# 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:** 22
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2022, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/422 "2022-02-22T12:50:55Z")
As seen in the comments; [![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FL_3MpfXEAQX7oI?format=jpg&name=small) ](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FL_3MpfXEAQX7oI?format=jpg&name=small) ---
**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:** [February 22, 2022, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/423 "2022-02-22T12:53:03Z")
Well, we’ve got our marching orders! See Richard Allen Grenell in a swimming pool, or other small body of water, feel free to drop trou and drop a duece! ---
**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:** [February 22, 2022, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/424 "2022-02-22T12:57:32Z")
Unless he smiles, amirite. ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Jocko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uncle_jocko/32/2932_2.png) [@Uncle\_Jocko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Jocko)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2022, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/425 "2022-02-22T13:08:59Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > Yeah, TR would probably have been a better choice then either Nixon or Coolidge (I had to stare at that one a minute to remember who it was). Nixon? Really? That’s one of the “greats” the GOP goes to? I’m guessing nobody on their social media team is old enough to have memories from 1974. And, of course, the truth that today’s Republicans are more than happy to claim Lincoln, but if he showed up today they’d censure him harder than they did Liz Cheney. ---
**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:** [February 22, 2022, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/426 "2022-02-22T13:20:23Z")
> [@Uncle\_Jocko](#): > > Nixon? Really? That’s one of the “greats” the GOP goes to? I really think their problem was that they needed 8 to complete the square. They were smart enough to not use Hoover. Probably should have used TR, but then who? Nixon is at least recognizable (and somewhat rehabilitated in GOP circles and had some positive accomplishments). That they had to reach for Silent Cal shows the problem. And considering how they really feel about Bush the elder, I’m a little surprised he made the list (but once again, who is recognizable enough that they could have swapped him out?). ---
**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:** [February 22, 2022, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/427 "2022-02-22T14:12:09Z")
> [@Uncle\_Jocko](#): > > {…}the truth that today’s Republicans are more than happy to claim Lincoln {…} ’ Lincone is just another CRT believein in SOCIALIST!!!11!!!’ ---
**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:** [February 22, 2022, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/428 "2022-02-22T14:12:44Z")
I think we’re over thinking this. It’s all smoke and mirrors to pwn the libs. After all it has about as much factual information as anything they’ve blown out of their ~~asses~~ pieholes lately. I doubt three-quarters of their base would recognize anybody above that bottom row, except Lincoln and Biden, even St. Ronnie. > [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > Lincone is just another CRT believein in SOCIALIST!!!11!!! Confederate Lives Matter ---
**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:** [February 22, 2022, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/429 "2022-02-22T14:17:49Z")
“Waste not, want not,” eh? > **[To build Abbott’s border barrier, Texas will use surplus wall panels from the...](https://www.texastribune.org/2022/02/15/texas-border-wall-federal-surplus-abbott/)** > > The 1,700 unused wall panels are being stored in Eagle Pass. Texas didn’t have to explain its plans for the panels when it secured the federal donation. > After the Biden administration halted the construction of former President Donald Trump’s border wall, hundreds of unused wall panels were left at construction sites. > > Now 1,700 unused panels — declared surplus property by the federal government — have been shipped from California to help build Gov. [Greg Abbott](https://www.texastribune.org/directory/greg-abbott/)’s state-funded wall, according to spokespeople for the U.S. Department of Defense and the Texas Facilities Commission. > … > > Luca said the panels are being stored in “a temporary and secured area” in Maverick County under the watch of the Texas National Guard. > > With the 1,700 donated panels, the state can erect roughly **1.3 miles of border barrier.** Luca said the panels “will be used in the near term” but didn’t say where on the Texas-Mexico border they will be used. > … My bold. Nothing ever has to happen to those panels. They can stay in storage forever. The important thing is that Greg Abbott gets **votes** because he’s ~~carrying out~~ pretending to carry out trumpy’s mission. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2022, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/430 "2022-02-22T14:18:37Z")
You think you’re joking but Lincoln said “Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if Labor had not first existed. Labor is superior to capital, and deserves much the higher consideration.” which is probably Muslim CRT Communism today. ---
**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:** [February 22, 2022, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/431 "2022-02-22T14:28:31Z")
Hmm . . . ’ Have you seen Linkon eating bacon? Solid proofe he’s a Musselman!’ ---
**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:** [February 22, 2022, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/432 "2022-02-22T14:35:31Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > Ike was . . . ANTIFA!!! He was also this. > [@Ike](#): > > Today in America unions have a secure place in our industrial life. Only a handful of unreconstructed reactionaries harbor the ugly thought of breaking unions. Only a fool would try to deprive working men and women of the right to join the union of their choice. Pro union, pro minimum wage, he’s basically a communist. ---
**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:** [February 22, 2022, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/433 "2022-02-22T14:47:11Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > And of course ALL of those advocating that Americans do things that will harm the USA are actual Americans themselves. I think we have enemies out there that want to hurt us for their own gain. But the hate, that comes from our fellow American citizens. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2022, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/434 "2022-02-22T17:33:50Z")
DC is so out of touch with real America, [they treat poor MT Wharrgarbl like](https://twitter.com/RightWingWatch/status/1496155460327587842?s=20&t=6kujT58lGvgf_HKnMZIhiA) some kind of _crazy person_. _warning: infowars clip, so hide your fragile irony meters_ ---
**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:** [February 22, 2022, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/435 "2022-02-22T18:00:44Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > DC is so out of touch with real America, > … > _warning: infowars clip, so hide your fragile irony meters_ Oh thank god, I thought she was starting to infest comic books! ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2022, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/436 "2022-02-22T18:07:13Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > No Teddy Roosevelt? Interesting. I guess the people behind this thing have a problem with trust-busting. You, and all the other posters above questioning the choice of Repub prezzes in that repulsive post: Note, HuffPost is on the story! > **[Republican Party's Weird Salute To GOP Presidents Quickly Flies Off The Rails](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/rnc-presidents-day-message_n_62145974e4b0afc668b57205)** > > Critics on both sides of the aisle slammed the Republican National Committee's Presidents Day post. This article is mainly just a compendium of tweets questioning the choice of presidents for that post, along with other snarky posts. Note furthermore, there is criticism from other Republicans too! ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2022, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/437 "2022-02-22T18:11:10Z")
That new citadel of censorship-free Truth has already banned its first(?) wanna-be member! Truth Social bans DevinNunesCow. (From this article, it seems like it’s not the same as the similarly-named Twitter account.) > **[Trump’s new social media platform bans Devin Nunes Cow satirical account](https://news.yahoo.com/trump-social-media-platform-dedicated-160030093.html)** > > ‘It appears Devin has still not developed a thicker skin’ ---
**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:** [February 22, 2022, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/438 "2022-02-22T18:14:34Z")
Poor James Garfield gets no respect. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2022, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/439 "2022-02-22T18:32:39Z")
Garfield is most notable for being the President who took way too long to die. His assassination took place on July 2nd, but he lingered on for 79 days before finally closing on the farm. I am not quite sure whether he should get respect or reproof for that. The name most prominently missing from that list, though, is Hiram, one of only four Rs to serve for two full terms. Perhaps it is because he defeated the Confederate Army, which was kind of an impolite thing to do to decent white folk. ---
**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:** [February 22, 2022, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/440 "2022-02-22T18:36:01Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > I am not quite sure whether he should get respect or reproof for that. His doctors should get the reproof. ---
**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:** [February 22, 2022, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/441 "2022-02-22T18:44:46Z")
I often wonder how his Presidency would have gone if he hadn’t been shot. Would he be memorable or largely forgotten? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=21) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=23)