# NEW Stupid Republican Idea of the Day (Part 3)

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**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")\
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One does not simply win a thread that started 15 years ago because Republicans were angry that the president’s wife wanted school lunches to be healthier.

> [@Stupid Republican idea of the day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897):
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> [Regulating the First Lady](http://www.politico.com/blogs/joshgerstein/0309/GOP_transparency_push_seen_as_attack_on_Michelle_O.html) What the hell? So, they don’t like Michelle’s supporting girls in high school, vegetable gardens or military families? Or they just want to know what she’s doing in advance so protesters can show up? What is the “historic role of the first lady” anyway? Have they ever heard of Eleanor Roosevelt? I know that criticizing the First Lady isn’t off-limits, but legislating her behavior? Why are Republicans so eager to look so fucking stupid?

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