# 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:** 61
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2022, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1202 "2022-05-24T04:09:35Z")
This is more of a SCOTUS being evil, but it was a vote of 6-3, with the three being the liberal justices. SCOTUS has [ruled](https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/23/politics/supreme-court-prisoners-federal-court-evidence/index.html) that federal courts are banned from hearing new evidence that was not previously presented in state court as a result of the defendant’s ineffective legal representation. Clarence Thomas wrote in his opinion that the federal court should not be allowed to override the state’s “core power to enforce criminal law.” ---
**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 24, 2022, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1203 "2022-05-24T08:48:12Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > My wife done died while giving birth > But whitey’s on the moon Pretty much. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2022, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1204 "2022-05-24T14:39:41Z")
Slimeball Ken Paxton, Texas AG and all around felonious grifter, still hasn’t gone to trial seven years after being charged with a felony. And, he keeps getting re-elected. Republicans sure do love their criminals. Party of law & order my ass! > **[Seven years later, still no trial for Texas AG Ken Paxton](https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-dallas-houston-ken-paxton-62273089acc4feb70dd64349bc398f5d)** > > AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Not many people charged with felony crimes go seven years without ever standing trial. One of them is Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. The twists and turns of how the Republican, who is on the cusp of winning the GOP... ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2022, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1205 "2022-05-24T14:59:23Z")
Ha! I’m organizing a bunch of Dems to vote Bush in today’s runoff election. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2022, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1206 "2022-05-24T15:03:35Z")
It is so odd to hope for a Bush to win. But, that’s where we are today. ---
**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 24, 2022, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1207 "2022-05-24T16:46:24Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > Republicans sure do love their criminals. Party of law & order my ass! Law and Order only applies to the blacks. And Mexicans. Occasionally poor whites. ---
**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 24, 2022, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1208 "2022-05-24T16:56:52Z")
That’s just to prove they aren’t _totally_ racist. “See? We convicted Cletus of murder after he tied that ni---- black man to his bumper and dragged him to death for sassing him!” ---
**Author:** ![The\_Librarian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_librarian/32/402_2.png) [@The\_Librarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Librarian)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2022, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1209 "2022-05-24T20:22:37Z")
You forgot “and was filmed from 3 different angles”. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2022, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1210 "2022-05-24T20:23:28Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > It is so odd to hope for a Bush to win. But, that’s where we are today.   What is publicly known about this Bush-du-jour? Does he have any established public history? Does he have a scintilla of integrity? He is the son of Jeb! Bush, who I vaguely remember as having a scintilla of integrity (for Bush Republican anyway). If he will become a future star in the Pub party, will he be a tolerably-borderline-honest Conservative Republican, or a clone of Uncle W/Cheney? /JAQ ---
**Author:** ![SwissMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@SwissMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwissMan)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2022, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1211 "2022-05-24T23:00:11Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > Does he have a scintilla of integrity? No, he does not. George P. previously tried to portray himself as a compassionate conservative a la his uncle (his first major public appearance was at the 2004 RNC, where he gave a speech). After 2016, he went full on MAGAt, and is doing everything he possibly can to court Trump’s favor. He is the worst kind of political opportunist. ---
**Author:** ![Tatterdemalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/43a26b/32.png) [@Tatterdemalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tatterdemalion)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2022, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1212 "2022-05-25T01:45:40Z")
A Bush then? ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2022, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1213 "2022-05-25T02:06:34Z")
Yeah, there weren’t any true options. But _fuck_ Ken Paxton! ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2022, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1214 "2022-05-25T02:25:39Z")
Does anyone in the mainstream media even know who George P. Bush is? I saw one article earlier today that said he is the grandson of two former presidents. (Figure out the family relationships there. This sounds like something that might have been true of ancient Egyptian Pharaohs.) I saw another article that said he is the nephew of W and the grand-nephew of HW. I don’t think that’s right. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2022, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1215 "2022-05-25T05:18:04Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > I saw one article earlier today that said he is the grandson of two former presidents. […] > I saw another article that said he is the nephew of W and the grand-nephew of HW. I don’t think that’s right. You are correct, of course. George H. W. Bush had sons George W. Bush and Jeb Bush (plus other children, but never mind that for now), and George P. Bush is Jeb Bush’s son. So George P. Bush is a grandson of one former president and a nephew of another. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2022, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1216 "2022-05-25T16:56:00Z")
> **[Republican Ghouls Send Identical Tweets After 21 Killed at School](https://gizmodo.com/republican-twitter-texas-school-shooting-ghouls-ted-cru-1848973888?_ga=2.179007331.618976372.1653323949-1382109904.1629502360)** > > Politicians like Ted Cruz have developed a special formula for 'thoughts and prayers' on Twitter. Note that the dipshit Karen Democratic Senator from Arizona also copy and pasted. Not a shred of original content - thoughts and prayers - no empathy - no recognition of the magnitude of loss. “But what about my guns?” ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2022, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1217 "2022-05-26T17:25:17Z")
> **[Mitch McConnell: ‘Get Your Crying Done Now Because We’re Not Passing Shit’](https://www.theonion.com/mitch-mcconnell-get-your-crying-done-now-because-we-r-1848977425)** > > WASHINGTON—In a press conference addressing the community of Uvalde, TX, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell reportedly urged those affected Thursday to get their crying done now because he wouldn’t be passing shit. “Go ahead and shed some... ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2022, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1218 "2022-05-26T17:59:03Z")
Amusing, but it _is_ satire. You know that right? ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2022, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1219 "2022-05-26T18:04:31Z")
My jaw hit the floor. Then I read the upper left… ---
**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:** [May 26, 2022, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1220 "2022-05-26T18:12:44Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > Amusing, but it _is_ satire. You know that right? The Onion has been in a decline for many years now, because we’re largely beyond satire at this point. I mean, how surprised would you be to find out that he’d actually said that? ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2022, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1221 "2022-05-26T18:29:44Z")
Honestly, if the headline hadn’t said “shit”, it probably would have taken me a minute. And I doubt it’s far off from what he’s thinking. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187.md?page=60) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187.md?page=62)