# Is Obama a Keynesian? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 3, 2010, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-obama-a-keynesian/559297 "2010-11-03T03:15:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-obama-a-keynesian/559297/1 "2010-11-03T03:15:05Z")
At least one person at the Rally for “Sanity” is quite vehement that he isn’t. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_23Nt5XumaU) One YouTube commenter says, “It’s in the grand tradition of Penn and Teller’s petition to ban dihydrogen monoxide, The Man Show’s petition against women’s suffrage, art critics pronouncing as “genius” a child or ape’s painting, etc.” Thank you, Second City, for addressing this controversial question! ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-obama-a-keynesian/559297/2 "2010-11-03T03:22:56Z")
No, but his father was. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Love](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Dr.Love](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Love)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-obama-a-keynesian/559297/3 "2010-11-03T04:14:46Z")
I know it’s unconstitutional, but the fact that he was foreign born doesn’t bother me. I am bothered by the way he follows the economic policies of John Maynard Kenya. ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-obama-a-keynesian/559297/4 "2010-11-03T10:52:57Z")
> [@Dr.Love](#): > > I know it’s unconstitutional, but the fact that he was foreign born doesn’t bother me. It bothers me. Why do they allow them Hawaiians to vote, let alone be president? Damn foreigners. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-obama-a-keynesian/559297/5 "2010-11-03T11:32:22Z")
It’s spelled Kenyan. ---
**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:** [November 3, 2010, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-obama-a-keynesian/559297/6 "2010-11-03T12:04:02Z")
Is there an equivalent to Poe’s Law for this board? We’ve got enough overhead whooshing going on here for an airshow. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-obama-a-keynesian/559297/7 "2010-11-03T12:33:16Z")
> [@Dr.Love](#): > > I am bothered by the way he follows the economic policies of John Maynard Kenya. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-obama-a-keynesian/559297/8 "2010-11-03T13:22:21Z")
C’mon, y’all don’t think that was funny? Aww… ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-obama-a-keynesian/559297/9 "2010-11-03T13:52:26Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Is there an equivalent to Poe’s Law for this board? We’ve got enough overhead whooshing going on here for an airshow. Don’t you think that this board has gone through enough suffrage? ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-obama-a-keynesian/559297/10 "2010-11-03T14:11:35Z")
It’s a fact that Christine O’Donnell was a thesbian when she was younger. Yet she is against gay marriage. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-obama-a-keynesian/559297/11 "2010-11-03T14:19:54Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > It’s a fact that Christine O’Donnell was a thesbian when she was younger. Yet she is against gay marriage. Let me masticate on that for a while. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-obama-a-keynesian/559297/12 "2010-11-03T17:59:09Z")
Why masticate when you can matriculate? Everywhere but the Deep South, that is. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_C](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Captain\_C](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_C)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2010, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-obama-a-keynesian/559297/13 "2010-11-03T18:01:30Z")
I love you guys. ---
**Author:** ![palindromemordnilap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/db5fbb/32.png) [@palindromemordnilap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/palindromemordnilap)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-obama-a-keynesian/559297/14 "2010-11-04T21:36:37Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > It’s a fact that Christine O’Donnell was a thesbian when she was younger. Yet she is against gay marriage. For which sex? And what about for witch sects? ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Onimous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea5d25/32.png) [@Ann\_Onimous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Onimous)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-obama-a-keynesian/559297/15 "2010-11-04T21:58:39Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Why masticate when you can matriculate? Everywhere but the Deep South, that is. ma·tric·u·lat·edma·tric·u·lat·ing Definition of MATRICULATE transitive verb : to enroll as a member of a body and especially of a college or university Dude, WHAT? ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-obama-a-keynesian/559297/16 "2010-11-04T22:13:34Z")
I think the better question is whether or not it concerns potential voters that Obama is rumored to have been seen perambulating in a public park…_with his own daughters!_ ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2010, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-obama-a-keynesian/559297/17 "2010-11-04T22:34:58Z")
> [@Ann\_Onimous](#): > > ma·tric·u·lat·edma·tric·u·lat·ing > Definition of MATRICULATE > transitive verb > : to enroll as a member of a body and especially of a college or university > > Dude, WHAT? Definitions of whoosh on the Web: ``` * woosh: move with a sibilant sound; "He whooshed the doors open" * gush or squirt out; "Oil whooshed up when the drill hit the well" * swoosh: the noise produced by the sudden rush of a fluid (a gas or liquid) wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn * A breathy sound like that of an object passing at high speed; To make a breathy sound like a whoosh en.wiktionary.org/wiki/whoosh ``` ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2010, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-obama-a-keynesian/559297/18 "2010-11-05T00:24:18Z")
Why did you link to a private video? ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2010, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-obama-a-keynesian/559297/19 "2010-11-05T02:02:49Z")
I didn’t. It went private. Suffice it to say they found a couple of “smart” people at the rally who mistakenly read it as “Kenyan” and became very indignant. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2010, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-obama-a-keynesian/559297/20 "2010-11-05T16:41:38Z")
Oh. BTW, my answer would be that Obama probably follows monetarist theory, so he’s half-Keynesian. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-obama-a-keynesian/559297.md?page=2)