# 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:** 217
**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:** [March 21, 2024, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4321 "2024-03-21T12:03:17Z")
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**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:** [March 21, 2024, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4322 "2024-03-21T13:27:32Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > > [@OttoDaFe](#): > > > > Or mass _seppuku_. > > Too foreign. Unless they start selling Trump branded knives. And T-shirts reading _Bloodbath & Beyond_. Josh Marshall at Talking Points Memo used “Bloodbath and Beyond” as the title for this week’s podcast. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2024, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4323 "2024-03-21T13:37:29Z")
Simpsons already did it. [![](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSjHvWDfAcxCmgtgPKXEgY_c1ZRPhJ35-TUryOANsx2gA&s) ](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSjHvWDfAcxCmgtgPKXEgY_c1ZRPhJ35-TUryOANsx2gA&s) ---
**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:** [March 21, 2024, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4324 "2024-03-21T15:02:55Z")
But why? For the grift, of course. For these people, it’s all about personal profit. Money in the bank! ---
**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:** [March 21, 2024, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4325 "2024-03-21T17:40:25Z")
And she gets to show off her body. Bonus! ---
**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:** [March 21, 2024, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4326 "2024-03-21T22:14:00Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > I still give Cassidy credit for his surprise vote to convict Trump in the 2nd impeachment proceeding, though. Absolutely fair. With so few of them willing to do it, the courage of those who did shines more brightly. . . > [@BrickBat](#): > > Or what I recently overheard heard from a right-wing acquaintance who was talking on his phone about DJT: “_Ya know, I like him and all the great things he’s tying to do for this country, but I just wish he would just shut the fuck up sometimes_”. > [@JRDelirious](#): > > Yep, just had a moment-of-that yesterday with someone who would otherwise be perceived as a “conventional” RWer — the view that he is just personally obnoxious and he hurts his own side’s chances, but not that his means and ends are harmful or disqualifying per se. So, yeah, there are some non-cultists who have voted for Trump and will vote for Trump, based mainly on ‘tax cuts’ (and maybe ‘deregulation’) as has been mentioned. These people are still capable of being embarrassed by the need to defend the indefensible. It’s just a question of how much more Indefensible Donald will provide between now and November. ---
**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:** [March 22, 2024, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4327 "2024-03-22T19:37:15Z")
That Satan sure is a crafty one, isn’t he? > **[Former ESPN Anchor: Satan Knocked Out My Teeth With A Golf Ball Because I...](https://www.joemygod.com/2024/03/former-espn-anchor-satan-knocked-out-my-teeth-with-a-golf-ball-because-i-sued-against-vax-mandate/)** > > The Christian Post reports: Christian sports anchor and former “SportsCenter” host Sage Steele told Liberty University students that she believes the devil tried to use a devastating blow to her mouth from a wayward golf ball that knocked out eight... ---
**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:** [March 22, 2024, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4328 "2024-03-22T20:25:06Z")
Are you sure that it wasn’t that God smote your ass with a golf ball, as a symbolic message to keep your trap shut? ---
**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:** [March 22, 2024, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4329 "2024-03-22T21:04:28Z")
God uses thunderbolts. Satan uses golf balls. ---
**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:** [March 22, 2024, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4330 "2024-03-22T22:10:38Z")
[Dewey uses a garden hose and lighter fluid and a lawnmower and a shovel.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_p6WI4V8N8) ---
**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:** [March 22, 2024, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4331 "2024-03-22T22:55:41Z")
Loser Donald’s lawyers have spent this week in court arguing that the fine he’s running out of time to post a bond for is excessive and he can’t possibly pay it. Which isn’t an easy argument to make when their client is posting about how he has lots of money like a whole lot of money you wouldn’t even believe how much money I have. [![](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53605017705_2b9ec9140f_c.jpg) ](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53605017705_2b9ec9140f_c.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![MindsEye\_Watering](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindseye_watering/32/3619_2.png) [@MindsEye\_Watering](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MindsEye_Watering)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2024, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4332 "2024-03-22T23:03:01Z")
So is he lying to his fans or lying to the Court? Could be both, I guess. ---
**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:** [March 22, 2024, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4333 "2024-03-22T23:10:00Z")
He’s definitely lying about spending $500 million of his own money on his campaign.That’s just fodder for the endlessly clueless rubes. ---
**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:** [March 23, 2024, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4334 "2024-03-23T01:34:38Z")
He certainly didn’t spend his own money But he’s that perfect combination of no longer mentis compos and inveterate liar that it’s entirely possible - or even highly likely - that he believes his own bullshit and thinks he’s owed that money from _somebody_. Of course it’s not at all possible he didn’t spend his own money on something /s ---
**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:** [March 23, 2024, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4335 "2024-03-23T07:36:32Z")
I’ll never believe that when Trump lies, he believes it’s the truth. Trump is a liar who knows he’s a liar. He lies for specific, self beneficial reasons. When it’s time to pay property tax, lie about the property value one way. When it’s time to apply for a loan, lie about the property value the other way. He’s just a liar. ---
**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:** [March 23, 2024, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4336 "2024-03-23T13:15:53Z")
I think he’s amazingly proficient at doublethink. I think 90+% of the time, he converts what he wants to be true into reality, but there’s a small, scary part of his brain, a part that he hates, that knows what is true. As a result, in rare moments of clarity, he’s terrified. ---
**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:** [March 23, 2024, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4337 "2024-03-23T14:45:20Z")
This is something I find confounding after so many years - people still think he knows or cares what the truth is. Trump doesn’t _care_ about that at all. He doesn’t think in ‘lies’ or ‘truth’. He thinks in ‘what is convenient’ and ‘what is not convenient’. When he says something that totally undercuts his own attorneys, the veracity of his own statements don’t matter. What matters is how he thinks people take it. That little voice in his head isn’t worried about the _real_ truth. That little voice in his head is worried that maybe he overplayed and people won’t buy whatever bullshit comes out of his mouth. That’s why he doesn’t say he’s a trillionaire - not that he doesn’t want people to believe it but that he knows there’s a line past people won’t buy whatever he’s saying That’s what he really fears - that somebody else has already fed the judges or the crowd some line of bullshit and he hasn’t calibrated his own bullshit to counter it. ---
**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:** [March 23, 2024, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4338 "2024-03-23T14:58:30Z")
> [@Stratocaster](#): > > I think 90+% of the time, he converts what he wants to be true into reality, … I think that this thinking absolves a lying grown man some measure of responsibility, and I disagree with it. But that’s like, my opinion, man. ---
**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:** [March 23, 2024, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4339 "2024-03-23T15:25:03Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > I think that this thinking absolves a lying grown man some measure of responsibility, and I disagree with it. Fair point. But I think he always truly knows, but there’s no need to act as if he does. It’s that small, scary part in his noggin. So, yeah, he’s a liar, but a peculiarly repugnant one. It’s like he’s in an elaborate cosplay where he’s a god, but one of the rules of the cosplay is you can’t acknowledge it or it evaporates. 😮 This analysis is gold! Somebody write this down. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2024, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4340 "2024-03-23T15:45:51Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > I think that this thinking absolves a lying grown man some measure of responsibility, Why? If you figure he chose to start thinking that way, then isn’t the full measure of responsibility still on the table? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=216) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=218)