# 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:** 252
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2026, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5021 "2026-07-10T13:48:48Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > how strong can a leather column be? If you say it in Ricardo Montalbán’s voice they’ll buy it anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2026, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5022 "2026-07-10T13:53:57Z")
If we’re resurrecting him for quotes, I’m gonna get him to say “From hell’s heart I stab at thee; for hate’s sake I spit my last breath at thee.“ A better fit for this administration. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2026, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5023 "2026-07-10T14:12:26Z")
J.D. Vance, announcing Qatar’s gift to Trump: “De plane, boss! De plane!” ---
**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:** [July 10, 2026, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5024 "2026-07-10T14:17:18Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > is a moment he wasn’t pushing for subsidies for coal mining or trying to sell Alaska to Russia. He’s got hangers-on who all do that. So long as they don’t directly challenge him on any of his own preferred stupid stuff to do, he’s happy to let them do all their own personal stupid stuff. It’s like being a Made Man in the Mafia. So long as you kick back to the senior bosses, you can do whatever you want. ---
**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:** [July 10, 2026, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5025 "2026-07-10T14:21:24Z")
'Zactly. trump the show-oaf is like the distractor in a magic trick. All the real evil is taking place elsewhere on stage and back stage where nobody’s looking. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2026, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5026 "2026-07-10T14:47:02Z")
What a broken shit heap the Colorado GOP is to have a complete and total nutjob like Marx win the primary. With Colorado being a blue state hopefully it should stay that way. ---
**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:** [July 10, 2026, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5027 "2026-07-10T15:17:49Z")
If the Ds do get their shit together and solidly take both houses of Congress in 2028 I’m quite sure the overall R political machine’s response will be to double down in the extreme loony reactionary wacko direction. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2026, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5028 "2026-07-10T17:35:41Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > By the way, does anyone know what the opposite of “Rennesance Man” is? I had a roommate in college who we used to refer to as a “Renaissance Jerk”, because he was pretty much an all-around asshole. ---
**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:** [July 10, 2026, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5029 "2026-07-10T18:33:25Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > I had a roommate in college who we used to refer to as a “Renaissance Jerk”, because he was pretty much an all-around asshole. A _Man For No Seasons_ ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2026, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5030 "2026-07-10T20:32:53Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > By the way, does anyone know what the opposite of “Rennesance Man” is? “ **Putrescence Man** ” – if renaissance is rebirth, then Donald is decay and degeneration. . . > [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](#): > > J.D. Vance, announcing Qatar’s gift to Trump: “De plane, boss! De plane!” I thought _South Park_ was really onto something with their portrayal of JD as Tattoo—it was so ‘right’ I thought it would become a universal reference. Maybe it’s because the SP season is so short. But it doesn’t appear to have grabbed the public imagination as it should have done. ---
**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:** [July 10, 2026, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5031 "2026-07-10T22:14:39Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > “Cajun Karate” master I’m picturing a guy breaking a board with the edge of his hand while yelling, “Oooo-wee!” ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2026, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5032 "2026-07-11T10:09:00Z")
Astronomer Fritz Zwicky used to refer to his rivals as spherical bastards because they were bastards any way you looked at them ! ---
**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:** [July 11, 2026, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5033 "2026-07-11T15:12:22Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > Trump covered part of the White House with a tarp for “standard restoration work”. From what I saw, part of that ‘standard restoration work’ is fortifying the entrance. Now Trump is also planning to add fencing: > **[White House considering plan to add permanent fencing on Pennsylvania Ave. to...](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/white-house-considering-plan-to-add-fencing-nearby-to-bolster-security/)** > > In the plan under discussion, the Secret Service and the White House would be able to open and close sections of the fencing, sources said. At this rate, I expect a moat to show up in the next few months. Of course, if there was ever a world leader who would compromise his own security if someone offered him a giant gift, like a Trojan Horse a Qutari Jet, it’s Trump. Between the entrance, the fence and the recent ‘if I die, so will you’ threats towards Iran, maybe he’s getting paranoid. And he probably should be. I’m genuinely surprised there haven’t been any assassination attempts by other countries. And not some pissed off immigrant squeezing off a few rounds before getting killed. I mean like some other country’s version of Seal Team Six showing up in the middle of the night and offing him. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2026, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5034 "2026-07-11T20:08:04Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > Between the entrance, the fence and the recent ‘if I die, so will you’ threats towards Iran, maybe he’s getting paranoid. I suppose Donald IS worried about other nations working up some way of sending a missile his way. (Though it would take a _ **lot** _ of incompetence from current US air-defense, for a missile to get to the White House.) I wonder if he’s more worried about Americans coming for him, though. There’s a fair amount of military-grade weaponry floating around. Enough shoulder-fired weapons could make quite a dent in the White House. And with Donald’s poll numbers continuing to drop, he can’t count on securely-MAGA defenders being numerous enough to keep him safe. Maybe I just _ **want** _ him to fear us. But I bet he does, at least to some extent. ---
**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:** [July 11, 2026, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5035 "2026-07-11T20:31:08Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > I wonder if he’s more worried about Americans coming for him, though. There’s a fair amount of military-grade weaponry floating around. Enough shoulder-fired weapons could make quite a dent in the White House. And with Donald’s poll numbers continuing to drop, he can’t count on securely-MAGA defenders being numerous enough to keep him safe. Oh, that’s definitely what he’s worried about. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2026, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5036 "2026-07-11T20:38:09Z")
That’s what I think. He’s more likely to **claim** to be afraid of foreign terrorists, though. He’s still emotionally committed to believing that that vast majority of Americans adore him. (It’s only the Left-Wing Lunatics who don’t.) ---
**Author:** ![robby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robby/32/11048_2.png) [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2026, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5037 "2026-07-11T20:45:56Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > I prefer Ionic columns to Corinthin column because Ionic Bonding, weak as it is, is stronger than Corinthian bonding. Hey, ionic bonding isn’t weak! Ever tried to melt salt? Corinthian bonding, on the other hand, is more suited to the leather in a Chrysler Cordoba. Cue [Ricardo Montalbán](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvyTTx33PPQ). > [@CalMeacham](#): > > It’s too bad they don’t make Covalent Columns. You could make them out of diamond, or graphite. ---
**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:** [July 11, 2026, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5038 "2026-07-11T22:26:22Z")
> [@robby](#): > > Hey, ionic bonding isn’t weak! Ever tried to melt salt? Actually, I have. Quite a bit, in fact. I used to melt salt and grow crystals from the melt (NOT from Solution) using a vaiety of alkali halides. I also used to heat salt crystals up to just shy of the melting point in order to purposely introduce defects into them. This was actually a very pretty process – when you did it, it looked as if you were pouring purple or blue ink into water. Then you could reverse the electrodes\* and make the color appear to flow _out_ of the crystal. - “Reverse the Polarity”, as we’ve made fun of on this Board often enough. But sometimes it actually does work. ---
**Author:** ![robby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robby/32/11048_2.png) [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2026, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5039 "2026-07-11T23:32:35Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > > [@robby](#): > > > > Hey, ionic bonding isn’t weak! Ever tried to melt salt? > > Actually, I have. Quite a bit, in fact. I used to melt salt and grow crystals from the melt (NOT from Solution) using a vaiety of alkali halides. Wow, I’m thoroughly impressed. Not many people could answer yes to that question! ---
**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:** [July 11, 2026, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5040 "2026-07-11T23:42:11Z")
He’s probably also researched how to use facioophidian death rays to convert a person into salt. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678.md?page=251) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678.md?page=253)