# 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:** 393
**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:** [September 13, 2024, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7841 "2024-09-13T23:13:54Z")
Speaking of code, what does "12C6QASTERISK 🙂 " mean? ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2024, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7842 "2024-09-13T23:19:24Z")
Sorry, that was my humorous counting. It’s a riff off an old joke I saw on Seinfeld. Basically, I couldn’t keep track of the number I was on, or that I was using numbers or letters, and then just threw in symbols. Except for I had to spell out asterisk because using the symbol wild have just turned on italics. ---
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2024, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7843 "2024-09-13T23:44:53Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > Huh. Last month Donnie enthusiastically accepted Taylor’s endorsement. And when she endorsed Harris, he said the reason was because _he_ was not a fan of _her_. > [@](#): > > “I was not a Taylor Swift fan,” Trump said when asked about Swift’s endorsement for Harris. “It was only a matter of time.” Hey, Donnie, not everyone is as petty and narcissistic as you. [Donald Trump Slams Taylor Swift for Endorsing Kamala Harris (variety.com)](https://variety.com/2024/music/news/donald-trump-slams-taylor-swift-endorsing-kamala-harris-brittany-mahomes-1236140683/) ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2024, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7844 "2024-09-14T00:54:33Z")
> [@Irishman](#): > > Except for I had to spell out asterisk because using the symbol wild have just turned on italics. Just prepend a backslash to the asterisk\* \* and it will look like this. In your compose window it should look like this: `\*` ---
**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:** [September 14, 2024, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7845 "2024-09-14T01:44:16Z")
Needs more Greek, Cyrillic, and Hebrew letters. ---
**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 14, 2024, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7846 "2024-09-14T02:01:33Z")
Sean Hannity apparently just found out that the ice cream company founded by two hippies from Vermont, with flavors named after jam bands and late night hosts and in celebration of gay marriage, doesn’t think that highly of Orange Jesus. > ---
**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:** [September 14, 2024, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7847 "2024-09-14T02:11:22Z")
Ben and Jerry’s should announce a Trump ice cream. Pumpkin with every bad flavor of Bertie Bott’s. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2024, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7848 "2024-09-14T02:14:09Z")
Just pumpkin and dirt. ---
**Author:** ![Jihi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jihi/32/17768_2.png) [@Jihi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jihi)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2024, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7849 "2024-09-14T02:14:31Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Ben and Jerry’s should announce a Trump ice cream. It would be named something completely ostentatious and needlessly over the top. “Trump’s Totally Terrific Triple Mint Fudge!” When you take the lid off, it’s just orange sherbert. ---
**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:** [September 14, 2024, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7850 "2024-09-14T02:58:29Z")
And then donate a portion of every sale to the Kamala campaign! 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2024, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7851 "2024-09-14T03:12:49Z")
I thought it might have come from [this short scene in Home Alone](https://youtu.be/gVGbDEAnDyo) #1. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2024, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7852 "2024-09-14T03:19:53Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Just pumpkin and dirt. With a splash of ketchup and broken glass. ---
**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:** [September 14, 2024, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7853 "2024-09-14T20:28:24Z")
“Hey, that could have been **any** Trump-supporting SMU graduate named Trent who looks like me.” > **[RFK Campaign Paid $10 Million to Consultant Who Appears to Have Been on...](https://theintercept.com/2024/09/12/rfk-jr-campaign-consultant-january-6/)** > > Trent Pool, whose firms were paid $10 million by RFK for ballot help, appears to have been at the U.S. Capitol for the January 6 Trump rally. ---
**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 15, 2024, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7854 "2024-09-15T00:47:16Z")
Trump thinks Republicans are being paid by China to vote against him. > ---
**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 15, 2024, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7855 "2024-09-15T00:59:10Z")
Damn, what kinda traitors are those Republicans? Everyone knows you get your bribe money from Russia! ---
**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:** [September 15, 2024, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7856 "2024-09-15T02:08:15Z")
> When asked what he would say to convince Republicans voters who are supporting Kamala Harris to vote for him, Trump suggests those Republican Voters are receiving money from countries like China. So we can assume that Trump has taken money from China? (all accusations are a confession) ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2024, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7857 "2024-09-15T16:18:24Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > Damn, what kinda traitors are those Republicans? > Everyone knows you get your bribe money from Russia! But Trump loves Putin, so they have to be paid by someone else. I’m surprised he didn’t go full racist and say they were being paid by Mexico to keep the borders open! ---
**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 15, 2024, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7858 "2024-09-15T17:23:20Z")
Eh, I could see Orban chipping in there. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2024, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7859 "2024-09-15T18:08:45Z")
**Where’s MY money, dammit?** Soros, China, Musk, Crow, Singer, Russia dishing it out like it’s a ticker tape parade - Me? **Bupkis**! ---
**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:** [September 15, 2024, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7860 "2024-09-15T19:49:04Z")
> [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](#): > > But Trump loves Putin, so they have to be paid by someone else. But he also loves Xi, and Kim too. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=392) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=394)