# 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:** 411
**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:** [November 4, 2021, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8233 "2021-11-04T12:39:07Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Good luck “negotiating” with the Constitution. Luckily, he only needs to “negotiate” with people too stupid to understand the Constitution. That’s the benefit of a coup! ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2021, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8234 "2021-11-04T13:13:18Z")
Do you mean the very fragile and flammable piece of paper he doesn’t care about? ---
**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:** [November 4, 2021, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8235 "2021-11-04T14:08:31Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > Do you mean the very fragile and flammable piece of paper he doesn’t care about?. Maybe he doesn’t care about the chickenscratch text on the front, but what about the totally cool treasure map on the back? ---
**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:** [November 4, 2021, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8236 "2021-11-04T14:13:26Z")
What kind of idiot are you? The map is on the back of the Declaration of Independence. The back of the constitution is more constitution (one of the first cases of two-side printing). ---
**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:** [November 4, 2021, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8237 "2021-11-04T14:14:56Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Basically he’s eaten a pizza and a half every day for a year and a half. The part I’m failing to grasp is how eating a pizza and a half a day for 18 months proves – or even demonstrates – the pizzas’ quality has deteriorated. ---
**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:** [November 4, 2021, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8238 "2021-11-04T14:18:24Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > Do you mean the very fragile and flammable piece of paper he doesn’t care about? Oh I think he cares about it… as a potential source of cash. Can you imagine if he could get the Chinese and the… _let’s see_…the Russians…and maybe the Taliban into a three-way bidding war over the _original_ – Yeah! That’s the ticket! He could drag it out for months and be all over the news 24/7. Top **THAT** , Sleepy Joe! And in the end, he’d take the $$ and never deliver the goods! Ha! 🤑 I’ve been wanting to find a use for that emoji. * * * > [@DesertDog](#): > > The part I’m failing to grasp is how eating a pizza and a half a day for 18 months proves – or even demonstrates – the pizzas’ quality has deteriorated. Logic? Sorry, does not apply. ---
**Author:** ![Jumpbass](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jumpbass/32/147_2.png) [@Jumpbass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jumpbass)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2021, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8239 "2021-11-04T16:29:50Z")
The part I’m failing to grasp is how this bonerhead is in any way newsworthy. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2021, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8240 "2021-11-04T16:38:22Z")
Well when he first started, eating the pizza he enjoyed it but after 18 months of eating nothing but pizza he reached the point that he couldn’t stand the sight of it. That must conclusively prove that the pizza has gotten worse. ---
**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:** [November 4, 2021, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8241 "2021-11-04T17:27:35Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > What kind of idiot are you? The map is on the back of the Declaration of Independence. The back of the constitution is more constitution (one of the first cases of two-side printing). That’s just what THEY want you to think. The map on the back of the Declaration of Independence just leads you to a location watched by the CIA. The REAL map is on the back of the constitution, written overtop of this so-called “more constitution” in invisible ink. ---
**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:** [November 4, 2021, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8242 "2021-11-04T21:26:54Z")
> [@amarinth](#): > > His 104-year-old father was going to be revealed to not have died in 1963, but instead to have been in hiding for the past 58 years. Masquerading as Ossie Davis. ---
**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:** [November 4, 2021, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8243 "2021-11-04T23:33:40Z")
“I’m thinking with _sand_ here!” ---
**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:** [November 4, 2021, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8244 "2021-11-04T23:37:34Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > Masquerading as Ossie Davis. I not only understand that reference, I own that movie. ---
**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:** [November 5, 2021, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8245 "2021-11-05T00:05:07Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > I not only understand that reference, I own that movie. I _love_ that movie. ---
**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:** [November 5, 2021, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8246 "2021-11-05T02:24:10Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > I _love_ that movie. Thank you. Thank you very much. ---
**Author:** ![Dandan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@Dandan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dandan)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2021, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8247 "2021-11-05T11:42:44Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > > [@carrps](#): > > > > Masquerading as Ossie Davis. > > I not only understand that reference, I own that movie. Wiki’d Ossie, hoping a film title would jog me that reference - the man appeared in an impressive number of movies. How about letting us pathetic outsiders in? Dan ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2021, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8248 "2021-11-05T11:46:03Z")
The great BUBBA HO-TEP. ---
**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:** [November 5, 2021, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8249 "2021-11-05T12:07:41Z")
> [@Dandan](#): > > Wiki’d Ossie, hoping a film title would jog me that reference - the man appeared in an impressive number of movies. How about letting us pathetic outsiders in? This was, believe it or not, the second time in two days I’ve seen that movie referenced, too. Quite delightful. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2021, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8250 "2021-11-05T14:36:53Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > NBC News Radio just reported that Kinzinger simply decided to not run for re-election and plans to stay in politics. Maybe he plans a run at the White House? Word from a radio news outlet near his district is that he’s aiming for Governor of Illinois but president hasn’t been ruled out. ---
**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:** [November 5, 2021, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8251 "2021-11-05T14:47:28Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > The great BUBBA HO-TEP. > **[Bubba Ho-Tep - Clip - Elvis and JFK - video Dailymotion](https://www.dailymotion.com/video/xqrtlm)** > > Elvis and JFK are living in a retirement home in LA when an ancient Egyptian monster named Bubba Ho-Tep starts sucking the souls of the residents. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2021, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8252 "2021-11-05T18:15:42Z")
Washington’s DC Fraternal Order of Police illegally sold whiskey as fund-raising project. Actually, it was a big old grift, because even though they took in over $500,000 they only made about $11,000. And they had no licenses, permits, nothing that allowed them to sell liquor across state lines, except their badges. When asked, numerous times, about the legality of the scheme -they basically said, of course it’s legal, we’re cops. Oh, and the guy that headed the grift wasn’t a cop and wasn’t from DC, he was a Walmart security guard from Tennessee. I’m assuming he was white, though. > **[The rise and fall of the Jack Daniel’s committee: How D.C.’s police lodge...](https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-police-lodge-jack-daniels-committee-investigation/2021/11/04/e035a92a-3377-11ec-a1e5-07223c50280a_story.html?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWJpZCI6IjQ1Njg4NzciLCJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNjM2MTM1Njc4LCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNjM3MzQ1Mjc4LCJpYXQiOjE2MzYxMzU2NzgsImp0aSI6ImRhNmNhOWE1LWZkMWMtNDQyYi05ZWZiLWVhMGY5MDdkNzMxMSIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9sb2NhbC9kYy1wb2xpY2UtbG9kZ2UtamFjay1kYW5pZWxzLWNvbW1pdHRlZS1pbnZlc3RpZ2F0aW9uLzIwMjEvMTEvMDQvZTAzNWE5MmEtMzM3Ny0xMWVjLWExZTUtMDcyMjNjNTAyODBhX3N0b3J5Lmh0bWwifQ.dALG32TsAbhc3ND0gDTvVx_GMnWx5abl29sku_W8Krs&itid=gfta)** > > Liquor regulators are probing the operation, which generated $500,000 but mostly covered expenses for union leaders. (Gifted link, non-paywalled for two weeks, doesn’t count against your free views). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=410) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=412)