# 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:** 203
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2022, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4042 "2022-08-19T16:25:49Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > [irrepressible brief hijack] OMG I had that book, it was great! Left-Handed Mudloaf! Right-Handed Mudloaf! Fried Water! > > (Wonder if that maybe couldn’t be republished nowadays due to potential liability issues from kids trying to actually eat the “dishes”.) > [/ibh] Best part was it was one of the books we got from our librarian cousin (who we would mistakenly call ‘aunt’ because she was so much older than us – she pretended to be mad). What’s better than a stack of free books? ---
**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 19, 2022, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4043 "2022-08-19T17:45:44Z")
Luis Miguel, Republican running for Florida state legislature, has had his account blocked by Twitter for calling open season for shooting all FBI, IRS and ATF agents. > **[Twitter ‘permanently suspends’ HD 20 candidate after he advocates shooting...](https://floridapolitics.com/archives/548917-miguel-tweet/)** > > HD 20s Luis Miguel is still on Instagram though. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2022, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4044 "2022-08-19T19:17:48Z")
Wow. Republicans keep prompting me to ask this question: Is it legal to say that? "“Under my plan, all Floridians will be able to shoot FBI, IRS, ATF, and all other federal troops on sight,” Miguel tweeted. “Let freedom ring.” Miguel told Florida Politics Friday the suspension, which is “permanent” per a message he got on his Twitter app, “doesn’t affect (him) at all.” He stands by the proposal, which he says is justified because the IRS has been “weaponized by dissident forces.” ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2022, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4045 "2022-08-19T19:31:54Z")
Oh no, “dissidents”! Horrors! Clearly, dissent will not be tolerated. (You have to be pretty Stupid Republican to think that federal agencies are a “dissident”-friendly environment in the first place, of course.) ---
**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 20, 2022, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4046 "2022-08-20T03:14:46Z")
Breitbart is making a “biographical” (except for the fact that it’s all made up) movie about Hunter Biden, called “My Son Hunter”. Starring a whole bunch of right wing assholes - Laurence Fox as Hunter, John James as Biden, Gina Carano as a secret service agent who gets sniffed by Biden. > **[Ex-Star Wars star to play bodyguard whose hair is sniffed by ‘Joe Biden’ in...](https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/joe-biden-film-gina-carano-breitbart-hunter-b2148622.html)** > > Another scene depicts the US president kissing the secret service agent’s neck ---
**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 20, 2022, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4047 "2022-08-20T04:44:32Z")
Star Wars ‘star’? Never heard of her. It’s not like she was in any of the movies; only True Fan subscription TV shows. Like the fan-wanking shows. ---
**Author:** ![omenran](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omenran/32/3318_2.png) [@omenran](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/omenran)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2022, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4048 "2022-08-20T05:53:24Z")
She was in the Mandalorian. But you may know her from a late 2000s MMA career, small parts in Deadpool, Fast and Furious 6, or Command and Conquer 3 (As Natasha). She was dropped by Disney for social media posts about masking, BLM and comparing having political views to the Holocaust. Very, very briefly she was pretty MAGA, or MAGA adjacent.) ---
**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 20, 2022, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4049 "2022-08-20T11:35:14Z")
She could have had a decent action-star career if she either shut up or wasn’t a MAGAT. ---
**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 20, 2022, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4050 "2022-08-20T11:41:37Z")
Ben Shapiro defends Oz’s wealth: “[Biblically speaking, most of the prophets were actually kinda wealthy.”](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/ben-shapiro-defends-dr-ozs-wealth-biblically-speaking-most-of-the-prophets-were-actually-kinda-wealthy/ar-AA10QPCH) I’m no Bible expert, but that seems wrong. But I forgot about that Prosperity Gospel claptrap. ---
**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 20, 2022, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4051 "2022-08-20T12:03:06Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > Ben Shapiro defends Oz’s wealth: “[Biblically speaking, most of the prophets were actually kinda wealthy.”](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/ben-shapiro-defends-dr-ozs-wealth-biblically-speaking-most-of-the-prophets-were-actually-kinda-wealthy/ar-AA10QPCH) > > I’m no Bible expert, but that seems wrong. But I forgot about that Prosperity Gospel claptrap. - Profits, prophets. Easy to get the two mixed up. ---
**Author:** ![Jihi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jihi/32/17768_2.png) [@Jihi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jihi)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2022, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4052 "2022-08-20T12:52:59Z")
> **[Jesus and the rich young man](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus_and_the_rich_young_man#%3A%7E%3Atext%3DJesus_looked_at_him_and%2Center_the_kingdom_of_heaven.%22?wprov=sfla1)** > > Jesus and the rich young man (also called Jesus and the rich ruler) is an episode in the life of Jesus recounted in the Gospel of Matthew 19:16–30, the Gospel of Mark 10:17–31 and the Gospel of Luke 18:18–30 in the New Testament. It deals with eternal life and the world to come. > In Matthew and Mark, the discussion is set within the period when Jesus ministered in Perea, east of the River Jordan. In Matthew, a rich young man asks Jesus what actions bring eternal life. First, Jesus advises the ma... Everytime one of these idiots pops up espousing ‘prosperity gospel’ bullshit I always feel the urge to bring up what is probably the best known quote regarding the status of rich men in the bible. Something about camels and needles? Ah yes… Of course they always seem to find some way to reinterpret or ignore a plain reading of the story. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2022, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4053 "2022-08-20T12:58:33Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Star Wars ‘star’? All movie or TV actors are “stars” when it comes to headlines. Just like how all people who appear in adult films are “porn stars.” ---
**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 20, 2022, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4054 "2022-08-20T13:03:52Z")
> [@Jihi](#): > > Something about camels and needles? Ah yes… - Rich or poor, it’s a really bad idea for a man to stick a needle in the eye of a camel. I think… ---
**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 20, 2022, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4055 "2022-08-20T18:02:46Z")
This is retired general Russel Honore, who led the Army’s Hurricane Katrina rescue and commaned US forces in Korea: " Its been reported that the new chief at CNNhas met privately with Republican Members of Congress recently to get their view(s) on how CNN might be more accommodating to Republican positions when airing the news on CNN. This report should not surprise both sides." [https://twitter.com/ltgrusselhonore/status/1561036301322813441](https://twitter.com/ltgrusselhonore/status/1561036301322813441) ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2022, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4056 "2022-08-20T19:28:15Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > …stick a needle in the eye of a camel. Is it really stealing if I tell you that I’m probably going to repeat this? ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2022, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4057 "2022-08-20T19:33:22Z")
GOP candidate for Michigan governor said rape victims find ‘healing’ by being forced to have a baby: > **[GOP candidate and anti-abortion advocate running for Michigan governor said...](https://www.businessinsider.com/michigan-gop-governor-candidate-said-having-baby-healing-rape-victims-2022-8)** > > Tudor Dixon, Michigan's Republican gubernatorial nominee, suggested she wouldn't back a 14-year-old rape victim getting an abortion. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2022, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4058 "2022-08-20T19:39:29Z")
Let me guess, she’s not speaking from experience. ---
**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 20, 2022, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4059 "2022-08-20T19:42:48Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > GOP candidate for Michigan governor said rape victims find ‘healing’ by being forced to have a baby: Was _just_ in the process of posting that. > [@](#): > > [Dixon](https://www.newsweek.com/fox-host-confronts-trump-pick-tudor-dixon-backing-stolen-election-claim-1729447) replied that she had spoken to people who were the children of rape victims and that “the bond that those two people made and the fact that out of that tragedy there was healing through that baby, it’s something that we don’t think about.” Yeah right she spoke to these, um, made-up people. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2022, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4060 "2022-08-20T19:44:06Z")
Yes, they said, “Sir, we are so grateful we got raped.” ---
**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:** [August 20, 2022, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4061 "2022-08-20T19:45:50Z")
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