# 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:** 15
**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:** [February 16, 2022, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/281 "2022-02-16T16:06:55Z")
Actually not a stupid idea, but an evil one. URL squat on common typos for common services. Usually you get a porn site, but sometimes you find yourself at somewhere far less reputable. I don’t blame the police, and only somewhat blame the printer for the mistake. ---
**Author:** ![PackerMan2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/packerman2/32/2894_2.png) [@PackerMan2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PackerMan2)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2022, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/282 "2022-02-16T16:09:31Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > [Fox News Analyst Offers Absolutely Mortifying Take On Trucker Protest Crackdown](https://news.yahoo.com/fox-news-analyst-offers-absolutely-003134754.html) If I were a student wherever he teaches, I would demand a full refund. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2022, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/283 "2022-02-16T17:40:24Z")
_OH NO YOU DON’T!!!_ > **[Investigated Colorado clerk wants to run state's elections](https://apnews.com/article/steve-bannon-elections-colorado-donald-trump-9346708e8314a2001d1363d0ef66e322)** > > A local Colorado election official under investigation for alleged security breaches has announced she will run for Secretary of State, which is the post that oversees the state's elections. > [@](#): > > “Colorado deserves a Secretary of State who will stand up to the Biden administration that wants to run our country in the ground with nationalized elections,” Peters said in her announcement. Huh - to take a second or two to contemplate the unbridled idiocy of that statement. > [@](#): > > Peters joins three other candidates who have declared their plans to run in the GOP primary. The winner is expected to face Democratic Secretary of State Jena Griswold, whose office helped spur the investigations of Peters. ---
**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:** [February 16, 2022, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/284 "2022-02-16T17:46:06Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > Peters joins three other candidates who have declared their plans to run in the GOP primary. The winner is expected to face Democratic Secretary of State Jena Griswold, whose office helped spur the investigations of Peters. [![](https://c.tenor.com/bnEaPsXiR_cAAAAC/i-have-fired-the-horsecatcher-john-mulaney.gif) ](https://c.tenor.com/bnEaPsXiR_cAAAAC/i-have-fired-the-horsecatcher-john-mulaney.gif) ---
**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:** [February 16, 2022, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/285 "2022-02-16T19:06:33Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > …nationalized elections… Where’s the “WTF??” emoji? ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2022, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/286 "2022-02-16T19:53:36Z")
> **[Ted Cruz Blames Woman For All Crime In America](https://jezebel.com/republican-men-just-blamed-this-woman-for-basically-all-1848548906)** > > Nina Morrison is, uh, definitely the reason that violent crimes like "throwing rocks" are skyrocketing Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley. Really all you need to know. Blaming Ms. Morrison for getting **wrongly convicted** persons released from prison. You’re supposed to release the innocent and find the actual criminals! Duh! As bad if not worse then CFSG still insisting the Central Park 5 are/were guilty. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2022, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/287 "2022-02-16T20:03:57Z")
> **[West Virginia Republicans Say 'Nah' to Equal Rights for Women, After Zero Debate](https://jezebel.com/west-virginia-republicans-say-nah-to-equal-rights-for-w-1848539521)** > > Twenty men and three women quietly voted to rescind the state's 1972 ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment Wonderful state, West Virginia. The ERA still not adopted to the constitution. ---
**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:** [February 16, 2022, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/288 "2022-02-16T20:46:06Z")
The ERA is just an open invitation for all women to morph into Hillary. Can’t have that! ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2022, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/289 "2022-02-17T03:44:43Z")
Unsurprising chucklefuckery… > **[US investigators: Zinke misused his Interior secretary job](https://apnews.com/article/business-montana-billings-ryan-zinke-bf26ed5e11cc2b9d21c028f7fbf6cd0f)** > > Government investigators say former U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke misused his position to advance a Montana development project and lied to an agency ethics official about his involvement. > [@](#): > > The investigation by the Interior Department’s inspector general found that Zinke continued work on the commercial project [through a nonprofit foundation](https://apnews.com/article/f89b3486a1b54ae39da6a058acbe0608) in the resort community of Whitefish even after he committed upon taking office to break ties with the foundation > [@](#): > > In the weeks leading up to departure, the White House concluded Zinke was likely the Cabinet member most vulnerable to investigations led by Democrats who were poised to take the majority in the House, a Trump administration official said at the time. Yet AIUI the DOJ has basically lost interest in this cowboy shitheel, who now runs for congress. 👏 ---
**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:** [February 17, 2022, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/290 "2022-02-17T06:51:14Z")
The MyPillow guy said he was going to give MyPillows to all of the Ottawa truck protesters, but both his truck driver and he himself were blocked from entering Canada for failure to provide proof of vaccination or negative covid test. > **[My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell and '10,000 pillows' blocked from joining Ottawa...](https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/my-pillows-mike-lindell-barred-from-entering-canada-to-support-convoy-protestors)** > > Lindell was turned back because he was not fully vaccinated and did not have a negative PCR test, said a government source ---
**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:** [February 17, 2022, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/291 "2022-02-17T12:12:11Z")
I don’t know much about criminal law or finance but this response by Trump seems like [a bad idea on his part.](https://www.reuters.com/world/us/ny-attorney-general-fires-back-trumps-defense-financial-statements-2022-02-16/) ---
**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:** [February 17, 2022, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/292 "2022-02-17T13:34:13Z")
From that link. I love a good chuckle with my morning coffee. > Trump’s attorneys repeatedly stated that **he did not know enough** to respond to allegations of inaccurate valuations. But the former president’s five-page statement got into detail about possible discrepancies, implying that he had more knowledge than his lawyers said. > … > Instead of the “sham investigation” of his business, Trump said in another part of the five-page diatribe, law enforcement and the “fake news media” should look into former U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton as well as “murderers, drug dealers and rapists.” > … My bold. Those lawyers are on to something. ---
**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:** [February 17, 2022, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/293 "2022-02-17T14:09:33Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > I don’t know much about criminal law or finance but this response by Trump seems like [a bad idea on his part.](https://www.reuters.com/world/us/ny-attorney-general-fires-back-trumps-defense-financial-statements-2022-02-16/) James should cordially invite Trump to personally correct these discrepancies in a face-to-face chat. Under oath. ---
**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:** [February 17, 2022, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/294 "2022-02-17T14:10:08Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > The MyPillow guy said he was going to give MyPillows to all of the Ottawa truck protesters, but both his truck driver and he himself were blocked from entering Canada for failure to provide proof of vaccination or negative covid test. Tyranny! Fascism! ---
**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:** [February 17, 2022, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/295 "2022-02-17T14:16:13Z")
He also says that any discrepancies would be offset by his “branding numbers”, which I guess is the magic increase in value added to any real estate that bears his ineffable name. (Personally, I’ve always found his name to be eminently effable, but maybe that’s just me.) ---
**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:** [February 17, 2022, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/296 "2022-02-17T15:17:39Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > I don’t know much about criminal law or finance but this response by Trump seems like [a bad idea on his part.](https://www.reuters.com/world/us/ny-attorney-general-fires-back-trumps-defense-financial-statements-2022-02-16/) Trump says they should be investigating drug dealers, murderers, and rapists. Well Donny, you definitely fall into at least one of those categories. ---
**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:** [February 17, 2022, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/297 "2022-02-17T15:20:19Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > He also says that any discrepancies would be offset by his “branding numbers”, which I guess is the magic increase in value added to any real estate that bears his ineffable name. (Personally, I’ve always found his name to be eminently effable, but maybe that’s just me.) Reminds me of that old SNL sketch with Jon Lovitz as Picasso. He takes some kid’s drawing, signs his name on it and gives it back to him. “Here you go, kid. Now it’s worth something!” ---
**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:** [February 17, 2022, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/298 "2022-02-17T15:26:04Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > …another part of the five-page diatribe… Musing… 🤔 It occurred to me that for trump to write a five-page _anything_ is a lot, but then I realized he probably wrote it in Sharpie! So probably no more than 50 words total. ---
**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:** [February 17, 2022, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/299 "2022-02-17T15:47:32Z")
I just got a new phone recently, and discovered the joys of speech to text. With a little editing, I’m sure he could vomit out screeds that would make War and Peace feel like a short story. ---
**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:** [February 17, 2022, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/300 "2022-02-17T16:30:27Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > With a little editing, I’m sure he could vomit out screeds that would make War and Peace feel like a short story. Before he got kicked off Twitter, he could do that in 280 characters. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=14) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=16)