# 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:** 82
**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:** [November 2, 2020, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1626 "2020-11-02T23:34:20Z")
Exactly! This bodes well going forward. Even though the Republicans have packed the courts with conservative judges they may not have packed them with partisan judges. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2020, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1627 "2020-11-03T00:47:26Z")
That’s been my favorite one I’ve seen. Unfortunately, his supporters cannot be swayed since they have already developed a Turd Mentality: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/SWtknlUzCaU/maxresdefault.jpg "Turd Mentality") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWtknlUzCaU) ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2020, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1628 "2020-11-03T00:47:46Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > > [@Akaj](#): > > > > But remember who the Lincoln Project is – anti-Trump Republicans. They actually think the party may be viable going forward if they just get rid of everyone who supported Trump. > > Sane and non-corrupt Republicans sounds like a fine thing to hope for. I would be happy if we could return to an era of disagreeing over policy. So, sure, cleanse the party of all things Trump, and welcome the rest of them back to the public square. All 3 of them. ---
**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:** [November 3, 2020, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1629 "2020-11-03T01:12:37Z")
“…to…Iron Balls McKenzie.” ---
**Author:** ![mikecurtis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikecurtis/32/3284_2.png) [@mikecurtis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mikecurtis)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2020, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1630 "2020-11-03T02:10:34Z")
McGinty ---
**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:** [November 3, 2020, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1631 "2020-11-03T12:35:13Z")
> [@Akaj](#): > > But remember who the Lincoln Project is – anti-Trump Republicans. They actually think the party may be viable going forward if they just get rid of everyone who supported Trump. Would that leave enough Republicans to collect ballot-access signatures? ---
**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:** [November 3, 2020, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1632 "2020-11-03T18:45:27Z")
> [@Akaj](#): > > Exactly. They seem to think that naming the most egregious offenders will allow the “real” GOP to re-emerge as a legitimate force. The rest of us can see that Trump is the face of the real GOP, and won’t be ready to check that R box for a few elections at the very least. > [@Procrustus](#): > > Sane and non-corrupt Republicans sounds like a fine thing to hope for. I would be happy if we could return to an era of disagreeing over policy. So, sure, cleanse the party of all things Trump, and welcome the rest of them back to the public square. > [@Hamlet](#): > > All 3 of them. I’m thinking, like an unprofitable corporation, the Republican party needs the political equivalent of a vulture capitalist to take it over and spin off the bad parts into their own separate parties\* leaving the kernel behind to carry on the name. Kind of like Kodak or Craftsman Tools. \*_Rapture is Coming Party_, _Forrest was Right Party_ or _Springtime for Hitler Party_ come immediately to mind. Truth-in-Labeling. ---
**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:** [November 3, 2020, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1633 "2020-11-03T20:50:00Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > . . . the Republican party needs the political equivalent of a vulture capitalist to take it over . . . Which is pretty much just what Trump did. And just like any vulture capitalist, he gutted the corporation for his own self-interest, totally corrupt in Trump’s case. But, as is Trump’s established practice, he also did it just as incompetently as he did with his casinos and other ventures, leaving the party with a questionable future now. (ETA: This post probably would have fit better in the Clusterfuck thread.) ---
**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:** [November 3, 2020, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1634 "2020-11-03T21:45:02Z")
A guy posted on his Facebook page today where he admitted that he voted 300 times. He said he voted for the Republicans. So people are reporting him to the FBI and the Michigan Attorney General. He deleted his post, but people still have copies of the posting and are using it to send their reports. ---
**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:** [November 3, 2020, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1635 "2020-11-03T22:43:04Z")
Ten bucks says that he did not actually do this, and he’s simply a lying sack of shit. ---
**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:** [November 3, 2020, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1636 "2020-11-03T22:46:54Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Ten bucks says that he did not actually do this, and he’s simply a Iying sack of shit. Eleven bucks says he’ll be admitting that fact to the authorities in between snivels and sobs. ---
**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:** [November 3, 2020, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1637 "2020-11-03T22:47:30Z")
What concerns me is that the Republican Party will lose so much cachet that they will go into steeper decline, until they are truly marginal. That sounds like a delightful thing on the face of it, but consider, the largest 3rd-party vote-getter in the last several elections has been the Glibertarian Party, which, in real-world terms, offers exactly the same tear-down agenda as the Republican Party. The Glibertarians (“classical liberals”) can put up a much more palatable, less crazy-stupid appearance that would be appealing to more people, yet underneath, they are just as cancerous to the health and stability of the country. The same anathema, just hard to fight against. ---
**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:** [November 3, 2020, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1638 "2020-11-03T23:23:28Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > the largest 3rd-party vote-getter in the last several elections has been the Glibertarian Party, which, in real-world terms, offers exactly the same tear-down agenda as the Republican Party. Except that they emphatically reject most of the bluenose social-conservative agenda (with the partial exception of abortion, where they have factions on both sides), and thus can’t share a tent with the Talibornagain faction of the (former?) GOP. ---
**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:** [November 3, 2020, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1639 "2020-11-03T23:35:04Z")
Refer again to the arguments made [in this thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socially-liberal-and-fiscally-conservative-anything-else-and-youre-an-idiot/854973) (especially the responses). Social policy is highly dependent on economic policy. The economic policy advocated by the Glibertarians would have damaging effects to the social fabric of the country, in ways that we can only guess at (Somalia?). ---
**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:** [November 4, 2020, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1640 "2020-11-04T08:31:02Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Refer again to the arguments made [in this thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/socially-liberal-and-fiscally-conservative-anything-else-and-youre-an-idiot/854973) (especially the responses). Social policy is highly dependent on economic policy. The economic policy advocated by the GIibertarians would have damaging effects to the social fabric of the country, in ways that we can only guess at (Somalia?). It’s my impression that the Glibertarian view is that _social fabric_ doesn’t have any business actually existing as a thing that can be pointed at and described… ---
**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:** [November 4, 2020, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1641 "2020-11-04T15:12:35Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Ten bucks says that he did not actually do this, and he’s simply a lying sack of shit. > [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Eleven bucks says he’ll be admitting that fact to the authorities in between snivels and sobs. “Dear Leader does it all the time so why can’t I?” “You ain’t rich enough, kid.” ---
**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:** [November 4, 2020, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1642 "2020-11-04T19:16:07Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > “Dear Leader does it all the time so why can’t I?” > > “You ain’t rich enough, kid.” For varying definitions of rich. ---
**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:** [November 4, 2020, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1643 "2020-11-04T20:26:25Z")
Rudy Guiliani is on the case, ready to reach into his legal briefs and whip out his subpoenis: > **[Trump team sends in Rudy Giuliani to challenge Pennsylvania results](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-election-2020/pennsylvania-election-results-trump-giuliani-b1596481.html)** > > The Trump lawyer has alleged ‘massive cheating’ in the battleground state ---
**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:** [November 4, 2020, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1644 "2020-11-04T22:40:57Z")
A crowd tried to storm the Detroit Convention Center, demanding that the count stop > **['Stop the count': Crowd tries to storm Detroit convention centre](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-election-2020/crowd-storm-detroit-vote-count-election-2020-b1598248.html)** > > The demonstrations come after President Trump filed a lawsuit in Michigan to stop the count ---
**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:** [November 4, 2020, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/1645 "2020-11-04T23:06:18Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > Rudy Guiliani is on the case, ready to reach into his legal briefs and whip out his subpoenis: Eye bleach! Eye bleach! (And some to drink, too, please.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=81) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=83)