# 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:** 64
**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:** [September 24, 2023, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1261 "2023-09-24T21:23:00Z")
I was about to point out that a menorah is a Jewish symbol in general… but the general one holds seven candles. The nine-candle version, yeah, that’s definitely Hanukah. And is that a shofar in the foreground? That’s at least closer to the right holiday. But if so, where did she even find a stock image of a menorah with a shofar? ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2023, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1262 "2023-09-24T21:34:33Z")
Using a reverse image search, I found it at a stock image site, though one I’ve never heard of. ---
**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 24, 2023, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1263 "2023-09-24T21:47:46Z")
Minor question about that first note from Congressman Jared Moskowitz: do Jewish people commonly use “the Lord” like that? Nothing wrong with it, I just usually associate it with Christians and I was curious. ---
**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 24, 2023, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1264 "2023-09-24T21:59:10Z")
“Adonai” is Hebrew for “Lord”, isn’t it? Certainly better than saying G-dash-D if you’re the observant type. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2023, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1265 "2023-09-24T21:59:38Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Marjorie Taylor Greene decided to pretend for a minute that she isn’t a vicious anti-semite and send a Yom Kippur message to the nation. > > So she tweeted a drawing of a menorah. Or maybe, just maybe, she’s slightly more subtle. Her intended message being > I think so little of the Jews that I’ll post something with totally wrong symbolism just to tell them how much I hold them and all they stand for in contempt. Some of my more aware followers will see this and laugh at my witty takedown of those darn Jews. Others won’t know the difference. Either way I’m the smartest person in the room. I sure showed them!!! ---
**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 24, 2023, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1266 "2023-09-24T22:00:28Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Or maybe, just maybe, she’s slightly more subtle. Objection! Assumes facts not in evidence. We have no indication whatsoever that Greene is capable of things like subtlety or cleverness. ---
**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 24, 2023, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1267 "2023-09-24T23:27:19Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > And is that a shofar in the foreground? That’s at least closer to the right holiday. Shofars have taken on a quasi-religious significance to the alt-right lately, so that part might possibly be a dog whistle. > **[Why right-wing Christian politicians are blowing the shofar](https://forward.com/news/519258/right-wing-christian-politicians-are-blowing-the-shofar/)** > > The practice offends many who consider it a hijacking of a sacred object. ---
**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 25, 2023, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1268 "2023-09-25T00:27:20Z")
Alright, who had “Comcast should be hanged for treason” on their Trump bingo card? [![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F61F2GVXIAACUSW?format=jpg&name=large) ](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F61F2GVXIAACUSW?format=jpg&name=large) ---
**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 25, 2023, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1269 "2023-09-25T00:40:33Z")
His writing always reads as old-fashioned from Puritan times somehow. “Indeed, there are Ways that the Punishment of the Lord, Such that Corn-cobs shall be inserted into your Nostrils, will Commence.” ---
**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:** [September 25, 2023, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1270 "2023-09-25T02:12:24Z")
Oop-s, nm ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2023, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1271 "2023-09-25T02:46:40Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > No shit. He’s had issues of grandeur all of his life. Trump does not have Delusions of Grandeur. He has Delusions of Adequacy. ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2023, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1272 "2023-09-25T04:56:18Z")
Ah, Karamo, such an idiot in charge of such a complete bunch of morons. If this keeps up the Dems will have the reins of the Michigan state government for a while. > **[Michigan GOP leader tells critics to “pound sand” amid pleas for unity at...](https://www.mlive.com/politics/2023/09/michigan-gop-leader-tells-critics-to-pound-sand-amid-pleas-for-unity-at-mackinac.html)** > > Even with low attendance and many elected Republicans steering clear, a part of the Michigan GOP convened on Mackinac Island this weekend for the party’s biennial leadership conference. \ ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2023, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1273 "2023-09-25T08:06:31Z")
I gotta figure that the C suite at Comcast figure it’s all hot air and will continue to support him because he’s a Republican, and Trump knows it. I’d almost support them finding out they’re wrong, if it weren’t for the collateral damage. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2023, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1274 "2023-09-25T08:16:06Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Trump does not have Delusions of Grandeur. He has Delusions of Adequacy. Let’s just agree that Trump has delusions, and that will be that. ---
**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 25, 2023, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1275 "2023-09-25T09:45:36Z")
A great quote from that article about her: “She needs to explain her vision and that type of thing, that would be helpful.” I imagine so. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2023, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1276 "2023-09-25T11:01:28Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > “I said that’s not possible, everything breaks down at one time or another, just look at Crooked Joe Biden. You need redundancy, you need TWO ENGINES! No high cost modern day plane should have only one engine. Well, an F-35 fell out of the sky yesterday. Hear we go again!” Exactly. Like the F-16. Oh wait. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2023, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1277 "2023-09-25T12:40:32Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > if Trump is suffering from the onset of dementia, who the hell would be able to tell? If dementia is ever mentioned he will just reply, “person, woman, man, camera, TV”. (He practices nightly) ---
**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 25, 2023, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1278 "2023-09-25T13:23:15Z")
John Fetterman (D-PA) is the subject of the hot new stupidity. Some believe the reason behind his improvement in speaking and recent change in facial hair [is because he has a body double](https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/john-fetterman-body-double-conspiracy-theory-rcna111423). (I personally really want a “John Fetterman Body Double” shirt. I think they missed a good opportunity by offering them in hoodies) ---
**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 25, 2023, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1279 "2023-09-25T14:01:37Z")
We’ve been down this road before, I think. I’m nearly certain this isn’t the first time someone on the right has suggested that someone on the left is a body double. Here’s three that I found in just a few minutes of looking around. [https://www.gawker.com/gop-congressional-candidate-is-sure-his-opponent-is-a-b-1597069163](https://www.gawker.com/gop-congressional-candidate-is-sure-his-opponent-is-a-b-1597069163) > “It is widely known Rep. Frank D. Lucas is no longer alive and has been displayed by a look alike.” > **[PolitiFact - Altered image fuels unfounded claims that President Joe Biden has...](https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/may/03/viral-image/altered-image-fuels-unfounded-claims-that-presiden/)** > > If you ever try to trick an entire nation into believing an actor is the current president of the United States, make su > “Oops, Biden’s body double is left-handed,” the post says. “Casting director slipped up.” > **[Body double? Secret earpiece? Donald Trump fuels Hillary Clinton conspiracy...](https://www.thestar.com/news/world/body-double-secret-earpiece-donald-trump-fuels-hillary-clinton-conspiracy-theories/article_f94b0e5f-1636-579a-8472-5a43e122e795.html)** > > Donald Trump has encouraged his supporters to buy into a fictional world of dark and unfounded conspiracies. > “When I saw this thinner woman with less wrinkles come out of the penthouse, I about jumped out of my chair, and shouted to my wife,” Wentworth said Tuesday. “‘This woman is not Hillary!’” ---
**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 25, 2023, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1280 "2023-09-25T14:18:04Z")
I remember suggestions that Melania also used a body double. Sounds like a thankless job. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=63) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=65)