# Obama = Benedict Arnold! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 25, 2010, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-benedict-arnold/526304 "2010-01-25T02:09:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![buttonjockey308](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@buttonjockey308](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buttonjockey308)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-benedict-arnold/526304/41 "2010-01-26T00:25:25Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > So they should just roll over? Suck up to people whose only real selling point is that they are somewhat less crazy? Pretend to enjoy being stabbed in the back by the people they voted for? If they want to stay in office, you’re damn skippy. Same goes for the Dems. Like it or not, your base elects you because they can be arsed to vote. I’ve been placidly saying the same thing the article in the OP is yelling for about the last 5 months. The one thing that Obama is going to do is ensure that for the next 8 years, there will be republican presidents, and maybe even this Brown chap from the great state of Mass-uh-chew-setts. I like Obama, I cast my vote for him and his ideals, but the fact is, the Democratic bus is heading for the wall and Barack has his foot on the gas. It’s only a year, know, but at this rate, the dems will at worst lose their entire hold on the house and senate and will at best be lame ducks floating in the media pond until the campaigning for 2012 starts in June of 2010. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-benedict-arnold/526304/42 "2010-01-26T01:52:18Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > It has been a long time. There actually have been some recent sexual developments regarding positions that \*include \*the mouth. You don’t want to miss out on those. I am quite aware of those developments, but I am willing to forgo them in order to not hear the voices of those two uttering any words. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-benedict-arnold/526304/43 "2010-01-26T02:15:39Z")
Another right wing nut climbs out of the slime to ululate into the night. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-benedict-arnold/526304/44 "2010-01-26T02:24:17Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > Ah a threesome. I can see that as stimulating your personal economy. **gonzo** , this is great. Can I borrow it as a sig? ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-benedict-arnold/526304/45 "2010-01-26T02:39:36Z")
> [@ivn1188](#): > > Boring. Yet another inane OP by a yet another simpleton. Would you kindly just shut the fuck up and go the fuck away already? Jesus. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-benedict-arnold/526304/46 "2010-01-26T03:01:37Z")
Wow, that’s what you ended up with \*after \*editing? ---
**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:** [January 26, 2010, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-benedict-arnold/526304/47 "2010-01-26T03:20:06Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > **Rowrrbazzle** ’s need to publicly show us the money shot from the jerk-off session he had while reading the article he posted. That obsession with your fantasies of other people’s alleged sexual activities could be a problem. Better see a psychiatrist. ---
**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 26, 2010, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-benedict-arnold/526304/48 "2010-01-26T03:24:46Z")
> [@rowrrbazzle](#): > > That obsession with your fantasies of other people’s alleged sexual activities could be a problem. Better see a psychiatrist. You’re the one sitting in a puddle of political jizz. Might want to take care of that. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-benedict-arnold/526304/49 "2010-01-26T03:29:02Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > So they should just roll over? Suck up to people whose only real selling point is that they are somewhat less crazy? Pretend to enjoy being stabbed in the back by the people they voted for? Either that or grow some balls. ---
**Author:** ![tacoloco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tacoloco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tacoloco)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-benedict-arnold/526304/50 "2010-01-26T03:34:47Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > political jizz Oohh. Band Name alert. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-benedict-arnold/526304/51 "2010-01-26T03:40:32Z")
Yeah, but a jazz-rock band that can only get unpaid gigs at strip clubs. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-benedict-arnold/526304/52 "2010-01-26T03:49:00Z")
If you recall the Mos Eisley cantina scene in the first _Star Wars_ movie, the style music that the band is playing is called [jizz](http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Jizz). 😃 ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-benedict-arnold/526304/53 "2010-01-26T03:54:58Z")
Obama tried to turn West Point over to the British? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-benedict-arnold/526304/54 "2010-01-26T03:56:42Z")
OK, that badly needs a mercy retconning. ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-benedict-arnold/526304/55 "2010-01-26T04:31:21Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > OK, that badly needs a mercy retconning. No mercy required, a straight forward retconn will do. ---
**Author:** ![tacoloco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tacoloco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tacoloco)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-benedict-arnold/526304/56 "2010-01-26T04:51:41Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > If you recall the Mos Eisley cantina scene in the first _Star Wars_ movie, the style music that the band is playing is called [jizz](http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Jizz). 😃 Han shot first. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2010, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-benedict-arnold/526304/57 "2010-01-26T07:24:40Z")
> [@buttonjockey308](#): > > [QUOTE=Der Trihs] > So they should just roll over? Suck up to people whose only real selling point is that they are somewhat less crazy? Pretend to enjoy being stabbed in the back by the people they voted for? If they want to stay in office, you’re damn skippy. Same goes for the Dems. Like it or not, your base elects you because they can be arsed to vote. [/quote] Which means they should STOP rolling over. They should stop ignoring their base, and stop trying to suck up to people who’ll never vote for or cooperate with a Democrat or a black man. They can stop trying to convince their base ( hell, the public in general ) that there’s no reason to vote at all. > [@buttonjockey308](#): > > I like Obama, I cast my vote for him and his ideals, but the fact is, the Democratic bus is heading for the wall and Barack has his foot on the gas. What “gas”? They aren’t doing much of anything at all. And as far as I can tell, the “Democratic bus” isn’t headed anywhere. That would require direction, instead of drift and lethargy. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-benedict-arnold/526304.md?page=2)