# 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:** 780
**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2014, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/15581 "2014-07-08T18:17:05Z")
Awesome Republican idea of the day: [holding the 2016 convention in Cleveland.](http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2014/07/08/gop-convention-2016-xxxx/12351701/) I’ve got to start planning my bar hopping junket for 2016, and figure out what conservative figures I want to bump into and drunkenly accost. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2014, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/15582 "2014-07-08T18:34:42Z")
Are there enough strip clubs in Cleveland for a Republican convention? ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2014, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/15583 "2014-07-08T18:38:46Z")
The heck with the Civil War Ammendments, Thomas should read about the “Gentlemen’s Agreement” which carried the Bill of Rights through the adoption process. [http://scholarship.law.wm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1207&context=wmborj](http://scholarship.law.wm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1207&context=wmborj) is a well researched article on the adoption of the Bill of Rights and the religious arguments in the 1st Ammendment at the time. Much of the give and take of the day was between Federalists and Anti-Federalists. Many of the anti-Federalists founders and statesmen of the day were against STATE, State, and state religions and wanted theists of all religions to be able to practice anywhere. That included the Hindoos, Jews, deists and [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Mahometans[/SIZE][/FONT] [period spellings]. The debate participants weren’t to hot on athiests and agnostics having any sort of protection however. Thomas is an [del]“originalist”[/del] Spawn of Scalia isn’t he? Note that there are 1000’s of articles and opinions on what the founders thought/meant/wished/divined. Debates fill 1000’s more. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2014, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/15584 "2014-07-08T18:40:27Z")
God gives rights. if you don’t have a God, how can you have rights? ---
**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:** [July 8, 2014, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/15585 "2014-07-08T18:40:51Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > Are there enough strip clubs in Cleveland for a Republican convention? [This site](https://www.tuscl.net/c.php?CID=360) lists 36. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2014, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/15586 "2014-07-08T18:45:12Z")
I remember when the Republicans met in St. Paul, MN (the slumbering subconscious of the Twin Cities)… They repaired to a local bar for relief from their august proceedings, to be entertained by a local rock band called Hookers and Blow. (Prostitutes and cocaine, if you don’t know…) Its not irony is lost on these people, its that irony does not _exist_ for these people. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2014, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/15587 "2014-07-08T19:35:41Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > That included the Hindoos, Jews, deists and [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Mahometans[/SIZE][/FONT] [period spellings]. You mean, “Mussulmen.” (Fun fact: The _muezzin’s_ call to prayer translates literally as “Cockles and mussels, alive, alive-o!”) ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2014, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/15588 "2014-07-08T20:02:06Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > By the way, how long has Perry been wearing those poindexter style glasses? I assume he’s wearing them at the suggestion of his handlers who may have noticed that he comes across as a little, shall we say, slow. It seems kind of unfair, shallow, and junior high-ish to critique Perry on his glasses when there’s so much coming out of his mouth that actually qualifies as actual grade-A Republican stupidity. ---
**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:** [July 8, 2014, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/15589 "2014-07-08T20:28:21Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > You mean, “Mussulmen.” Is that what Little Nell meant in _Rose Tint My World_? Was she some kind of bigot or something? _It was great when it all began I was a regular Frankie fan But it was over when he had the plan To start a-workin’ on a Mussulman_ ---
**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:** [July 8, 2014, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/15590 "2014-07-08T20:36:53Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > If you don’t have a God, how can you have rights? You ! Yes, you ! STAND STILL, LADDIE ! ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2014, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/15591 "2014-07-08T21:01:44Z")
Preacher! Leave those kids alone! All in all, you’re just another prick at the Mall! ---
**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:** [July 8, 2014, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/15592 "2014-07-08T21:28:29Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > Are there enough strip clubs in Cleveland for a Republican convention? > [@running\_coach](#): > > [This site](https://www.tuscl.net/c.php?CID=360) lists 36. In other words, no, not even close. ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2014, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/15593 "2014-07-08T21:29:46Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > [This site](https://www.tuscl.net/c.php?CID=360) lists 36. To be fair, by my count at least 11 of establishments are not in Cleveland or Cuyahoga County, so let’s say 25. 😃 ---
**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:** [July 8, 2014, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/15594 "2014-07-08T21:43:18Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Preacher! Leave those kids alone! All in all, you’re just another prick at the Mall! _hurls brick at **'luci**._ ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2014, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/15595 "2014-07-08T22:29:13Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > That included the Hindoos, Jews, deists and [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Mahometans[/SIZE][/FONT] [period spellings]. > [@BrainGlutton](#): > > You mean, “Mussulmen.” Both terms were used. “Mahomeddan” is entirely obsolete. But in several South Asian languages, “Mussalman” or “Musholman” is the standard term for “Muslim,” particularly in languages in which there is no [sl] consonant cluster. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2014, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/15596 "2014-07-08T22:51:39Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > _hurls brick at **'luci**._ Sorry, Pink Freudian slip… ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2014, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/15597 "2014-07-08T23:17:03Z")
I will turn this thread right around if you can’t behave. ---
**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:** [July 8, 2014, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/15598 "2014-07-08T23:21:56Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > Are there enough strip clubs in Cleveland for a Republican convention? > [@running\_coach](#): > > This site lists 36.[link](https://www.tuscl.net/c.php?CID=360) > [@Revtim](#): > > In other words, no, not even close. A quick perusal of the “Club Type” labels on that list\* seems to suggest that it is aimed at customers who wish to see naked _women_. There might be additional unaccounted-for establishments to accommodate the toe-tapping wide-stance component of the GOP clientele. \*Given some of the content, you might want to spoiler-tag the link, as I have done above. ---
**Author:** ![Precambrianmollusc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/precambrianmollusc/32/63_2.png) [@Precambrianmollusc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Precambrianmollusc)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2014, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/15599 "2014-07-08T23:23:52Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Sorry, Pink Freudian slip… It’s ok, we can all have a momentary lapse of reason ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2014, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/15600 "2014-07-08T23:32:55Z")
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