# 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:** 82
**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 14, 2023, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1621 "2023-10-14T01:25:18Z")
“You can’t take me to jail, I’ve got a baby at home!” ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2023, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1622 "2023-10-14T01:45:22Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Loser Donald: “We have the worst education almost in the large world, the world that people know about” It’s the world that people don’t know about that scares the hell out of me. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2023, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1623 "2023-10-14T01:46:06Z")
I thought he _loved_ the poorly educated. ---
**Author:** ![SwissMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@SwissMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwissMan)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2023, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1624 "2023-10-14T02:21:50Z")
No, he does well with them in the polls. Trump is incapable of loving anyone or anything but himself. ---
**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 14, 2023, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1625 "2023-10-14T03:30:50Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Not sure what’s going on here, but it can’t be good. Santos carrying a backup plan for Speaker in case they run out of candidates over the age of 1? ---
**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:** [October 14, 2023, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1626 "2023-10-14T03:46:23Z")
[![](https://deepfocusreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/deadzone3.jpg) ](https://deepfocusreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/deadzone3.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Nightaudit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nightaudit/32/17181_2.png) [@Nightaudit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightaudit)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2023, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1627 "2023-10-14T05:02:24Z")
Especially if they are in the RedHat cult. And they don’t tip either. ---
**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 14, 2023, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1628 "2023-10-14T05:36:24Z")
> [@Nightaudit](#): > > Especially if they are in the RedHat cult I wonder [how older women feel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Hat_Society) about that group. Or that one Linux distributor, how do they feel? ---
**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 14, 2023, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1629 "2023-10-14T05:40:14Z")
Its pretty nonsensical but here is my guess as to what was going through his head when he said it. As he was saying we have the worst eductional system in the world but then he remembered that there are all these “shithole” ([his term not mine](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trump-referred-haiti-african-countries-shithole-nations-n836946)) like Niger and Haiti who have worse education. The concept he was looking for was the developed world but that is too big a word for him instead he went with the world consisting on the “the countries that people have heard of, like France, China and Russia”. ---
**Author:** ![Nightaudit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nightaudit/32/17181_2.png) [@Nightaudit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightaudit)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2023, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1630 "2023-10-14T07:05:36Z")
The Linux community tips and if a table of 5 sit down for lunch they don’t order one burger between them and get it split 5 different ways between them. 1/5 with cheese and bacon no onion 1/5 dry 1/5 no tomato no mustard 1/5 on rye with arugula, 1/5 Bocaburger with bacon and some pickles but not the burger chip kind instead I need the chef to dice up a spear pickle… ---
**Author:** ![Nightaudit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nightaudit/32/17181_2.png) [@Nightaudit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightaudit)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2023, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1631 "2023-10-14T07:08:05Z")
The Linux community is not as “Church Lady” like as red hats. ---
**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 14, 2023, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1632 "2023-10-14T09:56:30Z")
I just saw this on Xwitter: > Voter: “It’s a pleasure to meet you, Congresswoman.” > Boebert: “You too! Do you have any kids?" > Voter: “Yes, I have one child that’s just under two." > Boebert: “I might be stupid, but I know how many one is." ---
**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 14, 2023, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1633 "2023-10-14T13:27:41Z")
Yesterday in a parking lot I saw a late model expensive SUV that had had the aft side & tail windows custom wrapped. As a car guy I saw it was a nicely done job. I didn’t want to take pix in case the owner was about. The message however was pretty confusing / disturbing. It was a montage of JFK & Trump pix. Both in heroic poses. And one pic of JFK, RFK, and Trump staggered in profile, Trump in the foreground in color the other two in B&W and increasingly transparent / ghostly. The only slogan was something close to “You’ll see the connection.” A little Googling suggests there’s a CT out there asserting that the Deep State killed off both Kennedys because they were a) excellent presidents / candidates for America, and b) got too close to exposing the Deep State. And now trump is both a) an excellent former president / current candidate for America, and b) got / is getting too close to exposing the Deep State. So I guess this guy’s message is “I love trump and MAGA, but I fear he’ll be assassinated.” But it might, just might be “The Kennedys got what they deserved, and trump will too.” Or knowing how good CTers are at logical consistency maybe this car owner believes both of those. In any case he spent a bunch of money getting this stuff custom-printed and installed on his ~$100K car. ---
**Author:** ![Dandan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@Dandan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dandan)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2023, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1634 "2023-10-14T14:39:36Z")
> [@SwissMan](#): > > Trump is incapable of loving anyone or anything but himself. And then, love/hate with a side of hate. Dan ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2023, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1635 "2023-10-14T22:34:29Z")
> > > > Aaron Rupar @atrupar ---
**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:** [October 14, 2023, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1636 "2023-10-14T23:22:40Z")
I’ve heard of stolen valor, but this is ridiculous. ---
**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:** [October 14, 2023, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1637 "2023-10-14T23:31:47Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > I’ve heard of stolen valor, but this is ridiculous. - How can you steal something you can’t recognize? ---
**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 15, 2023, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1638 "2023-10-15T02:12:54Z")
George Santos says he’ll quit Congress if Democrat votes help elect a Speaker. > **[George Santos threatens to quit Congress if GOP works with Dems on speaker...](https://www.rawstory.com/santos-threatens-to-quit/)** > > Embattled Rep. George Santos, the New York Republican who is currently under indictment for alleged fraud, reportedly threatened Saturday to resign from his position if Republicans reach a deal with Democrats to elect a speaker of the House.Santos... [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ixVyXdBz5V0/maxresdefault.jpg "John Mulaney "And I said, "Promise?"") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixVyXdBz5V0) ---
**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 15, 2023, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1639 "2023-10-15T02:23:56Z")
Reminds me of the old joke: Guy comes home to find his wife in bed with some other dude. Almost hysterical, he goes to his nightstand, grabs his pistol, and puts it to his head. Wife bursts out laughing. He shouts > **Don’t laugh; you’re next!!** ---
**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:** [October 15, 2023, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1640 "2023-10-15T02:26:22Z")
Sure, George! Not only will Democrats help to elect a speaker, we’ll do most of the hard work. All we need is a few Republicans to cross over. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=81) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=83)