# 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:** 289
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2022, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5762 "2022-11-13T23:38:26Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > They’re like the Lost Boys, only less adorable. - Also, I’d be surprised if most of them could carry a tune. ---
**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:** [November 13, 2022, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5763 "2022-11-13T23:50:23Z")
Musical theater? That’s a bit…“suspect,” don’t you think? And isn’t that Mary Martin _in drag_??!? ---
**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:** [November 13, 2022, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5764 "2022-11-13T23:53:27Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > They’re like the Lost Boys, only less adorable. Blood sucking parasites who whither and die when exposed to sunlight? Sounds about right. ---
**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:** [November 14, 2022, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5765 "2022-11-14T01:21:03Z")
As long as they just keep it to shofars and don’t break out the vuvuzelas. What, with the World Cup just around the corner. ---
**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 14, 2022, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5766 "2022-11-14T10:04:16Z")
> [@JaneDoe42](#): > > The Fat Orange Baboon isn’t bothering demanding recounts, he just wants everything done over. _Turn the machines back on!_ > [@silenus](#): > > Musical theater? That’s a bit…“suspect,” don’t you think? A reminder that the Proud Boys are literally named after a song in the stage version of the musical _Aladdin_. In other news, there are still idiots out there proposing that Trump should be made Speaker of the House. This is apparently legally possible as the Speaker does not have to be an elected member of the House, but it would way too much work for Trump (more work than Presidenting) and would cause carnage within the GOP. So I say go for it. ---
**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:** [November 14, 2022, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5767 "2022-11-14T10:47:07Z")
Eh, the World Cup and Trumpists are both massively corrupt so it might be appropriate. ---
**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:** [November 14, 2022, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5768 "2022-11-14T13:30:17Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > it would way too much work for Trump (more work than Presidenting) It’s only a lot of work if you actually do the work (kind of like Presidenting). Trump would just not do it, and other people in the House would pick up the slack. ---
**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:** [November 14, 2022, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5769 "2022-11-14T15:07:16Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > In other news, there are still idiots out there proposing that Trump should be made Speaker of the House. This is apparently legally possible as the Speaker does not have to be an elected member of the House, but it would way too much work for Trump (more work than Presidenting) and would cause carnage within the GOP. So I say go for it. _I impeach Joe and Kamala cuz they’re the worst poopyheads who never liked my steaks._ ---
**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 14, 2022, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5770 "2022-11-14T15:15:36Z")
This is the cover of Ted Cruz’s new book: [![](https://blackwells.co.uk/jacket/l/9781684513611.jpg) ](https://blackwells.co.uk/jacket/l/9781684513611.jpg) Does that statue look familiar? It may, because it’s “[The Motherland Calls](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Motherland_Calls)”, an 85m high monument to “Heroes of the Battle of Stalingrad” in Volgograd, Russia. [![](https://cdn.thecandytrail.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/mother-russia-stalingrad-war-memorial-statue.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&w=960&ssl=1) ](https://cdn.thecandytrail.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/mother-russia-stalingrad-war-memorial-statue.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&w=960&ssl=1) Cruz has [previously spread pro-Russia propaganda](https://www.businessinsider.com/ted-cruz-us-military-retweet-russian-far-right-propaganda-2021-5?r=US&IR=T), so I suppose his choice of cover art shouldn’t be surprising. A pity he doesn’t support his own country so much. ---
**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:** [November 14, 2022, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5771 "2022-11-14T15:38:59Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > This is the cover of Ted Cruz’s new book: > > [https://blackwells.co.uk/jacket/l/9781684513611.jpg](https://blackwells.co.uk/jacket/l/9781684513611.jpg) > > Does that statue look familiar? It may, because it’s “[The Motherland Calls](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Motherland_Calls)”, an 85m high monument to “Heroes of the Battle of Stalingrad” in Volgograd, Russia. > > [https://cdn.thecandytrail.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/mother-russia-stalingrad-war-memorial-statue.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&w=960&ssl=1](https://cdn.thecandytrail.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/mother-russia-stalingrad-war-memorial-statue.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&w=960&ssl=1) > > Cruz has [previously spread pro-Russia propaganda](https://www.businessinsider.com/ted-cruz-us-military-retweet-russian-far-right-propaganda-2021-5?r=US&IR=T), so I suppose his choice of cover art shouldn’t be surprising. A pity he doesn’t support his own country so much. - Don’t forget he’s part Cuban. All Cuban since his mother’s citizenship doesn’t count. ---
**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 14, 2022, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5772 "2022-11-14T19:03:34Z")
I wonder if he talks in the book at all about Mitch McConnell not bringing up Democratic-nominated judicial appointees for a vote for eight years during the Obama administration. Oh, of course not, because that would be “how the radical right weaponized the legal system.” How silly of me. ---
**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:** [November 14, 2022, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5773 "2022-11-14T19:57:21Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Don’t forget he’s part Cuban. All Cuban since his mother’s citizenship doesn’t count. Well, at least he was not _born in_ Cuba. ---
**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 14, 2022, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5774 "2022-11-14T20:15:16Z")
There is much question as to whether his parents were married when Rafael was born, and therefore whether he is in the country legally. ---
**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 14, 2022, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5775 "2022-11-14T20:52:44Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Well, at least he was not _born in_ Cuba. A lot of people are saying he was. An “extremely reliable source” called me yesterday and said his birth certificate is a fraud. I have investigators in Havana and you won’t believe what they’re finding out. ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2022, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5776 "2022-11-14T21:13:11Z")
Are they releasing their findings in two weeks? ---
**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 14, 2022, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5777 "2022-11-14T21:20:11Z")
No, we’ve got Infrastructure Week penciled in there. ---
**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:** [November 14, 2022, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5778 "2022-11-14T21:20:41Z")
@Smapti is much more efficient than TFG - I’m sure it will only take (a rolling) 10 days to present the evidence. ---
**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 15, 2022, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5779 "2022-11-15T05:56:02Z")
After the Arizona Governor’s race was called for Hobbs, Kari Lake said, “Arizonans know BS when they see it.” Right, that’s why they voted for Hobbs. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2022, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5780 "2022-11-15T15:29:33Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Kari Lake said, “Arizonans know BS when they see it.” Biggest self-own of the election! Hey Kari: if oh say 31000 unvaccinated Arizona republicans hadn’t died of Covid, maybe they would have voted for you. ---
**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:** [November 15, 2022, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/5781 "2022-11-15T18:13:50Z")
Right! She should have used the Democratic ploy: having dead people vote. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=288) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=290)