ap-reports-shutdown-becomes-slimdown/196221)Fox News has decreed that we’re only experiencing a government _slimdown_. ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2013, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10833 "2013-10-02T19:15:10Z")
> [@BigAppleBucky](#): > > I would bet at least an 80% high school graduation rate and probably a fair number (certainly greater than in the rural South) of college educated folks. > > The state of Iowa is well known for it’s primary and secondary education successes. > > [http://educateiowa.gov/index.php?option=com\_content&id=1832:iowa-second-in-the-nation-for-the-highest-average-act-composite-score](http://educateiowa.gov/index.php?option=com_content&id=1832:iowa-second-in-the-nation-for-the-highest-average-act-composite-score) > > [http://thegazette.com/2013/02/27/iowa-has-nations-best-high-school-graduation-rate/](http://thegazette.com/2013/02/27/iowa-has-nations-best-high-school-graduation-rate/) > > Just being educated does not, of course, ensure that one can think rationally and critically. As an Iowan, I will point out that they rest of the state kind of carries the western third, intellectually. I blame thier proximity to Nebraska and Kansas. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2013, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10834 "2013-10-02T19:30:50Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Shutdown? _What_ shutdown? There’s no shutdown. > > [In the proud tradition of “homicide bombers” and “partial birth abortions”,](http://mediamatters.org/blog/2013/10/02/fox-fix-in-ap-reports-shutdown-becomes-slimdown/196221)Fox News has decreed that we’re only experiencing a government _slimdown_. I bet if/when the Republican’s cause us to default Fox’s headline will be how we’re sending less money to China. I also love how the lead-in to their top article wraps itself around the dichotomy of simultaneously blaming Obama for the Republican’s fiasco while trying to paint it as a casual aside and Not a Very Big Deal: _OBAMA ADMINISTRATION’S selective slimdown of government during the budget stalemate is even reaching into America’s wilderness…_ ---
**Author:** ![Punoqllads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2013, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10835 "2013-10-02T19:45:19Z")
> [@Rhythmdvl](#): > > I thought it was an open secret that Michelle’s husband was gay. Quibble: it’s spelled **Michele** , with just one L. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2013, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10836 "2013-10-02T20:04:12Z")
Dammit. I was wondering how to subtly differentiate between the two and it was there all along. Well, that and one has a closeted husband, crazy eyes, makes no sense whatsoever, and is completely batshit. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2013, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10837 "2013-10-02T20:22:27Z")
Well, the black one is taller, if that helps. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2013, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10838 "2013-10-02T20:29:45Z")
And the white one has[Barney Fife’s surprised eyes](https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTwrX0JZRbsPc7rFIZxs7A7fJqLJFYV1AYtNQtQShh9Xu_yocolxw). ---
**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:** [October 2, 2013, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10839 "2013-10-02T21:06:18Z")
> [@bup](#): > > And the white one has[Barney Fife’s surprised eyes](https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTwrX0JZRbsPc7rFIZxs7A7fJqLJFYV1AYtNQtQShh9Xu_yocolxw). AKA [“Overly Attached Girlfriend Eyes”](http://www.adweek.com/adfreak/samsung-gets-overly-attached-girlfriend-play-possessive-pc-145201) ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2013, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10840 "2013-10-02T21:10:31Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Well, OK, let’s have a military takeover . . . but the U.S. Army can’t be involved! Heavenly Hosts only! Do they imagine that the Army would be on the side that says they don’t get paid? Anybody remember Russia in '93, and the tanks shooting into the Parliament? They didn’t shoot Yeltsin, they shot the Russian equivalent of Congress. This would not play out the way they imagine it would. Heavenly hosts okay, so long as they’re cute and wear revealing robes. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=541) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=543)