# 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:** 656
**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:** [February 25, 2014, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13101 "2014-02-25T16:54:30Z")
Yeah, real cute. About as cute as a [goblin shark](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goblin_shark) or a [naked mole rat](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naked_mole_rat). ---
**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:** [February 25, 2014, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13102 "2014-02-25T17:27:47Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > Yeah, real cute. About as cute as a [goblin shark](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goblin_shark) or a [naked mole rat](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naked_mole_rat). Yes, but to people whose familiarity with the world is derived from Fox News, it’s as cute as a naked mole rat is to people whose familiarity with the species is derived from _Kim Possible_. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2014, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13103 "2014-02-25T18:00:02Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > Anyhoo, moving up to the larger stage, we have [Bobby Jindal’s loud fart in church](http://swampland.time.com/2014/02/24/jindal-breaches-white-house-protocol-to-take-shots-at-obama/), followed up by responding to the stinkeye glares with a pelvic thrust and crotch grab. Best part of the article: > [@](#): > > [CT Gov. Dan] Malloy, meanwhile, accused Jindal of political grandstanding. ”Here’s a guy who didn’t come to any of the meetings except this one today, and has the nerve to pull that stuff on everyone—ten feet from the West Wing,” the Connecticut governor told TIME. “He doesn’t pay his dues to the organization, he doesn’t come to the meetings of the organization, and then he wants to swing for the fences for obviously political reasons. I didn’t mind pushing back.” > > UPDATE 3:02 p.m.: A Jindal spokesman emails that he does, in fact, pay dues to the NGA. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2014, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13104 "2014-02-25T18:03:55Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > It’s so _cute_ whenever a GOP Presidential wannabee does his little “Lookit me, I’m insulting Obama!” act in order to signal his intention to run. Incredibly asinine and immature, but cute. > [@](#): > > Connecticut Gov. Dan Malloy rose to challenge Jindal immediately after he spoke to reporters, calling his remarks on Obama waving a white flag “the most insane statement I’ve ever heard.” Obviously, Gov. Malloy has not followed this thread. ---
**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 25, 2014, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13105 "2014-02-25T19:15:53Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Boy, sure a good thing that every school kid in Alabama is a Christian! Even better, they are all congregants of Christian denominations that hold identical views on the nature of prayer, and the proper conduct thereof. > > Naturally, I would prefer a Unitarian version, one that starts with “To Whomsoever it may concern…” I have every confidence that the Baptist congregations will embrace the innovation with enthusiasm and joy! > > Me? Tequila and bongwater, why do you ask? Will not a simple “Spare me from your followers, O Lord.” suffice? ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2014, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13106 "2014-02-25T19:40:08Z")
> [@Balance](#): > > **Gyrate** [brought this one up](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=17131416&postcount=12998) a couple of days ago, but your link has a time-traveling pony doing calculus, which I think really underscores the point well. 😛 Let’s go to the quarry and throw stuff down there! That was hilarious to read first thing in the morning! ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2014, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13107 "2014-02-25T20:16:28Z")
Guy running for Senate in Texas wants it to be[legal to shoot wetbacks.](http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/senate-candidate-wetbacks-ranchers) ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2014, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13108 "2014-02-25T20:29:05Z")
> [@](#): > > SAN ANTONIO — A Republican hopeful for the U.S. Senate who used a racial slur to describe undocumented immigrants has defended the language as “normal” in South Texas. > > Chris Mapp, a Port O’Connor businessman, stood by his comments that **“wetbacks” should be shot by ranchers and that President Barack Obama is a “socialist son of a bitch”** — remarks that have created a national stir among both parties. > > … > > Mapp, 53, first made the remarks at an editorial board meeting with the Dallas Morning News last week, but told the San Antonio Express-News on Friday that **using the derogatory term for Mexican immigrants is as “normal as breathing air in South Texas.”** [http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/GOP-Senate-candidate-from-South-Texas-slammed-for-5255976.php#photo-5925161](http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/GOP-Senate-candidate-from-South-Texas-slammed-for-5255976.php#photo-5925161) ---
**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 25, 2014, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13109 "2014-02-25T20:29:21Z")
> [@The\_Tooth](#): > > Will not a simple “Spare me from your followers, O Lord.” suffice? I prefer what Voltaire said. “I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: ‘O Lord, make my enemies ridiculous.’ And God granted it” Lots of Democratic prayers made and granted daily! 🙂 ---
**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:** [February 25, 2014, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13110 "2014-02-25T21:25:27Z")
Georgia State Representative Sam Moore wants to [remove restrictions](http://www.addictinginfo.org/2014/02/23/bill-allow-sex-offenders-schools/) that keep sex offenders away from playgrounds and schools. The sheriff of Cherokee, a man who once said he’d never enforce any new gun regulations passed by Congress, even went as far as saying: ``` “In my 34 years of law enforcement I have never heard of such an insane law having been introduced.” ``` ---
**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:** [February 25, 2014, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13111 "2014-02-25T21:33:14Z")
nm ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2014, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13112 "2014-02-25T23:12:33Z")
> [@Shayna](#): > > [http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/GOP-Senate-candidate-from-South-Texas-slammed-for-5255976.php#photo-5925161](http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/GOP-Senate-candidate-from-South-Texas-slammed-for-5255976.php#photo-5925161) Both his apology and the headline of the article you quote seem to concentrate on his use of a racial slur And yet oddly enough, offensive as it was, it wasn’t the use of the term wetback that I found most objectionable about his proposal. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Wash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9dc877/32.png) [@Wash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wash)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2014, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13113 "2014-02-25T23:40:38Z")
[Lobbyist drafting legislation to ban gays from the NFL.](http://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/business-a-lobbying/199057-lobbyist-drafting-bill-to-ban-gays-from-nfl#ixzz2uHJu7E92) > [@](#): > > Burkman in a statement said he has garnered political support for the bill, though his statement didn’t mention any specific lawmakers who are behind it. > > ”We are losing our decency as a nation,” Burkman said in a statement. "Imagine your son being forced to shower with a gay man. That’s a horrifying prospect for every mom in the country. What in the world has this nation come to?” The prospect of brain damage caused by repeated concussions isn’t nearly as horrifying to American moms as having another man possibly catch a glimpse of your son’s trouser snake, apparently. ---
**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 25, 2014, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13114 "2014-02-25T23:58:30Z")
How in the HELL would they even enforce that? Nationalize the NFL? ---
**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:** [February 26, 2014, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13115 "2014-02-26T00:04:13Z")
I’m intrigued by your ideas and would like to subscribe to your newsletter. ---
**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 26, 2014, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13116 "2014-02-26T00:05:53Z")
Well, he’s got a point, and god dammit I’ll support him if it costs me my reputation on this very forum ! I say if a man can not spend a majority of his time in the company of other, athletic men ; shower with them ; be exaggeratedly gynophobic with them ; competitively compare musculature with them and have touchy-grabby touchown dances with them without being exposed to Teh Ghey, what possible shelter is there ?! It’s the Shoah all over again. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2014, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13117 "2014-02-26T00:09:48Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > Both his apology and the headline of the article you quote seem to concentrate on his use of a racial slur > And yet oddly enough, offensive as it was, it wasn’t the use of the term wetback that I found most objectionable about his proposal. :smack: Yeah, I’d like to call a do-over. Write the story as “Local idiot calls for shooting undocumented immigrants” and see what happens. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2014, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13118 "2014-02-26T01:43:56Z")
Stuttering Republican Dumfuck Of The Year Dumfuck lying politician -giving him the benefit of the doubt- pretends that he doesn’t understand Anderson Cooper’s questions. And admits that he has no fucking clue even which way is up. Without the benefit of doubt, he’s an evil, typical republican. Praise Jeeesus!!! > **[25 LGBT-Themed Children's Books to Celebrate Pride Month](https://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/2016/06/25_lgbt_themed_children_s_books_to_celebrate_pride_month/)** > > As LGBT Pride month winds down, here are 25 LGBT-themed children's books to continue the celebration of our diverse families. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2014, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13119 "2014-02-26T02:21:31Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > Stuttering Republican Dumfuck Of The Year > Dumfuck lying politician -giving him the benefit of the doubt- pretends that he doesn’t understand Anderson Cooper’s questions. And admits that he has no fucking clue even which way is up. Without the benefit of doubt, he’s an evil, typical republican. Praise Jeeesus!!! > [25 LGBT-Themed Children's Books to Celebrate Pride Month](http://thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/anderson-cooper-slams-senator-who-doesnt-know-anyone-in-arizona-that-would-discriminate/politics/2014/02/25/83606?fb_action_ids=10202401808860603&fb_action_types=og.likes&fb_ref=.UwyvnXNf0UI.like&fb_source=other_multiline&action_object_map=%5B791393697555103%5D&action_type_map=%5B%22og.likes%22%5D&action_ref_map=%5B%22.UwyvnXNf0UI.like%22%5D#.Uw1DOIXAEaB) My husband and I saw that last night. We were dumbfounded. Your link is extremely broken, by the way. Let’s see if [this](http://thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/anderson-cooper-slams-senator-who-doesnt-know-anyone-in-arizona-that-would-discriminate/politics/2014/02/25/83606#.Uw1Px4W6TPM) works. ETA: I tried your link again and it worked fine. It might have been my connection. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2014, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13120 "2014-02-26T03:16:07Z")
The idiot who wants to ban gays from the NFL has a gay brother who said he’s an ass. May I present the multiple candidates for US Senate from Georgia?: [http://thinkprogress.org/election/2014/02/25/3322251/georgia-senate/](http://thinkprogress.org/election/2014/02/25/3322251/georgia-senate/) 1-Todd Akin was right about “legitimate rape” 2-English should be the official language of the US 3-Obama should be impeached for multiple counts of perjury 4-Minority outreach is “worse than sad” 5-The late unpleasantness during the 1860s is “The War of Northern Aggression” 6-Airport security is called out for not pulling “a man of Middle Eastern appearance” aside for special searching 7-Low income students should sweep floors in the school before getting free lunch 8-Evolution, embryology and the Big Bang Theory are “lies from the pits of hell” 9-One candidate raffled off an AR-15 10-Obamacare is ridiculous because it covers pre-existing conditions such as hang nails and fever blisters. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=655) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=657)