# 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:** 434
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2021, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8696 "2021-12-01T20:38:15Z")
Pronounced “ooze”. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2021, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8697 "2021-12-01T22:07:48Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Doctor Oz, **who lives in New Jersey and used his sister’s Pennsylvania address to register to vote** , has announced that he’s running for the Senate from Pennsylvania as a “conservative Republican”. I wonder how many people who would vote for a conservative Republican will vote for a guy named Mehmet. Why, that sounds like voter fraud! Seriously, can he run for the Senate from a state he doesn’t actually live in? If elected, would he have to move? ---
**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:** [December 1, 2021, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8698 "2021-12-01T22:18:34Z")
He can just get Republicans to redraw lines so he doesn’t have to move. Easy-peasy. ---
**Author:** ![Akaj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/akaj/32/145_2.png) [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2021, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8699 "2021-12-01T22:26:10Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > He can just get Republicans to redraw lines … And all they need is a Sharpie. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2021, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8700 "2021-12-02T01:48:23Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > Seriously, can he run for the Senate from a state he doesn’t actually live in? If elected, would he have to move? U.S. Constitution, Article I, section 3, clause 3: > No Person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty Years, and been nine Years a Citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State for which he shall be chosen. So he would have to establish residency sometime before the election. The Clintons bought a house in New York State about a year before the 2000 election, so Hilary was a resident when she was elected Senator. ---
**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:** [December 2, 2021, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8701 "2021-12-02T01:59:22Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > So he would have to establish residency sometime before the election. But that would also require the Republicans to start actually enforcing such laws. If they thought this guy had the best shot at being elected over a Democrat, do you think they’d give one fig about the fact that he’s _technically_ disqualified from running? ---
**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:** [December 2, 2021, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8702 "2021-12-02T02:02:51Z")
Amy Coney Barrett said today in arguments before the SCOTUS that women don’t need abortions, they can just give the baby up for adoption. > **[Amy Coney Barrett Suggests Forced Pregnancy Is Fine Because of Adoption](https://www.thedailybeast.com/supreme-court-justice-amy-coney-barrett-questions-abortion-adoption-in-roe-v-wade-hearing)** > > Following nearly two hours of argument over a 15-week abortion ban, all six justices in the court’s conservative majority seemed to signal they would rule to undermine Roe v. Wade. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2021, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8703 "2021-12-02T02:11:53Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > do you think they’d give one fig about the fact that he’s _technically_ disqualified from running? As long as he lives in the state on election day, he’s qualified. He could rent an apartment 30 days before the election and he’d meet the qualifications. ---
**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:** [December 2, 2021, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8704 "2021-12-02T02:16:45Z")
Would it be considered bad politicking if his opponent pronounced his last name correctly? ---
**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:** [December 2, 2021, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8705 "2021-12-02T03:08:20Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Amy Coney Barrett said today in arguments before the SCOTUS that women don’t need abortions, they can just give the baby up for adoption. Don’t forget that you can secretly drop your newborn off at the local fire station. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2021, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8706 "2021-12-02T03:12:42Z")
Oh, sure. You can drop a baby off at the local fire station, but you can’t drop a vote in an election drop box. Good to see Republicans have their priorities straight. It’s probably a fake baby anyway. ---
**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:** [December 2, 2021, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8707 "2021-12-02T03:28:14Z")
You may recall that Dick Cheney was a resident of Texas when Dubya picked him as his running mate, and had to move to Wyoming before Election Day in order to get around the rule that a presidential elector can’t vote for a president and veep who are both residents of his/her own state. Had he not done so, we very well could have wound up with a Bush/Lieberman administration. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2021, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8708 "2021-12-02T08:51:29Z")
This thread moves too fast for me to ask the important questions, like: In his piece titled [National Emergency](https://jonmcnaughton.com/national-emergency-16x24-litho-signed-open-edition/), why is Elizabeth Warren holding the [state flag of Indiana?](https://www.google.com/search?q=indiana+state+flag&rlz=1CDGOYI_enUS924US924&hl=en-US&prmd=isnxv&sxsrf=AOaemvKPhcFJR66UZwiENWhSBdgb4USrZA:1638435036902&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi9nfKS3sT0AhUhmWoFHbCXBkQQ_AUoAXoECAIQAQ&biw=320&bih=454&dpr=2) ---
**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:** [December 2, 2021, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8709 "2021-12-02T10:05:06Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > In his piece titled [National Emergency](https://jonmcnaughton.com/national-emergency-16x24-litho-signed-open-edition/), why is Elizabeth Warren holding the [state flag of Indiana?](https://www.google.com/search?q=indiana+state+flag&rlz=1CDGOYI_enUS924US924&hl=en-US&prmd=isnxv&sxsrf=AOaemvKPhcFJR66UZwiENWhSBdgb4USrZA:1638435036902&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi9nfKS3sT0AhUhmWoFHbCXBkQQ_AUoAXoECAIQAQ&biw=320&bih=454&dpr=2) That’s the flag of the European Union ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2021, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8710 "2021-12-02T10:12:11Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > Oh, sure. > > You can drop a baby off at the local fire station, but you can’t drop a vote in an election drop box. > > Good to see Republicans have their priorities straight. > > It’s probably a fake baby anyway. Should be fine as long as you don’t mail the baby in. > [@Superdude](#): > > In his piece titled [National Emergency](https://jonmcnaughton.com/national-emergency-16x24-litho-signed-open-edition/), why is Elizabeth Warren holding the [state flag of Indiana?](https://www.google.com/search?q=indiana+state+flag&rlz=1CDGOYI_enUS924US924&hl=en-US&prmd=isnxv&sxsrf=AOaemvKPhcFJR66UZwiENWhSBdgb4USrZA:1638435036902&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi9nfKS3sT0AhUhmWoFHbCXBkQQ_AUoAXoECAIQAQ&biw=320&bih=454&dpr=2) Did anyone else look at that and automatically assume that Trump was busy tweeting on his phone? ---
**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:** [December 2, 2021, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8711 "2021-12-02T12:59:07Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > You may recall that Dick Cheney was a resident of Texas when Dubya picked him as his running mate, and had to move to Wyoming before Election Day in order to get around the rule that a presidential elector can’t vote for a president and veep who are both residents of his/her own state. Had he not done so, we very well could have wound up with a Bush/Lieberman administration. That was 20 years ago, though. The modern GOP is almost entirely different. The Trump Era has solidified that, “So what are **you** going to do about it?” is an effective response to assertions that the GOP, or any of its members, has violated the law. If there isn’t some non-GOP entity with the power to punish the GOP, it’s a given that the GOP won’t punish itself. They have control of the Supreme Court, so that’s out. There’s a good chance they’ll take back the Senate in 2022, so that’s probably out. I don’t think the President has the authority to act on this unilaterally, so that’s out. So who else is there to hold the GOP to acount? ---
**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:** [December 2, 2021, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8712 "2021-12-02T14:47:32Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > So who else is there to hold the GOP to acount? The Second Amendment? ---
**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:** [December 2, 2021, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8713 "2021-12-02T15:14:49Z")
Unfortunately, the Republican interpretation of the Second Amendment is that all white men should carry guns so they can shoot anybody they want to any time they want to. ---
**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:** [December 2, 2021, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8714 "2021-12-02T15:49:25Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Unfortunately, the Republican interpretation of the Second Amendment is that all white men should carry guns so they can shoot anybody they want to any time they want to. But they always forget they’re not the only ones that own them. ---
**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:** [December 2, 2021, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8715 "2021-12-02T17:15:11Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > In his piece titled [National Emergency](https://jonmcnaughton.com/national-emergency-16x24-litho-signed-open-edition/), why is Elizabeth Warren holding the [state flag of Indiana?](https://www.google.com/search?q=indiana+state+flag&rlz=1CDGOYI_enUS924US924&hl=en-US&prmd=isnxv&sxsrf=AOaemvKPhcFJR66UZwiENWhSBdgb4USrZA:1638435036902&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi9nfKS3sT0AhUhmWoFHbCXBkQQ_AUoAXoECAIQAQ&biw=320&bih=454&dpr=2) I’m wondering when he’s going to paint _National Emergency II_ showing the storming of the Capitol. Maybe he missed the news that day, [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=433) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=435)