# 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:** 963
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2015, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19242 "2015-02-13T21:12:00Z")
If he has higher ambitions, Scott Walker at some point is going to have to come clean about why he left Marquette with just a few months left to graduation. Maybe he wasn’t \*going \*to graduate? ---
**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:** [February 13, 2015, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19243 "2015-02-13T21:18:04Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > If he has higher ambitions, Scott Walker at some point is going to have to come clean about why he left Marquette with just a few months left to graduation. Maybe he wasn’t \*going \*to graduate? Local lore is that he was tossed out for cheating, though I’m not aware of any actual evidence for that. There was a WaPo story in the last week or so that said he was far short of the necessary credits for graduating when he left. ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2015, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19244 "2015-02-13T22:05:31Z")
> [@Truman\_Burbank](#): > > Responding to the tragic death of Kayla Mueller: > > [Allen West - I offer my sincere condolences to the family of young American Kayla Mueller who it is now confirmed has been killed while held hostage by ISIS. Sadly I have only one question of President Obama, John Kerry, Susan Rice, Valere Jarrett and the progressive socialist ilk – what will it take? America, we don’t have two years to endure this group of amateurs who continue to dismiss the enemy choosing to fight climate change instead. The time for Chamberlains has ended, no more talk about random acts of violence or insidious moral equivalency proclamations. The group President Obama defined as a JV team a year ago has grown from 3,000 to almost 50,000 and there is no end in sight to their savage brutality. In the past few days we've how a leader responds to ISIS and their barbarism – King Abdullah of Jordan. How will our community organizer respond? Perhaps another lecture about the Crusades or another empty rhetorical statement, followed by a round of golf? Kayla was killed by Islamic terrorists, who need to be killed. | Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/AllenBWest/photos/a.424759776728.200909.22067606728/10153430966176729/?type=1&theater) > > The Islamic terrorists “need to be killed.” A little light on the details. What a fuckwad. I’m not sure what your point is, honestly. The puerile rhetoric (har har har community organizer) is tired and old news, but the basic sentiment seems to be “poor girl was killed, we want vengeance, Dems won’t do enough” which hardly seems worthy of inclusion in this thread. ---
**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:** [February 13, 2015, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19245 "2015-02-13T22:38:14Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Local lore is that he was tossed out for cheating, though I’m not aware of any actual evidence for that. > > There was a WaPo story in the last week or so that said he was far short of the necessary credits for graduating when he left. Politifact says it was[closer to a year:](http://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/article/2013/dec/18/scott-walker-early-years/) > [@](#): > > Walker actually has about a year left in school, maybe more, based on Marquette records and available evidence – considerably more than the 15 to 17 credits he mentions to interviewers. > > He earned 94 credits and had senior status, accumulating a 2.59 grade point average, the Walker campaign for governor said in 2010. > > His credit total is 34 short of the 128 minimum needed to graduate in one major, a total that requires an average of 16 per semester. Walker told the 1990 yearbook interviewer he was triple majoring in political science, philosophy and economics; that likely would have meant an even heavier load. > > Asked now about the apparent discrepancy, Walker told us he wasn’t sure exactly how many credits he needed because he hasn’t looked it up. ---
**Author:** ![Truman\_Burbank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@Truman\_Burbank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Truman_Burbank)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2015, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19246 "2015-02-14T00:36:03Z")
> [@MaxTheVool](#): > > I’m not sure what your point is, honestly. The puerile rhetoric (har har har community organizer) is tired and old news, but the basic sentiment seems to be “poor girl was killed, we want vengeance, Dems won’t do enough” which hardly seems worthy of inclusion in this thread. Well, first I think it disgusting\*\* that\*\* he uses her death for the same old puerile, etc. Second, the “must be killed” is just idiotic. Reminds me of the old Python skit “how to do it”. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2015, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19247 "2015-02-14T00:57:04Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > This is one of the exceedingly rare times when I feel like I speak for all women when I say, “No, no, Senator. We’ll be okay without you.” “Exceedingly rare?” Funny, but I heard that all the time, except I wasn’t called “Senator.” It began with an A and ended with an E and wasn’t “anal aperture,” but close. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2015, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19248 "2015-02-14T01:46:01Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Rand Paul is [still trying](http://www.salon.com/2015/02/13/rand_paul_caught_lying_about_his_college_record/) to claim that he graduated from Baylor University, despite all evidence to the contrary. How did this guy get into medical school without an undergrad degree? Did he lie on his application? Take a wild guess at which school Ron Paul got his medical degree. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2015, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19249 "2015-02-14T01:53:13Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > Take a wild guess at which school Ron Paul got his medical degree. [checks forum] So, yew iz a Tarheel, iz yew? ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2015, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19250 "2015-02-15T00:09:30Z")
[New Arkansas law prohibits local governments from enacting ordinances against anti-LGBT discrimination](http://www.salon.com/2015/02/13/arkansas_passes_bill_odious_anti_lgbt_discrimination_bill_and_michelle_duggar_helped_inspire_it/) ---
**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:** [February 15, 2015, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19251 "2015-02-15T00:35:10Z")
Is this likely to survive the same type of challenge that SCOTUS decided in _Romer v Evans_? ---
**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 15, 2015, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19252 "2015-02-15T02:49:56Z")
Rand Paul or his staff created a fake Pinterest account supposedly making fun of Hillary Clinton. [Except it just makes him look bad](http://www.addictinginfo.org/2015/02/14/rand-paul-tries-to-embarrass-hillary-clinton-with-fake-pinterest-account-embarrasses-self-instead/). ---
**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:** [February 15, 2015, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19253 "2015-02-15T03:08:48Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Rand Paul or his staff created a fake Pinterest account supposedly making fun of Hillary Clinton. [Except it just makes him look bad](http://www.addictinginfo.org/2015/02/14/rand-paul-tries-to-embarrass-hillary-clinton-with-fake-pinterest-account-embarrasses-self-instead/). From the link: > [@](#): > > It’s not just beneath the dignity of the office, it’s beneath the dignity of almost everybody who graduated from middle school. Given that it’s Rand Paul, maybe we shouldn’t be jumping to any conclusions… ---
**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:** [February 15, 2015, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19254 "2015-02-15T04:01:19Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > Take a wild guess at which school Ron Paul got his medical degree. I’m not understanding the inference. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2015, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19255 "2015-02-15T05:35:19Z")
[Republican Rep. mixes up Boko Haram and Boca Raton](http://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/palm-beach/fl-boca-on-air-mishap-20150211-story.html). Of course, there is nothing stupid about this at all - it was a simple brainfart/slip of the tongue. But imagine if Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama had said it. It’d be the lead story on Fox News for a week and our resident Tea Partiers would be flogging this latest “scandal” all over the boards. They’re still clinging to “57 states”. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2015, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19256 "2015-02-15T06:01:12Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > I’m not understanding the inference. 😕 I was inferring that Rand Paul was a legacy applicant. However, at the time, Duke medical school policy did not require an undergraduate degree. By all accounts, Rand Paul had the grades, so it was a cheap shot on my part. ETA: Rand Paul did claim to have an undergraduate degree in Biology and made that claim twice in a single day. So we can all point and laugh at him for that. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2015, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19257 "2015-02-15T06:48:44Z")
He went to _Baylor_ University? _That_ Baylor, the one in Waco, Texas? The one that gets laughed at by SMU, fer chrissake? Probably where he learned his smooth dance moves. ---
**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2015, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19258 "2015-02-15T15:56:09Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > I was inferring that Rand Paul was a legacy applicant. However, at the time, Duke medical school policy did not require an undergraduate degree. By all accounts, Rand Paul had the grades, so it was a cheap shot on my part. > > ETA: Rand Paul did claim to have an undergraduate degree in Biology and made that claim twice in a single day. So we can all point and laugh at him for that. Didn’t he say he had a Biology degree and an Economics degree from Baylor before someone on his staff finally admitted it wasn’t true? ---
**Author:** ![MacCat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maccat/32/216_2.png) [@MacCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacCat)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2015, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19259 "2015-02-15T16:08:39Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > I was inferring that Rand Paul was a legacy applicant. I read that as _a lunacy applicant_… ---
**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 15, 2015, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19260 "2015-02-15T18:41:01Z")
> [@Onomatopoeia](#): > > Didn’t he say he had a Biology degree and an Economics degree from Baylor before someone on his staff finally admitted it wasn’t true? In the [linked article](http://www.salon.com/2015/02/13/rand_paul_caught_lying_about_his_college_record/) he says Biology and English. His understanding of economics appears to be purely Randian. ---
**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:** [February 15, 2015, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19261 "2015-02-15T18:55:05Z")
In the department of “what could go wrong?” about sending dummkopfs to congress the Republicans demonstrate how wrong that was when they decide about policy issues: [http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/232487-new-gop-senate-begins-assault-on-obamas-climate-rules](http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/232487-new-gop-senate-begins-assault-on-obamas-climate-rules) > [@](#): > > Despite overwhelming opposition from Republicans to the regulations — which would mandate states cut carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants 30 percent by 2030 — it remains unclear how the new majority under Sen. Mitch McConnell’s direction (R-Ky.) will try to block the rules. > [Amazon.com](http://Amazon.com) Widgets > > Instead, each Republican on the committee sought to draw attention to parts of the administration’s climate agenda they disagree with on Wednesday. > > Freshman Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) challenged the head of air and radiation at the Environmental Protection Agency, Janet McCabe, on the agency’s authority to regulate carbon emissions from industrial sources. > > “Do you think this regulation dramatically expands your authority?” Sullivan asked. > > “I do not. I don’t. I believe we are following what the Clean Air Act requires,” McCabe said, citing an endangerment finding by the Supreme Court. > > Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) went another route, drawing into question the administration’s recent deal with China to curb greenhouse gas emissions. > > “It’s something many of us here oppose and are going to try to dismantle,” Barrasso said. > > Inhofe piled on as well, noting that roughly 31 states oppose the rule, and accused the EPA of believing false science on climate change, which he said has “become a religion.” :rolleyes: Sure, like it is not religion when Inhofe and many republicans in congress did use the bible to declare that God will not allow any disaster to happen to us, therefore all scientists are wrong. I need an adult! > [@](#): > > Throughout the hearing, McCabe remained calm, and Democrats readily came to her defense, arguing for the need to act on global warming. > > “I want to compliment you for your calm presentation,” said Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.). “This is not an administration gone rogue. This is an administration following the Clean Air Act.” > > Boxer shot back at claims that rules would kill states like West Virginia’s economy by raising energy costs, arguing that California has steadily moved toward a cleaner economy and pays less for electricity. > > Others like Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) said that coastal states like his, which rely on a fishing industry for its economy, are blaming warmer oceans for the disappearance of lobster and other species. > > McCabe stressed in her testimony that the “risks are clear” and pushed back at Republican assumptions that the science on climate change has yet to reach a consensus. > > “The high costs of climate change inaction are clear,” McCabe said. “These steps will help build a more resilient nation, and lead the world in our global climate fight.” Yep, all Democrats are the adults there, Republicans really are choosing to die on that hill and they do want everyone else to lose too. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=962) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=964)