# 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:** 427
**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:** [October 18, 2024, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/8521 "2024-10-18T01:13:59Z")
Also, if anyone is interested, I believe his name is Sam Tripoli. ---
**Author:** ![TheTooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/919ad9/32.png) [@TheTooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheTooth)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2024, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/8522 "2024-10-18T01:27:57Z")
Ha! I was a rentacop at an abortion clinic undergoing construction (Dr. Morgentaler was expecting) in Edmonton in 1991 for just that reason. Someone kept trying to burn it down. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2024, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/8523 "2024-10-18T01:32:47Z")
> [@aurora\_maire](#): > > It will be interesting to see if having a son that looks so much like him will cause narcissistic Trump to be jealous or prideful as Barron gets pulled into Trumpworld. I know where my money would be. [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/82/Francisco_de_Goya%2C_Saturno_devorando_a_su_hijo_%281819-1823%29.jpg) ](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/82/Francisco_de_Goya%2C_Saturno_devorando_a_su_hijo_%281819-1823%29.jpg) ---
**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:** [October 18, 2024, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/8524 "2024-10-18T01:33:43Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > Just ran across this, not so much a ‘stupid republican idea’, as much as it is ‘making fun of a stupid republican idea’. That comment just sent my mind on this tangent. Given the pubbies’ ~~hero’s~~ ~~idol’s~~ candidate’s (let’s call it) contributions to discourse in the English language, shouldn’t this thread be retitled **NEW Stupid Republivcan Concept of an Idea of the Day (Part 3)**? ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2024, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/8525 "2024-10-18T01:36:41Z")
Ok,I just got treated to the absolute worst in political ads. This one was so bad, ABC actually ran a disclaimer before and after about how they were federally mandated to air it. It ran during the evening news cycle, just after 6pm central, which makes it dinner time for some people. I had just finished eating and was putting my dishes away. I didn’t actual catch the name of the sleezebag who ran it. The ad talks about abortion being used to kill Black people, an attack on the Black race. What made it so horriffic is that it shows images of aborted babies. Aborted Black fetuses. It says something about the people who are doing this, and showed a picture of Kamala Harris and a couple other Black politicians who are pro-choice. I’m almost sorry I caught it from the other room as I missed some of the message, but it appeared to be accusing Black democrats off being race traitors, using abortion as population control. The final image was the face of some apparently pro-life white man who resembles, as Fox news put it, a “sexual matador”. Then apology disclaimer by the network again. I’m afraid to go looking for it as I do NOT want to give this guy views or whatever. Side note - you know how pro-lifers made laws to force women seeking abortions to see pictures of aborted fetuses? Yeah, like that. I now know why at a visceral level. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2024, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/8526 "2024-10-18T01:37:32Z")
**New Stupid Republivcan Covfefe of an Idea of the Day (Part 3)**, maybe? ---
**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:** [October 18, 2024, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/8527 "2024-10-18T01:47:43Z")
> [@Irishman](#): > > …how they were federally mandated to air it… It’s this true? How does it work? Do networks really have to show every political ad no matter how offensive and disgusting? What if ads showed historical photos of lynchings? Or videos of current lynchings, for that matter? I’m sure a lynching could be arranged if it might swing some voters, excuse the expression. ---
**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:** [October 18, 2024, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/8528 "2024-10-18T01:54:25Z")
> [@Irishman](#): > > it appeared to be accusing Black democrats off being race traitors, using abortion as population control. This accusation, usually aimed at Margaret Sanger, is old enough to buy you a beer. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2024, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/8529 "2024-10-18T03:03:40Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Do networks really have to show every political ad no matter how offensive and disgusting? [They do.](https://www.fcc.gov/sites/default/files/political_programming_fact_sheet.pdf) > **Broadcast stations are prohibited from censoring or rejecting political ads that are paid for and sponsored by legally qualified candidates.** This no-censorship provision does not apply to political ads that are sponsored by non-candidate third parties. Bolding in the original. That’s one reason such ads have the statement, “My name is [candidate] and I approved this message.” ---
**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:** [October 18, 2024, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/8530 "2024-10-18T09:01:35Z")
> [@Irishman](#): > > The final image was the face of some apparently pro-life white man who resembles, as Fox news put it, a “sexual matador”. That would probably be [Stephen Miller.](https://newrepublic.com/post/186974/stephen-miller-dating-tips-jesse-watters-fox) Why he’s on a campaign ad I don’t know. ---
**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:** [October 18, 2024, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/8531 "2024-10-18T11:40:12Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > > [@aurora\_maire](#): > > > > It will be interesting to see if having a son that looks so much like him will cause narcissistic Trump to be jealous or prideful as Barron gets pulled into Trumpworld. > > I know where my money would be. > > [Picture of Saturn Devouring His Son, By Goya] There’s a joke here somewhere but I’m not awake enough to put it together right now. [![](https://media.newyorker.com/photos/5f1091ef3075b61a6e553443/4:3/w_959,h_719,c_limit/Gessen-Goya.jpg) ](https://media.newyorker.com/photos/5f1091ef3075b61a6e553443/4:3/w_959,h_719,c_limit/Gessen-Goya.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2024, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/8532 "2024-10-18T12:24:13Z")
NRA mocks Walz for not knowing how to load a shotgun. Except he’s unloading it. (Community notes might not show.) > ---
**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:** [October 18, 2024, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/8533 "2024-10-18T12:39:01Z")
Given history one must wonder if the NRA has ever mocked a Vice President for not knowing how to properly handle a shotgun. ---
**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:** [October 18, 2024, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/8534 "2024-10-18T12:42:38Z")
😚🤙👍👍👍🙌🙌🤝🤝 Noice! Bravo!! ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2024, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/8535 "2024-10-18T12:51:09Z")
One comment I saw said the NRA must be confused because Walz isn’t unloading it in someone’s face. ---
**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:** [October 18, 2024, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/8536 "2024-10-18T13:02:54Z")
As I still have a Xitter account (I don’t use it much) I went to read the comments. Hoo boy - the NRA are getting ratio’d to bejeezus for apparently not understanding how guns work. I didn’t see a single positive comment in the first several dozen. (Also, it was pointed out that poodles are in fact hunting dogs.) ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2024, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/8537 "2024-10-18T13:13:38Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > > [@Irishman](#): > > > > …how they were federally mandated to air it… > > It’s this true? How does it work? Do networks really have to show every political ad no matter how offensive and disgusting? What if ads showed historical photos of lynchings? Or videos of current lynchings, for that matter? I’m sure a lynching could be arranged if it might swing some voters, excuse the expression. FWIW, the ad actually shows very graphic historical photos of lynchings. ---
**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:** [October 18, 2024, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/8538 "2024-10-18T13:27:43Z")
Yikes. ---
**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:** [October 18, 2024, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/8539 "2024-10-18T13:55:20Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > the NRA are getting ratio’d to bejeezus for apparently not understanding how guns work. So, based on the principle that “You called an AR-15 an ‘assault rifle’, that’s wrong\*, now I can ignore all your opinions about guns!”, can we now ignore everything the NRA has to say about guns? \*See also, “It’s _semi_-automatic, not automatic, you automatically lose!” for another precedent. ---
**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:** [October 18, 2024, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/8540 "2024-10-18T13:59:24Z")
It was discussed in another thread but apparently it is so, if the station or cable system allows ads for one candidate they have to allow ads for all, and they may **not** apply station “broadcast standards” (i.e. censor) to the content. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=426) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=428)