# 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:** 70
**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 30, 2023, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1381 "2023-09-30T01:01:58Z")
> This lunatic has no idea what he’s talking about. ---
**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 30, 2023, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1382 "2023-09-30T01:09:44Z")
As the actor Craig T Nelson once said on camera, “I’ve been on food stamps and welfare. Anybody help me out? No. No.” ---
**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 30, 2023, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1383 "2023-09-30T03:13:06Z")
Ron is going to shoot them on sight for coming over the border so of course Trump has to outdo him. ---
**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 30, 2023, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1384 "2023-09-30T04:04:25Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > This lunatic has no idea what he’s talking about. Now, I’m going to be fair to Trump - if his complete and total incompetence and ignorance hasn’t been blindingly obvious for the last decade (and closer to 3 decades for some of us), you must have been living in a deep hole…on a different planet…in an alternate reality. And re-stating the fact is the ultimate “well, duh” moment. Though I completely understand and sympathize with the incredulity and exasperation that we must continue to deal with that absolute waste of perfectly good hydrogen and carbon, plentiful though those elements may be. ---
**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 30, 2023, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1385 "2023-09-30T05:13:45Z")
> Those poor piggies! Oh, and the animal is probably traumatized too. ---
**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 30, 2023, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1386 "2023-09-30T07:57:35Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > This lunatic has no idea what he’s talking about. This is news? This is new? > [@Smapti](#): > > Those poor piggies! Good thing they put the picture in there. Otherwise, it wouldn’t’ve been all that obvious they weren’t talking about Trump. ---
**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 30, 2023, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1387 "2023-09-30T13:06:16Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > Though I completely understand and sympathize with the incredulity and exasperation that we must continue to deal with that absolute waste of perfectly good hydrogen and carbon, plentiful though those elements may be. All 215 pounds of waste. 😁 🤪 ---
**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 30, 2023, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1388 "2023-09-30T22:40:20Z")
Police say a DeSantis megadonor who unalived himself last year had masterminded a scheme in which he pretended to be part of Taylor Swift’s security team and got a woman he met online to show him her boobs in exchange for VIP tickets. > **[Republican donor traded Taylor Swift tickets for sex acts in 'bizarre'...](https://www.rawstory.com/gop-donor-taylor-swift/)** > > A now-deceased Republican donor was reportedly involved in a fraudulent scheme to trade Taylor Swift tickets for sex acts and nude photos before he died.Kent Stermon, who was found dead in December 2022 after purportedly committing suicide, had been... What’s that saying about the company you keep? ---
**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 30, 2023, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1389 "2023-09-30T22:59:50Z")
That description you provided sounds like a Mad Libs answer. ---
**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:** [September 30, 2023, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1390 "2023-09-30T23:02:44Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > What’s that saying about the company you keep? Now you are just being redundant. ---
**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 30, 2023, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1391 "2023-09-30T23:20:46Z")
“A Republican (job title) in (state) who (verb-past tense) his (noun) in the (body part) was caught (verb - present tense) (number) (plural noun) in a crowded (business)” would accurately describe quite a bit of this thread. ---
**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 30, 2023, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1392 "2023-09-30T23:25:29Z")
Given Swift’s primary audience, and given Republican tendencies, I have to ask if the woman he solicited was of age. ---
**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:** [October 1, 2023, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1393 "2023-10-01T01:10:06Z")
Given that the charges (alse imprisonment and solicitation for prostitution) don’t mention anything related to her status as a minor, I think she was probably of age, but the following sentence in the link suggests that if she was of age it was probably not by much. > “The woman said she eventually told her father what happened and he confronted Stermon before the two reported the incident to police on Nov. 29,” ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2023, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1394 "2023-10-01T01:37:19Z")
I say we throw his rotting corpse right in the hoose-gow. ---
**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:** [October 1, 2023, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1395 "2023-10-01T05:31:23Z")
So, what’s the best way, if you’re a conservative type, to oppose the Democrats? Why, [cooperate with a white supremacist dictator, of course](https://www.yahoo.com/news/no-enemies-desantis-ally-hosts-100011846.html). > Conservative activist Christopher Rufo, who is a close ally of Florida governor and Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis, hosted a social media debate in which one participant argued that conservatives should cooperate with a hypothetical white nationalist dictator “in order to destroy the power of the left”. > > Rufo, a Manhattan Institute fellow who has been a hugely influential figure in DeSantis’ culture war policies in Florida, did not disagree with the sentiments. Instead he commended speakers for their “thoughtful points” and presenting the discussion as a model for engagement with “the dissident right”. BTW, Rufo is, essentially, one of the string-pullers making DeSantis dance. ---
**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:** [October 1, 2023, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1396 "2023-10-01T09:13:35Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > BTW, Rufo is, essentially, one of the string-pullers making DeSantis dance. In five-inch heels and backwards? Impressive. ---
**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:** [October 1, 2023, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1397 "2023-10-01T09:40:00Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > “A Republican (job title) in (state) who (verb-past tense) his (noun) in the (body part) was caught (verb - present tense) (number) (plural noun) in a crowded (business)” would accurately describe quite a bit of this thread. > **[Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for October 08, 2015 | GoComics.com](https://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury/2015/10/08)** > > Frank Sinatra: Whadda ya mean, ya gotta shuffle? Deal, sister! Dealer: I'm sorry, Dr. Sinatra, those are the house rules. Frank Sinatra: Read my lips, honey! I said deal the cards! Dealer: I could lose my job, Dr. Sinatra... Frank Sinatra: You're... ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2023, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1398 "2023-10-01T10:15:54Z")
Neverminf ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2023, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1399 "2023-10-01T12:32:45Z")
Ah a [“Process of National Reorganization”](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Reorganization_Process) if you will, great precedents in the area of leftist-power destroyers. ---
**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:** [October 1, 2023, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1400 "2023-10-01T12:55:52Z")
I forgot to mention I posted in the comments section of that article _What do you mean, hypothetical? The 'pubbies are already running a white supremacist wannabe-dictator now_. > [@BlankSlate](#): > > > [@Monty](#): > > > > BTW, Rufo is, essentially, one of the string-pullers making DeSantis dance. > > In five-inch heels and backwards? Impressive. Hah! Re _Robot\_Arm_’s link to the Doonsbury strip: I enjoyed that one when it ran and I enjoy it now, all because of _obscene gerund_ and _anatomically explicit epithet_. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=69) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=71)