# 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:** 48
**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:** [September 17, 2020, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/946 "2020-09-17T21:45:49Z")
911 call from Jerry Falwell’s house: “There’s a lot of blood”. > **[911 Call From Intoxicated Jerry Falwell Jr.’s House Last Month Describes ‘A...](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/911-called-to-allegedly-intoxicated-jerry-falwell-jrs-house-last-month-there-was-a-lot-of-blood_n_5f639edcc5b6ba9eb6eb368d)** > > Becki Falwell told the operator that her husband had cuts on his face from falling after he’d been drinking. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2020, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/947 "2020-09-17T23:57:38Z")
> She described being at church around 11 p.m. and receiving a call from her husband, who said he was bleeding after a fall down the stairs. She was still “at church” at 11 PM? 🤔 ---
**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:** [September 18, 2020, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/948 "2020-09-18T00:56:45Z")
> [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > She was still “at church” at 11 PM? Stranger still: She got home (to her own house?) and found all the doors locked and had to break in because she didn’t have a key? Quote from the article: > [@](#): > > She described being at church around 11 p.m. and receiving a call from her husband, who said he was bleeding after a fall down the stairs. Finding the doors locked when she got home, she used a chair to break through the back door. ---
**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:** [September 18, 2020, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/949 "2020-09-18T01:11:24Z")
> [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > She was still “at church” at 11 PM? - Altar “boy”, probably. Or she was playing “confession and repentance” with the pastor. ---
**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:** [September 18, 2020, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/950 "2020-09-18T01:56:41Z")
So he fell well? ---
**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:** [September 18, 2020, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/951 "2020-09-18T02:09:55Z")
> [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > She was still “at church” at 11 PM? 🤔 Maybe the pool boy’s apartment is on Church Street. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2020, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/952 "2020-09-18T02:43:09Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > America: > > Good idea, flawed execution. > > 3 Stars. On Rotten Tomatoes, the review aggregation website, America has an approval rating of 41% based on 330 million reviews and an average rating of 4.57/10. The site’s critical consensus states, “Utterly forgettable and completely unnecessary, America represents a steep comedown from its initial release – and an unfortunate embarrassment for its star.” On Metacritic, America has a score of 35 out of 100 based on reviews from 7.7 billion critics, indicating “generally negative reviews”. Audiences polled by CountryScore gave America an average grade of “D+” on an A+ to F scale. Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times, despite being dead, gave America a 1.5-star rating in his review, while Peter Rainer of the Los Angeles Times wrote that “the action seriously upstaged the actors.” Leonard Klady of Variety magazine notes Trump’s confidence but says he is betrayed by his limited performance. Klady praises the many villains for their performances, but says “they and others are saddled with pedestrian dialogue and motivation.” ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2020, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/953 "2020-09-18T03:14:46Z")
The above based on Wikipedia’s summary of “Under Siege 2: Dark Territory”, which seems a not entirely inappropriate title. ---
**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:** [September 18, 2020, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/954 "2020-09-18T03:38:47Z")
Senator Marsha Blackburn tweets, “We will never rewrite the Constitution of the United States.”, conveniently forgetting that she has proposed amendments to ban gay marriage and to ban flag burning. > **[Marsha Blackburn Says Constitution Won't Be Rewritten | Law & Crime](https://lawandcrime.com/awkward/gop-senator-declares-we-will-never-rewrite-the-constitution-forgets-she-co-sponsored-constitutional-amendments/)** > > Republican Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) on Thursday celebrated “Constitution and Citizenship Day” by encouraging people to “spend some time reading” the U.S. Constitution, proudly championing the document as one “we will never rewrite.” But junior... ---
**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:** [September 18, 2020, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/955 "2020-09-18T10:01:08Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Senator Marsha Blackburn tweets, “We will never rewrite the Constitution of the United States.”, conveniently forgetting that she has proposed amendments to ban gay marriage and to ban flag burning. > [@From Rick\_Kitchen's link](#): > > But the junior senator from Tennessee has seemingly forgotten that the Constitution has not only been rewritten—or “amended”—27 times, but Blackburn herself has [co-sponsored proposed constitutional amendments.](https://www.congress.gov/member/marsha-blackburn/B001243?q=%7B%22subject%22:%22Families%22%7D&searchResultViewType=expanded) > > “In 1787, our founders signed the United States Constitution, laying out the principles that still guide our great nation today, … Also conveniently forgetting that the 1787 Constitution was itself a total re-write of our prior governing document. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2020, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/956 "2020-09-18T13:56:07Z")
And of course the original Constitution didn’t include the first ten amendments (the Bill of Rights); that came a couple of years later. So it was rewritten from the beginning. I was wondering what the senator’s education was, so I Googled to see if she went to law school. She didn’t, instead getting only a bachelor’s degree in home economics. Still, she’s been an elected official, either at the state or federal level, for more than twenty years. Surely she knows better. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2020, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/957 "2020-09-18T14:02:25Z")
She does, but she doesn’t give a crap. Fun fact: her next door neighbor goes to my church. He cannot stand her. Basically, if an issue does not directly affect her, she doesn’t care about it. ---
**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:** [September 18, 2020, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/958 "2020-09-18T14:53:02Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > Stranger still: She got home (to her own house?) and found all the doors locked and had to break in because she didn’t have a key? They could have non-keyed deadbolts on the doors - I’ve seen that in a few homes of particularly paranoid people. ---
**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:** [September 18, 2020, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/959 "2020-09-18T15:00:10Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > > [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > > > She was still “at church” at 11 PM? > > Stranger still: She got home (to her own house?) and found all the doors locked and had to break in because she didn’t have a key? > > Quote from the article: > > > [@](#): > > > > She described being at church around 11 p.m. and receiving a call from her husband, who said he was bleeding after a fall down the stairs. Finding the doors locked when she got home, she used a chair to break through the back door. Either that’s the filmiest door in existence or she is one hell of a beast to be able to wield a chair that can break through a door. ---
**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:** [September 18, 2020, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/960 "2020-09-18T15:09:58Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Either that’s the filmiest door in existence or she is one hell of a beast to be able to wield a chair that can break through a door.- If she was outside the house, where did she get the chair? A patio or lawn chair? Sorry, I need details. The whole story reeks. (As does Falwell.) ---
**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:** [September 18, 2020, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/961 "2020-09-18T15:22:38Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > The above based on Wikipedia’s summary of “Under Siege 2: Dark Territory”, which seems a not entirely inappropriate title. Got to give you your propers for your imaginative repurposing of that text. 👍👍 ---
**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:** [September 18, 2020, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/962 "2020-09-18T23:15:15Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > And of course the original Constitution didn’t include the first ten amendments (the Bill of Rights); that came a couple of years later. So it was rewritten from the beginning. Technically, the Bill of Rights did not “rewrite” or alter any part of the Constitution. They were more like a clarification. Even the unratified first article of the Bill of Rights would not actually have altered any part of the Articles. Most of the Amendments are along the lines of clarifications or expansion of rights. Only XII, XIII, XV, XVI, XX and XXI altered preceding content. And only XVIII and XXII imposed restriction or reduction of the rights of citizens (one could argue that XIII imposed a restriction that infringed the rights of some citizens, but many more gained rights than lost them). ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2020, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/963 "2020-09-18T23:15:20Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > > [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > > > Senator Marsha Blackburn tweets, “We will never rewrite the Constitution of the United States.”, conveniently forgetting that she has proposed amendments to ban gay marriage and to ban flag burning. > > > [@From Rick\_Kitchen's link](#): > > > > But the junior senator from Tennessee has seemingly forgotten that the Constitution has not only been rewritten—or “amended”—27 times, but Blackburn herself has [co-sponsored proposed constitutional amendments.](https://www.congress.gov/member/marsha-blackburn/B001243?q=%7B%22subject%22:%22Families%22%7D&searchResultViewType=expanded) > > > > “In 1787, our founders signed the United States Constitution, laying out the principles that still guide our great nation today, … > > Also conveniently forgetting that the 1787 Constitution was itself a total re-write of our prior governing document. I suspect that a lot of the Trump-era crop of Republican office-holders are indulging in heavy drinking. I mean, it would be a reasonable response to the situation in which they’ve put themselves (through their own lack of decency and integrity, of course). ---
**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:** [September 19, 2020, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/964 "2020-09-19T03:53:26Z")
Michael Savage: “GINSBURG- FAR LEFT RADICAL-DEAD. WAS CHIEF COUNSEL FOR ANTI-AMERICAN ACLU WHEN APPOINTED TO SUPREME COURT. WHAT IF THE REPUBS HAD NOMINATAED THE CHIEF COUNSEL FOR THE KKK?” [https://twitter.com/ASavageNation/status/1307110158817013761](https://twitter.com/ASavageNation/status/1307110158817013761) Ann Coulter: “Surely the Dem talking point will be: No vote on a nominee to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg until the new senators from Puerto Rico, D.C., and The 1619 Project are sworn in.” > ---
**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:** [September 19, 2020, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/965 "2020-09-19T05:25:06Z")
Joni Ernst is already sending out flyers capitalizing on RBG’s death. > **[Senator Ernst campaign facing criticism after fundraising email highlighting...](https://www.kcrg.com/2020/09/19/supreme-court-vacancy-becomes-hot-button-campaign-issue-in-iowas-us-senate-race-just-hours-after-justice-ginsburgs-death-announced/)** > > With 45 days until Election Day, the vacancy on the United States Supreme Court following the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is already becoming a key campaign issue just hours after her death was announced. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=47) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=49)