# 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:** 445
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2024, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/8881 "2024-11-03T02:07:32Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > I would much rather stay at the [Don Q Inn](https://www.donqinn.net/), which is not very close to Milwaukee, but that is not such a bad thing. Trivia tidbit: the C-97 sitting out in front of was used in a Mercury Cougar XR-7commercial that featured Farrah Fawcett. ---
**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:** [November 3, 2024, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/8882 "2024-11-03T05:40:47Z")
I heard an interview with Vivek Ramaswamy on the radio this evening. There was one choice quote that deserves to be in this thread. I searched and found a transcript of it at the New York Times. > **[Opinion | Vivek Ramaswamy Has a Different Vision for Trumpism From JD Vance](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/29/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-vivek-ramaswamy.html)** > > The former Trump primary challenger discusses the ideological divides he sees within Trumpism. At the end, he says: > [@](#): > > And I think what it means to be an American, actually, is that you really believe what Thomas Jefferson did — as a deist, by the way: that all men are endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights, life, liberty, property and the pursuit of happiness. That’s what made America great the first time. And to me, I think reviving that conception of American identity is an essential part of how we make America great again. Vivek, if you’re going to quote one of the founding documents of this country, try to get it right. (I only heard the last few minutes; there may have been more such wrongness sprinkled throughout.) ---
**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:** [November 3, 2024, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/8883 "2024-11-03T05:50:50Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Vivek, if you’re going to quote one of the founding documents of this country, try to get it right. I mean, “life, liberty, and property” WAS one of the slogans of the Founding Fathers, although the last bit didn’t make it into the Declaration. (Thank you to my AP US History teacher for teaching me that, even though I failed that class because I was checked out at that point and just coasted through my junior year so I could get a diploma through the independent study program.) This is a nitpick at best. ---
**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:** [November 3, 2024, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/8884 "2024-11-03T08:04:11Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > > [@Broomstick](#): > > > > How does one go about proving who one voted for? > > Did you miss _enipla_’s post about the cameras? I guess so - I mean, there’s only 8880+ posts in this thread as of the time I write this. ---
**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:** [November 3, 2024, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/8885 "2024-11-03T10:37:02Z")
Yeah, I get that, though it was around ten posts above your question. The goverenment in their county has to spend all that moeny to protect the election workers from the lunatics. I can easily see the rabid rightwing republicans (very repetitive in addition to alliterative, huh?) demanding the record from those cameras be used to prove how someone voted. ---
**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:** [November 3, 2024, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/8886 "2024-11-03T17:30:15Z")
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**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2024, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/8887 "2024-11-03T18:12:15Z")
> [@Disinfectus](#): > > > [@Steve\_MB](#): > > > > Part of Trump’s reaction to his audio troubles in Wisconsin was to entertain the crowd by putting on a show of going down on the microphone. > > I thought he was just demonstrating the bet he lost to Arnold Palmer. Nah, Trump’s not one to get hung up on or bring up past events. Trump was demostrating what he’ll be doing in the near future to his cellmate when he loses the election. ---
**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:** [November 3, 2024, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/8888 "2024-11-03T18:22:25Z")
I’m frankly surprised that he didn’t use the opportunity to engage in a little extra bit of misogyny by claiming he was doing a Harris impersonation ---
**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:** [November 3, 2024, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/8889 "2024-11-03T18:29:56Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Did you miss _enipla_’s post about the cameras? > [@Broomstick](#): > > I guess so - I mean, there’s only 8880+ posts in this thread as of the time I write this. It came _after_ your post. It’s helpful to read the posts to the end before you reply. ---
**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:** [November 3, 2024, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/8890 "2024-11-03T18:32:19Z")
> [@dasmoocher](#): > > Trump was demostrating what he’ll be doing in the near future to his cellmate when he loses the election. Or to Putin. ---
**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:** [November 3, 2024, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/8891 "2024-11-03T18:32:54Z")
> [@dasmoocher](#): > > > [@Disinfectus](#): > > > > > [@Steve\_MB](#): > > > > > > Part of Trump’s reaction to his audio troubles in Wisconsin was to entertain the crowd by putting on a show of going down on the microphone. > > > > I thought he was just demonstrating the bet he lost to Arnold Palmer. > > Nah, Trump’s not one to get hung up on or bring up past events. Trump was demostrating what he’ll be doing in the near future to his cellmate when he loses the election. I thought he was demonstrating why Putin likes him and Kim loves him. ---
**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:** [November 3, 2024, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/8892 "2024-11-03T20:51:10Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > > [@dasmoocher](#): > > > > Trump was demostrating what he’ll be doing in the near future to his cellmate when he loses the election. > > Or to Putin. Or what he’s **already** done for Putin. I mean, look at those photos and videos from the 2018 Helsinki summit—the ones that so many people added a digital leash to: > **[Trump and Putin: the pictures tell the story | CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/18/opinions/these-pictures-tell-story-of-trump-and-putin-ben-ghiat/index.html)** > > ‘Strongmen’ try to convey dominance over others, but photos from the Helsinki visit between the American President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin revealed the insecurities of both men underneath the façade of power, writes Ruth... Maybe Trump looked so cowed because he just wasn’t used to being required to perform that particular service. > **[Still a summit secret: What happened in Helsinki between Putin and Trump?](https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/summit-secret-happened-helsinki-putin-trump/story?id=78273344)** > > Democrats are no longer pursuing what happened in private meetings at the 2018 summit in Helsinki, Finland, between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin. ---
**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:** [November 3, 2024, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/8893 "2024-11-03T21:25:46Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > > [@Broomstick](#): > > > > I guess so - I mean, there’s only 8880+ posts in this thread as of the time I write this. > > It came _after_ your post. It’s helpful to read the posts to the end before you reply. I’m confused - her post about cameras came AFTER the post where I mentioned 8880+ other posts? That doesn’t make sense. ---
**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:** [November 3, 2024, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/8894 "2024-11-03T21:37:52Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > [x.com](https://x.com/jimstewartson/status/1852527397007937878) eschereal posted #8850 enipla (he/him) answered in #8852 Broomstick posted #8858 asking eschereal, what enipla already answered in #8852. I dunno, maybe you read it enipla’s post but it didn’t register. ---
**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:** [November 3, 2024, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/8895 "2024-11-03T21:43:46Z")
Oh, I assumed that was cameras in the general vicinity, it never occurred to me that they were set up to film people _as they voted_. That would, in fact, be completely illegal where I live. I suppose that wouldn’t stop the truly determined, but in my state people have been arrested for taking selfies with their ballot (I don’t know if charges were ever seen through to court with that, though). I’m a big gobsmacked that would be the case anywhere. ---
**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:** [November 3, 2024, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/8896 "2024-11-03T22:10:50Z")
Trump: It’s okay that I don’t have enough bullet proof glass, the fake news media people will act as human shields if someone tries to shoot me “and I don’t mind that”. > **[Donald Trump Says He's Fine If Someone Shoots 'Fake News Media' at Rally](https://www.tmz.com/2024/11/03/donald-trump-okay-with-shooting-fake-news-media-rally/)** > > Donald Trump's not worried about another assassination attempt ... saying the media at his rally Sunday was standing in the way of any bullets -- and, he's fine with them being shot. ---
**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:** [November 4, 2024, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/8897 "2024-11-04T00:09:26Z")
Noted loser Herschel Walker tells Trump’s rally crowd to vote for Donald Jr. > ---
**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:** [November 4, 2024, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/8898 "2024-11-04T00:37:26Z")
Marco Rubio thinks that Kamala Harris broke the law by (checks notes) appearing on Saturday Night Live. > ---
**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:** [November 4, 2024, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/8899 "2024-11-04T00:43:12Z")
2-3 million votes for Harris, maybe. But insecure men do so hate and fear a laughing woman. ---
**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:** [November 4, 2024, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/8900 "2024-11-04T00:50:22Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > But insecure men do so hate and fear a laughing woman In particular when she laughs at him, and even moreso, if the woman has “bad genes” (which of couurse is highly correlated with skin colour). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=444) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=446)