# 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:** 429
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2024, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/8561 "2024-10-19T00:39:49Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Republicans have been in favor of teen pregnancy for a while now. I wasn’t talking about _being_ in favor of teen pregnancy. I said he was **arguing** in favor of it. To the extent that protecting it is partially the basis of a lawsuit. It’s one thing to implement policies to support it, and even to engage in it yourself (family values and all that), and quite another to broadcast it through a bullhorn. ---
**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:** [October 19, 2024, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/8562 "2024-10-19T01:00:14Z")
Yup, I meant vocally in favor of it. Whether this is because the current Republicans are smart enough to realize that nothing they say out loud will matter with their base, or because they’re too stupid to keep it quiet, I don’t know. ---
**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:** [October 19, 2024, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/8563 "2024-10-19T02:37:14Z")
I’m already voting, Lindsay. You don’t have to keep warning me what’ll happen if we don’t. > ---
**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 19, 2024, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/8564 "2024-10-19T03:03:37Z")
He makes that sound like a _good_ thing. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2024, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/8565 "2024-10-19T08:46:43Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > > [@Smapti](#): > > > > I’ll never understand how the hell R. Lee Ermey wound up endorsing Trump. > > I had not known this, and I’m sad to have learned it. According to Wikipedia Emery voted for Obama and for Trump… but he’s not endorsing anyone this election on account of being deceased (in 2018) ---
**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 19, 2024, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/8566 "2024-10-19T11:44:50Z")
Death didn’t stop Hannibal Lecter from endorsing Don the Con! ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2024, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/8567 "2024-10-19T12:32:26Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > Death didn’t stop Hannibal Lecter from endorsing Don the Con! I SO want to say, “Jodie Foster did.” Also, in reply to a week old post: Q: Do you think “evil homosexual lesbian spirits” would be a beer, a cider, a wine, or something harder like rum, vodka, gin, or bourbon? With the right labeling, those bottles might fly off the shelves this Halloween Season… ---
**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 19, 2024, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/8568 "2024-10-19T13:46:31Z")
Look up “MAGA weddings.” They’re sad, stupid, and a little scary. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2024, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/8569 "2024-10-19T16:59:00Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > I’m already voting, Lindsay. You don’t have to keep warning me what’ll happen if we don’t. He’s just providing a public service announcement for all the low information voters. You know, “This is your country. This is your country on Trump appointed Supreme Court Justices. Don’t do Trump.” > [@DesertDog](#): > > He makes that sound like a _good_ thing. He makes it sound like a thing he wants. Still sounds scary. ---
**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 19, 2024, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/8570 "2024-10-19T18:41:13Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > Look up “MAGA weddings.” They’re sad, stupid, and a little scary. I think I’d leave, and pick my gift up off the table when I did. (Note: The article says she changed into the MAGA dress for the photos after a plain white one during the vows.) [![](https://assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2019/07/11/11132b46-26c0-4da6-b0d9-4793af991de3/thumbnail/1240x1240/4cf244e8ccbea88bea4fe67fca52841e/66480204-108008623837677-5170465318086115328-n.jpg?v=edba3a63b5392b4c81ae19d894992d91) ](https://assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2019/07/11/11132b46-26c0-4da6-b0d9-4793af991de3/thumbnail/1240x1240/4cf244e8ccbea88bea4fe67fca52841e/66480204-108008623837677-5170465318086115328-n.jpg?v=edba3a63b5392b4c81ae19d894992d91) ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2024, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/8571 "2024-10-19T18:56:43Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > I think I’d leave, and pick my gift up off the table when I did. I think everyone knew ahead of time. The groom’s father didn’t attend, and let it be known why. They said a bridesmaid is a Democrat, so she wore a pain red hat instead of a MAGA one. Basically, the theme started as patriotism, and that’s what the bridesmaid engaged. I don’t think I could attend. ---
**Author:** ![Disinfectus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/disinfectus/32/11085_2.png) [@Disinfectus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disinfectus)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2024, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/8572 "2024-10-19T19:05:28Z")
Were I asked to attend such a thing, not only would I decline, but whatever I was going to spend on a gift, I would donate to the DNC in their name. ---
**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:** [October 19, 2024, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/8573 "2024-10-19T19:09:18Z")
> [@fachverwirrt](#): > > The AG of Missouri is once again suing the FDA over mifepristone. > Among his arguments is that declining teen pregnancy rates may harm the state by reducing federal funding or even losing a seat in Congress. _‘Breed them teens so’s we can have more power in Congress!!1!!!’_ What a way to burnish the image of Missouri. . . This may be paywalled (I paid them $1 for one year’s access since I live in the state), but it certainly displays Stupid Republicans who got caught by the press. Leading to Republican determination to end a free press, of course. > [@](#): > > …For those who don’t know, “ghost candidates” run for office with no intention of winning. Many times, they don’t even campaign. Their goal is simply to confuse voters. Like if opponents of Donald J. Trump got a guy named Ronald J. Trump to run for president. Ronald’s goal wouldn’t be to win. It would simply be to siphon votes away from real-candidate Trump. > > **Such schemes are legal — if the people orchestrating the schemes disclose** all the money that changes hands to make it happen. **But in two of Florida’s Senate races four years ago, they did not.** Political operatives lied about donations to a ghost candidate meant to help Brodeur win his election in Seminole. And they concealed payments made to a ghost candidate down in Miami. None of this criminal activity was originally probed by the people paid and elected to fight crime in this state. Florida journalists exposed it all. … (my bolding) > **[Another conviction in Florida’s ghost candidate scandal, but the senators who...](https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2024/10/18/artiles-ghost-candidate-conviction-brodeur-ileana-garcia-maxwell/?utm_email=4424247FF4E304CC54BF1527B1&lctg=4424247FF4E304CC54BF1527B1&active=no&utm_source=listrak&utm_medium=email&utm_term=https%3a%2f%2fwww.orlandosentinel.com%2f2024%2f10%2f18%2fartiles-ghost-candidate-conviction-brodeur-ileana-garcia-maxwell%2f&utm_campaign=trib-orlando_sentinel-dont_miss-nl&utm_content=alert)** > > Scott Maxwell: A 5th person was just convicted in Florida’s ‘ghost candidate’ scandal. This time, a former state senator. But the two legislators who benefited from the criminal s… ---
**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 19, 2024, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/8574 "2024-10-19T19:10:10Z")
I continue to be baffled that anyone in the military could possibly support a man who has so openly disdained and insulted all past and present members of the armed services as well as their families. But hey, it’s a cult. ---
**Author:** ![iamatractorboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iamatractorboy/32/21261_2.png) [@iamatractorboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamatractorboy)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2024, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/8575 "2024-10-19T19:26:46Z")
The most recent series of _Fargo_ had a scene that showed this tactic… [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/aAtLOczOYIU/maxresdefault.jpg "The Sheriff Debate Scene from Fargo Season 5 Episode 8 with David Foley and Jon Hamm (Roy Tillman)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAtLOczOYIU) ---
**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:** [October 19, 2024, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/8576 "2024-10-19T19:39:45Z")
Heh. I don’t suppose the Florida people went so far as to having matching outfits, but: yeah. (Nice in the real-life case that the people got _caught_—which they wouldn’t have if they’d just disclosed the funding. Hence the “stupid”.) ---
**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:** [October 19, 2024, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/8577 "2024-10-19T19:44:57Z")
Dementia Donald’s latest “PLEASE LIKE ME!” plan is to exempt anyone who’s ever been in the military from paying taxes. > ---
**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:** [October 19, 2024, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/8578 "2024-10-19T19:54:18Z")
“Donald Trump said he’d consider exempting…” So it’s like a concept of a plan. ---
**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:** [October 19, 2024, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/8579 "2024-10-19T20:20:08Z")
Oh, I’m sure he has absolutely no intent of making good on it. He’s just promising everything to everyone at this point. I wouldn’t be surprised if at some point in the next 17 days he promises to abolish all taxes and give everyone a million dollars. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Greenjeans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.greenjeans/32/551_2.png) [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2024, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/8580 "2024-10-19T20:33:12Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > Look up “MAGA weddings.” They’re sad, stupid, and a little scary. Hopefully, no one tells Trump about Prima Nocta. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=428) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=430)