# 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:** 748
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2014, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14941 "2014-05-30T02:39:39Z")
Oh, please? Please, can we go there? Pretty please, with ghoulish sugar all over? C’mon, lets go, YODO! ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2014, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14942 "2014-05-30T02:41:14Z")
His campaign staff wants him to “loosen up” a bit, they think he’s a little stiff… ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2014, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14943 "2014-05-30T02:42:18Z")
Speaking of a little stiff…no, no, not going there. Definitely not going _there_! ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2014, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14944 "2014-05-30T14:10:50Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > Why should any election be partisan ? Because parties stand for politics, ideologies, and clusters of policy positions . . . which is why we need them in the system, so the voters can make meaningful choices among such . . . and which is also why a partisan (or, for that matter, nonpartisan) election makes no sense for any purely administrative or technical position such as coroner – or sheriff. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2014, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14945 "2014-05-30T14:16:59Z")
[New Texas-style Oklahoma law will probably shutter two of the state’s three abortion clinics.](http://www.salon.com/2014/05/29/things_are_about_to_go_from_bad_to_worse_in_oklahoma_governor_signs_off_on_texas_style_abortion_restrictions/) ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2014, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14946 "2014-05-30T14:20:29Z")
Not stupid at all; that’s the intent. Perhaps we need a thread for “_Evil_ Republican Idea of the Day”? ---
**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 30, 2014, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14947 "2014-05-30T14:30:59Z")
Republicans are multi-taskers. They can be both. ---
**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:** [May 30, 2014, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14948 "2014-05-30T14:43:03Z")
> [@Robot Arm](#): > > Is there a specifically Republican way of handling a dead body(?) Yes. Rifle the pockets first. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2014, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14949 "2014-05-30T15:14:02Z")
[Duck Dynast Phil Robertson:](http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2014/05/29/phil-robertson-gop-needs-to-get-godly/) The GOP needs to “Get Godly.” ---
**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 30, 2014, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14950 "2014-05-30T15:23:34Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > [Duck Dynast Phil Robertson:](http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2014/05/29/phil-robertson-gop-needs-to-get-godly/) The GOP needs to “Get Godly.” They need to renounce their worship of Mammon and drive the money-changer lobbyists from the civic temple? Works for me… ---
**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 30, 2014, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14951 "2014-05-30T17:11:41Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > They need to renounce their worship of Mammon and drive the money-changer lobbyists from the civic temple? > > Works for me… I think he means they should work on achieving omnipotence and omniscience. Wait, no, science BAD, that can’t be it. ---
**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 30, 2014, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14952 "2014-05-30T18:44:57Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > [Duck Dynast Phil Robertson:](http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2014/05/29/phil-robertson-gop-needs-to-get-godly/) The GOP needs to “Get Godly.” Yeah, I think it was a typo/mistranscription. _“GOP, you can’t be right for America if you’re wrong with God,” Robertson said. “You want to turn the Republican Party around? Get Godly.”_ Clearly, he is talking about contemporary music. “God” is a name that has been used for Eric Clapton. The other name, obviously, is Kevin Godley, formerly of the band 10cc. So this Robertson guy must be advising to kowtow to Clapton and to slay Godley. Not sure why, maybe he prefers blues to jazz? ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2014, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14953 "2014-05-30T19:22:22Z")
Joni Ernst, running for Senate in Iowa (we may have mentioned her before) says the UCSB slaughter was an [“unfortunate accident”.](http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/05/30/1303050/-GOP-Senate-candidate-describes-mass-murder-as-an-unfortunate-accident#) Have they really desensitized themselves that much? Really? And she goes on to say that underscores her commitment to ending Obamacare. ---
**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 30, 2014, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14954 "2014-05-30T20:11:16Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Yeah, I think it was a typo/mistranscription. > _“GOP, you can’t be right for America if you’re wrong with God,” Robertson said. “You want to turn the Republican Party around? Get Godly.”_ > Clearly, he is talking about contemporary music. “God” is a name that has been used for Eric Clapton. The other name, obviously, is Kevin Godley, formerly of the band 10cc. So this Robertson guy must be advising to kowtow to Clapton and to slay Godley. Not sure why, maybe he prefers blues to jazz? I don’t see how either one of them would be right for America, which is basically an acoustic band. ---
**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 30, 2014, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14955 "2014-05-30T20:19:09Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > I don’t see how either one of them would be right for America, which is basically an acoustic band. The GOP is in the desert beating a dead horse with no name. ---
**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:** [May 30, 2014, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14956 "2014-05-30T20:21:49Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > And she goes on to say that underscores her commitment to ending Obamacare. In fairness, that’s also a mistake. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2014, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14957 "2014-05-30T21:01:44Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > And she goes on to say that underscores her commitment to ending Obamacare. 😕 Because 2nd Amendment?! ---
**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 30, 2014, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14958 "2014-05-30T22:03:42Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > 😕 Because 2nd Amendment?! Those shooting victims, you know, ought to be paying for their treatment out of pocket. ---
**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 31, 2014, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14959 "2014-05-31T01:47:00Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > In fairness, he’s only counting from when he ripped the heart from a 12 year old girl’s chest to replace his own. Do we know how old Dick DarkSide’s heart is, actually? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2014, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14960 "2014-05-31T03:33:03Z")
I suppose there is no municipality with regulations that permit stuffing the mouth with garlic, sewing up the lips and burial at a crossroads? The stake would be superfluous. Not that I believe any of that stuff. But why take a chance? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=747) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=749)