# 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:** 46
**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 1, 2023, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/901 "2023-09-01T01:26:51Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > Which basically leaves as genderless anyone who has reproductive issues. And soon to be legally non-existent. ---
**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 1, 2023, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/902 "2023-09-01T01:43:14Z")
> [@susan](#): > > I could take him. As long as you leave him there so we never have to see him again. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2023, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/903 "2023-09-01T01:52:31Z")
Another great moment from the transcript: > **Q:** Mr. Trump, are you currently the person with ultimate decision-making authority for the Trump Organization? > **A:** No. > **Q:** Who would that be? > **A:** My son Eric is much more involved with it than I am. Poor Eric, so desperate for paternal approval, and the only attention he gets from dear old Dad is to get thrown under the bus… ---
**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 1, 2023, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/904 "2023-09-01T02:15:26Z")
Ah, the good ol’ Family Bus. ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2023, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/905 "2023-09-01T02:17:33Z")
So many have been tossed under there by now. It’s got to be lifted up pretty high. Surely a rollover hazard ---
**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 1, 2023, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/906 "2023-09-01T04:10:42Z")
Meet Ted Cruz, the most gullible man on the internet. > **[Ted Cruz Might Be the Most Gullible Person on the Internet](https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/ted-cruz-internet-hoaxes-1234816193/)** > > After recently falling for three easily debunkable internet hoaxes, it might be time for him to log off ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2023, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/907 "2023-09-01T12:57:32Z")
> [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > Nebraska’s governor has signed an executive order declaring that men are “bigger, stronger, and faster” than women. 🙄 A Declaration doesn’t make it so. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2023, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/908 "2023-09-01T13:19:01Z")
But are women supposed to be impressed or frightened? ---
**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:** [September 1, 2023, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/909 "2023-09-01T13:25:11Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > in the eyes of Nebraska, she is considered a man? I thought the Pubbies were against that sort of thing? The Governor must now declare that it is Time for The Feats of Strength! No transman gets a gender re-assignment unless they can take him! ---
**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 1, 2023, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/910 "2023-09-01T13:55:16Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > But are women supposed to be impressed or frightened? I believe the term is “scareoused.” ---
**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:** [September 1, 2023, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/911 "2023-09-01T15:07:26Z")
Here’s the link to the transcript of the actual deposition. I’m only a few pages in, but so far it’s spectacular. He’s making a convoluted argument that his Turnberry resort is like a painting like the Mona Lisa because a painting just hangs on a wall and doesn’t make money but you could sell it for a lot……or something. Actual quote _It just sits on the wall but it sells for numbers_. He also insists that he saved millions of lives by saving the world from nuclear holocaust. I thinks he’s talking about the time he tried to goad Kim Jong Un into setting off nukes and then saved the world by by going to North Korea and figuratively sucking his dick. > **[452564\_2022\_people\_of\_the\_state\_of\_v\_people\_of\_the\_state\_of\_exhibit\_s\_\_859.pdf](https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/23932534/452564_2022_people_of_the_state_of_v_people_of_the_state_of_exhibit_s__859.pdf)** > > 6.53 MB It’s worth noting that the deposition was limited to seven hours, and I think this was a deliberate strategy to run out the clock. Or else he’s insane. Or both. Probably both. ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2023, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/912 "2023-09-01T15:13:03Z")
I think your on to something both. I would also add that he also loves the sound of his own bloviating. What a perfect storm for him though not the lawyers. I’m so glad I didn’t have to be there. ---
**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 1, 2023, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/913 "2023-09-01T16:46:26Z")
If he was Catholic, imagine being the priest in the confessional. ---
**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:** [September 1, 2023, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/914 "2023-09-01T16:57:12Z")
Trump would expect the priest to confess to him. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2023, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/915 "2023-09-01T18:15:09Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > the deposition was limited to seven hours, and I think this was a deliberate strategy No, it’s the time limit on depositions under the New York State rules of civil procedure: > Rule 202.70. 11-d - Limitations on Depositions (a) Unless otherwise stipulated to by the parties or ordered by the court: (1) the number of depositions taken by plaintiffs, or by defendants, or by third-party defendants, shall be limited to 10; and (2) **depositions shall be limited to 7 hours per deponent**. ETA: That’s also the rule in federal courts, and no doubt in other states as well, although I haven’t checked beyond New York. ETA2: Also note this from page 15 of the transcript: > Most importantly, we are limited to seven hours today under the rules. And while our office can ask the Court for more time, if needed, we hope that will not be necessary. > So we plan to proceed as efficiently as possible to complete this examination within the permitted seven hours. ---
**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:** [September 1, 2023, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/916 "2023-09-01T18:54:26Z")
I wasn’t saying that the time limit itself was a deliberate strategy, I was saying Trump’s long-winded answers were a deliberate strategy to run out the clock. ---
**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:** [September 1, 2023, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/917 "2023-09-01T18:59:11Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Trump would expect the priest to confess to him. Yeah, there’s no way Mr. I Take No Responsibility would ever believe that he’s committed a sin. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2023, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/918 "2023-09-01T19:36:21Z")
Could be, although it’s also true that he does love to hear himself boast about himself and meander on and on about whatever tangent happens to roll through the space between his ears. ---
**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:** [September 1, 2023, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/919 "2023-09-01T19:46:10Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > I was saying Trump’s long-winded answers were a deliberate strategy to run out the clock. I’d see he was deliberately trying to filibuster the deposition, but by that metric, he filibustered his presidency as well. Which, to some extent, I suppose is exactly what he did. ---
**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:** [September 1, 2023, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/920 "2023-09-01T19:53:03Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > I’d see he was deliberately trying to filibuster the deposition, but by that metric, he filibustered his presidency as well. There’s a certain type of person who has, and _knows_ they have, a higher tolerance for boring, rambling, pointless yammering than most other people. They often use that as part of a strategy to ‘win’. At some point, everyone else in the room is willing to agree with anything they say, just to get out of the room. It’s the business/political equivalent of Vogon poetry. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=45) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=47)