# 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:** 448
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2021, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8978 "2021-12-15T16:26:42Z")
While I’m sure many Idaho legislators are confused by things, I think this article makes it clear that stupid can have wide-ranging and long-term consequences: > **[Businesses: Idaho education politics are hurting state](https://apnews.com/article/technology-business-legislature-idaho-higher-education-7fb4037a91122477b26ff0b34c87fe1a)** > > BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Political hostility to public education in the Republican-dominated Idaho Legislature is causing some businesses to doubt the wisdom of moving to or expanding in a state that ranks at or near the bottom in what it spends on K-12... ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2021, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8979 "2021-12-15T17:59:53Z")
Called maganut last night to see what’s up in Alex Jones world. He said COVID is a bioweapon to depopulate. And the future holds a plan where “they” shut down the internet. ---
**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:** [December 15, 2021, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8980 "2021-12-15T18:06:20Z")
> [@Boycott](#): > > I find it hard to believe The Villages is a real thing. Everything about it comes across like the crap trend in the 1970s of short-lived TV shows about the wackiness and absurdity of fictional small town life. Yeah, like the one with the giant rover security balloons rolling around to keep the residents from escaping. ---
**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:** [December 15, 2021, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8981 "2021-12-15T18:14:15Z")
> [@SuntanLotion](#): > > He said COVID is a bioweapon to depopulate. An idea promoted by the same people who say it’s nothing to worry about, because it has a 99% (or whatever) survival rate. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2021, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8982 "2021-12-15T18:18:19Z")
He said catching it is much better than vaxing as your immune system is better at fighting it then. Except for those who die from it… ---
**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:** [December 15, 2021, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8983 "2021-12-15T18:40:11Z")
So, he would fight a war by drafting civilians, handing them a rifle, and sending them out to fight without – you know – _training_ them first? Because the cauldron of war so so much better at teaching them to fight than that stupid boot camp is. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2021, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8984 "2021-12-15T19:23:48Z")
At this point I’m fine with COVID parties. Let’s see how that works out. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2021, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8985 "2021-12-15T20:07:46Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > Yeah, like the one with the giant rover security balloons rolling around to keep the residents from escaping. Be seeing you… ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2021, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8986 "2021-12-15T20:11:36Z")
Is that a security balloon? Or is it a blancmange? ---
**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:** [December 15, 2021, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8987 "2021-12-15T20:15:34Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Is that a security balloon? Or is it a blancmange? - Only Scotch can save us now. ---
**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:** [December 15, 2021, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8988 "2021-12-15T20:27:28Z")
> [@susan](#): > > At this point I’m fine with COVID parties. Let’s see how that works out Here is how it works out. They get infected, and spread that infection to family, friends, and total strangers. This gives COVID more time to mutate. Still fine with COVID parties? ---
**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:** [December 15, 2021, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8989 "2021-12-15T21:23:33Z")
OK, the perpetrator wasn’t a cop at the time, he’s a former cop, so I’ll put it here instead of the evil cop thread. A former Houston cop has been indicted for running a truck off the road because he was convinced that the truck driver was transporting 750,000 fraudulent ballots. > **[A former Houston police captain was indicted for trying to prove voter fraud...](https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/2021/12/14/415492/ex-houston-police-captain-indicted-on-bogus-voter-fraud-conspiracy/)** > > Former Houston police captain Mark Aguirre is accused of running a man off the road and pointing a gun at his head in an attempt to prove a bogus voter fraud conspiracy. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2021, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8990 "2021-12-15T21:27:10Z")
Well, in my fantasy, they die first (note: I do not wish it upon them). Do I want them wandering around infecting others? No. Are they doing that anyway even without my random fantasy element? Yup. ---
**Author:** ![Akaj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/akaj/32/145_2.png) [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2021, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8991 "2021-12-15T21:28:43Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > A former Houston cop has been indicted for running a truck off the road because he was convinced that the truck driver was transporting 750,000 fraudulent ballots. It took a whole year just to indict this guy? What the actual fuck? ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2021, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8992 "2021-12-15T21:56:19Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > Yeah, like the one with the giant rover security balloons rolling around to keep the residents from escaping. What is this village? I want information. IN FOR MATION! ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2021, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8993 "2021-12-15T23:32:02Z")
You won’t get it. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2021, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8994 "2021-12-16T01:25:18Z")
By Hook or by Trump we will. ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2021, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8995 "2021-12-16T01:58:24Z")
> [@Akaj](#): > > It took a whole year just to indict this guy? What the actual fuck? In heavily Democratic controlled Harris County no less. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2021, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8996 "2021-12-16T13:33:43Z")
> [@Akaj](#): > > It took a whole year just to indict this guy? What the actual fuck? Guessing he had to undergo a psychiatric evaluation. But that should only take 5 minutes. He’s clearly Coo Coo for Coco Puffs. ---
**Author:** ![Boycott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boycott/32/6741_2.png) [@Boycott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boycott)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2021, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140/8997 "2021-12-16T14:01:02Z")
Astounding the depths people were going to destroy their reputations. All in the name of Donald Trump. It’s unbelievable. There was a very long piece in the Atlantic a week or two ago that said that most of the Jan 6th rioters were well-off middle class people. What’s going on? I was upset when my candidates lost but not enough to take it out in public never mind break the law. It’s funny that I have a feeling a lot of the most ardent Trump supporters probably never liked the guy all those years he was on television as a narcissistic blowhard. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=447) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140.md?page=449)