# The Republican Party is the Party of Evil **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 4, 2021, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187 "2021-03-04T17:43:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 106
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2023, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/2102 "2023-08-10T04:17:32Z")
> [@JohnGalt](#): > > Kristi Noem, governor of South Dakota, campaigned on having the most transparent administration ever. In politics, the less you plan to do about something, the more you must talk about it. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2023, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/2103 "2023-08-10T16:22:19Z")
That’s why Republicans are so concerned about “grooming” by LGBT people. They are afraid of the competition. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2023, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/2104 "2023-08-13T01:22:59Z")
[Nevada Republican Senate candidate Sam Brown created a committee to help get other GOP candidates elected, but most of the money seems to have gone to paying down his own debts.](https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/12/politics/sam-brown-pac-debt-payments-kfile/index.html) It’s not really stupid or evil, but I wasn’t sure where else to put it. It’s creative, anyway. I have to wonder if the other candidates are unhappy with his apparent scheme, or unhappy they didn’t think of it first. It’s not even illegal, just borderline shady, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2023, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/2105 "2023-08-13T03:27:45Z")
Anti-democratic fascists: > ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2023, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/2106 "2023-08-16T02:39:05Z")
[Vivik Ramaswamy says the US should only defend Taiwan until we have “semiconductor independence,” then we can let China have it.](https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/vivek-ramaswamy-let-china-attack-taiwan-2028) I don’t know how much this policy will help him on the campaign. Is it a popular one? Just letting China absorb them? ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2023, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/2107 "2023-08-16T03:10:07Z")
I was kindof liking him until this. Hes lost me now. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2023, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/2108 "2023-08-16T04:22:01Z")
The problem (apart from being evil) is I think Taiwan will always have more advanced manufacturing processes. Googling around, it appears that TSMC is opening some 3nm chip plants here in the US to go online in the next couple years. (Which is itself almost a miraculous win for the US.) But at the same time they go online, TSMC will be producing 2nm chips in Taiwan. For context, the best chips I could find being manufactured in the US right at this moment are 7nm. Taiwan started producing 3nm chips last year. Still, I’m shocked that we’re only a couple years away from producing 3nm chips here in the US. It looks like Intel has independently and aggressively started their own effort to produce 3nm chips here at home, plus Biden’s CHIPS act is essentially pouring gasoline on a spark to jump start similar efforts in general. I’ve seen comparisons to both the US investment in the space race as well as the World War II production effort in terms of ramping up US chip production. That is all very heartening. But I still don’t know that we ever actually reach Taiwan’s level. For example, I don’t see anybody talking about producing 2nm chips in the US. All the hope and good news is about being only a couple years away from starting to produce 3nm chips. Part of the problem is that all the money in the world won’t help without skilled labor to run the fabs. We just don’t have enough warm bodies in the pipeline. Immigration is our best hope on that front, but unfortunately that’s a hard sell politically. Corrections not just welcome, but requested. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2023, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/2109 "2023-08-16T06:16:13Z")
What has he got to lose? I mean, if you think Republicans would vote for a Vivik Ramaswamy for dog catcher, let alone president, you’re nuts. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2023, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/2110 "2023-08-16T13:26:30Z")
He says he would pardon Trump and disband the FBI. MAGAts like the fist promise. R politicians the second. ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2023, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/2111 "2023-08-16T15:43:11Z")
This reminds me of a scene [from this movie](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0883102/). The main character is running for President, and they show him and his staff running through a series of political issues, figuring out the best combinations of for and against, to build a coalition that will let him win. “Pro-life, pro-gun; pro-choice, anti-gun; pro-life, anti-gun, pro-choice, pro-gun…” ---
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2023, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/2112 "2023-08-16T20:44:26Z")
Fuck the assholes who did this: > **[Trump supporters post names and addresses of Georgia grand jurors online](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/names-addresses-grand-jurors-georgia-trump-indictment-posted-online-rcna100239)** > > A fringe website featured the purported names and addresses of the Fulton County grand jury that indicted Trump and 18 others for their efforts to overturn the 2020 election. ---
**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:** [August 16, 2023, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/2113 "2023-08-16T21:06:03Z")
Why in the hell would that shit be made public in the first place?? Sounds like a serious flaw in the plan. Judges earn a handsome living, so there is some tradeoff to their being a publicly known person. Jurors earn jack shit, and serve a vital role. Why the system hasn’t got built in privacy for them is seriously fucked up. America, we dropped the ball on this one. ---
**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:** [August 16, 2023, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/2114 "2023-08-16T21:10:25Z")
nm - already posted elsewhere. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2023, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/2115 "2023-08-16T21:32:05Z")
[snip list of charged GOP pedophiles] > [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > I Googled each name, and found confirming stories on mainstream news pages for each claim. **But** _but_ but Qanon always tells me that _only_ Dems are kiddy diddlers! ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2023, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/2116 "2023-08-16T22:40:41Z")
The names of grand jury members are public in Georgia. Why, I don’t know. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2023, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/2117 "2023-08-16T23:45:05Z")
I gather that’s just how Georgia rolls. Open government makes sense, but they did not expect that an angry mob, bent on overthrowing the government would turn on their fellow citizens for doing their patriotic duty. ---
**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:** [August 17, 2023, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/2118 "2023-08-17T00:49:48Z")
Or did they…? ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2023, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/2119 "2023-08-17T01:05:24Z")
As I mentioned elsewhere, I read that the Georgia governor has no pardon powers at least partly because it was abused to let murderers of a certain skin color walk if their victims were of another certain skin color. The reason may be the same here. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2023, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/2120 "2023-08-17T22:36:25Z")
> [@EllisDee](#): > > Still, I’m shocked that we’re only a couple years away from producing 3nm chips here in the US. It looks like Intel has independently and aggressively started their own effort to produce 3nm chips here at home, plus Biden’s CHIPS act is essentially pouring gasoline on a spark to jump start similar efforts in general. I’ve seen comparisons to both the US investment in the space race as well as the World War II production effort in terms of ramping up US chip production. That is all very heartening. > > But I still don’t know that we ever actually reach Taiwan’s level. For example, I don’t see anybody talking about producing 2nm chips in the US. All the hope and good news is about being only a couple years away from starting to produce 3nm chips. I’ve been on lots of conference calls with TSMC engineers, and I worked with them on bleeding edge processors. They are very good. I agree that we’ll never quite catch up in the US, but that’s because they are going to develop new processes where their engineers are. I don’t know if TSMC practices copy exactly, like Intel did, but I wouldn’t be surprised. I’m on the committee of a digital electronics conference, and people are very excited about the CHIPS act. There is a lot of money to bring manufacturing back and to fund research. Having been directly affected and seeing the complex semiconductor supply chain (special packaging required to ship your first wafers from Taiwan to California) I think the act is great. Oh, it’s the Pit. Fuck Vivik! ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2023, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/2121 "2023-08-17T22:42:56Z")
[North Carolina’s GOP has submitted a bill to the governor to change the voting laws.](https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/08/17/politics/north-carolina-republicans-election-overhaul-cooper/index.html) Thanks to Tricia Cotham, they can override any veto. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187.md?page=105) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187.md?page=107)