# 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:** 68
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2020, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1346 "2020-10-18T03:24:25Z")
Give it time. The zombie horde isn’t scheduled until November. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2020, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1347 "2020-10-18T12:45:18Z")
Making friends on LinkedIn… [![Google Photos](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/V2HVGNJ95J0RhZYDkJcl_oisqU3w6Fzvy_HZ-w-8pgR9QDXw0YYrOfa_CdBsXinPUIiHLFL4GtccBa8o6V3Ohs0NMfMvw4O6PqveBOwzbFEfTM138dIhFlAboOxKaZDxDEQZYGpEiw=w600-h315-p-k "New item by John Thornton") ](https://photos.app.goo.gl/JbrkHf9Zq9b89cc48) ---
**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2020, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1348 "2020-10-18T15:46:39Z")
“You can take it from me, Jon Voight, the star of _Baby Geniuses and the Mystery of the Crown Jewels_.” ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2020, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1349 "2020-10-18T16:12:08Z")
Other than that, Mrs. Kennedy, how was the parade? ---
**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:** [October 18, 2020, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1350 "2020-10-18T16:37:01Z")
> [@DoctorJ](#): > > You can take it from me, Jon Voight, the star of _Baby Geniuses and the Mystery of the Crown Jewels_ .” Don’t forget [_Anaconda_](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaconda_(film)). ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2020, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1351 "2020-10-18T17:04:19Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > QAnon is claiming that at tonight’s Individual 1 rally, JFK Junior will appear and announce that he’s still alive, he supports Individual 1, and will be replacing Pence on the ticket. I am pretty sure that whoever is putting this out on behalf of QAnon is totally messing with people, and trying to see just how batshit crazy they can be and still have followers. It’s an experiment. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2020, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1352 "2020-10-18T17:21:29Z")
That may be true, but if they think that will change the minds of the believers, they haven’t studied [history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_Prophecy_Fails). ---
**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:** [October 18, 2020, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1353 "2020-10-18T17:26:51Z")
Why the hell would MAGATs expect JFK Jr. to be a Republican? Is it because of the Louisiana senator’s name? ---
**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 18, 2020, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1354 "2020-10-18T17:45:48Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > > [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > > > QAnon is claiming that at tonight’s Individual 1 rally, JFK Junior will appear and announce that he’s still alive, he supports Individual 1, and will be replacing Pence on the ticket. > > I am pretty sure that whoever is putting this out on behalf of QAnon is totally messing with people, and trying to see just how batshit crazy they can be and still have followers. It’s an experiment. That has to be it. Floating the rumor that Hillary and Obama had already been summarily executed simply blew by the Q mob without a question. ---
**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 18, 2020, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1355 "2020-10-18T23:29:05Z")
Profile In Cowardice: > **[Cornyn says he broke with Trump on deficit, border wall, but kept opposition...](https://www.star-telegram.com/news/politics-government/article246503045.html)** > > Cornyn, who has held his Senate seat for 18 years, faces a challenge from Democrat MJ Hegar. > U.S. Sen. John Cornyn acknowledged Friday that at times he has disagreed with President Trump on issues such as budget deficits and debt, tariffs and trade agreements and border security. > > But, the senior Republican senator from Texas, who is being [challenged by Democrat MJ Hegar](https://mjfortexas.com/), said he chose to work on those disagreements with the president’s staff in private discussions, rather than by publicly voicing his opposition. ---
**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:** [October 18, 2020, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1356 "2020-10-18T23:36:59Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > Profile In Cowardice: > [https://www.star-telegram.com/news/politics-government/article246503045.html](https://www.star-telegram.com/news/politics-government/article246503045.html) > > > U.S. Sen. John Cornyn acknowledged Friday that at times he has disagreed with President Trump on issues such as budget deficits and debt, tariffs and trade agreements and border security. > > > But, the senior Republican senator from Texas, who is being [challenged by Democrat MJ Hegar](https://mjfortexas.com/), said he chose to work on those disagreements with the president’s staff in private discussions, rather than by publicly voicing his opposition. These guys are in agony. (Good.) Finding a way to disavow Trump without actually disavowing Trump would be a challenge for even an _intelligent_ politician. Someone like Cornyn hasn’t a prayer. (Yeah, yeah, he managed to graduate from law school. So did Florida’s Ron DeSantis, and he’s as dumb as a bag of Trumps.) ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2020, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1357 "2020-10-19T00:53:05Z")
He also managed to use a sexist metaphor to describe his relationship to the president. Ass. ---
**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:** [October 19, 2020, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1358 "2020-10-19T17:21:25Z")
It’s gotta be a stupid idea to start dissing Dr. Fauci just a couple of weeks before the election: > **[Trump, Biden go on offense in states they're trying to flip](https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-virus-outbreak-joe-biden-donald-trump-nevada-00a1dc6f5932c9fe778ee5e9cabacc71)** > > CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — President Donald Trump and Democratic rival Joe Biden went on offense over the weekend as both campaigned in states they are trying to flip during the Nov. 3 election, just over two weeks away. > [@](#): > > “People are tired of hearing Fauci and all these idiots,” Trump said of Dr. Anthony Fauci, declaring the government’s top infectious disease expert “a disaster.” But Fauci is both respected and popular, and Trump suggested firing the doctor would only create greater controversy. Trump’s rejection of scientific advice on the pandemic has already drawn bipartisan condemnation. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2020, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1359 "2020-10-19T17:24:42Z")
It’s even nastier than your quotation shows: > [@](#): > > “Fauci is a disaster. If I listened to him, we’d have 500,000 deaths,” he said on the campaign call on Monday, before later saying it would be 700,000 or 800,000. Trump doesn’t even care if he’s quoted about this: > [@](#): > > “If there’s a reporter on, you can have it just the way I said it, I couldn’t care less,” Trump said. CNN was given access to the call by a source. [https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/19/politics/donald-trump-anthony-fauci-coronavirus/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/19/politics/donald-trump-anthony-fauci-coronavirus/index.html) ---
**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:** [October 19, 2020, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1360 "2020-10-19T17:39:49Z")
> [@CNN via CalMeacham](#): > > “Fauci is a disaster. If I listened to him, we’d have 500,000 deaths,” he said on the campaign call on Monday, before later saying it would be 700,000 or 800,000. Ah yes, covering the (imaginary) spread, one of Trump’s favorite ploys. “I’m stacking the bullshit 3 feet, five feet, fix feet high.” ---
**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 19, 2020, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1361 "2020-10-19T17:40:12Z")
DJT is going all in. It’s like that scene in the movies where the guy who won early in the evening hits a losing streak and finally the big loser shoves all his chips to the center of the table. [Biden is going to cancel Christmas](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-biden-will-cancel-christmas/vi-BB1a9x7h)?? WTF?? ---
**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:** [October 19, 2020, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1362 "2020-10-19T17:41:49Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > [Biden is going to cancel Christmas](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-biden-will-cancel-christmas/vi-BB1a9x7h)?? WTF?? The good news is, Festivus remains unaffected. ---
**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 19, 2020, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1363 "2020-10-19T18:07:34Z")
Senator Ron Johnson is claiming he saw kiddie porn on this alleged Hunter Biden laptop. I have many questions. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2020, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1364 "2020-10-19T18:07:36Z")
As i said in another thread – it’s even stupider than that. He blamed Biden’s shutdowns for job losses (really? How did Biden do that?) and says that Biden will cancel THIS Christmas. Which will be quite a trick, considering that he won’t take office until January, if he wins. And we all know how shrewd a move it will be to cancel Christmas – he’ll have that Secular Grinchist vote sewn up for sure! ---
**Author:** ![Tatterdemalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2020, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1365 "2020-10-19T19:17:01Z")
I’m still waiting for my taco truck on every corner. A secular festivus would be nice too. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=67) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=69)