# 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:** 209
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2022, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4162 "2022-08-24T13:52:24Z")
fetterman’s response. “i had a stroke. i survived it. i’m truly so grateful to still be here today. i know politics can be nasty, but even then, i could _ **never** _ imagine ridiculing someone for their health challenges.” it is interesting that oz is not able to get traction. he keeps trying things and they just don’t work. perhaps like me, a lot of pa voters don’t know why he wants to be a pennsylvanian senator. ---
**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 24, 2022, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4163 "2022-08-24T13:58:40Z")
> [@rocking\_chair](#): > > perhaps like me, a lot of pa voters don’t know why he wants to be a pennsylvanian senator. He wants in on the grift, of course. ---
**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 24, 2022, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4164 "2022-08-24T14:03:22Z")
There really was no one else? But I forget Trump anointed him. ---
**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:** [August 24, 2022, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4165 "2022-08-24T14:20:58Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > He wants in on the grift, of course. He’s got enough money and fame (although there is never enough for some). He’s egotistical enough to think that his unique gifts and outlook are exactly what is needed to solve all the world’s problems (is there anything apple-cider vinegar can’t fix?). ---
**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 24, 2022, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4166 "2022-08-24T14:28:40Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > (is there anything apple-cider vinegar can’t fix?) - Problems caused by drinking too much apple cider vinegar. ---
**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:** [August 24, 2022, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4167 "2022-08-24T14:30:00Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Problems caused by drinking too much apple cider vinegar. All things in moderation - including moderation. ---
**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 24, 2022, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4168 "2022-08-24T14:30:55Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > > [@running\_coach](#): > > > > Problems caused by drinking too much apple cider vinegar. > > All things in moderation - including moderation. - \< Collective glare from the moderators. \> ---
**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 24, 2022, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4169 "2022-08-24T14:32:03Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Rick Scott criticized Biden for vacationing in Delaware. Scott is vacationing in Italy on a yacht. > [https://www.axios.com/2022/08/23/rick-scott-senate-republicans-vacation-italy](https://www.axios.com/2022/08/23/rick-scott-senate-republicans-vacation-italy) Is that the yacht that he bought with the money he stole from the NRSC? 😛 ---
**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:** [August 24, 2022, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4170 "2022-08-24T14:35:01Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > Is that the yacht that he bought with the money he stole from the NRSC? Pretty sure it was the money he stole from Medicare, but theft proceeds are fungible that way. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2022, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4171 "2022-08-24T14:54:54Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > > [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > > > Rick Scott criticized Biden for vacationing in Delaware. Scott is vacationing in Italy on a yacht. > > [https://www.axios.com/2022/08/23/rick-scott-senate-republicans-vacation-italy](https://www.axios.com/2022/08/23/rick-scott-senate-republicans-vacation-italy) > > Is that the yacht that he bought with the money he stole from the NRSC? 😛 Wait…so…NRSC _doesn’t_ stand for National Rick Scott’s Cookiejar? Huh. ---
**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 24, 2022, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4172 "2022-08-24T18:01:57Z")
Marge Greene’s house got swatted early this morning. > **[UPDATE: Marjorie Taylor Greene’s home ‘swatted’ for second straight morning](https://www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2022/08/25/update-marjorie-taylor-greenes-home-swatted-second-straight-morning/)** > > The northwest Georgia congresswoman has been 'swatted' for two straight mornings. ---
**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:** [August 24, 2022, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4173 "2022-08-24T18:10:42Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Marge Greene’s house got swatted early this morning. No matter how disgusting MTG is, wasting police resources is bullshit behavior. I hope they find the caller and charge them. Come on, Dems, let’s be better than they are. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2022, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4174 "2022-08-24T18:58:47Z")
Yeah, SWATting MTG’s house is a stupid anti-Republican idea ABOUT a stupid Republican, not a Stupid Republican Idea. ---
**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:** [August 24, 2022, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4175 "2022-08-24T19:12:32Z")
It is of course entirely within MTGs _oeuvre_ to have SWATed herself because she had been out of the news for a few days. Although it does sound like the police have a suspect. ---
**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 24, 2022, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4176 "2022-08-24T19:28:58Z")
She might have hired the _suspect_. It makes perfect sense that she would do this to herself. ---
**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 24, 2022, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4177 "2022-08-24T19:39:10Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > She might have hired the _suspect_. It makes perfect sense that she would do this to herself. - “I never thought the leopard would eat _my_ face the police would shoot _me_ by accident.” ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2022, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4178 "2022-08-24T21:19:19Z")
Seems counterproductive to me, if indeed one reason Fetterman is doing so well is because of his “alpha male” looks. Rather than puncturing that, I could see voters who see themselves in him getting offended that this effete elite is indirectly telling them to eat a salad. ---
**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 24, 2022, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4179 "2022-08-24T21:30:39Z")
A Republican PAC, in support of the boot licking Trump endorsed candidate for Governor is accused of darkening Chicago mayor Lightfoot’s complexion in an add. The theme of the ad is “Chicago Scary”, so I don’t doubt for a minute that this was intentional. > **[Lori Lightfoot Accuses Conservative Super PAC of Darkening Her Skin Tone in...](https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/lori-lightfoot-accuses-conservative-super-pac-of-darkening-her-skin-tone-in-an-ad-boosting-illinois-gop-governor-candidate/2922334/)** > > One Democrat called the ad “racialized carnage porn.” The PAC called Lightfoot’s allegation “insane.” This report has more detail: > **[Lightfoot accuses conservative PAC of darkening her skin in TV ad about...](https://chicago.suntimes.com/elections/2022/8/23/23319291/mayor-lightfoot-accuses-conservative-pac-darkening-skin-race-dog-whistle-dan-proft-dick-uihlein)** > > Conservative Dan Proft told the Sun-Times in a text statement that Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s accusation about his PAC’s ad was “an insane assertion,” adding “We did nothing to her pigmentation just as we did nothing to \[the\] pigmentation of our pasty... ---
**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 24, 2022, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4180 "2022-08-24T21:52:01Z")
Looks like they made an effort to turn the highlights above her eyebrows into horns. 🙄 Pretty classy. TIME did this with O.J. Simpson. Of course, he **was** a murdering bad boy. [![](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/555b576fe4b08f7cf526c752/1435171795477-5H13UT1B8D2D56L4E5AT/oj_480x318.jpg?format=1000w) ](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/555b576fe4b08f7cf526c752/1435171795477-5H13UT1B8D2D56L4E5AT/oj_480x318.jpg?format=1000w) ---
**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 24, 2022, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4181 "2022-08-24T22:16:05Z")
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