# 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:** 718
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2014, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14341 "2014-04-26T18:03:16Z")
SC Lieutenant Governor candidate who earlier said that Christians should take their kids out of the Godless public schools is now saying “[public schools should be closed because there is no mention of them in the Bible](http://aattp.org/sc-goper-close-all-public-schools-because-they-arent-in-the-bible-audio/).” ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2014, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14342 "2014-04-26T18:07:23Z")
No mention of computers, cars, telephones, syringes, printed books… ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2014, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14343 "2014-04-26T18:20:34Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > Your eyelids were blinking something else in Morse code when you wrote that, right? For the record, I wasn’t blinking. I was looking down at this game of solitaire I was playing. Anyone care to guess at which state has given us the most stupidity for the thread? South Carolina seems to be a strong contender, but they strike me as an upstart, committing acts of extreme stupidity in the past couple years in an attempt to take the title from Florida or Texas. Who’s next after those three? ---
**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 26, 2014, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14344 "2014-04-26T18:55:49Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > SC Lieutenant Governor candidate who earlier said that Christians should take their kids out of the Godless public schools is now saying “[public schools should be closed because there is no mention of them in the Bible](http://aattp.org/sc-goper-close-all-public-schools-because-they-arent-in-the-bible-audio/).” This trainwreck in progress is turning downright bizarre. Public education is a conspiracy invented by socialists and… Unitarians ? Dafuq ? ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2014, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14345 "2014-04-26T19:12:23Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > This trainwreck in progress is turning downright bizarre. Public education is a conspiracy invented by socialists and… Unitarians ? Dafuq ? Well, heck, everyone knows Unitarians aren’t REAL Christians! They let in Wiccans and Agnostics and even _Atheists_, for Christ’s sake! (There was a Mad magazine article back in the 60s or 70s that featured a wonderful Paul Coker image of a preacher giving a Fire-and-Brimstone sermon with wild eyes. Emerging from his mouth was a collage of imps and demons and other horrible things, and in the center was – the Unitarian. A thin, bespectacled accountant-looking guy in a white shirt and tie, looking a little worried and out of place amidst the Monsters of Hell. I think it was in the “Mad REligion in America Primer” in issue 153, Sept. 1972) ---
**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2014, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14346 "2014-04-26T19:48:42Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > SC Lieutenant Governor candidate who earlier said that Christians should take their kids out of the Godless public schools is now saying “[public schools should be closed because there is no mention of them in the Bible](http://aattp.org/sc-goper-close-all-public-schools-because-they-arent-in-the-bible-audio/).” And according to [this article](http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/04/25/sc-republican-wants-to-end-public-schools-nothing-in-the-bible-about-state-education/), he believes “[education] would gradually be handed over to churches, families, and private associations,” Moore said. “That’s the way it was for the\*\* first 200 years of American history\*\*.”” Well, sure, if you start counting in **[1435.](http://www.cityofboston.gov/freedomtrail/firstpublic.asp)** I can’t say that Boston Latin had no religious instruction when it started, but it was a public school, and it did pre-date the United States by well over a hundred years. ---
**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:** [April 26, 2014, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14347 "2014-04-26T19:54:23Z")
1635, but who’s counting? ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2014, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14348 "2014-04-26T20:18:48Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > 1635, but who’s counting? **j666** was counting. He (she?) was taking the quote “That’s the way it was for the first 200 years of American history” at face value, and saying that there were no public schools for 200 years if you started 200 years before the founding of Boston Latin in 1635, which would be 1435. ---
**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2014, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14349 "2014-04-26T20:40:25Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > **j666** was counting. > > He (she?) was taking the quote “That’s the way it was for the first 200 years of American history” at face value, and saying that there were no public schools for 200 years if you started 200 years before the founding of Boston Latin in 1635, which would be 1435. I prefer “s/he” - simple, applies to everyone, and doesn’t require use of the shift key, as does “(s)he”. And, yes, thank you, that was my point. I did consider phrasing it “57 years before the first recorded arrival of Europeans on the continent” but I just could see so many ways that could go wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2014, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14350 "2014-04-26T22:08:28Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > 1635, but who’s counting? > [@CalMeacham](#): > > **j666** was counting. > . So, **j666** , were you publicly, privately or homely schooled? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2014, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14351 "2014-04-27T05:06:55Z")
We Aesthetically Challenged Americans appreciate the term “homely” rather than its more pejorative synonym (the “U”-word). But there is no such schooling, it just happens to you. ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2014, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14352 "2014-04-27T06:18:50Z")
> [@a35362](#): > > No mention of computers, cars, telephones, syringes, printed books… No mention of the Bible in the Bible, either, so … ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2014, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14353 "2014-04-27T08:05:41Z")
There are any number of passages in the NT that are interpreted as alluding to OT prophecy, identifying Jesus as the fulfillment of a promised Messiah. So, in a way, the Bible does refer to the Bible. Bible 1.0, before the Downloading of the Upgrade… Pedant Squad, To Correct and To Serve. No need to thank us, no power on Earth could stop us anyway… ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2014, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14354 "2014-04-27T14:52:52Z")
> [@j666](#): > > McConnell has a point; it’s the House contingent’s job to bring those federal dollars home. > How can a Republican get in trouble by refusing the promote federal involvement at the state and local level? By pissing off unemployed values-Pubs in his state. IMO, it is the KY state government’s job to bring jobs to KY; it is Congress’ job to bring jobs to America. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2014, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14355 "2014-04-27T14:55:18Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Let’s go to the quarry and throw stuff down there! OMG I can’t stop laughing! I’m sorry, the quarry went down the rabbit-hole. ---
**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2014, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14356 "2014-04-27T15:29:41Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > By pissing off unemployed values-Pubs in his state. > > IMO, it is the KY state government’s job to bring jobs to KY; it is Congress’ job to bring jobs to America. Ah, but I am [from Massachusetts.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tip_O'Neill#Entry_into_politics) We expect our Representatives to look out for us amongst all the scurvy dogs in Washington. Our Senators can take the wider view. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2014, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14357 "2014-04-27T16:48:14Z")
Avast, the scurvy dogs have an “R” by the name! “R”, me hearties, “R”! “R”! ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2014, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14358 "2014-04-27T21:56:14Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Wouldn’t the best time to help Hillary’s campaign be when Hillary is campaigning? This is why the Clintons are winners and you’re not. Well, also that you’re a robot arm? > [@BrainGlutton](#): > > [Bryan Fischer of the American Family Association: The poor and middle class should kiss the ground upon the rich walk.](http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/fischer-poor-ought-be-kissing-ground-upon-which-rich-walk) And every major city should throw a ticker-tape parade for the rich every week. No, that’s not a hyperbolic rendering, that’s his actual words. Where do the rich get their income? How about the Waltons and people who own stock in Toyota kiss the ground where my family walks, yeah? > [@elucidator](#): > > I like it! What a grand spectacle that would be! Rich folks riding down the street in open convertibles, sitting high up and waving at the cheering crowds! Haven’t seen that kind of public display since Kennedy! > > Oh, wait. Hmmmm. Maybe not. Well, that’s kind of what the Kennedys were, yes? There is a market for that kind of aristocratic lionization in the USA. The Kennedys and Clintons embraced it. The Bushes benefited from it a little. I think the Carters, Nixons, and Trumans preferred to just present themselves as plain folks, and who remembers them fondly? Seriously, I think friend Fischer is onto something. The Kochs and the Waltons could start selling little photographic icons of themselves as American heroes made good, that can be hung on the walls of their adorers! > [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Democracy is socialism.](http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/04/21/1293607/-Dr-Greg-Brannon-says-democracy-is-socialism-possibly-because-he-is-really-really-dumb?detail=facebook) I would tend to agree with him, more or less; I just wouldn’t assume my audience sees that as a Bad Thing. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2014, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14359 "2014-04-28T12:32:07Z")
[Sarah Palin](http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/apr/28/sarah-palin-stands-firm-waterboarding-how-we-bapti/) (yes, I know, fish in a barrel) tells the NRA “Waterboarding is how we baptize terrorists”. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2014, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14360 "2014-04-28T14:44:25Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > [Sarah Palin](http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/apr/28/sarah-palin-stands-firm-waterboarding-how-we-bapti/) (yes, I know, fish in a barrel) tells the NRA “Waterboarding is how we baptize terrorists”. [cue _Godfather_-style baptism/assassination montage] [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=717) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=719)