# 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:** 953
**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:** [February 6, 2015, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19042 "2015-02-06T16:33:53Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > Representative Aaron Schock (R-Downton Abbey) is having [a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad week](http://www.politico.com/story/2015/02/benjamin-cole-aaron-schock-aide-resigns-114944.html): Sadly, having a racist aide is not deemed nearly as bad as smiling at and shaking the hand of president Obama. That’s thought of as treason. ---
**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:** [February 6, 2015, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19043 "2015-02-06T17:12:14Z")
> [@BigAppleBucky](#): > > Sadly, having a racist aide is not deemed nearly as bad as smiling at and shaking the hand of president Obama. That’s thought of as treason. If I understand the new rules correctly, you are now allowed to do that. PROVIDED that you ritually cleanse yourself by rushing to the nearest microphone to slam him for being partisan, unwilling to compromise, and committed to destroying the economy through his misguided intransigence. You get an extra bonus forgiveness if you tie it to Benghazi and Obamacare - regardless of the actual topic of conversation. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2015, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19044 "2015-02-06T18:01:11Z")
Isn’t Aaron Schock the ambiguously gay rep? Likes to shower with his buds but is totally not gay? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2015, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19045 "2015-02-06T18:17:55Z")
My Mom went to U Tex, way back in the day when very few young women did that sort of thing. All women were required to spend their first year in a dormitory for women, which had been more or less cobbled together, and only had communal, open showers of the type you see in gyms. She did her time and moved out at her earliest chance, and wrote in a letter to my grandmother: “If I never see another naked female body in my life, it will be far too soon”. ---
**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:** [February 6, 2015, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19046 "2015-02-06T18:25:41Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > It’s Rape-apalooza! > > [http://huff.to/1xvrQS0](http://huff.to/1xvrQS0) Subtext: “We must formally recognize that rape is a bad thing every time we attempt to legitimize it for the purpose of ending the rape exception to abortions.” ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2015, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19047 "2015-02-06T18:32:04Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > My Mom went to U Tex, way back in the day when very few young women did that sort of thing. All women were required to spend their first year in a dormitory for women, which had been more or less cobbled together, and only had communal, open showers of the type you see in gyms. > > She did her time and moved out at her earliest chance, and wrote in a letter to my grandmother: “If I never see another naked female body in my life, it will be far too soon”. I don’t think it was a communal shower. Just rumor? Slanderous gossip? [http://gawker.com/cbs-journalist-shatters-gop-congressmans-glass-closet-1494550684](http://gawker.com/cbs-journalist-shatters-gop-congressmans-glass-closet-1494550684) ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2015, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19048 "2015-02-06T18:33:29Z")
> [@Askthepizzaguy](#): > > …He is a guy who makes sure the people who think Rush and O’Reilly go too soft on Obama get a voice on the radio. > > And the media, to their credit, largely ignores this nut. He’s too crazy for Fox News, and he’s too crazy for other right-wing crazies to even have him on their program… > > …Basically, he steps on puppies to get his jollies, but is a karma houdini because his son is the filthy rich creator of Rockstar energy drink, and he somehow continues to rank approximately sixth in terms of conservative radio talk shows. Didn’t he used to be on Fox News, or am I thinking of somebody else? What does his son’s success have to do with his? Does his son own the radio show (ensuring that it cannot be canceled or something)? I’m not sure what point you’re making. Are we boycotting Rockstar? 😉 ---
**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:** [February 6, 2015, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19049 "2015-02-06T20:52:21Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > Representative Aaron Schock (R-Downton Abbey) is having [a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad week](http://www.politico.com/story/2015/02/benjamin-cole-aaron-schock-aide-resigns-114944.html): And it’s getting worse. [Schock is reported to have sold his home at a huge profit to a political donor.](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/06/aaron-schock-sold-house_n_6630740.html) ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2015, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19050 "2015-02-06T22:00:25Z")
> [@Askthepizzaguy](#): > > I am impressed that anyone is even mentioning Michael Savage. . . . Have you had the joy of listening to Mark Levin? Similar. Our own local home-grown boy, ex-mayor and ex-felon Roger Hedgecock (mayor of San Diego till caught in corrupt dealings) is worth a shout. He’s been guest-host for Rush several times. He’s still waving the bloody shirt over Benghazi. I’ve heard it said that Michael Savage is knowingly exploiting the shtick, and that he doesn’t actually believe anything he says. He’s just in it for the money. Any idea if this is true? ---
**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:** [February 6, 2015, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19051 "2015-02-06T22:24:13Z")
Rockstar was created by Russell Goldencloud Weiner. Which is to say, the radio dude’s real name is Michael Weiner. He chose to use “Savage” either because of an unspoken adoration for the _Stranger_ columnist Dan, or he is one of those self-loathing jews, ashamed of his own ethnicity. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2015, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19052 "2015-02-06T22:24:54Z")
> [@Trinopus](#): > > I’ve heard it said that Michael Savage is knowingly exploiting the shtick, and that he doesn’t actually believe anything he says. He’s just in it for the money. Any idea if this is true? Could be true, but I’ve never heard of him admitting it. ---
**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:** [February 6, 2015, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19053 "2015-02-06T23:33:44Z")
But does he turn the names of people he hates into rude words? ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2015, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19054 "2015-02-07T00:03:27Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > And it’s getting worse. [Schock is reported to have sold his home at a huge profit to a political donor.](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/06/aaron-schock-sold-house_n_6630740.html) Poor baby. Next thing you know, he’ll be forced to [live in a repo](http://peoriapublicradio.org/post/congressman-schocks-residence-listed-foreclosure)! ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2015, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19055 "2015-02-07T02:40:27Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > And it’s getting worse. [Schock is reported to have sold his home at a huge profit to a political donor.](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/06/aaron-schock-sold-house_n_6630740.html) You see?! You see?! That proves campaign donations **don’t** buy politicians! If Schock felt he owed dude anything, he would sold him the house at a **loss!** Ha! Got you there! ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2015, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19056 "2015-02-07T02:52:06Z")
Really more of a rental, or a leash. ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2015, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19057 "2015-02-07T03:59:49Z")
Republican stupidity of the day is getting all outraged at the factually correct, if irrelevant, statements made by the President on the Crusades and Jim Crow. The right approach to nonsequitors is to ignore them. By going with outrage, they give such statements more public consideration than they deserve. ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2015, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19058 "2015-02-07T04:01:24Z")
> [@](#): > > “He has offended every believing Christian in the United States. This goes further to the point that Mr. Obama does not believe in America or the values we all share.” That was Jim Gilmore. You got “He doesn’t believe in American values” out of his statement? really? [http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/obamas-speech-at-prayer-breakfast-called-offensive-to-christians/2015/02/05/6a15a240-ad50-11e4-ad71-7b9eba0f87d6\_story.html?hpid=z1](http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/obamas-speech-at-prayer-breakfast-called-offensive-to-christians/2015/02/05/6a15a240-ad50-11e4-ad71-7b9eba0f87d6_story.html?hpid=z1) ---
**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:** [February 7, 2015, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19059 "2015-02-07T04:56:47Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Really more of a rental, or a leash. So did he get collared for that? ---
**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:** [February 7, 2015, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19060 "2015-02-07T05:48:08Z")
Wow,\*\* adaher \*\*tried to contribute to this thread instead of arguing against it! I assume y’all missed it, since most of us have him on ignore now. ---
**Author:** ![Askthepizzaguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askthepizzaguy/32/9405_2.png) [@Askthepizzaguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askthepizzaguy)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2015, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19061 "2015-02-07T07:35:22Z")
I admit my participation in the site is spotty at best, but why all the adaher hate? I get that he’s a right-wing banner carrier, but I have never seen a post from adaher that made me go “okay, \*that \*guy is on ignore.” Please note: I’m not defending anyone. I just think I missed something somewhere. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=952) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=954)