# 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:** 222
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2021, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4434 "2021-04-13T01:09:24Z")
This. Sorry. I skipped the Cornyn bla bla bla. ---
**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:** [April 13, 2021, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4435 "2021-04-13T01:26:17Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > I found the Fox News article on John Cornyn’s tweets. They’re suggesting that Biden’s lack of tweets and cable news appearances mean that he’s “not really in charge.” Man, I really, really ought not have clicked on that. That was painful. About as not-newsworthy as it gets, but [redacted] [redacted][redacted] that site is garish to gaze upon. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2021, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4436 "2021-04-13T01:36:17Z")
The question now becomes: did they hire a Republican to design the site, and s/he doesn’t know any better, or did they hire someone competent (a Democrat) and they got a tremendous troll job? ---
**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:** [April 13, 2021, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4437 "2021-04-13T01:46:36Z")
I think the site is designed to appeal to a specific type of person, of which I am not one. ---
**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:** [April 13, 2021, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4438 "2021-04-13T04:29:07Z")
An old stupid Republican idea that just won’t go away: > **[Idaho lawmakers hear pitch to absorb three-fourths of Oregon](https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2021/04/idaho-lawmakers-hear-pitch-to-absorb-three-fourths-of-oregon.html)** > > The Idaho Legislature would have to approve Move Oregon’s Border For a Greater Idaho's plan that would expand Idaho’s southwestern border to the Pacific Ocean. The Oregon Legislature and the U.S. Congress would also have to sign off. The map is priceless. ---
**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:** [April 13, 2021, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4439 "2021-04-13T04:45:51Z")
Less than a year after Mississippi created a new flag removing the Confederate flag from the state flag, the Governor issues a Confederate Heritage Month proclamatiion. > **[Gov. Reeves Again Declares Confederate Heritage Month, SCV Says](https://www.mississippifreepress.org/11224/darn-tootin-it-is-gov-tate-reeves-again-declares-confederate-heritage-month-scv-says)** > > A 2021 Confederate Heritage Month proclamation, with Gov. Reeves' signature, again appeared first on a neo-Confederate Facebook page this year. Newt Gingrich appears on Fox to push the “illegal immigrants are coming at Democratic urging to replace white people” canard. > **[Newt Gingrich Appears to Tout 'Great Replacement' Conspiracy Theory](https://www.newsweek.com/newt-gingrich-appears-tout-great-replacement-conspiracy-theory-fox-news-1582908)** > > Newt Gingrich said the Biden administration's goal was "to have the maximum number of illegal people in the United States" during his appearance on 'Fox and Friends.' Nevada Republican Party censures the state’s Secretary of State, the only statewide Republican officeholder, because she didn’t fight the “election theft”. > **[Nevada GOP censures secretary of state who refused to investigate unfounded...](https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2021/04/12/politics/nevada-gop-censure-secretary-of-state-barbara-cegavske/index.html)** > > The Nevada Republican Party Central Committee has voted to censure the state's Republican secretary of state after she refused to investigate unfounded allegations of voter fraud in the state. Lachlan Murdoch thinks he knows more about antisemitism than the ADL. > **[Lachlan Murdoch Responds to ADL Tucker Carlson Letter](https://www.mediaite.com/news/lachlan-murdoch-defends-tucker-carlson-in-letter-dismissing-adls-call-for-his-firing/)** > > Lachlan Murdoch responded to the Anti-Defamation League with a letter defending Tucker Carlson after the ADL said he "needs to go." ---
**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:** [April 13, 2021, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4440 "2021-04-13T05:52:35Z")
I’m guessing the members of Move Oregon’s Border For a Greater Idaho have come to terms with its acronym. yeah I realise indefinite articles usually aren’t used in acronyms (but I’ll bet it might niggle at some of them, might even be a little touchy about it… ---
**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:** [April 13, 2021, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4441 "2021-04-13T06:00:05Z")
I look forward to the inevitable civil war between Greater Idaho and the “State of Liberty” that Loren Culp and his band of miscreants want to turn eastern WA into. ---
**Author:** ![mikecurtis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikecurtis/32/3284_2.png) [@mikecurtis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikecurtis)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2021, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4442 "2021-04-13T06:21:16Z")
Dont forget about Jefferson! [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Jefferson_in_United_States.svg/300px-Jefferson_in_United_States.svg.png) ](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Jefferson_in_United_States.svg/300px-Jefferson_in_United_States.svg.png) .[Jefferson (proposed Pacific state) - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_(proposed_Pacific_state)) ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2021, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4443 "2021-04-13T06:54:27Z")
In 1976 one of the candidates for the [OWL Party](https://www.ourcampaigns.com/PartyDetail.html?PartyID=1746) (probably Donald “Earthquake” Ober, who was running for Commissioner of Public Lands) had a statement in the voters’ guide to the effect that Washington should give everything east of the Cascades to Idaho — and if necessary, go to war to make them take it. He got my vote. ---
**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:** [April 13, 2021, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4444 "2021-04-13T08:14:38Z")
Historically, ~~the Sudetenland~~ Oregon has been part of Idaho. ---
**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:** [April 13, 2021, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4445 "2021-04-13T08:24:50Z")
Joke’s on them - the Navy has all its carriers and subs based over here in Cascadia. > **[Cascadia movement](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cascadia_(independence_movement))** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > The Cascadia movement is a bioregional movement based in the Cascadia bioregion of western North America. Potential boundaries differ, with some drawn along existing political state and provincial lines, and others drawn along larger ecological, cultural, political, and economic boundaries. > The proposed country or region largely would consist of the Canadian province of British Columbia and the US States of Washington and Oregon, including majo... ---
**Author:** ![Dandan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@Dandan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dandan)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2021, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4446 "2021-04-13T13:39:01Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > An old stupid Republican idea that just won’t go away: > > See the map in the original post - Dan > > The Idaho Legislature would have to approve Move Oregon’s Border For a Greater Idaho’s plan that would expand Idaho’s southwestern border to the Pacific Ocean. The Oregon Legislature and the U.S. Congress would also have to sign off. > > The map is priceless. Idaho, the state that’s shaped like a toilet. Some eastern Oregonians and eastern Washingtonians complain about life in the splash zone. Others find it refreshing. Dan ---
**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:** [April 13, 2021, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4447 "2021-04-13T13:48:32Z")
Damn! It’s getting harder every day to keep up with the stupid Republican ideas. Those guys are sure working overtime! ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2021, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4448 "2021-04-13T14:09:39Z")
We have always been at war with Cascadia. ---
**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:** [April 13, 2021, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4449 "2021-04-13T14:11:06Z")
Not content with being The Bathroom Bill State, North Carolina’s Republicans now want teachers to report instances of “gender nonconformity.” > **[North Carolina Republicans are back on their deeply transphobic bullshit](https://www.mic.com/impact/with-this-new-bill-north-carolina-is-again-at-the-forefront-of-the-gops-anti-trans-push-71716782)** > > Hard as it may be to believe, it's already been more than five years since North Carolina Republicans rammed through the transphobic House Bill 2 — more commonly referred to as the state's "bathroom bill" — designed to legislate where and how… ---
**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:** [April 13, 2021, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4450 "2021-04-13T14:15:35Z")
There are some things that you just cannot make up: > **[Redfield Joins Big Ass Fans, Promoter of Controversial COVID-Killing Technology](https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-cdc-director-robert-redfield-joins-big-ass-fans-promoter-of-controversial-covid-killing-technology)** > > Trump’s CDC director lends his scientific credibility to Big Ass’ Clean Air Systems subsidiary, which touts an “ion technology” questioned by some indoor air quality experts. > The company charges $9,450 for a fan with technology that academic air quality experts question. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2021, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4451 "2021-04-13T14:25:15Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > The company charges $9,450 for a fan with technology that academic air quality experts question Damn it. I love their fans. (Not the COVID killing ones). We have one in our bed room and just ordered two more for our new living room. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2021, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4452 "2021-04-13T14:44:08Z")
There’s a Big Ass Fan in the patient waiting area at my wife’s eye doctor’s office … in our relatively small and relatively conservative (the waiting room at an eye doctor’s office in these parts tends to comprise senior citizens – traditionally a conservative demo) town. I like to casually look up at the fan (which has been off for months and months (COVID measure ?)) in the vain hopes that some pearl-clutcher will also look up, notice the fan’s brand name, and swoon. Because you have to have hobbies. ---
**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:** [April 13, 2021, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4453 "2021-04-13T14:45:29Z")
As it is required, I will now refer to these as a big ass-fan. When you need to fan your ass, you should always get the biggest one you can find. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=221) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=223)