# Stupid Republican idea of the day **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 26, 2009, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897 "2009-03-26T18:48:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2131
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2019, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42609 "2019-10-30T15:03:18Z")
Yesterday, on my way to work, I was passed by a jacked up Ford F-150 with the Texas vanity plate “Q ANON”. I guess “I DIOT” was already taken. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2019, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42610 "2019-10-30T15:22:07Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > Yesterday, on my way to work, I was passed by a jacked up Ford F-150 with the Texas vanity plate “Q ANON”. I guess “I DIOT” was already taken. If I see a vehicle like that parked somewhere, the temptation to slip a “WE’RE WACHING YOU” [sic] note under the windshield wiper would be very high, spelling mistake deliberately included just to make it extra vexing. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2019, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42611 "2019-10-30T15:42:11Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > If I see a vehicle like that parked somewhere, the temptation to slip a “WE’RE WACHING YOU” [sic] note under the windshield wiper would be very high, spelling mistake deliberately included just to make it extra vexing. We’re W.A.T.C.H.ing you!" would add paranoia about a nonexistent organization to the mix. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2019, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42612 "2019-10-30T16:20:45Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > We’re W.A.T.C.H.ing you!" would add paranoia about a nonexistent organization to the mix. Omit the apostrophe, adding the requisite confusion about its true meaning, and I think you’ve got a winner. “Were W.A.T.C.H.ing you!” ---
**Author:** ![John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_stamos_left_ear/32/3198_2.png) [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Stamos_Left_Ear)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2019, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42613 "2019-10-30T16:46:33Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > If I see a vehicle like that parked somewhere, the temptation to slip a “WE’RE WACHING YOU” [sic] note under the windshield wiper would be very high, spelling mistake deliberately included just to make it extra vexing. This is also a fun exercise to do with cars that have Infowars bumper stickers, of which I have sadly seen more than a few. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2019, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42614 "2019-10-30T16:56:15Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > Omit the apostrophe, adding the requisite confusion about its true meaning, and I think you’ve got a winner. > > “Were W.A.T.C.H.ing you!” Nah-I want them to think they are being scrutinized by a mysterious organization, not a bunch of disorganized yahoos. In fact, having it printed on a card so that various doofi can compare notes(and spread the myth) would be even better. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2019, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42615 "2019-10-30T16:58:12Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Nah-I want them to think they are being scrutinized by a mysterious organization, not a bunch of disorganized yahoos. In fact, having it printed on a card so that various doofi can compare notes(and spread the myth) would be even better. Yes. let them think they are under real surveillance from some “deep state shadow government” agency - one with the power to make them “disappear”. ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2019, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42616 "2019-10-30T17:43:28Z")
> [@SteveG1](#): > > Yes. let them think they are under real surveillance from some “deep state shadow government” agency - one with the power to make them “disappear”. I’m with this. We need to start another CT to distract them. 😃 Let’s print cards. Looks less suspicious. Maybe just put “DSO” and let them think it’s Deep State Organization or something. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2019, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42617 "2019-10-30T17:46:56Z")
> [@SteveG1](#): > > Yes. let them think they are under real surveillance from some “deep state shadow government” agency - one with the power to make them “disappear”. Better get a rubber stamp or stickers made with an [official-looking (but illegible) seal/logo](https://www.google.com/search?q=official+looking+seal+logo&client=firefox-b-1-d&sxsrf=ACYBGNQHTiSy2lJQX1C-fEZkbgo7ZJCT6Q:1572457472322&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwifrb_IxMTlAhUJ7awKHdkJDnwQ_AUIESgB&biw=1267&bih=791) on it and put it on the note. Pretty easy to work up in any graphics program. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2019, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42618 "2019-10-30T17:50:40Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Better get a rubber stamp or stickers made with an [official-looking (but illegible) seal/logo](https://www.google.com/search?q=official+looking+seal+logo&client=firefox-b-1-d&sxsrf=ACYBGNQHTiSy2lJQX1C-fEZkbgo7ZJCT6Q:1572457472322&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwifrb_IxMTlAhUJ7awKHdkJDnwQ_AUIESgB&biw=1267&bih=791) on it and put it on the note. Pretty easy to work up in any graphics program. Something with a fake seal or badge on it, and an eagle. Just like scammers use 😃 ---
**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:** [October 30, 2019, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42619 "2019-10-30T17:53:51Z")
How about cards each printed with a five digit number. That’s it. Just a random five digit number in 12 point Times New Roman script. Leave them on cars in red areas. Now I have to do this. ---
**Author:** ![CaptMurdock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/captmurdock/32/11736_2.png) [@CaptMurdock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptMurdock)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2019, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42620 "2019-10-30T17:57:32Z")
> [@SteveG1](#): > > Something with a fake seal or badge on it, and an eagle. Just like scammers use 😃 And an eye. Gotta have an eye, like [the one at the top of the pyramid on U.S. currency.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3d/Dollarnote_siegel_hq.jpg) That’ll make them pee their didies. Now about W.A.T.C.H… need a good name for that acronym. All I can come up with at the top of my head is **Worldwide Agency To Contain Humankind**. Needs work. Definitely needs work. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2019, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42621 "2019-10-30T18:02:01Z")
> [@CaptMurdock](#): > > And an eye. Gotta have an eye, like [the one at the top of the pyramid on U.S. currency.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3d/Dollarnote_siegel_hq.jpg) That’ll make them pee their didies. > > Now about W.A.T.C.H… need a good name for that acronym. All I can come up with at the top of my head is **Worldwide Agency To Contain Humankind**. Needs work. Definitely needs work. Isn’t this sort of how QANON started? A fake website or something to troll the gullible? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2019, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42622 "2019-10-30T18:02:47Z")
> [@CaptMurdock](#): > > Now about W.A.T.C.H… need a good name for that acronym. All I can come up with at the top of my head is **Worldwide Agency To Contain Humankind**. Needs work. Definitely needs work. Leave the acronym as is-the paranoi will fill in the blanks better than we ever could. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2019, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42623 "2019-10-30T18:06:27Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Leave the acronym as is-the paranoids will fill in the blanks better than we ever could. I like that! ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2019, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42624 "2019-10-30T18:11:08Z")
> [@SteveG1](#): > > I like that! I have found that the _Illuminatus!_ trilogy can also be used as an instruction manual. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2019, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42625 "2019-10-30T19:19:47Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Isn’t this sort of how QANON started? A fake website or something to troll the gullible? Nope. Qanon started as an anonymous poster on a 4chan subforum vouching that they were a high level member of the White House staff and spouting random cryptic nonsense that the brain trust there started going full Nostradamus on. ---
**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2019, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42626 "2019-10-30T19:41:35Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > I have found that the _Illuminatus!_ trilogy can also be used as an instruction manual. Or [Foucault’s Pendulum](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foucault%27s_Pendulum). > [@Kobal2](#): > > Nope. Qanon started as an anonymous poster on a 4chan subforum vouching that they were a high level member of the White House staff and spouting random cryptic nonsense that the brain trust there started going full Nostradamus on. So totally not fake and not trolling the gullible. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2019, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42627 "2019-10-30T20:28:35Z")
> [@74westy](#): > > So totally not fake and not trolling the gullible. Well if you can’t implicitly trust the disjointed word soup of anonymous poster on a message board known for trollery and manipulation, who \*can \*you ? (in any case, that was merely the beginning of Qanon and that person(s) hasn’t posted in quite some time I believe. But it’s gone much, much dumber and much, much weirder from there. At this point it’s basically a madlib collage of most every conspiracy theory you can think of, but that Trump has been appointed by god their own selves to expose any day now as there’s been Signs and Prophecies all around. These people vote, BTW.) ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2019, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/42628 "2019-10-30T20:42:30Z")
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