# 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:** 250
**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:** [May 12, 2021, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4998 "2021-05-12T11:45:07Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Be nice if we could go to the tape. I find it far more plausible that a copywriter mistranscribed a stammer than that Fauci miscounted his negatives. And of course this is the sort of nit-picking bullshit that is corrupting public discourse. He was speaking extemporaneously, and his meaning was clear. I realize that part of the SD mission is to provide a home to nit-picking pedants, but in most cases it serves no purpose. ---
**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:** [May 12, 2021, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/4999 "2021-05-12T12:10:55Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > I realize that part of the SD mission is to provide a home to nit-picking pedants, but in most cases it serves no purpose. I object to this characterization. Very few of our pedants have nits, and if they did, they wouldn’t pick them - they’d use an antiparasitic shampoo. ---
**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:** [May 12, 2021, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5000 "2021-05-12T12:24:19Z")
Besides, nits need love, too. And nit-pickers. ---
**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:** [May 12, 2021, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5001 "2021-05-12T15:40:50Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > And of course this is the sort of nit-picking bullshit that is corrupting public discourse. He was speaking extemporaneously, and his meaning was clear. My premise was that the RW wolves can be expected to pounce on any little misstep that they can get their teeth into. Look: he said the opposite of that! We have seen it happen to RWers (who are largely clumsy with word things to begin with) as well as by them. We understood what he meant, but words get corkscrewed out of their context all the time. ---
**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:** [May 12, 2021, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5002 "2021-05-12T15:47:28Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Besides, nits need love, too. And nit-pickers. As somebody who is, actually and legitimately\*, a _professional_ nit-picker, I’m feeling a bit attacked now! \*Seriously, it’s part of my job. “Is there _any_ way _anyone_ could possibly misinterpret this?” is one of the major questions I have to ask when writing one of my reports on applications. It’s a legal requirement! ---
**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:** [May 12, 2021, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5003 "2021-05-12T15:56:11Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > Seriously, it’s part of my job. “Is there _any_ way _anyone_ could possibly misinterpret this?” is one of the major questions I have to ask when writing one of my reports on applications. It’s a legal requirement! And an important job. If Fauci had been reading a prepared statement, fire away for it not parsing correctly. But when speaking with an idiot, a certain lack of elegance in the reponse (as long as the meaning it clear) is acceptable. ---
**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:** [May 12, 2021, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5004 "2021-05-12T16:12:36Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > As somebody who is, actually and legitimately\*, a _professional_ nit-picker, I’m feeling a bit attacked now! > > \*Seriously, it’s part of my job. “Is there _any_ way _anyone_ could possibly misinterpret this?” is one of the major questions I have to ask when writing one of my reports on applications. It’s a legal requirement! You are absolutely singing my song. I will quote myself from [another thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-linking-to-an-article-suggest-the-op-tell-us-what-they-think-is-worth-noting-about-it/941300/33): > [@When linking to an article, suggest the OP tell us what they think is worth noting about it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-linking-to-an-article-suggest-the-op-tell-us-what-they-think-is-worth-noting-about-it/941300/33): > > As a grant proposal writer for almost 40 years, I had a rule for myself: to read the thing over (and often ask others to do it, too) and try to see any place where I might possibly be misunderstood and to clarify as much as possible without adding a bunch of extra words. Especially because I know the people reading my ~~crap~~ brilliantly reasoned arguments are reading hundreds of similar requests, may be in a bad mood, may be multitasking, may be drunk, and/or may just take random offense over something I can’t control. Whatever. > > I try to be as clear as I can here, too, and yet I find (not often, but not never) that in spite of my best efforts and best editing, people totally misunderstand me-- and I usually blame myself. > … Nit-picking is my middle name. My parents had a weird sense of humor. And might have been drinking when they named me. ---
**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:** [May 12, 2021, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5005 "2021-05-12T17:04:36Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > But when speaking with an idiot, a certain lack of elegance in the reponse (as long as the meaning it clear) is acceptable. In these cases, I encourage the use of phrases like, “You incredible fucking imbecile.” Far less likely to be misinterpreted, and _somebody_ needs to start saying this out loud where these imbeciles have to hear it. ---
**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:** [May 12, 2021, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5006 "2021-05-12T17:30:14Z")
I ~~hardly~~ _heartily_ support this idea! ---
**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:** [May 12, 2021, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5007 "2021-05-12T17:58:36Z")
Prefaced, perhaps, by “With all due respect,” (_i.e._, none). Disclaimer: I’ve been known to use “I’d like to say it was a pleasure working with you” and suchlike. I once said that to an absolute bitch of a leading lady, and one of my colleagues who happened to be passing at the time nearly blew an artery trying to keep from laughing. ---
**Author:** ![bobsmom101](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobsmom101/32/2867_2.png) [@bobsmom101](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobsmom101)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2021, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5008 "2021-05-12T18:40:24Z")
One of my favorite movie lines is in Ocean’s Thirteen, when a rival casino owner “congratulates” Willy Bank on “the enormity of your success.” Heh, heh. I always thought Bank was modeled on Donald Trump. ---
**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:** [May 12, 2021, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5009 "2021-05-12T18:43:30Z")
Caitlin Jenner was asked in an interview if she voted for Individual 1, and she said no, that she didn’t vote, because there’s no point for a Republican to vote in California. But voter rolls say that she did vote. > **[Jenner says she didn't vote in 2020. But records show she did.](https://www.politico.com/states/california/story/2021/05/11/jenner-says-she-didnt-vote-in-2020-but-records-show-she-did-1381459)** > > After Jenner's latest comments to CNN aired Tuesday morning, a representative of the registrar’s office reconfirmed to POLITICO that Jenner voted. ---
**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:** [May 12, 2021, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5010 "2021-05-12T18:51:38Z")
😃 > [@](#): > > Tim Rosales, a GOP strategist, said he’s heard many candidates over the years claim to have voted when they hadn’t — and got caught because voting records are public. > > “But I’ve never heard it the opposite way, where somebody said that I didn’t vote" and they actually did, he said. > > “I can imagine, having been on the inside of these types of high profile campaigns, you’ve got a lot of a lot of people scrambling right now,” Rosales added. ---
**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:** [May 12, 2021, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5011 "2021-05-12T19:07:32Z")
House Republicans are such cowards, they didn’t have a roll call vote on Cheney, they did it by voice vote so there could be no record of how many voted for her, or the names of those who voted against her. ---
**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:** [May 12, 2021, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5012 "2021-05-12T19:17:32Z")
Interesting. You’d think they’d _want_ to be on the record purging the she-traitor from the ranks to show Orange Julius Caesar that they are with him, body and soul. Hedging their bets? ---
**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:** [May 12, 2021, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5013 "2021-05-12T19:19:06Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > House Republicans are such cowards, they didn’t have a roll call vote on Cheney, they did it by voice vote so there could be no record of how many voted for her, or the names of those who voted against her. If a person yells out “no”, then everyone nearby will hear it, and crawl over each other to be the first to report the traitorous response. ---
**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:** [May 12, 2021, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5014 "2021-05-12T20:12:36Z")
MTG says that the “Jihad Squad” shouldn’t be allowed in Congress. Twitter was quick to point out her support for the Capitol linsurrection. > **[Marjorie Taylor Greene ripped apart after calling Squad the ‘Jihad Squad’](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-twitter-jihad-squad-b1846358.html)** > > ‘Members who support terrorism don’t belong in Congress,’ the Georgia Republican wrote. Twitter was quick to bring up the Capitol riot ---
**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:** [May 12, 2021, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5015 "2021-05-12T20:53:49Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > the end times are coming Summon the Elector Counts! ---
**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:** [May 12, 2021, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5016 "2021-05-12T21:39:13Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > In these cases, I encourage the use of phrases like, “You incredible fucking imbecile.” Far less likely to be misinterpreted, and _somebody_ needs to start saying this out loud where these imbeciles have to hear it. > [@OttoDaFe](#): > > Prefaced, perhaps, by “With all due respect,” ( _i.e._ , none). For the right party, I always start with, “Jane (or whoever), you ignorant slut.” ---
**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:** [May 12, 2021, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5017 "2021-05-12T21:41:08Z")
> [@OttoDaFe](#): > > Prefaced, perhaps, by “With all due respect,” ( _i.e._ , none). [![](https://i.redd.it/ysybqc74n1f31.jpg) ](https://i.redd.it/ysybqc74n1f31.jpg) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=249) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=251)