# 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:** 294
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2024, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5861 "2024-06-12T23:13:09Z")
Well, because Trump was unfairly railroaded by a corrupt system jealous of his factual innocence, and Hunter’s conviction is holy and true and reflects his upbringing quite directly. Easy as pie. ---
**Author:** ![Jihi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jihi/32/17768_2.png) [@Jihi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jihi)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2024, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5862 "2024-06-13T00:22:31Z")
“Book about book bans banned by Florida school board” Right after this the school board accidentally banned itself. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2024, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5863 "2024-06-13T00:29:06Z")
@Marley23 ---
**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:** [June 13, 2024, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5864 "2024-06-13T00:46:34Z")
Hey, thanks! I appreciate that; it’s news to me and I really don’t want to muck it up again. ---
**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:** [June 13, 2024, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5865 "2024-06-13T01:19:48Z")
> [@Jihi](#): > > “Book about book bans banned by Florida school board” > > Right after this the school board accidentally banned itself. It’s ourobori all the way down! (All the way in?) ---
**Author:** ![Jihi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jihi/32/17768_2.png) [@Jihi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jihi)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2024, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5866 "2024-06-13T01:36:14Z")
“Well ya know, we wuz in a banning mood. One click too far.” ---
**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:** [June 13, 2024, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5867 "2024-06-13T03:29:35Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > It’s book bans all the way down… It’s not just that they banned it, it’s why they banned it. > Indian River county school board members disagreed with how Gratz’s book referred to other works that had been taken out of school, and accused it of “teaching rebellion of school-board authority”, according to the [Tallahassee Democrat.](https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/politics/2024/06/11/florida-school-board-bans-book-about-book-bans/73970418007/) I read that, and I think, “Man, Mr. Carlson was right.” [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/QQ2OSoWI9eU/maxresdefault.jpg "WKRP Censorship") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQ2OSoWI9eU&t=130) ---
**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:** [June 13, 2024, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5868 "2024-06-13T03:34:32Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > I read that, and my Englishing was traumatized. ---
**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:** [June 13, 2024, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5869 "2024-06-13T03:46:25Z")
That is one of the best scenes in the entire series! ---
**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:** [June 13, 2024, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5870 "2024-06-13T04:23:32Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > “teaching rebellion of school-board authority” Hell, that ought to be a graduation requirement. ---
**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:** [June 13, 2024, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5871 "2024-06-13T04:57:21Z")
Over on Xitter, Vivek Ramaswamy reposted a xit asserting the Hunter Biden conviction is a sham to legitimitize Trump’s New York felony convictions. So these idiots actually believe President Biden is throwing his own son under the bus after orchestrating a state-level conviction. This is multi-dimensional chess for you. ---
**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:** [June 13, 2024, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5872 "2024-06-13T05:11:36Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > So these idiots actually believe President Biden is throwing his own son under the bus after orchestrating a state-level conviction. I thought that was what Eric was bred for. ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2024, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5873 "2024-06-13T12:13:17Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > So these idiots actually believe President Biden is throwing his own son under the bus after orchestrating a state-level conviction. This is multi-dimensional chess for you. Cool. Biden sounds so smart and so cunning and so powerful, I think he should remain our President instead of that doofus who couldn’t punch his way out of a paper bag. I find it amusing how critics of Biden are quick to suggest he is abusing his power and masterminding these plots against Trump and his enablers, and then in the next breath complain he’s a frail, forgetful old man. Well, which is it? ---
**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:** [June 13, 2024, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5874 "2024-06-13T12:24:08Z")
You expect rationality or logical consistency from them? In 2024? Localized entirely in your kitchen? How quaint… ---
**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:** [June 13, 2024, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5875 "2024-06-13T13:12:38Z")
> [@snowthx](#): > > I find it amusing how critics of Biden are quick to suggest he is abusing his power and masterminding these plots against Trump and his enablers, and then in the next breath complain he’s a frail, forgetful old man. Well, which is it? It’s because of that potion of Adrenochrome and cocaine he’s been taking. Updated Robert Louis Stevenson for the modern world: Sleepy Joe and Dark Brandon. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2024, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5876 "2024-06-13T13:38:43Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > that potion of Adrenochrome Adrenochrome that’s extracted from the pineal glands of adolescent Andean iguanas? That stuff’s _wicked!_ ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2024, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5877 "2024-06-13T13:39:18Z")
> [@snowthx](#): > > I find it amusing how critics of Biden are quick to suggest he is abusing his power and masterminding these plots against Trump and his enablers, and then in the next breath complain he’s a frail, forgetful old man. Well, which is it? It’s both! Here’s a real-life mafia example, [Vincent Gigante](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Gigante): > With the arrest and conviction of Gotti and various Gambino family members in 1992, Gigante was recognized as the most powerful crime boss in the United States. For about 30 years, Gigante [feigned insanity](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insanity_defense) in an effort to throw law enforcement off his trail. > > Dubbed “The Oddfather” and “The Enigma in the Bathrobe” by the media, Gigante often wandered the streets of Greenwich Village in his bathrobe and slippers, mumbling incoherently to himself. He was indicted on federal racketeering charges in 1990, but was determined to be mentally unfit to stand trial. In 1997, he was tried and convicted of [racketeering](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racketeering) and [conspiracy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conspiracy_(crime)), and sentenced to 12 years in prison. Facing [obstruction of justice](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obstruction_of_justice) charges in 2003, he pleaded guilty and admitted that his supposed insanity was an elaborate effort to avoid prosecution, [snip] ---
**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:** [June 13, 2024, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5878 "2024-06-13T14:30:29Z")
Dolly picks up another W at the QOP’s expense. > **[Federalist writer regrets saying Dolly Parton had a false gospel](https://vicksburgnews.com/federalist-writer-regrets-saying-dolly-parton-had-a-false-gospel/)** > > Dolly Parton’s fans defended the country music icon after an essay on the Federalist conservative news site attacked her faith. The essay targeted the 78-year-old “Jolene” singer for her support of the LGBTQ community earlier this week. The headline,... ---
**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:** [June 13, 2024, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5879 "2024-06-13T14:30:49Z")
> [@dasmoocher](#): > > Dubbed “The Oddfather” and “The Enigma in the Bathrobe” by the media, Gigante often wandered the streets of Greenwich Village in his bathrobe and slippers, Ah, that explains the two Law and Order episodes with the “Diaper Don” and the other capo that played insane. ---
**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:** [June 13, 2024, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/5880 "2024-06-13T14:32:45Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Dolly picks up another W at the QOP’s expense. from the article: “I regret using Dolly as the example for the point I was making in the article,” translation I regret getting my ass handed to me, Next time I’ll pick on someone smaller than me. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=293) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=295)