# 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:** 463
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2024, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/9241 "2024-12-04T21:39:52Z")
Yager-bombed? ---
**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:** [December 4, 2024, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/9242 "2024-12-04T21:55:22Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > Yager-bombed?. A drink of Jägermeister and Red Bull. (Jägerbomb) ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2024, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/9243 "2024-12-04T22:02:38Z")
“at around 5 p.m. on Tuesday.” At least it was 5:00. ---
**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:** [December 4, 2024, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/9244 "2024-12-04T22:04:50Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > You left out the part where he fell down and pissed himself during the sobriety test Come on, we’d already decided he was qualified! Why do these guys always have to go the extra mile and show off?!? ---
**Author:** ![Mijin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mijin/32/9369_2.png) [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2024, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/9245 "2024-12-04T22:12:45Z")
Well at least they are getting all the scandals out of the way now. I’m sure it will just be diligent public service after Jan 20th. (What, you have a bridge to sell me? Tell me more!) ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2024, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/9246 "2024-12-04T22:42:29Z")
Yes, that was the joke I was making. ---
**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:** [December 5, 2024, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/9247 "2024-12-05T00:26:17Z")
Right? That was my thought too. Seems early to be that plastered on a Tuesday. ---
**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:** [December 5, 2024, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/9248 "2024-12-05T11:29:07Z")
Mitt Romney, at times a seemingly principled member of the GOP, really seemed to pour his heart out in his farewell address in asking for more bipartisan. I’m depressed that my cynicism prevents me from taking this article as anything but facile burbling. > **[As Utah Sen. Mitt Romney bids farewell, he warns against those who ‘tear at...](https://utahnewsdispatch.com/2024/12/04/utah-sen-mitt-romney-farewell-speech-warns-against-those-who-tear-at-unity/)** > > In his departing speech, retiring Utah Sen. Mitt Romney warned against those who “tear at our unity" and the unaddressed national debt. ---
**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:** [December 5, 2024, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/9249 "2024-12-05T11:53:02Z")
“At times” is doing a lot of heavy lifting there. But I will credit him for those moments where he actually found lines he would not cross. ---
**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:** [December 5, 2024, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/9250 "2024-12-05T11:54:48Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > “At times” is doing a lot of heavy lifting there. Why, thank you! I have been hitting the gym recently. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2024, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/9251 "2024-12-05T12:08:50Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > “At times” is doing a lot of heavy lifting there. But I will credit him for those moments where he actually found lines he would not cross. Like drinking coffee? ---
**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:** [December 5, 2024, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/9252 "2024-12-05T12:24:14Z")
He did at least make some gesture toward wanting accountability for Trump’s actions during the impeachment hearings. In terms of “principled Republican” I’d place him higher than Susan Collins, certainly. ---
**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:** [December 5, 2024, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/9253 "2024-12-05T13:04:42Z")
So you’re saying he went beyond “concerned” and was occasionally “perturbed”? ---
**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:** [December 5, 2024, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/9254 "2024-12-05T13:11:44Z")
Perhaps even “irked.” Or “uneasy.” ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2024, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/9255 "2024-12-05T15:29:36Z")
Maybe even ‘annoyed’. ---
**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:** [December 5, 2024, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/9256 "2024-12-05T16:03:50Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > Maybe even ‘annoyed’. Don’t get carried away. I HATE these “principled republicans” who bravely run away, rather than stay and make a difference. ---
**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:** [December 5, 2024, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/9257 "2024-12-05T16:14:53Z")
Without his naming names, his calls for unity come across as both-siderism. “We all need to come together and stop all of the squabbling about who called for whose execution” Also his calls for getting the debt under control so we can spend even more money on our already over bloated military. 🤮 ---
**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:** [December 5, 2024, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/9258 "2024-12-05T17:04:35Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > Without his naming names, his calls for unity come across as both-siderism. “We all need to come together and stop all of the squabbling about who called for whose execution” “Both wolves and sheep need to stop eating each other.” ---
**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:** [December 5, 2024, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/9259 "2024-12-05T17:44:40Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > Without his naming names, his calls for unity come across as both-siderism. “We all need to come together and stop all of the squabbling about who called for whose execution” > [@](#): > > [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y05eFDQnSfE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y05eFDQnSfE) 0:50 into it. ---
**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:** [December 5, 2024, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/9260 "2024-12-05T21:08:42Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > I HATE these “principled republicans” who bravely run away, rather than stay and make a difference. Me, too. Hiding and hoping not to be bothered by the tyrant comes across as something _entirely_ other than “principled”. Kind of opposite to it, in fact. > [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > Without his naming names, his calls for unity come across as both-siderism. This, too. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=462) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=464)