# NEW Stupid Republican Idea of the Day (Part 2) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 7, 2022, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018 "2022-02-07T00:52:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 108
**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:** [May 19, 2022, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2142 "2022-05-19T21:38:26Z")
This person appears to have a law degree from Georgetown, which only goes to show that one can earn a sheepskin merely by checking all the right boxes on the multiple-choice final exam. Her [source for this bullshit](https://abyssum.org/2022/04/07/aborted-babies-bodies-burned-to-generate-electricity/) appears to be a site called _Abyssus Abyssum Advocat_, run by a guy whose credentials include getting into the Catholic priesthood (which means everything he says _must be true_). ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2022, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2143 "2022-05-19T21:47:44Z")
Loser Donald reportedly demanded in a White House meeting that Michigan’s secretary of state be executed. > **[Michigan election chief: Trump suggested I be arrested for treason and executed](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2022-election/michigan-election-chief-trump-suggested-arrested-treason-executed-rcna29406?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_np)** > > Jocelyn Benson said she was told that the former president made the remark in a White House meeting. A Trump spokesman accused Benson of lying. ---
**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:** [May 19, 2022, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2144 "2022-05-19T22:32:37Z")
The House has passed a bill to crack down on price gouging at gas stations by a vote of 217-207. Every single republican voted NO. ---
**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:** [May 19, 2022, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2145 "2022-05-19T22:41:05Z")
A Republican running for Congress in Virginia has sued Barnes & Noble and the school district for maing “obscene” books available to kids in school. > **[Barnes & Noble Being Sued in Virginia Beach Over GENDER QUEER, COURT OF...](https://bookriot.com/barnes-noble-being-sued-in-virginia-beach-over-gender-queer-court-of-mist-and-fury/)** > > A Virginia lawyer and state delegate has filed a restraining order against Barnes & Noble for carrying GENDER QUEER. ---
**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:** [May 19, 2022, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2146 "2022-05-19T22:43:54Z")
The Republican candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania says he could choose a Secretary of State who could decertify the voting machines with the stroke of a pen. > ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2022, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2147 "2022-05-19T23:11:49Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > The House has passed a bill to crack down on price gouging at gas stations by a vote of 217-207. Every single republican voted NO. The bill seems pretty dumb, frankly: > **[BILLS-117hr7688ih.pdf](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117hr7688ih/pdf/BILLS-117hr7688ih.pdf)** > > 235.77 KB As far as I can tell, the aggravating factors limit it to an individual seller that’s charging a much higher price than others in the area–but that’s exactly the case that normal market forces already deal with easily. It does nothing to address overall price increases, or in addressing cartel-like behavior from suppliers. This one seems as much a case of “we’re trying to fix the problem but meanie Republicans are preventing it” as “the Democrats are doing nothing to stop the high prices”. Rational people should be delighted by increased prices. They provide a strong market signal toward EVs. Increased demand for EVs increases their prices, which funds investment in battery factories and the like. All of this stuff is very expensive and takes years. Decades of artificially low fuel prices have set back the EV transition, and a minor amount of pain now is the price we pay for waiting so long. ---
**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:** [May 19, 2022, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2148 "2022-05-19T23:12:39Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > The Republican candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania says he could choose a Secretary of State who could decertify the voting machines with the stroke of a pen. . And of course here Mastriano is breaking with Republican tradition by saying something that is fundamentally true. The question is: what proportion of Pennsylvania voters are actually determined to deep-six democracy, and make Ben Franklin’s famous remark (“a republic, if you can keep it”) newly relevant? ---
**Author:** ![SwissMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@SwissMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwissMan)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2022, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2149 "2022-05-19T23:47:56Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > This person appears to have a law degree from Georgetown, which only goes to show that one can earn a sheepskin merely by checking all the right boxes on the multiple-choice final exam. There does indeed exist a wide gulf between knowledge and wisdom. We have far too many educated fools in this country. ---
**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:** [May 19, 2022, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2150 "2022-05-19T23:50:37Z")
The Wizard to Scarecrow: I can’t give you any brains but I _can_ give you a diploma. ---
**Author:** ![SwissMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@SwissMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SwissMan)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2022, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2151 "2022-05-19T23:52:37Z")
TBF, I think the Wizard’s gifts to each of Dorothy’s friends were intended as metaphors to illustrate that they possessed the qualities that they had sought all along, they just didn’t realize it. If I peered into the ear holes of some of these right wingers, however, I’m betting I could see all the way through to sunshine… ---
**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:** [May 19, 2022, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2152 "2022-05-19T23:55:32Z")
Through all that bone? ---
**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:** [May 20, 2022, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2153 "2022-05-20T00:16:15Z")
You could hear all the way to the sunshine on the other side. What does sunshine sound like, you ask? Orange. It sounds orange, and slightly vinegary. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2022, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2154 "2022-05-20T01:36:19Z")
Business Insider asked Elon Musk for comment on the sexual harassment story yesterday morning, just a few hours before he started panic-tweeting about fake news and declared that he’s now a Republican. [https://mobile.twitter.com/tysonbrody/status/1527422747139260416](https://mobile.twitter.com/tysonbrody/status/1527422747139260416) [https://mobile.twitter.com/tysonbrody/status/1527423170797617168](https://mobile.twitter.com/tysonbrody/status/1527423170797617168) Welcome to the thread, Elon, you piece of shit! I wonder if @nate will be along to explain how the big bad libtards left Elon with no choice but to whip his dick out in front of an employee. ---
**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:** [May 20, 2022, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2155 "2022-05-20T03:24:40Z")
A guy whose Twitter account says “Wendy’s Fry Cook - I like to make memes - PARODY.” tweeted that Costco was going to raise the price of their hot dogs by one dollar. It only took The GOP two hours to retweet it and blame Biden. > **[House GOP swallows fake news on Costco hot dog price hike](https://www.salon.com/2022/05/19/swallows-fake-news-on-costco-hot-dog-price-hike/)** > > Who would've guessed that news from a Twitter user called @JohnWRichKid was false? Not the GOP ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2022, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2156 "2022-05-20T03:29:43Z")
I don’t know where else to put this, but this is hilarious! > **[Video: George W. Bush laughs off verbal slip referencing Iraq invasion | CNN...](https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2022/05/19/george-w-bush-iraq-verbal-slip-lon-orig-tp.cnn)** > > The former president, 75, misspoke during a speech about democracy in Dallas -- and blamed the blunder on his age. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2022, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2157 "2022-05-20T03:53:58Z")
Similarly, a gas station in Auburn, WA, which is located near a racetrack and sells racing fuel not intended for street use, recently upgraded some of their pumps to display a four-digit price since that fuel is much more expensive than regular gas. The alt-right rags are now breathlessly reporting it as proof that Biden is going to make you pay $10 for a gallon of unleaded. > **[No, an Auburn gas station is not anticipating $10/gallon regular gas prices](https://www.king5.com/article/money/auburn-gas-station-10-dollar-fuel-prices/281-fb2e04e6-1501-4a8c-8ef2-e6553cd0a08f)** > > A gas station in Auburn says it added digits on its pricing pumps to accommodate prices on racing fuel, but some headlines made the situation seem much different. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2022, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2158 "2022-05-20T03:57:42Z")
You might could put it 45 posts ago. 😃 > [@NEW Stupid Republican Idea of the Day (Part 2)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2110): > > Here’s a blast from the past - Dubya’s back with an all-new foot-in-mouth-disease moment! ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2022, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2159 "2022-05-20T06:20:00Z")
Alex Jones says men in the '60s had penises three times the size of men today. > **[Alex Jones tells InfoWars viewers of rapid shrinkage in men's genital size](https://www.rawstory.com/alex-jones-2657357988/)** > > Far-right podcaster and conspiracy theory promoter Alex Jones claims that men have penis size only a quarter of the size of their grandfathers during a segment on "gay frogs."“That’s why genitals, I don’t care if you’re black or white, are a third of... Now according to Google, in 2020 the average penis size was 5.1-5.5 inches, so we can conclude that your typical Boomer was packing a johnson about 15-16 inches long. I know the readership of this board skews older - would any of you Titans Among Men (or the women who I assume were absolutely terrified of them on their wedding night) care to confirm this? ---
**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:** [May 20, 2022, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2160 "2022-05-20T06:28:18Z")
Is Alex speaking for himself? ---
**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:** [May 20, 2022, 8:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2161 "2022-05-20T08:59:31Z")
Unlikely. Many woman have, upon seeing him, immediately said “What a massive dick.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=107) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=109)