# 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:** 187
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2024, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3721 "2024-02-17T23:58:33Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > a sad Boomer version of Burning Man. Redundant, _Larry Harvey (January 11, **1948** – April 28, 2018) … the main co-founder of the Burning Man event_ _John Law (born November 17, **1958** ) … a co-founder of Burning Man_ Burning Man is the sad Boomer version of Burning Man. ---
**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:** [February 18, 2024, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3722 "2024-02-18T00:21:03Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > Maybe there _are_ a lot of Canadians obsessed with US politics. Anyone know where Sam Stone was that weekend? ---
**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:** [February 18, 2024, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3723 "2024-02-18T00:22:30Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > Burning Man is the sad Boomer version of Burning Man. I’m gonna guess that Burning Man has fewer firearms and Rascal scooters. ---
**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:** [February 18, 2024, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3724 "2024-02-18T00:48:22Z")
Looks like $83 million wasn’t enough. Time for Round 3! > Plus, for a bomus - where do you come in the Congo? > ---
**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:** [February 18, 2024, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3725 "2024-02-18T01:46:27Z")
He’s being silenced by the …usual somebody someone etc…et al. Still the tactic of owning the news cycle. It worked in 2016 when some folks were willing to give him the outsider doubt. It worked in 2020 with a larger turnout for him; unfortunately it generated an even bigger turnout for Biden. Part of me wants him to just shut up but he’s incapable of that. He lives for the microphone, camera, tv, person, man, woman. I’m just happy the bills are coming due. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2024, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3726 "2024-02-18T02:05:32Z")
One Elena Cardone has started a GoFundMe to help the Dumpster pay his $355M judgment. Lots of people are contributing $5 just so they can say what they really think. ETA: I see someone else already mentioned it. It’s up to $171K as I write this. ---
**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:** [February 18, 2024, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3727 "2024-02-18T06:35:37Z")
George Santos, who you may remember for inventing the cotton gin and being the only person to survive the Bowling Green Massacre, is suing Jimmy Kimmel for (checks notes) buying Cameo videos from him. > **[George Santos sues late-night host Jimmy Kimmel for tricking him into making...](https://apnews.com/article/george-santos-jimmy-kimmel-copyright-lawsuit-41e1c2951945e11c069a41f9ea62281d)** > > The lawsuit alleges that Kimmel misrepresented himself to induce Santos to create personalized videos capitalizing on and ridiculing Santos’ “gregarious personality.” You’d think that with all that experience he has as co-founder of Google he’d have heard of the Strreisand Effect. ---
**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:** [February 18, 2024, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3728 "2024-02-18T07:24:22Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > One Elena Cardone has started a GoFundMe to help the Dumpster pay his $355M judgment. Gotta love this from the GoFundMe page: “My name is Elena Cardone and I am a wife of Grant Cardone.” _A_ wife of Grant Cardone? How many wives does he have? ---
**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:** [February 18, 2024, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3729 "2024-02-18T07:58:14Z")
I understand he’s reached out to Hamilton Burger for representation. He, Santos, was very impressed by Burger’s record v. Perry Mason on Court TV reruns. ---
**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:** [February 18, 2024, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3730 "2024-02-18T12:07:43Z")
I was impressed Burger still had a career by the end of the show. ---
**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:** [February 18, 2024, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3731 "2024-02-18T21:58:08Z")
Apparently Loser Donald’s $400 shoes are repackaged Temu products that he bought for $18 apiece and slapped a logo on. > ---
**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:** [February 18, 2024, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3732 "2024-02-18T22:00:21Z")
[https://i.imgur.com/ZDjp2KN.mp4](https://i.imgur.com/ZDjp2KN.mp4) ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2024, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3733 "2024-02-18T22:00:38Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Apparently Loser Donald’s $400 shoes are repackaged Temu products that he bought for $18 apiece and slapped a logo on. Thanks for bringing this to us. Of course we were safe in assuming that the $399 Trump shoes were cheap and would fall apart quickly. I know nothing about the Temu brand but if they sell for $18 they likely are not exactly hard-wearing. It’s genius, really. Anyone who buys one pair of $399 Trump shoes will be back in a matter of weeks at best, to buy a new pair! ---
**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:** [February 18, 2024, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3734 "2024-02-18T22:03:12Z")
Maybe they’ll send you a free Trumpinator bobblehead with each pair of shoes. > **[Trumpinator Bobblehead - I'll Be Back in 2024](https://proudpatriots.com/pages/trumpinator-bobblehead-affiliates?utm_source=Google%20Ads&gc_id=20446645380&h_ad_id=669657556945&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiA8sauBhB3EiwAruTRJpcn2r5TbBEp2yOS-RCAeK0QPkiqAN7pzvI5Tp-m4yDX22RpcZYE3hoCf5MQAvD_BwE)** ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2024, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3735 "2024-02-18T22:07:42Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Apparently Loser Donald’s $400 shoes are repackaged Temu products that he bought for $18 apiece and slapped a logo on. I don’t know if it was just supposed to be a joke, but that’s not the same shoe at all, if you compare to what @Joey_P posted. Everything about the design is different, the only thing in common is the gold color. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2024, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3736 "2024-02-18T22:36:26Z")
Yeah, i spent some time looking for a similar sneaker to cover with gold leaf. Trump’s sneakers have red soles. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2024, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3737 "2024-02-18T22:41:00Z")
Gold leaf? These are solid gold so you can run faster and jump higher through the power of GOLD! ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2024, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3738 "2024-02-18T23:29:54Z")
Well, not real gold leaf, of course… > **[Metal Leafing | Hobby Lobby | 376681](https://www.hobbylobby.com/Crafts-Hobbies/Craft-Paint-Stencils/Leafing/Metal-Leafing/p/7605?queryId=e6344a709647c4e05129288afea1e7d4)** > > Add brilliance to your projects with imitation metal leafing! Metal Leafing is perfect for art, craft, and decor projects. Simply apply a thin layer to an adhesive surface and wait for it to become tacky. When the surface is dry, apply a protective... ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2024, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3739 "2024-02-18T23:46:01Z")
Not real gold leaf, that’s cruel. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2024, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/3740 "2024-02-19T00:56:32Z")
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