# 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:** 90
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2010, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1781 "2010-06-25T20:41:16Z")
I believe it’s entirely possible that the American peoples’ appetite for drugs is equal to their appetite for cheap labor. Mine is actually greater. 🙂 Jeez, what a maroon. If they were all drug mules, they’d go back for more, and there would be a hell of a lot more two way traffic. But I never see night vision pictures of Mexicans slipping across the border southbound. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2010, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1782 "2010-06-26T02:18:46Z")
> [@](#): > > After joining with her fellow Republicans to block a bill that would have extended unemployment insurance, Senator Olympia J. Snowe of Maine urged Democrats on Friday to put forward a separate bill to help people who have exhausted their jobless benefits. That’s one Compassionate Conservative, right there! Clearly one of the best of a bad lot, but does she really think this’ll prevent people from realizing [what an nasty, conniving cunt she is?](http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/25/snowe-urges-stand-alone-extension-of-jobless-benefits/) ---
**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:** [June 26, 2010, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1783 "2010-06-26T04:27:38Z")
Well… why not give in on this one 😕 and pass the unemployment extensions separately. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2010, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1784 "2010-06-26T05:47:19Z")
> [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](#): > > Well… why not give in on this one 😕 and pass the unemployment extensions separately. Nah, she already voted to let em starve. She’ll do it again if given the chance. ---
**Author:** ![Zakalwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zakalwe/32/270_2.png) [@Zakalwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zakalwe)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2010, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1785 "2010-06-26T13:02:08Z")
> [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](#): > > Well… why not give in on this one 😕 and pass the unemployment extensions separately. Why should they? I think this is FINALLY one of the better moves by Reid and Pelosi. ---
**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:** [June 26, 2010, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1786 "2010-06-26T13:40:13Z")
> [@Zakalwe](#): > > Why should they? Because unemployment is arguably the most effective form of economic stimulus. $1 of unemployment benefits adds 1.57 to GDP. Better than tax cuts, which raise GDP by only .37 for every dollar of tax cut. [cite](http://www.forbes.com/2009/12/03/tax-cuts-stimulus-jobs-opinions-columnists-bruce-bartlett.html) ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2010, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1787 "2010-06-28T13:07:50Z")
> [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](#): > > Well… why not give in on this one 😕 and pass the unemployment extensions separately. After all, Lucy wouldn’t pull the football away this time. ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2010, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1788 "2010-06-28T13:39:44Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > After all, Lucy wouldn’t pull the football away this time. And you know, eventually, it really stops being Lucy’s fault and it starts being Charlie’s fault. The problem being, what now…? -Joe ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2010, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1789 "2010-06-28T14:20:55Z")
> [@Merijeek](#): > > And you know, eventually, it really stops being Lucy’s fault and it starts being Charlie’s fault. > > The problem being, what now…? > > -Joe My point exactly. Fuck their shit. Anyone with two brain cells to rub together _knows_ that no matter how compromises the Democrats make, the Republicans will not give, and they will still vote “No.” ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2010, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1790 "2010-06-28T14:26:24Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > My point exactly. Fuck their shit. Anyone with two brain cells to rub together _knows_ that no matter how compromises the Democrats make, the Republicans will not give, and they will still vote “No.” Well, you’re wrong there. The Republicans have made it clear that they’re not the “Party of No”. They have laid claim to be the “Party of Hell No!” So I hope you feel bad now. ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2010, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1791 "2010-06-28T14:47:56Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > My point exactly. Fuck their shit. Anyone with two brain cells to rub together _knows_ that no matter how compromises the Democrats make, the Republicans will not give, and they will still vote “No.” Well, sure. And it would be nice to get some fight out of the Democrats. Now tell me, what’s the solution? Reward the Repugs by voting for them? Reward the Repugs by voting from a 3rd party? -Joe ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2010, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1792 "2010-06-28T15:04:21Z")
> [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](#): > > Well… why not give in on this one 😕 and pass the unemployment extensions separately. Better yet, why doesn’t Olympia Snowe get off her useless conservative ass and sponser the bill she is asking the Dems to put forth? ---
**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2010, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1793 "2010-06-29T16:06:21Z")
> [@Death\_of\_Rats](#): > > Steve King is one of the True Believers. he is not saying this crap to kiss up to the Crazies, he is saying it because he is one of the leaders of the Crazies. How can he be considered the leader of the Crazies when moderates such as this congresswoman think he should be our next president? [http://thinkprogress.org/2010/06/28/bachmann-king-findley/](http://thinkprogress.org/2010/06/28/bachmann-king-findley/) ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2010, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1794 "2010-06-29T16:26:21Z")
The alpha lemming is the leader. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2010, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1795 "2010-06-29T19:34:47Z")
Here’s the latest from potential Nevada senator [Sharron Angle:](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/29/sharron-angle-opposes-abo_n_629371.html) > [@](#): > > the Tea Party-backed candidate told the Bill Manders show – a favorable platform for Republican candidates – that she opposed abortion even in cases of rape and incest. A pregnancy under those circumstances, she said, was “God’s plan.” I guess Sharron figures that as long as **her** God is OK with rape and incest, then everyone has to play along with her sick and twisted version of religion. Raped by your father? You must have that baby, because it’s the “plan” of Sharron Angle’s God. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2010, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1796 "2010-06-29T20:33:33Z")
Actually, if you’re going to oppose abortion on the grounds that it’s a person with rights and all that, hers is the only logical position. ---
**Author:** ![legalsnugs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/45deac/32.png) [@legalsnugs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/legalsnugs)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2010, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1797 "2010-06-29T20:42:08Z")
Just saw this: Steve Forbes’ Twitter reaction (tweet?) to Senator Byrd’s death: > [@](#): > > Good news: Financial reform bill may still fail b/c of loss of Byrd vote & 2nd thoughts from Sen Brown [Cite](http://twitter.com/SteveForbesCEO/status/17268241543). OMG. Absolutely stunning. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2010, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1798 "2010-06-29T22:11:47Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Actually, if you’re going to oppose abortion on the grounds that it’s a person with rights and all that, hers is the only logical position. Those are not the stated grounds, though. Her stated grounds are that pregnancies from rape and incest occur as the result of a plan by an invisible, powerful sorceror in the sky, and that we should not anger that sorceror. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2010, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1799 "2010-06-29T22:17:04Z")
Incidentally, even if we accept that God plans rape and incest as a means to create pregnancies, then doesn’t an abortion prove _ipso facto_ that at least that particular pregnancy could _not_ have been God’s plan? How can God’s plan be thwarted? Didn’t God know that girl would get an abortion before he schemed for her to be raped by her father at 11 years old? Also, how does Angle know that an abortion can’t be part of God’s plan? If she thinks God can rapes, why not abortions? Also, if rape and incest pregnancies are part of God’s plan, then we shouldn’t punish the rapists, should we? They’re only following God’s plan, after all. How can that be wrong? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/1800 "2010-06-30T01:03:44Z")
[Channelling Nostradumbass] One hundred years hence… Elder Crone Rhiannon Applebaum today re-emphasized the commitment of the Orthodox Wicca to lunar calender adherence. “Clearly, the Goddess intends that Her worshippers follow the natural order embodied by the lunar calender. She offers us the bell, the book, and the candle, there is no mention of a slide rule.” Sprite Marcia Throckmorton of the Reform Wicca disagrees in no uncertain terms. “The Solstice will occur precisely the moment in which the sun reaches its zenith above Stonehenge, on the 23rd of Obama, at 11:48 am, GMT. And WTF is a “slide rule”, anyway?” [/channeling] [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=89) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=91)