# NEW Stupid Republican Idea of the Day (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 22, 2020, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140 "2020-06-22T07:01:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 159
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2021, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3169 "2021-02-01T16:38:45Z")
Thanks, @Ann_Hedonia. We can always count on you. 👍🏽 > [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > The references to “8 year olds” is probably an extrapolation based on a misreading of the bill…\<_snip_\>… so total misread. What?? Someone misread a bill and spread rumors maligning the Democrats and our new Democratic President?? What is the world coming to? 😱 ---
**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:** [February 1, 2021, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3170 "2021-02-01T17:06:23Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > A crummy commercial? Sunuvabitch! There are 17 letters in “DRINK YOUR OVALTINE”. CONNECT THE DOTS, SHEEPLE! ---
**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:** [February 1, 2021, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3171 "2021-02-01T17:15:13Z")
Except it was _BE SURE TO DRINK YOUR OVALTINE_ – 25 letters. Numerology has bever been my strong suit, though. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2021, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3172 "2021-02-01T17:32:59Z")
2 + 5 = 7 Seven letters in “Clinton.” Connect the dots!!! ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2021, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3173 "2021-02-01T19:52:24Z")
I don’t go to QAnon sites; I just know that I heard the same statistic volunteered from more than one person. It’s usually the same people who say that anybody who had a heart attack is listed as a Covid death. ---
**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:** [February 1, 2021, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3174 "2021-02-01T20:54:34Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > **Title VII** of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (pursuant to the Supreme Court case Bostock v. Clayton County), **Title IX** of the Education THERE IT IS - IN PLANE SITE. Sure, they used roman numerals instead of 'murican numbers. Even a moran can reEd the REAL meaning - EiGht. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2021, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3175 "2021-02-01T21:05:53Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > I’d like to see a news item that asserts this baloney. Why? I dunno. Glutton for punishment? This one says the age of four. > **[PolitiFact - No evidence people are trying to lower the age of consent to 4](https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/oct/31/facebook-posts/no-evidence-people-are-trying-lower-age-consent-4/)** > > Unfounded conspiracy theories about public figures involved in child sex trafficking rings have lately adopted an urgent ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2021, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3176 "2021-02-01T21:07:55Z")
Alan Dershowitz has nominated Lil Jared for a Nobel Peace Prize. > **[Dershowitz nominates Kushner, aide for Nobel Peace Prize](https://thehill.com/homenews/536720-dershowitz-nominates-kushner-aide-for-nobel-peace-prize/)** > > Attorney Alan Dershowitz, who served on the legal team representing former President Trump during his first impeachment, has nominated the former president’s son-in-law and former top Wh… ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2021, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3177 "2021-02-01T21:22:25Z")
While it would be disasterous Jared to get the Peace Prize, I would love to see Trump’s face if he did. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2021, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3178 "2021-02-01T21:37:24Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > This one says the age of four. Let me be the first to state my opposition to lowering the age of consent to 4. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2021, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3179 "2021-02-01T21:45:19Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > Let me be the first to state my opposition to lowering the age of consent to 4. I’d like to point out that Mr. Kitchen _immediately_ condemned this practice, while his opponent, in the ten minutes that this has been on the internet, has remained suspiciously silent on the subject. And why haven’t any of the other candidates running during this election cycle spoken out against shooting fetuses out of t-shirt shooters? ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2021, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3180 "2021-02-01T23:10:29Z")
Someone should start a prediction thread on _“Stuff that’s so dumb, stupid, crazy, and mean that no Republican would NEVER stoop that low”_ and then just sit back and wait… ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2021, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3181 "2021-02-01T23:55:01Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > While it would be disasterous Jared to get the Peace Prize, I would love to see Trump’s face if he did. “He was always nice to me, but no one liked him, total loser, bad guy. Not a bright guy. But always nice to me.” \ > [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Alan Dershowitz has nominated Lil Jared for a Nobel Peace Prize. Someone on Twitter observed that this is roughly equivalent to Charles Manson nominating Jeffrey Dahmer for a Michelin Star. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2021, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3182 "2021-02-02T01:04:10Z")
Why is Lindsey Graham still the Chairman of the Judiciary Committee? > **[Merrick Garland still can't get a Senate hearing](https://theweek.com/speedreads/964451/merrick-garland-still-cant-senate-hearing)** ---
**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:** [February 2, 2021, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3183 "2021-02-02T01:55:21Z")
Chairman is Dick Durban (D-IL). ---
**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:** [February 2, 2021, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3184 "2021-02-02T02:28:22Z")
I stand corrected, Rick is on point. The Illinois Democrat’s request comes as the evenly split Senate has yet to pass an organizing resolution, which will determine the committees for the 117th Congress. Until the organizing resolution is approved, Republicans like Graham, of South Carolina, still hold committee gavels from the previous Congress. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2021, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3185 "2021-02-02T03:14:38Z")
Bernie Sanders was speaking on MSNBC tonight and said he expected the organizing resolution will pass tomorrow. I heartily hope he is correct. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2021, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3186 "2021-02-02T03:51:19Z")
You and me both. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2021, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3187 "2021-02-02T04:53:23Z")
A lawyer involved in the investigation into the business dealings of the Attorney General of Texas says he found a tracking device on his pickup truck. Because of course, lawyers in Texas drive trucks. > **[Lawyer tied to Texas AG probe found tracking device on truck](https://apnews.com/article/ken-paxton-texas-crime-37aa410a2a9f692227b46c6f7398de60)** > > DALLAS (AP) — A Texas lawyer says he found a tracking device on his pickup truck during an escalating court battle with a businessman at the center of an FBI investigation into Attorney General Ken Paxton... ---
**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:** [February 2, 2021, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/3188 "2021-02-02T05:05:38Z")
Why wouldn’t he drive a truck? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=158) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=160)