# Obama is not a secret Muslim, but he is a secret **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 7, 2009, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-is-not-a-secret-muslim-but-he-is-a-secret/499008 "2009-06-07T14:46:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2009, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-is-not-a-secret-muslim-but-he-is-a-secret/499008/1 "2009-06-07T14:46:59Z")
I’ve figured it out. [Look at this.](http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/photo/2009-03/45803447.jpg) [And now look at this and tell me they aren’t the same person!](http://outpost10f.com/dderidex/images/login/entry_tal.jpg) He’s a secret ROMULAN! OH NOES! ---
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2009, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-is-not-a-secret-muslim-but-he-is-a-secret/499008/2 "2009-06-07T15:06:14Z")
That’s Rahm Emanuel , Obama’s Chief-of-Staff, in the first photo, not Obama. What planet are you living on? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2009, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-is-not-a-secret-muslim-but-he-is-a-secret/499008/3 "2009-06-07T15:15:22Z")
> [@Zebra](#): > > I’ve figured it out. > > [Look at this.](http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/photo/2009-03/45803447.jpg) > > [And now look at this and tell me they aren’t the same person!](http://outpost10f.com/dderidex/images/login/entry_tal.jpg) > > \*\*He’s a secret ROMULAN! \*\* OH NOES! > [@Fiddle\_Peghead](#): > > That’s Rahm Emanuel , Obama’s Chief-of-Staff, in the first photo, not Obama. What planet are you living on? 🙂 That would be Rahmulen. ---
**Author:** ![PeacePlease](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/71c47a/32.png) [@PeacePlease](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PeacePlease)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2009, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-is-not-a-secret-muslim-but-he-is-a-secret/499008/4 "2009-06-07T15:27:30Z")
Can I have some of what you’re smokin’? ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2009, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-is-not-a-secret-muslim-but-he-is-a-secret/499008/5 "2009-06-07T16:13:58Z")
Those two pictures don’t really look alike. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2009, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-is-not-a-secret-muslim-but-he-is-a-secret/499008/6 "2009-06-07T16:20:37Z")
He had his ears bobbed. duh! ---
**Author:** ![Terrifel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2009, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-is-not-a-secret-muslim-but-he-is-a-secret/499008/7 "2009-06-07T16:20:50Z")
My tribble doesn’t like you, **Zebra**. Why is that? ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2009, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-is-not-a-secret-muslim-but-he-is-a-secret/499008/8 "2009-06-07T17:30:17Z")
You realize your title is Sequential Thread fodder? I’m totally waiting for this one to line up with " **Baby-killer!"** ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2009, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-is-not-a-secret-muslim-but-he-is-a-secret/499008/9 "2009-06-07T20:24:27Z")
> [@Captain\_Carrot](#): > > Those two pictures don’t really look alike. There is a shocking lack of photos of SubCommander Tal on the internets. Why is that? Wasn’t the internet invented for Star Trek fans? Hummmm… ---
**Author:** ![Nancarrow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c37758/32.png) [@Nancarrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nancarrow)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2009, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-is-not-a-secret-muslim-but-he-is-a-secret/499008/10 "2009-06-07T20:43:04Z")
> [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](#): > > You realize your title is Sequential Thread fodder? I’m totally waiting for this one to line up with " **Baby-killer!"** Ask and you shall receive! (for about the next two minutes anyway) ETA: dammit, **flyboy**! ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2009, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-is-not-a-secret-muslim-but-he-is-a-secret/499008/11 "2009-06-07T20:43:53Z")
You missed. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![KRC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/45deac/32.png) [@KRC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KRC)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2009, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-is-not-a-secret-muslim-but-he-is-a-secret/499008/12 "2009-06-08T00:08:34Z")
You found my long lost twin? But I didn’t even know I had lost one. Of course that could just be what they want you to think.