# 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:** 479
**Author:** ![Tierce](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@Tierce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tierce)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2025, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/9561 "2025-01-07T20:28:42Z")
All their handlers have to do is indicate that these particular targets aren’t really American citizens, or aren’t really American people, or heck, aren’t really _people_. After that, OWTART (Oh, Well That’s All Right Then). ---
**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:** [January 8, 2025, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/9562 "2025-01-08T01:12:02Z")
Jeaninne Pirro says Harry Truman tried to buy Greenland in 1867. > **[Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social)](https://bsky.app/profile/acyn.bsky.social/post/3lf6s4v3c732c)** > > “Back in 1867, Democratic President Harry Truman tried to buy Greenland” ---
**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:** [January 8, 2025, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/9563 "2025-01-08T01:15:09Z")
Pirro put the “blither” in “blithering idiot”. ---
**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:** [January 8, 2025, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/9564 "2025-01-08T03:26:27Z")
Bullshit is better the more utter it is. ---
**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:** [January 8, 2025, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/9565 "2025-01-08T06:53:05Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Jeaninne Pirro says Harry Truman tried to buy Greenland in 1867. This is a woman who approaches Rudy Giuliani levels of drunken buffoonery. [![](https://thegrio.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Judge-Jeanine-1-scaled.gif) ](https://thegrio.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Judge-Jeanine-1-scaled.gif) ---
**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:** [January 8, 2025, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/9566 "2025-01-08T07:16:53Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > This is a woman who approaches Rudy Giuliani levels of drunken buffoonery. And corruption. Apparently 1867 was the first time the US tried to buy it, and Truman did try in 1951. This smells of AI-generated “research”. And also of Pirro being an idiot. ---
**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:** [January 8, 2025, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/9567 "2025-01-08T11:13:58Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Jeaninne Pirro says Harry Truman tried to buy Greenland in 1867. I haven’t watched the whole segment (and I won’t), but did any of the other clowns on that show call her out on this? ---
**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:** [January 8, 2025, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/9568 "2025-01-08T16:27:47Z")
The clip ends with someone else making a “mmMMmmm” response, so,I would guess no. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2025, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/9569 "2025-01-08T17:39:30Z")
Was that Pirro? It didn’t look or sound like her. I didn’t hear the typical slurring of every other word for example. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2025, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/9570 "2025-01-08T17:50:21Z")
> **[Rosanna Scotto](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosanna_Scotto)** > > Rosanna Scotto (born April 29, 1958) is an American news anchor. She is the co-host of Good Day New York, on Fox 5 NY WNYW in New York City. She formerly hosted with Greg Kelly. Previously, she anchored the 5 and 10 pm news with Ernie Anastos, and the Fox 5 Live 11 am news. She has been the lead female news anchor since 1990. > Scotto was born in New York City on April 29, 1958, to Anthony Scotto (1934-2021), a mobster, and Marion Anastasio, daughter of Anthony Anastasio, also a mobster. Scotto ... ---
**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:** [January 8, 2025, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/9571 "2025-01-08T18:12:13Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Jeaninne Pirro says Harry Truman tried to buy Greenland in 1867. > > [@acyn.bsky.social on Bluesky](https://bsky.app/profile/acyn.bsky.social/post/3lf6s4v3c732c) What makes it truly impressive is that Truman did that 17 years before being born. Truly a man to be retconned with. ---
**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:** [January 8, 2025, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/9572 "2025-01-08T22:29:07Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > What makes it truly impressive is that Truman did that 17 years before being born. > > Truly a man to be retconned with. March–do NOT run–to your room, mister. ---
**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:** [January 8, 2025, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/9573 "2025-01-08T22:39:49Z")
Ford Motor Company has [cancelled its 40-year-long contract with auto hauler Jack Cooper](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/ford-drops-auto-hauler-jack-175022540.html), presumably to save money. Our dickhead GOP Senator from Kansas, Roger Marshall, in a FB post, says > Ford is now shamelessly cutting corners after their failed electric vehicle gamble. Sure, Rog, spin it whatever way you want. ---
**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:** [January 8, 2025, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/9574 "2025-01-08T23:23:37Z")
I am still struggling with her “math”. She said “_for $100M – that’s like a b … billion today_.” A hundred million in 1867 would be at least $1T today; and from Truman’s day, it would work out to scores or hundreds of billions today. ---
**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:** [January 8, 2025, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/9575 "2025-01-08T23:27:31Z")
Eh, I can forgive someone for not knowing historical inflation index values. But everyone should know what century Truman was. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2025, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/9576 "2025-01-09T00:18:18Z")
Start of the 21st century right? I mean, that’s when I saw his show. ---
**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:** [January 9, 2025, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/9577 "2025-01-09T01:35:38Z")
Actually, it appears that it started in the late1960s and ended a couple years before the 21st century. ---
**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:** [January 9, 2025, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/9578 "2025-01-09T10:09:37Z")
No Tru(Scots)Man ---
**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:** [January 9, 2025, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/9579 "2025-01-09T21:56:53Z")
Nice! ---
**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:** [January 10, 2025, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/9580 "2025-01-10T23:56:03Z")
Charlie Kirk wants the IOC to relocate the 2028 Olympics (which is not going to happen) to punish Los Angeles for letting black people be firefighters. > **[Far-right activist: Strip LA of the 2028 Olympics as punishment for not...](https://www.rawstory.com/charlie-kirk-2670794950/)** > > Far-right youth activist Charlie Kirk demanded that Los Angeles be stripped of the right to host the 2028 Olympic Games over not being able to hold back this week's devastating wildfires, The Daily Beast reported on Friday.“The Los Angeles Olympics... [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=478) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=480)