# 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:** 997
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2015, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19922 "2015-03-13T03:01:01Z")
Tom Cotton ‘Corruption Of Blood’ Bill Would Convict Family Members Of Iran Sanctions Violators > **['Corruption Of Blood' Bill Would Convict Lawbreakers' Kin](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/tom-cotton-corruption-of-blood_n_3322251)** > > 'Corruption Of Blood' Bill Would Convict Lawbreakers' Kin > [@](#): > > WASHINGTON – Rep. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) on Wednesday offered legislative language that would “automatically” punish family members of people who violate U.S. sanctions against Iran, levying sentences of up to 20 years in prison. > > The provision was introduced as an amendment to the Nuclear Iran Prevention Act of 2013, which lays out strong penalties for people who violate human rights, engage in censorship, or commit other abuses associated with the Iranian government. > > Cotton also seeks to punish any family member of those people, “to include a spouse and any relative to the third degree,” including, “parents, children, aunts, uncles, nephews, nieces, grandparents, great grandparents, grandkids, great grandkids,” Cotton said. > > “There would be no investigation,” Cotton said during Wednesday’s markup hearing before the House Foreign Affairs Committee. “If the prime malefactor of the family is identified as on the list for sanctions, then everyone within their family would automatically come within the sanctions regime as well. It’d be very hard to demonstrate and investigate to conclusive proof.” This guy just keeps outdoing himself for off the chart wackiness. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2015, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19923 "2015-03-13T03:09:57Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > Tom Cotton ‘Corruption Of Blood’ Bill Would Convict Family Members Of Iran Sanctions Violators > [HuffPost - Breaking News, U.S. and World News | HuffPost](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/22/tom-cotton-corruption-of-blood_n_3322251.htmlThis) guy just keeps outdoing himself for off the chart wackiness. I just realized that this is from 2013. ---
**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:** [March 13, 2015, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19924 "2015-03-13T04:26:41Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [If Lindsey Graham were President, he would use the military to force Congress to vote the way he wants them to vote.](http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/03/sen-lindsey-graham-my-first-act-as-president-would-be-sending-the-military-after-congress/) > > And this guy is a JAG? Welp. OK, I’m joining his campaign. Lindsey Graham for President, gonna make it happen. Yes, I do believe his brain to be made of poutine, based on previous positions the old twit has taken. But I have been for some time wildly disillusioned with the ability of Congress to run the country, and I’m afraid our best bet for a more competent executive may be a military-supported dictatorship. I think it’s for the best that the GOP set that precedent, so a future leader has more opportunity to start reigning from the White House without all the “Congress controls the power of the purse” jive that’s been imposed on Mr. Obama. Let’s do this terrible thing, Lindsey. ---
**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:** [March 13, 2015, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19925 "2015-03-13T04:38:49Z")
> [@YogSosoth](#): > > As a clergyman with the Pastafarians and the Church of Atheism, I’ll gladly marry any two consenting humans and even throw in a free adoption, able to be redeemed at any Catholic orphanage! Hah! Given the ease of becoming a Dudist Priest, anyone can do that when this passes. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2015, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19926 "2015-03-13T04:43:38Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > I’m sure all parents have felt the same way at times. Its very similar to what the 12 steppers call a “moment of clarity”. ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2015, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19927 "2015-03-13T15:54:28Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > Ah, but can you also guarantee the salvation of my soul or triple my money back ? Theology’s a rough world, lotsa competition out there. I can! In fact, not only will you go to heaven, you get to bring one person or animal with you no matter how bad they are! Its a salvation sell-off, 2 for the price of one! But I’m not that surprised Oklahoma wants to do this, they are [#2 in most second marriages](http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2015/03/13/the_states_where_second_marriages_are_most_common_we_ve_mapped_them_for.html). I guess the marriage thing hasn’t been working for them so they want to try something new. Its really of absolutely no surprise that in measures of divorces, teen pregnancy, number of poor people, wages, deaths, obesity, taking federal money, etc. that conservative states are always ranked pretty high. One might even think they are defective in some way ---
**Author:** ![Wash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9dc877/32.png) [@Wash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wash)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2015, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19928 "2015-03-13T16:09:51Z")
The Texas GOPpers have apparently realized they haven’t appeared in this thread for several posts, so here they are with their response to evidence coming to light of police brutality incidents throughout the country: [http://m.chron.com/news/politics/texas/article/Bill-restricting-rights-of-citizens-to-videotape-6130903.php](http://m.chron.com/news/politics/texas/article/Bill-restricting-rights-of-citizens-to-videotape-6130903.php) > [@](#): > > A bill restricting the rights of citizens to record the police was filed in Texas House of Representatives on Tuesday. > > The House Bill 2918 introduced by Texas Representative Jason Villalba (R-Dallas) would make private citizens photographing or recording the police within 25 feet of them a class B misdemeanor, and those who are armed would not be able to stand recording within 100 feet of an officer. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2015, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19929 "2015-03-13T16:43:50Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Rudy Giuliani: [Obama should be more like Bill Cosby.](http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/giuliani-obama-should-be-more-cosby?cid=sm_fb_maddow) From the article: > [@Rudy Giuliani](#): > > I know this is a horrible thing to say, but… > [@Rudy Giuliani](#): > > I hate to mention it … but Oh, Rudy, you’re \*soooo \*close. You’ve almost got it. The phrase you’re looking for is > [@good racists](#): > > I’m not racist, but… ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2015, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19930 "2015-03-13T19:04:24Z")
“I’m not an asshole, but…” “Could you pass that shovel down to me in this hole” ---
**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:** [March 13, 2015, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19931 "2015-03-13T22:58:04Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > If he was, the House and Senate wouldn’t be acting like they do. 😃 It’s because they don’t drink water without sanitizing it with alcohol. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2015, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19932 "2015-03-13T23:21:24Z")
> [@YogSosoth](#): > > But I’m not that surprised Oklahoma wants to do this, they are [#2 in most second marriages](http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2015/03/13/the_states_where_second_marriages_are_most_common_we_ve_mapped_them_for.html). And that’s only counting marriages outside the immediate family. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2015, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19933 "2015-03-14T00:51:14Z")
> [@TonySinclair](#): > > And that’s only counting marriages outside the immediate family. Maybe they would be open to a quid pro quo: If you don’t stand in the way of legalizing SSM, we won’t stand in the way of legalizing incest! Win-win! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![3trew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/13edae/32.png) [@3trew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3trew)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2015, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19934 "2015-03-14T02:36:09Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Maybe they would be open to a quid pro quo: If you don’t stand in the way of legalizing SSM, we won’t stand in the way of legalizing incest! Win-win! 🙂 Wincest! ---
**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:** [March 14, 2015, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19935 "2015-03-14T02:36:19Z")
Rudy Giuliani: ‘[Darren Wilson Should Be Commended For Shooting Michael Brown](http://www.addictinginfo.org/2015/03/12/rudy-giuliani-darren-wilson-should-be-commended-for-shooting-michael-brown/)’ ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2015, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19936 "2015-03-14T02:39:26Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Rudy Giuliani: ‘[Darren Wilson Should Be Commended For Shooting Michael Brown](http://www.addictinginfo.org/2015/03/12/rudy-giuliani-darren-wilson-should-be-commended-for-shooting-michael-brown/)’ Let us condone Ty Kendricks If we cannot decorate. ---
**Author:** ![computergeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e56c9b/32.png) [@computergeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/computergeek)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2015, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19937 "2015-03-14T03:34:08Z")
Boy, Giuliani just keeps putting his foot in his mouth, like he wants to be seen as a complete, racist dumbass ---
**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:** [March 14, 2015, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19938 "2015-03-14T03:40:43Z")
> [@computergeek](#): > > Boy, Giuliani just keeps putting his foot in his mouth, like he wants to be seen as a complete, racist dumbass I cannot believe I used to respect that numbskull once upon a time. ---
**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:** [March 14, 2015, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19939 "2015-03-14T08:29:43Z")
The GOP war on science continues: [Ted Cruz Tells NASA Chief They Shouldn’t Do Climate Science Research](http://crooksandliars.com/2015/03/ted-cruz-tells-nasa-chief-they-shouldnt-do) > [@](#): > > “In your judgment, what is the core mission of NASA?” Cruz asked. > > “Our core mission from the very beginning has been to investigate, explore space and the Earth environment, and to help us make this place a better place,” Bolden said. NASA studies everything from the depths of the oceans to the solar energy coming into the Earth’s atmosphere. > > Cruz pushed back against the “Earth” part of NASA’s mission. “Almost any American would agree that the core function of NASA is to explore space,” he said. “That’s what inspires little boys and little girls across this country.” > > “I am concerned that NASA in the current environment has lost its full focus on that core mission.” ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2015, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19940 "2015-03-14T11:50:51Z")
> [@Onomatopoeia](#): > > I cannot believe I used to respect that numbskull once upon a time. I never paid much attention to Rudy (other than right after 9/11, when after awhile it became clear that his actions as mayor had made that day worse, not better), but it’s possible that he may have been worthy of respect once upon a time. He’d be one of a number of conservative figures who’ve gone from being more or less sane (if more conservative than we’d like) to being old men yelling at clouds. Example 1 would of course be John McCain, who was actually pretty thoughtful in the late 1990s and early 2000s - there was a reason all the journalists fawned over him. Bothsidesdoitism requires the existence of reasonable Republicans, and once upon a time, McCain was the real deal. Now he’s fucking crazy, and has been that way for many years now. (And yet he still gets asked to appear on all the Sunday political talk shows. They’ll never be ‘over’ McCain.) And then there’s Antonin Scalia, whose judicial conservatism used to at least be undergirded with some principles, even if they were principles most of us didn’t particularly like. Now he’s your crazy uncle who spends all day watching Fox News, only with black robes and a vote on the supreme tribunal of the land. So though I can’t tell whether Rudy’s always been this bad, or whether he started off making sense, then underwent the same evolution as McCain and Scalia, the latter is certainly possible, from my vantage point. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_stamos_left_ear/32/3198_2.png) [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Stamos_Left_Ear)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2015, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/19941 "2015-03-14T15:13:05Z")
I think George Will is another example. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=996) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=998)