# 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:** 416
**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:** [November 12, 2021, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8335 "2021-11-12T19:43:38Z")
The former host of “The Man Show” a sexist pig? Never! ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2021, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8336 "2021-11-12T21:21:58Z")
Hey, Marjorie Taylor Greene says something I think we can all get behind! **Marjorie Taylor Greene whines about being in Congress: ‘I don’t want to have anything to do with politics!’** > **[Marjorie Taylor Greene whines about being in Congress: 'I don’t want to have...](https://www.rawstory.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-politics/)** > > Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) on Friday complained about having to work in the realm of politics, despite the fact that she chose to run for Congress.While appearing on Steve Bannon's podcast, Greene lamented that too many Republicans in... ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2021, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8337 "2021-11-12T21:58:36Z")
“It’s not the Democrats that are screwing you, it’s our own party,” she lamented. Well MTG got that right. ---
**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 13, 2021, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8338 "2021-11-13T00:01:34Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > Marjorie Taylor Greene whines about being in Congress: ‘I don’t want to have anything to do with politics!’ I support this 100%! Go. Now. ASAP. Here’s the door. 👋🏽 🚪 ---
**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:** [November 13, 2021, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8339 "2021-11-13T05:52:40Z")
The Ohio Senate race went there. It appears to be shocking that one of the Republican candidates (even if I think he’s full of crap) is Jewish! > **[‘But He’s Jewish’: The Ohio GOP Senate Race Just Went There](https://www.vice.com/en/article/epxd9z/but-hes-jewish-the-ohio-gop-senate-race-just-went-there)** > > “Are we seriously supposed to believe the most Christian-values Senate candidate is Jewish?” asks Ohio GOP Senate candidate Mark Pukita's radio ad. ---
**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:** [November 13, 2021, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8340 "2021-11-13T06:37:04Z")
So much for that whole “Judeo-Christian values” thing. Does the GOP even have a platform any more other than “TRUMP GOOD, LIBERALS BAD”? ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2021, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8341 "2021-11-13T07:01:24Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > So much for that whole “Judeo-Christian values” thing. And didn’t I read somewhere that Islam is also among the Abrahamic faiths? So much for that whole “Judeo-Christian-Islamic values” thing. ---
**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 13, 2021, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8342 "2021-11-13T15:13:56Z")
Yeah, there’s no real winner here. ---
**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 13, 2021, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8343 "2021-11-13T18:14:16Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > The Ohio Senate race went there. It appears to be shocking that one of the Republican candidates (even if I think he’s full of crap) is Jewish! What I love are all the “Shocked! Shocked!” reactions by the other candidates. Come on, did you idiots really not realize this was the inevitable end result of pandering to racists? _Really?_ ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2021, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8344 "2021-11-13T18:20:05Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > Yeah, there’s no real winner here. Well, you wouldn’t expect one, since Republicans are all losers. ---
**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:** [November 14, 2021, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8345 "2021-11-14T05:11:14Z")
Mike Flynn calls for “one religion” in the US. > **[WATCH: 'Christo-fascist' Mike Flynn makes 'terrifying' and 'dangerous' call...](https://www.rawstory.com/michael-flynn-2655547552/)** > > Mike Flynn, former president Donald Trump's one-time national security adviser, called for "one religion" in the U.S. on Saturday. "If we are going to have one nation under God, which we must, we have to have one religion," Flynn said at a ReAwaken... ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2021, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8346 "2021-11-14T05:59:30Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Mike Flynn calls for “one religion” in the US. [Raw Story](https://www.rawstory.com) (as will as its sister site AlterNet) tends to be a veritable treasure trove of Stupid Republican Ideas of the Day. This past week has been much more abundant than usual. Lots of shit happening. ---
**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 14, 2021, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8347 "2021-11-14T06:20:23Z")
Fine, then let’s not be one nation under God – problem solved. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2021, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8348 "2021-11-14T07:00:27Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > Fine, then let’s not be one nation under God – problem solved.   Well, it’s those Republicans – the more radical ones anyway – who are calling for a civil war, who seem to not want to be one nation (under God or otherwise). Someone tell Flynn that. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2021, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8349 "2021-11-14T07:32:46Z")
If you liked the “ReAwaken America” movement’s (aka the “re-woke mob”, I guess?) position on religious pluralism, [you’ll love their stance on COVID and public health](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/sep/03/trump-loyalists-doctors-ministers-reawaken-america-tour). ---
**Author:** ![Chad\_Sudan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chad_sudan/32/4509_2.png) [@Chad\_Sudan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chad_Sudan)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2021, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8350 "2021-11-14T11:45:41Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Mike Flynn calls for “one religion” in the US. Fair enough… and after he undergoes the standard 53-week-long initiation, we can all welcome Mike Flynn into the Santería community. ---
**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:** [November 14, 2021, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8351 "2021-11-14T18:06:32Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > [Raw Story](https://www.rawstory.com) (as will as its sister site AlterNet) tends to be a veritable treasure trove of Stupid Republican Ideas of the Day. This past week has been much more abundant than usual. Lots of shit happening While I’m not ultra-familiar with that source (which [mediabioasfactcheck.com](http://mediabioasfactcheck.com) gives a rating between far and extreme left), I’ve noticed they definitely carry more ariticles of that sort than other sources. Sure, there’s the strong, um, “bias”, but methinks there also might be a little more of just straight-up coverage going on, than elsewhere. **Chad Sudan** : Is that avatar The Boss? ---
**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:** [November 14, 2021, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8352 "2021-11-14T18:49:09Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > While I’m not ultra-familiar with that source (which [mediabioasfactcheck.com](http://mediabioasfactcheck.com) gives a rating between far and extreme left) Assuming you put an “o” in that domain name such that it does not belong there, when I went to mediabiasfactcheck.com, that is one seriously fucked up site. Raw Story has nasty formatting, but that one there is worse. ---
**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:** [November 14, 2021, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8353 "2021-11-14T20:48:37Z")
My damn snake obsession - betrayed. 🤥 ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2021, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8354 "2021-11-14T22:14:11Z")
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