# 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:** 346
**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:** [August 8, 2024, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6901 "2024-08-08T17:08:53Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > And he can dance the pants off Churchill!\* Good Lord, nobody wants to see that. I would hope he stops well short of the trousers before getting to Churchill’s pants. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2024, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6902 "2024-08-08T18:01:35Z")
> [@rocking\_chair](#): > > i can’t believe anyone thinks trump has a sense of humour. We’re getting to the “He has no anus and hit a hole-in-one ten times in his last golf game,” territory. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2024, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6903 "2024-08-08T18:20:33Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > He has no anus Well of course, that fully explains why he is so totally FoS. ---
**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 8, 2024, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6904 "2024-08-08T18:39:52Z")
This isn’t “Stupid” as much as “WTF” but I think it fits here. > **[FlashPoint ‘Prophet’ Joseph Z Says Antichrist Spirit Chose Tim Walz to Fit In...](https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/flashpoint-prophet-joseph-z-says-antichrist-spirit-chose-tim-walz-to-fit-in-with-overlord-lizard-mafia-and-its-goblin-masters/)** > > Monday night’s edition of the FlashPoint program on televangelist Kenneth Copeland’s Victory Channel focused on the selection of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz Joseph Z, a "prophet" appearing on the pro-Trump "FlashPoint" program, says Gov. Tim Walz is... ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2024, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6905 "2024-08-08T18:40:50Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > He has no anus Does he identify as a jellyfish, a coral polyp, a sponge or a flatworm? ---
**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 8, 2024, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6906 "2024-08-08T18:48:19Z")
People really need to see the full headline of that: > [@](#): > > # FlashPoint ‘Prophet’ Joseph Z Says Antichrist Spirit Chose Tim Walz to Fit In With ‘Overlord Lizard Mafia’ and its ‘Goblin Masters’ Every time I think the right-wing has found its limit of batshittery, they have another “Hold my beer” moment. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2024, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6907 "2024-08-08T18:59:30Z")
Ask me if I’m surprised that half of that headline refers in some derogatory way to Jewish people… ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2024, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6908 "2024-08-08T19:09:41Z")
I couldn’t resist looking at the article. Re Walz: > …The guy’s just weird. You see the way he hugs his wife. You see the way he does everything… Ok, now I’m curious. How **does** he hug his wife? And I wanna know how he does everything else, too. So there. ---
**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:** [August 8, 2024, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6909 "2024-08-08T19:10:01Z")
Lizard people \> David Icke \>, > Reactions to his endorsement of an antisemitic fabrication, The Protocols of the Elders of Zion … led his then publisher to decline further books, and he has self-published since then. And we can certainly blame the Goblin thing on JK Rowling and her clearly not in any way anti-Semitic depictions of the Wizarding Worlds bankers. ---
**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 8, 2024, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6910 "2024-08-08T19:16:15Z")
> [@Leaper](#): > > Ask me if I’m surprised that half of that headline refers in some derogatory way to Jewish people… I’m not sure which is worse: the possibility that he meant it as a slur against Jews, or the possibility that he believes in a literal Lizard Mafia with Goblin Masters. Or the fact that I genuinely am not sure which one it is. ---
**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 8, 2024, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6911 "2024-08-08T19:18:36Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > How **does** he hug his wife? Like a normal human being who loves his wife and sees her as an actual person rather than just a possession/political prop/incubator on legs. The far-right think that sort of thing is weird. ---
**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 8, 2024, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6912 "2024-08-08T19:20:04Z")
How could Goblins be masters of anything? A bugbear, I grant you. Definitely a beholder. But a goblin? ---
**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 8, 2024, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6913 "2024-08-08T19:21:51Z")
Obviously it’s not meant to be taken literally. It could refer to _any_ of the goblinoid species. ---
**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:** [August 8, 2024, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6914 "2024-08-08T19:28:04Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Ok, now I’m curious. How **does** he hug his wife? And I wanna know how he does everything else, too. So there. Not quite everything, but here is a critique of how he waves at the audience, shakes hands and hugs his wife, with extra bonus sexism “Men should not move this way.” > **[Jesse Watters offers strange critique of Tim Walz’s hugs](https://www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/jesse-watters-offers-strange-critique-tim-walzs-hugs)** ---
**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 8, 2024, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6915 "2024-08-08T19:41:12Z")
> $8 for a 42-gallon barrel? Dang. Thanks Kamala! ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2024, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6916 "2024-08-08T19:49:32Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Obviously it’s not meant to be taken literally. It could refer to _any_ of the goblinoid species. And here comes the once or twice a year that I long for the SDMB to have a “like” button. Well played! ---
**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 8, 2024, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6917 "2024-08-08T19:55:20Z")
That’s my third Monty Python reference for the day. I think I’m in a rut. ---
**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:** [August 8, 2024, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6918 "2024-08-08T20:33:13Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Ok, now I’m curious. How **does** he hug his wife? He hugs his wife—and I kid you not—_with his arms!_ ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2024, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6919 "2024-08-08T20:47:17Z")
> [@Stratocaster](#): > > He hugs his wife—and I kid you not—_with his arms!_ **Arma virumque cano** or maybe it should be **Brachia virumque cano** ---
**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:** [August 8, 2024, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6920 "2024-08-08T20:52:56Z")
Wait, he has physical contact with his wife that does not involve forced penetration or the prospect of enormous wealth as a trophy wife? What the hell is wrong with him? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=345) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=347)