# 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:** 191
**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:** [August 12, 2022, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3802 "2022-08-12T13:53:22Z")
Tan pants suit. ---
**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:** [August 12, 2022, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3803 "2022-08-12T13:57:53Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > And Obama is just three kids in trenchcoat! I could swear I saw that in The Little Rascals. ---
**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:** [August 12, 2022, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3804 "2022-08-12T14:37:34Z")
Obama [Adultman](https://bojackhorseman.fandom.com/wiki/Vincent_Adultman) is just going to do a politics. ---
**Author:** ![CaptMurdock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/captmurdock/32/11736_2.png) [@CaptMurdock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptMurdock)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2022, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3805 "2022-08-12T15:50:08Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > The perverts of the Lincoln Project were ‘run out of town’ after it was learned that they did some really ‘bad stuff.’ Say what? Did I miss a memo? @Smapti, you taking paper out of my inbox again? Dude, we talked about this… ---
**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 12, 2022, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3806 "2022-08-12T17:14:47Z")
Fox ran a photoshopped image of the judge who signed the Individual 1 search warrant drinking with Ghislaine Matthews. The photo still had the watermark and a credit linking to the original image, without the judge. ---
**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 12, 2022, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3807 "2022-08-12T17:17:12Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Fox ran a photoshopped image Is their defense still that they are merely an entertainment network, and no reasonable person would believe any of the bullshit they peddle? ---
**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:** [August 12, 2022, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3808 "2022-08-12T17:26:20Z")
Lucky for them, there are a lot of unreasonable people out there. (I remember Hillary had a pretty spot-on word for those people.) ---
**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 12, 2022, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3809 "2022-08-12T17:31:39Z")
New Fox theory: Individual 1 didn’t pack those boxes himself, so how would he know what’s in them? Also, Individual 1 is talking about 30 million pages of classified materials that Obama took with him. What is he talking about? Is this made of whole cloth, or is there some sliver of truth to it? ---
**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:** [August 12, 2022, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3810 "2022-08-12T17:36:08Z")
When he pulls things out of his ass, I don’t think they’re made of cloth. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2022, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3811 "2022-08-12T17:36:10Z")
Obama went to the National Archives after his presidency was over and, with their concurrence and permission, moved ~30 million pages of material from his administration, some of it classified, to a warehouse in Chicago where it has been waiting to be digitized and placed in his presidential library. So there’s your sliver of truth. The number of ways this is not anything like the Mar-A-Lago situation is left as an exercise for the reader. ETA: I’m quite sure (though I have no positive knowledge) that the warehouse has security features necessary for storing those documents it houses which are classified. ---
**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 12, 2022, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3812 "2022-08-12T17:38:13Z")
Thanks for the explanation. ---
**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 12, 2022, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3813 "2022-08-12T17:38:54Z")
When even John Bolton is criticizing Individual 1 and defending Biden … > ---
**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:** [August 12, 2022, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3814 "2022-08-12T17:44:57Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > I’m quite sure (though I have no positive knowledge) that the warehouse has security features necessary for storing those documents it houses which are classified. They have padlock technology. ---
**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 12, 2022, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3815 "2022-08-12T17:50:06Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > New Fox theory: Individual 1 didn’t pack those boxes himself, so how would he know what’s in them? Ah, the old “find someone to throw under the bus” ploy. > Also, Individual 1 is talking about 30 million pages of classified materials that Obama took with him. What is he talking about? Is this made of whole cloth, or is there some sliver of truth to it? Ah, the old “spew some bullshit about Argle Bargle Obama” ploy ---
**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:** [August 12, 2022, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3816 "2022-08-12T18:02:42Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > Obama went to the National Archives after his presidency was over and, with their concurrence and permission, moved ~30 million pages of material from his administration, some of it classified, to a warehouse in Chicago ‘See! Obama gave our secrets to Chicago! I gave them to _country to be filled in later_. IT"S EXACTLY THE SAME!!!’ The Real DJT ---
**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 12, 2022, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3817 "2022-08-12T19:39:02Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > They have padlock technology. And LOTS of duct tape. The most secure substance known to humankind. ---
**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:** [August 12, 2022, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3818 "2022-08-12T19:42:05Z")
Let’s not forget Bondo. It works for everything. ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2022, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3819 "2022-08-12T19:46:59Z")
Naw, it’s all about the Flex Tape nowadays. ---
**Author:** ![Hoops](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoops/32/6408_2.png) [@Hoops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoops)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2022, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3820 "2022-08-12T21:09:07Z")
And here is the National Archive’s statement on the matter: > **August 12, 2022 statement** > > The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) assumed exclusive legal and physical custody of Obama Presidential records when President Barack Obama left office in 2017, in accordance with the Presidential Records Act (PRA). NARA moved approximately 30 million pages of unclassified records to a NARA facility in the Chicago area where they are maintained exclusively by NARA. Additionally, NARA maintains the classified Obama Presidential records in a NARA facility in the Washington, DC, area. As required by the PRA, former President Obama has no control over where and how NARA stores the Presidential records of his Administration. > **[Press Statements in Response to Media Queries About Presidential Records](https://www.archives.gov/press/press-releases/2022/nr22-001)** > > In response to recent media reports that generated a large number of queries about presidential records, we issued the following statements to the media: December 4, 2023, statement September 2, 2023, statement August 11, 2023, statement June 9,... ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2022, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3821 "2022-08-12T21:33:38Z")
Thanks, **Hoops**! The substance was there but I had missed a few of the details - notably, that NARA was still in charge of the whole shebang, even as they’re making it easier for the Obama presidential library to digitize some of the documents - and that the classified records are still kept near D.C. We’ll be seeing this statement on Hannity tonight, right? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=190) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=192)