# Al Quada calls Obama a "house negro"! Is it "on"?!
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-quada-calls-obama-a-house-negro-is-it-on/473486
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [November 19, 2008, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-quada-calls-obama-a-house-negro-is-it-on/473486 "2008-11-19T18:37:21Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2008, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-quada-calls-obama-a-house-negro-is-it-on/473486/1 "2008-11-19T18:37:21Z")
[Link!](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081119/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_al_qaida_obama)
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### Author:  [@Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2008, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-quada-calls-obama-a-house-negro-is-it-on/473486/2 "2008-11-19T18:38:28Z")
Al Qaeda has turned into a bunch of Internet trolls. Do not feed. đ
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### Author:  [@Gus\_Gusterson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gus_Gusterson)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2008, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-quada-calls-obama-a-house-negro-is-it-on/473486/3 "2008-11-19T18:38:56Z")
You bet your ass itâs on! Now we have to âbring itâ.
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### Author:  [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2008, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-quada-calls-obama-a-house-negro-is-it-on/473486/4 "2008-11-19T18:40:02Z")
House Negro.
Heh.
Who here thinks that Osama Bin Laden will suddenly turn up before GWB is out of office, making everything right as rain for the Republicans.
Anyone?
Bueller?
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### Author:  [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2008, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-quada-calls-obama-a-house-negro-is-it-on/473486/5 "2008-11-19T18:41:15Z")
Heâs not even in office yet, and the whole world has an opinion of what kind of president he was. I think the Onion had the best headline: âAfrican-American elected to nationâs worst job.â
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### Author:  [@Omegaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omegaman)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2008, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-quada-calls-obama-a-house-negro-is-it-on/473486/6 "2008-11-19T19:11:34Z")
Obama doesnât strike me as the kind of guy to let some cave dwelling troll get his goat.
But if he wantâs to nuke him, who am I to stop him.
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### Author:  [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2008, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-quada-calls-obama-a-house-negro-is-it-on/473486/7 "2008-11-19T19:14:38Z")
If heâs cool, heâll say:
âI was taught never to speak ill of the dead.â
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### Author:  [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2008, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-quada-calls-obama-a-house-negro-is-it-on/473486/8 "2008-11-19T19:16:32Z")
Itâs on. Obama issued a press release today alleging that Al-Qaedaâs mamma so ugly she got to wear a pork chop to get the dog to play with her.
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### Author:  [@beanpod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beanpod)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2008, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-quada-calls-obama-a-house-negro-is-it-on/473486/9 "2008-11-19T20:13:49Z")
ButâŚbut waitâŚI thought Obama was a Muslim? đ
:rolleyes:
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### Author:  [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2008, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-quada-calls-obama-a-house-negro-is-it-on/473486/10 "2008-11-19T22:01:56Z")
There was an article somewhere earlier in the week about the problem that Al Qaida was having with Obama. It quoted some of the people on the secure password-required AQ related website as saying that there was no room for racism in Islam.
I guess Al Qaida didnât get that message.
My hope is that this goes over well (sarcasm) with Black Muslims, especially the African branch of Al Qaida.
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### Author:  [@gravitycrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gravitycrash)
#### Post date: [November 19, 2008, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-quada-calls-obama-a-house-negro-is-it-on/473486/11 "2008-11-19T23:16:13Z")
Do people who are so called spokespeople for Al Quida or anybody in the Middle East consider what the hell they say anymore? I guess itâs ok to call all arabs sand niggers now. Are countries in the Middle East really this tone deaf?
Yup, great idea to insult the next president of the United States before he even takes office. Just wow.
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### Author:  [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2008, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-quada-calls-obama-a-house-negro-is-it-on/473486/12 "2008-11-20T00:44:31Z")
An Al Quaeda VIP acting provocatively? I donât believe it.
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### Author:  [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2008, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-quada-calls-obama-a-house-negro-is-it-on/473486/13 "2008-11-20T01:47:01Z")
> [@Alessan](#):
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> If heâs cool, heâll say:
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> âI was taught never to speak ill of the dead.â
Outstanding.
From my post in another thread, Obama being briefed by the military.
O: âWhat does that translate as exactly?â
Mil: âHe called you a House N----r, Sir.â
O: âOh yeah? Can I bomb this guy? How many airplanes do you need for this sort of thing?â
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### Author:  [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2008, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-quada-calls-obama-a-house-negro-is-it-on/473486/14 "2008-11-20T02:03:48Z")
> [@gravitycrash](#):
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> Do people who are so called spokespeople for Al Quida or anybody in the Middle East consider what the hell they say anymore? I guess itâs ok to call all arabs sand niggers now. Are countries in the Middle East really this tone deaf?
>
> Yup, great idea to insult the next president of the United States before he even takes office. Just wow.
Point of order: Al Qaeda doesnât speak for âall arabsâ any more than David Duke speaks for âwhite folks.â
Point of order number two: Al Qaeda ainât no country, tone deaf though it may be.
Point of order number three: Theyâre only doing this to make their fanbase happy and to provoke us into reacting like idiots.
Donât help 'em any, please?
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### Author:  [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2008, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-quada-calls-obama-a-house-negro-is-it-on/473486/15 "2008-11-20T02:15:54Z")
Look, didnât Barack Obama say in one speech/debate that our goal would be to âfind Bin Laden, and kill himâ. Not find and prosecute, find and kill. So of course theyâll try and see if they can get him to do something silly and rash. Iâd go with **Alessan** âs proposed response.
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### Author:  [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2008, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-quada-calls-obama-a-house-negro-is-it-on/473486/16 "2008-11-20T02:34:12Z")
I must have missed something. Since when do we care what AQ calls us?
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### Author:  [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2008, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-quada-calls-obama-a-house-negro-is-it-on/473486/17 "2008-11-20T04:04:30Z")
âMr President Elect, weâve just translated the latest Al Qaeda proclamation. Itâs the first one to mention you directly.â
âDamn, I knew this was coming. Give it to me straight. What did they say?â
âSir, theyâve emphatically denounced and personally insulted you.â
âThank you, Jesus!â
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### Author:  [@gravitycrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gravitycrash)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2008, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-quada-calls-obama-a-house-negro-is-it-on/473486/18 "2008-11-20T04:21:28Z")
The bad part is that I have yet to see a denouncement of this statement from the Arab world. How can this be?
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### Author:  [@sunacres](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sunacres)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2008, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-quada-calls-obama-a-house-negro-is-it-on/473486/19 "2008-11-20T04:27:26Z")
> [@gravitycrash](#):
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> Do people who are so called spokespeople for Al Quida or anybody in the Middle East consider what the hell they say anymore? I guess itâs ok to call all arabs sand niggers now. Are countries in the Middle East really this tone deaf?
>
> Yup, great idea to insult the next president of the United States before he even takes office. Just wow.
This just in⌠Osamaâs campaign to sucker American yokels into kicking themselves in the chin appears to be bearing fruit on the SDMBâŚ
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### Author:  [@PopeJewish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PopeJewish)
#### Post date: [November 20, 2008, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-quada-calls-obama-a-house-negro-is-it-on/473486/20 "2008-11-20T04:31:35Z")
> [@gravitycrash](#):
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> The bad part is that I have yet to see a denouncement of this statement from the Arab world. How can this be?
Probably because the vast majority of the Arab world doesnât give two shits about Al Qaeda or what they say
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