# 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:** 84
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2023, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1661 "2023-10-16T16:07:03Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > Trump has said enough actually weird shit that it boggles my mind that some people seem to be going out of their way try to to manufacture even more weird stuff. Agreed. I thought the ruffle about this was way over the top. ---
**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:** [October 16, 2023, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1662 "2023-10-16T16:22:34Z")
> [@SunUp](#): > > With one exception: Donald Trump can be as disloyal to the Republican Party as he wants. And that makes it even worse. Of all the Republicans out there, Trump is the worst for making it clear that, if you’re not for him, he’s against you. He reveled in picking winners and losers in the last round of primaries and elections, and doling out cash to some, but not others. ---
**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 16, 2023, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1663 "2023-10-16T16:30:22Z")
As I said in the other thread, it’s his party now. It consists of who he likes and it does what he wants. Not through some great organizational skill of the guy, but rather simply through the convergence of his monstrous ego and hate, and the personalization of RW politics in general. ---
**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 16, 2023, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1664 "2023-10-16T17:40:34Z")
[![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53263268704_dfca7f6a89_m.jpg "caddyshack-rodney-dangerfield") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/183290460@N02/53263268704/) ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2023, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1665 "2023-10-16T19:33:29Z")
Perhaps it’s the WAY he said it. “But remember, Republicans eat their young. They really do. Terrible statement, but it’s true.” It’s like he really believes the cannibalism, not the idiom. He says it so flatly, so matter-of-factly, and doesn’t explain it. That doesn’t explain the freak-out of the left like they never heard it before! ---
**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 16, 2023, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1666 "2023-10-16T21:13:15Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > It this case, it’s the older GOP members turning on the generally younger MAGA people like MTG and Gaetz. I’m 100% certain that when Trump thinks of young Republican up-and-comers, the only name that occurs to him is Donald Trump. Anyway, here’s another helping of word salad. > > > ---
**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:** [October 16, 2023, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1667 "2023-10-16T21:16:49Z")
And they didn’t even comment on “ **They said happy New Years** ” ---
**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 16, 2023, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1668 "2023-10-16T21:32:29Z")
If indeed trump is having cognition problems, they could either be bio-medical problems, or drug consumption problems. Or maybe, just maybe, extreme lack-of-sleep problems. IIRC he was quite the tee-totaller back in the day. But extraordinary stresses call for extraordinary stress-relievers. I have no idea whether anyone better informed than I am has had the thought he’s developed a drug problem. Or been given one by whichever physician he’s listening to. Who’s almost certainly a wack-job himself to take on the job. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2023, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1669 "2023-10-16T22:05:33Z")
“The Afghanistan withdrawal was so boring. So boring and low ratings. If it would’ve happened while I was president, the ratings would’ve been through the roof.” It sounds like he is struggling to keep fake teeth in. I mean beyond the moronic commentary he’s throwing out. ---
**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 16, 2023, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1670 "2023-10-16T22:20:42Z")
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**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 16, 2023, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1671 "2023-10-16T22:30:11Z")
The reaction was/is over the top, but can someone tell me which “young” the republicans are eating? Is it that boebert chick? ---
**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 16, 2023, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1672 "2023-10-16T22:33:14Z")
“They said: ‘Sir, they’re not allowed to sell that anymore because of cruelty to animals’.” > **['Sir' alert: This one word is a telltale sign Trump is being dishonest | CNN...](https://edition.cnn.com/2019/07/16/politics/sir-trump-telltale-word-false/index.html)** ---
**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 16, 2023, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1673 "2023-10-16T22:42:46Z")
It might depend on what you mean by “eating”, And how much brain bleach you happen to have in the cupboard. ---
**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:** [October 16, 2023, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1674 "2023-10-16T22:51:34Z")
He’s like a really, really shitty stand up act. I really do wonder how many of his “fans” leave the rally feeling just a bit embarrassed for him. “He used to do a really funny act, but now he’s just a rambling old man. Sad.” ---
**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 16, 2023, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1675 "2023-10-16T22:52:26Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > [x.com](https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1714024106923086029) I’ve never seen flypaper in my life. And I’m _old._ I only saw it in old cartoons and Little Rascals shows. I’ve seen fly “strips.” Not fly “paper.” ---
**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 16, 2023, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1676 "2023-10-16T22:56:52Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > I really do wonder how many of his “fans” leave the rally feeling just a bit embarrassed for him… Embarrassed? They’re worried! "Where’s the bus? They said there would be busses. " ---
**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:** [October 16, 2023, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1677 "2023-10-16T22:57:26Z")
“Where’s my wallet?” ---
**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 16, 2023, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1678 "2023-10-16T23:12:50Z")
[Lengthy, repetitive Meidas yt video](https://youtu.be/zc5SE2bg3E4?si=YQN9rsvwHjaSXmsd) about Huckabeast and her odd lectern situation. Summary - it was not the brand of lectern she claimed - they sell their product for $7500, not $19K+ - the “company” receiving payment is basically friends she was seen partying with in Paris some while back - the state has a $20K trigger for expenditure oversight - attempts were made to cover up the transaction - she attempted to get state FoIA laws changed to make documentation inaccessible - bipartisan anger is flaring up over this Huckabeast faces potentially serious consequences over this, involving felonious public document alterations. It does seem maybe somewhat likely that she might skate, but we can always hope for a proper outcome. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2023, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1679 "2023-10-16T23:35:59Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > can someone tell me which “young” the republicans are eating? Is it that boebert chick? My most charitable interpretation would be that he was attempting to comment on the general infighting in the QOP (ousting of McCarthy, Scalise not being able to get to 217, etc), and “eating their young” was a phrase he heard somewhere/somewhen that more-or-less related to the idea (more less than more of course). ---
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2023, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1680 "2023-10-17T00:19:05Z")
For politicians, it’s not the crime, it’s the cover-up that gets them. ETA: Especially if the cover-up is also a crime. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=83) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=85)