# 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:** 65
**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:** [June 21, 2022, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1282 "2022-06-21T20:31:06Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > She also didn’t say she wanted Biden to die. She said she wants somebody else to take his office. You glossed over the “May his days be few…” part. ---
**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:** [June 21, 2022, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1283 "2022-06-21T20:53:55Z")
Devil, scripture, y’all know the drill… ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2022, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1284 "2022-06-21T21:08:55Z")
Hm, the last few posts raises the question: what did _the Bible_ mean by “days be few”: in office or in life specifically? Surely there must be a way to look up the original language online, but fat lot of good it would do me… ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2022, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1285 "2022-06-21T21:15:18Z")
> [@Leaper](#): > > Hm, the last few posts raises the question: what did _the Bible_ mean by “days be few”: Well, if you would read up 7 posts,… > [@SunUp](#): > > Psalm 109:8 - “May his days be few, may another take his office” > > It’s traditionally regarded as a Psalm of David. We can guess that the traditional origin of it would have been during one of David’s times out of power, either when he was pursued by a jealous Saul or usurped by Absalom. > > In the context of a hereditary monarchy, the king’s term in office doesn’t end until death, so praying for an end of reign and death are synonmous. The next verse is “May his children be fatherless and his wife a widow” which makes prayer for death unambiguous. > > So just enough plausible deniability to keep the dog whistle silent to folks who don’t get the context. so, since we all know that Bobert is a true Christian, she was quoting the word of God, and thus was praying for Biden’s death. ---
**Author:** ![Lance\_Turbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lance_turbo/32/6156_2.png) [@Lance\_Turbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lance_Turbo)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2022, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1286 "2022-06-21T21:17:30Z")
> [@Leaper](#): > > Hm, the last few posts raises the question: what did _the Bible_ mean by “days be few”: in office or in life specifically? It’s been said a couple times in the thread already, but the next line contains some subtle clues… “May his children be fatherless and his wife a widow.” ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2022, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1287 "2022-06-21T21:19:59Z")
Yeah, but I was asking _about_ the plausible deniability. I thought that the “plausible deniability” explanation could’ve been what the _Bible_ meant (as opposed to Boebert, whose meaning we all understand) and I was thinking that the actual, original, untranslated text would clarify whether “days be few” was intended by the translator to be a metaphor or not. And I see **Lance Turbo** has addressed that aspect; that I admit I’d missed. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2022, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1288 "2022-06-21T22:15:56Z")
> [@Lance\_Turbo](#): > > In addition to saying she wants someone to take his office, she said, “May his days be few.” It’s weird to ignore half of what she said. I’m not ignoring it. In a sentence which talks about somebody being replaced in office, I think the most direct interpretation of the other half of the sentence is that it refers to days in office. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2022, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1289 "2022-06-21T22:20:00Z")
> [@Lance\_Turbo](#): > > It’s been said a couple times in the thread already, but the next line contains some subtle clues… > > “May his children be fatherless and his wife a widow.” And if Boebert had quoted that line in reference to Biden, I would agree she was praying for his death. ---
**Author:** ![Lance\_Turbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lance_turbo/32/6156_2.png) [@Lance\_Turbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lance_Turbo)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2022, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1290 "2022-06-21T22:20:10Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I’m not ignoring it. Whatever you say man. > [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > She said she wants somebody else to take his office. ---
**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:** [June 21, 2022, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1291 "2022-06-21T22:25:21Z")
So, context means absolutely nothing to you? ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2022, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1292 "2022-06-21T22:27:02Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > And if Boebert had quoted that line in reference to Biden, I would agree she was praying for his death. It’s _Lauren Boebert_, ffs. This is a woman who wants to wear a Glock in Congress. ---
**Author:** ![Lance\_Turbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lance_turbo/32/6156_2.png) [@Lance\_Turbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lance_Turbo)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2022, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1293 "2022-06-21T22:55:56Z")
This isn’t new either. This shit followed Obama around from his first day in office… > **[Biblical anti-Obama slogan: Use of Psalm 109:8 funny or sinister?](https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2009/1116/biblical-anti-obama-slogan-use-of-psalm-1098-funny-or-sinister)** > > Psalms 109:8 says, 'Let his days be few; and let another take his office.' The citation is being passed around the Internet as a rallying cry against President Obama. … to his last day… > **[Sen. Perdue offers prayer for Obama: 'Let his days be few'](https://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/david-purdue-obama-pray-224185)** > > "We should pray like Psalms 109:8 says. It says, ‘Let his days be few, and let another have his office,'" Perdue said. Folks who say this know what they’re doing. Unless you believe that when David Perdue said it in 2016 he was just hoping that Obama lost his next election. 🤔 ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2022, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1294 "2022-06-21T23:00:48Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > It’s _Lauren Boebert_, ffs. This is a woman who wants to wear a Glock in Congress. I doubt very, very much that Lauren Boebert knows fuck all about bible passages. Or what they mean. She was surfing the web and thought that sounded good. These people live for sound bites that will rile up the latest mob that may support them. ---
**Author:** ![Lance\_Turbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lance_turbo/32/6156_2.png) [@Lance\_Turbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lance_Turbo)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2022, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1295 "2022-06-21T23:02:28Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > I doubt very, very much that Lauren Boebert knows fuck all about bible passages. This is true. But it wouldn’t be the first time she repeated a joke that she heard someone else say that she didn’t understand. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2022, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1296 "2022-06-22T01:35:49Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > It’s _Lauren Boebert_, ffs. This is a woman who wants to wear a Glock in Congress. I fully agree that Boebert is a horrible person and a horrible politician. But we should condemn her for the horrible things she has undeniably said and the horrible things she has undeniably done. And not speculate on the horrible things she is thinking. We shouldn’t fight dirty against the Republicans. They’re far more experienced at it. We should stick with our strongest weapon which is that we’re telling the truth while they’re telling lies. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2022, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1297 "2022-06-22T01:43:13Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > We should stick with our strongest weapon which is that we’re telling the truth while they’re telling lies. - The problem is that lies are halfway across the state before the truth is finished tying it’s shoes. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2022, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1298 "2022-06-22T01:46:34Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > we’re telling the truth while they’re telling lies This hasn’t worked since Nixon. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2022, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1299 "2022-06-22T01:54:20Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > This hasn’t worked since Nixon. Really? Is Donald Trump serving his second term right now? Republicans can tell lies about who won in 2020. Democrats can look at who’s in the White House. The Truth beat the Lies. Telling lies is easy. And it works if the other side is lazy. Telling the truth takes work. But if we’re willing to do the work, truth beats lies. ---
**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:** [June 22, 2022, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1300 "2022-06-22T01:59:08Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Republicans can tell lies about who won in 2020. Democrats can look at who’s in the White House. The Truth beat the Lies. You forgot to say _should_ before _beat_. Look at the Texas GOP’s new platform. They’re not chucking that in there because people in their state don’t believe the lies. ---
**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:** [June 22, 2022, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1301 "2022-06-22T02:06:50Z")
> [@Lance\_Turbo](#): > > {…} Folks who say this know what they’re doing. {…} Yup, and pointing it out is in no way fighting dirty against the Republicans. I mean, FOR FUCKS SAKE, calling out their dog whistles is telling the truth. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187.md?page=64) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187.md?page=66)