# 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:** 76
**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 29, 2020, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1506 "2020-10-29T23:49:23Z")
Those two are the gift that keeps on giving. ---
**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 30, 2020, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1507 "2020-10-30T03:54:19Z")
One Million Moms demands Uber Eats stop running their ad with Queer Eye’s Jonathan Van Ness because it’s “pushing the LGBTQ agenda on families” [One Million Moms targets Uber Eats over Jonathan Van Ness ads](https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/one-million-moms-targets-uber-eats-over-jonathan-van-ness-n1245371)? ---
**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 30, 2020, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1508 "2020-10-30T04:06:48Z")
Are there really a million of them? That’s depressing. ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1509 "2020-10-30T04:15:08Z")
One Wyoming Dad Tells One Million Moms to Go Fuck Themselves. Eh, sounded better in my head, but I’m tired, so I’ll let it stand. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1510 "2020-10-30T04:28:11Z")
Tell them one million times. ---
**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 30, 2020, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1511 "2020-10-30T04:35:28Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Fucker Carlson says he had damning evidence of Hunter Biden misconduct, but it … got lost in the mail. The Biden campaign trolled him: [Biden | Harris War Room (Text JOE to 30330) @BidenWarRoom ](https://twitter.com/BidenWarRoom)[Oct 28](https://twitter.com/BidenWarRoom/status/1321634593796059136) We disagree with Tucker Carlson on the issues, but no one should ever lose their mail. Joe will make sure the USPS receives the funding it needs to prevent this from happening, and end Trump and DeJoy’s efforts to sabotage it so that people like Tucker can get their mail on time. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1512 "2020-10-30T05:40:14Z")
> [@Kron](#): > > One Wyoming Dad Tells One Million Moms to Go Fuck Themselves. > > Eh, sounded better in my head, but I’m tired, so I’ll let it stand. It was awesome. ---
**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:** [October 30, 2020, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1513 "2020-10-30T12:37:53Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > Are there really a million of them? That’s depressing. Nah, not really. Before they abandoned Facebook, their ‘like’ count was rather low; the common joke was something to the effect of “a few angry guys and a fax machine.” At one point, they were headed by a bunch of men, although the last time they had a photo op there was a woman there who they claimed had some position of power. ---
**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 30, 2020, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1514 "2020-10-30T12:40:37Z")
Nah, the are lucky to break 4 figures on most of their petitions. They pretty much just exist to point out the fun or exciting things that we otherwise may have missed. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1515 "2020-10-30T16:59:38Z")
> [@Kron](#): > > Eh, sounded better in my head You know, until you said that I didn’t have the image in my head. ---
**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 30, 2020, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1516 "2020-10-30T17:27:16Z")
Meanwhile Uber Eats squeals with glee as their ad campaign’s exposure goes up by an order of magnitude. Hmmm, this gives me an idea for a business opportunity. Form a fake organization purportedly made up of busy bodies who nobody likes, and then for a, modest fee of $10,000, offer to companies a chance to be boycotted by you for, say, “Including women with unclad calves in their ads.” ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1517 "2020-10-30T17:53:58Z")
I don’t watch the new Queer Eye, so I didn’t realize that he was a guy that I should recognize. I thought he was just “annoying commercial spokesman” like the annoying Dr. Pepper spokesman or Captain Obvious from… some travel company or other or Doug from Liberty Mutual. Huh. ---
**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:** [October 30, 2020, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1518 "2020-10-30T18:10:39Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > Meanwhile Uber Eats squeals with glee as their ad campaign’s exposure goes up by an order of magnitude. > > Hmmm, this gives me an idea for a business opportunity. Form a fake organization purportedly made up of busy bodies who nobody likes, and then for a, modest fee of $10,000, offer to companies a chance to be boycotted by you for, say, “Including women with unclad calves in their ads.” Wrong thread, dude. This is “Stupid Republican Ideas,” not “Brilliant Marketing Hacks.” ---
**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 30, 2020, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1519 "2020-10-30T18:51:31Z")
> [@amarinth](#): > > I don’t watch the new Queer Eye [aside]The new Queer Eye is vastly superior to the one from the 80s (?). It’s about lots more than just fashion. Yeah, Jonathan is over the top, but these guys work miracles in people’s lives by drowning them in _love_. Seriously. If you only watch one episode, go to [Jones BBQ.](https://www.blackenterprise.com/life-after-queer-eye-interview-jones-bbq/) IMHO seasons 2 & 3 were the best. I cried at the end of every episode.[/aside] ---
**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 30, 2020, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1520 "2020-10-30T19:28:33Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > The new Queer Eye is vastly superior to the one from the 80s (?). The ‘80s?!! 🤨 No way, says I. (Looking it up, the original series ran from 2003-2007.) ---
**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:** [October 30, 2020, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1521 "2020-10-30T19:32:27Z")
I’m trying to imagine what that show would have been like, had it run in the 1980s. ---
**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 30, 2020, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1522 "2020-10-30T19:33:22Z")
> [@robby](#): > > The ‘80s?!! 🤨 No way, says I. (Looking it up, the original series ran from 2003-2007.) REALLY??? 😱 Yikes. this old lady is completely out of touch… Of course, to me the 80s were just yesterday. Anyhoo, the new QE is terrific, (except for the Japanese episodes). ---
**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 30, 2020, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1523 "2020-10-30T20:17:39Z")
Wohl and Burkman didn’t make the court mandated phone calls. [https://m.metrotimes.com/news-hits/archives/2020/10/30/jacob-wohl-and-jack-burkman-ordered-to-stand-trial-in-michigan-missed-deadline-over-robocalls](https://m.metrotimes.com/news-hits/archives/2020/10/30/jacob-wohl-and-jack-burkman-ordered-to-stand-trial-in-michigan-missed-deadline-over-robocalls) ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1524 "2020-10-30T20:43:44Z")
> **[Health officials rated celebrities on Trump loyalty while planning ad campaign](https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/10/health-officials-rated-celebrities-on-trump-loyalty-while-planning-ad-campaign/)** > > Campaign is a “vehicle for taxpayer-funded political propaganda,” lawmakers say. > For instance, A-list celebrities considered for pandemic-related public service announcements were individually rated based on their loyalty to Trump and other political leanings. Of the 274 celebrities reviewed, only 10 made the cut. The rest were rejected, including Jack Black, who was dubbed a “classic Hollywood liberal” and Judd Apatow, who, the documents say, “believes Trump does not have the intellectual capacity to run as President.” The only positive here is that after their stupidity filter, they couldn’t find a single celebrity out of the 274 to go along with the plan. ---
**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:** [October 30, 2020, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1525 "2020-10-30T20:56:08Z")
The idea that people were being rated based on their loyalty to Trump is something out of a dictatorial playbook. It’s really kind of scary. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=75) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=77)