# 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:** 719
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2014, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14361 "2014-04-28T15:42:29Z")
New York Rep. Grimm indicted on federal fraud, tax charges [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/04/28/rep-michael-grimm-arrested/](http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/04/28/rep-michael-grimm-arrested/) ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2014, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14362 "2014-04-28T16:48:05Z")
Isn’t he the guy who threatened to throw a reporter off a balcony? ---
**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, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14363 "2014-04-28T16:55:02Z")
[One and the same.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Grimm_(politician)) ---
**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, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14364 "2014-04-28T17:01:36Z")
Actually, [this link from Kos is better.](http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/04/28/1295238/-GOP-congressman-Michael-Grimm-in-Federal-custody?detail=hide) > [@](#): > > U.S. Congressman Michael Grimm (R-NY) is in federal custody. No, not for threatening to kill a reporter. No, not for walking into a nightclub with a gun and threatening to pull the trigger. No, not for having sex in a bar bathroom. Instead, for this: > > > [@](#): > > > > Grimm is believed to be facing charges related to a private business deal that he made prior to being elected to Congress that involved an Upper East Side health food restaurant. > > He’s expected to be arraigned in federal court later Monday. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2014, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14365 "2014-04-28T17:45:14Z")
> [@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”. As I’m sure we all recall from our Pseudolatin studies back at boarding school: _troglodyta apparēns, apparēns est_. ---
**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 28, 2014, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14366 "2014-04-28T17:54:39Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > [One and the same.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Grimm_(politician)) Interesting that he was also in the news for being one of the \*\*few \*\*Republicans that are beginning to accept that humans are causing most of the global warming observed. > **[Someone actually managed to convince a GOP climate denier to change his mind](https://www.salon.com/2014/04/25/someone_actually_managed_to_convince_a_gop_climate_denier_to_change_his_mind/)** > > Rep. Michael Grimm did some research. You'll never believe what happened next Too bad, I wonder if he decided to show signs of some intelligence and independent thought on that front only when it was clear to him that he was going down for other reasons. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2014, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14367 "2014-04-28T18:00:04Z")
From the CNN article on Palin: \*Palin called liberals hypocrites for their stance on issues varying from gun control to torture at the NRA event that was part of the organization’s 2014 convention. But she backtracked later, saying, “Not all intolerant anti-freedom leftist liberals are hypocrites.” “I’m kidding,” she said. “Yes, they are.”\* There aren’t enough rolleyes… ---
**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:** [April 28, 2014, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14368 "2014-04-28T18:22:52Z")
Can we put CNN covering things Palin says in a Stupid News Media Idea of the Day thread? ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2014, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14369 "2014-04-28T18:30:54Z")
> [@johnpost](#): > > New York Rep. Grimm indicted on federal fraud, tax charges > > [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/04/28/rep-michael-grimm-arrested/](http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/04/28/rep-michael-grimm-arrested/) Lemme guess: the chyron said “Michael Grimm (D,NY)”. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Greenjeans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.greenjeans/32/551_2.png) [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2014, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14370 "2014-04-28T18:32:35Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Can we put CNN covering things Palin says in a Stupid News Media Idea of the Day thread? As long as we agree that the common thread is Stupid. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2014, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14371 "2014-04-28T18:52:58Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > From the CNN article on Palin: > > \*Palin called liberals hypocrites for their stance on issues varying from gun control to torture at the NRA event that was part of the organization’s 2014 convention. > > But she backtracked later, saying, “Not all intolerant anti-freedom leftist liberals are hypocrites.” > > “I’m kidding,” she said. “Yes, they are.”\* > > There aren’t enough rolleyes… First she won, then we fought her, then we ridiculed her, and finally we ignore her. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2014, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14372 "2014-04-28T19:52:56Z")
> [@bup](#): > > First she won, then we fought her, then we ridiculed her, and finally we ignore her. Sounds like the faithful are starting to [tire of her as well:](http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/apr/28/sarah-palin-stands-firm-waterboarding-how-we-bapti/#ixzz30DELzDhC) > [@](#): > > …Mrs. Palin hit the stump for Iowa Senate candidate Jodi Ernst Sunday at the Hy-Vee Conference Center in west Des Moines in front of a much smaller crowd of about 300 people, according to NBC — “one of the smaller crowds that’s ever greeted Palin in Iowa.” ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2014, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14373 "2014-04-28T20:15:19Z")
> [@Rhythmdvl](#): > > 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? You gotta put Arizona and Tennessee in the top 5. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2014, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14374 "2014-04-28T20:24:37Z")
> [@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”. The bigger problem than how we treat terrorists is how do we even know they are terrorists? Tell me, Sarah, what would you do with people who were turned in by others in Afghanistan with no evidence they are terrorists and no trial? Would you waterboard them too you dumbass shithead? ---
**Author:** ![marshmallow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@marshmallow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marshmallow)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2014, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14375 "2014-04-28T21:44:29Z")
> [@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”. That’s kinda clever. Makes me think she stole it. ---
**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:** [April 28, 2014, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14376 "2014-04-28T22:13:49Z")
> [@YogSosoth](#): > > Tell me, Sarah, what would you do with people who were turned in by others in Afghanistan with no evidence they are terrorists and no trial? Would you waterboard them too you dumbass shithead? Of course she would. ---
**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, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14377 "2014-04-28T22:16:51Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > For a change, here’s a **smart** RIOTD: Rep. Michael Grimm (R-NY), formerly a climate-change skeptic, changed his mind [after researching the issue](http://www.salon.com/2014/04/25/someone_actually_managed_to_convince_a_gop_climate_denier_to_change_his_mind/). > > Excuse me, I have to go wash some pigshit out of my hair. [Unfortunately, however . . .](http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/staten-island-rep-michael-grimm-custody-article-1.1771386) ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2014, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14378 "2014-04-28T22:36:11Z")
> [@marshmallow](#): > > That’s kinda clever. Makes me think she stole it. [Yeah](http://www.amazon.com/Boarding-Baptize-Terrorists-Military-Morale/dp/B00J4MXTWQ). ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2014, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14379 "2014-04-28T22:37:31Z")
> [@Skammer](#): > > You gotta put Arizona and Tennessee in the top 5. Well Georgia just passed the Guns Everywhere law that lets people carry guns into churches, bars and schoolyards and we’ve got a Congressman named DOCTOR Paul Broun who says that evolution is a lie from the pit of hell so … don’t count us out, baby! ---
**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:** [April 28, 2014, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14380 "2014-04-28T22:42:14Z")
> [@Evil\_Captor](#): > > we’ve got a Congressman named DOCTOR Paul Broun who says that evolution is a lie from the pit of hell so … don’t count us out, baby! Evolution AND embryology! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=718) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=720)