# 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:** 669
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13361 "2014-03-11T13:56:12Z")
> [@MacCat](#): > > Better to engage in other physical exertion to quiet those immoral urges. Maybe Hike the Appalachian Trail. Is that what the kids are calling it now? ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13362 "2014-03-11T14:15:40Z")
FTFY: Is that what [del]the kids[/del] Republicans are calling it now? ---
**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 11, 2014, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13363 "2014-03-11T14:30:19Z")
> [@Rhythmdvl](#): > > FTFY: > > Is that what [del]the kids[/del] Republicans are calling it now? At least one of them… [Mark Sanford](http://catchwordbranding.com/catchthis/fun-stuff/hiking-the-appalachian-trail-new-euphemism-alert/) ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13364 "2014-03-11T14:32:29Z")
A case of Over-thinking: I actually had ‘politicians’, ‘South Carolinians’ and a few others in there at first. ---
**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:** [March 11, 2014, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13365 "2014-03-11T14:48:36Z")
> [@Askthepizzaguy](#): > > … 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… \*\* stands up, applauds, whistles, shouts \*\* ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13366 "2014-03-11T15:10:50Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > [Meanwhile, at the House Oversight Committee investigation of the IRS thing, Darryl Issa cuts Elijah Cummings’ mic.](http://www.salon.com/2014/03/05/darrell_issas_newest_irs_scandal_revelation_darrell_issa_is_bad_at_investigating_scandals/) BTW, that was the one where IRS official Lois Lerner took the Fifth rather than testify. Apparently, before Lerner last appeared before the committee, [she received at least six death threats](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/05/lois-lerner-death-threats_n_4906603.html). > [@](#): > > Her lawyer, Washington litigator William Taylor III, told reporters at a news conference later that day that he had hoped to arrange a closed-door deposition before the committee for Lerner because of the threats she has received. > > “You know how risky it can be in this country to be the subject of interest or controversy,” Taylor said. “We’ve had to take those [threats] seriously, and frankly one of the reasons we were attempting to find some common ground with the committee was to avoid a public appearance from Mrs. Lerner.” > > The threats, which Taylor said are being investigated by the FBI, were frightening and downright obscene. > > He said that one handwritten letter called Lerner a “socialist” and warned, “We’re going to kill you and your f\*\*\*ing family.” > > A message sent by “The Angel of Death” to Lerner’s husband read, “I hope you are a Christian and believe in heaven and hell. Please tell your wife, Lois, to take the express lane to hell because if she lies to God, like she lied and deceived Americans, I will surely put her there myself. Her only way from eternal fires of hell is to stand up and take responsibility for what she did, but I suspect she will cowardly hide until that day comes. Fortunately, God will not allow the wicked witch to retire with eternal benefits. The curse is on, and karma is not far off.” > > Taylor declined to detail the other four threats “because the language is so vulgar.” ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13367 "2014-03-11T15:56:20Z")
> [@](#): > > Fortunately, God will not allow the wicked witch to retire with eternal benefits. The curse is on, and karma is not far off. As threats go, that one is remarkably ecumenical - we’ve got God, witches and karma all referenced in one vile incoherent spew. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13368 "2014-03-11T16:09:14Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > As threats go, that one is remarkably ecumenical - we’ve got God, witches and karma all referenced in one vile incoherent spew. I prefer karma to the other ideas, I just go around being a dick to everyone and assume they deserve it. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13369 "2014-03-11T16:33:47Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > BTW, that was the one where IRS official Lois Lerner took the Fifth rather than testify. Apparently, before Lerner last appeared before the committee, [she received at least six death threats](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/05/lois-lerner-death-threats_n_4906603.html). Can’t congress just roll its eyes and roll out immunity in order to compel her to testify? It’s a dog and pony show to try and embarrass Obama, not outrage over what she herself may have done (i.e. they want her to say that he personally called her and said ‘fuck over those conservative yahoos, and pass the dead foetus; I need it to sign a contract with the Devil to convert the country into a socialist-fascism-communistic tyranny that I rule from Kenya’.) Oh, wait. Dog and pony show. Of course they don’t actually want her to testify; that would end the show. ---
**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:** [March 11, 2014, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13370 "2014-03-11T18:08:09Z")
> [@Rhythmdvl](#): > > Can’t congress just roll its eyes and roll out immunity in order to compel her to testify? . 18 U.S.C. Sec. 6005 requires a two-thirds vote of the committee or a majority vote of the house, 20 days’ notice to the attorney general, and a request to a U.S. district court to issue an order compelling testimony. ---
**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:** [March 11, 2014, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13371 "2014-03-11T19:22:52Z")
Fine. Ruin all our God/witches/karma fun with your pesky legalese. ---
**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 11, 2014, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13372 "2014-03-11T19:46:03Z")
> [@](#): > > A message sent by “The Angel of Death” to Lerner’s husband read, “I hope you are a Christian and believe in heaven and hell. Please tell your wife, Lois, to take the express lane to hell because if she lies to God, like she lied and deceived Americans, I will surely put her there myself. Her only way from eternal fires of hell is to stand up and take responsibility for what she did, but I suspect she will cowardly hide until that day comes. Fortunately, God will not allow the wicked witch to retire with eternal benefits. The curse is on, and karma is not far off.” You can just feel all Christian love and principles, can’t 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:** [March 11, 2014, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13373 "2014-03-11T20:22:30Z")
> [@Lobohan](#): > > Yes, but slack-jawed, round shouldered, flaccid-underarmed, group sex. Which while sex, isn’t that fun. Speak for yourself. ---
**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 11, 2014, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13374 "2014-03-11T20:35:06Z")
> [@lance\_strongarm](#): > > Speak for yourself. It’s like my daddy said, “Son, you never wanna have group sex where you’re the best looking person.” ---
**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 11, 2014, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13375 "2014-03-11T21:43:17Z")
> [@a35362](#): > > I’ll pass that along to my dad and his wife. :eek: 😕 Ohhh, they know. Don’t fool yourself, they know. ---
**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:** [March 11, 2014, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13376 "2014-03-11T22:10:35Z")
Demonizing premarital sex and then attending CPAC for the nookie – [CPAC hookups: Young conference attendees just want to have a little non-procreative fun.](http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2014/03/11/cpac_hookups_young_conference_attendees_just_want_to_have_a_little_non_procreative.html) ---
**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:** [March 11, 2014, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13377 "2014-03-11T22:31:29Z")
Mike Huckabee – women opponents require a “sense of pedestal” – [http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx\_factor/2014/03/11/mike\_huckabee\_on\_how\_to\_run\_against\_female\_candidates\_treat\_them\_like\_a.htm](http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2014/03/11/mike_huckabee_on_how_to_run_against_female_candidates_treat_them_like_a.htm) ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2014, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13378 "2014-03-12T14:46:45Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > Mike Huckabee – women opponents require a “sense of pedestal” – [http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx\_factor/2014/03/11/mike\_huckabee\_on\_how\_to\_run\_against\_female\_candidates\_treat\_them\_like\_a.htm](http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2014/03/11/mike_huckabee_on_how_to_run_against_female_candidates_treat_them_like_a.htm) “I believe you should always put a woman on a pedestal, high enough that you can look up her dress.” – Steve Martin ---
**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:** [March 12, 2014, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13379 "2014-03-12T14:59:35Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > Demonizing premarital sex and then attending CPAC for the nookie – [CPAC hookups: Young conference attendees just want to have a little non-procreative fun.](http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2014/03/11/cpac_hookups_young_conference_attendees_just_want_to_have_a_little_non_procreative.html) Who knew there were young people at CPAC? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2014, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13380 "2014-03-12T17:40:59Z")
[Fox News’ Stuart Varney: The government is “buying votes” with food stamps.](http://www.salon.com/2014/03/12/fox_news_stuart_varney_%e2%80%9cthe_government_is_buying_votes%e2%80%9d_with_food_stamps/) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=668) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=670)