# 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:** 152
**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:** [January 16, 2024, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3021 "2024-01-16T05:43:38Z")
> [@JaneDoe42](#): > > They actually planned all of that stoopid shit? I honestly thought they did coke in the dressing room and then came out and screamed at each other. You have two big guys pounding on each other you _gotta_ choreograph the moves or someone’s going to get seriously hurt. ---
**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:** [January 16, 2024, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3022 "2024-01-16T05:55:01Z")
I thought Desantis was running against a giant mouse… ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2024, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3023 "2024-01-16T06:03:04Z")
> **[Vivek Ramaswamy drops out of the 2024 presidential race, endorses Trump](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/vivek-ramaswamy-dropping-2024-presidential-race-rcna133875)** > > The 38-year-old first-time candidate campaigned as someone who could carry on the MAGA movement — but those voters largely stayed with Trump in Iowa. ---
**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 16, 2024, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3024 "2024-01-16T06:38:32Z")
Nailed it last February. > [@NEW Stupid Republican Idea of the Day (Part 2)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/8088): > > A businessman and “anti-woke” author named Vivek Ramaswamy, who happens to be of the Hindu faith and practices vegetarianism and whose parents were born in India, actually believes he has a snowball’s chance in Hell at becoming the presidential nominee of the party of white supremacists, Christian nationalists, and mentally ill conspiracy theorists. ---
**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 16, 2024, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3025 "2024-01-16T07:29:04Z")
I hope this means he will go back under the rock he crawled out from. Ick, he makes me feel like I need to shower just hearing him speak. The smarm just oozes out. ---
**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 16, 2024, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3026 "2024-01-16T07:41:17Z")
We’ll always have the time he took a piss on a hot mic. ---
**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:** [January 16, 2024, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3027 "2024-01-16T10:11:54Z")
Unless they’re supposed to to get hurt anyway. And even then there’s only so much choreography you can set up. Ask Mick Foley. This “No women wrestlers” thing is deeply annoying. Women had to work damned hard to get past the Playboy shoots and bra & panty matches to the real thing. ---
**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 16, 2024, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3028 "2024-01-16T11:18:06Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > After seeing all this, and working with all the people in the promotion, it seems to me to be a mistake to exclude women. But what the hell; it’s not my promotion. Yeah, but I’d bet good money the people involved with this are, at best, third-rate wrestlers. Appealing to the anti-woke demographic is their only real shot at making money at this. Just like all those shitty movies they make. There’s a built-in audience ready to drop money on them just because, and quality doesn’t matter. You can still get rich, even if it’s not Top Tier rich. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2024, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3029 "2024-01-16T11:39:58Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > Yeah, but I’d bet good money the people involved with this are, at best, third-rate wrestlers. Most likely. One of the things a wrestler has to do, is to “sell” a move; to make it believeable to the audience. So the guy flying off the top ropes and landing a flying elbow smash on the chest of his opponent, has to do two things: sell that move, and not hurt his opponent. (Aside: I know how this is done.) But third-rate wrestlers? No way I’d get into the ring with those guys. They cannot sell a move to save their lives, they just beat each other up. They’ve watched too many “backyard wrestling” videos on YouTube, and they think that’s what it’s all about. No, it is actually an intricately crafted storyline, accompanied by elaborate choreography that is accomplished by practice, practice, practice. I never worried when I was in the ring. The guys looked out for me, and when things went south, as they did a few times, all the wrestlers, heel and face, were concerned about me in the locker room later. “Jeez, Spoons, sorry about that. You okay? You sure?” But third-rate wrestlers? No way. They don’t know how to pro-wrestle. ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2024, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3030 "2024-01-16T12:18:23Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > I never worried when I was in the ring. The guys looked out for me, and when things went south, as they did a few times, all the wrestlers, heel and face, were concerned about me in the locker room later. “Jeez, Spoons, sorry about that. You okay? You sure?” A super-quick hijack: Did the behind-the-scenes stuff depicted in _The Wrestler_ seem genuine to you? Your post made me think of the final scene where Randy’s “hated opponent” was whispering to him in a clinch (he was worried about Randy’s heart condition), “You gave them enough, Randy! You can wrap it 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:** [January 16, 2024, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3031 "2024-01-16T14:13:06Z")
Pretty good show about women wrestlers (IMH-_uninformed_-O). > **[GLOW (TV Series 2017–2019) ⭐ 8.0 | Comedy, Drama, Sport](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5770786/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_1_tt_7_nm_0_q_g.l.o.w.z)** > > 35m | TV-MA > A look at the personal and professional lives of a group of women who perform for a wrestling organization in Los Angeles during the 1980s. ---
**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:** [January 16, 2024, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3032 "2024-01-16T15:53:37Z")
I’m not Spoons but it seems plausible to me from what little I know of wrestling. If, say, one of the wrestlers turns his ankle or something and needs to end the match, they’d need a way to discuss things while getting ready to move. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2024, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3033 "2024-01-16T19:30:48Z")
The only thing I liked about Ramaswamy is that, unlike Bobby Jindal or Nikki Haley, he didn’t convert to Christianity or acquire a less obvious name. ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2024, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3034 "2024-01-16T19:39:20Z")
I cannot stand how condescending he is, particularly to women. What a little dick. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2024, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3035 "2024-01-16T20:05:15Z")
Election interference is the new word for campaigning, as long as the candidate is either a Democrat or running against Trump. My opponent had people knocking on doors and telling people to vote for them instead of me! Election Interference! ---
**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 16, 2024, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3036 "2024-01-16T20:42:41Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > Election interference is the new word for campaigning I remember back when I first started getting into watching football, and trying to figure out the “pass interference” call. “Wait, isn’t interfering with the pass pretty much that guy’s _job description?!?_” ---
**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 18, 2024, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3037 "2024-01-18T02:17:50Z")
Remember last year when Republicans were convinced schools were putting litter boxes in classrooms for kids who identified as cats? Apparently the OK legislature never got the news that that was 100% made up, because they’ve now introduced a bill empowering animal control to remove students who claim to be animals. > ---
**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:** [January 18, 2024, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3038 "2024-01-18T02:21:29Z")
Last year a candidate for a far right party in Central Alberta started pushing the same “litter boxes in schools” garbage. These folks are not the brightest bulbs in the chandelier of life. > **[Lacombe-Ponoka UCP candidate espouses school litter box conspiracy; NDP calls...](https://rdnewsnow.com/2023/05/17/lacombe-ponoka-ucp-candidate-espouses-school-litter-box-conspiracy-ndp-calls-for-her-ousting/)** > > NOTE: This story contains details which may be offensive and/or triggering to readersThe Alberta NDP continue ... ---
**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 18, 2024, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3039 "2024-01-18T03:44:34Z")
Rapey McForehead sez; “Women voters? Who needs 'em, amirite fellas?” > ---
**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:** [January 18, 2024, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3040 "2024-01-18T04:09:17Z")
If they are old enough to vote, he wants nothing to do with them. Adult women are unacceptable, because they disapprove of his proclivities. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=151) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=153)