Did she really say that? Rep. Renee Elmers, R-N.C., during a meeting of conservative women in Congress, was quoted as saying that their male colleagues, when discussing policy, need to "bring it down to a woman's level."


Also noted in the mid-summer wave of stupidity was an incident involving Justin Gray, a TV Washington correspondent who was flying back to D.C. from Orlando, Fla. A TSA agent stopped him and asked to see his passport. Gray wasn't carrying a passport because he thought his D.C. driver's license should have been sufficient. Confused, Gray asked the agent: "Do you not know what the District of Columbia is?" It became clear that he didn't. Gray eventually was able to board his flight after talking to the agent's supervisor.

And finally, as the Palestine terrorist group Hamas continued to fire rockets at  U.S. ally Israel, the U.S. government finalized a deal to provide the  group's leading supporter, Qatar, with $11 billion worth of weaponry.