# NEW Stupid Republican Idea of the Day (Part 3) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 4, 2023, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588 "2023-07-04T21:42:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 54
**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 15, 2023, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1061 "2023-09-15T03:42:53Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > I’m not sure whether to go with the “I thought getting woke was the POINT of coffee” joke, or the “Please, Donny, we all know it’s not coffee **thats got your mind racing” joke.** - More like stripping the gears. ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2023, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1062 "2023-09-15T04:08:56Z")
I don’t feel insulted, but you misunderstood me. I don’t see anything redeeming about her, she is a horrible, selfish, attention seeking twit. I despise the fact that she is making certain stereotypes about GED recipients seem true. She’s an idiot, and I would not be at all surprised if the rumors you mentioned are true. It would actually explain a lot. I’ve known people who have taken the GED. It is a somewhat difficult test, and I can’t imagine a shallow joker like her actually doing the work and having the brain power to actually pass it. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2023, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1063 "2023-09-15T04:41:58Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > And I’d like the guy making my takeout food to know something about food safety rules. [No kidding!](https://news.yahoo.com/botulism-outbreak-linked-sardines-bordeaux-142607063.html) ---
**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:** [September 15, 2023, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1064 "2023-09-15T08:13:35Z")
I’d assumed it was a reference to this: > **[Pork sliders sold by Republican House candidate who supports QAnon gave...](https://www.salon.com/2020/07/14/pork-sliders-sold-by-republican-house-candidate-who-supports-qanon-gave-customers-diarrhea-records/)** > > Lauren Boebert's pork sliders allegedly poisoned dozens at a local rodeo, sending some home with bloody diarrhea ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2023, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1065 "2023-09-15T12:05:29Z")
FWIW, 22 members of congress have only a high school education (or GED). I think with Boebert, the issue isn’t that she has a GED, it’s that she’s stupid. But people conflate the two and it’s easier and quicker to make fun of her GED situation than come up with concrete examples of her being stupid. It’s unfortunate in that it puts that much more stigma on having a GED. As I saw people on reddit saying, make fun of her for being stupid, not for having a GED. On the other hand, making fun of her for getting a GED is like making fun of someone for graduating high school after repeating their senior year 4 times. You did it, but maybe you shouldn’t be one of the people running the country and making decisions for the rest of us (especially when it comes to decisions about education). > [@LSLGuy](#): > > Her behavior in Denver certainly was all about celebrity her letting her ego run wild. Presumably there’s some monetizing going on as well. My first guess (or, rather, my concern) is that she’s just acting as a distraction. I could certainly see someone that needs/wants to do something without the entire country noticing and offering her something in exchange for her rodeo clown services. However, this is nothing new for her. It’s either who she actually is or it’s an act for attention, but I don’t think it’s something she’s doing for hire. This article was written before she was a member of congress and covers her arrests going back to 2010. > **[Congressional candidate Lauren Boebert has a history of minor arrests, court...](https://www.denverpost.com/2020/08/27/lauren-boebert-arrests-colorado-3rd-mitsch-bush/)** > > Congressional candidate Lauren Boebert — who often espouses a pro-police, law-and-order message on the campaign trail — has been arrested and summonsed at least four times over the past decad… ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2023, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1066 "2023-09-15T12:18:35Z")
Sorry for the hijack but given that the primary job of Congress is to draft and vote on _laws_, law school attendance might be expected from most members. Uneducated representatives are one reason why we have laws drafted by lobbyists and special interest groups. ---
**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 15, 2023, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1067 "2023-09-15T14:08:45Z")
Someone should point out she’s wearing a tan dress. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2023, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1068 "2023-09-15T15:52:51Z")
I liked the Liberal Redneck’s take on Boebert: > **[Liberal Redneck - Boebert's Undying Trashness](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIcqkzVN6Dw%2F)** > > Never been a more WT Congressperson than Boebert, y'all. PIA Link: https://www.piavpn.com/TraeTour/Book: www.traecrowder.com ---
**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:** [September 15, 2023, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1069 "2023-09-15T18:05:44Z")
> [@smithsb](#): > > She failed the GED multiple times. Is there a good citation for this claim? I’ve heard it multiple times but trying to research it I only see it on blogs, twitter and Reddit. Its well established that got the GED one month before the primary after a “four course study” but I’m not finding a good source for the multiple tries claim. ---
**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:** [September 15, 2023, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1070 "2023-09-15T18:22:11Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Don Jr. is now selling anti-woke coffee. I trust their suppliers can certify that all beans are harvested by slave labor on land that was recently burned rain forest. Otherwise its too woke for me. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2023, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1071 "2023-09-15T18:47:59Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > > [@smithsb](#): > > > > She failed the GED multiple times. > > Is there a good citation for this claim? I’ve heard it multiple times but trying to research it I only see it on blogs, twitter and Reddit. Its well established that got the GED one month before the primary after a “four course study” but I’m not finding a good source for the multiple tries claim. Wait, what? She’s supposed to only have passed the GED just before the primary election? And people voted for her? ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2023, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1072 "2023-09-15T19:12:02Z")
The people who voted for her were Republicans. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2023, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1073 "2023-09-15T19:13:04Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > I trust their suppliers can certify that all beans are harvested by slave labor on land that was recently burned rain forest. Otherwise its too woke for me. It’ll be funny when it’s shown that he’s actually using fair trade beans. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Librarian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_librarian/32/402_2.png) [@The\_Librarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Librarian)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2023, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1074 "2023-09-15T20:37:51Z")
Stop right there. You want to know who my suppliers are? Are you some kind of woke commie n&&&&&? You want to see paperwork from my suppliers? ---
**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:** [September 15, 2023, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1075 "2023-09-15T20:43:00Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > She’s supposed to only have passed the GED just before the primary election? [So says Snopes](https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/boebert-ged-months-before-election/) – no mention of her failing it numerous times (seems as though she only got it in order to be elected), and they do not give the name of the ringer who took it for her. TBF, if one has just passed such a test, the info should be fairly fresh in one’s ~~sieve~~ mind. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2023, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1076 "2023-09-16T00:15:06Z")
Maybe they’re Goya beans? ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2023, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1077 "2023-09-16T00:34:08Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Please stop saying that. In ‘20, the vote total was about 158M, or two-thirds of the electorate, so, overall, less than a third voted for Individual-ONE, just over a third for Joe. That’s even worse. That means that two thirds of the country are just fine with Trump and his ilk. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2023, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1078 "2023-09-16T00:42:09Z")
New video from inside the theater shows Boebert groping her date’s crotch while he paws her breasts. > **[Rep. Lauren Boebert and Date Grope Each Other's Crotches in New Theater Video](https://www.tmz.com/2023/09/15/congresswoman-lauren-boebert-boobs-crotch-beetlejuice-musical/)** > > Rep. Lauren Boebert's night inside a Denver theater was way more handsy than it initially appeared -- new video shows her groping her date's crotch as he aggressively paws at her breast. ---
**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 16, 2023, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1079 "2023-09-16T00:52:12Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > New video from inside the theater shows Boebert groping her date’s crotch while he paws her breasts. > > [Rep. Lauren Boebert and Date Grope Each Other's Crotches in New Theater Video](https://www.tmz.com/2023/09/15/congresswoman-lauren-boebert-boobs-crotch-beetlejuice-musical/) - At least they’re both of legal age. ---
**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:** [September 16, 2023, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/1080 "2023-09-16T01:03:40Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > That means that two thirds of the country are just fine with Trump and his ilk. You are counting the non-voters, I assume. Most likely around 20~25% of those eligible to vote either DNGAFF or simply lack the motivation/intellect to GAF.        Of the remaining 8~13%, they do understand the issues but fail to see the value in supporting one side or the other, or feel such crushing despair from voting for shit vs turds that “fuck it” is the response that they can gin up.        To say that non-voters are “just fine with” the CFSG is a pathetic misrepresentation of the situation. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=53) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=55)