# 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:** 386
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2024, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7701 "2024-09-06T00:45:54Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > “_Is it UNCONSTITUTIONAL TO FORCE U.S CITIZENS to "REGISTER to VOTE " to have OUR VOTE COUNTED? YES!_” Wow, that’s a wild position for a “voter integrity” person to take. I mean, she wants to ensure only citizens vote, but then argued against voter registration - which is how voter qualification is accomplished. She _is_ pushing for a form of nationalization of voting by using SS number, and implementing the National Guard to do the collecting. That would obviate the first need for registration, to verify the person is identified to the right districts and precincts. That _might_ work for Presidential elections only, but everything else needs some sorting to determine what ballot you get for local and state levels. It just feels weird in a time when some people are pushing for mandatory voter ID that her solution is to skip photo ID. But you can’t expect a random person to actually know the Constitution. If she did, she would know that voting is carried out under State control, and then the States gather to actually decide. So it is Constitutional. Maybe when she says “Constitutional” she means something like “unfair”, or “should be different”. ---
**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:** [September 6, 2024, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7702 "2024-09-06T05:42:20Z")
> [@Irishman](#): > > Egads, mustard, mayonnaise, _and_ Miracle Whip? And relish, for texture. (shudder) I assure you, it’s very tasty and it has an interesting combination of sweet & savory that goes well with lots of stuff. They serve it on their burgers and hot dogs, and on the side as a dip for fries or tots or onion rings, and they sell it in bottles. It’s mixed on-premises in the shack in 10 gallon buckets. According to a co-worker of mine who used to work there, the owner swears that it only works if you mix it in a large batch like that, and if you try mixing a small amount in a bowl it won’t work. It’s pretty common throughout the PNW for mom-and-pop burger places to have their own version of goop, but Big Tom was first. Even Dick’s in Seattle uses it, but they just call it “tartar sauce” because goop is trademarked. ---
**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:** [September 6, 2024, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7703 "2024-09-06T06:15:40Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > the National Guard going door to door and handing out paper ballots …because nothing says “Free and fair elections” quite like armed men showing up at your door, telling you, “You vote NOW!” ---
**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:** [September 6, 2024, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7704 "2024-09-06T10:45:10Z")
If the alternative is people blowing off their vote with laziness or stupid excuses, the soldier route does look more attractive in theory…. ---
**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:** [September 6, 2024, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7705 "2024-09-06T11:41:16Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > …because nothing says “Free and fair elections” quite like armed men showing up at your door, telling you, “You vote NOW!” > [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > If the alternative is people blowing off their vote with laziness or stupid excuses, the soldier route does look more attractive in theory…. Too lazy to Google it, but IIRC correctly Athens (the putative home of democracy) did something similar, with slaves driving recalcitrant citizens with knotted cords to the voting/debate site. ---
**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:** [September 6, 2024, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7706 "2024-09-06T11:58:43Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > the soldier route does look more attractive in theory…. Sure, until they pull out the paper bags to test your eligibility to vote. Or exist. ---
**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:** [September 6, 2024, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7707 "2024-09-06T12:04:12Z")
Rain Monroe, an influencer, one had Trump’s name tattooed across her forehead for views. Now she’s trying to raise money to have it removed. I’d say she shouldn’t be able to remove it until she genuinely doesn’t support him anymore. She’s British so not technically a Republican, but she (obviously) supports Trump so I guess that counts? > **[Woman with Trump tattoo on forehead now ‘fundraising thousands for removal’](https://www.express.co.uk/news/us/1944308/woman-with-trump-tattoo-on/amp)** > > Social media influencer, Rain Monroe caused a stir last month after appearing with a Donald Trump tattoo on her forehead - but now she's considering her options ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2024, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7708 "2024-09-06T12:23:49Z")
I think all his supporters should have his name tattooed on their foreheads. Or perhaps just a scarlet T. ---
**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:** [September 6, 2024, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7709 "2024-09-06T12:59:10Z")
Great, the actual fucking mark of the devil is now starting to show up. How the hell am I going to maintain my atheism? Also, here is a picture of a dick. > ---
**Author:** ![mcgato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac8455/32.png) [@mcgato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mcgato)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2024, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7710 "2024-09-06T13:20:08Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > Rain Monroe, an influencer, one had Trump’s name tattooed across her forehead for views. Now she’s trying to raise money to have it removed. My guess is that the “tattoo” is not permanent, she is just trolling for money. ---
**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:** [September 6, 2024, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7711 "2024-09-06T13:21:19Z")
Look, he’s on set, okay? He’s only using a straw so that he doesn’t _\>checks notes\<_ smear his makeup. As a manly man does. ---
**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:** [September 6, 2024, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7712 "2024-09-06T13:24:16Z")
‘It’s color enhanced lip balm… IT’S NOT LIPSTICK!!!’ ~ Jesse A name that makes it absolutely clear that I have a penis! ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2024, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7713 "2024-09-06T15:36:02Z")
Ah, ha! This might explain RFK Jr.'s anti-vax crusade. Maybe his worms are controlling his brain, like Fry in that Futurama episode\*: [TWiP 242: Worms impair COVID vaccines](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAQp7iAJBcM) TWiP = This Week in Parasirology > TWiP reviews a study showing that intestinal helminth infection impairs vaccine-induced T cell responses through an IL-10 pathway, which compromised protection against antigenically drifted SARS-CoV-2 variants. Long video (47:50) just in case you’re interested in watching it. \*[Parasites Lost](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasites_Lost) > While making a pit stop at an interstellar truck stop, [Fry](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_J._Fry) buys and eats a decaying [egg salad](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egg_salad) [sandwich](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandwich) from a [vending machine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vending_machine) in the restroom. Upon returning to [Earth](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth), Fry and [Bender](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bender_(Futurama)) are assigned the task of fixing the [plasma](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plasma_(physics)) [fusion boiler](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_fusion), which promptly explodes. Bender is not damaged, but Fry is impaled by a large pipe. Despite the severity of the injury, Fry’s damaged body repairs itself in seconds, and the subsequent medical examination reveals to the crew that Fry is infested with microscopic worms from the egg salad sandwich. > > To eliminate the [infestation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infestation), [Professor Farnsworth](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubert_J._Farnsworth) makes miniature robotic versions of the crew, except for Fry and [Leela](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leela_(Futurama)). Because the worms know all that Fry knows and would thus defend themselves if Fry knew about the mission, Leela is assigned to distract Fry, who is not told what is happening. RFK Jr.'s worms are just defending themselves and their brethren against vaccines! The only mystery now is what did he eat to get the worms. Bear carcass? Whale head? ---
**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:** [September 6, 2024, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7714 "2024-09-06T15:52:44Z")
> [@dasmoocher](#): > > Whale head? _Whale heads, whale heads_ _Roly-poly whale heads_ _Whale heads, whale heads_ _Eat them up, yum!_ ---
**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:** [September 6, 2024, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7715 "2024-09-06T15:54:17Z")
> [@dasmoocher](#): > > The only mystery now is what did he eat to get the worms. Bear carcass? Whale head? Quite possibly extracted from his rectum - we only really have his word for it. The way he put it, the worm ate part of his brain and died. Maybe he thought that would make him sound like some sort of badass, i.e. his brain was so kickass that even parasites couldn’t handle it. Either way, it’s too weird an idea to let go, especially when it opens him to such easy mockery. ---
**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:** [September 6, 2024, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7716 "2024-09-06T16:12:25Z")
> [@Pleonast](#): > > _Whale heads, whale heads_ > _Roly-poly whale heads_ > _Whale heads, whale heads_ > _Eat them up, yum!_ I had the same thought, and sang this to my wife, Pepper Mill, who _loathes_ this song. For those of you who are lost: > [@](#): > > [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2l-DTgHChBU](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2l-DTgHChBU) > **[Fish Heads (song)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fish_Heads_(song))** > > "Fish Heads" is a novelty song by comedy rock duo Barnes & Barnes, released as a single in 1978 and later featured on their 1980 album Voobaha. It is the most requested song on the Dr. Demento radio show, and a music video for the song made in 1980 was in regular rotation on MTV. The song was featured on Barnes & Barnes' 1982 Fish Heads (Greatest Hits) 12-inch on Rhino Records. > The lyrics are an absurdist celebration of fish heads, describing them in the high-pitched chorus as "roly poly" and de... ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2024, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7717 "2024-09-06T20:26:20Z")
> [@Pleonast](#): > > _Whale heads, whale heads_ > _Roly-poly whale heads_ > _Whale heads, whale heads_ > _Eat them up, yum!_ Thanks ever so much for the earworm, dammit. ETA: @CalMeacham you are truly evil. ---
**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:** [September 6, 2024, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7718 "2024-09-06T20:28:09Z")
Last line should have been _Cut them off, YUCK!_ ---
**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:** [September 6, 2024, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7719 "2024-09-06T20:51:37Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > Thanks ever so much for the earworm, dammit. As long as it doesn’t get into your brain and die… ---
**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:** [September 6, 2024, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7720 "2024-09-06T20:53:38Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > Either way, it’s too weird an idea to let go, especially when it opens him to such easy mockery. Personally, when the topic of RFK Jr’s brain worm comes up, I always think of the fact that we know about this because he brought it up in a deposition when he was divorcing his wife. Because he thought it would save him from having to give her—and their four minor children—any financial support. What an asshole. (And brain-hole, too.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=385) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=387)