# Guess Who Has Barack Obama Quaking in His Boots? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [February 9, 2011, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-who-has-barack-obama-quaking-in-his-boots/570739 "2011-02-09T06:13:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2011, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-who-has-barack-obama-quaking-in-his-boots/570739/1 "2011-02-09T06:13:51Z")
[Christine O’Donnell](http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2014162446_apusodonnellfundraising.html), that’s who! From a letter to her supporters: > [@](#): > > “You are the reason that President Obama came to Delaware in late 2010, diverting his attention from other states he could have campaigned in,” the letter says. “You are the reason that a frantic White House dispatched Vice President Joe Biden, again and again, to campaign in Delaware to defeat me, who they regarded as their number one opponent.” Delusion: the gift that keeps on giving. . . . ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2011, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-who-has-barack-obama-quaking-in-his-boots/570739/2 "2011-02-09T07:12:54Z")
Tea Party. Why am I not surprised. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2011, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-who-has-barack-obama-quaking-in-his-boots/570739/3 "2011-02-09T12:43:16Z")
I’m so glad that Christine now has time to devote to her real job, which was… oh never mind. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2011, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-who-has-barack-obama-quaking-in-his-boots/570739/4 "2011-02-09T12:52:23Z")
Whoa… > [@](#): > > Referring to her race as the “Battle of Delaware 2010,” it says her new PAC will allow her to “counter attack left-wing groups,” fight the “liberal media” and support conservative candidates against the **“liberal-controlled GOP establishment”** during the 2012 party primaries. I’m guessing “liberal” is now defined as “people who don’t agree with me”. ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2011, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-who-has-barack-obama-quaking-in-his-boots/570739/5 "2011-02-09T13:48:47Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Whoa… I’m guessing “liberal” is now defined as “people who don’t agree with me”. That doesn’t seem much of a change. What does look promising is the coming battle between the tea-party wing and the old conservative wing of the GOP. ---
**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:** [February 9, 2011, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-who-has-barack-obama-quaking-in-his-boots/570739/6 "2011-02-09T13:55:33Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > I’m so glad that Christine now has time to devote to her real job, which was… oh never mind. Her primary means of support seems to have been living off of campaign contributions for the last several years. This new “PAC” is apparently just a way to try to keep some income flowing in. Notice she isn’t saying she’ll run for anything, and what she says she will do is pretty vague. This kind of letter is just a way to pay the rent for her. ---
**Author:** ![Ca3799](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9f8e36/32.png) [@Ca3799](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ca3799)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2011, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-who-has-barack-obama-quaking-in-his-boots/570739/7 "2011-02-09T15:30:36Z")
Oh, was that a real letter or an email, 'cause I would really like to get on her mailing list if it is snail mail! (Real letters are more expensive, right?) ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2011, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-who-has-barack-obama-quaking-in-his-boots/570739/8 "2011-02-09T15:49:36Z")
I do believe this is the first time I’ve ever seen or heard that phrase. I’m not quite sure what to make of it. It is a thing of wonder and puzzlement. Here there be heffalumps. ---
**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:** [February 9, 2011, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-who-has-barack-obama-quaking-in-his-boots/570739/9 "2011-02-09T16:12:02Z")
I think we should try to nurture the notion and keep it going. You can see the cracks in the GOP. The nutters are slowly getting more and more control. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2011, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-who-has-barack-obama-quaking-in-his-boots/570739/10 "2011-02-09T16:16:10Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > I think we should try to nurture the notion and keep it going. You can see the cracks in the GOP. The nutters are slowly getting more and more control. There’s something to this. However, I still don’t think Palin will win any nomination. ---
**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:** [February 9, 2011, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-who-has-barack-obama-quaking-in-his-boots/570739/11 "2011-02-09T16:41:00Z")
> [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](#): > > There’s something to this. However, I still don’t think Palin will win any nomination. Palin’s new book tanked and a public appearance just had to be canceled because they couldn’t sell enough tickets, even after slashing them to half price, to pay her speaker fee. As I said in another thread, I think Palin has vaulted the chondrichthyes. The tea partiers have tired of her. She’s like the Adam Archuleta of politics. She’s so 2009. The tea partiers liked her when they were in 8th grade, but now they’re in tenth grade. They’re into Michele Bachmann now. She’s edgier, and batshit as she is, at least she’s not afraid to talk to the media. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2011, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-who-has-barack-obama-quaking-in-his-boots/570739/12 "2011-02-09T17:04:25Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > Palin’s new book tanked and a public appearance just had to be canceled because they couldn’t sell enough tickets, even after slashing them to half price, to pay her speaker fee. As I said in another thread, I think Palin has vaulted the chondrichthyes. The tea partiers have tired of her. She’s like the Adam Archuleta of politics. She’s so 2009. The tea partiers liked her when they were in 8th grade, but now they’re in tenth grade. They’re into Michele Bachmann now. She’s edgier, and batshit as she is, at least she’s not afraid to talk to the media. Again, there certainly could be something to that, but if Ms. Palin starts working the Mama Grizzly mantle more and puts herself out there as the kingmaker, roads still flow through her, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2011, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-who-has-barack-obama-quaking-in-his-boots/570739/13 "2011-02-09T17:07:49Z")
> [@](#): > > They’re into Michele Bachmann now. She’s edgier, and batshit as she is, at least she’s not afraid to talk to the media. She’s also hotter. Really, I’m baffled at why anyone thought that Palin was attractive. I mean, yeah, she looks a little like Tina Fey, but not enough. ---
**Author:** ![SeldomSeen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ba0ec/32.png) [@SeldomSeen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeldomSeen)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2011, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-who-has-barack-obama-quaking-in-his-boots/570739/14 "2011-02-09T18:13:42Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > She’s [Michele Bachmann] also hotter. Really, I’m baffled at why anyone thought that Palin was attractive. I mean, yeah, she looks a little like Tina Fey, but not enough. Ehh? :dubious: Well, to each their own I guess. But I’d hit goofy over crazed any day. In fact, the only thing I _do_ like about SP is her (relative) hotness, 'specially when she wears those tight jeans. Got that nice firm runner’s body dontcha know. If she’d just learn to wiggle her butt more and open her mouth less she might actually acquire a following:D SS ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2011, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-who-has-barack-obama-quaking-in-his-boots/570739/15 "2011-02-09T18:50:13Z")
Bill Maher’s show is in the middle of its run and I’m sure that he’d be happy to have her on, so if she wants a national appearance, he could help. ---
**Author:** ![Mosier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2011, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-who-has-barack-obama-quaking-in-his-boots/570739/16 "2011-02-14T06:09:19Z")
Just came to say that “liberal-controlled GOP establishment” is a term I never would have expected to read. ---
**Author:** ![Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/try2b_comprehensive/32/65_2.png) [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2011, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-who-has-barack-obama-quaking-in-his-boots/570739/17 "2011-02-15T02:38:09Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > I think Palin has vaulted the chondrichthyes. LOL! So if liberals now control the GOP establishment, then what the hell is going on? This is akin to hyperinflation, only the line between ‘liberal’ and ‘conservative’ (or is it ‘true believer’?) is accelerating its movement rightwards. Yah I know I’m cracking jokes, but seriously, someone please explain what a liberal is as of 2/11. If the date is too vague, just look at the time stamp in 3…2…1… ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2011, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-who-has-barack-obama-quaking-in-his-boots/570739/18 "2011-02-15T04:44:06Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > vaulted the chondrichthyes Had to google chondrichthyes. I lolled. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2011, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-who-has-barack-obama-quaking-in-his-boots/570739/19 "2011-02-15T04:50:40Z")
Same here. I Wikied it. I quite literally LOLed. ---
**Author:** ![buttonjockey308](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@buttonjockey308](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buttonjockey308)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2011, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-who-has-barack-obama-quaking-in-his-boots/570739/20 "2011-02-15T18:52:16Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > They’re into Michele Bachmann now. She’s edgier, and batshit as she is, at least she’s not afraid to talk to the media. Also, she’s far more capable dealing with the media than is Palin, in a I-can-answer-questions-that-AREN’T-on the-little-blue-cards kind of way. Re: Hotness? Sarah out does Bachmann by a mile IMO. [I report, you decide.](http://www.minnesotaindependent.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/bachmannpalin.jpg) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-who-has-barack-obama-quaking-in-his-boots/570739.md?page=2)