# 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:** 75
**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 28, 2020, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1486 "2020-10-28T00:45:16Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > …(Not sure how to clean up this link so it shows. It’s a cartoon of prominent conservatives admiring Putin.) Yeah, and that was 2014, long before Trump made Putin-admiration popular among the Republican masses. There’s long been a streak of dictator-worship on the right. It was never just Trump who felt that way. ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2020, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1487 "2020-10-28T01:04:35Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > fuckcompletesentences A complete sentence killed my grandfather. ---
**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:** [October 28, 2020, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1488 "2020-10-28T01:09:21Z")
If he had behaved better, he might have earned parole. ---
**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 28, 2020, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1489 "2020-10-28T15:49:17Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > (Not sure how to clean up this link so it shows. It’s a cartoon of prominent conservatives admiring Putin.) Highlight some text [like this](https://media0.giphy.com/media/l46CuDUhXNUx1Bm5G/source.gif), click on the two chain links icon, paste the impossibly long URL in the upper box, click OK. ---
**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 28, 2020, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1490 "2020-10-28T19:56:36Z")
Fox cuts Lindsey Graham off in mid-beg for money. > **[OOF: Fox News Cuts Off Sen. Lindsey Graham In The Middle Of His Latest Money...](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/lindsey-graham-fox-news-cut-off_n_5f990bbdc5b6aab57a0dc361)** > > Fox News may have had enough of the South Carolina senator's desperate bids for cash. ---
**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 29, 2020, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1491 "2020-10-29T04:13:57Z")
Fucker Carlson says he had damning evidence of Hunter Biden misconduct, but it … got lost in the mail. > **[Tucker Carlson Says 'Authentic, Damning' Biden Docs Got Lost in the Mail](https://www.newsweek.com/tucker-carlson-says-he-had-authentic-damning-new-hunter-biden-documents-it-got-lost-mail-1543084)** > > The chyrons for the segment read, "Damning Hunter Documents Suddenly Vanish." ---
**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 29, 2020, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1492 "2020-10-29T04:16:54Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Fucker Carlson says he had damning evidence of Hunter Biden misconduct, but it … got lost in the mail. Fake News! Actually, the dog ate it. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2020, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1493 "2020-10-29T04:20:04Z")
Strangly, the ‘evidence’ looked exactly as it did before it went through the dog as it did after. ---
**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 29, 2020, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1494 "2020-10-29T04:23:50Z")
Fucker Carlson doesn’t state actual facts, remember? ---
**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:** [October 29, 2020, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1495 "2020-10-29T04:55:49Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Fucker Carlson says he had damning evidence of Hunter Biden misconduct, but it … got lost in the mail. I blame DeJoy. ---
**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 29, 2020, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1496 "2020-10-29T04:57:21Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Fucker Carlson doesn’t state actual facts, remember? I’m normally opposed to juvenile nicknames but I approve in this case. Fucker Carlson it is. ---
**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 29, 2020, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1497 "2020-10-29T13:20:48Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > > [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > > > Fucker Carlson says he had damning evidence of Hunter Biden misconduct, but it … got lost in the mail. > > I blame DeJoy. I believe that the actual claim is that an unnamed overnight delivery company (like FedEx?) had the contents stolen while it was in their possession. The company told Fucker that it is “very concerned.” It’s all bullshit. Nobody is sending original documents without keeping copies and they could probably have been sent electronically anyway. Pure right wing pundit bullshit. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2020, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1498 "2020-10-29T16:01:10Z")
> [@Red\_Wiggler](#): > > Nobody is sending original documents without keeping copies and they could probably have been sent electronically anyway. But when the documents are pacts with satan written in the blood of sacrificed infants, you really need the original. ---
**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 29, 2020, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1499 "2020-10-29T16:21:30Z")
Really? I thought that that was one of the upgrades when they went to IPv6(66). ---
**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 29, 2020, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1500 "2020-10-29T17:06:46Z")
> **[All seven of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's whistleblowers have...](https://www.texastribune.org/2020/10/28/texas-ken-paxton-whistleblowers/)** > > The last of the seven whistleblowers, Ryan Bangert, said he resigned Wednesday. Two others had already resigned, two more were fired last week, and two were put on leave earlier this month. > The last of the seven top aides who accused Texas Attorney General [Ken Paxton](https://www.texastribune.org/directory/ken-paxton/) of criminal violations has resigned from the agency. > > Ryan Bangert, who served in one of the agency’s highest posts as deputy first assistant attorney general, resigned Wednesday, he told The Texas Tribune. The attorney general’s office did not respond to a request Wednesday seeking to confirm Bangert’s employment status. > > “It has been my honor and privilege to serve alongside the men and women of the Office of the Attorney General,” Bangert said in a statement. [The Dallas Morning News first reported the information](https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2020/10/26/another-staffer-who-accused-texas-attorney-general-ken-paxton-of-crimes-leaves-the-agency/). > > Two of the other whistleblowers were fired last week, two more were put on leave, and two others have already resigned — leaving the sprawling agency without seven of its top officials. A spokesman for Paxton denied that the firings were retaliation, citing unspecified violations of agency policy > … > > Paxton has called the employees “rogue” and their allegations “false.” But documents and media reports have shown several highly unusual instances when Paxton’s office got involved in separate legal matters that involved Paul. > > The attorney general’s office did not respond to a request Wednesday seeking to confirm Bangert’s employment status. > … He denied it? That’s good enough for me! 🤦🏽‍♀️ Those were bad, rogue people. All seven of them! Who hired those losers anyway? ---
**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 29, 2020, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1501 "2020-10-29T17:37:19Z")
The Texas state government is due a good housecleaning. Good and hard, right where it hurts. ---
**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 29, 2020, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1502 "2020-10-29T17:45:20Z")
> [@Red\_Wiggler](#): > > It’s all bullshit. Nobody is sending original documents without keeping copies and they could probably have been sent electronically anyway. Pure right wing pundit bullshit. I’m not sure of the reasons for these assertions. MAGAts will lap the “news” up with a spoon and beg for more, but they were going to vote for Dear Leader already. Is it a salve for their conscience? ---
**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 29, 2020, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1503 "2020-10-29T18:59:41Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > Is it a salve for their conscience? We’ve been told authoritatively (by Fox News own lawyers, no less) that Tucker’s show is not based on anything factual, that he makes everything up, and any reasonably intelligent person knows that anything that comes out of his mouth is just garbage. ---
**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 29, 2020, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1504 "2020-10-29T22:19:45Z")
Judge orders Burkman and Wohl to call back the people they robocalled and lied to about the election, to tell them that their previous calls were false. [https://www.metrotimes.com/news-hits/archives/2020/10/28/right-wing-fraudsters-ordered-to-call-back-robocall-victims-admit-messages-were-false-and-illegal](https://www.metrotimes.com/news-hits/archives/2020/10/28/right-wing-fraudsters-ordered-to-call-back-robocall-victims-admit-messages-were-false-and-illegal) ---
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2020, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1505 "2020-10-29T22:21:00Z")
> [@Red\_Wiggler](#): > > I believe that the actual claim is that an unnamed overnight delivery company (like FedEx?) had the contents stolen while it was in their possession. The company told Fucker that it is “very concerned.” I saw part of that program and he was really, really trying to get his viewers to leap to the conclusion that it was some super duper nefarious deepest state conspiracy. Maybe this one? [https://sd.keepcalms.com/i-w600/i-m-not-saying-that-it-s-aliens-but-it-s-definitely-aliens.jpg](https://sd.keepcalms.com/i-w600/i-m-not-saying-that-it-s-aliens-but-it-s-definitely-aliens.jpg) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=74) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=76)