# 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:** 68
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1341 "2010-03-30T01:02:16Z")
Lesbians are gay right? So it’s fair to say RNC money has been poured into gay bondage clubs. No need to specify lesbians. I like the idea of just calling it a gay S&M club. ---
**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1342 "2010-03-30T01:57:04Z")
I would just like to point out that this thread has now existed on the first page of the Pit for over a year. And given the track record of today’s Republican Party, I don’t see it dying very soon. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1343 "2010-03-30T02:01:44Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > Lesbians are gay right? So it’s fair to say RNC money has been poured into gay bondage clubs. No need to specify lesbians. I like the idea of just calling it a gay S&M club. Don’t you know that [Republicans are the new gay](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/GayConservative)? ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1344 "2010-03-30T04:26:12Z")
> [@Fuzzy\_Dunlop](#): > > oh please. The guy runs a tight ship. He’s kept RNC spending at lesbian bondage strip clubs to under $2000.00. … Wrong, this amount was for only ONE lesbian bondage strip club. We haven’t seen the bills for the other lesbian bondage strip clubs, the gay men simulated anal sex stage shows, the gay men genuine anal sex floor shows, or the all gay dwarves tap dancing version of “Fudge Packin’ on the Sunset Strip”. Really, they are all well worth the price, for research purposes alone. ---
**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:** [March 30, 2010, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1345 "2010-03-30T23:16:13Z")
It somehow alarms me that you know that… ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1346 "2010-03-30T23:31:02Z")
I’m sure he’s making it up. Pretty sure. ---
**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:** [March 30, 2010, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1347 "2010-03-30T23:34:41Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > It somehow alarms me that you know that… I know! It’s almost as shocking as Ricky Martin coming out. ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1348 "2010-03-30T23:36:52Z")
> [@Frostillicus](#): > > I would just like to point out that this thread has now existed on the first page of the Pit for over a year. _proud!_ > [@Frostillicus](#): > > And given the track record of today’s Republican Party, I don’t see it dying very soon. No doubt. Thanks to everyone who’s helped keep it alive, Republicans and informed, snarky Dopers alike. ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1349 "2010-03-30T23:41:01Z")
I have my posts-per-page set at the maximum, so this thread is only on the 7th page. How many pages do most of you see? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1350 "2010-03-30T23:50:51Z")
3.61 x 10[SUP]14[/SUP] ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2010, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1351 "2010-03-30T23:58:22Z")
27th page for me. [/off topic] In other news, the GOP investigation into the Lesbian bondage-themed strip club expenditures reveals a non-stupid step. Also, [Nathan Deal appears to be in some hot water](http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/30/us/30ethics.html). Conflict of interest, baby. But Deal says, “This is a politically motivated witch hunt…I have done nothing wrong and am not going to let this tarnish my 30-year record of public service.” Haha, good luck with that. ---
**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:** [March 31, 2010, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1352 "2010-03-31T00:31:58Z")
> [@Knorf](#): > > 27th page for me. [/off topic] Congratulations, you just put it up to 28. 😃 P.S. **Equipoise** , I think the default is 50 posts per page. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2010, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1353 "2010-03-31T01:20:55Z")
I’m on page 7. You can change the settings to display up to 200 posts per page. ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2010, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1354 "2010-03-31T03:44:21Z")
27, er, 28 pages? Wow. > [@kaylasdad99](#): > > P.S. **Equipoise** , I think the default is 50 posts per page. No, **Boyo Jim** and I have ours set the same way, because I’m on page 7 too. I would have had to go look to see what the setting was, but I’ll go with his figure of 200 because it sounds right to me. I know teabaggers are easy pickings. They’re so stupid that it’s like shooting fish in a bucket, but this is still amusing. Ari Rabin-Havt from Media Matters writes an [interesting, and surprisingly non-snarky blog](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ari-rabin-havt/id-even-vote-for-a-commun_b_518552.html) about attending a Tea Party, and starts it off with this gem from the Las Vegas Review-Journal. > [@](#): > > \*\*_“We’re Republican by registration, but I’d even vote for a communist right now if they would start to change the way we’re running the country.”_ \*\*[Tea Party Volunteer Norman] Halfpenny said, adding he thinks Democrats in power are leading the nation towards socialism, a Tea Party lament. > > - Las Vegas Review-Journal, March 27, 2010 That’s some truly unbelievably mind-boggling stupidity there. This deserved a snort too: > [@](#): > > References to the founding fathers and the perfection of the original draft of the Constitution permeated the crowd. Many told me that most of the actions of our federal government are unconstitutional. **A few of the people I spoke with talked about the repeal of the seventeenth amendment (direct election of Senators) as crucial to recapturing “our freedom.”** Who gets to appoint the Senators? How would that work? Do they not want Senators at all, or what? This is the first I’ve heard of this particular asinine idea. The teabaggers are so confused they confuse me. ---
**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:** [March 31, 2010, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1355 "2010-03-31T04:06:31Z")
> [@Equipoise](#): > > Who gets to appoint the Senators? How would that work? Do they not want Senators at all, or what? This is the first I’ve heard of this particular asinine idea. The teabaggers are so confused they confuse me. Presumably, if the 17th is repealed, it would devolve back to the state legislatures as Article One, Section 3 states: > [@](#): > > The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, chosen by the Legislature thereof, for six Years; and each Senator shall have one Vote. The 17th Amendment: > [@](#): > > The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof, for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote. The electors in each State shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislatures. > > When vacancies happen in the representation of any State in the Senate, the executive authority of such State shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies: Provided, That the legislature of any State may empower the executive thereof to make temporary appointments until the people fill the vacancies by election as the legislature may direct. > > This amendment shall not be so construed as to affect the election or term of any Senator chosen before it becomes valid as part of the Constitution. Now, admittedly, I don’t understand how taking the right to vote for senators away is preserving freedom… ---
**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:** [March 31, 2010, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1356 "2010-03-31T04:12:11Z")
I think **Equipoise** is curious to know how reverting to this practice would “improve” things, from the POV of the Teabaggers. Kinda curious my own self. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2010, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1357 "2010-03-31T04:35:16Z")
A year, huh? What’s the number one hit? Which stupid idea will have a warm place in your memory, out of the nameless horde of cognitive lemmings? ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_Stimulus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Digital\_Stimulus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_Stimulus)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2010, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1358 "2010-03-31T14:34:55Z")
There was a thread about [repealing the 17th amendment](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=550089&highlight=17th+amendment) back in January. ---
**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 31, 2010, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1359 "2010-03-31T14:38:03Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > P.S. **Equipoise** , I think the default is 50 posts per page. The default is 40. 50 isn’t even an available option. I’m on page 34. ---
**Author:** ![Fuzzy\_Dunlop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/848f3c/32.png) [@Fuzzy\_Dunlop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fuzzy_Dunlop)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2010, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1360 "2010-03-31T16:51:58Z")
> [@Equipoise](#): > > Who gets to appoint the Senators? How would that work?\*\* Do they not want Senators at all, or what? \*\*This is the first I’ve heard of this particular asinine idea. The teabaggers are so confused they confuse me. Well I think they might be on to something were that the case. 😛 [U.S. Government To Save Billions By Cutting Wasteful Senator Program](http://www.theonion.com/articles/us-government-to-save-billions-by-cutting-wasteful,17171/) [QUOTE=The Onion] Not only have U.S. Senators cost the country billions of dollars in misspent funds over the years, but Washington insiders claim they have also derailed a wide range of other government programs, from social welfare to job creation to environmental protection. “Even just the space the Senate currently occupies could be put to better use,” consumer advocate Michael Dodgerson said. “Were the government to open a day-care center, a homeless shelter, or even an affordable restaurant in that building, it would make more of a difference in the lives of everyday Americans than what’s there now.” [/QUOTE] [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=67) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=69)