# 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:** 731
**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:** [May 13, 2014, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14601 "2014-05-13T08:40:43Z")
> [@Hey\_Hey\_Paula](#): > > Now I’m just a heathen, but I have a passing familiarity with the Bible (darn liberal arts degree). I don’t remember any guns in the Bible. 😕 Rocks, swords, pillars of salt, sure, but no guns. The “Biblical gun nuts” subset equates swords with guns, which is not altogether daft. A weapon is a weapon is a weapon. Of course, I don’t really recall The Jeebus ever saying “Verily I tell thee to pack a concealed sword at all times as is thy right given unto thee by my Father though it pisses off thine every countryman, and lo paint thy sword camo for it looketh badass”, either. ---
**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:** [May 13, 2014, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14602 "2014-05-13T11:56:05Z")
It’s dog-Kantian Christianity. Jesus said his disciples should carry swords in one situation, so that must mean all followers of Jesus should carry swords–or firearms, which are only a little like swords–generally. ---
**Author:** ![hotflungwok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/edb3f5/32.png) [@hotflungwok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hotflungwok)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2014, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14603 "2014-05-13T14:26:55Z")
[Tea Party idiot Al Bedrosian](http://aattp.org/va-official-non-christian-public-prayer-violates-my-rights-because-i-dont-believe-that-video/) > [@](#): > > The recent Greece v. Galloway Supreme Court decision, which affirmed the right of groups to offer sectarian prayer at legislative meetings has caused quite a stir. Not only has it smashed a gaping hole through the wall between church and state, but it has opened the door to non-Christian groups offering said prayers. > [@](#): > > Unfortunately that right of any religion to offer sectarian prayer will not be honored in Roanoke County, Virginia. Al Bedrosian, a member of the Roanoke County Board of Supervisors has decided, despite that ruling, that only Christians will be allowed to offer invocation prayers at their meetings from this point forward. > [@](#): > > According to Bedrosian, “The freedom of religion doesn’t mean that every religion has to be heard.” When asked if he would allow representatives from non-Christian faiths to offer the legislative prayer at meetings, he said,“I would say no. That does not infringe on their freedom of religion. The truth is you’re trying to infringe on my right, because I don’t believe that.” ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2014, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14604 "2014-05-13T14:30:12Z")
Projection Department: Karl Rove insinuates that Hillary Clinton has [traumatic brain injury](http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/05/13/1299002/-Karl-Rove-worried-Hillary-has-brain-damage-oops-make-that-a-traumatic-brain-injury?detail=hide). And then he lies about what he said. ---
**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:** [May 13, 2014, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14605 "2014-05-13T14:57:56Z")
> [@hotflungwok](#): > > [Tea Party idiot Al Bedrosian](http://aattp.org/va-official-non-christian-public-prayer-violates-my-rights-because-i-dont-believe-that-video/) > > > [@](#): > > > > According to Bedrosian, “The freedom of religion doesn’t mean that every religion has to be heard.” When asked if he would allow representatives from non-Christian faiths to offer the legislative prayer at meetings, he said,“I would say no. That does not infringe on their freedom of religion. The truth is you’re trying to infringe on my right, because I don’t believe that.” This just in from the Doesn’t Quite Get It Department. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2014, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14606 "2014-05-13T19:25:15Z")
[Allen West](http://mediamatters.org/blog/2014/05/12/foxs-allen-west-fishy-focus-on-boko-haram-is-me/199263) appears to be off his meds again: > [@](#): > > In a post on his website headlined, “Focus on Boko Haram right now seems fishy to me,” West wrote: “Are we witnessing an Obama ‘Wag the Dog’ moment with Boko Haram in Nigeria? I say yes. Consider all the scandals facing the Obama administration, especially Benghazi and the Select Committee.” ---
**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:** [May 13, 2014, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14607 "2014-05-13T19:31:56Z")
Yes. Yes, Mr. Allen, you have found a gun so smoking, it’s got barrel cancer. Obama had those 200 little girls kidnapped himself to avoid the HUGE political NIGHTMARE that is Benghazi. Fuck’s sake, these people, I swear to god… ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2014, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14608 "2014-05-14T11:56:52Z")
Speaking of Boko Haram it seems Ann Coulter utterly hates the idea of the #bringbackourgirls campaign since she loves it when religious fanatics kidnap and rape women, so she tried to mock the campaign with a stupid sign. There was some reaction: > **[Ann Coulter Inadvertently Turns Herself Into a Joke After Mocking...](https://www.eonline.com/news/541326/ann-coulter-inadvertently-turns-herself-into-a-joke-after-mocking-bringbackourgirls-campaign)** > > Political pundit mocked mercilessly for making light of the efforts to bring the kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls home ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2014, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14609 "2014-05-14T13:27:28Z")
I really don’t get the RW’s hostility here at all. 300 schoolgirls abducted by jihadist terrorists in a foreign country – how does that present any Dem v. Pub or LW v. RW issue?! ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2014, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14610 "2014-05-14T13:36:58Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > I really don’t get the RW’s hostility here at all. 300 schoolgirls abducted by jihadist terrorists in a foreign country – how does that present any Dem v. Pub or LW v. RW issue?! Duh, Obama’s wife supported it. ---
**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:** [May 14, 2014, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14611 "2014-05-14T13:37:40Z")
Simple. Michelle Obama is tangentially related to the thing. So the thing must be FOUGHT. It really is as simple as that. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2014, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14612 "2014-05-14T13:38:57Z")
Yeah, they were against kids eating healthy meals when Michelle Obama promoted it. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2014, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14613 "2014-05-14T13:53:38Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > I really don’t get the RW’s hostility here at all. 300 schoolgirls abducted by jihadist terrorists in a foreign country – how does that present any Dem v. Pub or LW v. RW issue?! They would blame him for the sun rising if they thought it would further the GOP’s cause. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2014, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14614 "2014-05-14T14:16:09Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > they would blame him for the sun rising if they thought it would further the gop’s cause. “Obama Responsible for Sunburn!” ---
**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 14, 2014, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14615 "2014-05-14T14:32:58Z")
“Is the President giving you cancer?” Next on Fox and Friends. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2014, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14616 "2014-05-14T14:37:41Z")
Skin cancer rates are soaring. White people, mostly. Any questions? (PSA: but seriously, folks, if Mother Nature didn’t make you brown, she has her reasons…) ---
**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 14, 2014, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14617 "2014-05-14T14:46:58Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > “Is the President giving you cancer?” Next on Fox and Friends. Obama’s so-called “Cancer” scare-A “Wag The Dog” distraction from his Benghazi scandal? Next, on 90% of Fox’s programming. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2014, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14618 "2014-05-14T14:56:40Z")
And over on CNN, “Did Boko Haram hijack the Malaysian airliner?” ---
**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2014, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14619 "2014-05-14T15:03:04Z")
And next on HGTV: Will Boko Haram be able to flip this house? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2014, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14620 "2014-05-14T15:10:52Z")
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