# 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:** 282
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2021, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5641 "2021-06-13T15:04:33Z")
Headquarters of the Office of The Department of Redundancy Department Agency ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2021, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5642 "2021-06-13T16:18:52Z")
Headquarters of the Office of The Department of Redundancy Department Agency Corporation, LLC ---
**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:** [June 13, 2021, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5643 "2021-06-13T16:58:29Z")
I always just refer to it as HODRDAC. And I never explain the acronym… :~} If someone asks “What’s that?”, I just say “It’s pronounced Hoe-der-dack”. ---
**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:** [June 13, 2021, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5644 "2021-06-13T18:04:23Z")
Lara Trump told people living along the border to gun up. > **[Lara Trump urges Americans living near the southern border to 'arm up, get...](https://www.businessinsider.com/lara-trump-americans-near-mexico-border-arm-up-against-migrants-2021-6)** > > Lara Trump suggested that Americans living in California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas should "take matters into their own hands" against migrants. The new QAnon theory: The cicada that buzzed around Biden’s face was sent by Q. After all, the cicadas lie dormant for 17 years, and Q is the 17th letter of the alphabet. > **[QAnon followers think a cicada landing on Biden may be a veiled communication...](https://www.businessinsider.com/qanon-followers-cicadas-landing-on-biden-comms-from-q-2021-6)** > > A QAnon post linked the cicada swarm's natural emergence once every 17 years to "comms" from Q. This is because Q is the 17th letter of the alphabet. ---
**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:** [June 13, 2021, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5645 "2021-06-13T18:16:15Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > The new QAnon theory: The cicada that buzzed around Biden’s face was sent by Q. After all, the cicadas lie dormant for 17 years, and Q is the 17th letter of the alphabet.- Obviously the critter was looking for Mike Pence. ---
**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 13, 2021, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5646 "2021-06-13T18:17:22Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Obviously the critter was looking for Mike Pence. _Nobody_ is looking for Mike Pence. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2021, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5647 "2021-06-13T19:13:05Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > The new QAnon theory: The cicada that buzzed around Biden’s face was sent by Q. After all, the cicadas lie dormant for 17 years, and Q is the 17th letter of the alphabet. I read about that in a thread on another site that was initially about a q-ish theory that the Hillary Clinton we have observed is in fact a clone because the original Ms. Clinton died of kuru because of her habit of dining on babies – the biggest logical flaw not being the general absence of kuru in babies but rather the question of in what way is Ms. Clinton relevant to anything outside her family. It was upon seeing these theories that I have decided that qanon itself is no longer relevant. It seems as though their goal is to scale the heights of Mt. WTELF in order to gain exposure through the FFS channel. They need to be ignored as much as possible (kind of like wearing a mask in the grocery store) to limit the spread of infection. ---
**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:** [June 13, 2021, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5648 "2021-06-13T19:55:30Z")
Ok. Maybe some creative person can turn **“Q-WHO?”** into a meme and circulate it everywhere. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2021, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5649 "2021-06-13T20:05:33Z")
I saw a license plate the other day, “Q SENTME”. There weren’t any bumper stickers or any other clues on the vehicle to help me decide if it was supposed to be a joke. ---
**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:** [June 13, 2021, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5650 "2021-06-13T20:23:24Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > I saw a license plate the other day, “Q SENTME”. Was it on an Aston-Martin with a rotating license plate and an oil slick dispenser? ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2021, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5651 "2021-06-13T20:34:28Z")
Did it have warp drive nacelles? ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2021, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5652 "2021-06-13T22:12:52Z")
[![](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/987/383/078.png) ](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/987/383/078.png) ---
**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:** [June 13, 2021, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5653 "2021-06-13T23:33:12Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > > [@Sherrerd](#): > > > > And if they do, what difference will that make, given that Republican voters never have a problem with even the most egregious of liars? > > Nitpick: the most egregious of _Republican_ liars. > [@eschereal](#): > > > [@kaylasdad99](#): > > > > most egregious of _Republican_ liars. > > especially the ones in the Department of Redundancy Bureau This began a delightful sidetrack, but I must remind you all that the name of the song is called _Haddocks’ Eyes_. \ > [@eschereal](#): > > It was upon seeing these theories that I have decided that qanon itself is no longer relevant. … I found the theory advanced in the HBO documentary _Q: Into the Storm_, that Q is a website administrator named Ron Watkins, to be quite (!) convincing. And Ron Watkins is a singularly boring and lackluster human being. So if the _best_ he can come up with, in an attempt to excite his fans, is something about Hillary Freaking Clinton, then that is…unsurprising. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2021, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5654 "2021-06-13T23:39:37Z")
I am unconvinced that the source of the Q-ish bullshit is a single bovine asshole. They are playing with nonsense like badminton birdies. ---
**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:** [June 13, 2021, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5655 "2021-06-13T23:54:41Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > I am unconvinced that the source of the Q-ish bullshit is a single bovine asshole. They are playing with nonsense like badminton birdies. - Sure, but there did seem, for a while, to be one person “releasing” new posts, eagerly awaited by the masses. And per that documentary, there was a guy in South Africa who may well have been the first poster, but the administrator of his outlet, Watkins, took it over and locked him out. Now that Watkins is no longer admin of 8chan, apparently, there haven’t been new Q postings there. How the faithful are getting their fix these days isn’t quite clear—you may be right that a number of people are issuing “Q posts.” In any case it’s a stupid game played by stupid people who are, unfortunately, well-armed and prone to gunplay as well as to dimwitted wordplay. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2021, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5656 "2021-06-14T01:54:45Z")
A DeLorean, why? ---
**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:** [June 14, 2021, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5657 "2021-06-14T02:00:48Z")
'Twas a joke… or at least a light quip. Three of us made wry posts that implied a different Q… ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2021, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5658 "2021-06-14T02:16:17Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > I read about that in a thread on another site that was initially about a q-ish theory that the Hillary Clinton we have observed is in fact a clone because the original Ms. Clinton died of kuru because of her habit of dining on babies - picks jaw up off floor \* That… Hearing that expressed in person, the only possible reply would be a slow, stunned, wide-eyed, eyebrows-raised double-take and a quietly incredulous “Do you ever LISTEN to yourself?” ---
**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:** [June 14, 2021, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5659 "2021-06-14T02:26:00Z")
Clone or not, Lauren Boebert claims the “Clinton Crime Syndicate” just offed an Alabama news anchor. > **[Boebert Suggests 'Clinton Crime Syndicate' Behind Christopher Sign's Death](https://www.newsweek.com/lauren-boebert-suggests-clinton-crime-syndicate-behind-death-ex-tv-anchor-christopher-sign-1600188)** > > "Why is it that so many who cross the Clinton Crime Syndicate end up dead?" Boebert wrote on Sunday. Kayleigh McEnany says that, as a woman of faith, she never lied as Press Secretary. > **[Kayleigh McEnany Claims She ‘Never Lied’ as Press Secretary ‘as a Woman of...](https://www.thedailybeast.com/kayleigh-mcenany-claims-she-never-lied-as-trump-press-secretary-as-a-woman-of-faith)** > > This despite fact-checking sites finding much evidence to the contrary. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2021, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/5660 "2021-06-14T02:29:49Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > “Do you ever LISTEN to yourself?” It is the Starkly Psychotic Q Republic [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=281) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=283)