# 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:** 682
**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2014, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13621 "2014-03-20T23:39:28Z")
> [@lance\_strongarm](#): > > Been covered already. > > Tell me, do you think women are bad negotiators or is that just right-wing crap? It’s right-wing crap > **[Do Attractive Women Have More Pull With Investors? The Answer May Surprise...](https://www.entrepreneur.com/living/do-attractive-women-have-more-pull-with-investors-the/232334)** > > Two new studies reveal that certain gender stereotypes run deep. “Again, the content of the pitches were identical. Despite this, “the male-narrated pitch was rated as more ‘logical’ and ‘fact-based,’” says Alison Wood Brooks, the study’s lead researcher and social psychologist at Harvard Business School. All in all, investors were 60 percent more likely to invest in a pitch presented by a man.” ---
**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 20, 2014, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13622 "2014-03-20T23:53:46Z")
> [@Squink](#): > > [Asshole of the Day](http://assholeoftheday.us/) has being doing a great job of sorting the wheat from the chaff lately. > **PLUS** , their logo looks like [something out of a high-energy laser lab](https://www.google.com/search?q=laser+in+use&safe=off&client=firefox-a&hs=ezn&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&channel=sb&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=gngrU_WsBMrXyAGGl4AY&ved=0CCYQsAQ&biw=1231&bih=583). That logo is certainly one to pucker up for. I hate to be a brown-nose, and I hope I’m not being too cheeky, but in a contest of logos, this one has certainly clenched the win. ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2014, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13623 "2014-03-21T00:10:40Z")
Sphincter? I hardly know 'er! ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2014, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13624 "2014-03-21T00:58:58Z")
> [@Askthepizzaguy](#): > > That logo is certainly one to pucker up for. I hate to be a brown-nose, and I hope I’m not being too cheeky, but in a contest of logos, this one has certainly clenched the win. That was a nasty crack. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2014, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13625 "2014-03-21T01:11:12Z")
I don’t mean to be a little butt, but let’s not get anal in our descriptions of that logo. ---
**Author:** ![cutman74](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f04885/32.png) [@cutman74](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cutman74)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2014, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13626 "2014-03-21T03:04:22Z")
All these ass jokes and not one about susan@anus? Am I the only twelve year old boy in a forty-something body? ---
**Author:** ![Trick\_Rider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Trick\_Rider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trick_Rider)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2014, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13627 "2014-03-21T03:42:15Z")
> [@lance\_strongarm](#): > > Well, actually, this is more like when someone makes a joke about the special kid, and everyone laughs behind his back, and he laughs too but only because he doesn’t get the joke. > > You understand that my comment was a joke, right? > > Right? > > And you understand who it was about, right? Protip: jokes are usually funny ---
**Author:** ![Ranger26](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ranger26](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger26)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2014, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13628 "2014-03-21T05:19:41Z")
Issa is from my state, thankfully not my representative. He is a genuine right wing ass, one who is very wealthy, and hates everything democratic. ---
**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 21, 2014, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13629 "2014-03-21T05:40:58Z")
Holy crap, **Ranger26** , welcome to the SDMB and all that, but are you actually responding to the first post in this thread? I mean, I’m glad you’re on board with the premise of the thread, but it is more than five years old now and while it’s still going strong, there are over thirteen THOUSAND posts. I hope you’re not planning to comment on ALL the Stupid Republican ideas, or you’ll never get a chance to participate in any of the rest of the board. Seriously, though, welcome aboard. ---
**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 21, 2014, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13630 "2014-03-21T06:13:54Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > I hope you’re not planning to comment on ALL the Stupid Republican ideas, or you’ll never get a chance to participate in any of the rest of the board. Well, that’d be one way to pad your post count. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2014, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13631 "2014-03-21T07:01:29Z")
It’d be quite the project, though, going through this thread, commenting on every stupid idea cited. There might be a dissertation in it. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2014, 10:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13632 "2014-03-21T10:29:58Z")
… or a straight jacket. ---
**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2014, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13633 "2014-03-21T14:13:05Z")
Both. ---
**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:** [March 21, 2014, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13634 "2014-03-21T15:52:53Z")
5 years later or not, Issa is still an idiot. ---
**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 21, 2014, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13635 "2014-03-21T16:17:34Z")
Can’t find any fault with that observation. ---
**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 21, 2014, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13636 "2014-03-21T16:25:47Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > It’d be quite the project, though, going through this thread, commenting on every stupid idea cited. There might be a dissertation in it. > [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > … or a straight jacket. > [@Maeglin](#): > > Both. Judging from the experiences of my friends who have gone through the post-graduate process, those conditions are certainly not mutually exclusive. ---
**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 21, 2014, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13637 "2014-03-21T16:50:54Z")
> [@Trick\_Rider](#): > > Protip: jokes are usually funny It was funny - for those who understood it. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2014, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13638 "2014-03-21T17:33:45Z")
So it was funny to you, then. ---
**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:** [March 21, 2014, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13639 "2014-03-21T17:45:43Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > So it was funny to you, then. No, actually there’s this one guy in Senegal who is still laughing. That’s it. ---
**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2014, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13640 "2014-03-21T17:47:24Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > No, actually there’s this one guy in Senegal who is still laughing. That’s it. I know that guy. He laughs at _everything_. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=681) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=683)