# NEW Stupid Republican Idea of the Day (Part 2) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 7, 2022, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018 "2022-02-07T00:52:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 142
**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:** [June 21, 2022, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2822 "2022-06-21T05:03:21Z")
There was a young senator from Niger Who smiled as he rode on a tiger; They returned from the ride With the senator inside, And the smile on the face of the tiger. ---
**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:** [June 21, 2022, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2823 "2022-06-21T09:46:42Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > There was a young senator from Niger > Who smiled as he rode on a tiger; > They returned from the ride > With the senator inside, > And the smile on the face of the tiger. - That’s a rictus as the poison goes to work. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2022, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2824 "2022-06-21T09:50:02Z")
Tigers can’t survive on soup. That’s just science! ---
**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:** [June 21, 2022, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2825 "2022-06-21T11:18:08Z")
Ron Johnson, dime-store imitation: > > Ron Johnson explains why he broke his promise to only run for two terms: “I didn’t want to do this … but people are literally coming up to me with tears in their eyes, streaming down their cheeks saying, ‘You got to run. You got to help us save this country! ---
**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:** [June 21, 2022, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2826 "2022-06-21T11:24:56Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > Ron Johnson explains why he broke his promise to only run for two terms: “I didn’t want to do this … but people are literally coming up to me with tears in their eyes, streaming down their cheeks saying, ‘You got to run. You got to help us save this country! Did they call him “sir”? ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2022, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2827 "2022-06-21T11:39:31Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Did they call him “sir”? Well, they had tears in their eyes, so we have to assume, “Yes”. ---
**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:** [June 21, 2022, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2828 "2022-06-21T13:23:41Z")
Sometimes you are in front of the mob you created, leading it. And sometimes you are in front of the mob you created, running for your life. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2022, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2829 "2022-06-21T13:42:49Z")
Sometime you loose the Monster you created, watch it on TV and hope for the best. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2022, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2830 "2022-06-21T13:59:48Z")
the sword that knights you, can good night you. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2022, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2831 "2022-06-21T14:45:52Z")
That’s better than my joke, which was trying to reference Boebert’s husband’s exposing himself to a group of minors, with some sort of “foreskin off the top” type punch line. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2022, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2832 "2022-06-21T15:15:42Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > > [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > > > Barbra Seville > > You have to admit, that is an awesome name. We used to have a local newscaster with the last name “Dubill”. I once wondered out loud if she had a sister named Barbara. My wife didn’t get it. ---
**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:** [June 21, 2022, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2833 "2022-06-21T16:07:28Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > We used to have a local newscaster with the last name “Dubill”. I once wondered out loud if she had a sister named Barbara. My wife didn’t get it. I want to know if Peter Cetera has a brother named Et. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2022, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2834 "2022-06-21T16:25:11Z")
They could have named a potential brother Ed. It sounds close to the same. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2022, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2835 "2022-06-21T16:56:16Z")
perhaps peter’s nick name is et. ---
**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:** [June 21, 2022, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2836 "2022-06-21T18:04:52Z")
Steve King: I spent Juneteenth all day in the hot sun hoeing and pulling weeds and thinking about what it would have been like to have been a slave. At the end of the day, I thought about what it would be like to be an aborted baby. I got to see the sunrise and the sunset. > ---
**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:** [June 21, 2022, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2837 "2022-06-21T18:07:59Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Steve King: > I spent Juneteenth all day in the hot sun hoeing and pulling weeds and thinking about what it would have been like to have been a slave. At the end of the day, I thought about what it would be like to be an aborted baby. I got to see the sunrise and the sunset. - > > [https://twitter.com/SteveKingIA/status/1539209524711768070](https://twitter.com/SteveKingIA/status/1539209524711768070) What a coincidence. I’ve thought about him as an aborted baby. ---
**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:** [June 22, 2022, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2838 "2022-06-22T01:24:43Z")
He seems to think that non-possession of a functional cerebral cortex is a hypothetical situation, a fact not in evidence. ---
**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:** [June 22, 2022, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2839 "2022-06-22T15:51:42Z")
Herschel Walker offers a new insight on the Holy Trinity: > ---
**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:** [June 22, 2022, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2840 "2022-06-22T16:11:07Z")
> [@](#): > > Just so we’re all clear, Bowers knows that Trump hatched an illegal scheme that threatened our democracy. Bowers knows that Trump pressed him directly to ignore the law and help him cheat. Bowers knows that Trump lied. Bowers knows that Trump’s lies led radicalized Republicans to harass him and his own family. Bowers knows that Trump’s lies [have hurt the nation](https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-capitol-siege-biden-presidential-election-2020-5f0f2eeae477437a5fed9fffe9ce286a). Bowers knows that Trump lied yesterday morning about Bowers personally as part of a clumsy effort to undermine his credibility. > > _But Bowers would still vote for Trump anyway_. > > This comes three months after former Attorney General Bill Barr also said Trump lied and orchestrated an illegal scheme to claim illegitimate power — but [he’d vote for him again](https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/barr-denounced-trump-s-still-willing-vote-rcna19009), too. > **[Even now, Arizona’s Rusty Bowers would still vote for Trump](https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/even-now-arizonas-rusty-bowers-still-vote-trump-rcna34737)** > > Arizona's Rusty Bowers knows that Donald Trump hatched an illegal scheme that threatened our democracy. He's prepared to vote for Trump again anyway. I really don’t understand this. Video panel trucks were accusing Bowers of being a pedophile, and the strain of all of this adversely affecting his ill daughter. That’s the strain on his personal life. But, even ignoring that, Bowers knows Trump is a liar and a cheat. He could not bring himself to “win by cheating”. He knows Trump will do this again,. But he’ll STILL vote for Trump over Biden. If Trump got elected he’d be carrying out the same winning by cheating that Bowers deplores. Is it OK if someone else is doing it? ---
**Author:** ![Lance\_Turbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lance_turbo/32/6156_2.png) [@Lance\_Turbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lance_Turbo)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2022, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2841 "2022-06-22T17:48:46Z")
For what it’s worth, Bowers’s daughter was terminally ill and passed away at age 42 on January 28, 2021. Put that date in context. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=141) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=143)