# 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:** 342
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2024, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6821 "2024-08-07T13:00:54Z")
I don’t know. Every time they say “Kambala”, I think of that Three Dog Night song, and it makes me happy. _“Oooooooo… yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah.”_ Probably not what they were going for. ---
**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:** [August 7, 2024, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6822 "2024-08-07T13:23:33Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > Wait, that’s Alegria… Isn’t that a Cirque du Soleil show? > [@Alessan](#): > > I don’t know. Every time they say “Kambala”, I think of that Three Dog Night song, and it makes me happy. It’s “Kamabla”. It’s like calling Trump “Dollnads”. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2024, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6823 "2024-08-07T13:26:39Z")
Oh. My mistake. “Kamabla” doesn’t really fall trippingly from the tongue, does it? Not one of his best efforts. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2024, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6824 "2024-08-07T14:07:45Z")
Here’s my rewrite of Shambala: _Wash away my troubles, wash away my pain_ _With a vote for Kamala_ _Wash away my sorrow, wash away my shame_ _With a vote for Kamala_ _Ah-ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, yeah_ _Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah_ _Ah-ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, yeah_ _Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah_ _Everyone is helpful, everyone is kind_ _With a vote for Kamala_ _Everyone is lucky, everyone is so kind_ _With a vote for Kamala_ _Ah-ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, yeah_ _Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah_ _Ah-ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, yeah_ _Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah_ _How will your life shine_ _With a vote for Kamala?_ _How will your life shine_ _With a vote for Kamala?_ _I can tell my sister by the joy in her eyes_ _With her vote for Kamala_ _I can tell my brother by the hope that’s in his eyes_ _With his vote for Kamala_ _Ah-ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, yeah_ _Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah_ _Ah-ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, yeah_ _Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah_ _How will your life shine_ _With a vote for Kamala?_ _How will your life shine_ _With a vote for Kamala?_ _Tell me how will your life shine_ _With a vote for Kamala?_ _(Tell me how) How will your life shine_ _With a vote for Kamala?_ ---
**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:** [August 7, 2024, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6825 "2024-08-07T14:27:02Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > “Kamabla” doesn’t really fall trippingly from the tongue, does it? Not one of his best efforts. I think he was trying to come up with a riff on “kumbaya”, and whiffed it. ---
**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:** [August 7, 2024, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6826 "2024-08-07T14:28:28Z")
I think he can’t remember her name and can’t type. That’s it. ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2024, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6827 "2024-08-07T14:38:14Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > It’s like calling Trump “Dollnads”. “Gonads” works for me. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2024, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6828 "2024-08-07T14:45:33Z")
I’ve been seeing Don-old, which is nice callback to the attacks on Biden and reminder that Don-old isn’t that much younger. ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2024, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6829 "2024-08-07T14:55:29Z")
I commented on Trump’s post that Biden will crash the Democratic convention by saying Trump just can’t seem to quit Biden. The first pro-Trump reply informed me that: - Biden is statistically the worst recent President. - Harris is a complete idiot with no substance to any of her positions. - Trump’s a jerk but the best choice by far for the future of the US. - Trump will lock down the border. - Get our unstable economy under control. - Put our enemies in a safe place. I’m not sure what some of that even means. “Safe place” and “statistically worst”? I’m pretty sure Harris has some substance to her policy positions. I know Trump does: racism, xenophobia, misogyny, fear of prison, revenge, and most importantly–self-benefit. Vance’s position is atop a couch. Do these people have any source of information outside their bubble? Apparently, not. ---
**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:** [August 7, 2024, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6830 "2024-08-07T15:13:33Z")
> [@dasmoocher](#): > > Biden is statistically the worst recent President. Technically true. Of all the US Presidents that have served since January 21, 2021, Biden is the worst. But also the best. > [@dasmoocher](#): > > Vance’s position is atop a couch. As funny as the fake couch story is, a real issue is Vance’s repeated attacks on childless women, which reinforces the whole “Gilead” vibe of Project 2025. > [@dasmoocher](#): > > Do these people have any source of information outside their bubble? Apparently, not. My inlaws get all their news from FoxNews - TV and radio. As do all their friends. It really is an impenetrable bubble for many. ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2024, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6831 "2024-08-07T15:35:14Z")
> [@dasmoocher](#): > > Put our enemies in a safe place. The part of this that concerns you shouldn’t be defining “safe place”, it’s defining “our enemies”. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2024, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6832 "2024-08-07T15:39:40Z")
> [@dasmoocher](#): > > The first pro-Trump reply informed me that: > > - Biden is statistically the worst recent President. It’s true! He’s the absolute worst President we’ve had in the past three years! ---
**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:** [August 7, 2024, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6833 "2024-08-07T15:41:49Z")
> [@dasmoocher](#): > > The first pro-Trump reply informed me that: > > - Biden is statistically the worst recent President. > - Harris is a complete idiot with no substance to any of her positions. > - Trump’s a jerk but the best choice by far for the future of the US. > - Trump will lock down the border. > - Get our unstable economy under control. > - Put our enemies in a safe place. It’s literally all they have to talk about. Yesterday someone in one of my facebook groups complained that a restaurant charged him $4.00 for a glass of milk which is 1750% higher than it is if he bought it Aldis. In addition to all the people explaining to him how a restaurant works, they other (literally) hundreds of posts quickly devolved into those same talking points. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2024, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6834 "2024-08-07T16:27:06Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > Yesterday someone in one of my facebook groups complained that a restaurant charged him $4.00 for a glass of milk which is 1750% higher than it is if he bought it Aldis. Wow, assuming his math is correct, Biden is doing an amazing job of keeping the price of milk low at Aldis. ---
**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:** [August 7, 2024, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6835 "2024-08-07T16:33:01Z")
Aldi’s milk is $2.95/gal or 18¢ for 8oz. 18¢ x 1750% = $3.15. Not $4.00, but within reason. ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2024, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6836 "2024-08-07T16:35:05Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > those same talking points I did reply that I had to admit Trump has substance to positions. I said, “For example, you can take the substance bleach and position it inside your body to fight COVID”. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2024, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6837 "2024-08-07T16:59:25Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > Aldi’s milk is $2.95/gal or 18¢ for 8oz. 18¢ x 1750% = $3.15. Not $4.00, but within reason. The claim was that it’s 1750% higher at the restaurant, so that would be 18¢ plus $3.15. $3.33; getting closer. My point was that if it’s somehow the fault of politicians that milk is so expensive at the restaurant, those politicians should get the same amount of credit for keeping the price low at Aldis. ---
**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:** [August 7, 2024, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6838 "2024-08-07T17:04:06Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > My point was that if it’s somehow the fault of politicians that milk is so expensive at the restaurant, those politicians should get the same amount of credit for keeping the price low at Aldis. These are the same people that couldn’t think more than a few weeks into the future or they’d have realized how stupid it was to plaster these all over the country. [![](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQxaYCEsEjVx-38LEEZ9upmw_AKu9-5Qrof4w&s) ](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQxaYCEsEjVx-38LEEZ9upmw_AKu9-5Qrof4w&s) I mean, at some point, the gas price was going to come back down. ---
**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:** [August 7, 2024, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6839 "2024-08-07T17:08:38Z")
I’ve now seen at least a few Republicans like someone named Tony Schroder (of the Ohio GOP I guess) claim that Minnesota isn’t the Midwest, it’s Canada. ---
**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:** [August 7, 2024, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6840 "2024-08-07T17:46:30Z")
And on the topic of Canada > **[Donald Trump Repeats Conspiracy Theory That Justin Trudeau Is Fidel Castro's Son](https://www.tmz.com/2024/08/07/donald-trump-repeats-justin-trudeau-fidel-castro-conspiracy-theory/)** > > Donald Trump is buying stock in a popular conspiracy theory ... suggesting Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is the son of late Cuban dictator Fidel Castro. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=341) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=343)