# Stupid Republican idea of the day **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 26, 2009, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897 "2009-03-26T18:48:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 370
**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:** [October 27, 2012, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7381 "2012-10-27T05:27:23Z")
> [@NineLineMan](#): > > > [@MOIDALIZE](#): > > > > If there’s one thing you shouldn’t try to get past the Left, it’s a [bad Photoshop.](http://www.buzzfeed.com/zekejmiller/romney-campaign-appears-to-exaggerate-size-of-neva) > > That’s definitely NOT photoshopped. They’ve used the Panorama function built into the camera where you take one photo, manually pan and take another one, repeating as needed. The camera then automatically merges them to make one wide photo. It’s not very sophisticated and those types of cloning artifacts are common. > > Someone approved that photo for use after just glancing at it and didn’t notice. > > If something could be either insidious or incompetent, it’s usually the latter. It’s definitely been Photoshopped, IMO. Aisles were lined up to make them appear to exist and the support structure is overlaying the crowd, instead of being able to see crowd “thru” it. At first I didn’t think it was 'shopped; I just thought it was a bad panorama thing, like **NineLineMan**. However, I know where that is; I live right down the road from it. That’s [Henderson Pavillion](http://www.cityofhenderson.com/cultural_arts_tourism/pavilion_overview.php), right here in Henderson, NV. It’s got 2,444 fixed seats and room for maybe another 1,500 on the grass above the roofed area, as the website notes. Not sure how many people Romney claimed came to see him there, but the picture as published is definitely misleading. [This site has non-jobbed pictures](http://ht.ly/eJppt) starting with the 4th one down the page. The 9th one down shows that the grass is somewhat less packed than the first couple seem to indicate. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2012, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7382 "2012-10-27T05:34:48Z")
My stupid Republican thing of the day is that John Sununu hasn’t sued someone to [take this site down](http://www.nndb.com/people/097/000024025/). Why? Feast your eyes: > [@](#): > > George HW Bush’s chief of staff, former governor of New Hampshire. Allegedly has an eidetic memory and a 180 IQ. Enjoys the music of Zamfir, master of the Pan flute. No one can stay relevant with a bio like that. NO ONE! ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2012, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7383 "2012-10-27T05:51:15Z")
mwahahahahahahahaaaaa… ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2012, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7384 "2012-10-27T05:59:23Z")
Once again, a Republican accepts a party line without questioning it: **Sununu has obviously accepted Zamfir as the acknowledged “Master of the Pan Flute”. But has ANYone from the Right asked themselves "_How much competition was there?_"** ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2012, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7385 "2012-10-27T06:05:47Z")
> [@Mr.Greenjeans](#): > > From [here](http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/10/25/pennsylvania-bill-requiring-women-to-prove-they-were-raped-is-withdrawn.html): > > “A Pennsylvania bill that would have limited welfare benefits for low-income mothers—unless they could prove their newborns were a result of rape—has been withdrawn by the lawmakers who introduced it after a wave of criticism following its announcement.” > So they’re backing off on it, but it certainly was a stupid idea. Wait, I thought the GOP position was that women’s magical vagina powers stop rape babies? ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2012, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7386 "2012-10-27T06:09:36Z")
If women’s bodies can “shut down” unwanted pregnancies, what’s all the fuss about abortion, anyway? Huh, guys? ---
**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2012, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7387 "2012-10-27T06:31:23Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > [This site has non-jobbed pictures](http://ht.ly/eJppt) starting with the 4th one down the page. The 9th one down shows that the grass is somewhat less packed than the first couple seem to indicate. None of the pictures show up for me. So I started reading the comments. Then I started to develop a deep loathing for all humanity. ---
**Author:** ![NineLineMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9e8a1a/32.png) [@NineLineMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NineLineMan)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2012, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7388 "2012-10-27T08:12:36Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > It’s definitely been Photoshopped, IMO. Aisles were lined up to make them appear to exist and the support structure is overlaying the crowd, instead of being able to see crowd “thru” it. At first I didn’t think it was 'shopped; I just thought it was a bad panorama thing, like **NineLineMan**. I had a closer look. I’m right. [“doctored” photo](http://s6.postimage.org/mrg0owy69/A56y_UDVCMAEi_9z.jpg) [Highlighted seams](http://s6.postimage.org/nwa2uakn5/A56y_UDVCMAEi_9z_seams.jpg) - all vertical. [Highlighted cloned areas](http://s6.postimage.org/k16orq1hd/A56y_UDVCMAEi_9z_sections.jpg) [Photo with cloned areas removed](http://s6.postimage.org/pa1ppljwh/A56y_UDVCMAEi_9z_contracted.jpg). That is not the work of a professional photographer, that’s a staffer not using a compact camera properly. The inaccurate result doesn’t even look much more impressive than the accurate one. Although now I’m a bit angry at the site posted by MOIDALIZE. [This picture of claimed alterations](http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/web03/2012/10/26/14/enhanced-buzz-20739-1351276397-3.jpg) is hogwash, but I’ll put that down as incompetent with a dash of seeing-what-you-want-to-see. ---
**Author:** ![NineLineMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9e8a1a/32.png) [@NineLineMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NineLineMan)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2012, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7389 "2012-10-27T08:29:25Z")
Missed the edit window… [Here are the four images combined](http://s6.postimage.org/qqhtlhc75/A56y_UDVCMAEi_9z_all.jpg) to make it easier to compare. ---
**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:** [October 27, 2012, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7390 "2012-10-27T08:40:08Z")
> [@NineLineMan](#): > > I had a closer look. I’m right. > > [“doctored” photo](http://s6.postimage.org/mrg0owy69/A56y_UDVCMAEi_9z.jpg) > [Highlighted seams](http://s6.postimage.org/nwa2uakn5/A56y_UDVCMAEi_9z_seams.jpg) - all vertical. > [Highlighted cloned areas](http://s6.postimage.org/k16orq1hd/A56y_UDVCMAEi_9z_sections.jpg) > [Photo with cloned areas removed](http://s6.postimage.org/pa1ppljwh/A56y_UDVCMAEi_9z_contracted.jpg). > > That is not the work of a professional photographer, that’s a staffer not using a compact camera properly. The inaccurate result doesn’t even look much more impressive than the accurate one. > > Although now I’m a bit angry at the site posted by MOIDALIZE. [This picture of claimed alterations](http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/web03/2012/10/26/14/enhanced-buzz-20739-1351276397-3.jpg) is hogwash, but I’ll put that down as incompetent with a dash of seeing-what-you-want-to-see. Okay, now that I’ve seen your pics there, including the composite, I’ll grant that it sure seems more like shitty photography than Photoshop. The point stands, I think, that the photo as published was misleading. ---
**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:** [October 27, 2012, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7391 "2012-10-27T08:41:18Z")
> [@waterj2](#): > > None of the pictures show up for me. So I started reading the comments. Then I started to develop a deep loathing for all humanity. What? You didn’t like that last picture? [The one of the kid with the Mark of the Beast on his forehead](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/A57Mcy7CMAEhEhH.jpg)? 😛 Let’s go to the quarry and throw stuff down there! ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2012, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7392 "2012-10-27T15:23:45Z")
John Scalzi weighs in on the whole rape thingie with a [fan letter from a rapist](http://whatever.scalzi.com/2012/10/25/a-fan-letter-to-certain-conservative-politicians/) to his pals in the GOP. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2012, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7393 "2012-10-27T16:00:25Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > The point stands, I think, that the photo as published was misleading. Well, yeah, but “campaign doesn’t bother to pay professional photographer despite allegedly huge event” is less stupid than “campaign can’t photoshop for shit”. ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2012, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7394 "2012-10-27T16:54:05Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > John Scalzi weighs in on the whole rape thingie with a [fan letter from a rapist](http://whatever.scalzi.com/2012/10/25/a-fan-letter-to-certain-conservative-politicians/) to his pals in the GOP. Wow. :eek: Thank you for sharing this. I wonder if the men who most need to read this… nah. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2012, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7395 "2012-10-27T17:09:02Z")
Sorry, that one doesn’t quite have the Odor of Truth to it, not to me anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Billy-o](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e8c25b/32.png) [@Billy-o](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billy-o)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2012, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7396 "2012-10-27T18:10:15Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > John Scalzi weighs in on the whole rape thingie with a [fan letter from a rapist](http://whatever.scalzi.com/2012/10/25/a-fan-letter-to-certain-conservative-politicians/) to his pals in the GOP. Just in case others missed it, John Scalzi says in the first comment that the letter is fictional. [QUOTE=John Scalzi] For those of you who didn’t figure it out earlier, this is satire. However, just because it is satire, does not mean it’s intended to be funny. [/QUOTE] ---
**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:** [October 27, 2012, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7397 "2012-10-27T18:15:59Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > John Scalzi weighs in on the whole rape thingie with a [fan letter from a rapist](http://whatever.scalzi.com/2012/10/25/a-fan-letter-to-certain-conservative-politicians/) to his pals in the GOP. That was excellent. I hope the whole country reads it. Thanks for linking it. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2012, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7398 "2012-10-27T18:47:29Z")
> [@Mr.Greenjeans](#): > > The seeming obsession with rape makes me think of [this](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_urvjCXg6c). (Audio is probably NSFW.) > > Charming. Seriously, what’s with the recent epidemic of bizarre rape-related comments by Repub guys? Are they all infecting one another? ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2012, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7399 "2012-10-27T19:04:39Z")
> [@vivalostwages](#): > > Seriously, what’s with the recent epidemic of bizarre rape-related comments by Repub guys? Are they all infecting one another? Check out The Daily Show’s “surprisingly recurring” new segment: [Republican Candidate Said What About Rape Now?](http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-october-25-2012/republican-candidate-said-what-about-rape-now-) ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2012, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/7400 "2012-10-27T22:46:22Z")
> [@vivalostwages](#): > > Seriously, what’s with the recent epidemic of bizarre rape-related comments by Repub guys? Are they all infecting one another? I gather it’s perceived as a way of condemning abortion that carries fewer risks than just saying “we should ban abortion.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=369) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=371)