# 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:** 141
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2024, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2801 "2024-01-02T18:05:40Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > However, Stranglehold is still an awesome song… You can always go with the Derek St. Holmes\* version instead and skip The Nuge altogether. \*who co-wrote and sang the the original ---
**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, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2802 "2024-01-02T18:18:52Z")
And wrote ‘Hey Baby’, which I think is one of Nugent’s best. ---
**Author:** ![Disinfectus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/disinfectus/32/11085_2.png) [@Disinfectus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disinfectus)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2024, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2803 "2024-01-02T21:01:03Z")
Ted Nugent was worshipped by high school rock fans for years. Then a young chap named Eddie Van Halen arrived on the scene, and Nugent was quickly forgotten. He’s been a bitter old fool ever since. ---
**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:** [January 2, 2024, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2804 "2024-01-02T22:46:04Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > Intensities in 10 Cities. THAT’s not a gimmick? I always thought that was a clever title. Maybe his creative high point. ---
**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:** [January 3, 2024, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2805 "2024-01-03T00:41:19Z")
Fox News; > Also Fox News; [![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GC2sCf_XIAEsCzu?format=jpg&name=medium) ](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GC2sCf_XIAEsCzu?format=jpg&name=medium) ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2806 "2024-01-03T02:29:13Z")
> “People are so sick of being preached at about politics from rock bands” It’s a little late to be complaining about that sort of thing. From wikipedia: _Protest songs in the United States are a tradition that dates back to the early 18th century and have persisted and evolved as an aspect of American culture through the present day._ ---
**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 3, 2024, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2807 "2024-01-03T02:49:03Z")
“American Idiot” was very explicitly a political song railing against the right wing. “Holiday” even more so. It’s not surprising that idiots mistook the obvious left leaning message of the song, though. What’s especially disappointing is that almost every headline says they “changed” the lyric, when really they simply updated the lyric to match current verbiage. Green Day was and is criticizing the exact same 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:** [January 3, 2024, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2808 "2024-01-03T02:53:58Z")
[https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1742356849813504490](https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1742356849813504490) > [@](#): > > Recording artist Lara Trump says Green Day are not true punk rockers, they are just corporate establishment shills like Neil Young. Because, you know, when I think “pro-establishment” I think of the guy who wrote"Ohio", “Southern Man”, “The Needle and the Damage Done”, “Rockin’ In the Free World”, and “Let’s Impeach the President”. 🙄 ---
**Author:** ![abcdefghij](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/43a26b/32.png) [@abcdefghij](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/abcdefghij)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2809 "2024-01-03T03:03:57Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Recording artist Lara Trump Who the who now? ---
**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:** [January 3, 2024, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2810 "2024-01-03T03:25:40Z")
> [@abcdefghij](#): > > Who the who now? Eric “The Dumb One” Trump’s wife fancies herself a singer and released a cover of a song she absolutely doesn’t understand by a man who absolutely didn’t support her loser father-in-law. > **[Lara Trump | Music](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lara_Trump#Music)** > > Lara Trump released a cover of Tom Petty’s song “I Won’t Back Down”, to mixed reviews. The record debuted at #10 on Billboard’s Digital Song Sales chart and #6 on Billboard's Country Digital Song Sales Chart. ---
**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 3, 2024, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2811 "2024-01-03T05:07:19Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Eric “The Dumb One” Trump’s wife fancies herself a singer and released a cover of a song she absolutely doesn’t understand by a man who absolutely didn’t support her loser father-in-law. But not a recording artist…then she shouldn’t make political statements…because…reasons… ---
**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:** [January 3, 2024, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2812 "2024-01-03T05:11:00Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > [x.com](https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1742236889753473091) “People are so sick of being preached at about politics from rock bands” And yet a failed business man, rapist, serial liar, adulterer, traitorous, foreign agent, no-nothing meatball is a political genius. Okay there Faux News. ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2813 "2024-01-03T05:15:46Z")
Yes, nothing screams corporate shill like Neil Young. That woman is dumber than a box of rocks and sharp as a bowling ball. lol ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2024, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2814 "2024-01-03T05:18:26Z")
Man, I feel really bad for Tom Petty. He isn’t even around to defend himself or his music. I think his heirs are, but he has to be rolling. ---
**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:** [January 3, 2024, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2815 "2024-01-03T05:52:10Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > But not a recording artist…then she shouldn’t make political statements…because…reasons… [![](https://i.imgur.com/CwsZT3S.gif) ](https://i.imgur.com/CwsZT3S.gif) ---
**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:** [January 3, 2024, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2816 "2024-01-03T09:46:36Z")
Along those same lines, I’m reposting something I put in the”How Trump has Pissed You Off” thread: Comedian John Caparulo was [heckled for making a Trump joke](https://youtu.be/OdYHdbWduNs?si=xUnXae92S3mzhYek), and the heckler also ended up chucking a glass at him. And the joke was a pretty mild one. The link has some NFSW language. ---
**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 3, 2024, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2817 "2024-01-03T14:47:19Z")
And yet it’s the libs who are supposedly the snowflakes who get their fee-fees hurt so easily. 🙄 ---
**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 3, 2024, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2818 "2024-01-03T14:58:10Z")
It’s not just glassware they project onto others. ---
**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:** [January 3, 2024, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2819 "2024-01-03T15:06:41Z")
I love how, just pre-glass throwing, she warns him “I’ll go!”, like it’s so important for her to stay and listen to the show. Like, okay, MAGAt, see you later. Will they ever figure out that the rest of us _want_ them to leave? ---
**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:** [January 3, 2024, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2820 "2024-01-03T15:39:58Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > And yet it’s the libs who are supposedly the snowflakes who get their fee-fees hurt so easily. [https://i.imgur.com/ztg6QX1.mp4](https://i.imgur.com/ztg6QX1.mp4) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=140) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=142)