# 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:** 217
**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:** [September 1, 2022, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4322 "2022-09-01T13:17:31Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > _desparate_? _Desperate_. 🙂 Carry on! ---
**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:** [September 1, 2022, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4323 "2022-09-01T13:22:57Z")
Come now, he was clearly just speaking French, “_des pirates_”, that is , “Of the pirates”. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2022, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4324 "2022-09-01T13:24:17Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > _Desperate_. Whoosh! ---
**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:** [September 1, 2022, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4325 "2022-09-01T13:27:16Z")
Okay. That makes more sense. ---
**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:** [September 1, 2022, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4326 "2022-09-01T18:27:05Z")
Yeah, not surprised, the ranked voting in Alaska, which was approved by the voters, is being trashed by the Republicans as a Democratic plot to steal elections. ---
**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:** [September 1, 2022, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4327 "2022-09-01T19:22:10Z")
Ron Johnson thinks we should get seniors to come out of retirement and work to fill jobs that can’t coax workers in. > ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2022, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4328 "2022-09-01T19:24:14Z")
Bonus, you can incentivize them by cutting their social security. ---
**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:** [September 1, 2022, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4329 "2022-09-01T19:25:17Z")
I’d be happy to. My rate is $140 an hour with vacations when I want them and a pension plan. ---
**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:** [September 1, 2022, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4330 "2022-09-01T19:25:48Z")
Apparently JD Vance thinks Biden is the President of Ireland and that 8 June to 19 August is one month, > > > poppyfields cafe.đŸ‡ș🇩 @DolanGeraldine ---
**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:** [September 1, 2022, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4331 "2022-09-01T19:26:28Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Ron Johnson thinks we should get seniors to come out of retirement and work to fill jobs that can’t coax workers in. - > [https://twitter.com/HeartlandSignal/status/1565403359120596992](https://twitter.com/HeartlandSignal/status/1565403359120596992) He should set the example. Get him a job at the Starbucks nearest to Ted Cruz. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2022, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4332 "2022-09-01T22:00:12Z")
Ron Johnson wouldn’t last one day being a barista. The bong-ripping coworkers would laugh his ass out of there and back to his seat next to Senator Kiss My Ass. ---
**Author:** ![velomont](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8491ac/32.png) [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2022, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4333 "2022-09-01T22:26:57Z")
> [@susan](#): > > I’d be happy to. My rate is $140 an hour with vacations when I want them and a pension plan I saw this and just my own calculations based on maintaining my current annual salary (I’m retiring in just under two years) while working half the hours and I would be asking a tad less but yes, sounds good to me. On another note - rhetorical question: what the fuck is wrong with these people? ---
**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:** [September 2, 2022, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4334 "2022-09-02T03:23:34Z")
Marge Greene is selling “ENEMY OF THE STATE” gear. If she’s an enemy of the state, shouldn’t she be arrested? ---
**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:** [September 2, 2022, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4335 "2022-09-02T03:33:13Z")
Herschel Walker says inflation hits women harder because they’re the ones who buy groceries. > **[Herschel Thinks Inflation Sucks for Women Because ‘They Gotta Buy Groceries’](https://www.thedailybeast.com/georgia-senate-hopeful-herschel-walker-thinks-inflation-affects-women-more-because-they-gotta-buy-groceries)** > > The former NFL running back listed crime, gas prices, and the economy as his key issues for women. ---
**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:** [September 2, 2022, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4336 "2022-09-02T03:35:50Z")
Mehmet Oz says that John Fetterman should fire the two convicted murderers working on his staff. Their sentences were commuted after they were found not guilty. > **[Dr. Oz Demands Fetterman Fire ‘Convicted Murderers’—Who Were Granted Clemency](https://www.thedailybeast.com/dr-oz-demands-fetterman-fire-convicted-murderers-who-were-granted-clemency)** > > The two campaign staffers are brothers who served nearly three decades in prison for a murder they did not commit. ---
**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:** [September 2, 2022, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4337 "2022-09-02T03:38:11Z")
Clarence Thomas appears in a photo with a candidate for the Senate. They aren’t even trying to pretend they aren’t prejudiced. [![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fbl-xm9XEAAPka3?format=jpg&name=large) ](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fbl-xm9XEAAPka3?format=jpg&name=large) ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2022, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4338 "2022-09-02T03:49:55Z")
To be fair: IIUC none of the money to pay for some of his children’s eating habits actually comes out of his pocket. So: Mostly 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:** [September 2, 2022, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4339 "2022-09-02T04:42:52Z")
> ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2022, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4340 "2022-09-02T04:55:54Z")
Wait, people are saying “hur dur we should sue Biden for defamation because he called us enemies of the state and facists”? Did they graduate Trump Law University School College? That’s not how this works, that’s not how any of this works. ---
**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:** [September 2, 2022, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/4341 "2022-09-02T05:11:19Z")
A few examples; [https://mobile.twitter.com/Popehat/status/1565507147722420224](https://mobile.twitter.com/Popehat/status/1565507147722420224) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=216) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018.md?page=218)