# 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:** 399
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2023, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/7967 "2023-02-18T04:32:06Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > ou know, that phrase is being overused to the point of being meaningless, aph·o·rism /ˈafəˌrizəm/ _noun_ 1. a pithy observation that contains a general truth, such as, “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.”. ---
**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 18, 2023, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/7968 "2023-02-18T10:07:46Z")
That reminds me of #6 [here](https://diply.com/5786/24-people-who-were-sorely-mistaken), for some reason. ---
**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 18, 2023, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/7969 "2023-02-18T14:30:00Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > It only just now occurred to me that “foursome” might be intended to refer to _golf_. You have a dirty mind. Golf, ewww. ---
**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 18, 2023, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/7970 "2023-02-18T14:46:03Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > Golf, ewww. What’s dirty about four grown men holding their shafts and whacking their balls? ---
**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 18, 2023, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/7971 "2023-02-18T14:51:56Z")
I’ve long thought that golf was a game designed by aliens who were operating off the description of a child’s understanding of how babies are made. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2023, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/7972 "2023-02-18T16:26:06Z")
My cousin once stated that if aliens ever saw downhill skiing the fun part is going up on the chairlift. I tend to agree with the aliens. I hate downhill skiing with the same passion that some love it. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2023, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/7973 "2023-02-18T17:39:41Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Typo, or deliberate? Typo. I had a 50/50 shot of getting it right and didn’t have time to look it up. ---
**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 18, 2023, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/7974 "2023-02-18T17:55:00Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > What’s dirty about four grown men holding their shafts and whacking their balls? It’s the stroking, dude, all the stroking. ---
**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:** [February 18, 2023, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/7975 "2023-02-18T17:56:36Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > > [@Horatius](#): > > > > What’s dirty about four grown men holding their shafts and whacking their balls? > > It’s the stroking, dude, all the stroking. - Even weirder, fewest wins. ---
**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 18, 2023, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/7976 "2023-02-18T18:35:54Z")
And someone assigned to help you with your balls and shafts all day. ---
**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:** [February 18, 2023, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/7977 "2023-02-18T18:48:06Z")
And both of you guaranteed to shout “Get in the hole!” at least 6 times. ---
**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 18, 2023, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/7978 "2023-02-18T18:50:54Z")
My sister (we own a condo together) enjoys watching golf on TV. In fact, she’s watching a tournament at this very moment. I’m usually at my desktop in the kitchen, because I don’t give a flying flip about golf. I HATE with the fire of a million suns that “Get in the hole” shout. Makes me murderous. ---
**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 18, 2023, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/7979 "2023-02-18T19:21:16Z")
DeSanctimonious wants to use a Christian based college entrance exam that would eventually bypass the SAT and ACT because they’re apparently “woke”. > **[Florida is considering a ‘classical and Christian’ alternative to the SAT](https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/2023/02/17/desantis-classical-learning-test-college-board-ap-sat/)** > > Gov. DeSantis has talked about finding alternatives to the College Board, which administers the SAT and Advanced Placement classes. ---
**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 18, 2023, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/7980 "2023-02-18T19:23:35Z")
Marge says that, instead of sending weapons to Ukraine, we should be bombing Mexican drug cartels and Antifa and BLM. > **[MTG says U.S. should be 'bombing Mexican cartels' and 'Antifa BLM rioters'...](https://www.alternet.org/mtg-bombing-mexican-cartels-ukraine/)** > > Georgia GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green appeared on former President Donald Trump's son, Donald Trump Jr.'s podcast, Triggered, this week to discuss top priorities for the House GOP, insisting her Democratic congressional colleagues allocate funds... ---
**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 18, 2023, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/7981 "2023-02-18T19:25:22Z")
Democratic Congresswoman Angie Craig was attacked in the elevator of her home in the Washington DC area last week, and Fox said she deserves it for calling for the defunding of the police, something she never did. Now she’s getting death threats. > **[Rep. Angie Craig's office releases threatening calls it received after...](https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/17/politics/angie-craig-threatening-calls)** > > Rep. Angie Craig's office released audio Friday of threatening, vulgar phone calls it said it received after the Minnesota Democrat was physically assaulted in her apartment building in Washington, DC, earlier this month. ---
**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 18, 2023, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/7982 "2023-02-18T19:33:21Z")
Arizona Republicans are clutching their pearls because Governor Katie Hobbs vetoed their “bipartisan” budget that didn’t have a single Democratic vote. > **[Gov. Katie Hobbs' veto triggers Republicans into phony (read: laughable)...](https://www.yahoo.com/news/gov-katie-hobbs-veto-triggers-183947159.html)** > > Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs vetoes the Republicans' state budget, and you would think that life as we know it is ending. Good grief, get a grip. ---
**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 18, 2023, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/7983 "2023-02-18T19:50:27Z")
Kari Lake is spreading the lie that George Soros is endorsing Ron DeSanctimonious. > **[Kari Lake Dumps Man-Crush DeSantis With Soros-Related Conspiracy](https://www.yahoo.com/news/kari-lake-dumps-man-crush-183652999.html)** > > The election-denying Arizona Republican once claimed DeSantis had the “BDE that we want all of our leaders to have.” ---
**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 18, 2023, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/7984 "2023-02-18T19:55:29Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > > [@](#): > > > > Georgia GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green appeared on former President Donald Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr.'s podcast, Triggered I do think that’s an excellent name for a podcast for the right to go on and have a temper tantrum. Just kinda surprised that they would be so honest with the name. ---
**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 18, 2023, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/7985 "2023-02-18T21:27:18Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > DeSanctimonious wants to use a Christian based college entrance exam that would eventually bypass the SAT and ACT because they’re apparently “woke”. I support this BUT ONLY if the entire test is in Latin. ---
**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:** [February 18, 2023, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/7986 "2023-02-18T21:37:08Z")
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