# 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:** 65
**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:** [July 16, 2025, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/1281 "2025-07-16T22:51:25Z")
You owe me a quart of brain bleach. ---
**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:** [July 16, 2025, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/1282 "2025-07-16T22:53:58Z")
I’ll put you on the list. The tanker truck is stuck in traffic. ---
**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 16, 2025, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/1283 "2025-07-16T23:25:35Z")
Brain bleach might also be subject to tariffs. ---
**Author:** ![Zoobi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/13edae/32.png) [@Zoobi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoobi)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2025, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/1284 "2025-07-17T22:59:29Z")
Well the Epstein “scandal” has already petered out. I honestly can’t believe anyone actually believed that this time was going to hurt him. ---
**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 17, 2025, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/1285 "2025-07-17T23:08:03Z")
> [@Zoobi](#): > > Well the Epstein “scandal” has already petered out. Based on what?! Just look up “Epstein scandal” online and you’ll see tons of articles from just the past couple days from major media outlets. It is still going very strong and the Trump toadies haven’t even come close to dealing with it. Even Trump is keeping it in the news cycle. > **[Trump Points the Finger in Bizarre Epstein Excuse Rant](https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-doubles-down-and-points-the-finger-in-bizarre-epstein-excuse-rant/)** > > The president is spinning as hard as he can and insulting his own fans again. I have no idea what rock you’re under. ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2025, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/1286 "2025-07-18T00:19:12Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > Brain bleach might also be subject to tariffs. It might even explain Rump! What’s all this about a ‘vein condition’? It looks like he’s melting…! ( Did any of you spray water on him !? ) > **[White House says Trump diagnosed with vein condition](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1jw1pdyp0jo)** > > The White House says bruising on his hands is consistent with damage from frequent handshakes while taking aspirin. [![](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/620b/live/f1c95d70-634e-11f0-8dbd-f3d32ebd3327.jpg.webp) ](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/620b/live/f1c95d70-634e-11f0-8dbd-f3d32ebd3327.jpg.webp) ---
**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:** [July 18, 2025, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/1287 "2025-07-18T00:43:39Z")
Maybe if he didn’t try to tear off his shakee’s hand, handshakes would have a less violent effect on his own idiot hand. ---
**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 18, 2025, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/1288 "2025-07-18T01:37:37Z")
Oldsters gonna old. I hate to say anything neutral to positive about the criminal in chief, but that, my friends, is pure nothingburger. ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2025, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/1289 "2025-07-18T01:56:01Z")
Sir, you have got to find a better burger chain. That is Disgusting! ---
**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 18, 2025, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/1290 "2025-07-18T02:07:10Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > I hate to say anything neutral to positive about the criminal in chief, but that, my friends, is pure nothingburger. Yeah, probably, for your average octogenarian. But they’ve been doing a lite version of the Kim Jong Il propaganda, where they claim the guy didn’t even need to defecate. > **[Kim Jong Il: 10 weird facts, propaganda](https://www.cbsnews.com/media/kim-jong-il-10-weird-facts-propaganda/)** > > Global Post: North Korea's late "Dear Leader" built up a personal mythology that included some bizarre claims > It is reported that Kim’s official biography on the North Korean state web site, which has since been taken down, claimed that Kim did not defecate. Enough said. Would it be a scandal to learn he actually poops? Of course not. Of course he does. Every living human does. What makes it interesting is for there to be a concession about this sort of thing after so many years of denying it. For a recap of the Trump propaganda, see this flashback: [NPR - Doctor: Trump Dictated Letter Attesting To His ‘Extraordinary’ Health (May 2018)](https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/05/02/607638733/doctor-trump-dictated-letter-attesting-to-his-extraordinary-health) > “If elected, Mr. Trump, I can state unequivocally, will be the healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency,” Dr. Harold Bornstein, a gastroenterologist from Lenox Hospital in New York, wrote at the time. > > The letter said that a recent medical exam showed “only positive results” for the then-candidate and that “his physical strength and stamina are extraordinary.” And from earlier this year, he is in “excellent health”. > **[Trump in excellent health, says White House doctor](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy9vx1v1rx1o)** > > Doctors also found Trump has scarring "on the right ear from a gunshot wound", after last July's assassination attempt. So any admission that he’s a human being seems like a pretty big shift. That’s the story. ---
**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:** [July 18, 2025, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/1291 "2025-07-18T02:09:09Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > But they’ve been doing a lite version of the Kim Jong Il propaganda, where they claim the guy didn’t even need to defecate. But he does sweat a lot. ---
**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 18, 2025, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/1292 "2025-07-18T02:09:33Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > But he does sweat a lot. No, no, that’s a divine glow! ---
**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2025, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/1293 "2025-07-18T02:09:53Z")
Yeah, a real shit load. ---
**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 18, 2025, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/1294 "2025-07-18T04:33:27Z")
So we’re all suggesting that Kim, and by extension trump, are full of shit? Is that the message I’m getting from all this no defecation propaganda? ---
**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:** [July 18, 2025, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/1295 "2025-07-18T06:25:49Z")
Reminds me of the joke about the crockagator. “He has the head of a crocodile on one end and the head of of an alligator on the other,” “How, then, does he shit?” “He doesn’t. That’s what makes him so mean.” ---
**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 18, 2025, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/1296 "2025-07-18T11:47:59Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > No, no, that’s a divine glow! I think that’s just the product he uses in his hair so tall and full of body. [![](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/09/43/50/0943503262a698327d269bd7ad5a0f0a.jpg) ](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/09/43/50/0943503262a698327d269bd7ad5a0f0a.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![SailorHG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@SailorHG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SailorHG)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2025, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/1297 "2025-07-18T16:41:09Z")
> [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](#): > > a ‘vein condition’ Diagnosing him with a “vain condition” would have been more accurate. ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2025, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/1298 "2025-07-18T21:23:32Z")
> [@SailorHG](#): > > Diagnosing him with a “vain condition” would have been more accurate. If I could diagnose that orange son-of-a-bitch through a computer screen, I’d be only glad to do so… if I could be payed with a case of Iranian Caviar shipped to my doorstep.. It would never happen. As Iran goes, it’s what I’d call a “Cheap F-ck State”. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2025, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/1299 "2025-07-18T21:31:21Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > “only positive results” Positive results is not what one wants to hear from your doctor. Positive on every STD, and we think we found some new ones. You are positively obese. And on, and on and on… ---
**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 18, 2025, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/1300 "2025-07-18T21:38:44Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Positive results is not what one wants to hear from your doctor. I imagine this is how Trump reacts to getting bad news from his doctor. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/aI0euMFAWF8/hqdefault.jpg "Mr. Burns is Indestructible") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aI0euMFAWF8) Also, the “Three Stooges Syndrome” is the analogy I used in the past for one way he evaded legal consequences after the egregious crimes he committed late in his first term and after he was no longer in office. He committed so many crimes that it was a struggle to keep up with them. (The same goes for his public image… Any man accused of so many crimes _must_ be subject to persecution; clearly no one person could actually commit so many massive crimes in a relatively short period of time.) Sigh… 🫩 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678.md?page=64) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678.md?page=66)