# 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:** 741
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2014, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14801 "2014-05-20T10:42:16Z")
“Double-mindedness” – is this term an invention of Congressman Van Zant? I’ve never heard it before. I kinda like it – could be a useful word for _something_, once we remove it from this particular context of “fear of teh gay.” ---
**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 20, 2014, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14802 "2014-05-20T12:22:12Z")
Tucker Carlson says that [it’s a racist attack to point out his white privilege](http://crooksandliars.com/2014/05/tucker-carlson-its-racist-attack-point-out). ---
**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 20, 2014, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14803 "2014-05-20T13:40:33Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > “Double-mindedness” – is this term an invention of Congressman Van Zant? I’ve never heard it before. I kinda like it – could be a useful word for _something_, once we remove it from this particular context of “fear of teh gay.” It’s probably not a good idea for him to try inventing double-mindedness until he gets the hang of having any mind at all. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2014, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14804 "2014-05-20T15:25:43Z")
[Now they’re blaming the failure of Operation American Spring on . . . Glenn Beck.](http://www.bradblog.com/?p=10639) ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2014, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14805 "2014-05-20T15:55:15Z")
Joy! ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2014, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14806 "2014-05-20T16:08:34Z")
I’ll get the popcorn. ---
**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 20, 2014, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14807 "2014-05-20T16:20:46Z")
Bah. Beck’s been dead to me ever since his plan of founding an unincorporated centrally planned, zero taxation community to demonstrate Randian libertarianism and the true meaning of Freedom, a permanent haven where like minded individuals could Go Galt amongst themselves. And be politically re-educated (I am not making one thing up) It didn’t get past the selling books to talk about how sweet it was gonna be stage and fuck me but it would have been comedy gold all along and it NEVER happened. You LIED to me, Glenn ! ---
**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:** [May 20, 2014, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14808 "2014-05-20T18:06:23Z")
This could be the Louie Gohmert stupid idea of the day thread, but today’s comment from Congressman Louie: (I think) “[Too many children are illegally entering the United States and not paying taxes](http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/05/20/1300695/-America-s-Dumbest-Congressman-blasts-America-for-being-too-nice-to-children?)”. (I think) ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2014, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14809 "2014-05-20T18:13:03Z")
It’s Texas. Dumber than Mississippi, meaner than Kansas, south of Oklahoma. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2014, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14810 "2014-05-20T20:17:07Z")
[Pat Sajak: People Who Believe in Climate Change Are ‘Unpatriotic Racists’](http://www.mediaite.com/online/pat-sajak-people-who-believe-in-climate-change-are-unpatriotic-racists/) [Salon on conservative game-show hosts.](http://www.salon.com/2014/05/20/pat_sajaks_vicious_climate_change_denial_and_the_world_of_conservative_game_show_hosts/) ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2014, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14811 "2014-05-20T20:45:47Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > [Pat Sajak: People Who Believe in Climate Change Are ‘Unpatriotic Racists’](http://www.mediaite.com/online/pat-sajak-people-who-believe-in-climate-change-are-unpatriotic-racists/) Followed by: > [@](#): > > Sometimes it’s fun to poke a stick in a hornets’ nest just to hear the buzzing. No, Pat, you’re thinking of something else, but it rhymes . . . try it . . . ---
**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 20, 2014, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14812 "2014-05-20T20:54:29Z")
So, how does racism apply? I cannot figure that one out, even with twisted science-denier logic. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2014, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14813 "2014-05-20T20:56:23Z")
Sajak’s just trolling. ---
**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 20, 2014, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14814 "2014-05-20T21:16:38Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Followed by: > > > [@](#): > > > > Sometimes it’s fun to poke a stick in a hornets’ nest just to hear the buzzing. > > No, Pat, you’re thinking of something else, but it rhymes . . . try it . . . Fuzzing? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2014, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14815 "2014-05-20T21:20:17Z")
Fuzzy Wuzzy wasn’t scuzzy, was he? ---
**Author:** ![Jungian\_Camisole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8baadc/32.png) [@Jungian\_Camisole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jungian_Camisole)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2014, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14816 "2014-05-20T21:20:46Z")
Jesus Christ. Read it and puke. > **[Man Found Guilty of Drugging and Raping Wife Gets No Prison Time](https://www.mediaite.com/online/man-found-guilty-of-drugging-and-raping-wife-gets-no-prison-time/)** > > His wife was “snippy” and drugging her “made her nicer” is how an Indianapolis man convicted of repeatedly drugging and raping his wife explained his actions in court. The offenses, carried out over the course of three years, netted Indiana resident... ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2014, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14817 "2014-05-20T21:21:29Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > Fuzzing? I think he means something that rhymes with “stick” ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2014, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14818 "2014-05-20T22:10:58Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > So, how does racism apply? I cannot figure that one out, even with twisted science-denier logic. Let me try: It’s only white nations like us that are being called to make sacrifices. We’re being told to we can’t drive our Hummer’s because some poor brown person in Bangladesh might find their town is suddenly 4 feet below sea level. It’s not fair! ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2014, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14819 "2014-05-20T22:38:33Z")
> [@Jungian\_Camisole](#): > > Jesus Christ. Read it and puke. > > [http://www.mediaite.com/online/man-found-guilty-of-drugging-and-raping-wife-gets-no-prison-time/](http://www.mediaite.com/online/man-found-guilty-of-drugging-and-raping-wife-gets-no-prison-time/) I’ll bet his wife was glad he was sentenced to 8 years home detention. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2014, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14820 "2014-05-20T22:44:08Z")
> [@TonySinclair](#): > > I’ll bet his wife was glad he was sentenced to 8 years home detention. Where he can sit and watch the tapes he made. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=740) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=742)