# 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:** 897
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2014, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17921 "2014-11-20T22:30:00Z")
> [@Spiff](#): > > Point taken, and thanks for the clarification. > > But we are in agreement that Rafael Edward “Ted” Cruz is a monster, right? I dunno, I lean towards zombie . . . except that I just can’t picture him taking much interest in brains. ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2014, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17922 "2014-11-20T22:45:34Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > I dunno, I lean towards zombie . . . except that I just can’t picture him taking much interest in brains. Obligatory _username/post content_ comment. ---
**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:** [November 21, 2014, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17923 "2014-11-21T17:55:57Z")
[Incoming Nevada House speaker: ‘Simple minded darkies’ show ‘lack of gratitude’ to whites](http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/11/incoming-nevada-house-speaker-simple-minded-darkies-show-lack-of-gratitude-to-whites/) - The shrewd and calculating [black] ’leaders’ are willing to sacrifice the children of their own race to gratify their lust for power and position. The relationship of Negroes and Democrats is truly a master-slave relationship, with the benevolent master knowing what’s best for his simple minded darkies.” Hansen registered further displeasure with the “simple minded darkies” more directly, too, noting that “[t]he lack of gratitude and the deliberate ignoring of white history in relation to eliminating slavery is a disgrace that Negro leaders should own up to.” \* There’s even more bile at the link. Enjoy! ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2014, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17924 "2014-11-21T18:21:10Z")
> [@Shayna](#): > > [Incoming Nevada House speaker: ‘Simple minded darkies’ show ‘lack of gratitude’ to whites](http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/11/incoming-nevada-house-speaker-simple-minded-darkies-show-lack-of-gratitude-to-whites/) > > - The shrewd and calculating [black] ’leaders’ are willing to sacrifice the children of their own race to gratify their lust for power and position. The relationship of Negroes and Democrats is truly a master-slave relationship, with the benevolent master knowing what’s best for his simple minded darkies.” > > Hansen registered further displeasure with the “simple minded darkies” more directly, too, noting that “[t]he lack of gratitude and the deliberate ignoring of white history in relation to eliminating slavery is a disgrace that Negro leaders should own up to.” \* > > There’s even more bile at the link. Enjoy! Damn. When I lived in Maryland, I could pretend that jerks like this were someone else’s problem. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2014, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17925 "2014-11-21T19:09:56Z")
[A county chairman](http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/11/witchcraft-obsessed-gop-county-chair-muslims-must-accept-jesus-or-leave-the-united-states/) is still Republican enough to count, right? Meet Big Stone County, Minnesota’s Jack Whitley: > [@](#): > > “I am opposed to waterboarding muslim terrorists because it is a waste of resources,” he wrote Wednesday on Facebook “They are muslims, they are terrorist, we know where they are from, we know where their buddies are, we know where thier mosque’s are, we know millions of these parasites travel to Mecca every year and when…FRAG ‘EM! Simplicity. I love when it all comes together!” But that’s just part of our problem here in America. Could it be … Satan? > [@](#): > > “An oversized government will always be an immoral government, creating entities where none are needed, to virtually control every aspect of the lives of its citizens, for the ‘greater good’, thereby creating rebels of the ones who will not bow to these corrupt entities. This is also known as witchcraft.” > > He said that Hollywood, the NFL, the NBA, televangelists, the Christian music industry, the health industry, and academics were all part of the “government of Satan,” which he claimed had infiltrated the Christian church. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2014, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17926 "2014-11-21T19:18:05Z")
Shit, Satan is an amateur! After Dachau, Stalin and Pol Pot, he can’t compete. ---
**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:** [November 21, 2014, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17927 "2014-11-21T19:18:08Z")
[FOX & Friends is outraged that Obama quoted scripture in his immigration speech, just two days after lamenting the fact that he doesn’t flout his Christianity often enough.](http://mediamatters.org/blog/2014/11/21/now-fox-amp-friends-is-upset-that-obama-is-quot/201665) ---
**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:** [November 21, 2014, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17928 "2014-11-21T19:25:51Z")
They’re[upset about immigration](http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-30150391), but [the lawsuit is about the ACA.](http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/house-gop-file-lawsuit-against-obama-n253456) ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2014, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17929 "2014-11-21T20:17:42Z")
[Ohio Pubs want to ban abortion at six weeks.](http://www.salon.com/2014/11/21/ohio_republicans_want_to_ban_abortion_before_most_women_even_know_they%e2%80%99re_pregnant/) > [@](#): > > It’s been a while since I had to read the words “heartbeat ban” in a headline, but here we are again. Ohio Republicans have advanced a ban on abortion after a fetal heartbeat can be detected. This can happen as early as six weeks into a pregnancy, before many people even realize they’re pregnant. > > In addition to pushing a clearly unconstitutional abortion ban, Republican Gov. John Kasich has also appointed, and the state Senate has just confirmed, a man with zero medical experience to head the state’s health department. (It just so happens that the man who now heads the department in charge of issuing licenses to abortion clinics also opposes legal abortion, but that’s probably just coincidence, right?) > > \ > > This isn’t the first time Ohio has tried to ban abortion at six weeks. The state was the first in the country to propose such a measure, back in 2011. It failed then, like it’s failed in several other states (except North Dakota, which **had its law declared unconstitutional),** because it’s so radical that it actually turns anti-choice politicians against each other and makes them feel very, very nervous about the rest of their agenda. > > \ > > And what about this guy who’s about to head up the health department in Ohio? His name is Rick Hodges and his last job was serving as executive director of the Ohio Turnpike and Infrastructure Commission. His appointment and confirmation also appears to be in violation of Ohio law, which requires the director either be a former physician or have extensive experience in public health. Hodges has neither. > > But he will, it seems, continue the Department of Health’s record of denying clinics licenses. Since Kasich took office in 2011, six abortion clinics have closed. There are now just eight left in the state, and it’s never been more difficult to stay open thanks to a law prohibiting hospitals that receive public funding from entering into transfer agreements with abortion providers. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2014, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17930 "2014-11-21T21:11:52Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > They’re[upset about immigration](http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-30150391), but [the lawsuit is about the ACA.](http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/house-gop-file-lawsuit-against-obama-n253456) Not only that, the suit is about Obama failing to implement a law they opposed soon enough. :smack: To me this really nails the point that they are in favor for as much suffering by the American people as possible as long as it is likely that Obama will get blamed for it. ---
**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:** [November 22, 2014, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17931 "2014-11-22T20:55:53Z")
(I realize this thread is not intended for serious questions but I don’t want to start a new thread and, anyway, the [article in question definitely exhibits extreme stupidity, though calling progressives “childish”](http://theweek.com/article/index/272149/the-dangerously-childish-morality-of-liberal-obamacare-supporters).) [QUOTE=Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry] One in 10 people visiting a U.S. hospital will acquire a nosocomial [i.e., hospital-acquired] disease… estimates that 100,000 people die every year from hospital-acquired diseases. This is just one specific consequence of the over-regulated brokenness that is the U.S. health care system. [/QUOTE] My question is: Is the (pre-Obamacare, as Gobry clearly means) U.S. health care system “over-regulated”? Gobry’s whole article is garbage, but this claim seems so bent, I wonder if I’m missing something. ---
**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:** [November 22, 2014, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17932 "2014-11-22T21:12:09Z")
Nosocomials are a problem in every hospital, ever. Comes with the territory when you store lots of sick people in one place and a good chunk of them have weakened immune systems for one reason or another and/or bedsores, open wounds, fresh surgery scars… I fail to see what, if anything, it has to do with regulations. Or how more regulations would \*worsen \*the issue. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2014, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17933 "2014-11-23T00:50:57Z")
Paul Ryan’s stunning hypocrisy: The little-noticed way the GOP proved it’s full of it > **[Paul Ryan's stunning hypocrisy: The little-noticed way the GOP proved it's...](https://www.salon.com/2014/11/22/paul_ryans_stunning_hypocrisy_the_little_noticed_way_the_gop_proved_its_full_of_it/)** > > GOP's still banging the "Grubergate" drum -- but an under-the-radar push from Ryan shows they don't mean a word ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2014, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17934 "2014-11-23T05:28:41Z")
> [@johnpost](#): > > Paul Ryan’s stunning hypocrisy: The little-noticed way the GOP proved it’s full of it > > [http://www.salon.com/2014/11/22/paul\_ryans\_stunning\_hypocrisy\_the\_little\_noticed\_way\_the\_gop\_proved\_its\_full\_of\_it/](http://www.salon.com/2014/11/22/paul_ryans_stunning_hypocrisy_the_little_noticed_way_the_gop_proved_its_full_of_it/) What was your favorite part? ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2014, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17935 "2014-11-23T19:55:31Z")
> [@johnpost](#): > > Paul Ryan’s stunning hypocrisy: The little-noticed way the GOP proved it’s full of it > > [http://www.salon.com/2014/11/22/paul\_ryans\_stunning\_hypocrisy\_the\_little\_noticed\_way\_the\_gop\_proved\_its\_full\_of\_it/](http://www.salon.com/2014/11/22/paul_ryans_stunning_hypocrisy_the_little_noticed_way_the_gop_proved_its_full_of_it/) When your economic theories and policies are proven failures, fudge the numbers. ---
**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:** [November 23, 2014, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17936 "2014-11-23T22:07:35Z")
Lindsay Graham: [The Republican-controlled House Intelligence Committee Report on Benghaaaaazi is “full of crap”.](http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/393322/graham-house-intel-committee-full-crap-about-benghazi-joel-gehrke) ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2014, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17937 "2014-11-23T22:27:55Z")
Posted to wrong group, but hey, are those Republicans stupid or WHAT? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2014, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17938 "2014-11-24T01:31:17Z")
What? ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2014, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17939 "2014-11-24T14:07:18Z")
Reagan did similar immigration stuff - so let’s talk about[Bill Clinton’s](http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/mo-brooks-and-the-power-denial) policy? ---
**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:** [November 24, 2014, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/17940 "2014-11-24T17:54:48Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > When your economic theories and policies are proven failures, fudge the numbers. No, see, that’s typical liberal cynicism, accusing the other side of skullduggery and shenanigans without a shred of proof, just to poison the well. When the truth is much simpler : if the theory fails to achieve its predictions, obviously and self-demonstrably reality is wrong. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=896) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=898)