# 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:** 794
**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 30, 2014, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/15861 "2014-07-30T04:26:40Z")
Ok so they may not be republican, but the owner of a foreign language school did just fire one of their employees for writing an article explaining homophones, on the basis that the school would now be associated with homosexuality. [http://m.sltrib.com/sltrib/mobile3/58236366-219/says-english-homophones-language.html.csp](http://m.sltrib.com/sltrib/mobile3/58236366-219/says-english-homophones-language.html.csp) It’s definitely stupid , but possible not repuplican, oh wait, from Provo Utah. ---
**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 30, 2014, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/15862 "2014-07-30T04:37:56Z")
The headlines just write themselves. “Homophobes against homophones” ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2014, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/15863 "2014-07-30T15:12:36Z")
I would be more concerned that the top ESL school in Utah does not think that college prepping foreign students are capable of being exposed to the concept that some words in English sound the same but have different spelling and meanings. Maybe he wants to give them a few drinks and get their inhibitions down before he brings that up. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2014, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/15864 "2014-07-30T15:32:51Z")
Their out of there fucking minds over they’re! ---
**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 30, 2014, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/15865 "2014-07-30T15:41:04Z")
As it is clearly a stupid Republican idea wafting about, I have become curious on this point: if the House passes articles of impeachment on whatever vaporous grounds they can gin up, is the Senate then required to conduct the trial, or can they just ignore the charges (the way a judge can summarily dismiss a case or the SCOTUS can refuse to hear an appeal)? ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2014, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/15866 "2014-07-30T15:41:17Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > The headlines just write themselves. “Homophobes against homophones” They got gay phones now? What, the straight kind aren’t good enough? ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2014, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/15867 "2014-07-30T15:53:37Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > They got gay phones now? What, the straight kind aren’t good enough? The straight phones aren’t fabulous enough. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2014, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/15868 "2014-07-30T16:08:37Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > The headlines just write themselves. “Homophobes against homophones” Even grammar is turning on the Republicans! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2014, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/15869 "2014-07-30T16:12:04Z")
Of course she is, with all that rape talk. They can still count on the Gramper vote, though. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2014, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/15870 "2014-07-30T16:23:02Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > The straight phones aren’t fabulous enough. The phones themselves are asexual. It’s the [cases](http://www.zazzle.com/gay+pride+iphone+cases) you gotta watch out for. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2014, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/15871 "2014-07-30T16:31:42Z")
Wait a minute, Siri is a girl, right? An ordinary, everyday, straight type girl? Look, I need an answer for this, and I’m not about to explain why. ---
**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:** [July 30, 2014, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/15872 "2014-07-30T16:34:39Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > As it is clearly a stupid Republican idea wafting about, I have become curious on this point: if the House passes articles of impeachment on whatever vaporous grounds they can gin up, is the Senate then required to conduct the trial, or can they just ignore the charges (the way a judge can summarily dismiss a case or the SCOTUS can refuse to hear an appeal)? Haven’t you heard? [It’s only Democrats and Obama’s staffers who keep bringing up impeachment.](http://www.cbsnews.com/news/john-boehner-obama-impeachment-talk-a-democratic-scam/) You know, Democrats like Steve Scalise, Sarah Palin, and Lou Barletta. ---
**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:** [July 30, 2014, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/15873 "2014-07-30T16:35:44Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Wait a minute, Siri is a girl, right? An ordinary, everyday, straight type girl? Look, I need an answer for this, and I’m not about to explain why. Dude - that’s not what that port is for. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2014, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/15874 "2014-07-30T16:39:59Z")
> [@bup](#): > > Well, at least we’ll get a nice Daily Show montage with 15 different Republicans saying, “Impeach him!” or “Impeachment is an option,” and Boehner at the end saying, “Democrats made up this impeachment talk.” The local news that I watch (which generally has a conservative editorial slant) after showing the clip from Boehner blaming the Democrats, reeled off a list of House Republicans that have called for impeachment. It was pretty surprising that even the media that supports Republicans is not buying it. ---
**Author:** ![Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/try2b_comprehensive/32/65_2.png) [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2014, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/15875 "2014-07-30T17:24:27Z")
Wow. I go on vacation for a week, and GOP stupidity seems to have taken a nosedive aimed at about 50 feet below the bottom of the barrel. Official theocracy, secession, nullification, more regressive taxes, the destruction of the Federal government… holy shit :eek: But I think the article on the Texas GOP platform holds the key to perhaps this entire thread: > [@](#): > > Texas is dead last in percentage of high school graduates. And Rick Perry wants to cut education funding still more. Texas isn’t the only place where the education system is basically in a state of failure. And these uneducated, ignorant people grow up to be fundamentalists and Republicans, and that’s good for billionaires, and there you have it. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2014, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/15876 "2014-07-30T18:40:52Z")
> [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](#): > > > [@](#): > > > > Texas is dead last in percentage of high school graduates. > > And Rick Perry wants to cut education funding still more. Of course he does. Why should they be smarter than him? ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2014, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/15877 "2014-07-30T19:31:11Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > As it is clearly a stupid Republican idea wafting about, I have become curious on this point: if the House passes articles of impeachment on whatever vaporous grounds they can gin up, is the Senate then required to conduct the trial, or can they just ignore the charges (the way a judge can summarily dismiss a case or the SCOTUS can refuse to hear an appeal)? It’s not clear to me. [In the wikipedia section on the US impeachment process](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impeachment#Process), it simply says the senate tries someone if the house votes to. However, a senator was once not tried after the house voted to impeach, because the senate expelled the senator. Then it says that sets a precedent for congresspeople not being impeached because there are other methods for removal. So probably the senate has to conduct a trial if the house impeaches the president. ---
**Author:** ![Lightray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightray/32/391_2.png) [@Lightray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightray)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2014, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/15878 "2014-07-30T20:16:45Z")
> [@YogSosoth](#): > > Of course he does. Why should they be smarter than him? Give him credit: he figured out it would be cheaper to buy all the high school failures cheap glasses to make them _look_ smart, rather than pay the $ so they’d actually _be_ smart. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2014, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/15879 "2014-07-30T21:02:39Z")
It’s kinda like Republicans are hoping to stumble onto the slogan that will go unstoppably viral, like (for example) “No more gay in the U.S.A.!” Something that goldfish-brained voters can remember, repeat and act upon. To that end, Republicans will say any damn fool thing just to see what sticks. ---
**Author:** ![Sinaptics](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Sinaptics](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sinaptics)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2014, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/15880 "2014-07-30T21:03:10Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Their out of there fucking minds over they’re! Yore to mien. Eye (aye?) was taut a lode of grammar and its reel tuff. Sew, git off you’re hi hoarse. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=793) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=795)