# 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:** 371
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2024, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7401 "2024-08-27T10:40:05Z")
I do too. While still reprehensible, the commentator was implying Harris was a weak, hysterical woman who wouldn’t be able to handle a roomful of hard-nosed military types. No matter how far-right he is, he’s not going to actually advocate gang rape on the air. ---
**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 27, 2024, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7402 "2024-08-27T10:54:10Z")
Given that he clearly takes dating advice from serial killers, > **[Fox News' Jesse Watters Jokes About Flattening Future Wife's Tires So He...](https://people.com/tv/fox-news-jesse-watters-let-air-out-of-wife-emma-tires-so-he-could-drive-her-home/)** > > 'She hopped right in the car,' Jesse Watters recalled of giving now-wife Emma a ride home after he says he let the air out of her tires subtly advocating gang rape is right in character. ---
**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 27, 2024, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7403 "2024-08-27T11:00:12Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > No matter how far-right he is, he’s not going to actually advocate gang rape on the air. Well, _not yet_ anyways. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2024, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7404 "2024-08-27T11:24:34Z")
There are numerous ways to insult a female and her ability to hold her own in a room full of men. You could call her weak or indecisive or say that the men are going to walk all over her or wipe the floor with her. You could call her Honey even. Maybe because I’m female, I hear the threat implied with the choice to use “have their way with her”. I personally can’t come up with a context that makes that statement okay. So here’s the set up: War is imminent or something All the men in the room: We must attack now with nuclear weapons Kamala: Now wait a minute… All the men in the room: We are going to have our way with you It’s the “with you” part that’s the problem, I think. I’m sure I’m not really expressing this well, but it’s the “with her” part in his statement that bothers me. That’s not saying we are going to win the _argument._ Anyway, I really hate Jesse Watters. ---
**Author:** ![Tatterdemalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2024, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7405 "2024-08-27T11:54:01Z")
First we have to correct the mine shaft gap. What is Kamala Harris’ position on this vital question? ---
**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 27, 2024, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7406 "2024-08-27T12:10:45Z")
> [@Tatterdemalion](#): > > First we have to correct the mine shaft gap. Oh god, what did Vance do with a mine shaft now? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2024, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7407 "2024-08-27T12:51:20Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > > [@Tatterdemalion](#): > > > > First we have to correct the mine shaft gap. > > Oh god, what did Vance do with a mine shaft now? - He needs a mine shaft due to the fact that no ordinary hole can reach the depths he’s willing to go to. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2024, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7408 "2024-08-27T14:44:52Z")
You know what? I’ve altered my opinion. I’m tired of giving the benefit of the doubt to scum-sucking turd faces that have demonstrated they love to play the “benefit of the doubt” game. Imply anything at all if said with just enough flexibility of interpretation to argue it was innocent. No. He tried to slip it in as a secret dig and got called on it immediately by his cohosts. Screw him with a jackhammer. ---
**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 27, 2024, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7409 "2024-08-27T15:14:40Z")
> [@Irishman](#): > > Screw him with a jackhammer. In a sexual way? ---
**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 27, 2024, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7410 "2024-08-27T15:29:04Z")
> [@Tatterdemalion](#): > > What is Kamala Harris’ position on this vital question? To which Watters would reply “From behind” with the disclaimer “Not in a sexual way I meant we were falling behind the Russians.” ---
**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 27, 2024, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7411 "2024-08-27T16:17:43Z")
> **[MAGA Is So ‘Desperate’ They’ve Now Gone After Tim Walz’s Dog](https://www.thedailybeast.com/maga-is-so-desperate-theyve-now-gone-after-tim-walzs-dog)** > > MSNBC anchor Jen Psaki noted an “important lesson” for Republicans after the conspiracy was quickly debunked. > If you resort to attacking a candidate’s dog, you’re probably losing TLDR: > A Townhall columnist, Missouri’s attorney general, Donald Trump Jr.’s [wife](https://twitter.com/kimguilfoyle/status/1828092730779586730?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1828092730779586730%7Ctwgr%5E9ff77dbcae2f6453ad3a62849c12009d85570500%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rollingstone.com%2Fpolitics%2Fpolitics-news%2Ftim-walz-dog-scout-right-wing-conspiracy-1235088197%2F), the founder of Turning Point USA, and others questioned the identity of Walz’s dog, Scout, based on a 2022 photo of Walz petting a different dog > Any confusion was quickly eliminated, as Walz—on that same October day—posted an Instagram [video](https://www.instagram.com/reel/CkBMwZGprB2/?igsh=MXVwY2Qxb2tsZThqbw==) with the dog in the picture along with Scout and several others. > Psaki noted the irony in Republicans’ failed line of attack, since it’s “coming from the party whose own rising star… [Kristi Noem](https://www.thedailybeast.com/keyword/kristi-noem), talked about hating her own family dog so much that she took it to a gravel pit and shot it. ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2024, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7412 "2024-08-27T16:21:31Z")
Both sides are the same. One side’s candidate cheated on each of his three wives, and the other side’s candidate petted a dog who wasn’t his. I can’t decide who to vote for. /sarcasm ---
**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 27, 2024, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7413 "2024-08-27T16:24:36Z")
Cheating on your spouse is Commonly Accepted Practice. But cheating on your dog? That’s a bridge too far. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2024, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7414 "2024-08-27T16:25:19Z")
One party pats stranger’s dogs, the other one shoots their own dog because they can’t be bothered to train it. Both the same. ---
**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 27, 2024, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7415 "2024-08-27T16:54:59Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > In all seriousness, I think what he’s implying is that she’s incompetent and inexperienced and will sit there mute while they conduct whatever military operations they want. He could have just _said_ that, had that been the entirety of the argument he wanted to convey. Instead he chose to employ an idiom that, in any context, connotes the image of manly men engaging in sexual acts upon a woman without her consent. Mr. Watters may have a problem with **Smapti** ’s extrapolation of his remark, but any person with the critical thinking skills of a gnat should not. If Mr. Watters thinks that his _not in a sexual way_ “disclaimer” shields him from the charge **Smapti** laid at his feet, he’s welcome to provide a context in which the idiom _have [their] way with her_ does NOT connote gang rape. ---
**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 27, 2024, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7416 "2024-08-27T17:03:11Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > He could have just _said_ that, had that been the entirety of the argument he wanted to convey. Or he could have used almost any other expression that conveys that idea. “Run roughshod over her.” “They’d run wild.” “They’d run amok.” “They’d take the bit in their mouths.” ---
**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 27, 2024, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7417 "2024-08-27T17:03:45Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > I’m not sure their audiences would go for something so complex. Some weird ideas are just easier said than Donne. Go to your room. ---
**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 27, 2024, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7418 "2024-08-27T20:25:57Z")
You can’t tell me what to do! You’re not my real dad! You’re Kayla’s real dad. Apparently. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2024, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7419 "2024-08-27T21:12:18Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > And the reason that he deliberately chose and used - twice - this metaphor is because he is a spectacularly terrible person. > > We all in agreement now? I’ve already moved past to the next outrage. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2024, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7420 "2024-08-27T22:35:17Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > If Mr. Watters thinks that his _not in a sexual way_ “disclaimer” shields him from the charge **Smapti** laid at his feet, he’s welcome to provide a context in which the idiom _have [their] way with her_ does NOT connote gang rape. Yeah, this. Watters wasn’t using a metaphor. He was saying that if Americans were so lost to all that is decent as to elect a _ **female** _, then of course that female has to expect to get raped. ‘Have their way’ might mean something else, but ‘have their way with her’ definitely means rape. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=370) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=372)