# John McCain is a Muslim **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 13, 2008, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mccain-is-a-muslim/452841 "2008-06-13T18:57:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2008, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mccain-is-a-muslim/452841/21 "2008-06-14T03:44:04Z")
[QUOTE=ITR champion] …Vietnam is a Hindu country… [/QUOTE] That must come as a surprise to the [85% of the country who self-identify as Buddhists](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_Vietnam#Buddhism). ---
**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:** [June 14, 2008, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mccain-is-a-muslim/452841/22 "2008-06-14T03:50:31Z")
He said he was being tortured as a prisoner, but do we know for sure? I think the place was a madrassa. And, the North Vietnamese were really secret Muslims, softening us up for when they launched the terror attacks. They think long term, you know. BTW, the title should read “secret Muslim.” ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2008, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mccain-is-a-muslim/452841/23 "2008-06-14T03:56:36Z")
Not only is McCain a Muslim, but he’s a Panamanian Muslim at that! :eek: Vietnam is predominantly Buddhist. India is AFAIK the only Hindu country. Even Nepal and Bhutan are predominantly Buddhist. (The island of Bali is predominantly Hindu, but it belongs to Indonesia, a Muslim country.) ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2008, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mccain-is-a-muslim/452841/24 "2008-06-14T04:13:58Z")
> [@](#): > > Vietnam is predominantly Buddhist. That’s what McCain _wants_ you to think. ---
**Author:** ![dba\_Fred](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c37758/32.png) [@dba\_Fred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dba_Fred)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2008, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mccain-is-a-muslim/452841/25 "2008-06-14T07:58:32Z")
But at least he’s a white Muslim. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2008, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mccain-is-a-muslim/452841/26 "2008-06-14T10:11:40Z")
[QUOTE=ITR champion] Now admittedly this may not look very convincing since Vietnam is a Hindu country, but it’s _close_ to several Muslim countries. [/QUOTE] And actually, the closest Muslim countries would be Indonesia, Malaysia and Bangladesh. They’re really not very close. The closest two, Malaysia and Indonesia, are so anti-Communist that they used to burn 'em alive in oil drums whenever they found 'em (just like Thailand used to do). EDIT: Oh, and Brunei, I guess. ---
**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:** [June 14, 2008, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mccain-is-a-muslim/452841/27 "2008-06-14T14:54:17Z")
[QUOTE=samclem] I’d worry more that he is the Manchurian Candidate. [/QUOTE] My thoughts exactly. After he’s elected, he’ll execute the plot to assassinate the POTUS, thus attaining martyrdom and the million virgins thingy. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2008, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mccain-is-a-muslim/452841/28 "2008-06-14T15:08:27Z")
It was the multiple wives that first tipped me off. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2008, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mccain-is-a-muslim/452841/29 "2008-06-14T15:33:53Z")
Arizona. Ari’s Zone #A Ari is a Middle Eastern Name. He just might be representing an A1 top Middle Eastern Zone right here in the US. Scary. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2008, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mccain-is-a-muslim/452841/30 "2008-06-14T20:31:33Z")
He’s been seen lately saying, “Of course I know Sunni from Shia.” I saw a blog yesterday about Obama’s birth certificate, and it said, “John McCain was born in the Panama Canal.” That’s obviously phony. :dubious: I know his mama was tough, but she couldn’t swim and give birth at the same time. I’m gonna have another look at McCain’s birth certificate! I heard his family changed the name from Al-Cain when they came over. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2008, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mccain-is-a-muslim/452841/31 "2008-06-14T23:53:56Z")
[QUOTE=Biotop] Arizona. Ari’s Zone #A Ari is a Middle Eastern Name. He just might be representing an A1 top Middle Eastern Zone right here in the US. Scary. [/QUOTE] I’m starting to become convinced. Wasn’t there a major Arizona connection with Timothy McVeigh? Perhaps it’s a sleeper-cell situation. ---
**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:** [June 15, 2008, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mccain-is-a-muslim/452841/32 "2008-06-15T01:07:41Z")
[QUOTE=AskNott] He’s been seen lately saying, “Of course I know Sunni from Shia.” I saw a blog yesterday about Obama’s birth certificate, and it said, “John McCain was born in the Panama Canal.” That’s obviously phony. :dubious: I know his mama was tough, but she couldn’t swim and give birth at the same time. I’m gonna have another look at McCain’s birth certificate! [/QUOTE] She could if his father was the keeper of the Eddystone Light. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2008, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mccain-is-a-muslim/452841/33 "2008-06-15T01:19:08Z")
[QUOTE=AskNott] I heard his family changed the name from Al-Cain when they came over. [/QUOTE] No, no, no! He is _Mc_Cain–as in, “son of Cain”–that proves he’s Evil. (the Panama canal is one hell of a birth canal…) :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2008, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mccain-is-a-muslim/452841/34 "2008-06-15T01:25:03Z")
I suspect now they killed Goldwater before he could spill the beans on McCain. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2008, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mccain-is-a-muslim/452841/35 "2008-06-15T02:10:53Z")
[QUOTE=Biotop] He just might be representing an A1 top Middle Eastern Zone right here in the US. Scary. [/QUOTE] He is a Zonian for sure, having been born in the Canal Zone. He was born in the hospital in Coco Solo. The letters in Coco Solo, Panama, can be rearranged to read “Salaam Cocoon Op.” Coincidence? I think not. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2008, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mccain-is-a-muslim/452841/36 "2008-06-15T03:02:00Z")
The “M” in John McCain actually stands for "Muslim. John “Muslim” c. Cain. McCain is the Muslim Cain who will destroy all Christian Abels. The Army seeks able-bodied men for its recruits. So McCain will destroy the American army. What’s more, Sidney is a city in Australia which is close by Indonesia, a predominately Muslim country. And John is a customer of prostitutes, which I think speaks for itself. Muslim men love prostitutes because they remind them of the slavegirl in their harems. You can look it up. I think this proves something. I’ll send a memo to Fox Noise, they’ll know what to do. ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2008, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mccain-is-a-muslim/452841/37 "2008-06-15T04:33:01Z")
Not only that, John McCain was a [Clansman](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_Squadron_46_%28United_States_Navy%29)! This smear probably works better if spoken instead of in writing, so that you can’t see the whole “C instead of K thing”. I could see it as part of a telephone push poll: “Would knowing that John McCain was a [klanzmən] in the 1960s affect who you vote for?” ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2008, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mccain-is-a-muslim/452841/38 "2008-06-15T05:22:47Z")
[QUOTE=Siam Sam] I’m starting to become convinced. Wasn’t there a major Arizona connection with Timothy McVeigh? Perhaps it’s a sleeper-cell situation. [/QUOTE] Given the amount of time McCain allegedly spends napping, you could be right :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4da419/32.png) [@Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gala_Matrix_Fire)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2008, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mccain-is-a-muslim/452841/39 "2008-06-15T22:03:06Z")
McCain’s adopted daughter, Bridget, is from Bangladesh, a country where Islam is the state religion. Therefore, she is the daughter of a Muslim. Therefore, John McCain is a Muslim. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2008, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mccain-is-a-muslim/452841/40 "2008-06-15T22:49:01Z")
[QUOTE=Colibri] The letters in John Sidney McCain can be rearranged to spell “Men Sync Hadji Icon.” [/QUOTE] He prays to that kid on Jonny Quest? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mccain-is-a-muslim/452841.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-mccain-is-a-muslim/452841.md?page=3)