# Obama is a terrorist. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 19, 2008, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-is-a-terrorist/434154 "2008-01-19T15:21:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mosier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2008, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-is-a-terrorist/434154/1 "2008-01-19T15:21:52Z")
He won’t swear on the Bible, he’s going to ban Christian prayer, and he’s just not a good man. According to my wife’s parents anyway, who just harassed her because she’s going to caucus for him later this morning. How do people get taken in by rumors like this? Yesterday I had a dream where I knocked my wife’s father down and beat him senseless, and I felt really bad about doing it. I don’t want to hurt him, but I’d sure like to grab him by the shoulders and shake the shit out of him, and ask him what the fuck he’s thinking. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2008, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-is-a-terrorist/434154/2 "2008-01-19T15:33:10Z")
They get taken in because they are already inclined to believe them. Perhaps they have another, unspoken objection to Mr. Obama, maybe they have an objection to his complexion. By the way, did you know that Hillary Clinton was the Political Commissar for the Wellesley Lesbian Maoist Collective? That’s a true fact, you could look it up! ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2008, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-is-a-terrorist/434154/3 "2008-01-19T15:57:53Z")
[QUOTE=Mosier] He won’t swear on the Bible, he’s going to ban Christian prayer, and he’s just not a good man. According to my wife’s parents anyway, who just harassed her because she’s going to caucus for him later this morning. How do people get taken in by rumors like this? Yesterday I had a dream where I knocked my wife’s father down and beat him senseless, and I felt really bad about doing it. I don’t want to hurt him, but I’d sure like to grab him by the shoulders and shake the shit out of him, and ask him what the fuck he’s thinking. [/QUOTE] They get taken in because those rumors circulate on the internet, and among mouth-breathing conservative fundamentalists. More importantly—and even more pathetically—those rumors are also given credence and impetus by mainstream media commentators, one of whom actually asked Obama during a recent Democratic debate whether or not they were true. The idea that responsible journalism consists of dignifying this sort of smear tactic is crazy, but that’s what passes for good reporting in the republic, i’m afraid. ---
**Author:** ![Gukumatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/74df32/32.png) [@Gukumatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gukumatz)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2008, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-is-a-terrorist/434154/4 "2008-01-19T16:18:13Z")
Next time, show up with a copy of the 2005 January White House press reports, which you accidentally kept in your handbag (or masculine equivalent). You know, the ones which explicitly states that Dick Cheney, acting as the President of the Senate, himself confirmed that Obama was swearing on his own, personal copy of the Bible. And then whack them with it, over the head. ---
**Author:** ![Billdo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/billdo/32/315_2.png) [@Billdo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billdo)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2008, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-is-a-terrorist/434154/5 "2008-01-19T16:59:29Z")
[QUOTE=Gukumatz] You know, the ones which explicitly states that Dick Cheney, acting as the President of the Senate, himself confirmed that Obama was swearing on his own, personal copy of the Bible. [/QUOTE] Yeah, but Cheney is Obama’s cousin. I bet a family member would lie about something like that. ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2008, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-is-a-terrorist/434154/6 "2008-01-19T17:05:58Z")
Even well-meaning people get taken in by them. Recently, a Doper posted the “Obama is a Muslim” myth. Another Doper corrected him, saying that the guy’s not a Muslim _any more_. It took an additional poster to completely clear up the misconception. Obama is not and has never been a Muslim. But the fact that people are using this as a slur (and reacting to it as such) really goes to show how enlightened Americans are. ---
**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 19, 2008, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-is-a-terrorist/434154/7 "2008-01-19T17:09:55Z")
[QUOTE=mhendo] They get taken in because those rumors circulate on the internet, and among mouth-breathing conservative fundamentalists. More importantly—and even more pathetically—those rumors are also given credence and impetus by mainstream media commentators, one of whom actually asked Obama during a recent Democratic debate whether or not they were true. The idea that responsible journalism consists of dignifying this sort of smear tactic is crazy, but that’s what passes for good reporting in the republic, i’m afraid. [/QUOTE] To be fair, that’s not what Williams asked. Here’s what went down in the debate: > [@](#): > > WILLIAMS: Time for the rebuttal has expired. > > Senator Obama, a fresh question here. > > It may not come as news to you that there’s a lot of false information about you circulating on the Internet. > > We received one e-mail, in particular — usually once several weeks; we’ve received three of them this week. This particular one alleges, among other things, that you are trying to hide the fact that you’re a Muslim, that you took the oath of office on the Koran and not the Bible… > > (LAUGHTER) > > … that you will not pledge allegiance to the flag or generally respect it. > > How do you — how does your campaign go on about combating this kind of thing? So, it was presented at the outset as “false information”, and the question was about how he goes about combating that kind of stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2008, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-is-a-terrorist/434154/8 "2008-01-19T17:11:41Z")
Those falsehoods are in wide circulation where I work, too. I try to combat the more egregious ones (he’s a muslim, and he swore his oath of office on the Koran) but frankly against such entrenched and willful ignorance, Cecil himself contends in vain. ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2008, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-is-a-terrorist/434154/9 "2008-01-19T17:12:15Z")
[QUOTE=Billdo] Yeah, but Cheney is Obama’s cousin. I bet a family member would lie about something like that. [/QUOTE] No, he’s his son. The rumor about McCain having an illegitimate black son was an error - it’s actually Cheney. There was a mixup because all bald white guys look alike. -Joe ---
**Author:** ![vibrotronica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@vibrotronica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vibrotronica)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2008, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-is-a-terrorist/434154/10 "2008-01-19T17:18:15Z")
But really, were the people who are being taken in by this shit going to vote for Obama, or any Democrat, anyway? ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2008, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-is-a-terrorist/434154/11 "2008-01-19T17:53:43Z")
[QUOTE=Gukumatz] Obama was swearing on his own, personal copy of the Bible. [/QUOTE] Meh. It’s probably not a real Bible. He probably took a Bible, tore out all the pages, and filled it with child pornography. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2008, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-is-a-terrorist/434154/12 "2008-01-19T18:02:37Z")
Child porn? You kidding? You can’t\* get \* children to watch porn! At my local Big Bird Secular Humanist Day Care, they have an hour of porn a day on the Celebrate Perversity agenda, and the little buggers keep trying to change the channel! Why, I remember…(just a second…what?..WHAT?..are you \*shitting \* me?!..nobody, but nobody is sick enough to…oh, really…well…never mind.) ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2008, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-is-a-terrorist/434154/13 "2008-01-19T18:55:22Z")
[QUOTE=Gukumatz] Obama was swearing on his own, personal copy of the Bible. [/QUOTE] - which was bound in leather made from the tanned labia of 72 virgins ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2008, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-is-a-terrorist/434154/14 "2008-01-19T18:58:15Z")
[QUOTE=Slithy Tove] - which was bound in leather made from the tanned labia of 72 virgins [/QUOTE] Ooooh! I want one of those! ---
**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:** [January 19, 2008, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-is-a-terrorist/434154/15 "2008-01-19T19:59:25Z")
The easy thing in the world is to convince people of something they want to believe. It’s hardly just a conservative flaw, although they have it in abundance. I’m sure if I started a rumor that Dick Cheney had sold nuclear weapon secrets to North Korea, there’d be plenty of people who’d take my word for it. ---
**Author:** ![11811](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/9d8465/32.png) [@11811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/11811)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2008, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-is-a-terrorist/434154/16 "2008-01-19T20:34:07Z")
[QUOTE=Czarcasm] Ooooh! I want one of those! [/QUOTE] A bible, or a virgin? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2008, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-is-a-terrorist/434154/17 "2008-01-19T22:44:17Z")
I had a tan '72 Labia. Ran real smooth, too. Interior would smell kinda funky now and then. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2008, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-is-a-terrorist/434154/18 "2008-01-19T23:25:21Z")
Perhaps your in-laws would feel better voting for [someone God wanted in office.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=451722)😃 ---
**Author:** ![Baldwin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baldwin/32/7264_2.png) [@Baldwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baldwin)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2008, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-is-a-terrorist/434154/19 "2008-01-19T23:38:35Z")
[QUOTE=danceswithcats] I had a tan '72 Labia. Ran real smooth, too. Interior would smell kinda funky now and then. [/QUOTE] Back when I was married, I was talking to one of the ladies at my wife’s church about cars. She piped up with, “I have a red vulva!” I’m almost 100% certain she meant Volvo. But I just had to say, “How many miles on it?” ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2008, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-is-a-terrorist/434154/20 "2008-01-19T23:54:40Z")
In church? If I get to hell first, I’ll save you a spot. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-is-a-terrorist/434154.md?page=2)