# 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:** 89
**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 29, 2022, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1762 "2022-04-29T19:08:14Z")
Laura Ingraham thinks it’s a great idea to brag about how SHE did not need any loan forgiveness, so all those worthless lazy folks should just suck it up. Of course, she bragged that the _reason_ she did not need loan forgiveness was that her mother postponed retirement and worked as a waitress until she was 73, paying off entitled daughter Laura’s loan for her. While Laura was working for a large law firm. And this brainless dolt typed this up, thinking it made her look BETTER than others. Fucking clueless. > **[Laura Ingraham Scorched for Saying Her Mom Worked Until 73 to Pay Off the Fox...](https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/laura-ingraham-scorched-saying-her-204346715.html)** > > “I paid for my own college while lazy Laura Ingraham suckled from the teat of her waitress mom,” reacted one user to her tweet ---
**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 29, 2022, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1763 "2022-04-29T21:02:21Z")
Apparently Madison Cawthorn lives with a staffer, his third cousin once removed whom his spokesperson called a “cousin”, a male cousin, a male cousin who was videoed groping him. > **[Madison Cawthorn Staffer Appears to Grope Rep. in Video](https://www.newsweek.com/madison-cawthorn-grope-video-stephen-smith-1702089)** > > The congressman has suggested the series of recent controversies ahead of May's primary election bid are part of a GOP-led campaign to remove him. ---
**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 29, 2022, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1764 "2022-04-29T21:18:10Z")
C’mon, that was [just a dick graze!](https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x25qp8n) ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2022, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1765 "2022-04-30T01:26:05Z")
I talked with my roommate/landlord about making an anti-Cawthorn sign for the yard and he said I could put one up if I wanted because he and his wife both hate Cawthorn as much as I do. Thing is, the scandals are coming so fast I can’t make a sign fast enough to keep up. Maybe if I could do one of those electronic billboards like on the highway, but my sign skills are limited to markers on posterboard. ☹ ---
**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 30, 2022, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1766 "2022-04-30T02:58:01Z")
> [@Catamount](#): > > Thing is, the scandals are coming so fast I can’t make a sign fast enough to keep up Put up a generic “Cawthorn Crime Tally” sign, and just re-paint the number every other day or so. ---
**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:** [April 30, 2022, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1767 "2022-04-30T03:15:50Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > “Cawthorn Crime Tally” sign, and just re-paint the number every other day or so. If it’s a tally, he can just a mark or slash. Make sure you leave plenty of room. ---
**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:** [April 30, 2022, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1768 "2022-04-30T03:17:50Z")
Get a scoreboard flip chart-- $10 @ amazon. > **[Amazon.com : HRLORKC Scoreboard Score Keeper Score Flipper for Basketball Tennis...](https://www.amazon.com/HRLORKC-Scoreboard-Keeper-Flipper-Basketball/dp/B07V63L7Q6)** > > Amazon.com : HRLORKC Scoreboard Score Keeper Score Flipper for Basketball Tennis Sports : Sports & Outdoors ---
**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 30, 2022, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1769 "2022-04-30T03:32:57Z")
> [@Catamount](#): > > Maybe if I could do one of those electronic billboards like on the highway, but my sign skills are limited to markers on posterboard. - Dry-Erase board and markers. ---
**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 30, 2022, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1770 "2022-04-30T03:59:21Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Get a scoreboard flip chart-- $10 @ amazon. I like that! We could pair it with “Biden Crime Tally”, which just stays at 00 forever. ---
**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 30, 2022, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1771 "2022-04-30T04:16:15Z")
Cawthorn, age 26, would like it to be known that it’s not fair to judge him by stuff he did like a year and a half ago, and also that he looked totally fuckable in that lingerie. > > ---
**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 30, 2022, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1772 "2022-04-30T11:06:41Z")
I think the Republicans are letting him take hits to hide other nefarious deeds. Like fireworks to disguise gunshots. ---
**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:** [April 30, 2022, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1773 "2022-04-30T14:35:00Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > Like **fireworks** to disguise gunshots. My bold. Or car backfires, amirite? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2022, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1774 "2022-04-30T20:29:05Z")
> **[Trump Jr calls Ukraine ‘one of the most corrupt countries on Earth’](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-jr-ukraine-corrupt-comments-b2068536.html)** > > Former president’s son suggests that the US should not send more funds to Ukraine From a man who knows corruption like he was born to it. Why these comments now? Hmmmm? I remember his statements when questioned about US banks not loaning to the Dumpsterfire conglomerate. Paraphrasing, We can get all the money we want from the Russians. I also remember a Florida land deal/money laundering scheme where some Oligarch bought a bunch of swampland for $100 million + that was worth less than 10% of that. The empty Trump hotel rooms at exorbitant rates paid by “supporters”. Seems things are coming to roost for the Russian friends who might need a bit of cash back. Maybe Guilfoyle remarked to him about the recent “suicides” of Russian wealthy which happened to include the ENTIRE family? Just vacant musing on a slow Saturday. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2022, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1775 "2022-04-30T20:51:29Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > Paraphrasing ‘Well, we don’t rely on American banks. We have all the funding we need out of Russia.’ ---
**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 30, 2022, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1776 "2022-04-30T21:06:46Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > From a man who knows corruption like he was born to it. I don’t think he does know corruption. Does a fish know what “wet” means? ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2022, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1777 "2022-04-30T21:46:23Z")
The really scary part: The only reason we know so many of Cawthorne’s scandals is that his cronies want revenge for him revealing about the cocaine orgies. If it weren’t for that, we’d only be hearing about as much about him as about any other Republican politician. Which suggests that most of them have just as long a tally as he does. ---
**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:** [April 30, 2022, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1778 "2022-04-30T21:51:06Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Which suggests that most of them have just as long a tally as he does. Eww I do NOT want to know about how long Cawthorn’s “tally” is. ---
**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:** [May 1, 2022, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1779 "2022-05-01T02:41:20Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > [Trump Jr calls Ukraine ‘one of the most corrupt countries on Earth’ and says US shouldn’t give it money | The Independent](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-jr-ukraine-corrupt-comments-b2068536.html) Trump Jr. = Owned by Putin, lock stock and barrel. That’s basically all there is too 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:** [May 1, 2022, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1780 "2022-05-01T02:49:11Z")
No, no, no. That’s his “whacker”. Didn’t you learn anything from the scene in the principal’s office in _Porky’s_? ---
**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:** [May 1, 2022, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1781 "2022-05-01T04:20:39Z")
Just to be a dick, for the sake of dickishness, > **[Loudoun School Board Will Not Face Special Elections In 2022 After VA Senate...](https://patch.com/virginia/ashburn/va-senate-kills-loudoun-school-board-early-elections-bill)** > > The Virginia Senate rejected a bill amended by Gov. Youngkin that would have required elections for the Loudoun School Board in 2022. the Governor tried to force an election for the entire Loudoun county school board a year ahead of schedule. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=88) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=90)