# 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:** 61
**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:** [April 2, 2022, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1202 "2022-04-02T00:30:50Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > > [@](#): > > > > Not only in Saudi Arabia, but throughout the Gulf, there is a social contract between ruler and ruled that is a reproach to the supposed end of history, since it basically tolerates dictatorship in return for good governance that is perceived as just. > > Yuh-huh. So why don’t _you_ move to a dictatorship, Bob-old-boy??? Because he actually realizes that if you actually dare speak up about the “benevolent” dictatorship, you’re likely to be visited by some guys with bone saws and hefty bags. ---
**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:** [April 2, 2022, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1203 "2022-04-02T00:40:31Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Because he actually realizes that if you actually dare speak up about the “benevolent” dictatorship, you’re likely to be visited by some guys with bone saws and hefty bags. - Yes, you’re right–Kaplan is certainly smart enough to know that the system he’s trying so hard to sell is scarcely as benign as he implies. (Just to note–what looks like a quote from me in your post is actually Kaplan, with me then chiming in with the “Yuh-huh…” I know you intended no misattribution, but I mention it just in case someone is confused.) ---
**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:** [April 2, 2022, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1204 "2022-04-02T01:09:00Z")
For years, Herschel Walker has claimed that he graduated in the upper 1% from Georgia. Turns out he didn’t graduate at all. > **[GOP Senate candidate Herschel Walker has been overstating his academic...](https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/01/politics/kfile-herschel-walker-overstated-academic-achievements/index.html)** > > For years, Herschel Walker has told the same inspiring story: that he graduated in the top 1% of his class at the University of Georgia. He's told the story, according to a review of his speeches by CNN's KFile, during motivational speeches over the... ---
**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:** [April 2, 2022, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1205 "2022-04-02T01:17:49Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > People who are batshit crazy are not often noted for their ability to stop being batshit crazy just because they’re now being crazy about people on their own side. “I never thought the bats would be eating _my_ face.” ---
**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:** [April 2, 2022, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1206 "2022-04-02T01:23:14Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > For years, Herschel Walker has claimed that he graduated in the upper 1% from Georgia. Turns out he didn’t graduate at all. And he also claimed to be high school valedictorian. Trouble is, his high school didn’t have one. > “There is not a single voter in Georgia who believes that whether Herschel graduated at the ‘top of his class’ or as Valedictorian 40 years ago has any bearing on his ability to be a great United States Senator,” Mallory Blount, communications director for the campaign, said in a statement. However, being a liar does have a bearing on his ability to be a senator, and on his campaign. But I suppose that being a liar is pretty much a pre-requisite for being a Republican politician these days. ---
**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:** [April 2, 2022, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1207 "2022-04-02T02:21:37Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > being a liar is pretty much a pre-requisite for being a Republican politician these days TBF, there is dishonesty and such among Democrats as well, and we need not forgive them for it even if the shadow of the mountain of bullshit from just one Republican makes D lies hard to see. ---
**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:** [April 2, 2022, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1208 "2022-04-02T02:25:20Z")
Well, “dishonest” and “politician” are sort of like peanut butter and jelly. ---
**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:** [April 2, 2022, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1209 "2022-04-02T03:54:08Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > Because people often realize they’re gay, or trans, long before 21. And while we’re at it, the US drinking age of 21 is ridiculously high. ---
**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:** [April 2, 2022, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1210 "2022-04-02T04:32:46Z")
Republican members’ wives are demanding to know from their husbands about the cocaine orgies Madison Cawthorn is talking about. > **[The GOP draws a firm line: Don’t say there are cocaine sex parties around our...](https://www.motherjones.com/mojo-wire/2022/03/madison-cawthorn-kevin-mccarthy/)** > > For GOP leadership, lawmakers hobnobbing with white supremacists is apparently less objectionable to potentially implicating their own. ---
**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:** [April 2, 2022, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1211 "2022-04-02T04:37:53Z")
Walker: “I was first in my class at University of Georgia!” Questioner: “Amazing. By the way, what class was that?” Walker: “Dropout.” ---
**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:** [April 2, 2022, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1212 "2022-04-02T07:38:56Z")
Well, he’s certainly got the hipster, frat boy [tattoos](https://www.google.com/search?q=madison+cawthorn+tattoo&rlz=1CDGOYI_enUS924US924&hl=en-US&prmd=inmv&sxsrf=APq-WBsL2AS7VzgXUL03da_HNAuAMj4EFg:1648885095524&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiMnpPT7_T2AhVUHc0KHQsEDCUQ_AUoAXoECAIQAQ&biw=320&bih=454&dpr=2). ---
**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:** [April 2, 2022, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1213 "2022-04-02T10:42:03Z")
Making [spicy pizza](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7896N0XOGV4) the latest Biden “scandal”? Is that dumb enough or par for the course? ---
**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:** [April 2, 2022, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1214 "2022-04-02T10:47:30Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > Making [spicy pizza](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7896N0XOGV4) the latest Biden “scandal”? **Is that dumb enough** or par for the course? - No such thing. It’s a _contest._ ---
**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:** [April 2, 2022, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1215 "2022-04-02T11:14:20Z")
Thank God he wasn’t wearing a tan suit at the time or the Republic might not have endured. ---
**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:** [April 2, 2022, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1216 "2022-04-02T12:00:10Z")
Well you wouldn’t wear tan. It might show pizza sauce if Sleepy Joe made a mistake feeding himself. /s ---
**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:** [April 2, 2022, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1217 "2022-04-02T12:09:11Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > Well you wouldn’t wear tan. It might show pizza sauce if Sleepy Joe made a mistake feeding himself. /s - [Or cut himself in the kitchen.](https://youtu.be/eSxv6IGBgFQ?t=110) ---
**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:** [April 2, 2022, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1218 "2022-04-02T12:57:09Z")
_another_ pizza-gate? ---
**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:** [April 2, 2022, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1219 "2022-04-02T13:08:17Z")
He’ll probably just issue a hot-pocket pardon. ---
**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:** [April 2, 2022, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1220 "2022-04-02T13:56:22Z")
man-with-Nixon-tattoo backs paraplegic > in his orgy rant ---
**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:** [April 2, 2022, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1221 "2022-04-02T14:17:37Z")
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