# 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:** 526
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2013, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10501 "2013-08-31T17:52:00Z")
The whole Photoshop/layers thing, IIRC, was because when somebody loaded the birth certificate into Photoshop, Photoshop rendered it into layers like I presume it does with everything you import. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2013, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10502 "2013-08-31T19:44:34Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > The whole Photoshop/layers thing, IIRC, was because when somebody loaded the birth certificate into Photoshop, Photoshop rendered it into layers like I presume it does with everything you import. No, no, he just means that fake presidents are like onions. Onions have layers. ---
**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:** [August 31, 2013, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10503 "2013-08-31T20:04:45Z")
Maybe he meant that fake presidents are like cakes; they have layers too. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2013, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10504 "2013-08-31T20:52:27Z")
Chickens\* are \*layers, but they can be fried. ---
**Author:** ![MacCat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maccat/32/216_2.png) [@MacCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacCat)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2013, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10505 "2013-08-31T21:27:34Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Chickens\* are \*layers, but they can be fried. So can GOPers. Reference John Boehner. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2013, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10506 "2013-08-31T21:38:35Z")
I’m not quite sure what you mean, but the mental image you invoke is as cheery as an hour of P.G. Wodehouse. ---
**Author:** ![MacCat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maccat/32/216_2.png) [@MacCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacCat)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2013, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10507 "2013-08-31T22:10:07Z")
Fried, according to Merriam-Webster… Synonyms besotted, blasted [slang], blind, blitzed [slang], blotto [slang], bombed, boozy, canned [slang], cockeyed, crocked, drunken, drunk, gassed, hammered [slang], high, impaired, inebriate, inebriated, intoxicated, juiced [slang], lit, lit up, loaded [slang], looped, oiled [slang], pickled, pie-eyed, plastered, potted [slang], ripped [slang], sloshed [slang], smashed [slang], sottish, soused, sozzled, squiffed (or squiffy), stewed, stiff, stinking [slang], stoned, tanked [slang], tiddly [chiefly British], tight, tipsy, wasted [slang], wet, wiped out [slang] Not to mention his tan. Or would that be toasted? Which could also be another synonym for fried. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2013, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10508 "2013-08-31T22:40:40Z")
> [@eulalia](#): > > Actually, if you read what they said, it sounds like the reason for the simulation was to illustrate the fact that if teachers are armed LEO responders might not be able to tell the difference. This sounds more like a smart republican (Yes some still exist). Aw, that’s heartwarming. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2013, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10509 "2013-08-31T22:46:47Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Maybe he meant that fake presidents are like cakes; they have layers too. The fake president is a lie! or The fake presidency is a lie! Take your pick. > [@Revtim](#): > > The whole Photoshop/layers thing, IIRC, was because when somebody loaded the birth certificate into Photoshop, Photoshop rendered it into layers like I presume it does with everything you import. I don’t know, I’ve used Photoshop a lot and it doesn’t do that for me. Trying to import things with layers is something my version of PS really doesn’t want to do. I don’t know what the administration was thinking with that release. ---
**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:** [August 31, 2013, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10510 "2013-08-31T22:49:32Z")
> [@foolsguinea](#): > > Take your pick.I don’t know, I’ve used Photoshop a lot and it doesn’t do that for me. Trying to import things with layers is something my version of PS really doesn’t want to do. I don’t know what the administration was thinking with that release. I think the BC was a .pdf and Adobe splits it into layers. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2013, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10511 "2013-08-31T23:23:21Z")
That’s probable. I can read multi-page PDF’s in PS. It’s the refusal to read multi-frame GIF’s that irks me. Still, it looked fake. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2013, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10512 "2013-09-01T00:23:21Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > The whole Photoshop/layers thing, IIRC, was because when somebody loaded the birth certificate into Photoshop, Photoshop rendered it into layers like I presume it does with everything you import. It was Adobe Illustrator, but yes that is exactly what happened. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2013, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10513 "2013-09-01T22:06:33Z")
We’ve done this? We haven’t done this. > **[Missouri tries to nullify federal health care and gun laws](https://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/08/29/1234856/-Missouri-tries-to-nullify-federal-health-care-and-gun-laws)** > > If you ever wondered what a 21st century nullification crisis would look like, look no further than Missouri. One hundred and forty eight years after the end of the Civil War, ... Missouri legislators want to bring back Nullification. OK, that’s dumb. And past that posturing, their response to PPACA? Deny and obstruct: > [@](#): > > But in Missouri, things will be even worse. Republicans there didn’t just refuse to accept billions in federal Medicaid dollars or set up their own state health care exchange. They are actively undermining any outreach or customer service for Show Me State residents seeking information about or help enrolling in new insurance plans made possible by the Affordable Care Act. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2013, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10514 "2013-09-03T01:05:53Z")
I guess I’m a bit late with this one, but it turns out that “liberating” Iraq at the cost of hundreds of billions of dollars, tens of thousands of casualties, and over 4000 American deaths, was a bad idea. The grateful nation of Iraq has announced that it will not permit US planes to fly over Iraqi air space to make strikes on Syria. However, they continue to allow Iran to fly over Iraqi air space to supply the Syrian government. ---
**Author:** ![BigAppleBucky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigapplebucky/32/178_2.png) [@BigAppleBucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigAppleBucky)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2013, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10515 "2013-09-03T02:35:24Z")
[http://www.addictinginfo.org/2013/09/01/georgia-republican-caught-bragging-about-sabotaging-obamacare-video/](http://www.addictinginfo.org/2013/09/01/georgia-republican-caught-bragging-about-sabotaging-obamacare-video/) **Georgia Republican Caught Bragging About Sabotaging Obamacare (VIDEO)** > [@](#): > > The problem is Obamacare. We’ve got to now determine what we can do to solve that problem. Let me tell you what we are doing; everything in our power to be an obstructionist. > > You have probably have heard about the exchanges. Well exchanges are coming to Georgia, not the state is not setting them up. The federal government is going to set them up. > > But we have passed a law and with the help of senator McCoon and others, we have passed a law that says that a navigator, which is a position in that exchange, has to be licensed by our Department of Insurance.The ObamaCare law says that we cannot require them to be an insurance agent, so we said fine, we’ll just require them to be a licensed navigator. So we’re going to make up the test, and basically you take the insurance agent test, you erase the name, you write ‘navigator test’ on it. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2013, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10516 "2013-09-03T04:46:07Z")
> [@](#): > > So we’re going to make up the test, and basically you take the insurance agent test, you erase the name, you write ‘navigator test’ on it. In crayon? ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2013, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10517 "2013-09-03T13:31:03Z")
* * * The TV show “Family Guy” is the reason we aren’t all Republicans. **Damn you, Peter Griffin** Now, Superman… **He** was a great Republican. [http://www.addictinginfo.org/2013/09/02/delusional-conservative-says-family-guy-cartoon-is-causing-republicans-to-lose-elections-video/#ixzz2dptFrwUw](http://www.addictinginfo.org/2013/09/02/delusional-conservative-says-family-guy-cartoon-is-causing-republicans-to-lose-elections-video/#ixzz2dptFrwUw) “Any audience of people that grew up with classical Superman automatically love this country because Superman is about the best America we can be, and when Superman was all over the pop culture we were a nation that loved this country,” Whittle said. “Now, 20 years after the peak of Superman’s popularity along comes Gilligan’s Island. That’s pretty neutral in terms of politics. Really about the only message you can get from Gilligan’s Island is if you want to get off the island all you have to do is kill Gilligan. But if you’re a young person out there today and you can finish the theme song from Family Guy, then all the anti-American, anti-capitalist, anti-Christian, anti-morality messages of Family Guy are in your head as completely and thoroughly as that theme song is… You’re programmed by the pop culture. You’re programed by story. It’s all about stories, and if we’re the villain in all of the stories that are told we’re never going to win another election again.” ---
**Author:** ![BigAppleBucky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigapplebucky/32/178_2.png) [@BigAppleBucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigAppleBucky)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2013, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10518 "2013-09-03T14:31:10Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > * * * > > The TV show “Family Guy” is the reason we aren’t all Republicans. **Damn you, Peter Griffin** > Now, Superman… **He** was a great Republican. > > [http://www.addictinginfo.org/2013/09/02/delusional-conservative-says-family-guy-cartoon-is-causing-republicans-to-lose-elections-video/#ixzz2dptFrwUw](http://www.addictinginfo.org/2013/09/02/delusional-conservative-says-family-guy-cartoon-is-causing-republicans-to-lose-elections-video/#ixzz2dptFrwUw) > > “Any audience of people that grew up with classical Superman automatically love this country because Superman is about the best America we can be, and when Superman was all over the pop culture we were a nation that loved this country,” Whittle said. “Now, 20 years after the peak of Superman’s popularity along comes Gilligan’s Island. . . . " Superman is an alien - in both meanings. Certainly illegal. How could he be a good American? ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2013, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10519 "2013-09-03T14:35:27Z")
> [@BigAppleBucky](#): > > Superman is an alien - in both meanings. Certainly illegal. How could he be a good American? He’s a good alien who knows his place – he works hard and doesn’t ask for any handouts, or he’d be a multimillioniare from all the money he’d be making from crimefighting. ---
**Author:** ![BigAppleBucky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigapplebucky/32/178_2.png) [@BigAppleBucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigAppleBucky)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2013, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/10520 "2013-09-03T14:40:30Z")
The flap over supposed non-invitations to Republicans for the August 28th 50th anniversary celebration of the I Have a Dream Speech. No GOPers spoke and no elected GOPers (except the statue of Abraham Lincoln) attended the gathering in DC last week. Faux News jumped in and said no Republicans had been invited. Turns out each and every member of Congress had been invited, but GOPers were too busy vacationing or holding “we hate Obamacare” town meetings to attend. That fact was well documented. It took a couple of days, but finally . . . . > [@](#): > > Bill O’Reilly has apologized for incorrectly stating that no Republicans were invited to participate in a ceremony this week marking the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington for civil rights and Martin Luther King Jr.'s “I Have a Dream” speech. [http://www.adn.com/2013/08/30/3050687/foxs-oreilly-i-made-wrong-claim.html](http://www.adn.com/2013/08/30/3050687/foxs-oreilly-i-made-wrong-claim.html) In fact, a couple of top GOPers had been invited to speak. The two Bush ex-presidents had also been invited, but both were forced to decline due to health issues. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=525) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=527)