# The Republican Party is the Party of Evil **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 4, 2021, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187 "2021-03-04T17:43:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 115
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2023, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/2282 "2023-11-12T21:37:39Z")
Said married woman better have a healthy pregnancy, and one where the fetus will live. If she’s gonna’ die that’s her fault for having dirty sex, and the fetus is more important than her anyway. At least until it is a baby then it better pull itself up by its bootstraps. Oh, and if the fetus can’t survive birth maybe we better start thinking about punishment for the woman; she probably did it on purpose. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2023, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/2283 "2023-11-13T07:20:25Z")
I’ve long said that, if men could get pregnant, abortions would be easier to get than herpes at Mardi Gras. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2023, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/2284 "2023-11-13T14:07:56Z")
You have a silver tongue Superdude. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2023, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/2285 "2023-11-13T14:14:37Z")
It sounds like a cocktail. After Sex on the Beach, go have herpes at Mardi Gras. ---
**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:** [November 13, 2023, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/2286 "2023-11-13T14:32:14Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > I’ve long said that, if men could get pregnant, abortions would be easier to get than herpes at Mardi Gras. _If men could get pregnant, abortion would be a sacrament._ — _unknown (but someone far pithier than I)_ ---
**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:** [November 14, 2023, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/2287 "2023-11-14T01:02:18Z")
Combo freakout and hypocrisy double treat: > **[Oh, look, the right is screaming about Megan Rapinoe again](https://deadspin.com/oh-look-the-right-is-screaming-about-megan-rapinoe-aga-1851017748)** > > Conservatives pretending to be offended by her joke about god is just too stupid — and hypocritical — to believe “… perhaps Rapinoe’s greatest feat will be what she accomplished off the field. She has advocated for LGBTQ+ rights, equal pay for equal work, holding police responsible for brutality, and reproductive rights — making the conservative right really, really angry in the process. She bothers them so much that even [Donald Trump has taken shots](https://deadspin.com/megan-rapinoe-cannot-make-this-any-clearer-1835936942) at her. Rapinoe’s very _existence_ reduces them to wailing, shrieking banshees. Because nothing is more important to the religious right than making sure women, even the gay ones, stay in their boxes. That’s what the reproductive rights “debate” is about, that’s what the equal pay “debate” is about, that is what the childcare “debate” is about.” ---
**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2023, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/2288 "2023-11-14T04:21:29Z")
If men could get pregnant, abortions would be available at barber shops and shoeshine stands. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2023, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/2289 "2023-11-14T16:18:49Z")
If men could get pregnant (and women didn’t), women would run the world, and oppress men. Meet the new boss, same as the old boss. ---
**Author:** ![slicedalone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slicedalone/32/12515_2.png) [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2023, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/2290 "2023-11-14T18:33:12Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > If men could get pregnant (and women didn’t) Wouldn’t “women” be “men” in that case, and vice versa? ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2023, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/2291 "2023-11-14T19:19:42Z")
Now you get it! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2023, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/2292 "2023-11-14T22:54:31Z")
[Republican Sen. Mullin challenges Teamsters president to fight during hearing](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EIBcm7F__bc) [GOP lawmaker who voted to oust McCarthy claims former speaker elbowed him, sparking altercation](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vASUrbqoZ10&pp=ygUYbWNjYXJ0aHkgZWxib3dzIGJ1cmNoZXR0) _res ipsa loquitur_ ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2023, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/2293 "2023-11-14T23:24:06Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > If men could get pregnant (and women didn’t), women would run the world, and oppress men. Meet the new boss, same as the old boss. Yeah, all of the differences between men and women, inherent and constructed, biological and sociological, all ultimately derive from the fact that one set of humans get pregnant, and the other doesn’t. A lot of those differences are no longer relevant, but they still trace back to pregnancy in their origins. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2023, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/2294 "2023-11-15T05:48:10Z")
I want televised GOP cage matches. ---
**Author:** ![Eric1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3bc359/32.png) [@Eric1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eric1)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2023, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/2295 "2023-11-15T13:53:11Z")
That was so strange that Senator Mullin took the Teamster President O’Brien. It’s a good thing Sanders reminded Mullin of their need for composure as senators. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2023, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/2296 "2023-11-15T14:26:21Z")
Print link to McCarthy story… [https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/14/politics/burchett-mccarthy-elbowing-fight/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/14/politics/burchett-mccarthy-elbowing-fight/index.html) So, when this story came on the news we had some questions about the body mechanics involved in _accidentally_ elbowing someone in the kidneys ……or, for that matter, purposefully elbowing someone in the kidneys. Can you even do that from a standing position? Was Burchett on a ladder? Was Kevin on his knees? ISTM that the knee would be the logical choice when going for someone’s kidneys. What’s next, will Burchett _accidentally_ chin butt McCarthy in the groin? ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2023, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/2297 "2023-11-15T14:40:12Z")
i had the same difficultly coming up with an accidental elbow shot. i’ve seen it in ice hockey. how on earth do you do that in a hallway? my only conclusion was that it wasn’t an elbow, but a punch? that would be easier and something one could do in a hallway. while discussing this in the office, we did wonder why it wasn’t a shoulder bump, that would be more plausible. turns out mccarthy already used that move a few times. perhap he felt he needed to mix it up? ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2023, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/2298 "2023-11-15T14:44:55Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > ISTM that the knee would be the logical choice when going for someone’s kidneys. What’s next, will Burchett _accidentally_ chin butt McCarthy in the groin? A knee for a kidney shot? Are you a Muy Thai master or something? ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2023, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/2299 "2023-11-15T14:58:04Z")
“I caught McCarthy staring at my kidney area. Next thing I knew I woke up in a bathtub full of ice…” ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2023, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/2300 "2023-11-15T15:00:23Z")
What was written on the mirror? “I’ll return it in two weeks”? ---
**Author:** ![Dandan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@Dandan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dandan)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2023, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/2301 "2023-11-15T16:39:03Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > ISTM that the knee would be the logical choice when going for someone’s kidneys. What’s next, will Burchett _accidentally_ chin butt McCarthy in the groin? I think we’re dealing with the politicians not knowing their ass from their elbow sort of thing. Dan [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187.md?page=114) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187.md?page=116)