# 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:** 885
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2014, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17681 "2014-10-28T16:22:14Z")
I can’t believe this one’s not already here. John Boehner says W wouldn’t have let Putin invade Crimea! [He would’ve punched Putin in the nose!](http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/27/politics/boehner-bush-punch-putin/index.html?hpt=hp_t4) I mean, invading Georgia’s one thing, but Crimea? No way! You may not have liked Bush, but you _gotta admit_ the man had excellent foreign policy. ---
**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 28, 2014, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17682 "2014-10-28T16:32:01Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > Another that really belongs under Evil rather than Stupid: The Arizona Senate is working on a bill that allows employers to fire women for using “[whore pills](http://jezebel.com/5893011/law-will-allow-employers-to-fire-women-for-using-whore-pills)”. Any info on what has transpired in the 30+ months since this was blogged? ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2014, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17683 "2014-10-28T16:52:31Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Any info on what has transpired in the 30+ months since this was blogged? It passed and got signed into law. \ Not sure why the story is popping all over the place now, though. ---
**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 28, 2014, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17684 "2014-10-28T17:18:17Z")
I guess there is an election thingy imminent, perhaps there is a big thrust to highlight the dbaggery of the AZ-Rs in hopes that reasonable people will bump them out. It does seem kind of backwards to me, though. I want the women who work for me _to work for me_, not be taking months off to nurse a newfoundling. It is an expensive and risky proposition to replace these people in whom so much training has been invested. ---
**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:** [October 28, 2014, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17685 "2014-10-28T17:31:46Z")
[Mature contribution to the public debate:](http://abc13.com/politics/political-dartboards-raise-eyebrows-in-galveston/368521/) > [@](#): > > A dartboard adorned with the faces of Democrats set up outside a polling location has a young Republican group apologizing. > > The activity was set up on Saturday outside the Galveston County Annex on Calder Rd in League City. People took aim at President Barack Obama, gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis and former Galveston County District Judge Susan Criss who resigned to run for State Representative, District 23. > > The Young Republicans of Galveston County advertised it on its Facebook page and quickly received a lot of negative feedback… Of course, they’re sorry that they got caught… er, [“sorry if anyone was offended”](https://www.facebook.com/YRGalCo/posts/1633784313515638): > [@](#): > > We understand that people have been upset by our event this past weekend. We certainly intended no malice and do apologize to anyone who took offense, including Susan Criss. We do hope that she can accept our apology. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2014, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17686 "2014-10-28T17:41:06Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > Not sure why the story is popping all over the place now, though. [Blame the Facebook site I cribbed that from.](https://www.facebook.com/thePolitburoMocksTeabillies)😉 ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2014, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17687 "2014-10-28T20:43:18Z")
[Laura Ingraham: Democrats won’t allow “the black population” off “the plantation”.](http://www.salon.com/2014/10/28/laura_ingraham_democrats_wont_allow_the_black_population_off_the_plantation/) ---
**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 28, 2014, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17688 "2014-10-28T21:39:17Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > [Laura Ingraham: Democrats won’t allow “the black population” off “the plantation”.](http://www.salon.com/2014/10/28/laura_ingraham_democrats_wont_allow_the_black_population_off_the_plantation/) Col. Alan West and Uncle Clarence Thomas “left the liberal fold” ? You learn something new every day. ---
**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:** [October 28, 2014, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17689 "2014-10-28T21:43:41Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > [Laura Ingraham: Democrats won’t allow “the black population” off “the plantation”.](http://www.salon.com/2014/10/28/laura_ingraham_democrats_wont_allow_the_black_population_off_the_plantation/) That’s not really a new one for them. It’s actually an old favorite. They’ve been strumming the Dems-are-the-real-racists banjo-strings since at least 1990. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2014, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17690 "2014-10-28T21:53:05Z")
The soft bigamy of lowered expectorations, remember it well… ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2014, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17691 "2014-10-28T21:57:07Z")
In the Georgia Senate race, [David Perdue attacks Michelle Nun for her **father’s** vote on the Panama Canal Treaty](http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/david-perdue-michelle-nunn-panama-canal). Not only that, he says, “I want the Panama Canal back, y’all.” Thought they gave up on that one years ago. ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2014, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17692 "2014-10-28T22:05:04Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Col. Alan West and Uncle Clarence Thomas “left the liberal fold” ? You learn something new every day. At least not without basically saying racism is okay as long as it’s directed at conservatives. ---
**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 28, 2014, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17693 "2014-10-28T22:53:01Z")
[Republican candidate for Congress attacking Democratic incumbent because Democrat’s daughter was born in Washington, DC (where he works) and because the house he owns in Washington is worth more than the house he owns in his district (despite the differences in costs of living).](http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/10/28/1339738/-Republican-attacks-Democrat-over-where-his-daughter-was-born-Seriously-that-happened?detail=facebook) ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2014, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17694 "2014-10-29T00:35:26Z")
[http://www.desmogblog.com/2014/10/27/video-mash-shows-climate-denial-streak-republican-midterm-candidates](http://www.desmogblog.com/2014/10/27/video-mash-shows-climate-denial-streak-republican-midterm-candidates) > [@](#): > > A new video short produced by Republic Report’s Lee Fang shows just how off-side Republican candidates are in this midterm election cycle when it comes to the overwhelming scientific evidence that human behaviour is to blame for the current climate and atmospheric disruption we are experiencing. > > Lee told me earlier today that he would have liked to have balanced the story a bit by finding Democratic candidates who also deny the basic science behind climate change, but he was unable to unearth any such footage. And among them, Mitch McConnell, swallowing hook line and sinker [the **old** lie about most scientists predicting an ice age in the 70’s from George Will](http://www.skepticalscience.com/george-will-recycling-classic-climate-change-myths.html). So, we have the blind that swallows what the blind reports leading the blind. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_stamos_left_ear/32/3198_2.png) [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Stamos_Left_Ear)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2014, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17695 "2014-10-29T03:15:46Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > At least not without basically saying racism is okay as long as it’s directed at conservatives. Laura Ingram brought it up. Take it up with her. ---
**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:** [October 29, 2014, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17696 "2014-10-29T04:27:47Z")
> [@bup](#): > > You may not have liked Bush, but you _gotta admit_ the man had excellent foreign policy. You mean aside from invading Iraq on false pretenses? ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2014, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17697 "2014-10-29T13:30:54Z")
[Sarah Palin: Climate change is this century’s eugenics.](http://www.salon.com/2014/10/28/sarah_palin_climate_change_is_this_centurys_eugenics/) ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2014, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17698 "2014-10-29T13:34:04Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > At least not without basically saying racism is okay as long as it’s directed at conservatives. That’s quite a fatuous non sequitur even for you. ---
**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 29, 2014, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17699 "2014-10-29T14:24:57Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > At least not without basically saying racism is okay as long as it’s directed at conservatives. Are you just typing random phrases off of conservative flash cards? ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2014, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17700 "2014-10-29T14:52:52Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Are you just typing random phrases off of conservative flash cards? Does it really make any significant difference? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=884) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=886)