# What does "GOP" stand for these days? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 6, 2016, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-gop-stand-for-these-days/761962 "2016-08-06T18:20:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Me\_Billy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e480ec/32.png) [@Me\_Billy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Me_Billy)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2016, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-gop-stand-for-these-days/761962/21 "2016-08-09T14:36:45Z")
In my area Republicans are quite ignorant and will act like blind sheep following what someone else in the party tells them to do - even to their own detriment. So whatever stands for that! ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2016, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-gop-stand-for-these-days/761962/22 "2016-08-09T15:10:19Z")
> [@E-DUB](#): > > Gerrymander or Perish. Love it! ---
**Author:** ![JackieLikesVariety](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackielikesvariety/32/296_2.png) [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2016, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-gop-stand-for-these-days/761962/23 "2016-08-09T15:20:22Z")
> [@E-DUB](#): > > Gerrymander or Perish. that’s it! ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2016, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-gop-stand-for-these-days/761962/24 "2016-08-09T18:02:20Z")
Going Out Pathetically (one hopes) ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2016, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-gop-stand-for-these-days/761962/25 "2016-08-09T19:35:05Z")
> [@Me\_Billy](#): > > In my area Republicans are quite ignorant and will act like blind sheep following what someone else in the party tells them to do - even to their own detriment. So whatever stands for that! Going Over the Precipice. ---
**Author:** ![Punoqllads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2016, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-gop-stand-for-these-days/761962/26 "2016-08-09T19:38:46Z")
Grumpy Old People ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2016, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-gop-stand-for-these-days/761962/27 "2016-08-09T21:45:08Z")
Based on Trump’s comments today: Guns Out, Prepared. ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2016, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-gop-stand-for-these-days/761962/28 "2016-08-09T21:56:56Z")
Get Out of Politics ---
**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 9, 2016, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-gop-stand-for-these-days/761962/29 "2016-08-09T22:25:48Z")
Gaseous Obtuse Proselytizers Gamesmanship Over Politics Glue-huffing Oxycontin Partakers Guileful Oppression Purveyors Government’s Obvious Perps Genuflecting Oafs, Panderers Grade One Party Good Old Pus-heads ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2016, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-gop-stand-for-these-days/761962/30 "2016-08-09T23:38:20Z")
Gof’nn-Or Phlegeth (which I think means children forced from the realm of information in R’lyehian) ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2016, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-gop-stand-for-these-days/761962/31 "2016-08-09T23:59:35Z")
> [@Giles](#): > > Give Obama Problems > [@Colibri](#): > > Gratuitously Obstructionist Partisans > [@E-DUB](#): > > Gerrymander or Perish. These are my favs. “Genuinely Obfuscating Plutocrats” Ehh, I tried. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2016, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-gop-stand-for-these-days/761962/32 "2016-08-10T00:33:32Z")
Guns Over People ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2016, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-gop-stand-for-these-days/761962/33 "2016-08-10T23:11:29Z")
Ginormous Old Prudes ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2016, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-gop-stand-for-these-days/761962/34 "2016-08-10T23:18:41Z")
Grey, Ornery Politicos ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2016, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-gop-stand-for-these-days/761962/35 "2016-08-10T23:42:02Z")
My earlier response notwithstanding, they stand for reprehensibility. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2016, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-gop-stand-for-these-days/761962/36 "2016-08-11T01:13:10Z")
Government Ordained by Putin. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2016, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-gop-stand-for-these-days/761962/37 "2016-08-11T01:32:09Z")
**G** ood **O** ld **P** eanuts (no **R** aisins) ---
**Author:** ![Salvor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Salvor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Salvor)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2016, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-gop-stand-for-these-days/761962/38 "2016-08-11T01:40:08Z")
After the Trump wave and talk radio has destroyed their party? Geriatrics On Prozac ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2016, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-gop-stand-for-these-days/761962/39 "2016-08-11T02:25:30Z")
Gods Of Petulance ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2016, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-gop-stand-for-these-days/761962/40 "2016-08-11T15:44:00Z")
Greatest Of the Politicians especially over those retard democrats. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-gop-stand-for-these-days/761962.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-gop-stand-for-these-days/761962.md?page=3)