# 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:** 237
**Author:** ![slumtrimpet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@slumtrimpet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slumtrimpet)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2024, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4721 "2024-04-09T12:17:29Z")
That’s just brilliant. It gave them approximately 3.75 minutes to overrun the border. Wheeeee ---
**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:** [April 9, 2024, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4722 "2024-04-09T12:19:06Z")
It’s those cantaloupe calves. Lets them really tear it. ---
**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:** [April 9, 2024, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4723 "2024-04-09T12:19:51Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > But I’m gonna take a wild-ass guess and make the prediction that they will still vote for him Oh, but wouldn’t it be sweet if abortion was the issue that finally made them realize what the rest of us have known all along - that Trump has no actual policy beliefs beyond Tax Cuts and Money For Trump, and that the only basis for anything he says is, “Will this gain or lose votes”? That he’ll waffle on any and every issue until he finds the sweet spot of maximizing the votes, and afterward, his “Promises” are worthless. ---
**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:** [April 9, 2024, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4724 "2024-04-09T12:22:50Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > But doesn’t He also send tornadoes You mean “Holy Suburban Reclamation Friends”? Getting your house re-built using insurance and tax money is a leg up for thousands of Real Americans™ every year! ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Wiggler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/red_wiggler/32/13190_2.png) [@Red\_Wiggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Wiggler)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2024, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4725 "2024-04-09T12:24:40Z")
If a Republican congress passes a national abortion ban, Trump will sign it and Democrats better be campaigning on that prediction. ---
**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:** [April 9, 2024, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4726 "2024-04-09T12:29:50Z")
Behold Biden’s latest ad: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/wInNjr_9D28/hqdefault.jpg "Willow's Box | Biden-Harris 2024") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wInNjr_9D28) ---
**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:** [April 9, 2024, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4727 "2024-04-09T12:33:01Z")
Can you recap? It looks sad and I don’t need the kids asking why I’m weepy at work. ---
**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:** [April 9, 2024, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4728 "2024-04-09T12:35:31Z")
It’s one of the cases where a woman was denied a medically-necessary abortion. They’re going though a box of baby stuff they’d bought in anticipation of the birth, but then complications led to a miscarriage, and because the doctors weren’t allowed to treat her properly, she developed infections that almost killed her, and may have made it impossible to get pregnant ever again. The tag line is “Trump did this”. ---
**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:** [April 9, 2024, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4729 "2024-04-09T12:36:33Z")
Thanks! ---
**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:** [April 9, 2024, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4730 "2024-04-09T12:43:18Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > Oh, but wouldn’t it be sweet if abortion was the issue that finally made them realize what the rest of us have known all along - that Trump has no actual policy beliefs beyond Tax Cuts and Money For Trump, and that the only basis for anything he says is, “Will this gain or lose votes”? That he’ll waffle on any and every issue until he finds the sweet spot of maximizing the votes, and afterward, his “Promises” are worthless. But wouldn’t they still stick with him _against Biden,_ if they figure Biden (a) is a guy who keeps his promises about abortion, and Biden (b) promises to do what they _don’t_ want on abortion? If it’s a roll of the dice with Trump, but a sure thing in the wrong direction with Biden, then — what? ---
**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:** [April 9, 2024, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4731 "2024-04-09T12:47:20Z")
That is one powerful ad. Wow. And the tagline was brilliant. ---
**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:** [April 9, 2024, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4732 "2024-04-09T13:03:08Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > But wouldn’t they still stick with him _against Biden,_ if they figure Biden (a) is a guy who keeps his promises about abortion, and Biden (b) promises to do what they _don’t_ want on abortion? As always, the hope is that they’d just stay home, and not vote. Gaining a vote for Biden is better, but just losing votes for Trump will probably be enough. After all, at this point, they have a big chunk of what they wanted. RvW is gone, and at least some states are enacting anti-abortion legislation. It will take years to roll that back, even if Biden wins. And if there’s a divided Congress again, no federal legislation permitting abortion will ever pass. Sure, they’d prefer a President and Congress who would ban abortion outright, but if that’s not in the cards, they’ll settle for what they have now, and keep fighting on the State level, where they’ve already had a lot of success. ---
**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:** [April 9, 2024, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4733 "2024-04-09T13:05:57Z")
“What, did Trump get her pregnant?” ---
**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:** [April 9, 2024, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4734 "2024-04-09T13:11:07Z")
Ads like this are targeted at the waffling “independent” voters, not MAGAts. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2024, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4735 "2024-04-09T15:35:57Z")
> [@slumtrimpet](#): > > That’s just brilliant. It gave them approximately 3.75 minutes to overrun the border. > Wheeeee Or, they could, as Jon Stewart suggested yesterday, just…wait until night time. ---
**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:** [April 9, 2024, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4736 "2024-04-09T15:39:24Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Or, they could, as Jon Stewart suggested yesterday, just…wait until night time. Are you trying to tell me that waiting until it’s a bit darker than usual out, for just a few minutes, in the middle of the day, with half the country standing outside actively looking around, _isn’t_ a good time to run across the border and do a bunch of crimes? ---
**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2024, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4737 "2024-04-09T15:46:47Z")
I also happened to see some of Fox News’ coverage of the eclipse last Sunday (our washing machine is broken, and the laundromat had Fox News on; it wasn’t my fault!). Anyway, in addition to talking in general about how people were looking forward to it, be sure to use safety goggles or a pinhole viewer, etc., they also had a little chart down in the corner, noting how solar power generation was going to drop off precipitously during the eclipse. Remember, folks, solar power is unreliable during eclipses! Fossil fuels are the way to go! ---
**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:** [April 9, 2024, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4738 "2024-04-09T16:39:35Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > and do a bunch of crimes? Well, not a _bunch_ obviously, but at least one good crime, like voting Democratic or dropping an anchor baby. ---
**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:** [April 9, 2024, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4739 "2024-04-09T16:41:22Z")
> [@MrAtoz](#): > > be sure to use safety goggles Isn’t that a bit too nanny state for them? Who are those elitist egg heads to tell me what I should or shouldn’t look at. Goggles are just masks for the eyes. ---
**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:** [April 9, 2024, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/4740 "2024-04-09T16:42:42Z")
> [@MrAtoz](#): > > they also had a little chart down in the corner, noting how solar power generation was going to drop off precipitously during the eclipse. The sad part it, that’s actually kind of a cool thing to track, if you’re not doing just to be a shitbag. It reminds me of the summer I occasionally worked in a university particle accelerator lab. They had a series of individual labs spread along the beam path, and when someone was running an experiment, you could see the beam being switched down the line by the radiation detectors in each lab going off in sequence. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=236) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=238)