# NEW Stupid Republican Idea of the Day (Part 4) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 22, 2025, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678 "2025-02-22T21:08:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 132
**Author:** ![Mr.Greenjeans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.greenjeans/32/551_2.png) [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2025, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/2621 "2025-12-24T15:30:41Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Had a dog named Dave once too. Don’t go around the neighborhood yelling his name… …because the neighborhood shouts: “Dave’s not here!” ---
**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:** [December 24, 2025, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/2622 "2025-12-24T15:34:13Z")
> [@Mr.Greenjeans](#): > > …because the neighborhood shouts: “Dave’s not here!” Let me in, I got the stuff. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2025, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/2623 "2025-12-24T15:59:00Z")
Love it. Forgot about it. “Dave’s not here” that was great. It was funny. Dave, the dog, about 20 lbs wet. “Treed” a guy on a car. Man went on the roof of a car to escape Dave. (“Dave” was not my dog, but he got out of the apartment). ---
**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:** [December 24, 2025, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/2624 "2025-12-24T17:58:21Z")
Hey, those ankle-biters can do some real damage. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2025, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/2625 "2025-12-24T19:18:10Z")
Yeah, to the top of a car when someone runs from them and they jump on a hood. ---
**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:** [December 24, 2025, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/2626 "2025-12-24T19:34:54Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > Hey, those ankle-biters can do some real damage. Yeah, that’s why I have a warning sign outside my front door that says “Death from the ankles down” with the silhouette of a dachshund on it. ---
**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:** [December 24, 2025, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/2627 "2025-12-24T22:08:11Z")
Laura Loomer is shocked - SHOCKED, I tell you! - to learn that there are people in the Republican party that don’t care for Jews. > **[MAGA Activist Laura Loomer Says Democrats 'Were Right' About Some...](https://people.com/laura-loomer-says-democrats-were-right-about-some-conservatives-being-neo-nazis-11875801)** > > Laura Loomer, the controversial far-right activist and ally of Donald Trump, said Democrats “were right” about the presence of neo-Nazis within conservative circles on Tuesday, Dec. 23, writing "the GOP has a Nazi problem" on social media. ---
**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:** [December 24, 2025, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/2628 "2025-12-24T22:24:28Z")
Who knew? Who could have known. It was very subtle, and just a couple bad apples. [/sarcasm] ---
**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:** [December 25, 2025, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/2629 "2025-12-25T00:07:34Z")
Alan Dershowitz’s “I swear I’m not in the Epstein files” shirt is raising a lot of questions already answered by his shirt. [![](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:43ck35s3crmdzqkghid2zsgv/bafkreibhczceeaihcun2bjqz2icafkni7ucfeudz5jmcf4dbbouv57xkqe@jpeg) ](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:43ck35s3crmdzqkghid2zsgv/bafkreibhczceeaihcun2bjqz2icafkni7ucfeudz5jmcf4dbbouv57xkqe@jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Zoobi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/13edae/32.png) [@Zoobi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoobi)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2025, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/2630 "2025-12-25T16:24:09Z")
And pretty soon the Supes will get to decide > **[Tina Peters asks Colorado appeals court to recognize Trump's pardon, release...](https://apnews.com/article/trump-pardon-tina-peters-colorado-appeal-28b86c413ae9d112931aaf3fb5a1abd3)** > > Former Colorado elections clerk Tina Peters is asking the state appeals court to recognize President Donald Trump’s pardon of her state convictions as valid. ---
**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:** [December 25, 2025, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/2631 "2025-12-25T16:28:28Z")
Yet another fine example of Republican respect for the hallowed principle of State’s Rights they love so much. [/sarcasm] ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2025, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/2632 "2025-12-25T19:51:52Z")
> [@Zoobi](#): > > And pretty soon the Supes will get to decide It’s not going to get to SCOTUS. They’re not going to have any interest. ---
**Author:** ![SwissMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@SwissMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwissMan)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2025, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/2633 "2025-12-25T19:55:54Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > It’s not going to get to SCOTUS. They’re not going to have any interest. Even if they did, I doubt they are going to find that the Presidential pardon power should be able to extend to states. If they did that, they would effectively nullify criminal abortion penalties in red states when a Democrat is in office. ---
**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:** [December 25, 2025, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/2634 "2025-12-25T21:34:44Z")
They’d probably prefer not to get slammed with the tsunami of filings accepting the Peters appeal would trigger. ---
**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:** [December 25, 2025, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/2635 "2025-12-25T23:50:25Z")
The Majority Leader of the Indiana Senate decided to post… _this_ Christmas message to his constituents. > ---
**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:** [December 25, 2025, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/2636 "2025-12-25T23:57:01Z")
Republicans: “This just _proves_ there is a War on Christmas!” (by us) ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2025, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/2637 "2025-12-26T00:23:37Z")
The _North Pole_ is bringing more overreach and unfunded mandates? What are they on about? Oh, yeah. These are the people claiming outboard boats from Venezuela are smuggling drugs across 300 miles of the Caribbean Sea. Pure fantasy. ---
**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:** [December 26, 2025, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/2638 "2025-12-26T00:24:51Z")
In case you were wondering, Garten’s response to getting **UNIVERSALLY** dragged in the comments (which considering the state of Elon Musk’s Twitter is a feat and a half these days) has been to throw his children under the bus and call everyone “snowflakes”. Otherwise known as “the Cruz maneuver”. > > > Chris Garten @Sen\_ChrisGarten ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2025, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/2639 "2025-12-26T00:26:12Z")
Ahhhh. “It was just a joke.” Fuck you. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2025, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/2640 "2025-12-26T00:26:39Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > The Majority Leader of the Indiana Senate decided to post… _this_ Christmas message I thought that the GOP leaders in Kansas were idiots. This guy makes them look almost normal. Well, okay, not normal, but certainly smarter than this clown. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678.md?page=131) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678.md?page=133)