# Al Qaeda endorses McCain...seriously. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 27, 2008, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-qaeda-endorses-mccain-seriously/469830 "2008-10-27T20:03:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-qaeda-endorses-mccain-seriously/469830/1 "2008-10-27T20:03:14Z")
[NY Times](http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/26/opinion/26kristof.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&pagewanted=print&oref=slogin) > [@](#): > > John McCain isn’t boasting about a new endorsement, one of the very, very few he has received from overseas. It came a few days ago: > > “Al Qaeda will have to support McCain in the coming election,” read a commentary on a password-protected Islamist Web site that is closely linked to Al Qaeda and often disseminates the group’s propaganda. > > The endorsement left the McCain campaign sputtering, and noting helplessly that Hamas appears to prefer Barack Obama. Al Qaeda’s apparent enthusiasm for Mr. McCain is manifestly not reciprocated. Heh. Dude can’t catch a break, man. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-qaeda-endorses-mccain-seriously/469830/2 "2008-10-27T20:09:36Z")
That’s fairly ignorant of al Qaeda. McCain knows where Bin Laden is and how to get him. [Cite](http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/07/presidential.debate.transcript/). [QUOTE=John McCain] But the point is that I know how to handle these crises. And Sen. Obama, by saying that he would attack Pakistan, look at the context of his words. I’ll get Osama bin Laden, my friends. I’ll get him. I know how to get him. [/QUOTE] So apparently they’re endorsing McCain because they want to turn themselves in, get a nice meal and a warm bed at Gitmo. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-qaeda-endorses-mccain-seriously/469830/3 "2008-10-27T20:09:42Z")
As an ardent Barack Obama supporter, I say, whole-heartedly … who gives a fuck what Al-Qaeda says about this? I thought it was bullshit in 2004 when the right was going on and on about how Al-Qaeda wanted Kerry elected, and I think this is bullshit too. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-qaeda-endorses-mccain-seriously/469830/4 "2008-10-27T20:19:29Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > As an ardent Barack Obama supporter, I say, whole-heartedly … who gives a fuck what Al-Qaeda says about this? Not even. Like, a poster on the AQ SDMB. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-qaeda-endorses-mccain-seriously/469830/5 "2008-10-27T20:40:23Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > As an ardent Barack Obama supporter, I say, whole-heartedly … who gives a fuck what Al-Qaeda says about this? > > I thought it was bullshit in 2004 when the right was going on and on about how Al-Qaeda wanted Kerry elected, and I think this is bullshit too. I don’t care either. I just posted it because I thought it was funny and because McCain himself tried to make an issue out of Hamas praising Obama a while ago. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-qaeda-endorses-mccain-seriously/469830/6 "2008-10-27T20:57:47Z")
I see your point. But even way back when … I kind of figured something like this would swing back around to bite someone in the ass sooner or later. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-qaeda-endorses-mccain-seriously/469830/7 "2008-10-27T21:17:18Z")
They’re really pro-Nader, but they don’t want to throw their vote away. What can you do in a two-party system? ---
**Author:** ![gurujulp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ba9def/32.png) [@gurujulp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gurujulp)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-qaeda-endorses-mccain-seriously/469830/8 "2008-10-27T21:36:44Z")
> [@pravnik](#): > > They’re really pro-Nader, but they don’t want to throw their vote away. What can you do in a two-party system? It doesn’t matter who you vote for, either way your planet is doomed. DOOMED! ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-qaeda-endorses-mccain-seriously/469830/9 "2008-10-27T22:11:47Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > I don’t care either. I just posted it because I thought it was funny and because McCain himself tried to make an issue out of Hamas praising Obama a while ago. Dude, please don’t pull a **Reeder**. You’ve got better skills than that. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-qaeda-endorses-mccain-seriously/469830/10 "2008-10-27T23:09:22Z")
> [@pravnik](#): > > They’re really pro-Nader, but they don’t want to throw their vote away. What can you do in a two-party system? This should get a prize! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-qaeda-endorses-mccain-seriously/469830/11 "2008-10-27T23:15:48Z")
Al Queda can endorse John McCain all they want, but I won’t vote for him. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-qaeda-endorses-mccain-seriously/469830/12 "2008-10-27T23:18:12Z")
> [@Yeticus\_Rex](#): > > Dude, please don’t pull a **Reeder**. You’ve got better skills than that. How am I pulling a Reeder? I didn’t say this meant anything about McCain and I posted it in MPSIMS. It’s also valid to rub McCain’s nose in this since he tried to do it to Obama. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2008, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-qaeda-endorses-mccain-seriously/469830/13 "2008-10-27T23:58:51Z")
Wasn’t their website hacked a little while ago? _ponders who the suspect could be…_ ---
**Author:** ![ASAKMOTSD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/919ad9/32.png) [@ASAKMOTSD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASAKMOTSD)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2008, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-qaeda-endorses-mccain-seriously/469830/14 "2008-10-28T00:47:08Z")
More material for SNL! Yay! ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2008, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-qaeda-endorses-mccain-seriously/469830/15 "2008-10-28T00:55:37Z")
It makes perfect sense. These are the guys who want to die martyrs and get free virgins in the afterlife. McCain is more likely to help them achieve their goal. ---
**Author:** ![Desert\_Nomad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desert_nomad/32/177_2.png) [@Desert\_Nomad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desert_Nomad)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2008, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-qaeda-endorses-mccain-seriously/469830/16 "2008-10-28T01:11:32Z")
If Al Qaeda wants McCain, then they can get their American citizen members (surely there must be one or two) to vote for him. Hopefully Obama wins and America can stop pissing off the rest of the world and instilling the kind of passion and hatred that drove the 9/11 attackers. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2008, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-qaeda-endorses-mccain-seriously/469830/17 "2008-10-28T04:44:55Z")
> [@Desert\_Nomad](#): > > If Al Qaeda wants McCain, then they can get their American citizen members (surely there must be one or two) to vote for him. > > Hopefully Obama wins and America can stop pissing off the rest of the world and instilling the kind of passion and hatred that drove the 9/11 attackers. France gets pissed off at us, but I don’t see Alphonse and Marcel bombing our buildings. England gets pissed off at us, but I don’t worry for a second about Nigel and Percy launching suicide missions on our soil. Wanna try again? ---
**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2008, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-qaeda-endorses-mccain-seriously/469830/18 "2008-10-28T05:06:46Z")
> [@astorian](#): > > France gets pissed off at us, but I don’t see Alphonse and Marcel bombing our buildings. > > England gets pissed off at us, but I don’t worry for a second about Nigel and Percy launching suicide missions on our soil. > > Wanna try again? It’s been a long time since the US dropped bombs on Europe though… ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2008, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-qaeda-endorses-mccain-seriously/469830/19 "2008-10-28T05:16:17Z")
> [@Ale](#): > > It’s been a long time since the US dropped bombs on Europe though… Nah, barely 10 years. Serbia. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/59ef9b/32.png) [@Don\_t\_fight\_the\_hypothetical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_fight_the_hypothetical)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2008, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-qaeda-endorses-mccain-seriously/469830/20 "2008-10-28T06:21:22Z")
ETA: Beaten to it by **Gatopescado**. > [@The\_Second\_Stone](#): > > Al Queda can endorse John McCain all they want, but I won’t vote for him. But wait, didn’t you once say… oh, I get it. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-qaeda-endorses-mccain-seriously/469830.md?page=2)