# 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:** 726
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14501 "2014-05-07T00:32:45Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > FOX has said they will not cover any White House press conferences unless Benghazi is covered. And there was much rejoicing? ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14502 "2014-05-07T00:58:02Z")
> [@MacCat](#): > > I thought Lion Chow was a funny. I laughed… Well. Yes, of course. :o But still. I’m imagining these huge, heavy animals snarfing down large piles of corn-based kibble, and… No! They eat meat! With blood in it! The lions know it’s coming, and they’re pacing back and forth and growling and groaning (they get fed only once a week). The keepers have to sort of fling these big chunks into the cages, quickly, and they slide across the floor because they’re wet with blood, and the lions fall on them, and… it’s pretty impressive. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14503 "2014-05-07T01:12:27Z")
> [@BigAppleBucky](#): > > I disagree right back. Forget about the food element. It’s the wildness of the lions that would bother zookeepers. A lion that has killed a person will be more willing to do so again. Some part of the keepers’ safety, no doubt, involves the lions not thinking of their keepers as food on the hoof. Well, the managers of the Roman arena executions and animal-fights must have solved or dealt with that problem **somehow!** All that’s needed is a little historical/archaeological research! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![CannyDan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cannydan/32/548_2.png) [@CannyDan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CannyDan)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14504 "2014-05-07T02:08:10Z")
> [@a35362](#): > > Lion Chow? They get big chunks of horse meat. (I used to work at a zoo.) Once upon a time, perhaps. Today they probably get Nebraska brand manufactured species-appropriate feline diet containing muscle and organ meat and bone chunks (“zoo logs”). Smaller cats may get similar, or canned ZuPreem feline complete diet. Now back to the festivities! ---
**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:** [May 7, 2014, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14505 "2014-05-07T04:26:17Z")
This is from a couple of weeks ago, but I don’t remember seeing it in this thread: [BREAKING: Supreme Court Judges Say Obama Birth Certificate A Fake](http://theuspatriot.com/2014/04/16/breaking-supreme-court-judges-say-obama-birth-certificate-a-fake/) Not an Onion headline. Not a joke headline. One-hundred percent serious. \*According to a report issued by the Associate Press, an Alabama Supreme Court judge stated that Barack Obama should have to prove that he was born in the United States, and that he was eligible to be on the state ballot in 2012. The Republican panel voted 7 to 2, to uphold the dismissal of Alabama’s secretary of state to demand a valid birth certificate from President Obama and other presidential candidates. Justice Roy Moor and Justice Tom Parker dissented. In Moore’s dissent, he claims that it is the duty of the secretary of state to determine the eligibility of the candidates by finding out if they are U.S. citizens.\* There’s so much wrong with that, I don’t even know where to start … so I won’t. Read the comments. ---
**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14506 "2014-05-07T05:00:16Z")
> [@Shayna](#): > > This is from a couple of weeks ago, but I don’t remember seeing it in this thread: > > [BREAKING: Supreme Court Judges Say Obama Birth Certificate A Fake](http://theuspatriot.com/2014/04/16/breaking-supreme-court-judges-say-obama-birth-certificate-a-fake/) > > Not an Onion headline. Not a joke headline. One-hundred percent serious. > \*According to a report issued by the Associate Press, an Alabama Supreme Court judge stated that Barack Obama should have to prove that he was born in the United States, and that he was eligible to be on the state ballot in 2012. > > The Republican panel voted 7 to 2, to uphold the dismissal of Alabama’s secretary of state to demand a valid birth certificate from President Obama and other presidential candidates. Justice Roy Moor and Justice Tom Parker dissented. > > In Moore’s dissent, he claims that it is the duty of the secretary of state to determine the eligibility of the candidates by finding out if they are U.S. citizens.\* > There’s so much wrong with that, I don’t even know where to start … so I won’t. > > Read the comments. Let’s just say that nobody should be surprised that Judge Roy Moore made the SRIOTD thread. But [two separate appearances](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=17343880&postcount=14450) only 50 posts apart? Impressive. And it looks like he’d make it more often if he were more prominent. If someone were to follow the guy around, and post here, we could have a “Stupid Republican Idea of the Past Fifteen Minutes of Judge Roy Moore’s Life” thread. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14507 "2014-05-07T06:44:55Z")
> [@Shayna](#): > > This is from a couple of weeks ago, but I don’t remember seeing it in this thread: > > [BREAKING: Supreme Court Judges Say Obama Birth Certificate A Fake](http://theuspatriot.com/2014/04/16/breaking-supreme-court-judges-say-obama-birth-certificate-a-fake/) > > Not an Onion headline. Oh, that site is MUCH funnier than the Onion. Other current stories are about how Obamacare requires everyone to be injected with a microchip, and how Chief Justice John Roberts has signed something with Interpol (??) which will allow Obama to be removed from office for treason. And the comments are hilarious. You’ve heard that FEMA is stockpiling ammunition? The guys on this site think FEMA is stockpiling guillotines! ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14508 "2014-05-07T15:14:25Z")
As I noted few days ago, South Dakota rep Steve Hickey uncorked this gem: > [@](#): > > “Certainly there are board-certified doctors in our state who will attest to what seems self-evident to so many: gay sex is not good for the body or mind,” he wrote. “Pardon a crude comparison but regarding men with men, we are talking about a one-way alley meant only for the garbage truck to go down. Frankly, I’d question the judgment of doctor who says it’s all fine.” Now, [he’s doubled down on teh stoopid](http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/steve-hickey-anal-sex-dump-bed) (NOTE: autoplay video): > [@](#): > > …Hickey drew tons of attention last week when he wrote a letter calling on the medical community to sound the alarm about the dangers of anal sex. Later, Dr. Kevin Weiland, who has run for Congress as a Democrat, responded with a letter of his own in the Argus Leader, calling Hickey’s words “not only hurtful but entirely wrong.” > > During his video chat on Monday, Hickey argued that Weiland was missing what he’s described as a “self-evident” concern. > > > [@](#): > > > > “And here’s what I’d like to ask Dr. Weiland. Do you tell your patients to wash their hands before they eat? Why? Because you touch a doorknob and you don’t want to get it inside your body. I hesitate to get crude again, but Dr. Weiland, is it OK for, you know, eight of your friends that you’re in love with to take a dump in your bed and then you can sleep in it all year long?” > > …Hickey told TPM last week that he was “a little sore” with all the angry feedback he received and insisted he just wanted to help those with “genetic breakdowns” like homosexuality… This just makes me wonder if there’s a “genetic breakdown” that causes low intelligence, obsession with other people’s gay sex, and weirdo coprophilic fantasies. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14509 "2014-05-07T15:24:33Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Tucker Carlson: [Women who pay for dinner for men are disgusting](http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/05/06/fox-news-host-tucker-carlson-women-who-pay-for-mens-dinners-are-disgusting/). Like anyone’s going to take relationship advice from a guy whose haircut is still based on his 8th grade yearbook picture. ---
**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:** [May 7, 2014, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14510 "2014-05-07T15:32:08Z")
> [@Talking Points Memo](#): > > …Hickey told TPM last week that he was “a little sore” with all the angry feedback he received… C’mon, cut Hickey some slack here. He’s a little sore with all the gay sex. Understandable! ---
**Author:** ![Double\_Foolscap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85e7bf/32.png) [@Double\_Foolscap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Double_Foolscap)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14511 "2014-05-07T15:36:10Z")
It’s interesting that Hickey has accepted that sexuality is something you’re born with. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14512 "2014-05-07T15:47:00Z")
The truly disturbing part is that all his arguments could be used without alteration against men having anal sex with **women!** :eek: He is clearly a traitor, Bros. Something Must Be Done! ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14513 "2014-05-07T17:05:50Z")
> [@waterj2](#): > > Let’s just say that nobody should be surprised that Judge Roy Moore made the SRIOTD thread. But [two separate appearances](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=17343880&postcount=14450) only 50 posts apart? Impressive. And it looks like he’d make it more often if he were more prominent. If someone were to follow the guy around, and post here, we could have a “Stupid Republican Idea of the Past Fifteen Minutes of Judge Roy Moore’s Life” thread. [Oh, he’s struck again!](http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/05/05/alabama-chief-justice-wants-new-constitution-to-protect-the-original-from-gays-ruth-ginsburg/) He thinks we need an amendment to the Constitution to prevent same-sex marriage (nothing new there), but he’s also saying that maybe what we need is an entirely NEW Constitution. And we need a new one because Ruth Bader Ginsberg isn’t upholding the current one. Or something like that. I’m having some trouble following the argument he’s making. ---
**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:** [May 7, 2014, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14514 "2014-05-07T17:23:24Z")
That boy ain’t right. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14515 "2014-05-07T17:30:46Z")
> [@](#): > > “And here’s what I’d like to ask Dr. Weiland. Do you tell your patients to wash their hands before they eat? Why? Because you touch a doorknob and you don’t want to get it inside your body. I hesitate to get crude again, but Dr. Weiland, is it OK for, you know, eight of your friends that you’re in love with to take a dump in your bed and then you can sleep in it all year long?” Man, for someone who hesitates to get crude, he sure doesn’t hesitate to get crude. ---
**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:** [May 7, 2014, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14516 "2014-05-07T17:41:41Z")
> [@bup](#): > > Like anyone’s going to take relationship advice from a guy whose haircut is still based on his 8th grade yearbook picture. I dunno. I was thinking the next time we order out I have reason to make my husband use his credit card. “C’mon. You don’t want to be disgusting do you?” ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14517 "2014-05-07T17:59:16Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > That boy ain’t right. Bless his heart. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14518 "2014-05-07T18:20:54Z")
> [@](#): > > Do you tell your patients to wash their hands before they eat? Why? Because you touch a doorknob and you don’t want to get it inside your body. Still trying to figure out the connection between handwashing and non-ingestion of doorknobs. ---
**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:** [May 7, 2014, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14519 "2014-05-07T18:22:45Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > Still trying to figure out the connection between handwashing and non-ingestion of doorknobs. You mean, you have a choice in whether to eat them? Lucky bastard. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2014, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14520 "2014-05-07T18:23:09Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > Still trying to figure out the connection between handwashing and non-ingestion of doorknobs. Something to do with washing someone’s “knob” before “gobbling” it, I gather. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=725) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=727)