# 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:** 78
**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:** [October 10, 2023, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1541 "2023-10-10T12:34:30Z")
Waiting for the campaign’s retraction and clarification in 1… 2…3… millennia. ---
**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:** [October 10, 2023, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1542 "2023-10-10T13:06:35Z")
I’ve used the word _smarmy_ a few times in my life, but there has never been anyone who epitomizes the word better than Vivek. I wish he’d crawl back under his rock. Ick ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2023, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1543 "2023-10-10T17:02:50Z")
Yes! Smarmy. That is perfect. ---
**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:** [October 10, 2023, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1544 "2023-10-10T17:05:05Z")
Has this been posted here yet? I ran across it a few weeks ago. [https://i.imgur.com/9vvdyTr.mp4](https://i.imgur.com/9vvdyTr.mp4) ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2023, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1545 "2023-10-10T17:15:01Z")
It’s amazing how much better it sounds coming from Obama. Not smarmy and authentic. IMHO ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2023, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1546 "2023-10-10T17:27:20Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > And it’s not like it was _his_ vehicle. It was a rental! That’s what insurance is for. What insurance? Insurance is socialism, so of course a fine Republican going after the MAGA votes would never even consider insurance! ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2023, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1547 "2023-10-10T18:41:41Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > A friend of mine (someone I met on the Dope, in fact) described a trip she took with her parents to visit colleges while she was in high school. I remember thinking “parents actually do that with their kids? I thought that only happened in movies.” I did, too, but it was because we were poor-ish, not necessarily dysfunctional. ---
**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:** [October 10, 2023, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1548 "2023-10-10T19:12:40Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > A friend of mine (someone I met on the Dope, in fact) described a trip she took with her parents to visit colleges while she was in high school. I remember thinking “parents actually do that with their kids? I thought that only happened in movies.” Both my sister and I did this. Of course, that was back in the prehistoric days, when Dinosaurs and Whigs and Federalists roamed the earth. ---
**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:** [October 10, 2023, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1549 "2023-10-10T20:12:20Z")
> [@Kimstu](#): > > In fact, [this source describes her as 22 years old:](https://www.businessinsider.com/police-refute-vivek-ramaswamy-claim-protester-crashed-campaign-car-ohio-2023-10) Obviously the old woman antifa activist tried to commandeer the car and fled after failing to escape. The 22-year-old woman came out of the deli and was covering for the old woman. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2023, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1550 "2023-10-10T20:16:20Z")
Devious woke deviants. ---
**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:** [October 10, 2023, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1551 "2023-10-10T20:31:05Z")
But which of them are pedophiles? Answer: All of them!! ---
**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:** [October 10, 2023, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1552 "2023-10-10T20:51:17Z")
Curious thing, that. The Rs are intent uponkeeping the young’uns ignant about sex stuff. If you want to molest children with wild abandon, the less they know about what you are doing, the better. ---
**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:** [October 10, 2023, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1553 "2023-10-10T21:07:53Z")
What I meant was the R propagandists would be telling their followers that both the mystery old woman _and_ the 22yo woman who hit Ramaswamy’s car were pedophiles. As were all their evil D apologists. But you’re right too; every accusation is an admission with these clowns, so it’s a good bet their opposition to sex ed is based on their goal of leaving the kids vulnerable to exploitation. Just not their own personal children; those are special and sacrosanct. Other’s people’s kids are fair game. ---
**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:** [October 10, 2023, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1554 "2023-10-10T21:22:42Z")
[![](https://i.imgur.com/OIsRysX_d.webp?maxwidth=520&shape=thumb&fidelity=high) ](https://i.imgur.com/OIsRysX_d.webp?maxwidth=520&shape=thumb&fidelity=high) ---
**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:** [October 10, 2023, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1555 "2023-10-10T21:23:45Z")
Tommy Talibanville filed a police report against former CIA director Michael Hayden for making a mean tweet about him. [https://www.meidastouch.com/news/tuberville-files-police-report-against-fmr-cia-director-for-mean-tweet](https://www.meidastouch.com/news/tuberville-files-police-report-against-fmr-cia-director-for-mean-tweet) ---
**Author:** ![Toxgoddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Toxgoddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxgoddess)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2023, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1556 "2023-10-10T21:40:26Z")
I think we need a “Republicans Are the Party of Crybabies” thread. ---
**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:** [October 10, 2023, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1557 "2023-10-10T21:55:48Z")
I’ll take “Congressmen who have never read The Scarlet Letter” for $600, Ken. > ---
**Author:** ![Akaj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/akaj/32/145_2.png) [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2023, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1558 "2023-10-10T21:56:29Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Tommy Talibanville filed a police report against former CIA director Michael Hayden for making a mean tweet about him. > > [https://www.meidastouch.com/news/tuberville-files-police-report-against-fmr-cia-director-for-mean-tweet](https://www.meidastouch.com/news/tuberville-files-police-report-against-fmr-cia-director-for-mean-tweet) C’mon, it wasn’t just a mean tweet. Hayden suggested Tubervile should be removed “from the human race.” IOW, what MAGAts say about Dem leaders every day, and absurd to make it a criminal complaint. But since we generally consider that behavior abhorrent when they do it, we shouldn’t laugh it off when it’s done to them. All that said … what a fucking snowflake. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2023, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1559 "2023-10-10T22:16:11Z")
> [@Akaj](#): > > Tubervile should be removed “from the human race.” When did he join? ---
**Author:** ![Akaj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/akaj/32/145_2.png) [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2023, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1560 "2023-10-10T22:36:24Z")
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