# 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:** 2
**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, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-who-has-barack-obama-quaking-in-his-boots/570739/21 "2011-02-15T19:12:13Z")
> [@buttonjockey308](#): > > 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) How competitive was Sarah Palin as a runner? She’s got HGH-jaw. ---
**Author:** ![beartato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9d8465/32.png) [@beartato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beartato)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2011, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-who-has-barack-obama-quaking-in-his-boots/570739/22 "2011-02-22T17:20:58Z")
Sometimes I feel like the only one who looks at Palin and sees Peggy Hill, but it’s all I can see. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2011, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-who-has-barack-obama-quaking-in-his-boots/570739/23 "2011-02-24T13:30:58Z")
She does realize Joe Biden is _from_ Delaware, doesn’t she? ---
**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2011, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-who-has-barack-obama-quaking-in-his-boots/570739/24 "2011-02-24T13:34:19Z")
You know what Christine O’Donnell has that Obama doesn’t right now?[A chance to be on “Dancing with the Stars”.](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1360200/Tea-Partys-Christine-ODonnell-confirms-Dancing-Stars-invite.html) Don’t let all that power go to your head. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2011, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-who-has-barack-obama-quaking-in-his-boots/570739/25 "2011-02-24T15:24:58Z")
> [@beartato](#): > > Sometimes I feel like the only one who looks at Palin and sees Peggy Hill, but it’s all I can see. No, you are not. That is all I can see every single time. ---
**Author:** ![beartato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9d8465/32.png) [@beartato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beartato)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2011, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-who-has-barack-obama-quaking-in-his-boots/570739/26 "2011-02-24T17:18:48Z")
> [@stpauler](#): > > You know what Christine O’Donnell has that Obama doesn’t right now?[A chance to be on “Dancing with the Stars”.](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1360200/Tea-Partys-Christine-ODonnell-confirms-Dancing-Stars-invite.html) Don’t let all that power go to your head. So, song choices… “Black Magic Women”? “Crazy Talk”? “Season of the Witch”? “I Put a Spell on You”? ---
**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 24, 2011, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-who-has-barack-obama-quaking-in-his-boots/570739/27 "2011-02-24T17:21:33Z")
Don’t forget “Witchy Woman.” ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2011, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-who-has-barack-obama-quaking-in-his-boots/570739/28 "2011-02-24T17:25:33Z")
> [@beartato](#): > > So, song choices… “Black Magic Women”? “Crazy Talk”? “Season of the Witch”? “I Put a Spell on You”? “No Time Left For You”, to allude to the thread title. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2011, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-who-has-barack-obama-quaking-in-his-boots/570739/29 "2011-02-24T18:43:02Z")
After she ins triumphant in "dancing with the stars’, she will become the front runner. With that on her resume, what other Repub could compete . ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2011, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-who-has-barack-obama-quaking-in-his-boots/570739/30 "2011-02-28T17:58:37Z")
I just saw poll results that showed voters more in favor of Bachmann than Palin. The reason: they see Bachmann as an “intelligent Palin”. :eek: ---
**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 28, 2011, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-who-has-barack-obama-quaking-in-his-boots/570739/31 "2011-02-28T21:06:02Z")
That’s probably because Bachmann isn’t as well-known. The stupid things she’s said and done just haven’t gotten as much publicity as those that Palin has done. ---
**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:** [March 1, 2011, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-who-has-barack-obama-quaking-in-his-boots/570739/32 "2011-03-01T07:13:51Z")
Just watch out that this little competition amongst themselves doesn’t whittle them down until they find a viable candidate… nah. ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2011, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-who-has-barack-obama-quaking-in-his-boots/570739/33 "2011-03-01T12:33:32Z")
> [@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. David Archuleta? Palin has jumped the shark, and by 2012 she’ll be adopting little Danny. (I’m working that meme hard these days). ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2011, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-who-has-barack-obama-quaking-in-his-boots/570739/34 "2011-03-01T13:07:52Z")
> [@beartato](#): > > Sometimes I feel like the only one who looks at Palin and sees Peggy Hill, but it’s all I can see. No, I see it too, and her voice is annoying like Peggy Hill too. I still want to bang her though. Especially if she’s a runner. ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2011, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-who-has-barack-obama-quaking-in-his-boots/570739/35 "2011-03-01T13:26:48Z")
I remember a picture going around in '08 of Peggy Hill and Cotton that just said “McCain/Palin.” Was funny. ---
**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:** [March 1, 2011, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-who-has-barack-obama-quaking-in-his-boots/570739/36 "2011-03-01T20:14:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Palin has jumped the shark, and by 2012 she’ll be adopting little Danny. (I’m working that meme hard these days). “Little Danny” = Mitch Daniels? ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2011, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-who-has-barack-obama-quaking-in-his-boots/570739/37 "2011-03-01T21:26:52Z")
> [@tnetennba](#): > > David Archuleta? > > Palin has jumped the shark, and by 2012 she’ll be adopting little Danny. (I’m working that meme hard these days). Gokey? ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2011, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-who-has-barack-obama-quaking-in-his-boots/570739/38 "2011-03-02T00:11:57Z")
I think it’s just an allusion to the Brady Family’s “adoption” of cousin Oliver when they needed to add something fresh to the show, and they didn’t have a cast member who could ride a motorcycle. And before anyone asks, no, I do not suppose that they were grooming Oliver to eventually get on a Harley and brave a vat of chondrichthyes… ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2011, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-who-has-barack-obama-quaking-in-his-boots/570739/39 "2011-03-02T00:21:47Z")
> [@tnetennba](#): > > I remember a picture going around in '08 of Peggy Hill and Cotton that just said “McCain/Palin.” Was funny. Oh hell yes. I googled “cotton peggy hill mccain” and hilarity ensued. [Here’s](http://www.joeydevilla.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/mccain-palin_king_of_the_hill.jpg) one picture, and [another](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Z475Iw2ZMDQ/SMVTuBL9pDI/AAAAAAAACqI/xKd_YkUBDlc/s400/MP2.jpg). Anyway, what were we talking about again? ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2011, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-who-has-barack-obama-quaking-in-his-boots/570739/40 "2011-03-02T01:43:09Z")
In the last season of Happy Days Fonzie adopted an orphan named Danny. This was long, long after he “jumped the shark,” and well after everybody stopped watching. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-who-has-barack-obama-quaking-in-his-boots/570739.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guess-who-has-barack-obama-quaking-in-his-boots/570739.md?page=3)