# 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:** 449
**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 5, 2024, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/8961 "2024-11-05T19:42:48Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > I would trust the _Feebles_ more than I trust Tucker. “Horse, liquid sky, skag, snow, coke, crack, methadone, Benzedrine, pinkies, San Ped, Morning Glory, nutmeg, blue meanies, aspirin, Ados, paracetamol, Vicks VapoRub?!! Oh, you don’t happen to be an asthmatic by any chance? Could I borrow your huffer?” ---
**Author:** ![Nightaudit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nightaudit/32/17181_2.png) [@Nightaudit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightaudit)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2024, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/8962 "2024-11-05T20:35:44Z")
I think he is a few hundred years behind on his Nagasaki remarks… and confused 1945 with the period during which the city of Nagasaki was under foreign administration, between 1580 and 1587. When Nagasaki was under control of representatives of the Portuguese Crown… Aka the Jesuits. > **[Portuguese Nagasaki](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_Nagasaki)** > > Portuguese Nagasaki and Ecclesiastical Nagasaki refer to the period during which the city of Nagasaki was under foreign administration, between 1580 and 1587. Formally granted to the Jesuits, a representative of the Portuguese Crown was considered the highest authority in the city when present, as per Portuguese rights of Padroado. > The first Portuguese (and incidentally, Western) landfall on Japanese soil appears to have been in 1543, after a group of Portuguese merchants travelling aboard a tra... ---
**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 5, 2024, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/8963 "2024-11-05T20:42:01Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > And the lawsuits have begun: > > [RNC sues Milwaukee claiming limits on vote observers](https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/11/04/rnc-sues-milwaukee-claiming-limits-on-vote-observers/76043420007/) > > > “Despite the (Milwaukee Election Commission) maintaining open communications with the RNC, including meeting as recently as last night, it seems that filing a lawsuit was their goal all along,” Election Commission Executive Director Paulina Gutiérrez said in a statement. > > > “The (Milwaukee Election Commission) denies the allegation that observers will be arbitrarily limited. However, observers may be subject to reasonable limitations, a power given to chief inspectors under Wisconsin law. At no point was the Republican Party denied the presence of an observer during the in-person absentee voting period, nor will they be denied that presence on Election Day.” > > On the assumption that this won’t be in front of a judge in the next 24 hours, lets see if they try to stall the election, while blaming the left, until it gets sorted out. And they’ve been called out on their bullshit: > **[RNC walks back claims on election observer limits at Milwaukee polling places](https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2024/11/05/rnc-walks-back-claims-on-election-observer-limits-at-milwaukee-polls/76053867007/)** > > The lawsuit, filed Nov. 5, was born out of concerns raised during the early in-person absentee voting period, and sought an "immediate" restraining order. > The Republican National Committee conceded in court Tuesday no elections observers were being restricted at Milwaukee’s polling places > He [the judge] said he found “somewhat troubling” the timing of the RNC’s filing. It had the information suitable to file a week earlier. > The Democratic National Committee issued a statement late Monday denouncing the RNC’s legal action. > > “This new lawsuit from Trump’s allies is nothing more than a press release to make noise and cast doubt on our election process. The truth is this election is safe and secure and the city of Milwaukee has poll observers from both parties witnessing it, despite the latest MAGA bluster. Like dozens of partisan RNC lawsuits this cycle, this one will fail." ---
**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:** [November 5, 2024, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/8964 "2024-11-05T21:23:31Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > I would trust the _Feebles_ more than I trust Tucker. Teletubbies. [![](https://people.com/thmb/Bo8MTMyoT2JvQNg8fULYjTBEpow=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(511x0:513x2)/lala-1024-589f1474607b4defb07769b3da4bbbb5.jpg) ](https://people.com/thmb/Bo8MTMyoT2JvQNg8fULYjTBEpow=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():focal(511x0:513x2)/lala-1024-589f1474607b4defb07769b3da4bbbb5.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2024, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/8965 "2024-11-05T21:29:15Z")
> [@susan](#): > > “As of 2002, there are 68,617 [Catholics](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Church) in Nagasaki Prefecture, accounting for 4.52 percent of the population of the prefecture.” (Wikipedia) Currently 1.5% of the population of Japan is Christian. (Alsø Wiki) > > By contrast, 85% of Ukrainians are Christian (Alsø alsø Wiki). How many møøse are there in Nagasaki? ---
**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:** [November 5, 2024, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/8966 "2024-11-05T23:17:24Z")
> [@Stratocaster](#): > > Calling a woman “trash” has specific implications. Not suggesting this is the first time this despicable ticket has demonstrated misogyny, but for the VP candidate to call her a name one click lesser than “whore” is, I think, noteworthy. They’ve also suggested she should be working on a corner, so it’s not super-subtle. ---
**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 6, 2024, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/8967 "2024-11-06T01:13:55Z")
> [@Mijin](#): > > They’ve insulted Kamala in countless ways since she became the candidate. I don’t get why “trash” particularly lands as beyond the pale. Because the term is a racist insult against non-whites. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2024, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/8968 "2024-11-06T03:25:10Z")
Huh? I’ve never heard “trash” used a racial slur against POC. Now, white trash on the other hand… ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2024, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/8969 "2024-11-06T03:29:08Z")
Why do you think they need to add the “white” qualifier? ---
**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 6, 2024, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/8970 "2024-11-06T03:30:28Z")
You’ve been a far luckier person than I was growing up then. I often heard, “All ~s are trash” or “Trash. They’re trash. That’s why they’re the way they are.” And, of course, when insulting whites, “White trash”. ---
**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:** [November 6, 2024, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/8971 "2024-11-06T03:33:50Z")
Same here. Grew up in Northern Idaho-If you weren’t white you were trash, and if you were white but leaned Democratic you were white trash. ---
**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 6, 2024, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/8972 "2024-11-06T04:07:33Z")
Too many places where I lived throughout Dixie added the following to what made one “white trash”: treating non-whites like humans. ---
**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:** [November 8, 2024, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/8973 "2024-11-08T16:59:57Z")
Those dopes. I almost want them to succeed in their stupid plot just to see all of the troubles they would unleash if Texas did secede from the Union. > **[Texas secessionists declare "revolution" after election results](https://www.newsweek.com/texas-secessionists-declare-revolution-after-election-results-1982559)** > > Texas nationalist leader Daniel Miller said his group was seeking "political, cultural and economic independence" for the state. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/8974 "2024-11-08T17:40:06Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > I almost want them to succeed in their stupid plot I do want them to succeed in seceding. I think America is like an alcoholic and needs to hit rock bottom. And if we lose Texas in the new US, all the better. I hope we can keep I40, but if it goes, I’ll get by. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/8975 "2024-11-08T18:08:52Z")
They couldn’t hack it as a country the first time around. What makes them think they can do so this time? ---
**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:** [November 8, 2024, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/8976 "2024-11-08T18:11:16Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > What makes them think they can do so this time? Hey, you have to learn something from 179 years of screwing up! ---
**Author:** ![Running\_with\_Scissors](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a183cd/32.png) [@Running\_with\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Running_with_Scissors)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/8977 "2024-11-08T19:09:21Z")
I’d be happy to see Texas leave the union; it would all but guarantee a Democratic president in every future election. But these idiots should read the constitution first; it doesn’t allow for states leaving, only entering. I think we had a war about that once. ---
**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:** [November 8, 2024, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/8978 "2024-11-08T19:43:46Z")
But last time the President and the Congress fought them. ---
**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:** [November 8, 2024, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/8979 "2024-11-08T19:49:29Z")
> [@Running\_with\_Scissors](#): > > But these idiots should read the constitution first; it doesn’t allow for states leaving, only entering. I think we had a war about that once. An Act of Congress can admit or emit a state. And only an Act of Congress. ---
**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:** [November 8, 2024, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/8980 "2024-11-08T20:08:34Z")
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