# NEW Stupid Republican Idea of the Day (Part 3) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 4, 2023, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588 "2023-07-04T21:42:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 109
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2023, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2161 "2023-11-16T12:45:02Z")
> [@kambuckta](#): > > (Stalactites are down from the ceiling (hence the C) and stalagmites come UP from the ground (hence the G). Yeah, I know, dumb as fuck, but it helps ME Stalac_tites_ look like _tights_ hanging from the ceiling. Stalag_mites might_ reach the ceiling someday. It’s a terrible mnemonic device, but it works for me. ---
**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:** [November 16, 2023, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2162 "2023-11-16T13:34:41Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > Stalac_tites_ look like _tights_ hanging from the ceiling. Stalag_mites might_ reach the ceiling someday. > It’s a terrible mnemonic device, but it works for me. Stalactites hang tight to the ceiling. The other ones don’t. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2023, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2163 "2023-11-16T14:25:15Z")
(This really doesn’t belong here, but a ‘Smart Republican Idea of the Day’ thread would have woefully few entries.) Chip Roy, Pubbie from Texas, member of the Freedom Caucus and normally an all-around jerk, must have been drunk or high yesterday when he blasted his GOP brethren yesterday. > “One thing. I want my Republican colleagues to give me one thing. One. That I can go campaign on and say we did,” Roy said. “One!” > > “Anybody sitting in the complex, if you want to come down to the floor and come explain to me one material, meaningful, significant thing the Republican majority has done besides well, ‘I guess it’s not as bad as the Democrats,’” Roy lamented. Can’t say I disagree, Chip. > **[Republican Congressman Melts Down Asking What His Party’s Even Doing](https://newrepublic.com/post/176957/republican-congressman-chip-roy-melt-down-republican-party-not-doing-much)** > > Representative Chip Roy began yelling at members of his own party during a House hearing. ---
**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:** [November 16, 2023, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2164 "2023-11-16T14:57:11Z")
And what has Chip himself done? Anything of note? Meanwhile, scrolling down below that story gives us an even weirder one: > **[Republicans Have a New January 6 Conspiracy Theory: Deep State “Ghost Buses”](https://newrepublic.com/post/176950/republicans-january-6-conspiracy-theory-ghost-buses-clay-higgins)** > > During a House hearing, Representative Clay Higgins wouldn’t stop talking about the “nefarious” ghost buses. Apparently it’s suspicious that buses are parked at Union Station. Because GHOST BUSES. ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2023, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2165 "2023-11-16T15:08:49Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > And what has Chip himself done? Anything of note? Of course not. That’s for the peons. He’s loudly suggesting ‘somebody’ should do something so he can get on with his grifting. Same passive aggressive BS when your boss or family member or whoever sadly laments something isn’t getting done while sending significant glances your way. But suggest he could do it himself and then he goes all huffy about how busy he is and how much he already does ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2023, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2166 "2023-11-16T15:31:07Z")
Well, Chip, ol’ born-and-raised-inside-the-beltway “Texas” boy, if y’all were willing to _make deals_ with the Dems, _who hold the White House and Senate_, you _could_ get things done. What you’re really saying is you can’t go home and tell your Deplorables that you have imposed your deplorable will. Y’see, “Tex”, in a normal world this is where you go and campaign on the basis that “we need Presidency and Senate, too!” Too bad y’all promised you could rule just by being meaner and nastier. ---
**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:** [November 16, 2023, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2167 "2023-11-16T15:50:29Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Apparently it’s suspicious that buses are parked at Union Station. Because GHOST BUSES. Their tires were made of rubber and their rims were made of steel Their seats were packed with voters who had surely made a deal On their way to Philly to stuff that ballot box He saw those buses rolling, and tried to call the cops Yippie-i-ay Yippie-i-oh Ghost buses on Ghost buses on the road ---
**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:** [November 16, 2023, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2168 "2023-11-16T15:51:42Z")
Why are there so many Republicans in Congress who sounds like deranged winos ranting on street corners? ---
**Author:** ![SoToasty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sotoasty/32/2803_2.png) [@SoToasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SoToasty)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2023, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2169 "2023-11-16T16:07:34Z")
Maybe that is where the Republican party gets them. Then they dress them up and send them on the campaign trail. I think maybe, they previously had classes to teach them stuff, but they must have dropped that requirement. ---
**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:** [November 16, 2023, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2170 "2023-11-16T16:11:34Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Apparently it’s suspicious that buses are parked at Union Station. Because GHOST BUSES. So you’re really tired And don’t want to fly Who ya gonna call? GHOST BUSES! Bussin’ makes you feel ewww! Ok, not one for the ages. ---
**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:** [November 16, 2023, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2171 "2023-11-16T16:43:42Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Ghost buses on the road Brilliant. ---
**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:** [November 16, 2023, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2172 "2023-11-16T16:59:36Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > Who ya gonna call? > > GHOST BUSES! OTOH think I’m going to be singing the song this way from now on. ---
**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:** [November 16, 2023, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2173 "2023-11-16T20:02:10Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Apparently it’s suspicious that buses are parked at Union Station. The suspicious part is, I mean, look under them. ---
**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:** [November 17, 2023, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2174 "2023-11-17T00:31:32Z")
Murfreesboro, TN has banned being gay in public. > **[A City in Tennessee Banned Public Homosexuality—and We All Missed It](https://newrepublic.com/post/176915/tennessee-town-ban-public-homosexuality)** > > Murfreesboro, Tennessee, is already beginning to implement the law. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2023, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2175 "2023-11-17T00:58:15Z")
Seems more evil than stupid. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2023, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2176 "2023-11-17T02:37:18Z")
Idiots did something they shouldn’t really have done. Now they’re trying to weasel out of it, because a contract isn’t really a contract, you know. > **[Far-Right Board in Michigan County Has ‘Buyer’s Remorse’ Over $4M Resignation...](https://www.thedailybeast.com/far-right-board-in-ottawa-county-michigan-have-buyers-remorse-over-dollar4m-resignation-offer-to-health-boss)** > > Michigan's Ottawa County made its Health Department boss an offer she couldn’t refuse to quit. Now, it appears the ultraconservative group thinks it may have overdone it. Ottawa County borders Lake Michigan, just to the west of Grand Rapids. Probably used to be a really nice place to live. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2023, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2177 "2023-11-17T02:38:47Z")
Paywalled. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2023, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2178 "2023-11-17T02:48:23Z")
I don’t think I have an account on Daily Beast, but maybe I do. Here’s a different site with that story. > **[Attorney for Ottawa Co. Health Officer Hambley files motion to enforce...](https://www.wzzm13.com/article/news/politics/attorney-ottawa-county-michigan-health-officer-adeline-hambley-files-motion-enforce-4-million-settlement-agreement/69-3ae3ef06-3e54-4ab0-8315-5b41256c552c)** > > In her brief, Hambley's attorney seeks to have the court enforce the proposed agreement, alleging that commissioners are backing out on their deal. ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2023, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2179 "2023-11-17T04:49:00Z")
That mess is so stupid. The whole board is motivated by revenge for “illegal” mask mandates. They are a bunch of right wing christian loons. I was reading earlier that they have lost? driven out? the last board members who weren’t part of their “Ottawa Impact” take over. ---
**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:** [November 17, 2023, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2180 "2023-11-17T05:05:38Z")
They are demanding the right to reject modern medicine, and kill people with infectious diseases, based on a 2000 year old religious document. Also, they stupidly enter into a major dollar agreement without checking with anyone with brains first. I think this will not end well for the citizens. They’re going to die, and pay handsomely for the priviledge. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=108) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=110)