# 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:** 188
**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:** [August 10, 2022, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3742 "2022-08-10T02:45:46Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Technically, Atlanta is within walking distance of New York. Or New Orleans. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/H1z45jVlM34/hqdefault.jpg "Fats Domino- I'm Walking To New Orleans(With Lyrics)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1z45jVlM34) ---
**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:** [August 10, 2022, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3743 "2022-08-10T03:43:58Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Rudy Giuliani’s lawyers told a Georgia judge that Rudy has a medical condition that prevents him from flying, so he can’t testify in the election conspiracy case. The judge told them that he could take a train, or an uber, or whatever. How was he getting from state to state to participate in all those fraudulent election lawsuits? Pneumatic tubes? ---
**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:** [August 10, 2022, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3744 "2022-08-10T04:03:30Z")
They would crate him up in a coffin and transport him during the day. He’d emerge only at night, leaking 10W30 from his cranium. ---
**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:** [August 10, 2022, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3745 "2022-08-10T04:10:42Z")
…at least it wasn’t as bad as the less viscous 5W30 that did him in at the landscapers’. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2022, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3746 "2022-08-10T04:41:58Z")
Why does this remind me of the _Barney Miller_ episode with this exchange? (This is from memory, so it’s certainly not perfect.) > Barney: What happened? > > Harris: The judge said I had to pay $10,000. > > Barney: What did you say? > > Harris: I told the judge I didn’t have it. > > Barney: And what did the judge say? > > Harris: He said, “Get it”. ---
**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:** [August 10, 2022, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3747 "2022-08-10T04:52:25Z")
Ewwww. ---
**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:** [August 10, 2022, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3748 "2022-08-10T07:24:21Z")
> [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > The AMTRAK Crescent goes from New York to Atlanta daily, even has bedroom accomodations, so Rudy can travel **in the style he’s become accustomed too**. (Bolding mine) The first time I traveled in an Amtrak roomette (Empire Builder Superliner rather than Crescent Viewliner, but they’re pretty much the same) I commented to my daughter that it had all the comforts of home, provided home was a prison cell. Now I find myself hoping that description was somehow prescient. ---
**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:** [August 10, 2022, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3749 "2022-08-10T15:33:50Z")
And a bar car ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2022, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3750 "2022-08-10T18:48:24Z")
Gym Jordan thinks that golf balls and napkins were seized during the MAL raid. > ---
**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:** [August 10, 2022, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3751 "2022-08-10T18:55:34Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > Gym Jordan thinks that golf balls and napkins were seized during the MAL raid. - > > [https://twitter.com/Jim\_Jordan/status/1557398024762146818](https://twitter.com/Jim_Jordan/status/1557398024762146818) Obviously false. That slob would never use napkins. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2022, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3752 "2022-08-10T18:56:32Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > That slob would never use napkins. Maybe they were in the safe? ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2022, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3753 "2022-08-10T22:37:43Z")
They might have been items given to Trump by VIP’s or world leaders. IIRC, those would not be his personal property and he would have been obligated to return them when he left. I saw the word mementos in one of the news stories. And I could totally see Trump thinking such objects should be his personally, and refusing to return them, maybe even denying he has them. ---
**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:** [August 10, 2022, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3754 "2022-08-10T22:38:28Z")
Not so much a story as venting-my local news was just talking about the raid, and how people are starting not to trust the FBI because of the lack of transparency over the Trump raid, as well as the “suppressed Hunter Biden investigation.” The fact that they used [Jonathan Gilliam](https://www.jonathantgilliam.com/bio) (who has recently written a book with a foreword by Sean Hannity) as an “expert interview” makes me especially sad. Sorry if it’s off-topic. I just double-checked and the station was bought out by Sinclair a few months ago. I saw they got their shipment of blondes in tonight. ---
**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:** [August 10, 2022, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3755 "2022-08-10T23:12:54Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > They might have been items given to Trump by VIP’s or world leaders. IIRC, those would not be his personal property and he would have been obligated to return them when he left. ![](https://c.tenor.com/V7L-3F8mKhwAAAAC/finding-nemo-seagulls.gif) ---
**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:** [August 11, 2022, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3756 "2022-08-11T02:37:23Z")
Joe Arpaio lost in his bid to become mayor of the Phoenix suburb Fountain Hills, but naturally, he is refusing to concede. > **[Joe Arpaio loses 3rd comeback bid in town mayoral race](https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-arizona-immigration-phoenix-joe-arpaio-0ad754d5f15d56a1494266e30810649b)** > > PHOENIX (AP) — Joe Arpaio, the 90-year-old former Arizona sheriff who was a once powerful figure in Republican politics but was ousted nearly six years ago amid frustration over his headline-grabbing tactics and legal troubles, was defeated Wednesday... ---
**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:** [August 11, 2022, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3757 "2022-08-11T05:08:00Z")
Somebody shoot his tailor. Nice shrine(s). ---
**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:** [August 11, 2022, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3758 "2022-08-11T14:03:30Z")
According to this article, Rudy had already traveled to Europe after the surgical procedure that supposedly prevents him from traveling to Georgia. [https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/fulton-county-georgia-judge-giuliani-special-grand-jury-travel](https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/fulton-county-georgia-judge-giuliani-special-grand-jury-travel) > Tuesday’s hearing comes a day after prosecutors with the Fulton County district attorney’s office [pushed back](https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/giuliani-paid-for-plane-tix-with-cash-fulton-da-says) on Giuliani’s effort to get out of his testimony. Prosecutors pointed out that Giuliani paid for recent international travel “with cash,” purportedly for travel to Rome and Zurich during the week of July 22 to July 29. > In an email to Giuliani attorney Robert Costello on Monday, Deputy District Attorney Will Wooten said the office will “provide alternate transportation including bus or train if your client maintains that he is unable to fly.” > In the email, prosecutors attached a tweet that Giuliani sent on Aug. 1, saying that he was “having fun” in the 603 — a New Hampshire area code. Prosecutors said that both the alleged cash-paid travel and the tweet occurred after Giuliani’s medical procedure. ---
**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:** [August 11, 2022, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3759 "2022-08-11T14:19:26Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Joe Arpaio lost in his bid to become mayor of the Phoenix suburb Fountain Hills Short of retirement villages, like ~~Seizure~~ Leisure World, Fountain Hills is about the trumpiest of trumplandia. If ol’ Joe can’t make it there, he can’t make it anywhere. ---
**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:** [August 11, 2022, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3760 "2022-08-11T14:29:29Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > > [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > > > Joe Arpaio lost in his bid to become mayor of the Phoenix suburb Fountain Hills > > Short of retirement villages, like ~~Seizure~~ Leisure World, Fountain Hills is about the trumpiest of trumplandia. If ol’ Joe can’t make it there, he can’t make it anywhere. - Maybe they just don’t want him locking up their servants. ---
**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:** [August 11, 2022, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3761 "2022-08-11T18:04:23Z")
He also just flew to New Hampshire. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=187) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=189)