# Obama Feud by Happy Lendervedder \[Closed\] **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [June 21, 2008, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-feud-by-happy-lendervedder-closed/453682 "2008-06-21T12:56:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2008, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-feud-by-happy-lendervedder-closed/453682/1 "2008-06-21T12:56:59Z")
> [@Happy Lendervedder](#): > > I’ve been noticing a shocking lack of Obama threads in the Game Room, so I offer up: (This list brought to you by **Happy Lendervedder**!) _ **Read all the Rules!** _ _ **DO NOT READ THIS THREAD BEFORE YOU POST YOUR ANSWERS** _ Try to think of the most popular answer, to get the most people matching you. Scoring - Any answer duplicated by anyone else is worth 100 points divided by the number of entrants. For example: 50 entrant game = 2 pts per answer. If 4 people match that means they each get 8 pts for that answer. No matches = 0 points. _ **READ THIS!!!** _ **Write your answers like this** ; Do not repeat the questions, no periods at the end of answers, no spaces between lines, no comments, no fancy list coding. If you need to comment or clarify your answers, do it AFTER the list of answers. Thanks. JUST LIKE THIS: **1. answer 2. response 3. rejoinder** If this format is ignored, our resident bouncer, **Brujaja** , will come in and kick your ass! The game will end either when we have 50 entrants, or at 4:30 PM Central on Sunday, 6/22/08 whichever comes first. Good luck! 1. Name a state Obama will win in November. 2. Name a state Obama will lose in November. 3. Name a state that could go to either Obama or his opponent 4. Name a place Obama has lived. 5. Name a state that holds a caucus to select its Democratic delegates 6. Besides Obama, name a current African-American politician 7. Besides Obama, name a current politician from Illinois 8. Besides Michelle Obama, give the name a person, dead or alive, related to Obama. 9. Name a Hollywood or music celebrity that’s endorsed Obama publically. 10. Will Obama be the next president of the United States? ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2008, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-feud-by-happy-lendervedder-closed/453682/2 "2008-06-21T13:11:33Z")
1. Illinois 2. Texas 3. Ohio 4. Hawaii 5. Iowa 6. Condoleeza Rice 7. Richard Durbin 8. Natasha Obama 9. Barbara Streisand 10. Yes Notes: 7, 8. I have a feeling anyone not from Illinois is gonna have a hard time with these. 9. Haven’t a clue; pulled this one straight out my bottom (sorry for the image). ---
**Author:** ![3acresandatruck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/e79b87/32.png) [@3acresandatruck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3acresandatruck)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2008, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-feud-by-happy-lendervedder-closed/453682/3 "2008-06-21T13:13:40Z")
1. Illinois 2. Wyoming 3. Missouri 4. Illinois 5. Texas 6. John Conyers 7. Rod Blagojevich 8. Barack Obama, Sr. 9. Tom Hanks 10. yes ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2008, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-feud-by-happy-lendervedder-closed/453682/4 "2008-06-21T13:21:17Z")
1. Illinois 2. Texas 3. New York 4. Hawaii 5. Texas 6. Condaleeza Rice 7. Richard Daley 8. Obama Sr. 9. Tom Hanks 10. Yes #8 is meant to be his father, can’t recall the given name ---
**Author:** ![Walkabout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/46a35a/32.png) [@Walkabout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walkabout)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2008, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-feud-by-happy-lendervedder-closed/453682/5 "2008-06-21T13:24:51Z")
1. Illinois 2. West Virginia 3. Florida 4. Hawaii 5. Iowa 6. Jesse Jackson 7. Richard Daily 8. Dick Cheney 9. Oprah Winfrey 10. Yes 11. Does “current” mean alive? ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2008, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-feud-by-happy-lendervedder-closed/453682/6 "2008-06-21T14:02:01Z")
1. Illinois 2. Arizona 3. Iowa 4. Chicago 5. Texas 6. Condoleeza Rice 7. Rod Blagojevich 8. Barack Obama, Sr. 9. Oprah Winfrey 10. Yes ---
**Author:** ![tarragon918](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d26b3c/32.png) [@tarragon918](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tarragon918)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2008, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-feud-by-happy-lendervedder-closed/453682/7 "2008-06-21T14:18:28Z")
1. Name a state Obama will win in November. 2. Name a state Obama will lose in November. 3. Name a state that could go to either Obama or his opponent 4. Name a place Obama has lived. 5. Name a state that holds a caucus to select its Democratic delegates 6. Besides Obama, name a current African-American politician 7. Besides Obama, name a current politician from Illinois 8. Besides Michelle Obama, give the name a person, dead or alive, related to Obama. 9. Name a Hollywood or music celebrity that’s endorsed Obama publically. 10. Will Obama be the next president of the United States? 11. New York 12. Arizona 13. Florida 14. Chicago 15. Iowa 16. Eleanor Holmes Norton 17. Durbin 18. Ann Durham 19. Tom Hanks 20. YES ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2008, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-feud-by-happy-lendervedder-closed/453682/8 "2008-06-21T14:55:33Z")
1. Illinois 2. Florida 3. Ohio 4. Hawaii 5. Iowa 6. Condoleeza Rice 7. Richard Daily 8. Barak Obama, Sr. 9. Tom Hanks 10. Yes Edited cuz I dunt spel two gud sumtamez ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2008, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-feud-by-happy-lendervedder-closed/453682/9 "2008-06-21T15:03:10Z")
1. California 2. Arizona 3. Florida 4. Illinois 5. New Hampshire 6. Keyes 7. Mayor of Chicago 8. Cheney 9. Springsteen 10. Yes ---
**Author:** ![Mullinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2008, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-feud-by-happy-lendervedder-closed/453682/10 "2008-06-21T15:09:28Z")
1. Illinois 2. Arizona 3. Ohio 4. Washington DC 5. Iowa 6. Shirley Franklin 7. Henry Hyde 8. Constance Obama 9. Oprah Winfrey 10. No ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2008, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-feud-by-happy-lendervedder-closed/453682/11 "2008-06-21T15:13:58Z")
1. New York 2. Texas 3. Ohio 4. Hawaii 5. Iowa 6. Charles Rangel 7. Richard Daley Jr. 8. Barack Obama Sr. 9. Oprah Winfrey 10. Yes ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2008, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-feud-by-happy-lendervedder-closed/453682/12 "2008-06-21T15:14:30Z")
1. Illinois 2. Texas 3. Pennsylvania 4. Hawaii 5. Texas 6. Deval Patrick 7. Abe Lincoln (can’t think of a current one) 8. Dick Cheney 9. Maria Shriver (lame answer) 10. Yes oh God please ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2008, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-feud-by-happy-lendervedder-closed/453682/13 "2008-06-21T15:16:28Z")
[QUOTE=Baker] 1. Obama Sr. #8 is meant to be his father, can’t recall the given name [/QUOTE] Err, um, I hope I’m being whooshed. (Hint: If the son is Barack Obama Jr., what do you suppose his father’s name is?) ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2008, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-feud-by-happy-lendervedder-closed/453682/14 "2008-06-21T15:18:42Z")
1. massachusetts 2. Texas 3. Florida 4. Hawaii 5. Iowa 6. Adrian Fenty 7. Richard Durbin 8. Dick Cheney\* 9. Bruce Springsteen 10. Yes > **[Obama and Cheney, Making Connections](https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/16/AR2007101602362.html)** ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2008, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-feud-by-happy-lendervedder-closed/453682/15 "2008-06-21T15:20:19Z")
1. California 2. Texas 3. Florida 4. Illinois 5. Iowa 6. David Paterson 7. Richard M. Daley 8. Natasha Obama 9. Oprah Winfrey 10. Yes ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2008, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-feud-by-happy-lendervedder-closed/453682/16 "2008-06-21T15:39:47Z")
1. Illinois 2. Kansas 3. Ohio 4. Hawaii 5. Iowa 6. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, Congressperson from Cleveland 7. Richard Durban 8. Obama’s children 9. John Cusack 10. Yes ---
**Author:** ![Paranoid\_Randroid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paranoid_randroid/32/18_2.png) [@Paranoid\_Randroid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paranoid_Randroid)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2008, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-feud-by-happy-lendervedder-closed/453682/17 "2008-06-21T15:40:11Z")
1. California 2. Texas 3. Ohio 4. Hawaii 5. Texas 6. Deval Patrick 7. Dick Durbin 8. Dick Cheney 9. Oprah Winfrey 10. Yes Edit: Removed the questions. Doh. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2008, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-feud-by-happy-lendervedder-closed/453682/18 "2008-06-21T15:53:20Z")
I try very hard to _not_ pay attention to political proceedings, they give me a migriane. That said, here are my answers 1. Ohio 2. Texas 3. Massachusetts 4. * * * 5. Iowa 6. Jesse Jackson 7. * * * 8. * * * 9. * * * 10. maybe see? I know nothing about him, except for what I learn on The Daily Show and The Colbert Report, and since I watch these as I’m falling asleep, I don’t retain the info. Color me uninformed and apathetic. ---
**Author:** ![Qwisp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qwisp/32/397_2.png) [@Qwisp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qwisp)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2008, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-feud-by-happy-lendervedder-closed/453682/19 "2008-06-21T16:15:17Z")
1. Illinois 2. West Virginia 3. Ohio 4. Illinois 5. Iowa 6. Alan Keyes 7. Dick Durbin 8. Malia Obama 9. Oprah 10. yes ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2008, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-feud-by-happy-lendervedder-closed/453682/20 "2008-06-21T16:23:14Z")
I’m thinking that “2. Texas” may be this feud’s conch [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-feud-by-happy-lendervedder-closed/453682.md?page=2)