# 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:** 917
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2015, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/18322 "2015-01-08T19:21:13Z")
So, she was Phi Beta Kappa and has a master’s degree and a law degree? Damn. That means I’m gonna have to throw her in the same bin as Pat Buchanan and John Sununu and George Will and Bill O’Reilly and Peggy Noonan and Ann Coulter, other conservatives who are way too smart to be so crazy. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2015, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/18323 "2015-01-08T19:34:44Z")
[Erick Erickson compares firing of bigoted Atlanta fire chief to Charlie Hebdo attack.](http://www.salon.com/2015/01/08/erick_erickson_compares_firing_of_bigoted_atlanta_fire_chief_to_charlie_hebdo_attack/) ---
**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:** [January 8, 2015, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/18324 "2015-01-08T20:07:38Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > Seems strange to me that this woman is still alive. … This was exactly my first thought. The second was, “How can her voice even be heard from under the slime at the bottom of the barrel?” ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2015, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/18325 "2015-01-08T20:48:58Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > [Erick Erickson compares firing of bigoted Atlanta fire chief to Charlie Hebdo attack.](http://www.salon.com/2015/01/08/erick_erickson_compares_firing_of_bigoted_atlanta_fire_chief_to_charlie_hebdo_attack/) Which is ridiculous. The firing of the Atlanta Fire chief was much more like the 9/11 attacks. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2015, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/18326 "2015-01-08T21:16:28Z")
[“The best thing Americans can do is arm themselves”: The worst Fox news responses to the Charlie Hebdo attack.](http://www.salon.com/2015/01/08/the_worst_fox_news_responses_to_the_charlie_hebdo_attack/) ---
**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:** [January 8, 2015, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/18327 "2015-01-08T21:35:00Z")
[Mike Huckabee: Ban Marriage Equality Because Bisexuals Demand Two Spouses](http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/mike-huckabee-ban-marriage-equality-because-bisexuals-demand-two-spouses#sthash.6e45cc3q.dpuf) > [@](#): > > [Huckabee] claims that the government must continue to prohibit same-sex unions because of bisexuals who, according to Huckabee, desire to have two spouses – one male and one female. “Shouldn’t a bisexual be able to have both a male and female spouse?” Huckabee asks. “Wouldn’t restricting that person access to both genders be denying the bisexual his or her marriage ‘equality?’” ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2015, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/18328 "2015-01-08T22:11:03Z")
> [@a35362](#): > > So, she was Phi Beta Kappa and has a master’s degree and a law degree? Damn. That means I’m gonna have to throw her in the same bin as Pat Buchanan and John Sununu and George Will and Bill O’Reilly and Peggy Noonan and Ann Coulter, other conservatives who are way too smart to be so crazy. Here’s another one (15-second ad at beginning): > **[Comedy Central The Daily Show Fan Page](https://www.cc.com/fan-hub/the-daily-show?xrs=PPM-18-10caf1d)** > > The source for The Daily Show fans, with episodes hosted by Jon Stewart, Ronny Chieng, Jordan Klepper, Dulcé Sloan and more, plus interviews, highlights and The Weekly Show podcast. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2015, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/18329 "2015-01-08T22:16:59Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > [Mike Huckabee: Ban Marriage Equality Because Bisexuals Demand Two Spouses](http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/mike-huckabee-ban-marriage-equality-because-bisexuals-demand-two-spouses#sthash.6e45cc3q.dpuf) Think of the sitcoms! ---
**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:** [January 9, 2015, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/18330 "2015-01-09T00:55:06Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > [“The best thing Americans can do is arm themselves”: The worst Fox news responses to the Charlie Hebdo attack.](http://www.salon.com/2015/01/08/the_worst_fox_news_responses_to_the_charlie_hebdo_attack/) Right. 12 gun deaths in a day is nothing compared to the USA. We average over 80. So get more guns France, and catch up to the good 'ol US of A. Does anyone want to bet that there won’t be a shooting of 12 more people in one US spree this year? Heck, in just January alone the US will probably have a few sprees of, say, four or more deaths that add up to more than 12. The French are pikers. ---
**Author:** ![rogerbox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/76d3ee/32.png) [@rogerbox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rogerbox)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2015, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/18331 "2015-01-09T02:11:14Z")
> [@BigAppleBucky](#): > > Right. 12 gun deaths in a day is nothing compared to the USA. We average over 80. So get more guns France, and catch up to the good 'ol US of A. > > Does anyone want to bet that there won’t be a shooting of 12 more people in one US spree this year? Heck, in just January alone the US will probably have a few sprees of, say, four or more deaths that add up to more than 12. The French are pikers. I bet they don’t even have the freedom of 2 year olds shooting their mom dead in a grocery store shopping cart… ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2015, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/18332 "2015-01-09T04:32:56Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > [Mike Huckabee: Ban Marriage Equality Because Bisexuals Demand Two Spouses](http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/mike-huckabee-ban-marriage-equality-because-bisexuals-demand-two-spouses#sthash.6e45cc3q.dpuf) Frankly, sounds like wishful thinking to me. Wish I had the hacking skills to grab his browser history… ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2015, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/18333 "2015-01-09T05:31:52Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > [“The best thing Americans can do is arm themselves”: The worst Fox news responses to the Charlie Hebdo attack.](http://www.salon.com/2015/01/08/the_worst_fox_news_responses_to_the_charlie_hebdo_attack/) The best thing Americans can do to respond to an attack that happened in Paris (some part of Europe I hear, which includes London, France, England, Canada, and the UoK) the other side of, . . . what’s it called . . . oh yeah, the Pacifist Ocean is arm themselves? We gonna need some pretty fuckin’ big guns for that! 10 END TYPICAL FOX VIEWER PROGRAM CMC fnord! ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2015, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/18334 "2015-01-09T15:42:02Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Think of the sitcoms! No, seriously! _My Wife, My Husband, and Me!_ It’ll be the next _Will and Grace!_ ---
**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:** [January 9, 2015, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/18335 "2015-01-09T15:56:46Z")
> [@a35362](#): > > So, the logic is that women on campuses can’t get raped if they’re not there…? > > From Wikipedia: Schlafly is 90 years young! She was a Phi Beta Kappa at Washington University in 1944, she got a master’s degree from Radcliffe College in 1945, and she has a J.D. from Washington University Law School. > > But YOU shouldn’t go to college! It was okay for Schlafly to go because she’s ugly as fuck and nobody would have consensual sex with her, much less rape her. I’m still not sure how she managed to breed. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2015, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/18336 "2015-01-09T16:38:35Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > If you’re like me, you’ve been waiting for veteran political thinker David Duke to weigh in on the Steve Scalise issue. At last he has! He confirms that Scalise spoke to his group and says he met with Scalise several times. Duke says he has met with lots of politicians of both parties, which I’m sure is true since he ran for office several times and was a state legislator for a time. Anyway, he can’t see what all the hubbub is about, and he says he doesn’t have a personal or political relationship with Scalise. But he seems oddly interested in defending Scalise, threatening that if the Republican leadership boots Scalise, he will release the names of every politician he has ties to. Oh please oh please oh please! > > [http://fusion.net/story/36233/steve-scalise-david-duke-euro/](http://fusion.net/story/36233/steve-scalise-david-duke-euro/) Wow. If the GOP cut Scalise loose, are they surrendering to blackmail or disavowing the racist base? If they don’t, does Duke actually start naming names? I don’t know which is the smart play here. I think they should keep Scalise, embrace explicit racism, and let the white supremacism that is still endemic in this country finally get its head back above ground. > [@SteveG1](#): > > That sounds more like something ex mayor Michael Bloomberg in New York would do. > > [snip] > **·New cabs that aren’t Nissan NV200s (2013)** \* > ·Black roofs (2009) \*\* > ·Cell phones in schools (2006) > \*\*·Cannoli \*\* > \*\*·Food donations to homeless shelters \*\* > > - Overruled/appealed ban > \*\* Suggested/voluntary ban > \*\*\* Proposed/pending ban (Bolding mine) How did this guy get re-elected? Those are bizarre bans. > [@Bayard](#): > > The guy seems like a bozo, but this probably belongs in the controversial encounters between police and civilians thread. How does that incident get so out of hand that the cops wind up killing him? > [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > If the article is to be believed, he was told he could not leave the animal shelter until he produced ID. This leads me to believe they possibly illegally detained him, which prolly enraged the shit outta the guy, given his history and beliefs. [del]Yeah, I think the cops maybe go in the “\*Evil \*[Republican, Police, whatever] Act of the Day” thread.[/del] Wait, another post said he was outside and fighting cops. Well, still sounds like a misuse of a firearm. > [@septimus](#): > > 😕 Two different kinds of right-wing stupid, happy to kill each other. With American stupidity dwindling, hopefully, don’t they see each other as allies? > Or, maybe the “sovereigns” are expendable – I guess they don’t vote. > > (BTW, I was a sovereign when I was about 14; I was Grand Duke of Jvöhl ! I even printed my own money.) No, sounds like you were a micronation. That’s a little different, usually. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2015, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/18337 "2015-01-09T16:40:18Z")
> [@](#): > > … I’m still not sure how she managed to breed. The strategic placement of an American flag and an extraordinarily intense patriotism. ---
**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:** [January 9, 2015, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/18338 "2015-01-09T16:58:09Z")
“Here- pretend that these are the tits of liberty!” ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2015, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/18339 "2015-01-09T17:06:51Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > “Here- pretend that these are the tits of liberty!” Liberty has better tits. [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a7/Eugène\_Delacroix\_-\_La\_liberté\_guidant\_le\_peuple.jpg](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a7/Eug%C3%A8ne_Delacroix_-_La_libert%C3%A9_guidant_le_peuple.jpg) ---
**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:** [January 9, 2015, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/18340 "2015-01-09T17:13:39Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > It was okay for Schlafly to go because she’s ugly as fuck and nobody would have consensual sex with her, much less rape her. there is this thing they do in college called “hazing” … ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2015, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/18341 "2015-01-09T17:22:59Z")
> [@Punoqllads](#): > > You misunderstand. When Cramer says “workers” will get a share of the embarrassingly large profits, he means “shareholders” because, as we all know, shareholders are the ones who do the real work. Don’t college econ texts start, first page, with a definition of money as equivalent to work? The shareholders put up the work (money) in the first place, of course they do the real work, on top of being the\* owners, \*which is the most important thing. Profit-sharing? Next you’ll want salaries for robots! [/econ sarcasm #1] > [@BrainGlutton](#): > > [Rush Limbaugh: Republicans will “throw in” with Obama because of his race.](http://www.salon.com/2015/01/05/rush_limbaugh_republicans_will_throw_in_with_obama_because_of_his_race/) I read some of that link. Rusty is scaring me with those lies. > [@Sterling\_Archer](#): > > Actually I don’t completely disagree with this, it’s just that there is a loooong delay before the profits make it down to the workers. And if you are not employed in a good job by a successful company, you miss out completely, so the profits only trickle to the upper-middle class. > > As the economy improves, companies expand and they need the best talent to do so. This creates heavy competition for workers. Not only do people seeking new jobs benefit, but even people that stay in their jobs may benefit because companies need to pay to retain their employees or risk them seeking a better job in the market, where companies are fighting over the talented workers, offering relocation packages and signing bonuses. The last time this happened was in the late 90’s, just as I was entering the workforce and I do remember my manager pulling me into a room and telling me, “Congrats you just got a 10% raise, market adjustment.” Hopefully those days WILL come again, but we are not there yet. Yeah, because the 1990’s bubble economy is totally repeatable in a global depression, with Europe in deflation, and a higher proportion of both wealth and compensation going to the richest of the ownership class! [/econ sarcasm #2] > [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Oh, rest assured, we do! We **all** do! Every day! > > . . . Errmmm, you did mean “while masturbating,” didn’t you? > [@BrainGlutton](#): > > [Fox News host: Requiring CEOs to disclose pay is like “trying to slut-shame companies.”](http://www.salon.com/2015/01/06/fox_news_host_requiring_ceos_to_disclose_pay_is_like_trying_to_slut_shame_companies/) > > It’s, like, “That skanky bitch Monsanto, going around wearing those short P&L statements and overdone prospectuses, man, she was just **asking** for a good hard hostile takeover!” You’re showing some weird sexual kinks, _Clintonista._ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=916) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=918)