# 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:** 57
**Author:** ![Mijin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mijin/32/9369_2.png) [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2022, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1122 "2022-03-30T08:05:23Z")
Ah, I see in this more detailed account, she mentions being penetrated with objects. So…indeed a gang rape then. Yikes. ---
**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:** [March 30, 2022, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1123 "2022-03-30T16:18:51Z")
Feeling sympathy and even outrage that this woman was forced to endure a humiliating violation of her self does not engender a respect for her wackadoodle and even dangerous views. ---
**Author:** ![Airbeck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/airbeck/32/6574_2.png) [@Airbeck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airbeck)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2022, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1124 "2022-03-30T16:39:03Z")
Why does she think #metoo excluded her? My understanding is it was a movement for every woman who has ever been assaulted, harassed, raped or victimized in any way sexually. The movement didn’t name anyone specifically, but instead called on women everywhere to join in and speak up. Why does she think this excluded her? What a strange complaint. ---
**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 30, 2022, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1125 "2022-03-30T17:46:38Z")
Apparently all of the Ohio Senate Republican candidates support “the election was stolen”. > **[To Understand the Republican Party, Look at Ohio’s Senate Primary](https://time.com/6162390/republican-ohio-senate-primary/)** > > It is the perfect tableau of just how much Trump has colored the identity of the Republican Party. ---
**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 30, 2022, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1126 "2022-03-30T18:02:31Z")
And the Pennsylvania primary debate went just about as well as Ohio. All of the others piled on Dr. Oz for not being a real Republican and conservative. > **[GOP rivals pile on 'Dr. Oz' during forum for Pennsylvania Senate candidates](https://www.yahoo.com/news/gop-rivals-pile-dr-oz-154646172.html)** > > The diagnosis from Mehmet Oz's confrontation Wednesday with his Republican opponents in Pennsylvania's Republican Senate primary? Bruising. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2022, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1127 "2022-03-30T18:26:50Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > And the Pennsylvania primary debate went just about as well as Ohio. All of the others piled on Dr. Oz for not being a real Republican and conservative. I’m reminded of a saying I heard once “Paint a monkey pink and put it in a cage with other monkeys will kill it.” I don’t know if it’s true, but if you put a pseudoscience-supporting ex-surgeon/prof. emeritus into a cage with Republican primary runners they’ll apparently try to kill him. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2022, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1128 "2022-03-30T18:38:14Z")
I have family in Oklahoma and in Mississippi. And in Florida. I’m never going to be able to visit them ever again. ---
**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 30, 2022, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1129 "2022-03-30T18:43:43Z")
[That horse is not dead. It’s not! It’s not! It’s not!](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10664487/Trump-urges-Putin-hand-related-Hunter-Bidens-dealings-Russian-oligarchs.html) (CFEFWSG asks Vladdy for dirt on Hunter) ---
**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:** [March 30, 2022, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1130 "2022-03-30T19:34:01Z")
Another actual elected official [sounds the alarm](https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/03/29/furries-litter-box-nebraska-bostelman/) about schoolchildren identifying as animals and using litter boxes: > During a televised debate over a Nebraska school funding bill on Monday, Republican state Sen. Bruce Bostelman brought up an issue he found particularly troubling: furries. > > “Schoolchildren dress up as animals — cats or dogs — during the school day; they meow, and they bark,” he said. “And now schools are wanting to put litter boxes in the schools for these children to use. How is this sanitary?” To be fair, it didn’t take long for him to wise up and walk back toward where the sane people live: > But within hours of the debate, Bostelman backtracked and admitted the accusations were inaccurate… ---
**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:** [March 30, 2022, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1131 "2022-03-30T23:38:40Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > [That horse is not dead. It’s not! It’s not! It’s not!](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10664487/Trump-urges-Putin-hand-related-Hunter-Bidens-dealings-Russian-oligarchs.html) > > (CFEFWSG asks Vladdy for dirt on Hunter) Also stupid because Trump currently has a lawsuit against Hillary Clinton and others for claiming he’d been working with Russia. How dare she accuse him of doing the thing he keeps doing? Meanwhile in stupid Giuliani news, [the next generation takes his turn](https://www.thedailybeast.com/andrew-guiliani-makes-gross-anti-trans-comments-to-far-right-group-in-ny-governor-race): > [@](#): > > New York gubernatorial hopeful—and son of disgraced Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani—Andrew Giuliani brought up his young daughter in a weekend rant about gender, stating that he had “looked under the hood” and that she was a woman and “she’s gonna stay a woman.” > [@](#): > > She “made a promise to me on the first day, right? My wife was sleeping, and I’m holding her [my daughter] in my arms. And I get emotional thinking about it, but she made a promise with me. She shook my hand and I said, ‘I’m the only boyfriend till you’re 25 years old, shake hands.’ > > “Shook my hand. So I have changed the diapers. I have looked under the hood. She’s a woman. I’m gonna be the last guy in a long time that looks under the hood right there. But guess what? She was born a woman and she’s gonna stay a woman, it’s that simple.” Let’s just check the Creepometer reading on that: Sexualizing your four-year-old daughter? Check. Using her to take a swipe a trans people? Check. Indicating that she won’t be allowed to date until she’s 25 years old? Check. Calling yourself her “boyfriend” while your wife is asleep next to you? BIG ol’ check. Not quite up to “Donald about Ivanka” level but he’s getting there. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2022, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1132 "2022-03-31T00:06:24Z")
> [@Airbeck](#): > > The movement didn’t name anyone specifically, but instead called on women everywhere to join in and speak up. Why does she think this excluded her? My guess? She thinks that calling yourself a feminist while not also being an anti-Islamic bigot, means that you’re not serious about being a feminist. ---
**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 31, 2022, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1133 "2022-03-31T00:55:11Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Let’s just check the Creepometer reading on that: > > Sexualizing your four-year-old daughter? Check. > Using her to take a swipe a trans people? Check. > Indicating that she won’t be allowed to date until she’s 25 years old? Check. > Calling yourself her “boyfriend” while your wife is asleep next to you? BIG ol’ check. OMG. So NO ONE in Andrew Giuliani’s circle of advisors saw any need to say ‘maybe not say this stuff’…??? _No one_ in his circle sees anything about those remarks that could bother voters??? Wow. ---
**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 31, 2022, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1134 "2022-03-31T01:41:58Z")
Bother voters? Surely, you can’t be serious. After all, 'twas a Republican who said that. Nothing bothers those voters except Democrats. ---
**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 31, 2022, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1135 "2022-03-31T02:07:02Z")
Mitt Romney says younger workers should have their retirement benefits cut because of the national debt (although he didn’t mention that the debt is at its lowest in years). > **[Sen. Mitt Romney suggests he'd back cutting retirement benefits for younger...](https://www.businessinsider.com/mitt-romney-retirement-benefits-for-younger-americans-2022-3)** > > Romney appears to be open to making it harder for Gen Z and millennials to retire down the road. He wants to address the national debt. ---
**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 31, 2022, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1136 "2022-03-31T02:13:40Z")
Not sure where to put this, but since Clarence Thomas and his wife are Republicans, I’ll put it here. Nancy Pelosi: “It’s up to an individual justice to decide to recuse himself if his wife is participating in a coup.” ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2022, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1137 "2022-03-31T03:38:24Z")
That’s objectively true. If you’d asked me I would have said the same. ---
**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 31, 2022, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1138 "2022-03-31T05:22:27Z")
> [@Airbeck](#): > > Why does she think #metoo excluded her? My understanding is it was a movement for every woman who has ever been assaulted, harassed, raped or victimized in any way sexually. My impression of the underlying principle of me too is that the women have felt compelled to not speak about the situation. They are/were humiliated by it, afraid to speak of it either due to possible negative consequences or because of some sense of shame. Hence, they are/were alone in a sort of personal hellbox that they felt they had to hold down for whatever reason. What Lara Logan experienced was horrific and inexcusable. And there is an entire 60 minutes segment in which she talks about the incident in detail. That is significantly different from an executive secretary who feels unable to speak of the things that the men in the office do/say to her because speaking out will get her fired and maybe in a way blacklisted. Along with the unsavory vibe she has to endure at work, she lives alone with her fear. Logan was able to speak out, and even in the very moment of her assault, she was ultimately not alone, as others did at last come to her aid. She has been afforded a grand catharsis and reaped a broad field of empathy that has been denied so many others. That none of the attackers will face any punishment for their actions is the _only_ aspect of this case bearing a correation to me too. ---
**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 31, 2022, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1139 "2022-03-31T07:41:10Z")
Madison Cawthorn appears to be learning the hard way that Rule Number One of Republican Cocaine Orgies is “You do NOT talk about Republican Cocaine Orgies”. > **['He's an embarrassment': Republicans threaten to primary Cawthorn over...](https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/30/politics/republican-reaction-madison-cawthorn/index.html)** > > Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina is throwing his weight behind a primary opponent to freshman Rep. Madison Cawthorn -- an extraordinary broadside against a fellow Republican from his home state, as internal frustration with the controversial MAGA... ---
**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:** [March 31, 2022, 8:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1140 "2022-03-31T08:59:32Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Sexualizing your four-year-old daughter? Check. I need to correct this error. It’s four MONTH old daughter. 🤢 ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2022, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1141 "2022-03-31T10:39:54Z")
How in the hell does he think a newborn shook his hand and made a promise to him? Gawd all mighty. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=56) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=58)