# 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:** 286
**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:** [November 10, 2022, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5702 "2022-11-10T17:40:39Z")
MTG invokes the duck factor. > She issued another tweet a few minutes later which corrected her choice of verbs, but the feathers were already ruffled. ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2022, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5703 "2022-11-10T17:42:02Z")
I think she’s just poking fun at the loser Dr Oz. ---
**Author:** ![TheTooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/919ad9/32.png) [@TheTooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheTooth)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2022, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5704 "2022-11-10T17:43:26Z")
I imagine watching her trying to count would be painful. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2022, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5705 "2022-11-10T19:15:33Z")
> I have this delightful vision of TFG wandering around the empty club, screaming for a diet Coke, and getting redder and redder and redder because he’s alone and there’s no one to run fetch it for him. It must have been galling to be betrayed by his personal Coke valet: > Junior better hope _his_ personal coke valet is more loyal… ---
**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:** [November 10, 2022, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5706 "2022-11-10T19:21:03Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > It must have been galling to be betrayed by his personal Coke valet $135K a year to fetch Diet Cokes for TFG? Hell, for that money, I’d take the job. No, no, I wouldn’t. ---
**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:** [November 10, 2022, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5707 "2022-11-10T19:27:11Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > She issued another tweet a few minutes later which corrected her choice of verbs, but the feathers were already ruffled. Did she address the issue of “trying to count ballots”? Makes it sound like she’s already taken her shoes off, and run out of toes. ---
**Author:** ![iamatractorboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iamatractorboy/32/21261_2.png) [@iamatractorboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamatractorboy)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2022, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5708 "2022-11-10T21:58:35Z")
In fairness, she is a fan of Donald. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2022, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5709 "2022-11-10T22:05:55Z")
Can I open the Cokes and spit in them? ---
**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:** [November 10, 2022, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5710 "2022-11-10T22:56:24Z")
If someone were to spike his Diet Cokes with LSD before one of his speeches/rallies, I wonder if anyone could tell the difference? ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2022, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5711 "2022-11-10T23:01:34Z")
He might make sense. ---
**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:** [November 10, 2022, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5712 "2022-11-10T23:22:32Z")
$135,000 / (12 cokes a day / 365 days per year) = $30 per Diet Coke delivery. No fucking way that is worth it. ---
**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:** [November 10, 2022, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5713 "2022-11-10T23:42:17Z")
How much does he charge for them on his properties? ---
**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:** [November 11, 2022, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5714 "2022-11-11T00:03:11Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > $135,000 / (12 cokes a day / 365 days per year) = $30 per Diet Coke delivery. No fucking way that is worth it. I still remember one of those videos that Vicente Fox made shortly after Trump became president. “Donald, I notice you drink a lot of Diet Coke… which, by the way, is _not_ working…” ---
**Author:** ![CaptMurdock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/captmurdock/32/11736_2.png) [@CaptMurdock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptMurdock)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2022, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5715 "2022-11-11T02:02:24Z")
Truly. I mean, there’s only so many times you can take a shower in scalding hot alcohol. ---
**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:** [November 11, 2022, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5716 "2022-11-11T02:15:05Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > If someone were to spike his Diet Cokes with LSD before one of his speeches/rallies, I wonder if anyone could tell the difference? I think so. As soon as he paused the hostility, standing speechless for a while, looking up and smiling, grinning and looking around, mouth open but not speaking, finally imploring: “Oh wow! It’s beautiful!” people would get suspicious. ---
**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:** [November 11, 2022, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5717 "2022-11-11T11:22:47Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Didn’t work for King Canute, won’t work for him. Though I’d like to see him goaded into it. I’ve often heard Trump referred to as a “Cnut” or something very similar. ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2022, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5718 "2022-11-11T15:30:19Z")
Depending on my mood and/or the phase of the moon, I’ve referred to him as King Cannot. ---
**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:** [November 11, 2022, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5719 "2022-11-11T20:53:37Z")
Loser Donald is yelling at the TV again. [![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FhSHByRWYAI2prU?format=jpg&name=medium) ](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FhSHByRWYAI2prU?format=jpg&name=medium) ---
**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:** [November 12, 2022, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5720 "2022-11-12T03:13:16Z")
Youngkin can’t run for reelection, so the Presidency is a logical move for him, Individual 1 is trying to stop him in his tracks. ---
**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:** [November 12, 2022, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5721 "2022-11-12T03:55:44Z")
The Governor of Oklahoma has dedicated every square inch of the state for Jesus. That may be surprising to Jews and people of other faiths when they go to their places of worship. [https://i.redd.it/mti440x4mez91.jpg](https://i.redd.it/mti440x4mez91.jpg) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=285) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=287)