# 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:** 167
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2022, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3322 "2022-07-20T13:37:44Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > grilled onion burgers Are those burgers with grilled onions on them? Or are they Oklahoma-style half-onion/half beef patties? ---
**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:** [July 20, 2022, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3323 "2022-07-20T18:10:04Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > One of the traditions of the fair is a friendly competition between the county Republican and Democratic parties Back in the mid-eighties **DesertWife** and I would watch the Santa Clara county vote being counted. She was on the Accuracy Board – got paid $40 but had to stick around until the last ballot – and I on the Observation Panel – no pay but could leave any time plus was able, and expected, to wander away from the tabulating machines out to the warehouse where the incoming ballots were processed before being run through the tabulators. Any of the recognized parties could send members to the AB and OP, as many as three for the latter, but the only ones ever there besides us were the Democrat and Republican on the Board. They’d been doing that for every election long before we started and honestly, they were there to collect the vote from certain particular precincts and phone them in to their HQs for prediction purposes. The Libertarian party wasn’t that sophisticated. Anyway, knowing each other for years, we’d engage in friendly jabs. “So, what do you think of your boy, [candidate]?” “He’s one of the ones we wish was in _your_ party.” They’ve undoubtedly been replaced by now and I’m imagining a frosty silence instead. ---
**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:** [July 20, 2022, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3324 "2022-07-20T21:27:31Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Are those burgers with grilled onions on them? Or are they Oklahoma-style half-onion/half beef patties? Burgers topped with a large pile of grilled onions. Theyre a stappe of fairs around here. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2022, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3325 "2022-07-20T21:52:50Z")
I can’t remember the last time I went to a fair. Guessing the Antelope Valley Fair in the '90s. Puyallup has their fair every year, but it’s way too far to go. ---
**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:** [July 20, 2022, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3326 "2022-07-20T23:56:34Z")
“Let’s Go Brandon” was stamped on hundreds of pieces of mail sent out by a Central California county, and nobody can explain how it happened. Sure. [https://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2022/07/15/lets-go-brandon-mistakenly-stamped-on-hundreds-of-official-tax-letters-in-stanislaus-county/](https://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2022/07/15/lets-go-brandon-mistakenly-stamped-on-hundreds-of-official-tax-letters-in-stanislaus-county/) ---
**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:** [July 21, 2022, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3327 "2022-07-21T00:02:43Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > “Let’s Go Brandon” was stamped on hundreds of pieces of mail sent out by a Central California county, and nobody can explain how it happened. Sure. > [https://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2022/07/15/lets-go-brandon-mistakenly-stamped-on-hundreds-of-official-tax-letters-in-stanislaus-county/](https://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2022/07/15/lets-go-brandon-mistakenly-stamped-on-hundreds-of-official-tax-letters-in-stanislaus-county/) > Our office is completely nonpartisan,” said County Assessor Don Gaekle. But, he continued, “We didn’t have anything to do with it.” > > Gaekle says there was no political agenda behind the message. > He says ABS Direct, a contractor, **printed the envelopes in error** and has since apologized. Gaekle says the county not only doesn’t condone such messages, but he says they don’t belong on official government business. Bullshit. ---
**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:** [July 21, 2022, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3328 "2022-07-21T00:13:21Z")
Here’s a picture. [![](https://www.modbee.com/latest-news/ajhepc/picture263522118/alternates/LANDSCAPE_1140/IMG_7615.jpg) ](https://www.modbee.com/latest-news/ajhepc/picture263522118/alternates/LANDSCAPE_1140/IMG_7615.jpg) So is that an after printing stamp or was it printed with the rest of the envelope? ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2022, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3329 "2022-07-21T03:44:05Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > > [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > > > Are those burgers with grilled onions on them? Or are they Oklahoma-style half-onion/half beef patties? > > Burgers topped with a large pile of grilled onions. Theyre a stappe of fairs around here. My wife read about these in the New York Times a few days ago, and I just made them from the Times’ recipe tonight. They were delicious! /hijack ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2022, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3330 "2022-07-21T03:49:14Z")
It looks like it has been stamped by a postage meter. Most of them allow you to add a custom message or image (e.g., company logo) to the stamp. I suspect some employee surreptitiously added the message and it was stamped on all the letters sent out by that office until someone noticed and fixed it. ---
**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:** [July 21, 2022, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3331 "2022-07-21T07:03:19Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Burgers topped with a large pile of grilled onions. Theyre a stappe of fairs around here. “Staple”, that is. Also, the onions should be Walla Walla sweets, which are in season right now. It should ideally look something like this; [![](https://images.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/04072021_Washington-State-Spring-Fair_163001.jpg?d=780x585) ](https://images.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/04072021_Washington-State-Spring-Fair_163001.jpg?d=780x585) ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2022, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3332 "2022-07-21T08:08:54Z")
That looks great, but how do you eat it? ---
**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:** [July 21, 2022, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3333 "2022-07-21T08:26:12Z")
Carefully, usually while hunched over a wooden picnic table. There will be gallon jugs of ketchup and mustard with pumps attached to them. There may or may not be napkins. The nearest restroom is a couple hundred feet that-a-way. Lemonade is $8. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2022, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3334 "2022-07-21T14:22:27Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > That looks great, but how do you eat it? With all those tentacles coming out at you, you should hope it eats you first! ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Greenjeans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.greenjeans/32/551_2.png) [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2022, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3335 "2022-07-21T14:24:27Z")
> **[CNN asked all 50 GOP senators if they will support the same-sex marriage...](https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/20/politics/gop-senators-same-sex-marriage/index.html)** > > CNN asked all 50 Republicans where they stand on legislation that will to codify same-sex marriage into federal law. Marco Rubio said he would vote no on a same-sex marriage bill, calling it a “stupid waste of time.” Takes one to know one, Marco. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2022, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3336 "2022-07-21T16:11:07Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > > [@Smapti](#): > > > > Burgers topped with a large pile of grilled onions. Theyre a stappe of fairs around here. > > “Staple”, that is. Also, the onions should be Walla Walla sweets, which are in season right now. > > It should ideally look something like this; > > [https://images.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/04072021\_Washington-State-Spring-Fair\_163001.jpg?d=780x585](https://images.seattletimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/04072021_Washington-State-Spring-Fair_163001.jpg?d=780x585) Oh my fucking god, that looks incredible. ---
**Author:** ![Win\_Place\_Show](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/win_place_show/32/13469_2.png) [@Win\_Place\_Show](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Win_Place_Show)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2022, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3337 "2022-07-21T17:04:22Z")
> [@Mr.Greenjeans](#): > > Marco Rubio said he would vote no on a same-sex marriage bill, calling it a “stupid waste of time.” Certainly this is a valid approach for the Democrats as we head into mid-term season, right? Get these scumbags on record for their views on same-sex marriage, abortion, etc? It seems like him voting no becomes the backbone of his opponent’s campaign, doesn’t it? Sort of like here in Texas, that white noise you hear in the background is the constant hum of “Beto wants to confiscate all of your guns”. There needs to be something like that going on against every one of these asshole Republicans that want to deny people the right to love who they want or marry who they want. ---
**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:** [July 21, 2022, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3338 "2022-07-21T17:26:13Z")
The Republican candidate for Lieutenant of Governor of Minnesota, who is a former NFL center and probably had a lot of concussions, claims that pro-choice activists use the “rape card”. He also said that access to abortion is due to women wanting to have careers. > **[GOP candidate complains abortion activists play "the rape card"](https://www.salon.com/2022/07/20/candidate-complains-abortion-activists-play-the-rape-card/)** > > Republicans' candidate for lieutenant governor in Minnesota, former NFL Viking Matt Brix, under fire for comments ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2022, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3339 "2022-07-21T17:51:22Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > He also said that access to abortion is due to women wanting to have careers. Does he realize that that’s an argument in favor of access to abortion? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2022, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3340 "2022-07-21T17:52:33Z")
_Matt Brix_ is an argument in favor of access to abortion. ---
**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:** [July 21, 2022, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3341 "2022-07-21T18:29:36Z")
It’s also an anagram of Mr. Tax Bit, FWIW. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=166) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=168)