# 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:** 27
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2021, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/521 "2021-05-08T00:33:45Z")
[https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/colorado-gop-lawmaker-reprimanded-after-calling-colleague-buckwheat/ar-BB1gu6oe?li=BBnb7Kz](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/colorado-gop-lawmaker-reprimanded-after-calling-colleague-buckwheat/ar-BB1gu6oe?li=BBnb7Kz) At least this dickwad was honest. Oh, wait/ No he wasn’t. He’s a lying sack of shit. > “That’s an endearing term, by the way,” Holtorf continued before Benevidez hammered her gavel and called for order as some members began yelling at Holtorf. “Why are you yelling at me?” Holtorf asked before Benevidez called for a recess. Then lies about lying. > Holtorf later returned to the podium and said, "I apologize if I’ve offended anybody in any way. It is not my intent, ladies and gentlemen.” On Thursday, he went back to the podium to offer “my sincerest apologies.” “I see all of you as my brother and sisters, all created by God and equal. I cherish working with you each and every day,” he said. Translation: I am sorry if you silly ninnies got your panties in a twist. Fuck the lot you. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2021, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/522 "2021-05-08T00:41:29Z")
[https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/mcsallys-former-deputy-campaign-manager-pleads-guilty-to-stealing-campaign-funds/ar-BB1gufbo?li=BBnb7Kz](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/mcsallys-former-deputy-campaign-manager-pleads-guilty-to-stealing-campaign-funds/ar-BB1gufbo?li=BBnb7Kz) It’s getting so you can’t trust evil lying white supremacists _at all_. ---
**Author:** ![FlikTheBlue](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fliktheblue/32/10972_2.png) [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2021, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/523 "2021-05-08T00:43:23Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > Ya know what would be beautiful? If she was to leave the GOP, run as a Democrat and WIN!! > > Their fucking heads would explode. > > I would totally donate to that campaign. > [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > Please. Cheney is an evil Republican who just happens to be on the right side of one issue, one which has nothing to do with policy or the well-being of the country. We want Republicans out of all governmental positions, not another Joe Manchin only ten times more conservative. Joe Manchin is the best we can hope for from a place like West Virginia, and Cheney is probably the best we can hope for in Wyoming. IMHO Democrats should vote for Cheney in the Republican primary as the lesser evil. Her principles are wrong, but at least she has principles. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2021, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/524 "2021-05-08T02:00:25Z")
And how many times did the principled Cheney vote with the Democrats? ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2021, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/525 "2021-05-08T03:02:17Z")
Desantis is dangerous. He walks and talks like a clown, but he’s a smart little fucker. He knows how to tap into Trumpist populism but he’s an Ivy League intellect, and he’s legitimately so, unlike Trump. He’s young and the governor of a very important state. He’ll be a thorn in our asses for a while. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2021, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/526 "2021-05-08T03:04:01Z")
“I’m sorry if…” = not that sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2021, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/527 "2021-05-08T07:18:17Z")
No Representative from Wyoming will ever vote with the Democrats because Wyoming will never elect a Democrat or even a centrist Republican. This is 100% a GOP seat for the foreseeable future. But it is useful for the Democrats to have as many anti-Trump Republicans as possible in Congress so the GOP continues distracting itself and weakening its organizational power with highly public internecine battles. The comments about Cheney caucusing with Dems are fantastic nonsense. But that doesn’t mean her presence wouldn’t serve a positive functional purpose in a political sense. ---
**Author:** ![FlikTheBlue](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fliktheblue/32/10972_2.png) [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2021, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/528 "2021-05-08T12:08:38Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > And how many times did the principled Cheney vote with the Democrats? Without looking it up, my guess is that it’s probably more than 0% and less than 5%. That’s because their principles are different than the Democrat’s principles. To use a sports analogy, here’s how I see it. It’s as if the Blueville Donkeys (possibly) have a choice between playing either the Redtown Elephants, who are a bunch of assholes, vs. playing against the Orangetown Shitgibbons who are not only a bunch of assholes, but have also bribed the umpires and the scorekeepers. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2021, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/529 "2021-05-08T17:10:00Z")
Cercaise, for someone who seems so passionate about having Cheney run as a Dem, I’m surprised you haven’t weighed in to the [P&E thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-liz-cheney-can-hold-her-seat/941554) about just that kind of scenario. Roger\_That could probably use your support. Given how you are arguing here, I actually assumed (before I checked) that you must be OP of that thread. ---
**Author:** ![DMC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dmc/32/18049_2.png) [@DMC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMC)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2021, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/530 "2021-05-08T18:12:24Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > Cercaise, for someone who seems so passionate about having Cheney run as a Dem, Assuming you mean @Cervaise, whom you quoted, I’m completely lost. I 100% agree with the entirety of their post and yet have no expectations, nor desire really, of having Cheney run as a Dem. Are you reading between some mythical lines, or did I miss something in their post. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2021, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/531 "2021-05-08T18:26:14Z")
I think I got Cercaise mixed up with Typo-negative (too many smiling skull faces) and seeing the similar arguments being made in the P&E thread about Cheney’s value (or lack there of) to the Dems, cobbled them all together in my mind along with Roger\_That. Please just ignore my post and go on your merry way. ---
**Author:** ![DMC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dmc/32/18049_2.png) [@DMC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMC)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2021, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/532 "2021-05-08T18:31:53Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > Please just ignore my post and go on your merry way. It’s all good! ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2021, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/533 "2021-05-08T18:33:54Z")
I think Richard Holtorf is a “white trailer trash redneck hayseed clodhopper asshole”. Please note that I meant that affectionately, it’s a commonly used term of endearment among my friends and family. I had no idea that anyone would be so overly sensitive as to actually think I meant to insult him with that language. ---
**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:** [May 8, 2021, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/534 "2021-05-08T20:09:22Z")
I prefer shit-kicking pig fucker as a term of endearment myself. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2021, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/535 "2021-05-09T09:04:12Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > I think I got Cercaise mixed up with Typo-negative (too many smiling skull faces) and seeing the similar arguments being made in the P&E thread about Cheney’s value (or lack there of) to the Dems Not Cheney’s value to the Dems. Her value to making the GOP heads that put a target on her explode. ---
**Author:** ![DMC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dmc/32/18049_2.png) [@DMC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMC)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2021, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/536 "2021-05-09T14:40:02Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > Cheney’s value (or lack there of) to the Dems Regarding this, I don’t think she’s particularly valuable to the Dems, I think she’s valuable to the sanity of the country. In a sane world, Liz Cheney should represent the people near the outer edge of the Republican party. Planned Parenthood and the Human Rights Campaign both give her a 0%. The League of Conservation Voters gives her a 1% rating. Club for Growth, on the other hand, gives her a 65% and the US Chamber of Commerce gives her an 82%. She has no value to the Dems from a voting standpoint and I doubt that I’d agree with her on just about any bill. She just happens to be right about the current state of her party and where it is headed. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2021, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/537 "2021-05-10T05:37:18Z")
[https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/an-arizona-gop-official-made-unverified-claims-that-covid-vaccine-turns-people-into-potted-plants/ar-BB1gy0tX?li=BBnb7Kz](https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/an-arizona-gop-official-made-unverified-claims-that-covid-vaccine-turns-people-into-potted-plants/ar-BB1gy0tX?li=BBnb7Kz) Trying to get people to NOT vaccinate. What an evil dick! ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2021, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/538 "2021-05-10T20:41:14Z")
Florida is OK with human trafficking and molestation. [https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/jeffrey-epstein-prosecution-and-perks-were-proper-florida-investigation-finds/ar-BB1gzYuu?ocid=Peregrine](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/jeffrey-epstein-prosecution-and-perks-were-proper-florida-investigation-finds/ar-BB1gzYuu?ocid=Peregrine) ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2021, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/539 "2021-05-10T20:42:05Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > Florida is OK with human trafficking and molestation. Hence Matt Gaetz. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2021, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/540 "2021-05-11T10:36:22Z")
This is both kinda evil and kinda stupid: > **[Wisconsin Assembly calls for a Constitutional convention](https://apnews.com/article/wi-state-wire-wisconsin-constitutions-business-election-2020-a31f62768cf458a7e84480421e39de34)** > > MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Assembly passed a resolution Tuesday calling for a convention of the states to consider making changes to the U... [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187.md?page=26) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187.md?page=28)