# 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:** 291
**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:** [June 24, 2021, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5821 "2021-06-24T21:02:54Z")
I’m talking about the ones who listened to them _backwards_. ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2021, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5822 "2021-06-24T21:03:36Z")
I’ve only ever listened to country music backwards. ---
**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:** [June 24, 2021, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5823 "2021-06-24T21:13:37Z")
I played Black Sabbath at 78 speed. ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2021, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5824 "2021-06-24T21:14:16Z")
They’re much more upbeat that way. The singer gets back together with his wife, and his horse is miraculously revived. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2021, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5825 "2021-06-24T21:14:37Z")
> [@74westy](#): > > I’ve only ever listened to country music backwards. So, your truck got fixed, your dog got resurrected and your girl came back? Hot dog! ---
**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:** [June 24, 2021, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5826 "2021-06-24T21:14:53Z")
> [@Gorsnak](#): > > They’re much more upbeat that way. The singer gets back together with his wife, and his **horse** is miraculously revived. - Dog. . ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2021, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5827 "2021-06-24T21:15:17Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Hot dog! ISWYDT ---
**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:** [June 24, 2021, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5828 "2021-06-24T21:16:15Z")
> [@74westy](#): > > I’ve only ever listened to country music backwards. Did you get back your wife, your job and your dog? 🙂 🤡 On ed: Ninjaed!! ---
**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:** [June 24, 2021, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5829 "2021-06-24T21:23:19Z")
Shouldn’t this be in the [Schadenfreude thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers) for Trump’s enablers? ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2021, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5830 "2021-06-24T21:25:23Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > I played Black Sabbath at 78 speed. And then what happened? ---
**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:** [June 24, 2021, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5831 "2021-06-24T21:27:02Z")
> [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](#): > > > [@eschereal](#): > > > > I played Black Sabbath at 78 speed. > > And then what happened? - He finished listening sooner. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2021, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5832 "2021-06-24T21:34:50Z")
Actually, to any fans of Cheech & Chong, the correct response is “I saw God.” ---
**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:** [June 24, 2021, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5833 "2021-06-24T21:35:03Z")
> [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](#): > > And then what happened? We witness the outcome here most days. ---
**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:** [June 24, 2021, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5834 "2021-06-24T23:27:05Z")
> [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](#): > > And then what happened? Geezer vanished. ---
**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:** [June 25, 2021, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5835 "2021-06-25T02:02:52Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > _Students?_ That will end well… Every student should send a detailed report to the governor, explaining how the most recent book they’ve read has brainwashed them. “Dear Governor, I’ve just finished reading the Communist Manifesto, and am now a dedicated Communist.” “Dear Governor, I’ve just finished reading Atlas Shrugged, and have abandoned Communism in favor of Objectivism.” “Dear Governor, I’ve just finished reading the Alan Dean Foster novelization of the original Star Wars movie, and have abandoned Objectivism to become a Jedi.” “Dear Governor, I’ve just finished reading Watership Down, and have abandoned the Jedi to live as a rabbit.” Dear Governor, I’ve just finished reading the Torah, and have abandoned being a rabbit in favor of becoming a Rabbi." ---
**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:** [June 25, 2021, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5836 "2021-06-25T02:06:24Z")
🤣 Well done. ---
**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:** [June 25, 2021, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5837 "2021-06-25T02:19:39Z")
Tucker Carlson is apparently a major-league gossip who enjoys dishing to media sources about how much of a Trump sycophant Sean Hannity is. > **[Sean Hannity melts down on-air over report Tucker Carlson keeps dishing to...](https://www.rawstory.com/sean-hannity-tucker-carlson-fox-news/)** > > Fox News personality Sean Hannity on Thursday panicked over a tweet that had been retweeted 14 times and received 58 likes.The tweet was simply a retweet with two "eye" emojis. The initial tweet came from NBC News senior media reporter Dylan Byers,... ---
**Author:** ![SwissMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@SwissMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwissMan)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2021, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5838 "2021-06-25T02:35:55Z")
I mean … is it supposed to be some sort of secret that Hannity is a Trump sycophant? That’s not exactly juicy gossip. ---
**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:** [June 25, 2021, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5839 "2021-06-25T02:57:20Z")
Hey I’m up for a potential Sean/Tucker shism any ole time. ---
**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:** [June 25, 2021, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5840 "2021-06-25T03:12:45Z")
My Pillow guy says he’s working with Individual 1 in preparation for his August inauguration. > **[MyPillow CEO Claims He Will Take On A Major Role In Trump’s Inaugural Parade](https://polinews.org/mypillow-ceo-claims-he-will-take-on-a-major-role-in-trumps-inaugural-parade/)** > > He's not coping very well. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=290) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=292)