# 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:** 187
**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:** [March 1, 2021, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3730 "2021-03-01T21:17:06Z")
She also had a tough time sticking with the meter. And what’s with "Land of the FrEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE\< gasp \>? This is supposed to be about showing respect. The National Anthem is not the time to be bragging about your lung capacity. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2021, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3731 "2021-03-01T21:59:36Z")
Jerry, Bobby and Vince from the Grateful Dead surprised me, and I’m a deadhead, with the vocal harmony in their rendition. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/e67T_kjc64A/maxresdefault.jpg "FLA@SF: Grateful Dead perform national anthem") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e67T_kjc64A) ---
**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 1, 2021, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3732 "2021-03-01T22:04:29Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > " 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.” The family of Stephen Miller, DumpsterFire’s goon squad leader, disowned him. Perhaps they could adopt Kinzinger? ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2021, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3733 "2021-03-01T22:14:44Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > The family of Stephen Miller, DumpsterFire’s goon squad leader, disowned him. Perhaps they could adopt Kinzinger? And then Kinzinger’s family could adopt Miller, since he seems to be more to their liking. ---
**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 1, 2021, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3734 "2021-03-01T22:20:02Z")
Paul Gosar’s family disowned him, too. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2021, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3735 "2021-03-01T23:11:17Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > Jerry, Bobby and Vince from the Grateful Dead surprised me, and I’m a deadhead, with the vocal harmony in their rendition. That was very impressive. Used a pitch pipe and even set a tempo. Bravo! ---
**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 2, 2021, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3736 "2021-03-02T01:15:35Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > Jerry, Bobby and Vince from the Grateful Dead surprised me, and I’m a deadhead, with the vocal harmony in their rendition. I’m a deadhead as well, and I’m quite sure I’ve never seen this before. This was excellent! ---
**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:** [March 2, 2021, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3737 "2021-03-02T02:00:12Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Used a pitch pipe … Oh, a pitch pipe. Forgive me for thinking … ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2021, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3738 "2021-03-02T03:44:05Z")
I know…it kind of looked like that. 😉 But then I heard the starting note. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2021, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3739 "2021-03-02T03:57:20Z")
So I guess some peeps at CPAC must have read this back in 2018 – they took my idea…kinda, lol > [@The Trump Administration: A Clusterfuck in the Making](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making/774070/26306): > > I think that sometime in 2021 or 2022, Kansas is going to erect a giant bronze (or gold) statue of Donald Trump - like a towering 800 foot statue that can be seen for miles and miles around. And there will be an eternal flame that shoots out of its mouth. They’ll call it the Trumpzilla statue. ---
**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:** [March 2, 2021, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3740 "2021-03-02T12:50:02Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Tbh, though, I’m not a big fan of the whole “soloist sings the anthem” thing anyway. It’s everyone’s anthem; for all these events they should just get a small brass band for accompaniment and make the attendees sing. My thought also. Although that would have meant missing some very nice renditions over the years, it would also have meant missing a lot of pretty awful ones. ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Wiggler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/red_wiggler/32/13190_2.png) [@Red\_Wiggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Wiggler)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2021, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3741 "2021-03-02T15:29:07Z")
New dipshit Alabama Senator Tommy Tubhead has proposed that all the nation’s solutions should start with getting prayer back in schools. ---
**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:** [March 2, 2021, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3742 "2021-03-02T15:37:22Z")
Oh look - the party that claims to be defending the Constitution is working on violating it yet again. ---
**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:** [March 2, 2021, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3743 "2021-03-02T15:37:48Z")
> [@Red\_Wiggler](#): > > New dipshit Alabama Senator Tommy Tubhead has proposed that all the nation’s solutions should start with getting prayer back in schools. That’s a _great_ idea! And to make sure we have all the bases covered, we’ll have a prayer from each of the major religions during the week – five religions, five days; it works out perfectly. Once a month we could have one of the minor league prayers. ---
**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:** [March 2, 2021, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3744 "2021-03-02T16:01:07Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > for all these events they should just get a small brass band for accompaniment and make the attendees sing. Well sure, but at the QPAC conference, the crowd would probably not know the words. Or half of them would be singing the anthem in Russian. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2021, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3745 "2021-03-02T18:51:06Z")
Is the Church of Satan a major or minor-league player? ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2021, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3746 "2021-03-02T19:57:01Z")
> **[253 bills to restrict voting rights equals a Republican war on democracy](https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018932)** > > After losing the White House and the Senate, Republicans are looking for a path back to power in 2022. Embracing policies that are popular with voters appears to be right out as Republicans fight a COVID-19 stimulus bill that has massive... > … > With more than 250 bills restricting voting rights having been introduced in 43 states, “We are seeing the weaponization of Trump’s big lie,” Ari Melber said on CNN. “All around the country, Republicans are pointing to the fact that so many of their voters believe the election was stolen as a reason to cut back on voting. So, for two months, Trump said the election was stolen and afterwards, now we are seeing Republicans in state after state, including all of these key swing states like Georgia and Arizona, rush to restrict access to the ballot.” > … Gee. Only 253? Will that be enough? Some Democrats, Hispanics, Black people, and other undesirables might accidentally get to vote. 😡 ---
**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 2, 2021, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3747 "2021-03-02T20:00:14Z")
Lindsey Graham: “I actually like President Trump, he’s been very nice to me, he’s allowed me to be in his world, he allows me to give my two cents worth on issues when he was president,” he said. “This is his party,” Graham continued. “If you don’t get that, you missed a lot at [the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC)] .” > **[Graham Says GOP Is Trump's Party and 'He's Allowed Me to Be in His World'](https://www.newsweek.com/lindsey-graham-says-gop-trumps-party-hes-allowed-me-his-world-1573041)** > > "I actually like President Trump, he's been very nice to me," the South Carolina senator said. "This is his party." ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2021, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3748 "2021-03-02T20:27:01Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > he’s allowed me to be in his world, he allows me to give my two cents worth on issues This fucking creeps me out. ---
**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:** [March 2, 2021, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3749 "2021-03-02T20:44:10Z")
> [@](#): > > “I actually like President Trump, he’s been very nice to me, he’s allowed me to be in his world,…" Yes, Lindsey, but he won’t let you leave. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=186) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=188)