# 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:** 99
**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:** [May 11, 2022, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1962 "2022-05-11T18:08:39Z")
Lauren Boebert ranted on the House floor about how the Democrats are censoring Republican voices, and Jamie Raskin responded with, “We want the whole world to see how the gentlelady from Colorado speaks, in public, as a member of Congress. We want everyone to look at that.” > **[GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert’s ‘Free Speech’ Rant Is Immediately Dismantled On...](https://www.yahoo.com/news/rep-lauren-boebert-free-speech-075300471.html)** > > Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin flipped the extremist Colorado Republican's comments right back at her. ---
**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:** [May 11, 2022, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1963 "2022-05-11T19:36:27Z")
> [@Gorsnak](#): > > Even Trump can’t be so stupid as to think… What is there to say about a sentence that begins this way? ---
**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:** [May 11, 2022, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1964 "2022-05-11T20:23:44Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > JD Vance says that Biden is intentionally letting fentanyl be smuggled into the country so that MAGA voters can die. Well, JD, maybe they shouldn’t be using illegal drugs. Ever consider that, Mr Party of Personal Responsibility? I know THIS Democrat isn’t in any danger. ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2022, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1965 "2022-05-11T20:42:47Z")
> [@Gorsnak](#): > > Even Trump can’t be so stupid as to think Perhaps not, but he IS stupid enough to think that a $13B piece of military hardware should have massive design changes because of aesthetics. ---
**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:** [May 11, 2022, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1966 "2022-05-11T20:56:14Z")
> [@Gorsnak](#): > > Reading the story it just says “moved closer to the center of the ship” which I _think_ probably means centered fore and aft. The tower on _Gerald R. Ford_ is quite a long ways aft (though it is on _Nimitz_ -class as well). Even Trump can’t be so stupid as to think you could put the tower on a carrier amidships. I think. It’s a big difference. The island on Ford class carriers is smaller, more outboard and about 140 feet further aft than the island on Nimitz class carriers. It is sized and positioned to allow for more optimum positioning and movement of aircraft so that Ford class carriers can meet a sortie rate 25% higher than Nimitz class carriers." ---
**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:** [May 11, 2022, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1967 "2022-05-11T21:06:13Z")
> [@Cheesesteak](#): > > Perhaps not, but he IS stupid enough to think that a $13B piece of military hardware should have massive design changes because of aesthetics. How can we forget wanting steam catapults not that ‘digital’ stuff after a huge investment in EMALS. > **[Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetic_aircraft_launch_system)** > > The Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) is a type of electromagnetic catapult system developed by General Atomics for the United States Navy. The system launches carrier-based aircraft by means of a catapult employing a linear induction motor rather than the conventional steam piston. EMALS was first installed on the lead ship of the Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford. > Its main advantage is that it accelerates aircraft more smoothly, putting less stress on th... > **[Trump Wants ‘Goddamned Steam,’ Not Digital Catapults on Aircraft Carriers](https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/05/trump-wants-goddamned-steam-not-digital-catapults-on-aircraft-carriers/526386/)** > > "You have to be Albert Einstein to figure it out.” Beyond being a very stable genius. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2022, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1968 "2022-05-11T22:00:07Z")
Trump wouldn’t know a steam catapult from a tea kettle. Someone that is attached to the manufacture of the steam cats put a bug in his ear. > [@Cheesesteak](#): > > Perhaps not, but he IS stupid enough to think that a $13B piece of military hardware should have massive design changes because of aesthetics. Give Trump a can of gold spray paint and he can fix it right up. ---
**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:** [May 11, 2022, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1969 "2022-05-11T22:07:35Z")
But BILL the gummint for a ginormous design and engineering task and pocket the difference, amirite? ---
**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 11, 2022, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1970 "2022-05-11T22:19:19Z")
Perhaps he should have an aircraft carrier all his own made out of solid gold. Because that would float so very well. Just a small adjustment to the seacocks, sir,and you can get underway. ---
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2022, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1971 "2022-05-11T23:10:13Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Well, JD, maybe they shouldn’t be using illegal drugs. Ever consider that, Mr Party of Personal Responsibility? He does seem to have a pretty low opinion of his fellow we-are-the-superior-race Trumpists. ---
**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:** [May 12, 2022, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1972 "2022-05-12T04:38:43Z")
B-but…but…her EMALS! ---
**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:** [May 12, 2022, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1973 "2022-05-12T12:30:26Z")
> [@RawStory](#): > > "The island [command tower] ‘looks really bad — it’s stupid,’ Trump said, according to Esper, who added that the former president proposed moving the structure closer to the middle of the ship I like it. Then, instead of boring, straight, runways, you could set up a traffic circle around the island. ---
**Author:** ![Akaj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/akaj/32/145_2.png) [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2022, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1974 "2022-05-12T13:19:50Z")
Come on, people – it’s Stupid Republican Idea _of the Day_, not Stupid Trump Idea from a Few Years Ago. Surely a Republican said or did something stupid in the last 48 hours. ---
**Author:** ![yendis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/ed8c4c/32.png) [@yendis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yendis)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2022, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1975 "2022-05-12T13:59:45Z")
> [@Mijin](#): > > > [@](#): > > > > "The island [command tower] ‘looks really bad — it’s stupid,’ Trump said, according to Esper, who added that the former president proposed moving the structure closer to the middle of the ship > > I like it. > Then, instead of boring, straight, runways, you could set up a traffic circle around the island. Already been done. The HMS Furious after being converted from battlecruiser to aircraft carrier has almost exactly this arrangement. [https://coldisthesea.tumblr.com/post/53066431599/fishstickmonkey-hms-furious-1918-lt-ernest](https://coldisthesea.tumblr.com/post/53066431599/fishstickmonkey-hms-furious-1918-lt-ernest) ---
**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:** [May 12, 2022, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1976 "2022-05-12T14:03:43Z")
> [@yendis](#): > > Already been done. The HMS Furious after being converted from battlecruiser to aircraft carrier has almost exactly this arrangement. The picture shows a blimp landing on that shortened afterdeck. Blimps don’t need a long runway. ---
**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:** [May 12, 2022, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1977 "2022-05-12T14:50:16Z")
Also, if we’re going back to olde times, all kinds of was prototyped. Maybe, since Trump was talking about steam power, his thinking has come from the “let’s see if a hotel with [triple sets of wings](https://images.app.goo.gl/n2EtCNHxY3ThKJvk6) can fly” days? ---
**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:** [May 12, 2022, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1978 "2022-05-12T14:50:21Z")
> [@Mijin](#): > > Then, instead of boring, straight, runways, you could set up a traffic circle around the island. No way! That’s just an accident waiting to happen. Americans don’t know how to navigate a traffic circle. ---
**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:** [May 12, 2022, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1979 "2022-05-12T16:33:12Z")
> [@Akaj](#): > > Come on, people – it’s Stupid Republican Idea _of the Day_ , not Stupid Trump Idea from a Few Years Ago. Surely a Republican said or did something stupid in the last 48 hours. A start, MAGA mascot announces run for Kentucky Gov. Didn’t push for indictment of officers, staunchly anti-choice. > **[Daniel Cameron, Who Refused To Charge Breonna Taylor's Killers, Wants To Be...](https://www.theroot.com/daniel-cameron-who-refused-to-charge-breonna-taylors-k-1848915842)** > > Daniel Cameron: Can you occupy the Sunken Place and the Kentucky governor's mansion at the same time? ---
**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:** [May 12, 2022, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1980 "2022-05-12T16:41:16Z")
And we have a Louisiana state representative who fondly remembers his forty (40) daughters still getting into his lap during deliberations on a typical draconian GQP anti-choice/murder the women and doctors bill. > **[Louisiana Republican: My 40-Year-Old Daughters Still 'Get In My Lap' When Sad](https://jezebel.com/louisiana-republican-my-40-year-old-daughters-still-ge-1848913472)** > > State Rep. Larry Bagley made the bizarre comment during a debate about...abortion rights. ---
**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:** [May 12, 2022, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/1981 "2022-05-12T18:33:51Z")
Two Republican Party employees from Pennsylvania were fired after it was discovered that they’ve been collecting mail in ballots and filling them out. What election fraud? > **[GOP staffers fired after possible ‘ballot harvesting’ operation found in Pa.](https://www.pennlive.com/news/2022/05/gop-staffers-fired-after-possible-ballot-harvesting-operation-found-in-pa.html)** > > The Philadelphia Inquirer found that dozens of Republican mail ballots for the May 17 primary were being diverted to a P.O. Box registered to the Republican Registration Coalition instead of to the people registered. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=98) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=100)