Stupid Republican idea of the day

As far as I know, that was the only possible one.

A number of (now former) Walker staff members have been convicted or charged with crimes. Perhaps his vetting process isn’t the best.

http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2013/06/13/2153451/rubio-enda/

Certainly stupid for someone contemplating a run for a national office.

Texas Governor Rick Perry is jumbling the world map:

There seems to be a worldview — and I know some people who share it — which regards everything from the Strait of Gibraltar to the Black Sea (with the exception of Israel) as a sort of “Mooslimistan”. Sunni, Shi’a, Maghreb, Arab, Persian, Turk . . . they’re all the same. Insofar as Perry seems to exhibit some of the other traits as people who hold this worldview, his mistake is at least consistent.

To these people, the important thing is that the Jews rebuild the Temple of Solomon, which is essential for the Second Coming. After which they’ll be comfortably ensconced on a cloud, reveling in the torments of the heathens. Including, paradoxically, the very Jews who made it possible.

Life isn’t fair. God, even less so.

And Jesus, avatar of loving mercy, rubs his punctured hands and cackles with glee at the prospect of dumping 99% of the world’s population into a lake of fire. And then surrounding himself with a bunch of smug, uptight bigots for all eternity, and listen to them sing.

Or maybe He feels bad about that, but does it anyway. Because.

I went to the Sunday School where Jesus loves all the little children of the world. Mr. Perry went to another one, I guess. Did his have that picture of Jesus as a real good lookin’ white guy with reddish-auburn hair?

In JOB: A Comedy of Justice Yahweh states that 7.1 percent of the final batch* made it to the Holy City. So you may be unduly harsh on Him.

Or maybe not. I do think it is definitely a little strange to take a ghoulish delight in contemplating the eternal suffering of the damned. Not that this is a defining characteristic of Republicans, but in my experience those who do so seldom identify with any party to the left of the GOP.

*Not including golems, although what golems have to do with that statistic is not explained.

Lebanon? He must be talking about Reagan.

To be fair, Regan didn’t cut and run after the embassy was attacked in Lebanon, like Obama.

Or am I getting it backwards?

Yes, you are. Reagan cut and ran from Lebanon, and invaded Grenada instead.

Much like Bush invaded Iraq after a group of mostly Saudi Arabians blew up the WTC towers.

Fast-forward 40 seconds into this video of a Gene Pitney song to see the Jesus worshipped by Texans.

If you like that song, this version is also funny.

Michelle better not visit Texas in the nighttime.

Would you care to borrow a comb, sir?

She’d be safe - they can’t see her unless she smiles. :smiley:

Texas Representative Michael Burgess feels that we should reduce the timeframe allowed for abortions to the 15-week mark because…

…wait for it…

…he’s seen a fetus masturbating.

The right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. We all know what he meant.

Man, that Michael Burgess REALLY likes kiddie porn, doesn’t he? Ought to be some kind of law about that (that applies only to him, of course).

“Subjects of fetal sonograms WILL be required to remain clothed during the procedure…”

I saw the article about Burgess and went WTF … are Republicans holding some sort of secret contest to see who can say the stupidest thing wrt abortion and rape?

With almost 10,000 posts in this thread I think we need a
  Stupid Republican Ideas – Greatest Hits

I nominate this one.

Here’s a “good” one.

http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/gop-senators-poised-to-enact-abortion-measure-b9932234z1-211185421.html

Note to Mary Lazich - Roe v Wade came out in 1973. During the 1960’s abortion was illegal almost everywhere in the United States.

From Rawstory.com:

[QUOTE=Bryan Fischer, director of issues analysis at the American Family Association ]
“If you don’t believe in sodomy-based marriage, you’re not prepared to endorse and sanction sodomy-based marriage, you have no place in this institution [Johns Hopkins School of Medicine?],” Fischer complained. “So we’re getting to the point — I don’t know what the emblem would be — remember when the Jews in Nazi Germany, they had to wear a yellow Star of David on their sleeve? I mean, we’re getting to the point now, that’s what they’re going to make us do.”

“I don’t know what the symbol would be, I’d have to think about that,” he continued. “We’re getting to the point where these homofascists are going to force us to wear on our sleeves some kind of identifying marker so people will know who the racists and the homophobes and the bigots are, and can stay away from them.”
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(I didn’t actually Google to see if Fischer has the “(R)” by his name. Does anyone really think that would be necessary?)