# Change your SDMB Location to "Obama Country"! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 6, 2008, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-your-sdmb-location-to-obama-country/451979 "2008-06-06T04:36:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2008, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-your-sdmb-location-to-obama-country/451979/81 "2008-06-06T21:00:36Z")
[QUOTE=Labrador Deceiver] My brother and I were recently talking about the idea of having two quality candidates running for president, and how refreshing it is. [/QUOTE] Compared to the last two candidates for potus, you could’ve dressed two semi-retarded limbless baboons in leisure suits and had them look like quality candidates this time around. But I do agree that Obama’s probably the most qualitiest candidate we’ve had, in my lifetime anyway. McCain, not so much… ---
**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:** [June 6, 2008, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-your-sdmb-location-to-obama-country/451979/82 "2008-06-06T21:05:40Z")
[QUOTE=Happy Lendervedder] But I do agree that Obama’s probably the most qualitiest candidate we’ve had, in my lifetime anyway. McCain, not so much… [/QUOTE] If you look at him as a “decorated war veteran/POW and reformer who pissed off lots of stuffy Washington insiders” he seems much more palatable than “former reformer who sold out for one last run at the Presidency”. I don’t believe he’ll have any more time for the conservative nutcases after the election than he ever did before seeking the nomination. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2008, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-your-sdmb-location-to-obama-country/451979/83 "2008-06-06T21:10:46Z")
I’ll play. [QUOTE=Sunspace] “Next to Obama Country”? 🙂 [/QUOTE] Lord Obama is on record as saying he supports Canadian’s rights because he believes people are born that way and don’t choose it, and that he _does_ believe Canadians can attain salvation. You’re going to love him as Autocrat of the Americas (and there’s even talk of a bilingual coronation in Montreal when he comes to liberate you). ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2008, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-your-sdmb-location-to-obama-country/451979/84 "2008-06-06T21:12:00Z")
[QUOTE=Really Not All That Bright] If you look at him as a “decorated war veteran/POW and reformer who pissed off lots of stuffy Washington insiders” he seems much more palatable than “former reformer who sold out for one last run at the Presidency”. I don’t believe he’ll have any more time for the conservative nutcases after the election than he ever did before seeking the nomination. [/QUOTE] Hey, he’s a noble American if ever there was one. But I don’t think much of him as a candidate for president. Because he ultimately _is_ a former reformer who sold out for one last run at the Presidency. Plus, he’s kind of a mean, crotchety ol’ boar (and bore). ---
**Author:** ![anu-la1979](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/47e85d/32.png) [@anu-la1979](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anu-la1979)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2008, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-your-sdmb-location-to-obama-country/451979/85 "2008-06-06T21:14:13Z")
[QUOTE=Really Not All That Bright] If you look at him as a “decorated war veteran/POW and reformer who pissed off lots of stuffy Washington insiders” he seems much more palatable than “former reformer who sold out for one last run at the Presidency”. I don’t believe he’ll have any more time for the conservative nutcases after the election than he ever did before seeking the nomination. [/QUOTE] I agree, I think he’s a total sellout on most-to-all of his socially conservative positions. I can’t say he’s a real liberal, but I truly believe that he mostly doesn’t give a shit on issues like abortion and gay rights. I also think if his own party hadn’t stabbed him in the back and allowed him to become president 8 years ago, we’d be looking at 16 years of Republican presidents, minimum. I’m on the fence about people like Bobby Jindal. On one hand, it could be a massive fakeout because he knew it would be hard to rise fast in the Democratic Party as an Asian. He tends to softpedal the hatertalk in public and drive focus to his economic policy. On the other, he can be pretty convincing about having drunk the krazy-aid. But intelligent design, what? He has a freaking bio degree from Brown. Maybe he holds pujas under cover of dark. ---
**Author:** ![JSexton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2008, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-your-sdmb-location-to-obama-country/451979/86 "2008-06-06T21:18:38Z")
I feel like sheep doing it, but ok. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Tiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Mama\_Tiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Tiger)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2008, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-your-sdmb-location-to-obama-country/451979/87 "2008-06-06T21:20:03Z")
I was living in Louisiana when Jindal made his first run for the governorship and narrowly lost. I often wonder how Katrina would have been handled were he in office at the time. He seems quite intelligent. But he believes in ID? Oy gevalt. My formerly fairly good opinion of him (and I say this as a lifetime Democrat) just took a _serious_ nosedive. So I have to say: cite? Not that I’m disagreeing, just wondering where you’ve seen that info. It certainly never came out in his pre-Katrina run for governor. ETA: I decided not to be so lazy and ask someone else to look; I found this [New York Times article](http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/02/us/02jindal.html?_r=1&oref=slogin) (registration required, I believe) that discusses it. He appears to be not so much a proponent of ID as not an opponent. Which doesn’t change my newly-altered view, alas. [/hijack] ---
**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:** [June 6, 2008, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-your-sdmb-location-to-obama-country/451979/88 "2008-06-06T21:28:52Z")
I had a little meltdown in another thread talking about Jindal; don’t get me started on _him_. ---
**Author:** ![fessie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@fessie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fessie)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2008, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-your-sdmb-location-to-obama-country/451979/89 "2008-06-06T21:28:59Z")
I had to tease my Great-Aunt, who’s 80 yrs old and a diehard Republican, by not pointing out my Obama bumper sticker (Illinois Senate run, we’re Old School) until AFTER we’d reached our destination. She then tried to peel it off our Honda. No dice, that sucker is stuck on good. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2008, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-your-sdmb-location-to-obama-country/451979/90 "2008-06-06T22:00:22Z")
Oh, what the heck… I’m in! ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2008, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-your-sdmb-location-to-obama-country/451979/91 "2008-06-06T22:01:59Z")
Hey, if I did it for the likes of **Leaffan** , I can certainly do it for Barack. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2008, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-your-sdmb-location-to-obama-country/451979/92 "2008-06-06T22:07:10Z")
I was going to do “Obama Country for Old Men,” but someone else can have it if they want (making it “Nobama” is one letter too long, unfortunately). ---
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2008, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-your-sdmb-location-to-obama-country/451979/93 "2008-06-06T22:08:18Z")
[QUOTE=Happy Lendervedder] Hey, he’s a noble American if ever there was one. But I don’t think much of him as a candidate for president. Because he ultimately _is_ a former reformer who sold out for one last run at the Presidency. Plus, he’s kind of a mean, crotchety ol’ boar (and bore). [/QUOTE] I never said we had two candidates that I would vote for. ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2008, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-your-sdmb-location-to-obama-country/451979/94 "2008-06-06T22:34:22Z")
I’m in! First time in 8 years that I’ve had something in my location field. ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2008, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-your-sdmb-location-to-obama-country/451979/95 "2008-06-06T23:25:28Z")
I’ll show you [Obama’s hat!](http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h16/smartaleq/chucknorrisfact.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2008, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-your-sdmb-location-to-obama-country/451979/96 "2008-06-06T23:48:08Z")
[QUOTE=Shayna] [be Obama’s hat](http://farm1.static.flickr.com/151/400394507_a374d29cd5.jpg). [/QUOTE] That looks like a still from a 70s blaxploitation film. \*Who’s the black nominee who’s gonna whoop ass on the GOP? Barack! Damn right! Who is the Hawaiian Who left Bill and Hill all cryin’? Barack! Can ya’ll dig it? \* ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2008, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-your-sdmb-location-to-obama-country/451979/97 "2008-06-06T23:52:12Z")
Me too. I’m still surprised at my fellow Iowans. Hell, I thought we were backward too. ---
**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:** [June 6, 2008, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-your-sdmb-location-to-obama-country/451979/98 "2008-06-06T23:55:24Z")
[QUOTE=Happy Lendervedder] Hey, he’s a noble American if ever there was one. But I don’t think much of him as a candidate for president. Because he ultimately _is_ a former reformer who sold out for one last run at the Presidency. Plus, he’s kind of a mean, crotchety ol’ boar (and bore). [/QUOTE] I’ll second that. I like McCain, like him a lot and respect the hell out of him. It’s funny, I always vote Democrat because I like Democrat policies better, but I always like Republican PEOPLE better overall. The best folks I’ve personally known have been Republicans. If Dems weren’t such a browbeating holier-than-thou lot, I could actually consider joining their party. ---
**Author:** ![Tenebras](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/977dab/32.png) [@Tenebras](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tenebras)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2008, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-your-sdmb-location-to-obama-country/451979/99 "2008-06-07T00:08:10Z")
[QUOTE=Sampiro] That looks like a still from a 70s blaxploitation film. \*Who’s the black nominee who’s gonna whoop ass on the GOP? Barack! Damn right! Who is the Hawaiian Who left Bill and Hill all cryin’? Barack! Can ya’ll dig it? \* [/QUOTE] That Barack is one bad ass mother f— ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2008, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-your-sdmb-location-to-obama-country/451979/100 "2008-06-07T00:37:28Z")
[QUOTE=Tenebras] That Barack is one bad ass mother f— [/QUOTE] SHUT YOUR MOUTH! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-your-sdmb-location-to-obama-country/451979.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-your-sdmb-location-to-obama-country/451979.md?page=6)