# 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:** 292
**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:** [September 29, 2026, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5821 "2026-09-29T15:33:21Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > I read that Bo French defended his racism by talking about how the black and brown kids aren’t “assimilating.” I think he just assumes that word means “leaving the country”. ---
**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:** [September 29, 2026, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5822 "2026-09-29T15:34:23Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > They didn’t magically turn white or let a white kid have their spot at UT. How can they be assimilating if they don’t know their place? Yep. If you can see 'em, they jus ain’t 'similated enough. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2026, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5823 "2026-09-29T15:40:26Z")
Racist, idiotic Republicans who desperately cling to a false notion about a white country are the ones refusing to assimilate to my country, the United States. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2026, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5824 "2026-09-29T15:46:21Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > If they wear carp heads does that make them fishies? Or just fishy? Wouldn’t that be “scalies”? ---
**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:** [September 29, 2026, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5825 "2026-09-29T16:17:47Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > If the pilots like to dress up as birds does that make them featheries? > > If they wear carp heads does that make them fishies? Or just fishy? At the risk of being accused of “furry-ism” myself, I have to point out that “furries” aren’t really people who like dressing up as animals. I’ve met and mixed with furry fanatics at science fiction and anime conventions. They’re people who are obsessed with anthropomorphic animals, and like drawing them and writing fanfic about them and the like. What sets them apart from people who like reading Carl Barks comic books is a willingness to carry this obsession further, into serious fiction and sexual themes. (or maybe it isn’t, and people who like watching _Zootopia_ movies are simply low-grade furries. You decide) People who like dressing up are “fursuiters”, an that’s a whole different level than people who simply draw cute bunnies with genitalia. ---
**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:** [September 29, 2026, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5826 "2026-09-29T16:39:42Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > They’re people who are obsessed with anthropomorphic animals, and like drawing them and writing fanfic about them and the like. There’s a TV Tropes page tailor-made for people who are (as I once was) bewildered by the profusion of anthropomorphic-animal comics whose characters could just as well have been depicted as humans: > **[Furries Are Easier to Draw - TV Tropes](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FurriesAreEasierToDraw)** > > A lot of cartoons, anime, and Webcomics have Funny Animal characters. Many assume that the artists who create them are furries, and that this is why most to all of the characters are anthropomorphic animals. While this is certainly true in some … ---
**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:** [September 29, 2026, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5827 "2026-09-29T18:53:01Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > I read that Bo French defended his racism by talking about how the black and brown kids aren’t “assimilating.” What do you call it when they’re at a Longhorns game dressed like everyone else and celebrating the win? I assume he was hoping for something more like this. [![](https://wiki.fed-space.com/images/0/02/Borg_drones_regenerating.jpg) ](https://wiki.fed-space.com/images/0/02/Borg_drones_regenerating.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2026, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5828 "2026-09-29T18:57:27Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > The statement is in response to him being asked why he won’t switch parties and become a Republican. > > He thereafter corrects himself and says he meant to say “because I’m a lifelong Democrat”. > > Wrong thread. We’re still not sure what party Fetterman belongs to but he’s nailed the stupid part. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2026, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5829 "2026-09-29T19:14:38Z")
Senator Eric Schmitt (R-Missouri) earns himself another spot in this thread. Former Special Counsel Jack Smith is being questioned before Congress. The issue arose of whether Smith had been in Atlanta on a particular date in 2024. Because Schmitt was arguing that Smith had met with an Atlanta DA who was part of a plot against Donald Trump. Smith maintained he hadn’t been in Atlanta at the time. Schmitt then pulled out his big evidence. He had a poster which he held up for the cameras. The poster contained the text of phone messages Smith had sent and received on that date. And in those messages Smith talked about how he was going to the Hawks game. Schmitt said that the fact that Smith was at an Atlanta Hawks game on that date meant he was in Atlanta. Schmitt then said: _“I don’t think you know that we have this stuff. I will give you a second to process so you don’t perjure yourself. I think you’ve already perjured yourself.”_ You could just see Schmitt dreaming about how he was going to look holding up his poster in the lead story of Fox News that night. Smith then explained that he had gone to an Iowa Hawkeyes game on that date. ---
**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:** [September 29, 2026, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5830 "2026-09-29T19:23:27Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Prostitutes rarely blackmail, nor do they do tell-all interviews. Nor do they become pregnant. You don’t pay a prostitute for sex. You pay her to go away afterward. ---
**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:** [September 29, 2026, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5831 "2026-09-29T19:26:02Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Smith then explained that he had gone to an Iowa Hawkeyes game on that date. And he was able to recall the exact game, because he wanted to see Caitlin Clark play. Clark played for Iowa. As part of the heated exchange, Schmitt called Smith a ‘dirtbag’. > Schmitt went big on the allegation, telling Smith, “I don’t think you know that we have this stuff.” He urged Smith not to “perjure yourself.” He later called Smith a “dirtbag.” He later told the “Charlie Kirk Show” that he was just asking questions and seeing whether Smith would ensnare himself. Didn’t work out so well for you, did it, Senator? > **[Sen. Eric Schmitt’s basketball mixup, a confident witness and other takeaways...](https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/29/politics/jack-smith-testimony-basketball-takeaways)** > > Special counsel Jack Smith, who brought two indictments against now-President Donald Trump in 2023, testified in front of Congress again on Tuesday — this time, to the Senate Judiciary Committee. ---
**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:** [September 29, 2026, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5832 "2026-09-29T19:33:44Z")
Is this why so many Republicans think they’re going to step into a “perjury trap” when they’re asked to testify? Because that’s what _they_ would do??? ---
**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:** [September 29, 2026, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5833 "2026-09-29T19:37:49Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > Because that’s what _they_ would do??? It’s just more Dunning-Kruger. ---
**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:** [September 29, 2026, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5834 "2026-09-29T20:18:31Z")
Every accusation is a confession. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2026, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5835 "2026-09-29T21:05:57Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > > [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > > > I read that Bo French defended his racism by talking about how the black and brown kids aren’t “assimilating.” What do you call it when they’re at a Longhorns game dressed like everyone else and celebrating the win? > > I assume he was hoping for something more like this. Republican candidate Borg French ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2026, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5836 "2026-09-29T21:16:16Z")
To me, the poster was what really sold the stupidity. If Schmitt’s staff had dug up the phone messages and Schmitt had tried to use them against Smith, this would have been a reasonable mistake and it wouldn’t have been newsworthy. But Schmitt decided he wanted to make a circus act out of this. He had the messages printed up on a poster so he could hold them up for everybody to see. And then he ended up being the clown in his own circus. ---
**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:** [September 29, 2026, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5837 "2026-09-29T21:20:42Z")
I personally liked Darlene Graham learning that her brother was working with Jack Smith’s office and was prepared to be a witness for the prosecution. ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2026, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5838 "2026-09-29T21:27:13Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Schmitt then pulled out his big evidence. He had a poster which he held up for the cameras. The poster contained the text of phone messages Smith had sent and received on that date. And in those messages Smith talked about how he was going to the Hawks game. They didn’t even say that. It was just a text saying “Is 109 row 1 reserved for Jack?” and a couple of follow-ups. No mention of the Hawks at all. Now Schmitt is claiming that while he doesn’t know if Smith is lying, he knows that there were no NBA or men’s college games that night at 7:30 except the Hawks. Smith made it clear that he went to see Caitlin Clark specifically. ---
**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:** [September 29, 2026, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5839 "2026-09-29T21:39:28Z")
> [@fachverwirrt](#): > > Now Schmitt is claiming that while he doesn’t know if Smith is lying, he knows that there were no NBA or men’s college games that night at 7:30 except the Hawks. Coming up next, Schmitt doesn’t know how time zones work… ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2026, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/5840 "2026-09-29T21:41:54Z")
> [@fachverwirrt](#): > > Now Schmitt is claiming that while he doesn’t know if Smith is lying, he knows that there were no NBA or men’s college games that night at 7:30 except the Hawks. Oh, sure, Schmitt is going to back pedal. But he screwed up pretty bad and did it in public. The only ones who are going to buy his story now are the hardcore believers who were already in the right wing tent. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678.md?page=291) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678.md?page=293)