# 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:** 303
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2026, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/6041 "2026-10-18T00:10:20Z")
> [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](#): > > So…is there a _Mrs._ Ed? 😏 No, a Mrs. Oveur. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2026, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/6042 "2026-10-18T00:35:28Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > No, a Mrs. Oveur. Roger. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2026, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/6043 "2026-10-18T00:38:33Z")
Eh? ---
**Author:** ![Swords\_to\_Plowshares](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Swords\_to\_Plowshares](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swords_to_Plowshares)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2026, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/6044 "2026-10-18T21:21:48Z")
Lol. Bottom surgery takes much longer to recover than that. ---
**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 19, 2026, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/6045 "2026-10-19T03:11:42Z")
Republican candidate for Lt. Governor of Massachusetts drives drunk, crashes into _five_ parked cars and flips his own vehicle, is arrested, and drops out of the race. > **[Massachusetts GOP ticket rocked by alleged drunken crash as candidate...](https://www.foxnews.com/politics/massachusetts-gop-ticket-rocked-alleged-drunken-crash-candidate-abruptly-halts-campaign)** > > Massachusetts Republican Shawn Oliver suspended his lieutenant governor campaign after a DUI arrest following a rollover crash in New Bedford. ---
**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:** [October 19, 2026, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/6046 "2026-10-19T03:20:12Z")
I’m sure Sean Duffy is sending his thoughts and prayers and starting a PAC to keep him in the race. ---
**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:** [October 19, 2026, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/6047 "2026-10-19T05:04:42Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Republican candidate for Lt. Governor of Massachusetts drives drunk, crashes into _five_ parked cars and flips his own vehicle, is arrested, and drops out of the race. I’ve heard of a candidate crashing out of a race but God damn. ---
**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:** [October 19, 2026, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/6048 "2026-10-19T05:16:38Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Republican candidate for Lt. Governor of Massachusetts drives drunk, crashes into _five_ parked cars and flips his own vehicle, is arrested, and drops out of the race. That’s a hell of an act. What do you call it? ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2026, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/6049 "2026-10-19T06:27:28Z")
> [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](#): > > That’s a hell of an act. What do you call it? Just another day in the GOP. Or.. The Aristocrats! ---
**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 19, 2026, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/6050 "2026-10-19T11:03:25Z")
I call it one down, a couple thousand more R elected officials to go. I’m more surprised the campaign did anything but deny, distract, and delay. Or however that saying goes. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2026, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/6051 "2026-10-19T11:19:43Z")
> [@Swords\_to\_Plowshares](#): > > Lol. Bottom surgery takes much longer to recover than that. Yes, Some people are mistaking “able to go home from the hospital” or “able to resume _some_ activities” for complete recovery. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2026, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/6052 "2026-10-19T12:31:16Z")
> [@Swords\_to\_Plowshares](#): > > Lol. Bottom surgery takes much longer to recover than that. But it’s a well established fact that it is frequently done in the nurses office within a school day so it can’t be that bad. ---
**Author:** ![scudsucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scudsucker/32/14101_2.png) [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2026, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/6053 "2026-10-19T12:35:58Z")
The nurses at the school I attended probably would not have done the surgery (very religious school) but if they had, I’d have been chopped, re-constructed… and back in class within the class period with nothing but an aspirin and the expectation to not complain (very religious school) ---
**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:** [October 19, 2026, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/6054 "2026-10-19T14:26:56Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > But it’s a well established fact that it is frequently done in the nurses office within a school day so it can’t be that bad. They also let you sit in a tray of kitty litter as you recover. ---
**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 19, 2026, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/6055 "2026-10-19T14:45:50Z")
I saw a bumper sticker recently that seems on-point for this thread. > We live in an era where > intelligent people are silenced so > stupid people aren’t offended It explains so much in so few words. ---
**Author:** ![Swords\_to\_Plowshares](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Swords\_to\_Plowshares](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swords_to_Plowshares)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2026, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/6056 "2026-10-19T15:01:54Z")
If someone stupid is offended by what I say, that’s their problem. 🙂‍↕️ ---
**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 19, 2026, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/6057 "2026-10-19T15:39:59Z")
I agree with you. But a LOT of Americans do not. And as we saw in 2016 and 2024, they vote. ---
**Author:** ![Swords\_to\_Plowshares](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Swords\_to\_Plowshares](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swords_to_Plowshares)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2026, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/6058 "2026-10-19T18:01:47Z")
But they told me to “shut up, snowflake”! They can dish it out but they sure can’t take it! ---
**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 19, 2026, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/6059 "2026-10-19T19:01:03Z")
Uh huh. That is exactly the Fascist MO. Their right to be undisturbed by your existence is absolute. Your role is be trampled without complaint. ---
**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:** [October 19, 2026, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/6060 "2026-10-19T21:38:45Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > > We live in an era where > > intelligent people are silenced so > > stupid people aren’t offended > > It explains so much in so few words. The city-run natural history museum where I volunteer _used_ to have a staffed exhibit on Human Origins. It was a a table with series of skull casts ranging from _Australopithecus afarensis_ (Lucy) to _Homo sapiens_ with a chimpanzee thrown in for good measure. On Fridays when I was there is was staffed by a Christian woman, a retired school teacher. Then Mesa voters in their infinite wisdom elected a Turning Point USA endorsed mayor and doubled down by successfully recalling a city council member and replacing her with another TPUSA candidate. A couple months afterward the museum received a letter from the city manager warning the museum to not offend people by talking about evolution and climate warning. In the eight years I’ve been there this was the first time the council had said or done anything about the museum except grumble about the budget. The exhibit was closed down and hasn’t reopened since. The volunteer has shifted to another exhibit of late pleistocene megafauna and the people who hunted them. She won’t “bring up” the subject of climate change but of someone asks she will answer directly. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678.md?page=302) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678.md?page=304)