# 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:** 58
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1141 "2010-02-10T18:20:51Z")
> [@OttoDaFe](#): > > He’s every bit as American as Stephen Hawking! So there! I was going to say “every bit as American as Jesus”… ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1142 "2010-02-11T02:57:40Z")
[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/35322522#35322522](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/35322522#35322522) Here is Rachel Maddow talking about the Repubs bitching about the Tarp program and then trying to get credit for it in their districts. They tell their constituents what a great program it is and attend ribbon cutting ceremonies acting like it was their program. Then back to Washington telling the ESPn watchers what a horrible program it is and how it created no jobs.They are masters of hypocrisy and love the partisan politics they decry. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1143 "2010-02-11T03:12:45Z")
Obama cited polls during the GOP Retreat asskicking he issued them that showed that Americans were against the stim package, but supported everything in it when they were asked about each program individually. ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1144 "2010-02-11T16:55:18Z")
> [@boytyperanma](#): > > Adding to the list of stupid republican ideas and outright lies we have: > > Newt Gingrich explaining Richard Reed(the shoe bomber) was different then Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab(the underpants bomber) because he was an American citizen. > > Screw truth if the facts don’t fit there talking points they’ll make up history to justify it. No, what Gingrich meant by “he was an American citizen” is that he, Gingrich, is an American citizen. As Daffy Duck would say, “Pronoun trouble.” ---
**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:** [February 11, 2010, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1145 "2010-02-11T17:04:08Z")
Newt Season! ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1146 "2010-02-11T19:12:19Z")
Wichawd Weid Season! ---
**Author:** ![Alienhand](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8edcca/32.png) [@Alienhand](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alienhand)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1147 "2010-02-13T04:09:24Z")
> [@NH state Rep. Nancy Elliott](#): > > We’re talking about taking the penis of one man and putting it in the rectum of another man and wiggling it around in excrement. She, of course, prefaced it by saying “I was thinking”. [She continued on with more stupid](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTUWLFkgRsc&feature=player_embedded). (Duck Season!) ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1148 "2010-02-13T04:30:10Z")
She does make it sound rather unappealing. Is she ever specific about the means used to take the one guy’s penis? ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1149 "2010-02-13T04:53:45Z")
> [@Crafter\_Man](#): > > If the people of a state want to educate their children to third world standards, then they should have the freedom to do so. (Freedom is a good thing, ya know.) As an Ohioan, who am I to say that a child in Montana is receiving an inferior? > > The beauty of the state system is that I am able to move to a state of my liking. If I don’t like the educational system in Montana, I can freely move to Ohio. Choice is a wonderful thing. It also makes states compete, which is also a good thing. > > The problem with federal involvement in education is that I have no choice; I am forced to live under one rule. With each state being responsible for their own educational system, I am able to pick and choose. It is not about picking a place for you but for your kids. it is about people like you who think a kid should not be protected from states with poor educational systems. Don’t you care about the kids? Think about the children. ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2010, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1150 "2010-02-14T00:13:31Z")
> [@Alienhand](#): > > [QUOTE=Rep. Nancy Elliott] > We’re talking about taking the penis of one man and putting it in the rectum of another man and wiggling it around in excrement. She, of course, prefaced it by saying “I was thinking”. [She continued on with more stupid](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTUWLFkgRsc&feature=player_embedded). [/QUOTE] I take it she’s ok with lesbians then? That video is private now, but [here’s another link](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgDWAvLh0yo&feature=player_embedded). It ends with her saying: [QUOTE=Stupid Bitch] “And you have to think, I’m not sure, would I allow that to be done to me?” [/QUOTE] She wishes. ---
**Author:** ![Alienhand](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8edcca/32.png) [@Alienhand](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alienhand)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2010, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1151 "2010-02-14T03:34:30Z")
> [@Equipoise](#): > > That video is private now, but [here’s another link](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgDWAvLh0yo&feature=player_embedded). Thanks. The same poster has the [full video up again](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KB8eyr0mW0o), hopefully it will stay there. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2010, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1152 "2010-02-14T04:05:39Z")
> [@](#): > > - Originally Posted by NH state **Rep. Nancy Elliott** \* > We’re talking about taking the penis of one man and putting it in the rectum of another man and wiggling it around in excrement. There’s a website somewhere in the intertubes… ---
**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:** [February 14, 2010, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1153 "2010-02-14T04:56:56Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > She does make it sound rather unappealing. Is she ever specific about the means used to take the one guy’s penis? You’re thinking of Bobbitt, not Elliott. 🙂 ---
**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:** [February 15, 2010, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1154 "2010-02-15T10:16:39Z")
At least the chair of that panel seems to recognize that basing legal challenges on something that someone’s fifth-grader may or may not have said is, shall we say, lacking in rigor. And that the woman is a fruit loop whose entire argument is basically [this](http://images.huffingtonpost.com/gen/80339/thumbs/s-JOHN-OLIVER-large.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2010, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1155 "2010-02-16T12:22:21Z")
Virginia Republican [introduces bill to ban human microchips](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/09/AR2010020903796.html?sid=ST2010021000012), says they are the mark of the Antichrist: > [@](#): > > The House of Delegates is scheduled to vote Wednesday on a bill that would protect Virginians from attempts by employers or insurance companies to implant microchips in their bodies against their will. > > … > > “My understanding – I’m not a theologian – but there’s a prophecy in the Bible that says you’ll have to receive a mark, or you can neither buy nor sell things in end times,” Cole said. “Some people think these computer chips might be that mark.” Crackpot theology aside, why is this bill even necessary? Is there really any reason to fear that private companies currently have the power to force people to be implanted? Or, can the word of the lord be thwarted by legislation? ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2010, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1156 "2010-02-16T13:37:13Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Virginia Republican [introduces bill to ban human microchips](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/09/AR2010020903796.html?sid=ST2010021000012), says they are the mark of the Antichrist:Crackpot theology aside, why is this bill even necessary? Is there really any reason to fear that private companies currently have the power to force people to be implanted? > > Or, can the word of the lord be thwarted by legislation? It’s not just crackpottery, it’s stupid crackpottery. I’m not a bible expert, but I think we should do THIS based on my understanding of the bible! Besides, I thought these mythology-obsessed pricks wanted to do things to speed up the coming of the Antichrist so that they can hurry up and get Earth all destroyinated already? -Joe ---
**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:** [February 16, 2010, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1157 "2010-02-16T13:43:51Z")
> [@Merijeek](#): > > Besides, I thought these mythology-obsessed pricks wanted to do things to speed up the coming of the Antichrist so that they can hurry up and get Earth all destroyinated already? > > -Joe It does seem like a lot of them aren’t looking forward to their own Rapture so much as they’re looking forward to seeing us heathens burning in Hell after suffering in the post-Rapture tribulation, doesn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2010, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1158 "2010-02-16T14:02:14Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > It does seem like a lot of them aren’t looking forward to their own Rapture so much as they’re looking forward to seeing us heathens burning in Hell after suffering in the post-Rapture tribulation, doesn’t it? Nah, that’d be un-Christian. If nothing else, you’re getting into a No True Christman fallacy. -Joe ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2010, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1159 "2010-02-16T15:20:46Z")
If he thinks it’s Biblical prophcy for people to get the mark of Beast, then how does it make sense to try to stop it? If he stops it, wouldn’t that mean that God was wrong? Why does he want to try to make God into a liar? I’m with him on insurance companies being the Antichrist, but doesn’t that mean that Obama is therefore battling _against_ the Antichrist? Shouldn’t all Christians want to _help_ Obama battle the Antichrist? whose side are the Republicans on? ---
**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:** [February 16, 2010, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1160 "2010-02-16T16:57:46Z")
And it seems this bill only bans _involuntary_ implantation, so if you’re a volunteer for the Antichrist your chip is ready and waiting. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=57) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=59)