# NEW Stupid Republican Idea of the Day (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 22, 2020, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140 "2020-06-22T07:01:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 182
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2021, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3630 "2021-02-26T17:59:49Z")
It’s always fun when the people who whine the most about Christian values violate those values all over the frigging place. But at least they’re dicks to LGBT 0eople so you don’t forget how righteous they are 🙄 It’s pure - what how does our not so friendly cephalopod @octopus like to call it? That’s right- virtue signaling ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2021, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3631 "2021-02-26T18:08:51Z")
> [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > So of course Herr Donald will love it… He’ll talk about how much he loves it in his speech and he wants to take it home, and then say maybe some of his supporters love it even more, and suggest they buy it from him. Another chance for grift, in other words. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2021, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3632 "2021-02-26T18:10:39Z")
Hey, I’ve had my [Trump caganer](https://www.caganer.com/en/caganer-donald-trump-853/71) for over 5 years now! It has gold hair… ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2021, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3633 "2021-02-26T18:35:13Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Perhaps whoever created the golden idol was pranking CPAC? It’s gotta be. What a ridiculous thing. Looking at it though, someone messed up. The tie should be longer. ---
**Author:** ![BrickBat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac91a4/32.png) [@BrickBat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrickBat)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2021, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3634 "2021-02-26T18:41:45Z")
> [@amarinth](#): > > I know you’re not in that conversation at the moment and I know that people who have their minds made up probably won’t budge - but (yay smartphones), you can look up the price of a mid-60s car and find out that they were about $2,500. Or, in other words, a car was about 1000 hours of work. That feels reasonable. True enough about the stubbornness, but to my thinking “I’m just sayin” ( as opposed to even a flawed counterargument ) is an admission that he’s cooked. Some people don’t know the difference between nostalgia and history. Nostalgia, as they say, is just memory lane without the potholes. ---
**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 26, 2021, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3635 "2021-02-26T19:15:23Z")
At CPAC this morning, Ted Cruz said that although he likes Orlando, Cancun is better. Yeah, let’s laugh in the middle of a disaster of epic proportions that has killed people in his home state and has left many of the people without homes. ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2021, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3636 "2021-02-26T19:19:07Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Yeah, let’s laugh in the middle of a disaster of epic proportions that has killed people in his home state and has left many of the people without homes. Why not? After all, TeD cRuZ oWeS yOu NoThInG!!! ---
**Author:** ![Precambrianmollusc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/precambrianmollusc/32/63_2.png) [@Precambrianmollusc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Precambrianmollusc)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2021, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3637 "2021-02-26T19:24:42Z")
Post escolar consumption rectal ejecta Florida representative Greg Steube claimed transgender people offend god. > **[Anger as Florida lawmaker Greg Steube says transgender people ‘offend’ God](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/gop-congressman-gender-equality-act-b1807741.html)** > > GOP’s Greg Steube attacked for comments by Democrats during Equality Act debate Al Green responds ( sorry link to a twitter to see the response,) > Full YouTube clip here if you want to hear the full exchange [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/jJrHWw7V1eI/maxresdefault.jpg "Dems Al Green incredible words after GOPs Greg Steube shocckker anti Transgender dumbness") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJrHWw7V1eI) ---
**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 26, 2021, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3638 "2021-02-26T19:25:21Z")
Speaking of Ted Cruz … John Boehner is doing the narration of his own book and he’s throwing things into the audio version that are not in the printed version. For example, “Go fuck yourself, Ted Cruz.” ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2021, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3639 "2021-02-26T20:09:00Z")
He’s mellowed alot since he started toking up. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2021, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3640 "2021-02-26T20:16:24Z")
> [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > whoever though the US Flag shorts was appropriate should be keel-hauled, Well now, the Trump statue has to be wearing shorts so viewers can see the golden calves. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2021, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3641 "2021-02-26T20:46:56Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > Well now, the Trump statue has to be wearing shorts so viewers can see the golden calves. I revere you. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2021, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3642 "2021-02-26T21:27:36Z")
Man here asks a good question: just _why_ is the CPAQ using a stage designed to look like an epulet worn by the SS? (An Odal Rune) > ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2021, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3643 "2021-02-26T21:29:49Z")
I believe that’s called a “dog whistle”. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2021, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3644 "2021-02-26T21:38:10Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Man here asks a good question: just _why_ is the CPAQ using a stage designed to look like an epulet worn by the SS? (An Odal Rune) I donno JohnT, I think that’s a bit of a reach. It looks like it’s a place where many can come out on stage, have walking paths and room to stand behind whomever is worshiped. I had never seen that SS design before, but from a staging perspective it sort of makes sense. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2021, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3645 "2021-02-26T21:57:16Z")
Yanno JohnT, the more I look at it the more I agree. The shape and scale of everything match up exactly. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2021, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3646 "2021-02-26T22:04:40Z")
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**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2021, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3647 "2021-02-26T22:08:59Z")
National Socialist Movement? Using Nazi iconography? Nazi’s where not socialists. How stupid are these people? ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2021, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3648 "2021-02-26T22:11:07Z")
There’s a big difference between socialists and national socialists. National Socialist was what Hitler called his party. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2021, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3649 "2021-02-26T22:15:22Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > just _why_ is the CPAQ using a stage designed to look like an epulet worn by the SS? We’re all so quick to judge the other side these days, but no, CPAC did not design their stage like an epulet worn by the SS. For one thing, it’s spelled “epaulette”. And that’s not an epaulette in the picture, it’s a collar tab. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=181) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=183)