# NEW Stupid Republican Idea of the Day (Part 4)

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**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")\
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**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2025, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-4/1014678/481 "2025-03-31T21:04:55Z")

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At the risk of creating an in-thread zombie, I’m quoting the following from [this post](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/3362) by @Smapti in July of 2022:

> … If you want a taste of what Washington is like outside of the Puget Sound metropolis, go about 30 miles south of Olympia on I-5 and look for the Uncle Sam billboard which has been displaying far-right whack-a-doodle talking points ever since the current owner’s father got peeved at the Eisenhower administration for running the freeway through the middle of his land.

Why? Because according to the Seattle Times, [the billboard is being sold](https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/uncle-sam-billboard-property-is-for-sale-future-messaging-uncertain/) (along with the land it sits on). It will — or at least may — be interesting to see what, if anything, will change about the messaging.

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