# 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:** 698
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2014, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13941 "2014-04-08T20:02:17Z")
> [@Evil\_Captor](#): > > The hell it doesn’t! I get brochures in the mail all the time! And I’m not even a woman! (Granted, they offer some lovely toasters as premiums.) Sure “toaster” ain’t a euphemism? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2014, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13942 "2014-04-08T21:10:16Z")
> [@Mr.Greenjeans](#): > > It’s kinda funny to me that CNN used the phrase “making out” to describe the congressman’s behavior. I don’t think I’ve used that phrase since 8th grade. ‘Tonsil hockey’ was too foreign. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2014, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13943 "2014-04-08T21:10:40Z")
They want to \*make \*me to want to screw women? That’s not really necessary, but their efforts are appreciated anyway. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2014, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13944 "2014-04-08T21:13:29Z")
[Paul Ryan gets **pwned** by Elizabeth Warren!](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/07/elizabeth-warren-paul-ryan_n_5106395.html) (The SRIsOTD here being those she’s calling him out on, already covered upthread somewhere I’m sure.) ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2014, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13945 "2014-04-08T21:14:39Z")
> [@Mr.Greenjeans](#): > > It’s kinda funny to me that CNN used the phrase “making out” to describe the congressman’s behavior. I don’t think I’ve used that phrase since 8th grade. Huh? What else would you call it? A single kiss is just a kiss. Kissing for five minutes is making out. I’m not sure the phrase “Making out” is used exclusively by teenagers. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2014, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13946 "2014-04-08T21:22:47Z")
In Orange County, Florida (it includes Orlando), the GOP is now trailing both Dems and independents in new-voter registration. Local party chairman’s explanation: [An influx of “semi-socialist” Puerto Ricans.](http://gawker.com/florida-republican-blames-his-partys-woes-on-puerto-r-1560560593) > [@](#): > > > [@](#): > > > > _The great grand irony of it all is that the massive predominantly Puerto Rican influx that has accounted for nearly all of this is the result of Puerto Ricans almost without exception fleeing Puerto Rico and other states whose economic opportunities have diminished. What do all those places have in common? Puerto Rico, Chicago, Illinois, New York? Democrat governments. You would think at least of few of them would figure that out. If you like a semi-socialist government where the highest aspiration is a nice secure government job, Puerto Rico is heaven on earth, PLUS nice weather!_ > > “Sadly,” Oliver concluded, Puerto Rico “is also a terrible basket case. As is Chicago, Detroit, Philadelphia, Illinois, New York and just about every other Democrat-controlled state and city in the country.” > > Besides the fact that Oliver didn’t offer much statistical evidence for his suspicions, he didn’t answer exactly why, if all these leftist government-cheese-wanting Puerto Ricans are causing the GOP’s recruiting problems, most new voters on his turf were opting to be independents, rather than Democrats. Way to reach out to the Latino vote, Mr. Oliver. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2014, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13947 "2014-04-08T21:24:34Z")
> [@Shakes](#): > > A single kiss is just a kiss. A sigh is just a sigh … Did he get his hand under her bra, huh, did he? ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2014, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13948 "2014-04-08T21:26:23Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > A sigh is just a sigh … > > Did he get his hand under her bra, huh, did he? Yes. Because the fundamental things apply, as time goes by. ---
**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:** [April 8, 2014, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13949 "2014-04-08T21:45:27Z")
This is a perfect example of Democrats getting in the way of job creation. Well, \*blowjob \*creation anyway. ---
**Author:** ![hotflungwok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/edb3f5/32.png) [@hotflungwok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hotflungwok)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2014, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13950 "2014-04-09T00:05:52Z")
Minn. R Aaron Miller: [I’m running for Congress cuz evolution made my daughter cry.](http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/04/08/minn-gop-nominee-running-for-congress-because-evolution-made-his-daughter-cry/) ---
**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:** [April 9, 2014, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13951 "2014-04-09T01:54:04Z")
Fox News: UConn are the NAACP National Champions! [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/KcVYQsY_2KE/hqdefault.jpg ""Fox & Friends First" Host Calls UConn "NAACP National Champs"") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcVYQsY_2KE) ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2014, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13952 "2014-04-09T02:16:14Z")
[QUOTE=BrainGlutton’s link] …fleeing Puerto Rico and other states… [/QUOTE] My car radio is on the fritz, but I still thought I’d’ve heard that PR is now a state. I blame that Malaysian airliner, Oscar Pistorius, and how the TV in the lunch room is always set to CNN. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2014, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13953 "2014-04-09T03:20:12Z")
> [@hotflungwok](#): > > Minn. R Aaron Miller: [I’m running for Congress cuz evolution made my daughter cry.](http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/04/08/minn-gop-nominee-running-for-congress-because-evolution-made-his-daughter-cry/) N.B., Mr. Miller: Your daughter has no constitutional, nor legal, nor moral, nor social, nor intellectual, **nor spiritual** right to be shielded from truths that might make her cry. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2014, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13954 "2014-04-09T03:28:25Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > N.B., Mr. Miller: Your daughter has no constitutional, nor legal, nor moral, nor social, nor intellectual, **nor spiritual** right to be shielded from truths that might make her cry. Exactly. Also: > [@](#): > > Again, he declined to provide the details necessary for reporters to verify the story. His bull shit story never fucking happened. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2014, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13955 "2014-04-09T04:59:15Z")
> [@hotflungwok](#): > > Minn. R Aaron Miller: [I’m running for Congress cuz evolution made my daughter cry.](http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/04/08/minn-gop-nominee-running-for-congress-because-evolution-made-his-daughter-cry/) Trigonometry made me cry more than once. Obviously, it must not be taught in schools. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2014, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13956 "2014-04-09T05:26:15Z")
> [@Trinopus](#): > > Trigonometry made me cry more than once. Obviously, it must not be taught in schools. For me it was that terror known as Al-gebra. ---
**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:** [April 9, 2014, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13957 "2014-04-09T06:55:57Z")
> [@Trinopus](#): > > Trigonometry made me cry more than once. Obviously, it must not be taught in schools. > [@BrainGlutton](#): > > N.B., Mr. Miller: Your daughter has no constitutional, nor legal, nor moral, nor social, nor intellectual, **nor spiritual** right to be shielded from truths that might make her cry. Exactly. Thank you. Both of you. This is why child services should show up at his house and make sure the kids can even spell “science”. Notice how he says teaching evolution is an attack on “values”. More double-speak from a religious idiot. Just say what you mean-- Values (Christianity) is attacked by teaching truth that counters my fairy tale. And we just want everyone to be the same (white) people with values (Christianity) and no weird turbans, please. :rolleyes: I’m posting on his Facebook page. Something not rife with “values”. ---
**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:** [April 9, 2014, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13958 "2014-04-09T07:10:31Z")
> [@Shakes](#): > > [Newly elected rep. Vance Mcallister (LA), whom is married and ran on a platform as a Christian conservative, caught making out with a staffer who is not his wife.](http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2014/04/07/married-congressman-sorry-after-seen-kissing-staffer-in-video/?hpt=hp_t2) Christian Cockblocked in Congress. ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2014, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13959 "2014-04-09T07:11:03Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > [Paul Ryan gets **pwned** by Elizabeth Warren!](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/07/elizabeth-warren-paul-ryan_n_5106395.html) Wouldn’t Warren versus Ryan be a magnificent line-up for the 2016 White House contest? 😉 And not too very far-fetched. (Unfortunately I’d have no confidence on the election outcome.) ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2014, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/13960 "2014-04-09T08:22:02Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > Christian Cockblocked in Congress… …Causes Congressional Career Crash [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=697) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=699)