# 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:** 624
**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:** [January 23, 2014, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12461 "2014-01-23T16:50:47Z")
> [@DrumBum](#): > > 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. > > Glen Beck the “Uniter” :dubious: While Glenn Beck acknowledging that he was a divisive force is rather astounding, it’s not _stupid_. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2014, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12462 "2014-01-23T16:54:16Z")
I’m sure what he meant was that he regret dividing the GOP by attacking Republicans. Until I see him say a good word about Obama, he’s still a shithead ---
**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, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12463 "2014-01-23T16:59:07Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > While Glenn Beck acknowledging that he was a divisive force is rather astounding, it’s not _stupid_. Yes, I was not sure this was the right thread for this but I did not think it warranted its own thread. And I was lazy… ---
**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:** [January 23, 2014, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12464 "2014-01-23T17:27:51Z")
> [@YogSosoth](#): > > I’m sure what he meant was that he regret dividing the GOP by attacking Republicans. Until I see him say a good word about Obama, he’s still a shithead He said “the country”, not the GOP, and as the article notes he’s expressed similar (mild) contrition before. ---
**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:** [January 23, 2014, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12465 "2014-01-23T17:29:11Z")
[Gee, ya think?](http://www.politico.com/story/2014/01/goproud-founder-jimmy-lasalvia-102468.html) > [@](#): > > GOProud co-founder Jimmy LaSalvia announced last week that he would renounce his affiliation with the Republican Party and become an independent nearly five years after he founded the group aimed at gay conservatives. > > “ **I just came to the realization** that the Republican Party doesn’t represent my principles and values,” LaSalvia told POLITICO. “I’m a small government conservative and they’re for big government. They’re happy to have big government as long as they’re in charge, More importantly, I don’t tolerate bigotry of any kind, whether it’s anti-gay bigotry, anti-Muslim bigotry. And they do and that’s just not OK with me…” Emphasis on the story’s qualification for “ **Stupid** Republican Idea of the Day” added. ---
**Author:** ![Spiff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiff/32/9852_2.png) [@Spiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiff)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2014, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12466 "2014-01-23T17:45:29Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > "… an awful lot of fun … " ??? Yeah, remember that Beck and Rush and all the other nasty RWNJs on TV/radio always say that they are entertainers, not serious political commentators. (That’s why they don’t need to worry about “facts” – or so they say.) Anyway, Beck was just funnin’ around at Fox News, being all funny and entertaining, you know? ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2014, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12467 "2014-01-23T18:20:29Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > "… an awful lot of fun … " ??? It was fun for Glenn Beck and it was fun for Jon Stewart! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![justrob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a9adbd/32.png) [@justrob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justrob)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2014, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12468 "2014-01-23T18:46:36Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > While Glenn Beck acknowledging that he was a divisive force is rather astounding, it’s not _stupid_. I think the stupid part is his thinking anyone will believe he regrets it. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2014, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12469 "2014-01-23T19:45:53Z")
[Mike Huckabee helping the Republican’s image with women:](http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/huckabee-dems-tell-women-they-can-t-control-their-libido) > [@](#): > > If the Democrats want to insult the women of America by making them believe that they are helpless without Uncle Sugar coming in and providing for them a prescription each month for birth control \*\*because they cannot control their libido or their reproductive system without the help of government \*\*then so be it! (_emphasis added_) ---
**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:** [January 23, 2014, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12470 "2014-01-23T20:08:57Z")
You know, it’s not the number of stupid people in the GOP that get me, it’s the number of people who won’t even make the effort to be informed about things like the use of hormonal contraception to control dysmenorrhea and similar conditions, completely outside of their use as birth control. READ A FUCKING BOOK, REPUBLICANS! Jeez… ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2014, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12471 "2014-01-23T20:22:20Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > You know, it’s not the number of stupid people in the GOP that get me, it’s the number of people who won’t even make the effort to be informed about things like the use of hormonal contraception to control dysmenorrhea and similar conditions, completely outside of their use as birth control. **READ A FUCKING BOOK, REPUBLICANS!** Jeez… And give in to that evil invention of the Devil? ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2014, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12472 "2014-01-23T22:32:21Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > You know, it’s not the number of stupid people in the GOP that get me, it’s the number of people who won’t even make the effort to be informed about things like the use of hormonal contraception to control dysmenorrhea and similar conditions, completely outside of their use as birth control. READ A FUCKING BOOK, REPUBLICANS! Jeez… [The Republican Brain.](http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/03/chris-mooney-republican-brain-science-denial) (The problem is not that they don’t **have** brains, it’s that they won’t **use** them.) ---
**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 23, 2014, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12473 "2014-01-23T22:47:44Z")
Tony Perkins (Family Research Council) says the campus sexual assault problem is… [Obama’s fault](http://www.salon.com/2014/01/23/tony_perkins_blames_president_obama_for_campus_sexual_assault_crisis_in_bizarre_rant/). ---
**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:** [January 23, 2014, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12474 "2014-01-23T22:59:47Z")
… there are 50 colleges with coed dorm rooms? ---
**Author:** ![Karrius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/71c47a/32.png) [@Karrius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karrius)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2014, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12475 "2014-01-23T23:02:45Z")
Rape - a republican platform pillar. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2014, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12476 "2014-01-23T23:42:05Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > … there are 50 colleges with coed dorm rooms? I think perhaps Mr. Perkins is confusing educational institutions with those _ahem_ “educational” “institutions” with which he is more personally familiar, where of course the “dorms” are always (or, usually) “coed” for the duration of “instruction,” generally a half hour’s up to one hour’s residency. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2014, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12477 "2014-01-23T23:55:35Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > You know, it’s not the number of stupid people in the GOP that get me, it’s the number of people who won’t even make the effort to be informed about things like the use of hormonal contraception to control dysmenorrhea and similar conditions, completely outside of their use as birth control. READ A FUCKING BOOK, REPUBLICANS! Jeez… If it ain’t in the Bible, just sayin’… You have to pray it away, or else "it’s og’s will, or “it’s your mortal duty to suffer” - something like that :rolleyes: ---
**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:** [January 24, 2014, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12478 "2014-01-24T00:04:09Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > I think perhaps Mr. Perkins is confusing educational institutions with those _ahem_ “educational” “institutions” with which he is more personally familiar, where of course the “dorms” are always (or, usually) “coed” for the duration of “instruction,” generally a half hour’s up to one hour’s residency. $20 says Mr. Perkins is only interested in non-coed hourly “educational institutions”, if you know what I mean. ---
**Author:** ![Karrius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/71c47a/32.png) [@Karrius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karrius)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2014, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12479 "2014-01-24T00:08:07Z")
You have to wonder if Republicans realize women can vote. Maybe somebody should remind them? ---
**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 24, 2014, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12480 "2014-01-24T00:54:11Z")
Oh, I think they’ll be reminded come Election Day. Bwahahaha! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=623) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=625)