# 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:** 668
**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:** [March 10, 2014, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13341 "2014-03-10T18:47:08Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Well, only in translation. Does Google Translate do “Greek to Dumbass”? ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2014, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13342 "2014-03-10T18:50:06Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > [State senator Fred Dyson](http://www.adn.com/2014/03/06/3360177/senator-says-access-to-birth-control.html) (R) of Alaska says that > > I wonder if he’s ever read [Lysistrata](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lysistrata)? Wait. When did Republican sex stop being solely for the purposes of procreation so everyone else should be prevented from doing it? When did it become about fun for them? 😕 ---
**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:** [March 10, 2014, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13343 "2014-03-10T18:58:40Z")
> [@Death\_of\_Rats](#): > > Wait. When did Republican sex stop being solely for the purposes of procreation so everyone else should be prevented from doing it? When did it become about fun for them? 😕 When they started building airport bathrooms? ---
**Author:** ![SeldomSeen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ba0ec/32.png) [@SeldomSeen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeldomSeen)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2014, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13344 "2014-03-10T19:00:26Z")
> [@TonySinclair](#): > > …Bush… He’s not a stupid man… Cite? ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2014, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13345 "2014-03-10T19:05:33Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Is that it? I don’t think so. I think the answer is “they both use their real names for porn”. What do I win? You are the proud winner of Darryl Issa’s entire back catalog of porn work. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2014, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13346 "2014-03-10T19:06:40Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > When they started building airport bathrooms? … seems legit. ---
**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:** [March 10, 2014, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13347 "2014-03-10T19:22:06Z")
> [@Death\_of\_Rats](#): > > Wait. When did Republican sex stop being solely for the purposes of procreation so everyone else should be prevented from doing it? When did it become about fun for them? 😕 It’s not about fun for them. It’s about NO fun for YOU. > [@](#): > > Having sex for purposes other than procreation is immoral, and we ain’t payin’ fer no immoral stuff. 'n shit. The fact that this is also a critical health concern for more than half the population is of no matter. The side effect that it allows people to have sex for fun and not for procreation makes it immoral. I’m pretty sure they think fun is immoral, too. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2014, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13348 "2014-03-10T19:26:57Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Nobody who was the son of a former CIA director, VPOTUS and POTUS, served two terms as governor of a large state, and then successfully campaigned for POTUS as a woodsy DC outsider could be _dumb_. No, I’d say in that case the dumbth lies with the voters. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2014, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13349 "2014-03-10T19:28:53Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > [State senator Fred Dyson](http://www.adn.com/2014/03/06/3360177/senator-says-access-to-birth-control.html) (R) of Alaska says that > > I wonder if he’s ever read [Lysistrata](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lysistrata)? Senator, you live in Alaska. Sex in your state is neither for recreation nor reproduction, it’s for keeping warm. ---
**Author:** ![Askthepizzaguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askthepizzaguy/32/9405_2.png) [@Askthepizzaguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askthepizzaguy)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2014, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13350 "2014-03-10T19:38:23Z")
Guys, girls, and everyone in between, undecided, or other: The Republicans have a perfectly reasonable, logical, and moral outlook. You need to stop bashing them and mocking them like this. Marriage is a holy and sacred thing, which is why it is a lifelong commitment to be entered into when you are a young and inexperienced virgin, and why we have those nice drive-thru wedding chapels. If you made a mistake entering into one of these unbreakable lifelong bonds and need to annul that sucker while hung over the next day, you should be forgiven and allowed to try again, as many times as you like. Because marriage is about monogamous lifetime partnerships between one man and one woman, unless you change your mind, then it’s all good. But don’t get any ideas about sex for pleasure while married. No sir. Marriage is about procreation. If you want to get your _jollies_, there’s nothing wrong with extramarital same-sex bathroom stall quickies, or enjoying the services of your rent-a-boy, all the while actively campaigning against the evils of homosexuality. After all, you need to do a little research and have some experience with the subject matter before commenting on it. Otherwise you’ll just look foolish. Trust the experts. Trust the socially conservative members of our society. They know the difference between right and wrong. They’re right and everyone else is wrong. ---
**Author:** ![MacCat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maccat/32/216_2.png) [@MacCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacCat)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2014, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13351 "2014-03-10T19:44:11Z")
> [@Askthepizzaguy](#): > > But don’t get any ideas about sex for pleasure while married. No sir. Marriage is about procreation. Better to engage in other physical exertion to quiet those immoral urges. Maybe Hike the Appalachian Trail. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2014, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13352 "2014-03-10T19:46:06Z")
But not dancing. That’s even more immoral than sex. ---
**Author:** ![MacCat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maccat/32/216_2.png) [@MacCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacCat)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2014, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13353 "2014-03-10T19:49:23Z")
Square Dancing _might_ be OK… ---
**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:** [March 10, 2014, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13354 "2014-03-10T21:28:32Z")
> [@MacCat](#): > > Square Dancing _might_ be OK… Waltzing is _right out_, though. It’s a sensual, lascivious dance. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2014, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13355 "2014-03-10T21:39:15Z")
> [@MacCat](#): > > Square Dancing _might_ be OK… It leads to group sex. ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2014, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13356 "2014-03-10T21:42:39Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > It leads to group sex. Yes, but slack-jawed, round shouldered, flaccid-underarmed, group sex. Which while sex, isn’t that fun. ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2014, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13357 "2014-03-10T23:12:21Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > It leads to group sex. I’ll pass that along to my dad and his wife. :eek: 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13358 "2014-03-11T00:01:31Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Minnesota State Rep says that if teams in the NBA were to fold, it would lead to an increase in street crime - [http://gawker.com/this-minnesota-state-rep-would-like-you-to-know-hes-a-1540109241](http://gawker.com/this-minnesota-state-rep-would-like-you-to-know-hes-a-1540109241) Imagine the streets of Minneapolis if Kevin Love, Ricky Rubio, Chase Budinger, Robbie Hummell, and JJ Barea were unleashed upon it. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13359 "2014-03-11T06:49:52Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Minnesota State Rep says that if teams in the NBA were to fold, it would lead to an increase in street crime - [http://gawker.com/this-minnesota-state-rep-would-like-you-to-know-hes-a-1540109241](http://gawker.com/this-minnesota-state-rep-would-like-you-to-know-hes-a-1540109241) But, when “[Midnight Basketball](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnight_basketball)” was a thing, intended to reduce crime, oooooooooh how the Republicans lampooned that! From Wikipedia: > [@](#): > > In 1994, Bill Clinton pushed for an anti-crime bill that would lead to 100,000 more police officers as well as a number of programs intended to “deter crime where it starts” by providing “community activities like midnight basketball”.[1] The plan was widely lampooned by conservatives such as House Minority Whip Newt Gingrich, who cited midnight basketball as an ineffective and wasteful use of federal funds.[2] Some, such as Rush Limbaugh, even called the proposal racist, given the largely African American populations targeted by the program.[3] Although one Republican was in favor: > [@](#): > > Midnight basketball was not a proposal unique to the Democrats as it was one of George H. W. Bush’s “Thousand points of light”.[4] ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13360 "2014-03-11T07:09:21Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > But, when “[Midnight Basketball](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnight_basketball)” was a thing, intended to reduce crime, oooooooooh how the Republicans lampooned that! It’s very simple. All those neighborhood kids playing midnight basketball, how much would they really have to steal? But if the NBA were to fold, all those players would have to steal millions to support their lifestyles. Is that what you want, some of this nation’s noble millionaires forced into lives of nonstop larceny? For shame. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=667) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=669)