# 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:** 53
**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:** [March 24, 2022, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1042 "2022-03-24T22:35:28Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > > [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > > > Yes. Tinfoil hats. > > Nobody wears tinfoil has. Tin foil is expensive and hard to find, so they all wear aluminum (or aluminium) foil on their heads, which is unfortunate for them because aluminum foil amplies the mind control signals. Makes them stronger in the same way that a 30’ stack of concert speakers makes the music louder, meaning their subconscious minds are overwhelmed by the intensity of the signals, leading to confusion and misinterpretation. At least without the aluminum foil, the brain is able to handle the signals and sometimes discard the conflicting ones. These people are just screwing themselves up. These sensible and undoubted facts appear in the public discourse all too infrequently. ---
**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:** [March 25, 2022, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1043 "2022-03-25T01:39:45Z")
Texas makes it impossible for teachers to do their jobs, but if they quit, the state will suspend their teaching credentials. > **[More Texas schools threaten teacher certificates for those who quit](https://www.kxan.com/investigations/more-texas-schools-threaten-teacher-certificates-for-those-who-quit/)** > > But data shows school districts statewide have sent in more requests to the state in the last seven months to consider suspending or even revoking educators’ teaching certificates for job aba… ---
**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:** [March 25, 2022, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1044 "2022-03-25T02:21:15Z")
Alex Jones failed to appear for his Sandy Hook deposition for the second day in a row. > **[Alex Jones skips Sandy Hook deposition again after judge rules 2nd doctor’s...](https://www.newstimes.com/news/article/Alex-Jones-skips-Sandy-Hook-deposition-again-17026025.php)** > > This marks the second time this week Jones has failed to appear for his deposition, with... ---
**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:** [March 25, 2022, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1045 "2022-03-25T02:46:59Z")
So, doesn’t this mean that he should lose whatever license he has? ---
**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:** [March 25, 2022, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1046 "2022-03-25T03:15:29Z")
[Breaking News](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/virginia-ginni-thomas-clarence-wife-mark-meadows-texts-2020-election/): # Ginni Thomas is a Rank and Fetid Piece of Shit Ok, sorry, we did already know that. Just, now we have solid proof ---
**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:** [March 25, 2022, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1047 "2022-03-25T06:26:55Z")
A steadfast opponent of “critical race theory”, Ohio R Sarah Fowler Arthur, explains that [the 3rd Reich’s Holocaust led to people being killed because of](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ohio-divisive-concepts-bill-sarah-fowler-arthur_n_623b742be4b0d39357d09a76) skin color. ---
**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:** [March 25, 2022, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1048 "2022-03-25T07:13:06Z")
Here’s a twofer; Sarah Palin tells Hannity she wants to run for Don Young’s House seat, after Hannity asks her if she lives in his district. > **[Sarah Palin thinks she has the 'cojones' to be in Congress because she ‘has...](https://www.rawstory.com/sarah-palin-2657035221/)** > > Sarah Palin thinks she may have the right stuff to succeed Rep. Don Young, who passed away after serving as Alaska's lone representative in Congress for 49 years.Palin was interviewed about if she plans to run in the special election by Fox News Sean... ---
**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:** [March 25, 2022, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1049 "2022-03-25T14:20:22Z")
Good God! Palin appears smarter than Hannity in that one little bit. Hannity: AK only has one US Rep, do you live in that district? DERP!!! My favorite part is this bit: > [@](#): > > I’m going to throw my hat in the ring because we need people that have cajones. We need people like Donald Trump who has nothing to lose like me. We got nothing to lose and no more of this vanilla milquetoast namby-pamby wussy pussy stuff… Who else is sick of this vanilla milquetoast namby-pamy wussy pussy stuff? You go gurl! 🙄 ---
**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:** [March 25, 2022, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1050 "2022-03-25T16:51:59Z")
I would definitely vote for someone who quit halfway through the term of the last elected office held, leaving constituents in lurch. ---
**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:** [March 25, 2022, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1051 "2022-03-25T18:04:19Z")
The extremely right wing Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina is running for Governor. LG Mark Robinson is virulently anti-abortion. Unless, of course, it’s his girlfriend. > **[Anti-Abortion Pol Says He Paid for Abortion After Impregnating Woman in 1989](https://www.thedailybeast.com/north-carolina-lt-gov-mark-robinson-anti-abortion-firebrand-says-he-paid-for-an-abortion-in-2012)** > > North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, a conservative GOPer who frequently rails against abortion rights, apparently didn’t always practice what he preaches. ---
**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:** [March 25, 2022, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1052 "2022-03-25T18:23:17Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > The extremely right wing Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina is running for Governor. LG Mark Robinson is virulently anti-abortion. Unless, of course, it’s his girlfriend. - > [North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, Anti-Abortion Firebrand, Says He Paid for an Abortion in 1989](https://www.thedailybeast.com/north-carolina-lt-gov-mark-robinson-anti-abortion-firebrand-says-he-paid-for-an-abortion-in-2012) “I got (rid of) mine, fuck you!” ---
**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:** [March 25, 2022, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1053 "2022-03-25T19:09:06Z")
So Palin thinks that people will vote for her because she has balls rather than a pussy? Well sure, I guess. We should not discriminate against anyone. ---
**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:** [March 25, 2022, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1054 "2022-03-25T19:10:14Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > The extremely right wing Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina is running for Governor. LG Mark Robinson is virulently anti-abortion. Unless, of course, it’s his girlfriend. > **["The Only Moral Abortion is My Abortion"](https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/5/15/1857976/--The-Only-Moral-Abortion-is-My-Abortion-an-article-by-Joyce-Arthur)** > > A friend posted a link to this article on Facebook. Even though it is from almost 20 years ago, I thought it important to share. www.prochoiceactionnetwork-canada.org/... > > > "THE ONLY MORAL ABORTION IS MY ABORTION"  > > When the... ---
**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:** [March 25, 2022, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1055 "2022-03-25T19:20:07Z")
She has cajones and no more of that pussy stuff so, yeah? ---
**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:** [March 25, 2022, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1056 "2022-03-25T19:35:10Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > So Palin thinks that people will vote for her because she has balls rather than a pussy? I thought the Republicans were anti-trans? ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2022, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1057 "2022-03-25T20:46:25Z")
I was going to post something about how Sean Hannity and Sara Palin were both, unsurprisingly, single - but a quick fact check told me that while Hannity is technically single, he’s fucking Ainsley Earnhardt, the latest blonde in the middle on Fox and Friends. So, sometimes a #MeToo works out, I guess. ---
**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:** [March 26, 2022, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1058 "2022-03-26T08:49:37Z")
That means that she’s certainly capable of making questionable decisions about her dating life, so I’m not completely eliminated from consideration. Of course, following Hannity down that particular rabbit hole doesn’t sound particularly appealing… ---
**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:** [March 26, 2022, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1059 "2022-03-26T11:21:51Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > I would definitely vote for someone who quit halfway through the term of the last elected office held, leaving constituents in lurch. Well, you have to understand, her last elected office required her to actually work, which is not well-suited to her. But MTG, et al. have proven that one can still be a “successful” member of Congress without doing any actual work, so now she’s up for it again. ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2022, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1060 "2022-03-26T13:20:55Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > # Ginni Thomas is a Rank and Fetid Piece of Shit > > Ok, sorry, we did already know that. Just, now we have solid proof > **[Imgflip](https://imgflip.com/i/6a3rab)** ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Greenjeans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.greenjeans/32/551_2.png) [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2022, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1061 "2022-03-26T13:40:08Z")
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