# 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:** 198
**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 16, 2022, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3942 "2022-08-16T01:26:48Z")
Considering that Kansas’ SOS is a Republican, running for re-election on a ‘safe and secure elections’ platform, I’m leaning toward an honest recount. An appreciable discrepancy between the count and recount would not be a good look for him. I live in one of the counties that will be recounted. I have full confidence in our local officials to conduct an open and transparent election. I believe the recount will prove this. ---
**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 16, 2022, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3943 "2022-08-16T02:16:16Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > ’m gonna take a wild guess and predict that the outcome will not change appreciably in any county, meaning that these idiots will be out $119k. That’s $129K they won’t be contributing to TFG or the crazed MAGAts, at least. ---
**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 16, 2022, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3944 "2022-08-16T02:24:35Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Kari Lake, the Republican candidate for Governor of Arizona, talking about DeSantis’s balls and his Big Dick Energy (the same BDE Individual 1 has.) Does DeSantis actually have a penis? I mean, how could we possibly know? All I know, is people are talking about DeSantis not having a penis. ---
**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 16, 2022, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3945 "2022-08-16T02:27:21Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > I’m gonna take a wild guess and predict that the outcome will not change appreciably in any county, meaning that these idiots will be out $119k And someone will be up a significant amount of money. It’s all about the grift. ---
**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 16, 2022, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3946 "2022-08-16T03:08:13Z")
Latest update is that $40k was raised online from the rubes, and the credit card supplied by Gietzen, head of the anti-abortion group in Kansas, will be charged the other $80k. Giezten is guaranteeing it with, among other sources, funds from his Boeing 401k. ---
**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 16, 2022, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3947 "2022-08-16T06:36:53Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > I live in one of the counties that will be recounted. I have full confidence in our local officials to conduct an open and transparent election. I believe the recount will prove this. And that does not matter a whit. Facts be damned, as far as the Quplicans are concerned. ---
**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 16, 2022, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3948 "2022-08-16T07:01:20Z")
And here’s how Rand Paul wants to make it all hunky-dory for Tan the Conman: [repeal the laws Trump broke](https://www.yahoo.com/news/rand-paul-calls-repeal-espionage-115011151.html). I really wish I could honestly post “Fucking unbelievable”, but of course, this is no surprise from today’s Republicans. ---
**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 16, 2022, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3949 "2022-08-16T10:18:30Z")
Not so much an idea as just terrible in general: [Oz’s new ad”slamming” Joe Biden.](https://mobile.twitter.com/johnfetterman/status/1559207673698127872?s=21&t=jr8uG0WfSKHayU4FhJEPhA) ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2022, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3950 "2022-08-16T10:27:56Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > And that does not matter a whit. Facts be damned, as far as the Quplicans are concerned. And the number 1 goal is to just sow doubt about the integrity of elections, and that endless recounts on-demand become normalized. Honestly, I would like to see strengthening of recount trigger laws and protocols, and a stronger push-back against all of these whack-jobs demanding recounts. ---
**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 16, 2022, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3951 "2022-08-16T11:21:59Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Does DeSantis actually have a penis? I mean, how could we possibly know? All I know, is people are talking about DeSantis not having a penis. Hey, he didn’t say he had a big dick, he said he had big dick _energy_. So it’s possible he’s just a Dick Vampire. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2022, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3952 "2022-08-16T11:35:06Z")
Either way, he sucks. ---
**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 16, 2022, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3953 "2022-08-16T13:35:49Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > So it’s possible he’s just a Dick Vampire. So, he takes energy from other dicks, or he creates other DL (Dick Vampires?) I’ve recently gotten into D&D and I need stats. ---
**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:** [August 16, 2022, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3954 "2022-08-16T14:13:19Z")
As someone pointed out on Twitter this morning: You can’t spell BIDEN without BDE. ---
**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 16, 2022, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3955 "2022-08-16T14:21:28Z")
Dark Brandon Energy unfortunately doesn’t work as well. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2022, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3956 "2022-08-16T16:56:39Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > You can’t spell BIDEN without BDE. Heck, you could even borrow two of the second letters and get “BiDEn”. ---
**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 16, 2022, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3957 "2022-08-16T17:53:46Z")
Rayla Campbell, Republican running for Secretary of State of Massachusetts, running on a campaign of “schools want to tell your five year old it’s ok to suck another five year old’s dick”, is running around claiming that the book “Gender Queer” is kiddie porn (it’s about the author’s childhood questioning their gender) . Somebody called the cops on her for carrying a copy of the book, claiming she was holding kiddie porn. [https://twitter.com/search?q=Rayla%20Campbell&src=typeahead\_click](https://twitter.com/search?q=Rayla%20Campbell&src=typeahead_click) ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2022, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3958 "2022-08-16T18:14:44Z")
> [@Dr.Strangelove](#): > > It’s the weird phrasing and use of capital letters. “By copy of this TRUTH” Maybe TRUTH is an acronym. **T** rump’s **R** egular **U** tterances of **T** reasonous **H** ooey? ---
**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 16, 2022, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3959 "2022-08-16T18:20:45Z")
Sarah Palin’s ex in-laws are hosting campaign fundraisers for her opponent in the Republican primary for Congress. ---
**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:** [August 16, 2022, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3960 "2022-08-16T23:32:08Z")
“You have the right to remain silent. I wish to God you’d exercise it.” ---
**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 16, 2022, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3961 "2022-08-16T23:45:37Z")
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