# Mr Mubarak, come to America, we love you. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 31, 2011, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-mubarak-come-to-america-we-love-you/569626 "2011-01-31T09:32:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [January 31, 2011, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-mubarak-come-to-america-we-love-you/569626/1 "2011-01-31T09:32:35Z")
I’m putting this in the Pit because I expect to be mocked. I don’t think Hosni Mubarak is an illegitimate ruler because he’s an anti-democratic dictator. I think Hosni Mubarak is an illegitimate ruler because he’s propped up by a foreign democracy. And democracy, as I have said elsewhere, is inevitably stupid. Therefore, I think it’s time the USA changed its policy. Instead of hypocritically protecting democracy here in the USA while propping up dictators in places like Egypt, we should let Egypt experiment with democracy & bring Hosni Mubarak here. I wouldn’t worry too much about Egypt staying democratic; it will likely end up with some quasi-Bonapartist military ruler soon enough. But finally the USA can have the dictator of its dreams, the dictator it deserves. Please rule us, Hosni Mubarak, we love you & need you! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-mubarak-come-to-america-we-love-you/569626/2 "2011-01-31T09:52:19Z")
Mubarak could never be US president, because he was born in Africa. Wait… ---
**Author:** ![Nametag](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nametag/32/406_2.png) [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-mubarak-come-to-america-we-love-you/569626/3 "2011-01-31T10:30:01Z")
**foolsguinea** , did you do that on purpose? ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-mubarak-come-to-america-we-love-you/569626/4 "2011-01-31T12:15:44Z")
You \*do \*know that “Barack” and “Mubarak” are essentially the same name? ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-mubarak-come-to-america-we-love-you/569626/5 "2011-01-31T12:51:28Z")
Not essentially, actually. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-mubarak-come-to-america-we-love-you/569626/6 "2011-01-31T14:00:25Z")
> [@AK84](#): > > Not essentially, actually. It’s essential that you acknowledge it. In essence. ---
**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:** [January 31, 2011, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-mubarak-come-to-america-we-love-you/569626/7 "2011-01-31T14:23:23Z")
The Barack goes Mu. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-mubarak-come-to-america-we-love-you/569626/8 "2011-01-31T14:28:41Z")
He can stay at my house. I have a spare bedroom. No mummies, though. I don’t want any motherfucking mummies in my motherfucking house! ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-mubarak-come-to-america-we-love-you/569626/9 "2011-01-31T14:29:21Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > The Barack goes Mu. Win ---
**Author:** ![newcomer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e5b9ba/32.png) [@newcomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/newcomer)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-mubarak-come-to-america-we-love-you/569626/10 "2011-01-31T14:40:49Z")
Strikes me as Senator material – very old, from the old money, keeps getting re-elected for past 30 years, reactionary (as opposed to proactive), aware of corru… pardon, pork dynamics. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-mubarak-come-to-america-we-love-you/569626/11 "2011-01-31T15:18:03Z")
> [@AK84](#): > > Not essentially, actually. I left room for linguistic subtleties. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-mubarak-come-to-america-we-love-you/569626/12 "2011-01-31T15:25:43Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > You \*do \*know that “Barack” and “Mubarak” are essentially the same name? Please email this to Glen Beck and see how long before he uses it. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-mubarak-come-to-america-we-love-you/569626/13 "2011-01-31T15:28:40Z")
What will you give me if I don’t? ---
**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:** [January 31, 2011, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-mubarak-come-to-america-we-love-you/569626/14 "2011-01-31T15:59:29Z")
How 'bout a nice ham sandwich? Ham sandwiches are tasty. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-mubarak-come-to-america-we-love-you/569626/15 "2011-01-31T16:02:44Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > He can stay at my house. I have a spare bedroom. No mummies, though. I don’t want any motherfucking mummies in my motherfucking house! Don’t worry. Zahi Hawass will be personally inspecting his bags while he waits aboard the plane for takeoff. With a camera crew and three interns. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-mubarak-come-to-america-we-love-you/569626/16 "2011-01-31T16:03:38Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > How 'bout a nice ham sandwich? Ham sandwiches are tasty. So here’s what I was told (as a true story): some years ago, through some idealistic study-abroad program, an Israeli & a (muslim) Palestinian are both studying at a midwestern college somewhere. Rather than fly all the way back over some holiday or another, they accept an invitation to a local family’s house for dinner; they answer a bunch of well-intentioned but clueless questions, then the main course comes out: a lovely glazed ham. The Israeli looks at the ham, then looks at the Palestinian. The Palestinian looks at the Israeli, looks down at the ham, then looks back, and says: “Pass the chicken.” ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-mubarak-come-to-america-we-love-you/569626/17 "2011-01-31T18:03:42Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > Don’t worry. Zahi Hawass will be personally inspecting his bags while he waits aboard the plane for takeoff. With a camera crew and three interns. Zahi Hawass for president! ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-mubarak-come-to-america-we-love-you/569626/18 "2011-01-31T18:36:29Z")
Oh good lord. Can you imagine that jackass as a national leader? Isn’t his ego too large for Egypt already? I’d bet he’d last about two weeks before there was another revolution. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-mubarak-come-to-america-we-love-you/569626/19 "2011-01-31T19:11:57Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > Oh good lord. Can you imagine that jackass as a national leader? Isn’t his ego too large for Egypt already? I’d bet he’d last about two weeks before there was another revolution. Don’t underestimate the power of the Ancient Dead to quell uprisings… ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2011, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-mubarak-come-to-america-we-love-you/569626/20 "2011-01-31T20:10:41Z")
> [@newcomer](#): > > aware of corru… pardon, pork dynamics. Not to mention pyramid schemes. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mr-mubarak-come-to-america-we-love-you/569626.md?page=2)