# 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:** 169
**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 22, 2022, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3362 "2022-07-22T10:07:24Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > On edit: I’ve heard that it’s not worth using the (somewhat) sweeter varieties of onions when they’re cooked, because all onions will sweeten when cooked. Depends - with your typical yellow onion, if you want to bring out the sweetness, you’ve got to go low and slow to caramelize them. Walla Wallas are sweet enough that you can get similar results in just a few minutes. They’re only really available from June to August, and IMO they’re a lot better than your typical sweet onion. Vidalias don’t even compare. > [@OttoDaFe](#): > > Parts of the OP, such as Olympic National Park and Port Townsend, are truly beautiful; others, particularly the ex-logging areas, are dyed-in-the-wool Trump country. Indeed. Stay away from Shelton unless you’re going to the drive-in. And the less said about Yelm, the better. If you want a taste of what Washington is like outside of the Puget Sound metropolis, go about 30 miles south of Olympia on I-5 and look for the Uncle Sam billboard which has been displaying far-right whack-a-doodle talking points ever since the current owner’s father got peeved at the Eisenhower administration for running the freeway through the middle of his land. ---
**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:** [July 22, 2022, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3363 "2022-07-22T13:14:13Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > And here I thought folks were anointed with olive oil, not hamburger grease. All true followers of the Great Pumpkinhead know that the anointment is done with ketchup. ---
**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 22, 2022, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3364 "2022-07-22T13:21:04Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > And here I thought folks were anointed with olive oil, not hamburger grease. Special sauce. ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2022, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3365 "2022-07-22T14:00:09Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > … ever since the current owner’s father got peeved at the Eisenhower administration for running the freeway through the middle of his land. Oh, so _that’s_ why. I just assumed his mother was scared by an [Ed Anger](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Anger) column. ---
**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 22, 2022, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3366 "2022-07-22T17:54:14Z")
Joey Gilbert, who lost the Nevada Republican gubernatorial primary by double digit percentages, is suing, claiming his loss was a mathematical impossibility. He knows that because the “mathematical expert” who claims the 2020 Presidential election was won by Individual 1 due to the mathematical impossibility that Biden won. > **[Nevada GOP primary loser sues over “unfair election”: “Mathematical...](https://www.salon.com/2022/07/20/nevada-primary-loser-sues-over-unfair-election-mathematical-impossibility-that-i-lost/)** > > The lawsuit cites an "expert mathematician" who has not math degree and works as a swing-set installer. The “mathematical expert” is a YouTube conspiracy theorist who doesn’t have a math degree and installs swing sets for a living. > **['Expert Mathematician' on Election Fraud Actually a Swing Set Installer,...](https://www.vice.com/en/article/88nbk4/expert-mathematician-on-election-fraud-actually-a-swing-set-installer-lawsuit-claims)** > > A man posing as a math expert with evidence Trump won the election is actually a convicted drug dealer with no college degree who installs swing sets, according to a lawsuit. ---
**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2022, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3367 "2022-07-22T18:09:09Z")
Who are you gonna believe, this YouTube guy, or those elitists of Big Math? ---
**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 22, 2022, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3368 "2022-07-22T18:28:36Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Joey Gilbert, who lost the Nevada Republican gubernatorial primary by double digit percentages, is suing, claiming his loss was a mathematical impossibility. The thing I don’t get about all these wingnuts is that they’re claiming all kinds of fraud in races _against other Republicans._ Doesn’t this undercut the validity of the winners’ wins and potentially hurt them in the general? (Not that I mind.) Why doesn’t the party tell them to STFU? ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2022, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3369 "2022-07-22T18:29:53Z")
The answer is “wingnuts.” ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2022, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3370 "2022-07-22T18:30:57Z")
> [@Akaj](#): > > Why doesn’t the party tell them to STFU? Presumably they did (at least in private), but they have no way to force them to. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2022, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3371 "2022-07-22T18:32:47Z")
Well, Kandiss Taylor lost her primary for Georgia governor by more than 70 points and _still_ claimed election fraud. So in case you’re wondering how big a loss a Trumpist needs to suffer in order to accept that they lost, 70 points is not the correct answer. ---
**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:** [July 22, 2022, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3372 "2022-07-22T19:00:27Z")
Swing sets teach you physics! That’s math! ---
**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 22, 2022, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3373 "2022-07-22T21:06:18Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > So in case you’re wondering how big a loss a Trumpist needs to suffer in order to accept that they lost, 70 points is not the correct answer. They’re whinging about reality not bending to their will, even in the primaries. “Everybody’s a RINO but me and thee, and I’m not so sure about thee.” ---
**Author:** ![Wolf333](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf333/32/3460_2.png) [@Wolf333](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolf333)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2022, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3374 "2022-07-23T01:00:32Z")
Could be fun… [![](https://hailconan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/2012_Conan_Split_With_Slomatics_0500px.jpg) ](https://hailconan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/2012_Conan_Split_With_Slomatics_0500px.jpg) ---
**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 23, 2022, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3375 "2022-07-23T01:26:55Z")
Bill before the South Carolina legislature would make it illegal for websites to tell how to get an abortion, > **[South Carolina bill outlaws websites that tell how to get an abortion](https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/07/22/south-carolina-bill-abortion-websites/)** > > Legal scholars say the proposal is likely a harbinger of other state measures, which could have a chilling impact on First Amendment-protected speech. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2022, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3376 "2022-07-23T01:45:26Z")
So how do they plan to enforce that on websites that don’t originate in South Carolina? ---
**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 23, 2022, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3377 "2022-07-23T02:01:21Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > So how do they plan to enforce that on websites that don’t originate in South Carolina? - Same way China, Russia and other totalitarian countries do. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2022, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3378 "2022-07-23T02:02:50Z")
Make the site inaccessible in South Carolina? What about VPNs? ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2022, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3379 "2022-07-23T02:08:54Z")
The party of small government… small enough to comfortably fit inside your vagina. ---
**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:** [July 23, 2022, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3380 "2022-07-23T02:22:59Z")
> [@Akaj](#): > > The thing I don’t get about all these wingnuts is that they’re claiming all kinds of fraud in races _against other Republicans._ Doesn’t this undercut the validity of the winners’ wins and potentially hurt them in the general? (Not that I mind.) Why doesn’t the party tell them to STFU? It’s become GOP Virtue Signalling at this point. There’s no way a Republican can lose other than via fraud, so every loss is fraudulent, even against other Republicans. I guess the ultimate notion is, “Hey, if they can fix the Republican Primaries so that I lost, of course they can fix the general election so that the Republican candidate loses!” ---
**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:** [July 23, 2022, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3381 "2022-07-23T03:06:27Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Joey Gilbert, who lost the Nevada Republican gubernatorial primary by double digit percentages, is suing, claiming his loss was a mathematical impossibility. As the lawsuit explained it: > Gilbert on Friday filed a lawsuit on Friday in Carson City seeking to overturn his loss. The suit claims that Lombardo’s win is a “mathematical impossibility.” Once the results are “statistically corrected,” said a copy of the complaint obtained by The Nevada Independent, will show “with irrefutable geometric finality” that Gilbert won by more than 55,000 votes. This evidence will prove that he won the election, _and_ solve the riddle of the missing strawberries. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=168) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=170)