# 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:** 60
**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:** [October 9, 2020, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1186 "2020-10-09T04:26:08Z")
Fox News has banned Individual 1 campaign adviser Harlan Hill after he tweets that Kamala Harris is "an insufferable lying bitch.” > **[Fox News Bans Harlan Hill After He Called Kamala Harris an ‘Insufferable...](https://www.thedailybeast.com/fox-news-bans-frequent-guest-harlan-hill-after-he-called-kamala-harris-an-insufferable-lying-bitch)** > > After the diehard Trumpkin unleashed a sexist smear on Sen. Harris, Fox News Media suggested he is no longer welcome on their air. ---
**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:** [October 9, 2020, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1187 "2020-10-09T06:05:11Z")
Turns out the Republican candidate for governor in my state [isn’t a big fan of this “democracy” thing either.](https://twitter.com/Jemsinger/status/1312457634306424833) > [@Loren Culp](#): > > The problem with Democracy — you can look at quotes from famous Chinese leaders like Mao, Gorbachev — they loved Democracy because Democracy is a step toward socialism, which is a step towards communism. ---
**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:** [October 9, 2020, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1188 "2020-10-09T10:39:07Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > To paraphrase Brian Griffin, whose leg do I have to hump to get a word that means “NOT figuratively?” Actually, you could use “actually”. And it is usually pretty obvious when literally is being used as an intensifier, so there is also that. ---
**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:** [October 9, 2020, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1189 "2020-10-09T11:11:06Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Turns out the Republican candidate for governor in my state [isn’t a big fan of this “democracy” thing either.](https://twitter.com/Jemsinger/status/1312457634306424833) > > > [@Loren Culp](#): > > > > The problem with Democracy — you can look at quotes from famous Chinese leaders like Mao, Gorbachev — they loved Democracy because Democracy is a step toward socialism, which is a step towards communism.- Gorbachev was Chinese? The things you can learn from idiots. ---
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2020, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1190 "2020-10-09T12:17:39Z")
I can’t even imagine what a Donald Trump lame duck period is going to be like. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2020, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1191 "2020-10-09T13:42:19Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Gorbachev was Chinese? The things you can learn from idiots. It was definitely an hour I’ll never get back. ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Wiggler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/red_wiggler/32/13190_2.png) [@Red\_Wiggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Wiggler)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2020, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1192 "2020-10-09T13:57:09Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Turns out the Republican candidate for governor in my state [isn’t a big fan of this “democracy” thing either.](https://twitter.com/Jemsinger/status/1312457634306424833) > > > [@](#): > > > > The problem with Democracy — you can look at quotes from famous Chinese leaders like Mao, Gorbachev — they loved Democracy because Democracy is a step toward socialism, which is a step towards communism. Are they really bad at explaining things or are they slowly priming the nation for a full-on attack on democratic foundations? Maybe I’m paranoid but I’m seeing slowly increasing numbers of sentiments from conservatives that democracy doesn’t work because the “wrong” people are becoming a majority. Therefore, to save the country, democracy will have to be shelved for a while. ---
**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:** [October 9, 2020, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1193 "2020-10-09T14:09:25Z")
> [@Red\_Wiggler](#): > > Are they really bad at explaining things or are they slowly priming the nation for a full-on attack on democratic foundations? Yes. To both. ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Wiggler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/red_wiggler/32/13190_2.png) [@Red\_Wiggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Wiggler)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2020, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1194 "2020-10-09T14:29:13Z")
While some of us have naively been arguing for better representation in the country’s election systems, Republicans have now swung around to “it’s not unrepresentative enough!” ---
**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:** [October 9, 2020, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1195 "2020-10-09T15:13:36Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Gorbachev was Chinese? The things you can learn from idiots. The duck sauce stain on his head is the giveaway. ---
**Author:** ![CaptMurdock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/captmurdock/32/11736_2.png) [@CaptMurdock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptMurdock)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2020, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1196 "2020-10-09T15:26:49Z")
Two scenarios: 1. Biden wins by a solid though not overwhelming margin. Trump naturally takes this with all the grace and dignity – no, I can’t even finish that sentence. He bitches, whines, pisses and moans about Biden stealing the election, wasting everyones’ time. The Chinese could invade the continental U.S. but he wouldn’t even notice. He tries to launch an investigation but Barr, seeing the writing on the wall, barely go through the motions. 2. Biden wins in a blowout of Reagan-Mondale proportions. Trump resigns on November 4, leaving Pence as the lame duck president. “They want me gone? Fuck it, I’m gone. Mike, you can give the keys to Joe. I need to find a country with five-star hotels and no extradition treaty.” ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2020, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1197 "2020-10-09T15:53:42Z")
> [@CaptMurdock](#): > > "I need to find a country with five-star hotels and no extradition treaty.” I’ve said that all along. It makes me wonder why he’s still here. I assumed that as soon as it’s clear he’s going to lose, he’d make a taxpayer-funded trip to Dubrovnik or Moscow and just not get back on the return flight. The covid diagnosis would give him the perfect excuse to drop out of the race… c’mon, Don! ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2020, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1198 "2020-10-09T15:59:45Z")
That will never happen. He’ll pardon himself and everybody around him, then his lawyers will appeal every single state charge against him until he dies. He’ll throw his family under the bus, of course. But he’ll never quit or run. Too much ego. ---
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2020, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1199 "2020-10-09T16:41:56Z")
I don’t even mean election related things that could happen in the lame duck. We are going to have a president for several months who is entirely disinterested in being president, and potentially vengeful upon the country that rejected him. He is going to sow chaos for the sake of chaos. ---
**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:** [October 9, 2020, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1200 "2020-10-09T16:48:37Z")
> [@Fiveyearlurker](#): > > He is going to sow chaos for the sake of chaos. And that’s different how? ---
**Author:** ![robby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robby/32/11048_2.png) [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2020, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1201 "2020-10-09T16:54:55Z")
I predict that if Trump loses in a Biden blowout, he will alternate between complaining that the vote was rigged and bemoaning that he was betrayed by everyone…just like at the end of the _Downfall_ film. ---
**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:** [October 9, 2020, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1202 "2020-10-09T16:57:51Z")
> [@robby](#): > > I predict that if Trump loses in a Biden blowout, he will alternate between complaining that the vote was rigged and bemoaning that he was betrayed by everyone…just like at the end of the _Downfall_ film The man is vindictive, and the man is extremely greedy. Attacks will be made and/or things of value will be sold. ---
**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:** [October 9, 2020, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1203 "2020-10-09T17:00:21Z")
Mistakes will be made, but not by him. ---
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2020, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1204 "2020-10-09T17:05:58Z")
Now he has some check on his insanity in the form of an election. Then he will have no check on his insanity and a reason to burn everything to the ground. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2020, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1205 "2020-10-09T18:15:19Z")
And, of course, it could be significantly worse if the Senate goes Democrat. The Republicans will have all the more incentive to let him harm the country in the lame duck period if it undermines the incoming administration. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=59) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=61)