# Don't vote for Obama, he drinks organic tea! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 31, 2008, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-vote-for-obama-he-drinks-organic-tea/458359 "2008-07-31T14:53:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2008, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-vote-for-obama-he-drinks-organic-tea/458359/21 "2008-07-31T18:23:20Z")
[QUOTE=AHunter3] Who the heck drinks _inorganic_ tea? Ewwwww! [/QUOTE] I make tea by straining kerosene through road gravel, like a _fucking man!_ Bring me some of _that_ tea, M-F’er. Anyway, I guess since McCain isn’t into celebrities, we can pretty definitively take Fred Thompson off the VP shortlist. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2008, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-vote-for-obama-he-drinks-organic-tea/458359/22 "2008-07-31T18:26:35Z")
Brilliant. I like the way he described McCain at the end of the ad. For some reason this reminds me of something I saw years ago, but I can’t quite remember what. Imagine an ad in which a fancy-schmancy computer is shown as being really complicated, and then some old fart smarmily holds up a number two pencil and says “This is the only computer I’ll ever need.” I’m Eberhard Faber, and I approve this post. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2008, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-vote-for-obama-he-drinks-organic-tea/458359/23 "2008-07-31T18:31:44Z")
[QUOTE=Bayard] I make tea by straining kerosene through road gravel [/QUOTE] Hate to tell you this, dude, but kerosene is [an organic compound](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organic_chemistry)… ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2008, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-vote-for-obama-he-drinks-organic-tea/458359/24 "2008-07-31T18:46:03Z")
> [@Rick Davis](#): > > worry about the price of arugula I’m more worried for McCain, who has to fret over the price of human blood. > [@Rhythmdvl](#): > > this was the first campaign I could think of in which neither side truly horrified me I knew going into this that McCain was, at best, Bush Lite. Long gone are the days when he could stand up to the party line in defense of his convictions. I had a great deal of respect for him in 2000, but he’s _changed_. > [@DianaG](#): > > The ad comes off like a 60 second tantrum about not being welcome to play with the cool kids. His _whole campaign_ has devolved into a tantrum about not being welcome to play with the cool kids. Seeing fields of Europeans wave American flags and cheer on Sen. Obama must’ve really hurt him. (Should I start including a disclaimer that these are my opinions, not those of the Party? Maybe I’m worrying too much…) ---
**Author:** ![Santo\_Rugger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Santo\_Rugger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santo_Rugger)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2008, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-vote-for-obama-he-drinks-organic-tea/458359/25 "2008-07-31T18:54:15Z")
[QUOTE=jayjay] Hate to tell you this, dude, but kerosene is [an organic compound](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organic_chemistry)… [/QUOTE] Hate to tell you this, dude, but organic has [more than one meaning](http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/organic). ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2008, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-vote-for-obama-he-drinks-organic-tea/458359/26 "2008-07-31T19:00:21Z")
[QUOTE=Santo Rugger] Hate to tell you this, dude, but organic has [more than one meaning](http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/organic). [/QUOTE] :rolleyes: Hate to tell you _this_, dude, but you totally missed my tone. I _know_ organic has more than one meaning. I was making a joke. And it’s incredibly unlikely that anyone would know the “organic chemistry” meaning and not know the “grown without chemicals” meaning. ---
**Author:** ![Santo\_Rugger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Santo\_Rugger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santo_Rugger)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2008, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-vote-for-obama-he-drinks-organic-tea/458359/27 "2008-07-31T19:06:57Z")
Hate to _tell_ you this, dude, but I was mocking your “joke”. :rolleyes: 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2008, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-vote-for-obama-he-drinks-organic-tea/458359/28 "2008-07-31T19:17:51Z")
You know, I was willing to give Obama a break when he asked for orange juice instead of coffee at a diner, but this organic tea fiasco is the final straw. $4.00 a gallon gas and and endless war in Iraq pale in comparion to this. Wake up America, before it is too late. ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2008, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-vote-for-obama-he-drinks-organic-tea/458359/29 "2008-07-31T19:22:05Z")
[QUOTE=Diogenes the Cynic] There was [one day](http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/07/obama-hits-the.html) when he reportedly went three times shortly before he left on his overseas trip. I don’t believe that’s something he does _every_ day. [/QUOTE] Not to mention the fact that his 3 visits weren’t all for workouts – the first one was interrupted, which is why he went back later in the day, and the third visit was to have a sore hip looked at by a therapist. So 3 stops, 1 actual workout. Big whoop. These guys’ desperation is showing profusely. ---
**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:** [July 31, 2008, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-vote-for-obama-he-drinks-organic-tea/458359/30 "2008-07-31T19:33:22Z")
[QUOTE=SmartAleq] Pardon me for the doublepost, but I found [this](http://www.vanityfair.com/online/wolcott/2008/07/i-dont-pretend-to-be.html) simply too apropos to pass up! Heh heh… Elvis! [/QUOTE] I would have voted for Obama anyway but I used to be able to respect McCain. No longer too many ‘gaffes’, to much tantrum. No shit, McCain, “big up”. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2008, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-vote-for-obama-he-drinks-organic-tea/458359/31 "2008-07-31T19:33:45Z")
[QUOTE=Giraffe] If you think your experience and leadership makes you more qualified for the job, talk about how you’d handle nuanced issues. Don’t talk about what kind of lettuce the other guy eats. [/QUOTE] This coming from a herbivore? I’d think lettuce, or at least leaves, would be your issue. 😉 As for McCain, his current campaign strategy is worse than the last half-hour of a season six _Saturday Night Live_ episode. It’s so bad it even defies parody. I guess the Republicans can’t get good underhanded talent anymore. Either that, or he’s being blackmailed by Hillary Clinton in her nefarious vast left-wing conspiracy scheme to get Obama elected and then undercut all of his initiatives in order to turn to America and say, “See of what came of voting for Obama? This is all your fault!” Well, it would make a better skit than the current campaign, anyway. Stranger ---
**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:** [July 31, 2008, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-vote-for-obama-he-drinks-organic-tea/458359/32 "2008-07-31T19:41:49Z")
Hey, [look what I found!](http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h16/smartaleq/barack-obama-shoeslold.jpg) McSame gonna be all jealous NOW, I bet! Them some one of a kind, eliti-est shoes there, yep! ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2008, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-vote-for-obama-he-drinks-organic-tea/458359/33 "2008-07-31T19:47:30Z")
You know who also was a charismatic veggie-lover? [Hitler!!!](http://www.ourfuture.org/blog-entry/liberal-fascism) ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2008, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-vote-for-obama-he-drinks-organic-tea/458359/34 "2008-07-31T19:55:00Z")
[QUOTE=SmartAleq] Hey, [look what I found!](http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h16/smartaleq/barack-obama-shoeslold.jpg) McSame gonna be all jealous NOW, I bet! Them some one of a kind, eliti-est shoes there, yep! [/QUOTE] Hopefully the hole-in-the-shoe strategy will work better than it worked for Adlai Stevenson. ---
**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:** [July 31, 2008, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-vote-for-obama-he-drinks-organic-tea/458359/35 "2008-07-31T20:08:26Z")
[QUOTE=Bayard] Hopefully the hole-in-the-shoe strategy will work better than it worked for Adlai Stevenson. [/QUOTE] Somehow I think it’s gonna poll more like Imelda than Adlai… ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2008, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-vote-for-obama-he-drinks-organic-tea/458359/36 "2008-07-31T20:17:03Z")
[QUOTE=SmartAleq] Hey, [look what I found!](http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h16/smartaleq/barack-obama-shoeslold.jpg) [/QUOTE] Dear God, those are not merely worn out soles, those are worn out REPLACEMENT soles. And he didn’t even go for leather but went with the cheaper rubber. That should be on a campaign poster. We saw how well “respectable Republican cloth coat” worked for Nixon. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2008, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-vote-for-obama-he-drinks-organic-tea/458359/37 "2008-07-31T20:20:26Z")
[QUOTE=jayjay] Hate to tell you this, dude, but kerosene is [an organic compound](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organic_chemistry)… [/QUOTE] Exactly. That’s why I only drink solutions of colloidal silver. That, and the lovely blue tint it imparts to my skin. ---
**Author:** ![Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bc8723/32.png) [@Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2008, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-vote-for-obama-he-drinks-organic-tea/458359/38 "2008-07-31T20:20:32Z")
There is a palpable stink of fear and desperation from the McCain camp. All he needs now is for Bush to announce that McCain’s doing a heckuva job, and he’ll be forked. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2008, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-vote-for-obama-he-drinks-organic-tea/458359/39 "2008-07-31T20:20:58Z")
[QUOTE=Stranger On A Train] As for McCain, his current campaign strategy is worse than the last half-hour of a season six _Saturday Night Live_ episode. [/QUOTE] :eek: You know, some blows are _too_ low. ---
**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:** [July 31, 2008, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-vote-for-obama-he-drinks-organic-tea/458359/40 "2008-07-31T21:15:51Z")
No kidding, **SoaT,** that was a nut shot! [Looks like the elves have been busy–or should that be “the brownies?”](http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h16/smartaleq/elitistfail.jpg) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-vote-for-obama-he-drinks-organic-tea/458359.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-vote-for-obama-he-drinks-organic-tea/458359.md?page=3)