# 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:** 65
**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, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1281 "2023-09-25T14:24:08Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > I remember suggestions that Melania also used a body double. I can see her sending a body double into the bedroom. ---
**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:** [September 25, 2023, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1282 "2023-09-25T14:42:50Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > > [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > > > I remember suggestions that Melania also used a body double. > > I can see her sending a body double into the bedroom.   I think that might be the excuse Donald uses for his affairs. “Oh, I thought she was you.” ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2023, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1283 "2023-09-25T14:43:32Z")
They really, really have a problem with the notion the world doesn’t fit their narrative. Really sad. Seems like just the other day it was the conservatives that insisted they believed in hard objective reality. Damn I feel old… ---
**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, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1284 "2023-09-25T14:44:17Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > I can see her sending a body double into the bedroom. You should probably disable those cameras at some point. ---
**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:** [September 25, 2023, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1285 "2023-09-25T14:59:45Z")
> [@Pleonast](#): > > > [@kayaker](#): > > > > > [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > > > > > I remember suggestions that Melania also used a body double. > > > > I can see her sending a body double into the bedroom.   > > I think that might be the excuse Donald uses for his affairs. “Oh, I thought she was you.”- Never noticing it was a store mannequin. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2023, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1286 "2023-09-25T15:01:07Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > Seems like just the other day it was the conservatives that insisted they believed in hard objective reality. Damn I feel old… It’s their own reality they believe in; not objective reality. From Karl Rove and others: > **[What if Karl Rove was right about the reality-based community?](https://theweek.com/articles/854892/what-karl-rove-right-about-realitybased-community)** > > Does reality matter in politics? ---
**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 25, 2023, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1287 "2023-09-25T15:25:57Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > I can see her sending a body double into the bedroom. Who would she get? Melania is, one assumes, in line to inherit Trump’s money when he kicks. How much can she afford to pay a body double before there’s nothing left? ---
**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, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1288 "2023-09-25T15:39:14Z")
If she doesn’t get paid out until after people are done suing (or collecting from) his estate, I can’t imagine there’s going to be much left. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2023, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1289 "2023-09-25T16:08:30Z")
[This purported body double of Melania Trump](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-election-2020/melania-trump-fake-body-double-conspiracy-theory-b1352235.html) had me going for a few seconds. It turns out it’s just weird to see her smile. In fact, it’s weird to see either of them with a genuine grin on their faces. Joyless bastards. ---
**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, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1290 "2023-09-25T16:30:12Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > If she doesn’t get paid out until after people are done suing (or collecting from) his estate, I can’t imagine there’s going to be much left. I don’t doubt she has some kind of cast-iron prenup in place as a precaution he dies, divorces her, or goes to prison. She’s never struck me as being dumb. Unprincipled, perhaps, but not dumb. ---
**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 25, 2023, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1291 "2023-09-25T16:46:16Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > 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. Someone’s been taking [Heinlein’s “Double Star”](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_Star) way too seriously. ---
**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 25, 2023, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1292 "2023-09-25T16:52:10Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > I don’t doubt she has some kind of cast-iron prenup in place as a precaution he dies, divorces her, or goes to prison. Prison would be perfect; she wouldn’t have to spend time with him, and he wouldn’t be squandering her inheritance on things like food. ---
**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 25, 2023, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1293 "2023-09-25T17:32:57Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > Someone’s been taking [Heinlein’s “Double Star”](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_Star) way too seriously. Nah – too literary. They must’ve caught a showing of **Dave** on one of the movie stations > **[Dave (film)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_(film))** > > Dave is a 1993 American political comedy film directed by Ivan Reitman, written by Gary Ross, and starring Kevin Kline and Sigourney Weaver. Frank Langella, Kevin Dunn, Laura Linney, Ving Rhames, Charles Grodin, and Ben Kingsley appear in supporting roles. Dave was a box office success, and was met with critical acclaim. > Dave Kovic runs a temporary employment agency in Georgetown, Washington, D.C., and, as a side job, capitalizes on his remarkable resemblance to President Bill Mitchell by co... ---
**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, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1294 "2023-09-25T18:20:08Z")
This seems like something republicans would be against, so I’m not sure if I’m misreading it, there’s something going on that I don’t understand or it’s being floated by more moderate republicans that are trying to break away from the MAGA crowd. > **['Sore loser' bill bars candidates who falter in primaries to run write-in...](https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2023/09/25/wisconsin-bill-bars-losers-in-primary-elections-to-run-as-write-ins/70934554007/)** > > The proposal comes after two GOP candidates for the state Assembly ran — and lost — as write-ins after losing their respective primaries. ---
**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 25, 2023, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1295 "2023-09-25T18:41:31Z")
I’ll let them have a “Sore Loser” if they also agree to back my “Sore Winner” law: anyone who claims that massive fraud occurred in an election that they _actually won_ is required to retire from that office on the basis that their election was tainted, and a special election must be held to fill the now-vacant office. ---
**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 25, 2023, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1296 "2023-09-25T20:06:16Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > > [@eschereal](#): > > > > The governor of South Dakota tells us that [marriage is between one man and one woman, and one other man](https://boingboing.net/2023/09/15/family-values-zealot-kristi-noem-has-been-cheating-on-her-husband-for-years-says-daily-mail.html) and cuckoldry lies at the heart of family values. > > > > OK, she did not actually say that, and denies schtupping that Lewandowski guy, despite substantial evidence. Which seems to suggest that “family values” means “dude, whatever”. > > This story has been kicking around for a while now, although the Daily Mail now claims to have receipts. But it first surfaced in a Trump propaganda site called American Greatness, almost two years ago. I hate them, but I have to grudgingly give them props for the title. > > [Kristi Noem Shows Why Republicans Can’t Have Nice Things](https://amgreatness.com/2021/09/28/kristi-noem-shows-why-republicans-cant-have-nice-things/) > > This story broke around the time Lewandowski was arrested for harassing and assaulting Trashelle Odum, the wife of a donor at a campaign event at a Las Vegas Benihana. He [pled out](https://www.politico.com/news/2022/09/28/lewandowski-cuts-deal-sexual-charges-00059269) to a deal that included counseling, fines and community service. > > Trump also promised the donor, the husband of the woman that was assaulted, that he’d kick Lewandowski out of MAGA World. He lied, Trump took him back after a couple of months. > > This was not the first time that Lewandowski was arrested and charged with misdemeanor battery after assaulting a woman at a Trump campaign event. In 2016 he was charged with assaulting Breitbart reporter Michelle Fields. > > It wasn’t even the second time that a woman called the cops after Lewandowski assaulted her at a campaign event. In 2017 a singer and MAGA acolyte named Joy Villa filed a police report claiming he assaulted her at a campaign event, although it’s not clear what action the police took. > > Lewandowski has also been romantically linked to Hope Hicks. > > And he’s been married the whole time. John Odum, the husband of the woman that Lewandowski assaulted in Las Vegas is a major campaign donor of Louisiana senator Jeff Landry. He’s totally irate that Landry had hired Lewandowski, the man that assaulted his wife, and he wants his money back. In response, Landry slung dirt back at Odum, bringing up an old criminal conviction for passing bad checks. In a surprise twist, Trashelle Odum, the woman that was the victim of Lewandowski’s assault, is siding with Landry against her husband, saying Landry should keep the money, which is half hers. [https://www.politico.com/news/2023/09/25/john-odom-jeff-landry-corey-lewandowski-00117843](https://www.politico.com/news/2023/09/25/john-odom-jeff-landry-corey-lewandowski-00117843) ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2023, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1297 "2023-09-25T20:19:09Z")
I can’t get past the part where someone actually named their kid Trashelle. WTF? ---
**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 25, 2023, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1298 "2023-09-25T20:22:54Z")
FWIW, I think it’s pronounced Tray Shell. Still, I used to be a little sympathetic to her and her leopard chewed face, but not anymore. ---
**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:** [September 25, 2023, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1299 "2023-09-25T20:42:30Z")
It could be a moderate breaking away from a MAGA, but it also could be two MAGAs. The “screw the rules you’re not the boss of me” and “campaigning as graft” attitude of the modern GOP makes it more likely that a candidate who loses the primary would decide to keep running as an independent, and so act as a spoiler to the selected GOP candidate. ---
**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, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1300 "2023-09-25T20:49:23Z")
Loser Donald films himself committing the same crime Hunter Biden is accused of, panics and deletes the tweet. [https://www.meidastouch.com/news/did-trump-commit-a-felony-at-a-sc-gun-shop-today](https://www.meidastouch.com/news/did-trump-commit-a-felony-at-a-sc-gun-shop-today) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=64) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=66)