# 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:** 229
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2021, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4577 "2021-04-21T16:20:13Z")
Ah. Filling the swamp. I get it now. 😛 ---
**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 21, 2021, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4578 "2021-04-21T16:27:28Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Only if you’re a Congressperson. Only if you’re a **Republican** Congressperson. Gotta make sure those corporate taxpayer dollars are being used effectively, don’cha know. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2021, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4579 "2021-04-21T16:31:44Z")
So Trump would be considered an evolutionary step up from mosquitokind. ---
**Author:** ![Dandan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@Dandan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dandan)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2021, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4580 "2021-04-21T17:21:21Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Before you go bonkers over the suggestion to name a mosquito-infested site after Trump, however appropriate that may be, the Lake is apparently no longer a pestiferous hell: So, is this a NEW tradition, Ohio honoring pestiferous invertebrates? And $300,000 for sign changes seems steep - perhaps a few 14-year-old skateboard rats equipped with cans of spray paint lend the occasion the gravity it’s begging for. I’ll buy the Krylon. Dan ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2021, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4581 "2021-04-21T21:45:35Z")
You are not thinking economically… Sharpie markers will do rather than Krylon. ---
**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 21, 2021, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4582 "2021-04-21T21:56:35Z")
I’d be okay with naming the lake after trump, but only if they re-infest it with mosquitoes. And a few other noxious pests, too. ---
**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:** [April 21, 2021, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4583 "2021-04-21T21:58:36Z")
AND…Trump has to live there! Winning! ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_McQwark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@Steve\_McQwark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_McQwark)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2021, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4584 "2021-04-21T23:34:39Z")
I assumed that was what ThelmaLou meant when she said it needed noxious pests. ---
**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:** [April 21, 2021, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4585 "2021-04-21T23:46:07Z")
> [@Steve\_McQwark](#): > > I assumed that was what ThelmaLou meant when she said it needed noxious pests. - What did the mosquitos do to deserve _that?_ ---
**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 22, 2021, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4586 "2021-04-22T00:41:37Z")
Would Ted Cruz just go crawl in a hole somewhere, which, yeah, is insulting to holes, but still… > **[Ted Cruz: Biden’s Comments Ahead Of Chauvin Trial Are ‘Grounds For A Mistrial’](https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackbrewster/2021/04/21/ted-cruz-bidens-comments-ahead-of-chauvin-trial-are-grounds-for-a-mistrial/?sh=3d2e8dd862e5)** > > Biden said he was “praying” for the “right” verdict while the sequestered jury was deliberating. > [@](#): > > Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) on Tuesday criticized President Joe Biden’s comments ahead of the Derek Chauvin verdict, going as far to accuse the president of providing grounds for a mistrial when he said he was “praying” for the “right” verdict while the sequestered jury was deciding the ex-cop’s fate. Pardon the icky source - just read this post. ---
**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:** [April 22, 2021, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4587 "2021-04-22T01:16:28Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > …with occasional input from Rudy… Anyone seen him in a while? Is he still in the country? ---
**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:** [April 22, 2021, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4588 "2021-04-22T01:37:08Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > It tells you something that GWB - whose administration pushed the party and the country hard to the right - is now claiming to be a “moderate” Republican voice. I guess everything is relative. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/UYLb4Zxl3Yc/hqdefault.jpg "Suburban Lawns Janitor ( Onscreen Lyrics)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYLb4Zxl3Yc) ---
**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:** [April 22, 2021, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4589 "2021-04-22T02:05:39Z")
I’ve said it before: George W. Bush was a basically decent man, who was just too idiotic to realize that he was being puppeteered by evil people like Cheney, Rumsfeld, and Rove. ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2021, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4590 "2021-04-22T02:57:12Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) on Tuesday criticized President Joe Biden’s comments ahead of the Derek Chauvin verdict, going as far to accuse the president of providing grounds for a mistrial when he said he was “praying” for the “right” verdict Gotta love allegedly “religious” people who think “praying for the right verdict” is a problem. You believe in prayer, right? You think God would just send this guy up the river if he were innocent? Their lack of faith disturbs me, and I’m an atheist. ---
**Author:** ![Dandan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@Dandan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dandan)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2021, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4591 "2021-04-22T13:33:09Z")
> [@Dandan](#): > > So, is this a NEW tradition, Ohio honoring pestiferous invertebrates? > And $300,000 for sign changes seems steep - perhaps a few 14-year-old skateboard rats equipped with cans of spray paint lend the occasion the gravity it’s begging for. > > I’ll buy the Krylon. > > Dan > [@GIGObuster](#): > > You are not thinking economically… > > Sharpie markers will do rather than Krylon. This is no time for false economies - I now propose crowdfunding full-auto paintball guns loaded with exploding indelible orange paint-balls. Dan ---
**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2021, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4592 "2021-04-22T13:48:43Z")
Yeah, that’s weird. If you believe in prayer, then surely you ought to be praying for the right verdict in every trial, shouldn’t you? ---
**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:** [April 22, 2021, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4593 "2021-04-22T14:05:52Z")
Not when prayer is about telling God what to do, rather than asking for His guidance. ---
**Author:** ![CaptMurdock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/captmurdock/32/11736_2.png) [@CaptMurdock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptMurdock)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2021, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4594 "2021-04-22T14:42:48Z")
Are you suggesting that Christians should not consider The Lord Their God a cosmic ATM? How novel. ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2021, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4595 "2021-04-22T15:04:07Z")
> [@MrAtoz](#): > > Yeah, that’s weird. If you believe in prayer, then surely you ought to be praying for the right verdict in every trial, shouldn’t you? It’s of a piece with their hypocrisy about election outcomes. If the Republican wins, it’s because they are God’s Anointed Candidate, but if the Democrat wins, it’s because they cheated. Rather convenient, that. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2021, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4596 "2021-04-22T15:06:59Z")
Their god is a puny god, if he is that easily overcome. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=228) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=230)