# Flag City, USA - home of the most stupid people in the USA **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 3, 2008, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flag-city-usa-home-of-the-most-stupid-people-in-the-usa/455163 "2008-07-03T08:13:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**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 8, 2008, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flag-city-usa-home-of-the-most-stupid-people-in-the-usa/455163/41 "2008-07-08T18:09:33Z")
[QUOTE=Northern Piper] Is that not an accurate way of putting it? Here’s what [wiki](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama%2C_Sr.) says about his father… [/QUOTE] Some of his ancestors were Muslim so he has “Muslim roots?” So McCain, whose background is Scots-Irish and English, has “Druid roots?” ---
**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:** [July 8, 2008, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flag-city-usa-home-of-the-most-stupid-people-in-the-usa/455163/42 "2008-07-08T18:45:19Z")
[QUOTE=dropzone] Some of his ancestors were Muslim so he has “Muslim roots?” So McCain, whose background is Scots-Irish and English, has “Druid roots?” [/QUOTE] Well, to be fair, with Obama we’re talking about his dad; with McCain, we’d be talking about his great (x whatever) grandpa. That would be a reasonable comparison if they accused Obama of having “Baal-worshipping roots” or somesuch. But yeah, this “Obama is a Muslim” bull is tiresome. Even moreso when it makes everyone who’s pro-Obama say, “No he isn’t,” when what we should be saying is, “so what if he is?” Seriously, people. When Kennedy was present, AFAIK he didn’t make everyone attend Mass. ---
**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:** [July 9, 2008, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flag-city-usa-home-of-the-most-stupid-people-in-the-usa/455163/43 "2008-07-09T16:53:59Z")
[QUOTE=Really Not All That Bright] But yeah, this “Obama is a Muslim” bull is tiresome. [/QUOTE] What? Obama is a Muslim? That tears it for me! ---
**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:** [July 9, 2008, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flag-city-usa-home-of-the-most-stupid-people-in-the-usa/455163/44 "2008-07-09T17:17:56Z")
[QUOTE=Gatopescado] What? Obama is a Muslim? That tears it for me! [/QUOTE] Well, it’s not the influence I had _hoped_ to exert on the political system, but I’ll take it. 😃 ---
**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:** [July 9, 2008, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flag-city-usa-home-of-the-most-stupid-people-in-the-usa/455163/45 "2008-07-09T17:20:02Z")
[QUOTE=Really Not All That Bright] Well, to be fair, with Obama we’re talking about his dad; with McCain, we’d be talking about his great (x whatever) grandpa. That would be a reasonable comparison if they accused Obama of having “Baal-worshipping roots” or somesuch. But yeah, this “Obama is a Muslim” bull is tiresome. Even moreso when it makes everyone who’s pro-Obama say, “No he isn’t,” when what we should be saying is, “so what if he is?” Seriously, people. When Kennedy was present, AFAIK he didn’t make everyone attend Mass. [/QUOTE] Obama’s father had abandoned Islam before Barack was born. His grandfather had converted to Islam, but his father became an atheist as an adult. I don’t think that’s enough to qualify Obama as having Muslim roots. It’s not an ethnicity. My mother is Southern Baptist. That doesn’t mean my kids (who are being raised Catholic) have Baptist roots. ---
**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:** [July 11, 2008, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flag-city-usa-home-of-the-most-stupid-people-in-the-usa/455163/46 "2008-07-11T00:47:20Z")
[QUOTE=Really Not All That Bright] Well, it’s not the influence I had _hoped_ to exert on the political system, but I’ll take it. 😃 [/QUOTE] Do you expect Fox to carry the _whole_ burdin? Dammit, Man! Shoulder your load! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flag-city-usa-home-of-the-most-stupid-people-in-the-usa/455163.md?page=2)