# 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:** 185
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2021, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3690 "2021-02-28T00:55:52Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > That’s exactly the point my cousin (who makes religious posts on Facebook) is making. He’s pointing out that, even if you admired the former president, this sort of idolatry goes against our Christian beliefs and to stay away. - You should ask him why he (and his ilk) supported all the other things that went against their religion. Ask him why any of his ilk ever _admired_ Trump. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2021, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3691 "2021-02-28T01:12:18Z")
I never said he did. He wrote a post saying that to others, in attempt to get them to leave Trump. I don’t see how anything in my post could lead you to believe I thought he ever supported Trump. I literally said I was happy he hadn’t. Please do not make up things I didn’t say in order to attack my family. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2021, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3692 "2021-02-28T01:21:32Z")
He said that even if you admired Trump, worshiping a golden idol is _worse_ than all the shit he pulled, all the COVID dead, all the Holy Scripture he violated. Don’t wag your finger at me. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2021, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3693 "2021-02-28T01:42:11Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > He said that even if you admired Trump, worshiping a golden idol is _worse_ than all the shit he pulled, all the COVID dead, all the Holy Scripture he violated. Sorry, but AFAICT BigT didn’t say that at all. The whole point of the sinfulness of idolatry, from a Christian perspective and many other religions as well, is that it leads one to glorify the unworthy. Idolatry is how you get a phenomenon like Trump in the first place. Nowhere do I see any claim, either from BigT or from the reported remarks of his cousin, that it’s fine & dandy to support Trump’s criminality and irresponsibility and malign neglect and all as long as you refrain from literally worshiping him. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2021, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3694 "2021-02-28T01:55:48Z")
What started as (I’m pretty sure) a Bush thing, there are now “Do You Miss Me Now?” bumperstickers with DJT’s face. Sure, there were Obama stickers too, but I like to think those ones had a slightly more legitimate…cachet? Apparently there’s a new steel version of Trump bobble-head statue in the making that buddy hopes to sell for a million dollars. I’ll put imaginary money in him _verrrrrrry quietly_ offloading it to some demented, wealthy shepherd in Scotland for somehwere around the nieighbourhood of $7,500 to $10,000, about a month after it goes on the market. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2021, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3695 "2021-02-28T02:10:06Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > Apparently there’s a new steel version of Trump bobble-head statue in the making that buddy hopes to sell for a million dollars. The sculptor’s marketing of this, or at least the reports on it, seem to be all over the place: [The CPAQ Trump statue is for sale for $100,000, or at least the sculptor would be willing to accept that offer.](https://nypost.com/2021/02/27/gold-trump-statue-on-sale-at-cpac-for-100000/) [But he wants to sell the stainless-steel original of the fiberglass CPAQ version, which he says cost him $50K to make, for over a million. Or he might donate it to the Trump Presidential Library.](https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/02/golden-trump-statue-cpac-mexico.html) [However, you can get a genuine gold-plated replica for $150 million if you want. Maybe a bunch of other copies as well.](https://www.yessy.com/tomzegan/TrumpStatue.html) > [@](#): > > The original artist proof statue [sic] will be permanently displayed in the trump [sic] Library. > > A 24kt gold plated replica is currently being offered at $150,000,000.00 making them [sic] the most expensive statue in the world. There will be 5 bronze and chrome plated replices [sic] and10 chrome plated fiberglass replicas made as well. Yeah, despite all the hoopla about it from CPAC attendees, I wonder whether the sculptor will ever make back his manufacturing costs on any of this merchandise. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2021, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3696 "2021-02-28T02:21:44Z")
This week in Performative Outrage: potato toys don’t have dicks anymore. > **[Right Wing Laments Loss of Mr. Potato Head’s Imaginary Genitals as Hasbro...](https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/02/mr-potato-heads-gender-neutral-name-right-wing-freaks-out-over-toys-imaginary-genitals.html)** > > The PC police have detained America's most beloved anthropomorphic root vegetable—and they have their eyes on his penis. ---
**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:** [February 28, 2021, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3697 "2021-02-28T03:07:00Z")
> [@](#): > > A 24kt gold plated replica is currently being offered at $150,000,000.00 making them [sic] the most expensive statue in the world. Well, I have a bit of earwax that I sculpted into the shape of Trump’s head, and I’m selling it for a trillion dollars! Now my statue is the most expensive in the world! ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2021, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3698 "2021-02-28T05:10:31Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > There will be 5 bronze and chrome plated replices [sic] and10 chrome plated fiberglass replicas made as well. Good, at least there’s 15 of them. Definitely can’t have enough. I’m sure there’s countless GOP donors clamouring at the opportunity to sport a nice chrome-plated replica in the sunken foyer, if such things exist, or next to their Orgasmatron or in-home driving range. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2021, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3699 "2021-02-28T07:11:44Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > What started as (I’m pretty sure) a Bush thing, there are now “Do You Miss Me Now?” bumperstickers with DJT’s face. During the Bush Jr. years, there were bumper stickers like this with Nixon’s picture. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2021, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3700 "2021-02-28T12:28:49Z")
What is great about that painting is the number of people in it who are now considered part of the swamp. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2021, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3701 "2021-02-28T16:16:27Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > But he wants to sell the stainless-steel original of the fiberglass CPAQ version, which he says cost him $50K to make, for over a million. Or he might donate it to the Trump Presidential Library. Brilliant! It would be exactly the right amount of kitsch it would need. I wonder if the people who designed the [virtual library](https://djtrumplibrary.com/) could incorporate it. ---
**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 28, 2021, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3702 "2021-02-28T22:12:35Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > [Nothing new.](https://jonmcnaughton.com/crossing-the-swamp/) Geez, that site is the creepy. I always got a bad feeling from Thomas Kinkade, but McNaughton is truly in eye/brain bleach territory. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2021, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3703 "2021-02-28T22:33:17Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > What started as (I’m pretty sure) a Bush thing, there are now “Do You Miss Me Now?” bumperstickers with DJT’s face. How can we miss him if he won’t go away? As stupid Republican ideas go, [selection of the singer of the National Anthem at CPAC qualifies](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vga0M4ia5Mc). Best comment seen: “All keys matter”. ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2021, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3704 "2021-02-28T22:39:49Z")
I like the comment: Simon Cowell: That’s a no for me. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2021, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3705 "2021-02-28T23:31:11Z")
I laughed (through my tears) at “This is what happens when you defund the arts.” ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2021, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3706 "2021-03-01T00:49:18Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > As stupid Republican ideas go, [selection of the singer of the National Anthem at CPAC qualifies](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vga0M4ia5Mc). > > Best comment seen: “All keys matter”. The comment I saw “those were certainly all notes.” Can you imagine if you auditioned for this and _weren’t_ selected? ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2021, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3707 "2021-03-01T02:33:10Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > As stupid Republican ideas go, [selection of the singer of the National Anthem at CPAC qualifies](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vga0M4ia5Mc). > > Best comment seen: “All keys matter”. Another comment: “That anthem was so bad, even Colin Kaepernick got off his knee and left.” ---
**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:** [March 1, 2021, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3708 "2021-03-01T02:42:04Z")
She was in the key of eek. ---
**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:** [March 1, 2021, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3709 "2021-03-01T03:16:39Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > The family of Rep. Kinziger, (R) from Illinois who voted to convict on impeachment, have penned a nastygram about him. > " Republican Congressman Adam Kinzinger, one of the most vocal critics of former President Donald Trump, is facing backlash from his own family, as nearly a dozen of his relatives[penned a letter, sent to the representative and published by the New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/15/us/politics/adam-kinzinger-republicans-trump.html), calling him a “disappointment…to God” and a member of the “devil’s army.” > > [Kinzinger’s Family Blasts Him in Letter After Vote to Impeach Trump: New York Times – NBC Chicago](https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/new-york-times-kinzingers-family-blasts-him-in-letter-after-vote-to-impeach-trump/2439516/) I’m bumping this to share an article from the Atlantic about Kinzinger. > **[The Man Who Refused to Bow](https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/02/man-who-refused-bow/618156/)** > > Adam Kinzinger says he’ll fight to take his party back from Donald Trump. There is one important tidbit about him that I found about halfway through the article. It talks about him being raised as a Independent Fundamentalist Baptist. IFB churches, although technically independent of each other, really aren’t …also they’re cults. Kinzinger left that church when he was twenty, so I think a lot of his strength comes from him being a cult survivor. It’s also probably why his family is so nasty to him and that letter is a good exhibit as to why cults love Trump. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=184) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=186)