# 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:** 154
**Author:** ![Fugazi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f08c70/32.png) [@Fugazi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fugazi)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2024, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3061 "2024-01-18T16:54:42Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > If I make God hate me enough, will I live forever? No silly. That’s what Hell is for. ---
**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 18, 2024, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3062 "2024-01-18T16:55:03Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > You all have to remember, these are the sort of people for whom it is the Will Of God and you have to humbly accept His Mysterious Plan if a bus with 50 children is crushed by a landslide, but it is A Great Miracle To Celebrate God For that **one** of them gets pulled out alive. It’s kind of like when a natural disaster hits a place they don’t like, like San Francisco or New Orleans or New York, it’s always “God’s wrath”, but you never hear that when tornadoes rip through the south or Florida gets hit by yet another hurricane. (Except from me. 🙂) ---
**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 18, 2024, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3063 "2024-01-18T17:00:56Z")
As linked in another thread, the whole “God’s Will\*” thing is causing dissention in the ranks. > **[Steve Bannon Loses It After Mike Johnson Says Biden Presidency Is 'God's Will'](https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/steve-bannon-loses-mike-johnson-142224468.html)** > > The former Trump adviser used the speaker's religious claim to reignite the Big Lie. Good, good. Let the hate flow through you! Am I a bad person for enjoying watching Steve Bannon coming to the realization that partnering with the Crazy Christians was a bad idea? - I just realized; what if it’s really “God Swill”? Discuss. ---
**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 18, 2024, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3064 "2024-01-18T17:02:04Z")
_So who says he’ll forgive you_ _And says that he’ll miss you_ _And dream of your sweet memory_ _God does_ _But I don’t_ _God will_ _But I won’t_ _And that’s the difference_ _Between God and me_ ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2024, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3065 "2024-01-18T17:36:44Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > They never think You could have stopped at this. ---
**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 18, 2024, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3066 "2024-01-18T17:44:55Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > what if it’s really “God Swill”? That’s wine for mass. ---
**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 18, 2024, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3067 "2024-01-18T18:50:43Z")
The Lord’s will from the Joke thread: A healing priest is in the process of a miracle Priest: Stand up! (The man slowly stands up). Priest: Now walk my child, walk!!! (The man slowly started walking and the crowd was shocked) The priest then gave the microphone to the man. Priest: Now what can you say upon this miracle of God!!?? Man: **I still can’t see!** We’re going to have the same problem with the MAGAnauts after Butt Boogers passes on. ---
**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 18, 2024, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3068 "2024-01-18T19:24:45Z")
In a similar vein, two people answer the call from a ‘healing’ preacher to come forward, Mrs. Smith on crutches and Tommy, a small boy with a bad lisp. He send them behind a partition, does his mumbo-jumbo, the cries out, “Mrs. Smith, throw away your right crutch!” A crutch comes flying over the partition. “Now, throw away your left crutch!” The other crutch lands at his feet. “Speak, Tommy, speak!” “Mithith Thmith fell on her ath.” ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2024, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3069 "2024-01-18T21:29:20Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > It’s kind of like when a natural disaster hits a place they don’t like, like San Francisco or New Orleans or New York, it’s always “God’s wrath”, but you never hear that when tornadoes rip through the south or Florida gets hit by yet another hurricane. (Except from me. 🙂) As when a hurricane hit Virginia Beach (headquarters of Pat Robertson’s CBN) shortly after he called down God’s wrath on Disney World for catering to gays. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2024, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3070 "2024-01-19T00:19:06Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > > [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > > > I always want to ask, so, did the 49 that died not pray enough? > > It’s usually something like, “God loved them so much that he called them home early to be with him”, which I figure just kind of makes the surviving kid wonder why they didn’t make the cut. > > It’s just fucked up all around, is what I’m saying. Even more fucked up, that’s not even the view of their sects’ theology. ---
**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 19, 2024, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3071 "2024-01-19T01:06:31Z")
You know, if Johnson weren’t such an asshat, he’d make a great main character for an American version of Yes, Prime Minister. ---
**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 19, 2024, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3072 "2024-01-19T02:07:26Z")
Republican Jesus strikes again - an Ohio pastor has been criminally charged with a zoning violation for letting homeless people take shelter in the church during the recent sub-zero cold snap. > **[Ohio pastor charged for housing the homeless](https://wng.org/roundups/ohio-pastor-charged-for-housing-the-homeless-1705433477)** > > A city says the church’s 24/7 homeless outreach violates zoning restrictions ---
**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 19, 2024, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3073 "2024-01-19T02:50:19Z")
A lot of balls, that pastor following Christ’s teachings. ---
**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 19, 2024, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3074 "2024-01-19T05:16:03Z")
Loser Donald’s lawyers tell the Supreme Court that just because he’s _constitutionally ineligible to be president_ doesn’t mean he shouldn’t be allowed to run and be elected anyway. > **[Trump files Supreme Court brief arguing he was never an 'officer of the...](https://www.rawstory.com/trump-supreme-court-ballot-brief/)** > > Former President Donald Trump filed a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in his attempt to prevent being disqualified from the presidential election. In it, the 45th president's attorneys say he believes he is immune from prosecution and that the 14th... > [@](#): > > It reads, the section “cannot be used to deny President Trump (or anyone else) access to the ballot, as section 3 prohibits individuals only from _holding_ office, not from _seeking_ or _winning election_ to office.” ---
**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 19, 2024, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3075 "2024-01-19T08:05:39Z")
The mind, it boggles! ---
**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 19, 2024, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3076 "2024-01-19T12:29:15Z")
This whole office/officer thing has been going on for a while now, I think. Someone on youtube just did a video that covered it. Legal Eagle maybe? ETA, yup, Legal Eagle. In short, it would be weird for the constitution to be written in such a way that an impeached president was barred from holding any office except for the presidency. Starts around 9:12 [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/krVNdQOWYk4/maxresdefault.jpg "Colorado and Maine Kick Trump Off The Ballot") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krVNdQOWYk4&t=552) ---
**Author:** ![SingleMalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/singlemalt/32/3961_2.png) [@SingleMalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SingleMalt)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2024, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3077 "2024-01-19T15:25:04Z")
The whole “the President is not an officer” argument always struck me as incredibly spurious, given the opening paragraph of Article II of the US Constitution states: > The executive power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America. **He shall hold his office** during the term of four years, and, together with the Vice President, chosen for the same term, be elected, as follows: ---
**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 19, 2024, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3078 "2024-01-19T16:20:54Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > > as section 3 prohibits individuals only from _holding_ office, not from _seeking_ or _winning election_ to office.” I think when you’ve dug down to the Air Bud level of legality (“There’s no rule against a dog playing basketball!”), you should just give up. ---
**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:** [January 19, 2024, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3079 "2024-01-19T16:48:27Z")
This would actually be pretty cool if it worked that way, and the supreme court decided that Trump could be the Repbulican nominee but couldn’t actually be president even if he won the general. ---
**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 19, 2024, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3080 "2024-01-19T16:53:37Z")
I’d love to watch the right’s head’s collectively explode trying to decide who to vote for in that scenario. Remain loyal to someone that can’t win, almost certainly handing the victory to the other side or betray him and vote for someone else. Come to think of it, that might actually give their token 3rd party/independent/libertarian a fighting chance. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=153) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=155)