# The most Republican accident ever **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 12, 2024, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-republican-accident-ever/1010153 "2024-11-12T16:54:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2024, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-republican-accident-ever/1010153/21 "2024-11-15T02:22:52Z")
Wait - are we apologizing for Republicans, evil people, or crooked politicians? Because if it is the latter, please just form an orderly line behind Illinois. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2024, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-republican-accident-ever/1010153/22 "2024-11-15T03:08:06Z")
And his ex-wife, too. Her, I knew about. But dating your patients? That’s a no-no regardless of anything else. The Episcopal Church, to which he allegedly belongs, is quite liberal, but they don’t condone things like this. (He was born in Des Moines, my hometown, right around the same time as me!) As an Iowa, I apologize for Scott King, and Kari Lake, who now lives in Arizona and the TV stations that she worked for here in Iowa don’t claim her. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2024, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-republican-accident-ever/1010153/23 "2024-11-15T16:15:54Z")
As a Kansan, I apologize for Kris Kobach (whom I’m surprised hasn’t been given a role in the new Trump administration…yet…) and our two Senators, Roger Marshall and that other Moran. ---
**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:** [November 15, 2024, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-republican-accident-ever/1010153/24 "2024-11-15T17:58:50Z")
> [@Dinsdale](#): > > Wait - are we apologizing for Republicans, evil people, or crooked politicians? In my case Proxmire was a dem, but he acted like a repub. Anti-everything good. McCarthy was, however, the perfect repub. “Us v Them, you’re either with us or against us.” ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2024, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-republican-accident-ever/1010153/25 "2024-11-15T18:20:37Z")
Grimm, Grimm, where have I heard that name before. Oh, right, he’s also an asshole who threatened to throw a reporter off a balcony: > **[Rep. Grimm Apologizes for Threatening to Throw Reporter Off Balcony](https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2014/01/rep-grimm-threatens-to-throw-reporter-off-balcony-on-camera)** > > Rep. Michael Grimm threatened to "break" a reporter in half. ---
**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:** [November 15, 2024, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-republican-accident-ever/1010153/26 "2024-11-15T20:06:09Z")
It’s a wonder he survived the fall, because I’m sure the Grimm reaper was ready. ---
**Author:** ![Tatterdemalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2024, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-republican-accident-ever/1010153/27 "2024-11-15T20:25:12Z")
> [@RitterSport](#): > > Oh, right, he’s also an asshole who threatened to throw a reporter off a balcony: Well he can’t do that now that he’s paralyzed from the chest down. ---
**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:** [November 15, 2024, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-republican-accident-ever/1010153/28 "2024-11-15T20:45:14Z")
Maybe the horse was a friend of the reporter. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2024, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-republican-accident-ever/1010153/29 "2024-11-15T23:40:08Z")
I remember that story. Didn’t know it was the same person! (Karma, perhaps?) ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2024, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-republican-accident-ever/1010153/30 "2024-11-15T23:44:41Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > On behalf of New York, I want to apologize to America for sending you Donald Trump, George Santos, Rudy Giuliani, and now Michael Grimm. In our defense, we didn’t want them to stay here. If we’re doing that, I have to apologize on behalf of the state of Connecticut for George W Bush (born there but raised in Texas). ---
**Author:** ![Tatterdemalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2024, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-republican-accident-ever/1010153/31 "2024-11-16T05:35:47Z")
I live in California these days, but I feel no need to apologize for Ronald Reagan. Since I wasn’t here then. As a then resident of North Carolina, I feel I should apologize for Jesse Helms. The evil of the Republican party is ancient and deep. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2024, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-republican-accident-ever/1010153/32 "2024-11-16T18:06:42Z")
As a Hawai’i resident, I apologize for Tulsi Gabbard. I believe one of her fellow ISKON (Hare Krishna) cultists is in my music class. He usually keeps his mouth shut, so we leave him be. But he radiates weird. ---
**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:** [November 17, 2024, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-republican-accident-ever/1010153/33 "2024-11-17T06:17:26Z")
Tulsi Gabbard is Hari Krishna? That’s news to me. The Hari Krishnas are deeply weird but also very kind. For whatever reason, all of their restaurants are named “Govinda” which I am too lazy to research. I assume named after a god. They used to have an outreach/recruiting service at my local university, so for the cost of listening to chanting and bells, I could get a free vegan meal of exceptional quality. Naturally, the food came from Govinda. When I was in Mumbai, the cheapest accomodation was run by Hari Krishnas, with a restaurant called… Govinda. I will end this hijack now, praise Govinda. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2024, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-republican-accident-ever/1010153/34 "2024-11-17T06:38:38Z")
> [@scudsucker](#): > > The Hari Krishnas are deeply weird but also very kind. For whatever reason, all of their restaurants are named “Govinda” which I am too lazy to research. I assume named after a god. Yep. According to [Govindas.au](https://govindas.au/about-us/): > At the core of Govindas lies an inherent commitment to the care and support of our cows. The name “Govinda,” synonymous with Krishna, translates to “One who gives pleasure to the senses and protects the cows.” ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2024, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-republican-accident-ever/1010153/35 "2024-11-17T06:51:50Z")
> [@scudsucker](#): > > The Hari Krishnas are deeply weird but also very kind. Sure. But Tulsi is not “very kind,” as far as I can tell. Or at least, that “kindness” ends up espousing repugnant views. Her fellow traveler (who was raised on Maui in the same cult she was, based on what he has told us), said to us: “If you think it is important to have a woman president, support Tusli Gabbard. She is a Trump person, and Trump is in power, so she can be our first female president.” Yeah, no. ---
**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:** [November 17, 2024, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-republican-accident-ever/1010153/36 "2024-11-17T07:13:55Z")
> [@CairoCarol](#): > > Yeah, no. Well, John Lennon espoused them for a while… “Bow down mister, for Hare, Hare Krishna…” and he’s the same guy who wrote the very liberal “Imagine”. Wait. I said I would not pursue this hijack. Mea culpa. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2024, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-republican-accident-ever/1010153/37 "2024-11-17T07:46:46Z")
> [@scudsucker](#): > > not pursue this hijack. Mea culpa. I’ll follow your lead! ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2024, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-republican-accident-ever/1010153/38 "2024-11-17T09:21:33Z")
If Grimm had followed the lead maybe he wouldn’t have fallen off the horse. ---
**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:** [November 17, 2024, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-republican-accident-ever/1010153/39 "2024-11-17T10:52:40Z")
> [@scudsucker](#): > > Well, John Lennon espoused them for a while… And George Harrison; just listen to the song “My Sweet Lord”, which is praising Krishna and eventually chants “Hare Krishna” toward the end. Really good song, I’ll say. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2024, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-republican-accident-ever/1010153/40 "2024-11-17T17:04:47Z")
“Hare Krishna” in My Sweet Lord isn’t referring to the Hare Krishnas (i.e., ISKCON). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-republican-accident-ever/1010153.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-republican-accident-ever/1010153.md?page=3)