# 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:** 38
**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 23, 2023, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/741 "2023-08-23T20:05:11Z")
Beau of the fifth column [relates to us the sad tale](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SN9vlxUzV_A) of Jessica Watkins, an oathkeeper who was involved in the US Capitol T ~~error~~ ourism incident and is facing 8+ years in prison.              In a _men_’s prison.        You see, Jessica suffered through “don’t-ask-don’t-tell” and eventually managed to obtain surgery, but the courts have decided that she failed to be properly recognized as a woman, so she (he) is destined to serve her sentence confined with a bunch of dudes        Naturally, Jessica is seeking help. From Congresscritters. _Republican_ Congresscritters. That should turn out well.        I mean, instinctively, we want this shitstain to suffer the cost of her stupidity. Yet, as Beau says, we are still humans, and this much punishment really is beyond the pale. We have had our schadenfreude, now we should show that _we_ are decent people, not (R-ShitStains). ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2023, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/742 "2023-08-23T20:09:56Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Yeah, sure it will. Idjits the lot of 'em. How a civilized country breeds so many uncivilized people is a mystery to me. Undermine and vilify education with singular focus for fifty years. ---
**Author:** ![JoePockets](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8dc957/32.png) [@JoePockets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoePockets)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2023, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/743 "2023-08-23T20:20:53Z")
Trump is hosting a 100,000 dollar per person round table in New Jersey at his golf course to help with Rudy’s mounding legal bill! I can’t imagine treating the kind of money so trivial for the likes of him and what he has become. ---
**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 23, 2023, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/744 "2023-08-23T20:30:22Z")
Jessica Watkins, Jessica Watkins, please report to the Leopard dining facility… ---
**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 23, 2023, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/745 "2023-08-23T20:36:55Z")
> [@JoePockets](#): > > Trump is hosting a 100,000 dollar per person round table in New Jersey at his golf course to help with Rudy’s mounding legal bill! [cite](https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump-is-holding-a-rudy-giuliani-fundraiser-for-dollar100k-per-ticket-report-says) for the above Of course the catering/venue charges probably going to run around $95,000 per person. ---
**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 23, 2023, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/746 "2023-08-23T20:46:18Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > Of course the catering/venue charges probably going to run around $95,000 per person. Oh man, I hadn’t even thought of that, but of course you’re right. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2023, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/747 "2023-08-23T21:36:10Z")
How many dumbshits are going to pay to attend that event? 1 or 2? I’m sure if Mr. MyPillow can scrape up the change, he’ll be there. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2023, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/748 "2023-08-23T21:45:53Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > How many dumbshits are going to pay to attend that event? That was my first thought as well. Do any of the rich Pubs give a shit about Rudy anymore? He’s been nothing but an embarrassment since the 2020 election and nobody, save DJT, is asking for his help or endorsement. I wonder if they’ll ever release the guest list, assuming that this event even happens. ---
**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 23, 2023, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/749 "2023-08-23T21:58:53Z")
It says something about Trump’s situation that he feels the need to hitch his wagon to Giuliani. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2023, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/750 "2023-08-23T22:08:50Z")
I’m guessing the guess that $95K of each plate will go to the venue, i.e., Trump’s pocket, is correct. ---
**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 23, 2023, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/751 "2023-08-23T22:34:35Z")
And the menu: Mickey D’s hamberders! ---
**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 23, 2023, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/752 "2023-08-23T22:39:28Z")
> [@JoePockets](#): > > Trump is hosting a 100,000 dollar per person round table in New Jersey at his golf course to help with Rudy’s mounding legal bill! > [@Chronos](#): > > It says something about Trump’s situation that he feels the need to hitch his wagon to Giuliani. Never believe Trump until after the money changes hands. ---
**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 23, 2023, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/753 "2023-08-23T22:48:44Z")
Oh, I’m taking it as a given that the purpose of this whole thing is to line Trump’s pockets. But the point is, he thinks that the most effective way to line his own pockets is to claim that he’s helping Giuliani. That tells me that he thinks that the public likes Giuliani better than they like him. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2023, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/754 "2023-08-24T00:58:04Z")
Or at least that Rudy’s fans represent a different list of ~~donors~~ griftees so hence some fresh money. As I commented in the dedicated Rudy thread started last week: [https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-rudy-rudy-giuliani/988631/112?u=lslguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-rudy-rudy-giuliani/988631/112) ---
**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 24, 2023, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/755 "2023-08-24T01:15:08Z")
I’m not seeing a downside here… > ---
**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 24, 2023, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/756 "2023-08-24T01:16:10Z")
> ---
**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 24, 2023, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/757 "2023-08-24T01:29:31Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > It says something about Trump’s situation that he feels the need to hitch his wagon to Giuliani. Some while back I saw mention of a statement made by one of Individual-ONE’s co-defendants, which prompted me to ask, WRT Individual-ONE, is “co-defendant” a euphemism for “attorney”? ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2023, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/758 "2023-08-24T01:45:10Z")
When COVID hit I bought Whisky. Good for trade. I had plenty of bullets. Oh, and my wife bought a bunch of TP. Still using both the Whiskey and TP. Just not together (well, I guess whatever floats your boat or trips your trigger). I fear the bullets will be for another day. Be that trade or defense against maga morons. ---
**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 24, 2023, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/759 "2023-08-24T02:17:58Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > How many dumbshits are going to pay to attend that event? 1 or 2? I’m wondering if that’s by design. I could see them making it so high to make sure it’s only a handful of people and they can’t book a banquet room at a fancy restaurant/hotel. On the other hand, maybe this is a way for someone to get money into Rudy’s pocket. If I need to give Rudy 100k without anyone knowing it’s from me (maybe part of those hidden assets people have been wondering about), I can buy a ticket for a friend of mine. My friend gets a free meal at a fancy restaurant and Rudy gets some cash. > [@Chronos](#): > > It says something about Trump’s situation that he feels the need to hitch his wagon to Giuliani. Rudy’s been begging Trump for money lately. When I first saw the flyer, I just assumed the idea was that if Trump ‘endorses’ this dinner, there’s certainly going to be at least a handful of people showing up and my thinking is that Rudy is desperate enough that he was willing to forgive whatever he think Trump owes him for doing this. In other words, all Trump had to do was say ‘hey guys, go to this thing for Rudy’ and that’s one less obligation following him around. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2023, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/760 "2023-08-24T02:22:30Z")
I still think that for every $100K going into this, the split is 5/95. And the bigger split is not in Rudy’s favor. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=37) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=39)