# 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:** 14
**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:** [July 22, 2023, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/261 "2023-07-22T02:56:50Z")
Reminds me of an ancient list, _The differences between Democrats and Republicans_. The germain one was, - Democrats read their smut alone, at home - Republicans form decency committees and read theirs aloud, in groups ---
**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2023, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/262 "2023-07-22T04:30:50Z")
> [@LurkMeister](#): > > Can you imagine what Walter Cronkite would have to say about the Republicans? And that’s not the way it is. ---
**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:** [July 22, 2023, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/263 "2023-07-22T05:28:06Z")
Hunter S. Thompson would wonder if he needed to lay off the psychodelics for a while. “It’s getting a little too weird out here, even for me!” ---
**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:** [July 22, 2023, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/264 "2023-07-22T11:09:58Z")
> [@KarlGauss](#): > > And that’s not the way it is. I can’t read that line without hearing [this](https://youtu.be/TRH36raGq70?t=20). ---
**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:** [July 22, 2023, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/265 "2023-07-22T19:00:09Z")
Move over, TanSuitGate - Biden has been spotted wearing SNEAKERS. > **[Like ‘wearing a Speedo’: Fox News freaks out over Biden wearing sneakers in...](https://www.rawstory.com/like-wearing-a-speedo-fox-news-freaks-out-over-biden-wearing-sneakers-in-public-instead-of-dress-shoes/)** > > Fox News devoted a Friday afternoon segment to berating President Joe Biden for occasionally wearing sneakers in public, "instead of dress shoes" – in public usually being to board Marine One from the White House, at times to travel to his home in... ---
**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:** [July 22, 2023, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/266 "2023-07-22T19:05:53Z")
The two people I think we REALLY need right now are George Carlin and Johnny Cash. Right-wingers think of both of them as “One Of Us”, but neither one of them would have any patience at all with the current crop of right-wingers. ---
**Author:** ![mtnmatt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a3d4f5/32.png) [@mtnmatt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mtnmatt)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2023, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/267 "2023-07-22T19:48:57Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Move over, TanSuitGate - Biden has been spotted wearing SNEAKERS. > > [Like ‘wearing a Speedo’: Fox News freaks out over Biden wearing sneakers in public ‘instead of dress shoes’](https://www.rawstory.com/like-wearing-a-speedo-fox-news-freaks-out-over-biden-wearing-sneakers-in-public-instead-of-dress-shoes/) I actually noticed when I saw the white soles below the standard dark suit, but it never occurred to me it would be a problem. It was nice but naive, I guess. Frankly I think it looks silly but I wear shorts 85% of the time ---
**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:** [July 22, 2023, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/268 "2023-07-22T20:50:31Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > Reminds me of an ancient list, _The differences between Democrats and Republicans_. I always said, _the difference between Democrats and Republicans is “Democrat” is a sneering perjorative while “Republican” is a vicious slur_. It is more relevant than ever. The Republicans fuck things up and the Democrats fail to fix the fuckupedness. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2023, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/269 "2023-07-22T21:17:48Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > It is more relevant than ever. The Republicans fuck things up and the Democrats fail to fix the fuckupedness. I’d rephrase that slightly: > The Republicans fuck things up and the Democrats are prevented by the Republicans from fixing the fuckupedness. ---
**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:** [July 22, 2023, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/270 "2023-07-22T21:28:05Z")
If so, then why the hell did the D supermajority in '09-10 not fix a whole raft of fuckups from the preceding decade? There were not enough Rs to stop them, yet very little was actually fixed. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2023, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/271 "2023-07-22T21:34:05Z")
Too many Democrats didn’t want to do “good”-they wanted to do “_perfect_”. I believe there is a saying that goes along with that. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2023, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/272 "2023-07-22T21:37:42Z")
_“I’m not a member of any organized political party; I’m a Democrat.”_ — Will Rogers ---
**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:** [July 22, 2023, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/273 "2023-07-22T21:38:42Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Too many Democrats didn’t want to do “good”-they wanted to do “_perfect_”. I believe there is a saying that goes along with that. And too often, several different versions of “perfect”. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2023, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/274 "2023-07-22T21:40:34Z")
That is a trap _many_ organizations fall into, thinking that everyone secretly thinks exactly the same way you do, ---
**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:** [July 22, 2023, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/275 "2023-07-22T22:02:35Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > If so, then why the hell did the D supermajority in '09-10 not fix a whole raft of fuckups from the preceding decade? That supermajority did include Joe Lieberman and Ben Nelson. ---
**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:** [July 22, 2023, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/276 "2023-07-22T22:11:02Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > If so, then why the hell did the D supermajority in '09-10 The one that lasted three months in '09? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2023, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/277 "2023-07-22T22:20:57Z")
It takes time, effort and cooperation to get things right, but first you have to figure out what the right thing is in the first place. It is much easier(and faster) to fuck things up, as the Republicans have found out. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2023, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/278 "2023-07-22T22:30:18Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > If so, then why the hell did the D supermajority in '09-10 not fix a whole raft of fuckups from the preceding decade? > [@Chronos](#): > > The one that lasted three months in '09? Exactly. The 2009-10 Democratic supermajority is a famous RW misinformation talking point. > **[A fleeting, illusory supermajority](https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/fleeting-illusory-supermajority-msna200211)** > > It's in Republicans' interest right now to characterize the Democrats' congressional majority in 2009 and 2010 as enormous. As the argument goes, President ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2023, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/279 "2023-07-23T01:42:01Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > The two people I think we REALLY need right now are George Carlin and Johnny Cash. Right-wingers think of both of them as “One Of Us”, but neither one of them would have any patience at all with the current crop of right-wingers. Then they’d be dropped as fast a Garth Brooks drinking a bud light. There is no reaching these people. ---
**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:** [July 23, 2023, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/280 "2023-07-23T02:40:30Z")
It does baffle me how so many people on the right have convinced themselves that an atheist, anti-religion, anti-capitalist, anti-imperialism, anti-war foul-mouthed pro-abortion sexual deviant who hated Reagan and both Bushes would TOTALLY love Donald Trump. If anything, Carlin would have only liked Trump in the same way he liked Clinton, in that unlike most politicians Clinton was willing to ADMIT that he was full of shit. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=15)