# 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:** 657
**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 26, 2014, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13121 "2014-02-26T14:55:35Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > 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. Yes; those thoughts (which surely occupy Burkman’s mind every hour of every day) presumably inspired the proposal. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2014, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13122 "2014-02-26T17:02:47Z")
oops ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2014, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13123 "2014-02-26T17:38:51Z")
[Pat Buchanan (if he even counts as a Pub any more) responds to the Arizona “religious freedom” bill controversy: Repeal **all** civil rights laws!](http://townhall.com/columnists/patbuchanan/2014/02/25/how-freedom-dies-n1799920/page/full) ---
**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 26, 2014, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13124 "2014-02-26T17:45:17Z")
Slumming, **BG**? ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2014, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13125 "2014-02-26T17:48:36Z")
> [@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) Ugh. When-- WHEN will these dopes wise up? He’s basically saying, “I don’t like change, I like things the way I think they should be, so I should be able to discriminate legally while hiding behind a religious curtain.” So not being able to discriminate against people/ideas you DON’T like is an attack on religion. Dearest, silly repubs, here’s the thing: You’re not making the GOP look any better, but you’re definitely making Christianity look even worse! ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2014, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13126 "2014-02-26T18:47:47Z")
[Wait! Don’t give up hope! The Pubs have a fix for the ACA!](http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/todd-young-obamacare-bill-cbo-report) > [@](#): > > A Republican-led bill designed to “save American workers” would cause 1 million workers to lose their health care coverage and increase the deficit by $74 billion, according to Congress’ official scorekeeper. > > The legislation, offered by Rep. Todd Young (R-IN) and 208 co-sponsors as a tweak to Obamacare, would change the definition of a full-time work week under the health care law from 30 hours per week to 40 hours. The aim was to mitigate the effect of the law’s employer mandate, which says businesses with 50 or more workers must offer insurance to full-time employees. > > An analysis of the bill, released Tuesday by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office and Joint Committee on Taxation, found that it would cause 1 million people to lose their employer-based insurance coverage. The report projected that more than 500,000 of them would end up getting coverage through Medicaid, the Children’s Health Care Program or the Obamacare exchanges. The rest, CBO and JCT said, would become uninsured. > > The legislation would also lower the amount the federal government collects in penalties from businesses who don’t abide by the employer mandate. As a result, the report found, the deficit would go up by $74 billion over 10 years. > > Titled the “Save American Workers Act,” the bill was touted by House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) as part of the GOP’s winter 2014 agenda. It cleared the House Ways & Means Committee on a party line vote earlier this month and was slated for a full House vote perhaps as early as next week. Of the bill’s 208 cosponsors, seven are Democrats. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2014, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13127 "2014-02-26T19:58:37Z")
Finally! Finally, now we can understand the **why** of all these Stupid Republican Ideas! 1. The GOP serves (mainly and mostly) the interests of the rich. 2. The rich are nuckin’ futs. [No, really.](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/25/rich-clueless-science_n_4855098.html?utm_hp_ref=politics&ir=Politics) > [@](#): > > Dacher Keltner, a psychology professor at the University of California-Berkeley, is not surprised by these rich-guy outbursts, which have included offensive comparisons to Nazi persecution. His research shows that large gobs of money often make people drift away from the reality the rest of us know. So if some of those millionaires and billionaires seem to be completely out-of-touch rich guys lacking sympathy for their fellow man, that’s because they are. > > “Extreme wealth in our lab makes people less compassionate, they care less about the suffering of others, they’re less empathetic,” he told the Huffington Post in an interview. “They tend to think that they have their tons of money because they have a stronger genetic profile. You put that together, and you get jackasses.” > > Studies by Keltner and others have shown that rich people are less likely to share money with a partner or feel empathy for starving children. They are more likely to take candy from a baby. > > Being rich re-wires your brain and your environment in such a way that it’s easy to feel entitled to your money and harder to understand why other people don’t have it, Keltner said. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2014, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13128 "2014-02-26T22:06:07Z")
[Tucker Carlson: Making businesses serve gay customers is “fascism”.](http://www.salon.com/2014/02/26/tucker_carlson_making_businesses_serve_gay_customers_is_fascism/) ---
**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 26, 2014, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13129 "2014-02-26T22:24:11Z")
Is it really fair to include Fucker Carlson? That’s like a secret cheat to guarantee at least one entry per day… ---
**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 26, 2014, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13130 "2014-02-26T23:14:07Z")
[Arizona Tea Party Group on anti-gay bill](http://freakoutnation.com/2014/02/26/arizona-tea-party-group-on-anti-gay-bill-the-first-amendment-protects-only-the-practice-of-the-christian-faith/): **‘The First Amendment protects only the practice of the Christian faith’** > [@](#): > > You see, there is already a law that protects the right of those of the Christian faith to not serve those who are clearly abhorrent to that faith. > > It’s called the First Amendment. > > … > > The First Amendment was meant only to protect the Christian faith. When the founders spoke of religion, they meant the Christian religion. They did not have to keep saying the Christian religion because everyone knew that is what they were talking about. ---
**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 27, 2014, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13131 "2014-02-27T00:10:15Z")
Congressman Steve King: Obama should impose Christian values on Latin America. [http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/02/26/rep-steve-king-obama-should-impose-christendom-on-latin-america-like-columbus/](http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/02/26/rep-steve-king-obama-should-impose-christendom-on-latin-america-like-columbus/) ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2014, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13132 "2014-02-27T00:15:42Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Congressman Steve King: Obama should impose Christian values on Latin America. > > [http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/02/26/rep-steve-king-obama-should-impose-christendom-on-latin-america-like-columbus/](http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/02/26/rep-steve-king-obama-should-impose-christendom-on-latin-america-like-columbus/) Somebody tell him you don’t scab on the Pope. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2014, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13133 "2014-02-27T00:29:46Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > [Tucker Carlson: Making businesses serve gay customers is “fascism”.](http://www.salon.com/2014/02/26/tucker_carlson_making_businesses_serve_gay_customers_is_fascism/) Because that’s EXACTLY how HITLER got his start! (at least, that’s how it’s taught in Arizona schools) ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2014, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13134 "2014-02-27T07:00:16Z")
[_Fucking Picketers, marching, chanting, scaring the children, getting in my way. Lazy-ass bastards ought to buckle down and get back to work, like the rest of us decent Americans. Hey, I have an idea, we should **fine them a thousand dollars a day for making us uncomfortable**!_](http://www.addictinginfo.org/2014/02/26/michigan-legislature-passes-bill-fine-citizens-1k-per-day-picketing/) ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2014, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13135 "2014-02-27T08:08:02Z")
So, that would be only for Michigan and only after its becomes law, right? Can’t come after you for stuff that happened before, like, say, 1966 to the present? 'Cause I know some people who might have to sell their grandchildren into slavery. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2014, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13136 "2014-02-27T08:30:23Z")
[QUOTE=U.S. Constitution, Article I §9(3)] No bill of attainder or ex post facto Law shall be passed. [/QUOTE] First Amendment, well, that is another matter entirely. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2014, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13137 "2014-02-28T21:36:36Z")
Does it count as a separate stupid Republican idea of the day each time they vote to repeal the Affordable Car Act? Because they’re about to do it again, for the **50[sup]th[/sup] time**. C’mon guys. Give it a rest already, will you? You’re wasting time and money on this that you could be spending elsewhere, where it could do more good. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2014, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13138 "2014-02-28T21:56:12Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > Does it count as a separate stupid Republican idea of the day each time they vote to repeal the Affordable Car Act? Because they’re about to do it again, for the **50[sup]th[/sup] time**. > > C’mon guys. Give it a rest already, will you? You’re wasting time and money on this that you could be spending elsewhere, where it could do more good. I’d really like to know what they would do if it actually got repealed. Would they kick off the 4 million plus people who have already signed on for it? ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2014, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13139 "2014-02-28T22:06:57Z")
> [@Locrian](#): > > Dearest, silly repubs, here’s the thing: You’re not making the GOP look any better, but you’re definitely making Christianity look even worse! I would love to see one duly constituted religious authority come forward and claim that it’s a sin to serve a cheeseburger to a gay person. Never gonna happen. This isn’t about Christianity, just about some of its stupider adherents. ---
**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 28, 2014, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13140 "2014-02-28T22:07:27Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > Does it count as a separate stupid Republican idea of the day each time they vote to repeal the Affordable Car Act? Because they’re about to do it again, for the **50[sup]th[/sup] time**. That’s what you get for 30 years of customer support telling anybody experiencing any issue whatsoever to shut down the computer, turn it back on and try again ! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=656) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=658)