# 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:** 623
**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:** [January 21, 2014, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12441 "2014-01-21T09:33:39Z")
OK, funnier still, missed it first time : he wrote that _on MLK day_. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2014, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12442 "2014-01-21T18:20:33Z")
If he did it while wearing a Klan hood, wouldn’t that just be the capper on a trinity of stupid? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2014, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12443 "2014-01-21T18:29:34Z")
> [@Locrian](#): > > Jeeeeez! What in the living crap…!!! This snowbound nobody probably thought it was “MILK” day and was speaking out against chocolate milk rights. Good effing grief. [Mohagan](http://mohagencomic.com/2014/01/17/there-is-no-i-in-dream/) had the same idea. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2014, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12444 "2014-01-21T20:18:08Z")
[David Vitter is running for governor of Louisiana.](http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2014/01/david_vitter_to_run_for_govern.html) If you’re not clear on why that is a “stupid Republican idea,” [let me refresh your memory.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Vitter#D.C._Madam_scandal) You’re deader than Anthony Weiner, Mr. Vitter. ---
**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:** [January 21, 2014, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12445 "2014-01-21T20:28:47Z")
Ah, but has God forgiven Weiner, as He seems to do with every Republican caught with a sticky wicket? ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2014, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12446 "2014-01-21T22:18:49Z")
You mean Vitter. He was re-elected by the GOP and suffers no consequence for his actions, unlike the Democratic Mr. Weiner. While both actions were stupid, only one was illegal. ---
**Author:** ![Katriona](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/katriona/32/113_2.png) [@Katriona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Katriona)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2014, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12447 "2014-01-21T22:23:36Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Also, there’s an [unverifiable quote](https://www.facebook.com/PPAKM/posts/1975912356042) making the rounds which, if accurate, is pretty stupid:It seems to have come from a small committee meeting that does not do full transcripted minutes, so take it with the approprate number of salt grains. A politician in KS? Most likely for real, alas. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2014, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12448 "2014-01-21T23:16:10Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > [David Vitter is running for governor of Louisiana.](http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2014/01/david_vitter_to_run_for_govern.html) > > If you’re not clear on why that is a “stupid Republican idea,” [let me refresh your memory.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Vitter#D.C._Madam_scandal) You’re deader than Anthony Weiner, Mr. Vitter. I doubt that. Look at [Mark Sanford](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Sanford_disappearance_and_extramarital_affair). Those Republicans are complete hypocrites. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12449 "2014-01-22T02:26:44Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Also, there’s an [unverifiable quote](https://www.facebook.com/PPAKM/posts/1975912356042) making the rounds which, if accurate, is pretty stupid:It seems to have come from a small committee meeting that does not do full transcripted minutes, so take it with the approprate number of salt grains. Perhaps he meant to say “obstetric” rather than “gynecological.” ---
**Author:** ![boytyperanma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@boytyperanma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boytyperanma)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12450 "2014-01-22T06:14:53Z")
Republican Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson open his mouth and stands by his statement. [QUOTE=Patterson] What we’re gonna do is turn Detroit into an Indian reservation, where we herd all the Indians into the city, build a fence around it, and then throw in the blankets and the corn. [/QUOTE] [http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/01/21/michigan-gop-official-herd-all-the-indians-to-detroit-build-a-fence-and-throw-in-corn/](http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/01/21/michigan-gop-official-herd-all-the-indians-to-detroit-build-a-fence-and-throw-in-corn/) ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12451 "2014-01-22T14:07:27Z")
> [@boytyperanma](#): > > Republican Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson open his mouth and stands by his statement. > > [http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/01/21/michigan-gop-official-herd-all-the-indians-to-detroit-build-a-fence-and-throw-in-corn/](http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/01/21/michigan-gop-official-herd-all-the-indians-to-detroit-build-a-fence-and-throw-in-corn/) Ah, but it is OK that he said because the New Yorker had an ‘agenda’…which makes the rampant racist comment all better, right? ---
**Author:** ![lance\_strongarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/87869e/32.png) [@lance\_strongarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lance_strongarm)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12452 "2014-01-22T15:44:32Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > It’s easy to see why his comments are seen as sympathy with the rapists, given the conclusion he derives from a parallel boys-will-be-boys argument: Yes, the spousal rape thing is absurd, and evidence that he’s a loon when he talks about rape, I agree. ---
**Author:** ![lance\_strongarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/87869e/32.png) [@lance\_strongarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lance_strongarm)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12453 "2014-01-22T15:46:56Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > Are you sure? It sounds like he is. He’s simply using a literary technique where he substitutes himself or the listener (in this case, the latter) as a hypothetical person, a person with flaws. Kind of like if I said “Wouldn’t you be tempted to take a million dollars if you saw it lying on the street?” Doesn’t mean he’s saying it’s the right thing to do. ---
**Author:** ![lance\_strongarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/87869e/32.png) [@lance\_strongarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lance_strongarm)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12454 "2014-01-22T15:48:11Z")
> [@BigAppleBucky](#): > > I’d like to think human nature is better than that. Me too, but the evidence shows otherwise. We have a big rape problem in the military (and elsewhere). ---
**Author:** ![lance\_strongarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/87869e/32.png) [@lance\_strongarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lance_strongarm)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12455 "2014-01-22T15:52:32Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > Yes, and his idea of human nature is that every 25-year-old men—including all the people in his audience—are just waiting for a chance to have that kind of authority over young women, _so that they can use that authority to rape them_. Yes. Because that’s what is actually happening. (Not “every” 25-year-old man, of course - but he didn’t say that, you did). > [@](#): > > He’s directly implying that there’s a limit to how much you can expect this problem to be solved, because that’s just the way that young men—_including all of you folks_—are naturally. > > He’s simultaneously minimizing the problem and implying that we should not expect much from efforts to solve it, and also that there’s a limit to how hard we should try. I completely disagree. Simply stating the nature of the problem doesn’t mean you think it can’t be solved or should be tolerated. If you said there are lots of drunk young people out on a Saturday night, so there will be lots of drunk drivers, does that mean you’re saying we shouldn’t try to stop drunk driving, or can’t? Of course not. It’s just stating the nature of the problem. > [@](#): > > It’s disgusting. I think a combination of political bias on your part and incomplete, badly expressed words on his part is making you conclude this. It’s possible that’s what he means, yes, but it’s also possible that he was simply explaining the problem like I described. Sorry to harsh the buzz in this otherwise highly entertaining thread about how crazy and stupid Republicans can be. ---
**Author:** ![lance\_strongarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/87869e/32.png) [@lance\_strongarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lance_strongarm)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12456 "2014-01-22T15:54:32Z")
> [@YogSosoth](#): > > You mean Vitter. He was re-elected by the GOP and suffers no consequence for his actions, unlike the Democratic Mr. Weiner. While both actions were stupid, only one was illegal. I haven’t checked, but Vitter probably did the religious contrition thing, which made him even better than before he was caught doing it with whores. Now he’s a fallen sinner who learned his lesson, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12457 "2014-01-22T15:55:05Z")
> [@raventhief](#): > > No mention of Sarah Palin’s “inspiring” mlk day message? > > [http://touch.latimes.com/#story/la-me-ra-on-mlk-day-tonedeaf-sarah-palin-says-obama-plays-the-race-card-20140120/](http://touch.latimes.com/#story/la-me-ra-on-mlk-day-tonedeaf-sarah-palin-says-obama-plays-the-race-card-20140120/) > > Apparently, to honor Dr. King, Obama should stop “playing the race card.” “Everyone always assumes that young drug addicted single mothers and petty criminals are black, and that’s soooo unfair to my kids.” ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12458 "2014-01-22T18:15:08Z")
> [@lance\_strongarm](#): > > I haven’t checked, but Vitter probably did the religious contrition thing, which made him even better than before he was caught doing it with whores. Now he’s a fallen sinner who learned his lesson, etc. Yeah, how convenient for the GOP :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![DrumBum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e79b87/32.png) [@DrumBum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrumBum)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2014, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12459 "2014-01-23T16:22:33Z")
Glen Beck [expresses](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/22/glenn-beck-fox-news-mistakes_n_4643537.html?ir=Media)some regrets during his time at Fox News. > [@](#): > > I remember it as an awful lot of fun and that I made an awful lot of mistakes, and I wish I could go back and be more uniting in my language,” Beck said during an interview with Megyn Kelly. “I think I played a role, unfortunately, in helping tear the country apart and it’s not who we are.” Glen Beck the “Uniter” :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2014, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12460 "2014-01-23T16:46:50Z")
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