# Obama's son **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 12, 2014, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-son/698267 "2014-09-12T06:51:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-son/698267/41 "2014-09-12T15:44:15Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > With **nice guys** ’s luck, it’ll be a woman. I’d love to see a black Muslim woman wearing a burka try to run for higher office in the United States. If only for the entertainment value in the complete apoplectic shock you’d see on the right. Damn that would be great if she got elected to Congress. Epic level fun times. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-son/698267/42 "2014-09-12T16:00:35Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > I’d love to see a black Muslim woman wearing a burka try to run for higher office in the United States. If only for the entertainment value in the complete apoplectic shock you’d see on the right. > > Damn that would be great if she got elected to Congress. Epic level fun times. How about Hillary wins, then immediately puts on a burka and announces that she has converted to Islam. Then a year later, after Rush Limbaugh and Ann Coulter have died from apoplexy, she calls a press conference to declare herself an atheist. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-son/698267/43 "2014-09-12T16:00:51Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > I’d love to see a black Muslim woman wearing a burka try to run for higher office in the United States. If only for the entertainment value in the complete apoplectic shock you’d see on the right. > > Damn that would be great if she got elected to Congress. Epic level fun times. Yeah, but she’d always have to be ten paces behind the secret service. Could be problematic. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-son/698267/44 "2014-09-12T16:07:36Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > How about Hillary wins, then immediately puts on a burka and announces that she has converted to Islam. Then a year later, after Rush Limbaugh and Ann Coulter have died from apoplexy, she calls a press conference to declare herself an atheist. This would be the best thing ever. How much money do we need to make this happen? ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-son/698267/45 "2014-09-12T16:17:56Z")
Mitt Romney’s son: Charles Manson Adolph Hitler David Berkowitz Or just one of the many white cops who killed or beat an unarmed non-white person without just cause You pick 'em. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-son/698267/46 "2014-09-12T16:58:06Z")
Hey guys, lay off the OP. He’s not really saying he believes in anything one way or the other, he’s just asking questions, you know? So which one of these negroes \*is \*the negro president’s son? See? Makes you think! ---
**Author:** ![TimeWinder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bcef8e/32.png) [@TimeWinder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TimeWinder)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-son/698267/47 "2014-09-12T17:18:16Z")
You know, it’s easier if you read for incomprehension. ---
**Author:** ![DChord568](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@DChord568](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DChord568)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-son/698267/48 "2014-09-12T17:39:47Z")
> [@Steken](#): > > No, I don’t think it’s his son - I think it’s _him_. “Brothers and sisters have I none,” right? And then “but that man’s father is my father’s son.” “That’s man’s father” = His own father. “My father’s son” = Himself. Now do you get it? Not that it has much to do with this amusing thread, but you’ve got the old riddle wrong. The man in the photo (“that man”) is the speaker’s son. “My father’s son” = the speaker (has to be, as he has no siblings) “That man’s father” = the speaker (as we know “My father’s son” = the speaker) “That man” = the son of the speaker ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-son/698267/49 "2014-09-12T17:44:13Z")
> [@woodstockbirdybird](#): > > Mitt Romney’s son: > > Charles Manson > > Adolph Hitler > > David Berkowitz > > Or just one of the many white cops who killed or beat an unarmed non-white person without just cause > > You pick 'em. Difference is, Mitt never said any of those people might be his son. Obama did say that about Trayvon Martin. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-son/698267/50 "2014-09-12T17:44:15Z")
> [@TimeWinder](#): > > You know, it’s easier if you read for incomprehension. I got an A plus in reading incomprehension. A plus plus plus plus plus! ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-son/698267/51 "2014-09-12T17:44:30Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > Racist rants go in IMHO? I’ll never figure this place out. Mods probably [don’t think it’s racist](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=733350). :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-son/698267/52 "2014-09-12T17:45:17Z")
> [@A\_nice\_guy\_with\_an\_opinion](#): > > Ray Rice > > Micheal Brown > > Trayvon > You pick em. [Mr. Snap]You daughter already has, all of them, at the same time.[/Mr. Snap] ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-son/698267/53 "2014-09-12T17:49:46Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > I got an A plus in reading incomprehension. A plus plus plus plus plus! they told me in sixth grade that I was reading incomprehensibly at a high school level. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-son/698267/54 "2014-09-12T17:51:48Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > they told me in sixth grade that I was reading incomprehensibly at a high school level. I’m not worthy! ---
**Author:** ![Steken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Steken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steken)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-son/698267/55 "2014-09-12T17:58:45Z")
> [@DChord568](#): > > Not that it has much to do with this amusing thread, but you’ve got the old riddle wrong. > > The man in the photo (“that man”) is the speaker’s son. > > “My father’s son” = the speaker (has to be, as he has no siblings) > > “That man’s father” = the speaker (as we know “My father’s son” = the speaker) > > “That man” = the son of the speaker I am, admittedly, extremely drunk at the moment of writing, but… … If “that’s man’s father” is the _speaker_’s father, and the speaker is that _man’s father_, how in the the fucking balls can… You know what? I’ll come back tomorrow and have a closer look. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-son/698267/56 "2014-09-12T18:01:01Z")
> [@Steken](#): > > I am, admittedly, extremely drunk at the moment of writing, but… > > … If “that’s man’s father” is the _speaker_’s father, and the speaker is that _man’s father_, how in the the fucking balls can… You know what? I’ll come back tomorrow and have a closer look. Have you considered a wee tipple before you tackle it again? ---
**Author:** ![Calatin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/439d5e/32.png) [@Calatin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Calatin)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-son/698267/57 "2014-09-12T18:04:38Z")
> [@Steken](#): > > I am, admittedly, extremely drunk at the moment of writing, but… If you are writing this from within the continental U.S., you, sir, are my hero. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-son/698267/58 "2014-09-12T18:05:31Z")
> [@Enginerd](#): > > Mods probably [don’t think it’s racist](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=733350). :rolleyes: Well, see, there’s racist and then there’s racism and then… Whatever. I blame Obama. ---
**Author:** ![Steken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Steken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steken)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-son/698267/59 "2014-09-12T18:33:44Z")
> [@Calatin](#): > > If you are writing this from within the continental U.S., you, sir, are my hero. From the bottom of my heart, I do apologize - I was, at the time of writing, and still am, over in Europe. (Can I still be your hero, though? I… I really _want_ to be.) ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2014, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-son/698267/60 "2014-09-12T18:45:05Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > Do you think we’ll ever have a white president again? Do you think we’ll ever have an Italian pope again? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-son/698267.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-son/698267.md?page=4)