# 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:** 646
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2014, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12901 "2014-02-19T03:26:59Z")
Yeah, I know the reference. You can call me whatever you want. ---
**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:** [February 19, 2014, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12902 "2014-02-19T03:32:53Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > [Newt Gingrich, on Twitter, demands John “Kerrey” (he misspells the name repeatedly) resign because of his global-warming speech in Indonesia.](http://www.salon.com/2014/02/18/newt_gingrich_demands_on_twitter_that_john_kerrey_step_down_over_global_warming_remarks/) Made even more stupid when one realizes what Newt said before on 2007, and to Kerry no less. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/upphPTRr_PE/hqdefault.jpg "Newt Gingrich "The Evidence is Sufficient" on Global Warming") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upphPTRr_PE) > [@](#): > > ``` > KERRY: I’m excited to hear you talk about the urgency — I really am. And given that — albeit you still sort of have a different approach — what would you say to Sen. Inhofe and to others in the Senate who are resisting even the science? What’s your message to them here today? > > GINGRICH: My message I think is that the evidence is sufficient that we should move towards the most effective possible steps to reduce carbon-loading of the atmosphere. > > KERRY: And to it urgently — and now… > > GINGRICH: And do it urgently. Yes. > > If I can, let me explain partly why this is a very challenging thing to do if you’re a conservative. For most of the last 30 years, the environment has been a powerful emotional tool for bigger government and higher taxes. And therefore, if you’re a conservative, the minute you start hearing these arguments, you know what’s coming next: which is bigger government and higher taxes. > > So even though it may be the right thing to do, you end up fighting it because you don’t want big government and higher taxes. And so you end up in these kinds of cycles. And part of the reason I was delighted to accept this invitation and I’m delighted to be here with Sen. Kerry is I think there has to be a if you will a “green conservatism” — there has to be a willingness to stand up and say alright here’s the right way to solve these as seen by our value system. > > ``` It is like throwing himself under the bus. ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2014, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12903 "2014-02-19T09:03:23Z")
/off-topic > [@Acsenray](#): > > … When I am clearly making a statement that is perfectly obviously somewhat iconoclastic, I don’t need to be told that it is a minority opinion. I’m taking the trouble to state it in the first place precisely because of that. > > So, yes, when someone states the obvious as if it is some kind of rhetorical victory, it feels like someone is talking down to me. I disagree with the point you were making, but I strongly sympathise with your reaction. I frequently express my own non-mainstream opinions _precisely because they oppose conventional “wisdom”_ and get the non-sequitur reaction, “Hey dude, that’d not what the in-crowd is crowd-thinking!” … But I didn’t get the reference to calling you Francis. ☹ ---
**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 19, 2014, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12904 "2014-02-19T09:27:51Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > … But I didn’t get the reference to calling you Francis. ☹ [Here](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OnpkDWbeJs) ya go. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2014, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12905 "2014-02-19T15:23:39Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > **Ascenray** , I realize that it is extremely UNLIKELY to be your actual name, but may I call you Francis? > > Just once? > > Please? You have to preface it with “Holy Father.” ---
**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:** [February 19, 2014, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12906 "2014-02-19T15:32:42Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Arkansas Republican legislator wants to make sure that uninsured people in Arkansas don’t know that they can apply for the Affordable Care Act - [Nate Bell, GOP Lawmaker, Wants To Stop Educating Arkansas' Uninsured About Obamacare | HuffPost Latest News](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/18/nate-bell-health-care_n_4810739.html?ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000013) I’d say it’s more an evil idea than a stupid one. Mostly evil with just a tinge of stupidity to it, I’d say. If the people in Arkansas are so stupid that they don’t know they can apply for ACA, well … it’s not really a stupid idea, is it. BTW, I’m from Georgia where the Governor and the republican majority legislature are fighting ACA tooth and nail. I applied (the website really WAS a mess!) and am now getting health care at GREATLY reduced costs. Suck my dick, Nathan Deal and Georgia Republicans! I am getting affordable health care! Nanner-nanner doo-doo! ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2014, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12907 "2014-02-19T17:39:02Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > **Ascenray** , I realize that it is extremely UNLIKELY to be your actual name, but may I call you Francis? > > Just once? > > Please? > [@Acsenray](#): > > Yeah, I know the reference. You can call me whatever you want. Hmmm. Okay. Lighten up, Francis. Well, I’m damned if I’m gonna pass up the chance to make that joke, even if you DID already crap all over it with your telegraphing. ---
**Author:** ![Karrius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/71c47a/32.png) [@Karrius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karrius)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2014, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12908 "2014-02-19T17:45:28Z")
[Republican candidate is against banning harassment in the workplace because it creates “segregation”.](http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2014/02/19/3307131/cresent-hardy-enda/#) Yep, that’s right, being AGAINST harassment creates segregation. Apparently republicans are such vile people that asking them to follow laws and be decent human beings prevents them from interacting with others, or something? ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2014, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12909 "2014-02-19T17:50:14Z")
> [@detop](#): > > (bolding mine) > Shouldn’t that be Pepsist ? 😕 Satan, Pepsi, what’s the difference?. ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2014, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12910 "2014-02-19T20:30:20Z")
Duh :smack: One is bubbly, the other isn’t ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2014, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12911 "2014-02-19T21:12:43Z")
> [@Frodo](#): > > Satan, Pepsi, what’s the difference?. Satan won’t rot your teeth. (OTOH, he **will** keep you up all night.) ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2014, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12912 "2014-02-19T21:26:25Z")
GOP Lawmaker Claims We ‘Could Use’ Twice As Much Carbon Dioxide In The Atmosphere > **[GOP Lawmaker Claims 'We Could Use' Twice As Much Carbon Dioxide In The...](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jerry-anderson-carbon-dioxide_n_4811957)** > > GOP Lawmaker Claims 'We Could Use' Twice As Much Carbon Dioxide In The Atmosphere ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2014, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12913 "2014-02-19T21:28:47Z")
> [@johnpost](#): > > GOP Lawmaker Claims We ‘Could Use’ Twice As Much Carbon Dioxide In The Atmosphere > > [GOP Lawmaker Claims We 'Could Use' Twice As Much Carbon Dioxide In The Atmosphere | HuffPost Latest News](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/18/jerry-anderson-carbon-dioxide_n_4811957.html) > [@](#): > > “The carbon dioxide level back in the days of the dinosaurs was considered to be about 600 parts per million. And they seemed to thrive quite well … The vegetation back in those times was lush,” Anderson said during a Tuesday committee hearing on the bill. It was also adapted to that atmospheric composition. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2014, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12914 "2014-02-19T22:10:21Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > “The carbon dioxide level back in the days of the dinosaurs was considered to be about 600 parts per million. And they seemed to thrive quite well … The vegetation back in those times was lush,” Anderson said during a Tuesday committee hearing on the bill. So he’s willing to believe scientists when they say something that he thinks helps his case, but not when they say something that hurts it. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2014, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12915 "2014-02-19T22:21:26Z")
> [@TonySinclair](#): > > So he’s willing to believe scientists when they say something that he thinks helps his case, but not when they say something that hurts it. Has he considered the backlash he’ll get for implying dinosaurs and humans never coexisted? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2014, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12916 "2014-02-19T22:29:56Z")
Sure as hell did! Never saw that documentary called the Flintstones, did you? ---
**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:** [February 20, 2014, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12917 "2014-02-20T00:30:36Z")
> [@TonySinclair](#): > > So he’s willing to believe scientists when they say something that he thinks helps his case, but not when they say something that hurts it. First they said it didn’t exist, then they said humans aren’t causing it, now its on to it won’t hurt us anyway. ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2014, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12918 "2014-02-20T02:30:53Z")
> [@lance\_strongarm](#): > > First they said it didn’t exist, then they said humans aren’t causing it, now its on to it won’t hurt us anyway. Those stages are very similar to the five stages of grief: (1) Denial, (2) Anger, (3) Bargaining. The final two stages will come in the future: (4) Depression - “We were OK when Sodom City, New York and Gomorrah-by-the-Bay experienced flooding, but why the drought in God’s great Texas?” (5) Acceptance - “We’ve helped work God’s will. The Final Days are here and twelve times twelve thousand righteous gun-toting patriots will be raptured.” ---
**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 20, 2014, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12919 "2014-02-20T02:37:34Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > twelve times twelve thousand righteous gun-toting patriots will be raptured." _folds hands, looks heavenward_ Universe, I know I haven’t been the best pantheist ever, but… ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2014, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/12920 "2014-02-20T02:57:03Z")
That’s only 144,000. There’s more than that just in Dallas. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=645) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=647)