# 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:** 140
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2024, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2781 "2024-01-02T03:35:56Z")
Clearly they haven’t listened to the lyrics of “American Idiot.” ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2024, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2782 "2024-01-02T03:47:17Z")
It is so objectively wrong that I can’t even get mad about it. Seriously, if sides were switched and Green Day was magot and nilli ice was not I’d still listen to Green Day. Though I would fee shame. ---
**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:** [January 2, 2024, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2783 "2024-01-02T03:48:51Z")
> [@garygnu](#): > > Clearly they haven’t listened to the lyrics of “American Idiot.” - Or [Canadian Idiot.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOK9tkE8Db0) ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2024, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2784 "2024-01-02T04:08:32Z")
Vanilla Ice isn’t even \> Ted Nugent ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2024, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2785 "2024-01-02T07:40:04Z")
At least idiotnuge rocks. vanilla ice just stinks and plagerizes. A loser for the losers. ---
**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:** [January 2, 2024, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2786 "2024-01-02T10:49:27Z")
Speaking of Ted Nugent: > Yep, the Benton Harbor chili cook-off. ---
**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:** [January 2, 2024, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2787 "2024-01-02T11:23:48Z")
I’m sure we will give Ted Nugent’s opinion on musical talent all the consideration it is due. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2024, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2788 "2024-01-02T13:36:59Z")
Gimmicks. Says the man who swings in wearing a loin cloth and shoots flaming arrows into pictures of Hillary Clinton. Give me the classics, I say. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2024, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2789 "2024-01-02T14:03:35Z")
Ted hasn’t written anything close to a hit in Taylor Swift’s lifetime. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2024, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2790 "2024-01-02T14:06:58Z")
He has a net worth of 10 million. Taylor is a billionaire. Jealousy is eating him up. ---
**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:** [January 2, 2024, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2791 "2024-01-02T14:25:17Z")
Apparently as a Republican, the market is wise and all knowing, unless the market goes woke. Then it’s a stupid poopy-head. ---
**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:** [January 2, 2024, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2792 "2024-01-02T14:27:25Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > Speaking of Ted Nugent: The shadow of the mic makes it look like ol Nuge is missing some teeth. It works well with that shirt. Yeehaw. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Bredin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@John\_Bredin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Bredin)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2024, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2793 "2024-01-02T15:41:31Z")
🎶 They must be American Idiots That they don’t know what Green Day is Always been against their ideology But these snowflakes are from Idiocracy! 🎶 ---
**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:** [January 2, 2024, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2794 "2024-01-02T15:51:27Z")
Yes, “Cat Scratch Fever” is a highly meaningful song. ---
**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:** [January 2, 2024, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2795 "2024-01-02T15:53:13Z")
Or indeed “Jailbait”. ---
**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:** [January 2, 2024, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2796 "2024-01-02T16:20:51Z")
> [@susan](#): > > Yes, “Cat Scratch Fever” is a highly meaningful song. No guy who bragged about shitting his pants to get out of the 'Nam should be lecturing us on anything. And Wango Tango sucks, too. (However, Stranglehold is still an awesome song, and his episode of Miami Vice is still a classic. I wish it were not so.) ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2024, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2797 "2024-01-02T17:05:36Z")
Travis Kelce is gonna beat his ASS! ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2024, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2798 "2024-01-02T17:18:42Z")
Intensities in 10 Cities. THAT’s not a gimmick? ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2024, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2799 "2024-01-02T17:44:51Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > The shadow of the mic makes it look like ol Nuge is missing some teeth. I was going to say, if the guy is worth $10M he ought to be able to afford some decent teeth. (I for one am not convinced it’s a shadow.) ---
**Author:** ![excavating\_for\_a\_mind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e8c25b/32.png) [@excavating\_for\_a\_mind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/excavating_for_a_mind)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2024, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2800 "2024-01-02T17:46:52Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > Gimmicks. Says the man who swings in wearing a loin cloth and shoots flaming arrows into pictures of Hillary Clinton. Give me the classics, I say. OK. I need some help, here. I’ve seen this reference before on this board a few times (I don’t know if it was always from Jack\_Batty or he is simply one), and the “flaming arrows into pictures of Hillary” part I think is new, but is there any truth here? [As this is truly a Cafe Society tangent, I am taking it to that forum. If you can help clear things up on this, please [visit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ted-nugent-and-robin-hood/995506).] I ask because back when I was 12 and my older brother was 15, summer of 71… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=139) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=141)