# 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:** 836
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2014, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16701 "2014-09-11T23:58:18Z")
hillbillies and snow machines. Palin Family Allegedly Involved In A Brawl > **[Palin Family Allegedly Involved In A Brawl](https://news.yahoo.com/palin-family-allegedly-involved-brawl-190208427.html)** > > Sarah, Todd, Bristol, and Track — was allegedly involved in a booze-filled brawl over the weekend in which the former vice presidential candidate reportedly screamed, “Don’t you know who I am?” According to reports from local bloggers, the Palin crew... ---
**Author:** ![zoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/71c47a/32.png) [@zoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoo)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16702 "2014-09-12T00:50:24Z")
> [@OttoDaFe](#): > > In any case, it seems that staunchly evangelical Christians — I’m related to a few — only support Israel where it concerns rebuilding the Temple (one of the prerequisites for the End Times). After that, unless they accept Jesus as their Personal Lord and Saviour, they can rot in the fires of Hell along with the Mooslims. I have heard before the idea that the temple needs to be re-built for Jesus to return. Can anyone cite the scripture for me? Curious. ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16703 "2014-09-12T02:14:14Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > The organization is made up of Arab Christians. They are not friendly with Israel. Not just Arabs, but allies of Hezbollah, e.g. > [@](#): > > Participants included Al-Sayyed Ibrahim Amin Al-Sayed, president of the Political Council in Hezbollah, and Ghaleb Abou Zeynad, the terror group’s Christian relations attaché… > > Another conference speaker, Antioch Church patriarch Gregory III Laham has claimed a “Zionist conspiracy against Islam” is responsible for al Qaeda attacks on Iraqi Christians. > … > Syriac Orthodox Church Patriarch Moran Mor Ignatius Aphrem II [another participant] posted photos from his meeting with a “high level delegation from Hezbollah” on his official Facebook page last week. Was Cruz’ speech intended as stagecraft from the beginning? How long did he speak before laying the anti-Hezbollah thickly? ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16704 "2014-09-12T02:15:26Z")
> [@johnpost](#): > > hillbillies and snow machines. > > Palin Family Allegedly Involved In A Brawl > > [Yahoo News: Latest and Breaking News, Headlines, Live Updates, and More](http://news.yahoo.com/palin-family-allegedly-involved-brawl-190208427.html) I thought they lived in Arizona now…? ---
**Author:** ![Wolf333](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf333/32/3460_2.png) [@Wolf333](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolf333)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16705 "2014-09-12T02:16:58Z")
> [@Wash](#): > > So did **adaher** and **wormdrink** see the title “Stupid Republican Idea of the Day” and think it was a competition? adaher is Zan, Clothahump is Jayna and wormdrink is Gleek. ---
**Author:** ![computergeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e56c9b/32.png) [@computergeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/computergeek)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16706 "2014-09-12T02:26:20Z")
Did Cruz not understand the organization he was talking to or did he think all Christian organizations were the same? ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16707 "2014-09-12T13:44:39Z")
> [@johnpost](#): > > hillbillies and snow machines. > > Palin Family Allegedly Involved In A Brawl > > [Yahoo News: Latest and Breaking News, Headlines, Live Updates, and More](http://news.yahoo.com/palin-family-allegedly-involved-brawl-190208427.html) Oh well, so what, that all just fits in with Sarah’s cultivated image as a pioneer mom who can field-dress a moose . . . ---
**Author:** ![SeldomSeen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ba0ec/32.png) [@SeldomSeen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeldomSeen)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16708 "2014-09-12T15:24:57Z")
Offered without comment, this response from an anonymous yahoo reader… > [@](#): > > Alaska is the #1 state in the nation for cases of **insect,** this might explain the Palins. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16709 "2014-09-12T18:30:58Z")
To be fair, that could have been an auto-correct fail. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16710 "2014-09-12T18:46:56Z")
Nonetheless, I’m reminded of the time Dave Barry ran a contest in the Miami Times asking people to name their favorite insect, and one person responded “Mother-Son”. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16711 "2014-09-12T19:03:43Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Oh well, so what, that all just fits in with Sarah’s cultivated image as a pioneer mom who can field-dress a moose . . . Anyone who names his/her sons Track and Trig deserves all the scorn he/she gets. ---
**Author:** ![SeldomSeen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ba0ec/32.png) [@SeldomSeen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeldomSeen)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16712 "2014-09-12T21:06:59Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > To be fair, that could have been an auto-correct fail. On the other hand, Alaska _is_ noted for having an abundance of annoying vicious blood-sucking swarming _diptera_. Which is not a bad description of a gang of Palins… ---
**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:** [September 12, 2014, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16713 "2014-09-12T22:09:26Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Oh well, so what, that all just fits in with Sarah’s cultivated image as a pioneer mom who can field-dress a moose . . . On first read, I saw that as “field-dress a mouse” and thought “That can’t take that long…” ---
**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:** [September 12, 2014, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16714 "2014-09-12T22:21:05Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > On first read, I saw that as “field-dress a mouse” and thought “That can’t take that long…” But you’d need teeny tiny… um… things that you would use in field dressing something. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16715 "2014-09-12T22:46:32Z")
The first rule of Sarah Palin Fight Club? Do not talk about Sarah Palin Fight Club. The second rule of Sarah Palin Fight Club? Do not talk about that’s why I say, I, like every American I’m speaking with, we’re ill about this position that we have been put in where it is the tax payers looking to bail out, but ultimately, what the bailout does is help those who are concerned about the healthcare reform that is needed to help shore up our economy, helping tho— it’s got to be all about job creation too, shoring up our economy, and putting it back on the right track, so healthcare reform and reducing taxes and reining in spending has got to accompany tax reductions and tax relief for Americans. And trade, we’ve got to see trade as opportunity, not as— competitive— scary thing, but one in five jobs being created in the trade sector today, we’ve got to look at that as more opportunity. All those things under the umbrella of job creation. This bailout is a part of that. ---
**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:** [September 12, 2014, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16716 "2014-09-12T23:17:36Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > The first rule of Sarah Palin Fight Club? Do not talk about Sarah Palin Fight Club. > > The second rule of Sarah Palin Fight Club? Do not talk about that’s why I say, I, like every American I’m speaking with, we’re ill about this position that we have been put in where it is the tax payers looking to bail out, but ultimately, what the bailout does is help those who are concerned about the healthcare reform that is needed to help shore up our economy, helping tho— it’s got to be all about job creation too, shoring up our economy, and putting it back on the right track, so healthcare reform and reducing taxes and reining in spending has got to accompany tax reductions and tax relief for Americans. And trade, we’ve got to see trade as opportunity, not as— competitive— scary thing, but one in five jobs being created in the trade sector today, we’ve got to look at that as more opportunity. All those things under the umbrella of job creation. This bailout is a part of that. (for the folks wondering at home : yes, that is in fact a direct quote) ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2014, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16717 "2014-09-13T01:30:29Z")
I’m hearing Tina Fey’s voice now. ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2014, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16718 "2014-09-13T02:29:18Z")
[AZ GOP vice-chair calls for sterilizing poor women: If you want a baby, get a job](http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/09/12/az-gop-vice-chair-calls-for-sterilizing-poor-women-if-you-want-a-baby-get-a-job/) \*"The recalled Arizona senate president who proposed the state’s controversial anti-immigration law said he could fix public assistance programs by forcibly sterilizing women who receive aid and by requiring drug tests for all recipients. “‘You put me in charge of Medicaid, the first thing I’d do is get Norplant, birth-control implants, or tubal ligations,’ said Russell Pearce on his weekly talk radio program. ‘Then we’ll test recipients for drugs and alcohol, and if you want to [reproduce] or use drugs or alcohol, then get a job.’”\* This is the funniest part of the article: _“Despite his apparent endorsement of draconian policies, Pearce insisted he favored a small-government solution to poverty.”_ Hahahahahahaha! ---
**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:** [September 13, 2014, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16719 "2014-09-13T02:40:23Z")
Quick, nobody put him in charge of Medicaid. ---
**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:** [September 13, 2014, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/16720 "2014-09-13T02:51:58Z")
> [@Shayna](#): > > [AZ GOP vice-chair calls for sterilizing poor women: If you want a baby, get a job](http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/09/12/az-gop-vice-chair-calls-for-sterilizing-poor-women-if-you-want-a-baby-get-a-job/) This makes no sense. I thought the Republican way was to refuse to pay for birth control and threaten to throw the mom-to-be off the program if she got pregnant. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=835) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=837)