# 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:** 876
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2014, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17501 "2014-10-17T22:32:50Z")
> [@YogSosoth](#): > > Somebody tell Jodi Ernst that churches and private organizations can STILL help people despite there being Obamacare! They do. I all the time see churches and charitable organizations lined up around hospitals and doctor’s offices with signs reading, “Come on in! We’ll pay for your cancer treatment! Or your sciatica pain! Or your stroke rehabilitation!” I swear, all the time. I may, of course, have these hospitals and doctor’s offices mixed up with Planned Parenthood. It’s an easy mistake. ---
**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:** [October 17, 2014, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17502 "2014-10-17T23:21:47Z")
> [@YogSosoth](#): > > Somebody tell Jodi Ernst that churches and private organizations can STILL help people despite there being Obamacare! Yeeeah, but if the government’s in on it too the poor aren’t desperate enough to suck your cock or even pitifully grovel for a heel of bread or half a coat, I mean, what’s the point ? ---
**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:** [October 18, 2014, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17503 "2014-10-18T04:55:20Z")
I am asking for a bit of assistance here. First, I cruised on over to the site of that guy who knocked off Cantor this spring, where he makes this claim: > [@"\[brat](#): > > ([http://davebrat.com/campaign/daves-economic-take-on-repealing-obamacare/](http://davebrat.com/campaign/daves-economic-take-on-repealing-obamacare/))"]The Obama Administration came out a couple of months ago saying that being reduced to part-time status was a benefit – that reduced hours would allow people to stay home with their families more. So, huh? Does anyone know off-hand where this comes from? Is it whole cloth? And I was trying to come up with the word for the malignancy that is besieging the party. I could only think of Teanoma. Anyone have a catchier construction? ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2014, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17504 "2014-10-18T05:47:32Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > So, huh? Does anyone know off-hand where this comes from? Is it whole cloth? No, it’s a small scrap of truth with a lavish ruffled flounce of misrepresentation stitched onto it. The small scrap of truth is that [the Obama administration did point out,](http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/cbo-botched-health-care-law-rollout-will-reduce-signups-by-1-million-people/2014/02/04/c78577d0-8dac-11e3-98ab-fe5228217bd1_story.html) in response to a February CBO report saying that about 2 million workers will choose to abandon or reduce their employment because they’re not dependent on their jobs for health insurance anymore, that _it’s a **good** thing if people who don’t want or need to be employed are not clinging on to employment just for the sake of the health insurance._ The “Obamacare job quitters” would be people who want to stay home with kids, or take early retirement, or start their own businesses, etc. The bullshit part is the false suggestion that the Obama administration thinks that it’s a good thing for people to reduce their employment even if they **want** to be employed full time. ---
**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2014, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17505 "2014-10-18T13:39:45Z")
> [@](#): > > finally settling for State Senator, which is such a pathetic position for a politician in Illinois that the former Senator who works down the hall came back to run for County Board Chairman. Umm, there is a former state senator from Illinois currently living in the White House. ---
**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:** [October 18, 2014, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17506 "2014-10-18T14:27:40Z")
> [@Frostillicus](#): > > Umm, there is a former state senator from Illinois currently living in the White House. Yeah, and I’m sure Bo considers himself blessed. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2014, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17507 "2014-10-18T15:41:18Z")
Tom Corbett can’t find a woman or a black for a campaign photo? No worries, [use Photoshop!](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2797280/african-american-woman-photoshopped-pennsylvania-governor-s-campaign-picture-tries-claw-15-point-deficit.html) ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2014, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17508 "2014-10-18T15:49:08Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > Tom Corbett can’t find a woman or a black for a campaign photo? No worries, [use Photoshop!](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2797280/african-american-woman-photoshopped-pennsylvania-governor-s-campaign-picture-tries-claw-15-point-deficit.html) Apparently, [everyone else was Photoshopped in, too.](http://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewkaczynski/black-woman-photoshopped-into-group-photo-with-gop-governor?utm_term=1akf4m2#mdkwan) ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2014, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17509 "2014-10-18T20:25:22Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > Yeah, and I’m sure Bo considers himself blessed. Not really. I mean, my life is pretty good, but not good enough that I use words like “blessed” to describe myself. Now if some god saw fit to finally bring into my life the nymphomaniac coke connection with a Ferrari dealership that I’ve been trying to meet for 35 years, then I might use the word “blessed”. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2014, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17510 "2014-10-18T20:30:12Z")
> [@Frostillicus](#): > > Umm, there is a former state senator from Illinois currently living in the White House. He really wasn’t cut out for state senator, not being into that graft thing. ---
**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:** [October 18, 2014, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17511 "2014-10-18T23:48:55Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > Yeah, and I’m sure Bo considers himself blessed. If I was a sad little Portugese Water Dog all alone (mostly) in a cramped cage in the shelter and a family came along and adopted me and gave me an enormous lawn to play on, I think I would almost certainly be very happy. I might not quite understand the concept “blessed”, though. ---
**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:** [October 19, 2014, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17512 "2014-10-19T04:24:28Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > If I was a sad little Portugese Water Dog all alone (mostly) in a cramped cage in the shelter and a family came along and adopted me and gave me an enormous lawn to play on, I think I would almost certainly be very happy. I might not quite understand the concept “blessed”, though. Sadly Bo is probably deprived of that most hallowed of dog rituals : frantically running after the mailman in a blur of teeth and barks. Which is what being a good dogge is all about. Ask any dog. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2014, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17513 "2014-10-19T13:51:38Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > Sadly Bo is probably deprived of that most hallowed of dog rituals : frantically running after the mailman in a blur of teeth and barks. Which is what being a good dogge is all about. Ask any dog. Well, not any dog; my husky mix loves the mailman, and gets in the truck with him. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2014, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17514 "2014-10-19T15:16:32Z")
This may deserve its own pit thread… > [@](#): > > The Bangor Daily News reported on the mailers, noting that the statement made by Lockman is from a 1995 article quoting the lawmaker. > > “If a woman has the right to abortion, why shouldn’t a man be free to use his superior strength to force himself on a woman?” Lockman said. “At least the rapist’s pursuit of sexual freedom doesn’t in most cases result in anyone’s death.” > > SOURCE: [Maine Republican Has Not Apologized for Comparing Abortion to Rape](http://rhrealitycheck.org/article/2014/10/17/maine-republican-apologized-comparing-abortion-rape/) Why any woman would ever vote for this party is beyond me. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2014, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17515 "2014-10-19T15:45:14Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > This may deserve its own pit thread… > Why any woman would ever vote for this party is beyond me. Rape is better than abortion? Wouldn’t that fit nicely on bumper stickers with his name on it? ---
**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:** [October 19, 2014, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17516 "2014-10-19T16:00:58Z")
I should’ve given more effort to my phrasing. My attempted joke was that Bo himself was the White House resident who’d been an Illinois state senator, because it’s an easy gig with few demands. Never mind. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2014, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17517 "2014-10-19T16:10:35Z")
Too late. Fox News has quoted a “highly placed reliable source” as saying that the dog is the President. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2014, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17518 "2014-10-19T18:52:23Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Too late. Fox News has quoted a “highly placed reliable source” as saying that the dog is the President. Well, that explains Benghazi. ---
**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:** [October 19, 2014, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17519 "2014-10-19T19:38:13Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Well, not any dog; my husky mix loves the mailman, and gets in the truck with him. Fraternizing with the enemy, eh ? Just you wait. When the dogvolution come, that traitorous mutt will be among the first up against the fire hydrant ! ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2014, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17520 "2014-10-19T19:38:20Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Well, that explains Benghazi. FTFY: **Well, that explains Boneghazi** [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=875) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=877)