# 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:** 347
**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:** [August 8, 2024, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6921 "2024-08-08T21:08:55Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > This isn’t “Stupid” as much as “WTF” but I think it fits here. From your link. > Last year Green displeased Bailey and other Christian nationalist leaders and activists when he said he thought then-presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy could make a good president, and Green was forced to “[eat crow](https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/christian-nationalist-rick-green-apologizes-for-thinking-a-hindu-like-vivek-ramaswamy-could-make-a-good-president/)” on the program and insist that the nation’s founders said “over and over again” that the country needs “biblical leaders.” I bet he cannot prove even one of the Founding Fathers ever said the nation needs Biblical leaders. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2024, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6922 "2024-08-08T21:44:28Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > Does he identify as a jellyfish, a coral polyp, a sponge or a flatworm? You liberals. Again with the identity politics. ---
**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 8, 2024, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6923 "2024-08-08T21:47:50Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > That’s my third Monty Python reference for the day. I think I’m in a rut. …in a rut. ---
**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, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6924 "2024-08-08T21:51:24Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > How could Goblins be masters of anything? Given that the [Goblin King](https://labyrinth.fandom.com/wiki/Jareth_the_Goblin_King) was none other than David Bowie… ---
**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:** [August 8, 2024, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6925 "2024-08-08T22:05:04Z")
Project 2025 leader sez: Trump gets along great with us but he’s pretending not to know about us so he can win the election, don’t tell anyone OK? > ---
**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, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6926 "2024-08-08T22:16:12Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > 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.” They are seriously grasping at straws 🙄. “Men should not move this way”??? The thing is, Tim Walz is a man who is _alive,_ who moves spontaneously, who shows enthusiasm, excitement, and yes, _joy._ He’s not a robot or automaton. He is a flesh and blood _person._ A pretty foreign concept to the stiff, rod-up-their-butts, trumpniks. Anyway, when you hug your wife who’s a foot shorter than you, you do have to bend over a little. ---
**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 8, 2024, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6927 "2024-08-08T22:19:18Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Anyway, when you hug your wife who’s a foot shorter than you, you do have to bend over a little. It’s unfeminine for women to be short. A Real Woman should be a six-foot tall model. If she’s shorter, it’s a sign that she’s really a man in drag. ---
**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 8, 2024, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6928 "2024-08-08T22:49:45Z")
[![](https://i.imgur.com/rQA98lx.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/rQA98lx.jpeg) [![](https://i.imgur.com/sDsEdbl.gif) ](https://i.imgur.com/sDsEdbl.gif) ---
**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:** [August 8, 2024, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6929 "2024-08-08T23:54:06Z")
Fox News: Kamala refuses to take questions from the press Kamala Harris: > ---
**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:** [August 9, 2024, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6930 "2024-08-09T00:58:03Z")
Jesse Watters: Aren’t the emperor’s new clothes simply wonderful? > ---
**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 9, 2024, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6931 "2024-08-09T01:05:50Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > He’s not a robot or automaton. He is a flesh and blood _person._ A pretty foreign concept to the stiff, rod-up-their-butts, trumpniks. I get so tired of the biological bias of this board. ---
**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 9, 2024, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6932 "2024-08-09T01:45:44Z")
Well, you _would._ 🙄 Hehe. I know. AI rules, amirite? Only that doesn’t apply to them because “intelligence.” 😄 ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2024, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6933 "2024-08-09T04:46:19Z")
So have they announced their plan for health care or is that _still_ two weeks out? ---
**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:** [August 9, 2024, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6934 "2024-08-09T05:19:39Z")
Kevin “Xena’s bitch” Sorbo; if Kamala Harris is really black, why won’t she use the Hard-R? > That a man this ignorant could survive to adulthood is one of the strongest arguments I’ve ever heard against an intelligent designer. ---
**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:** [August 9, 2024, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6935 "2024-08-09T06:17:55Z")
I like one response to his xit: > If you’re really an actor, let’s see you pass an audition. ---
**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 9, 2024, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6936 "2024-08-09T10:42:17Z")
I believe him. For sure everyone will have forgotten all about this silly issue by voting day. [https://thehill.com/homenews/4819080-trump-downplays-abortion-issue/](https://thehill.com/homenews/4819080-trump-downplays-abortion-issue/) ---
**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:** [August 9, 2024, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6937 "2024-08-09T16:49:32Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Fox News: Kamala refuses to take questions from the press > Kamala Harris: > > [x.com](https://x.com/Acyn/status/1821684703822508484) > [@Smapti](#): > > Jesse Watters: Aren’t the emperor’s new clothes simply wonderful? > > [x.com](https://x.com/Acyn/status/1821654021956087905) Are these clips available to those of us who refuse to connect to Twitter? ---
**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 9, 2024, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6938 "2024-08-09T19:18:12Z")
Do you have something blocking them in your browser maybe? I don’t have a twitter account and they’re displayed in, and playable from, Smapti’s posts. If you have uBlock Origin or something similar, you may need to disable it. I have UBlock Origin but have it disable for this site because, IIRC, it was causing issues with things like that. You could also try copying the thread’s URL and opening it in a different browser. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2024, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6939 "2024-08-09T19:24:55Z")
Judging by the use of “refuse,” I assume in this case it’s a moral thing to not give Elon Musk money. ---
**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 9, 2024, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/6940 "2024-08-09T23:22:54Z")
Weird Republican news of the day: they’re trying to suggest that Tim Walz likes to blow horses. No, I’m not making this up. I feel like it’s too vulgar for P&E. > **[Donald Trump Jr. Spreads Weird And Gross Lie About Gov. Tim Walz](https://www.yahoo.com/news/donald-trump-jr-spreads-weird-191055384.html)** > > The former president's son only managed to remind people why the Minnesota governor called the GOP "weird" in the first place. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=346) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=348)