# 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:** 877
**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:** [October 19, 2014, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17521 "2014-10-19T21:38:46Z")
Well, we just found additional evidence **adaher** is a raving lunatic (as if we needed any more.) Over in a Café Society thread, he flat-out expressed his like for “We Built This City.” The boy ain’t right. ---
**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, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17522 "2014-10-19T22:24:56Z")
Hadn’t thought of that one in years. Gee, thanks. How’d you like _Hair_? ---
**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 19, 2014, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17523 "2014-10-19T22:53:01Z")
**adahair**? ---
**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, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17524 "2014-10-19T22:57:12Z")
People have been banned for less. OK, they haven’t really been banned. But they _have_ been shot! ---
**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 19, 2014, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17525 "2014-10-19T23:04:04Z")
oh, just put your glove back on, you silly dandy ---
**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 20, 2014, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17526 "2014-10-20T00:20:56Z")
Ok, this is not exactly a Republican idea, _per se_, but boy howdy does it exemplify teh stupid. And, you know, I for one tend to associate oil exploration with the Rs. [Oil company (fracker) supports breast cancer with pink drill bits](http://fuelfix.com/blog/2014/10/03/breast-cancer-awareness-heads-to-oil-patch-on-a-pink-drill-bit/) (some of the search hits on this topic connect the company with Susan G. Komen) ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2014, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17527 "2014-10-20T00:30:55Z")
Hey, got yer pink drill bit, hanging down low! ---
**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:** [October 20, 2014, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17528 "2014-10-20T02:24:51Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Ok, this is not exactly a Republican idea, _per se_, but boy howdy does it exemplify teh stupid. And, you know, I for one tend to associate oil exploration with the Rs. > > [Oil company (fracker) supports breast cancer with pink drill bits](http://fuelfix.com/blog/2014/10/03/breast-cancer-awareness-heads-to-oil-patch-on-a-pink-drill-bit/) (some of the search hits on this topic connect the company with Susan G. Komen) Oil company - nope, service company, Baker Hughes , one of the big ones (along with Halliburton and Schlumberger) , it does supply pressure pumping services for those who wish to frac their wells, in this case they are selling drill bits to operators, and some are painted pink. Companies painting items pink in support of the Komen foundations is not entirely new, unusual in this case as drill rigs are not the normal places one might think that breast cancer awareness campaigns would be effective. In the land market for drill bits, well they are a bit of a commodity so any differentiator helps, pink drill bits under the guise of ‘a good cause’ helps. So ineffective, maybe, cynical marketing, possibly, not entirely stupid though. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2014, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17529 "2014-10-20T11:51:49Z")
[Expect some fist fights at the Milwaukee polls.](http://thinkprogress.org/election/2014/10/19/3581575/with-id-law-on-hold-wisconsin-republicans-vow-to-challenge-voters-at-the-polls/) Open calls by pubs for their voters to “challenge” anyone they think might not be a legal voter. ---
**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:** [October 20, 2014, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17530 "2014-10-20T14:16:29Z")
Forget fistfights. I’m looking forward to the avalanche of perjury arrests after idjits challenge people and lie under oath that they had “personal knowledge.” The fines alone could balance the state budget. ---
**Author:** ![BigAppleBucky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigapplebucky/32/178_2.png) [@BigAppleBucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigAppleBucky)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2014, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17531 "2014-10-20T14:49:39Z")
[After Blocking Surgeon General Nominee, Republican Blames Obama For Surgeon General Vacancy](http://thinkprogress.org/health/2014/10/19/3581649/republican-blames-obama-for-surgeon-general-vacancy-after-republicans-blocked-surgeon-general-nominee/) GOP SOP > [@](#): > > On Sunday, Meet the Press host Chuck Todd asked Senator Roy Blunt (R-MO) about the NRA’s role in blocking Murthy’s confirmation, but the Republican senator dismissed the question outright. > > Blunt blamed the vacancy on President Obama and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), who has yet to put Murthy’s nomination to a full vote, and dismissed questions about the National Rifle Association’s efforts to block the nominee. > > “The NRA said they were going to score the vote and suddenly everybody froze him,” said Chuck Todd. “That seems a little petty in hindsight, does it not?” > > “Well, the president really ought to nominate people that can be confirmed to these jobs, and frankly then we should confirm them, there’s no question about that,” replied Blunt. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2014, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17532 "2014-10-20T18:12:04Z")
World News Daily: “[Democrats want to destroy traditional marriage so they can take our guns](http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/wnd-pundit-democrats-want-destroy-marriage-order-cause-violence-so-they-can-ban-guns).” ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2014, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17533 "2014-10-20T18:55:28Z")
Every time I see ‘World News Daily’, I think ‘Weekly World News’… I’m not sure if the similarity in name, or the similarity in sanity of the content is the bigger reason for that… ---
**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:** [October 20, 2014, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17534 "2014-10-20T18:56:48Z")
[SC GOP candidate: Gays are gremlins.](http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/10/sc-gop-candidate-dont-be-deceived-cute-same-sex-gremlins-will-destroy-us/) So don’t have the ghey butt-sex after midnight, or something. ---
**Author:** ![hotflungwok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/edb3f5/32.png) [@hotflungwok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hotflungwok)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2014, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17535 "2014-10-20T19:47:06Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > [SC GOP candidate: Gays are gremlins.](http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/10/sc-gop-candidate-dont-be-deceived-cute-same-sex-gremlins-will-destroy-us/) > > So don’t have the ghey butt-sex after midnight, or something. This argument clearly breaks down when gays come out of the closet, because otherwise the sunlight would kill them. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2014, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17536 "2014-10-20T20:01:50Z")
> [@](#): > > …Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) went even further during an interview with CNN’s Candy Crowley. > > ``` > CROWLEY: Do you think it would have helped … had there been a surgeon general in place to kind of calm what has become the fear of Ebola? > > CRUZ: Look – look, of course we should have a surgeon general in place. And we don’t have one because President Obama, i*nstead of nominating a health professional*, he nominated someone who is an anti-gun activist.... > > ``` (Emphasis added in shock, horror, and dismay…) Ted? He’s a doctor, Ted. Teaches at Harvard Medical School. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2014, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17537 "2014-10-20T20:55:31Z")
Sadly, this cannot really be considered a SRIOtD as the man in question rejected the GOP for not being racist enough. But still given the number of GOp folks stumbling to support him before he showed his mindset I thought I would remind them by posting [this](http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/cliven-bundy-returns-racially-charged-new-campaign-ad?adbid=523534024866660352&adbpl=tw&adbpr=2836421&cid=sm_m_main_1_20141018_34006927): ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2014, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17538 "2014-10-20T21:30:31Z")
I’m not yet convinced that’s not from _Chapelle’s Show_ or _Key and Peele_ or something. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2014, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17539 "2014-10-20T21:37:45Z")
> [@Mr.Miskatonic](#): > > [Expect some fist fights at the Milwaukee polls.](http://thinkprogress.org/election/2014/10/19/3581575/with-id-law-on-hold-wisconsin-republicans-vow-to-challenge-voters-at-the-polls/) > > Open calls by pubs for their voters to “challenge” anyone they think might not be a legal voter. And this in a city that has had several highly successful and popular Socialist (yes, elected on that party-line) mayors. ---
**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 20, 2014, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17540 "2014-10-20T21:38:32Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > I’m not yet convinced that’s not from _Chapelle’s Show_ or _Key and Peele_ or something. Oh no, he’s really real: [http://www.kamaubakari.com](http://www.kamaubakari.com) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=876) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=878)