# 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:** 25
**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 23, 2022, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/482 "2022-02-23T20:14:34Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > I mean, just because Hunter S. Thompson was able to turn crazy into high art does not mean that just anybody can try this at home. I’m recalling a scene in _thirtysomething_ where Michael is moaning about not being able to complete his novel – “I’ll never be the next Hemingway.” Elliot tells him, “_Hemingway_ couldn’t be Hemingway – he died trying!” If only. ---
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2022, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/483 "2022-02-23T21:17:27Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Nitpick: Asshole Abbott is the governor. But the Attorney General is also an asshole. As is the Lt Governor. To be fair, the pig-fucking, yet-to-be-convicted-felon AG Ken Paxton also espoused the same philosophy: > **[Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton: Gender-affirming care for transgender...](https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2022/02/21/texas-attorney-general-ken-paxton-health-care-for-transgender-children-is-abuse/)** > > AUSTIN — Attorney General Ken Paxton has issued a new interpretation of state law that says certain types of medical care for transgender children are abuse,... ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2022, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/484 "2022-02-23T21:43:39Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Sounds like a normal Idaho Republican to me. Yep! Idaho joins the “ban CRT in grade school” bandwagon. What a bunch of easily misled dumbshits! > **[Resolution criticizing critical race theory, ‘divisive content’ clears Idaho...](https://www.idahostatesman.com/news/local/education/article258685758.html)** > > The resolution faced some opposition from Democratic senators who worried it could send the wrong message. ---
**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:** [February 23, 2022, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/485 "2022-02-23T21:57:32Z")
Madison Cawthorn is trying to claim that the 14th amendment provision preventing insurrectionists from holding office doesn’t apply to him because the provision only applied to participants in the Civil War. > **[North Carolina officials reject Cawthorn claim that Constitution’s...](https://www.politico.com/news/2022/02/23/north-carolina-cawthorn-constitution-insurrectionists-00010944)** > > The case is an important early test for those seeking to impose consequences on members of Congress who embraced false claims about the 2020 election results. ---
**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:** [February 23, 2022, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/486 "2022-02-23T22:08:04Z")
Ken Kesey. Sorry to be so nit picky, but that’s my favorite book. ---
**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 23, 2022, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/487 "2022-02-23T22:11:54Z")
Sorry, I was using McMurphy symbolically and did not mean to imply that HST had authored that book but rather that he _lived_ the crazy, in am artful sorta way. ---
**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:** [February 23, 2022, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/488 "2022-02-23T22:13:35Z")
He lived the crazy like no other! ---
**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:** [February 23, 2022, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/489 "2022-02-23T23:34:24Z")
Lt. Col. Vindman has filed suit against Donnie Jr. for witness intimidation and retaliation for Vindman’s testimony at one of Individual 1’s impeachments, > **[Donald Trump Jr. served with lawsuit for witness intimidation of Alexander...](https://www.rawstory.com/donald-trump-jr-alexander-vindman/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter)** > > Donald Trump Jr. has been officially served with court papers in a lawsuit brought by former Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman for witness intimidation and retaliation.Vindman announced earlier this month that he is also suing Rudy Giuliani, former White... ---
**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 24, 2022, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/490 "2022-02-24T05:05:27Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Lt. Col. Vindman has filed suit against Donnie Jr. for witness intimidation and retaliation for Vindman’s testimony at one of Individual 1’s impeachments, Definitely an prospective item for the Schadenfreude thread, if anything comes of it. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2022, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/491 "2022-02-24T05:47:30Z")
My favorite part of Scott’s brochure was this quote, which I’m offering without comment: _The nuclear family is crucial to civilization, it is God’s design for humanity, and it must be protected and celebrated. To say otherwise is to deny science._ ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2022, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/492 "2022-02-24T08:18:24Z")
And the war is off and running. CFSG calls into FOX: “…Donald Trump, who called into FOX and mostly began going off on “the Russian hoax” and how he won the election, and then said that AMERICAN forces had staged an “amphibious assault” in Ukraine. Laura Ingraham had to inform him that no, that was the Russians.” Laura Ingraham had to correct Mr. Feeblemind. My head explodes. ---
**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:** [February 24, 2022, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/493 "2022-02-24T10:36:36Z")
So Ted Cruz met Herschel Walker at Mar-A-Lago, and posted this picture: [![](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/02/23/22/54573327-10544523-image-a-25_1645656512905.jpg) ](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/02/23/22/54573327-10544523-image-a-25_1645656512905.jpg) There’s so much going on there including the portrait on the wall and the potential other meanings of “red wave”, but I’d like to direct your attention to Ted’s shoes which: 1. Literally have “Senator Ted Cruz” printed on them, and 2. Have MASSIVE heels. I mean, any higher and Rudy could use them for his drag act. There’s a massive amount of insecurity revealed by the shoes alone. ---
**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 24, 2022, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/494 "2022-02-24T10:44:10Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > There’s so much going on there including the portrait on the wall and the potential other meanings of “red wave” [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/GP2JPwbtq0g/hqdefault.jpg "Vigo The Carpathian - Ghostbusters 2") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GP2JPwbtq0g) ---
**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:** [February 24, 2022, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/495 "2022-02-24T11:49:15Z")
A couple of Kentucky Republican lawmakers decide that a one dollar lease may be too much, so of course, they ask if the government can [“Jew them down on the price”](https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-698437). ---
**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 24, 2022, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/496 "2022-02-24T11:56:41Z")
‘Hey? How is that aunty semitic? Every one nose the jews are good with money!’ Randow Kentucky Republican ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2022, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/497 "2022-02-24T15:57:52Z")
“What!? I thought it was supposed to be a complement!” ---
**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:** [February 24, 2022, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/498 "2022-02-24T19:08:07Z")
Kristi Noem says the Russian invasion of Ukraine was planned by Biden. > **[Kristi Noem Suggests Biden ‘Planned’ Russia Conflict Because of His Oil Policy](https://www.thedailybeast.com/kristi-noem-suggests-joe-biden-planned-russian-invasion-of-ukraine-because-of-oil-policy)** > > Gov. Noem’s comment seemed to be the natural progression of a right-wing narrative that the threat of a Russia attack was a “ruse” to help Biden politically. ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2022, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/499 "2022-02-24T19:38:17Z")
Someone in the Democratic party needs to bookmark that for when she runs for President as T’s VP. They’d make quite a pair. ---
**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 24, 2022, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/500 "2022-02-24T20:39:07Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Kristi Noem says the Russian invasion of Ukraine was planned by Biden. Uh-oh!! Biden planned it, but trumpy said it was _genius_! Does not compute!! ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2022, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/501 "2022-02-24T21:20:40Z")
Biden got the Russians to invade! What horrible power he wields! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=24) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=26)