# Post Barack Obamaa Jokes **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 17, 2008, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-barack-obamaa-jokes/456805 "2008-07-17T08:04:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**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:** [July 18, 2008, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-barack-obamaa-jokes/456805/81 "2008-07-18T20:53:25Z")
[QUOTE=Exapno Mapcase] That certain people on the right can think of a centrist politician like Obama as a “red” says some interesting things about their political viewpoint [/QUOTE] That anyone on the left can say without qualification that [the most liberal member of the Senate](http://nj.nationaljournal.com/voteratings/) is a “centrist” reveals some interesting things about their political viewpoint. ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2008, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-barack-obamaa-jokes/456805/82 "2008-07-18T20:53:50Z")
**Deep Space Nine** reran the “Jadzia Dax lesbian kiss” episode last Thursday, so if you were wondering why Obama blew off that Town Meeting debate, well… ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2008, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-barack-obamaa-jokes/456805/83 "2008-07-18T21:03:54Z")
[QUOTE=rowrrbazzle] That anyone on the left can say without qualification that [the most liberal member of the Senate](http://nj.nationaljournal.com/voteratings/) is a “centrist” reveals some interesting things about their political viewpoint. [/QUOTE] You left a key clause out of your sentence. Whoever first predicted “whichever Democrat runs is always going to be called ‘most liberal’” deserves a medal or a prize or something. But that’s GD stuff. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2008, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-barack-obamaa-jokes/456805/84 "2008-07-18T21:59:30Z")
[QUOTE=rowrrbazzle] That anyone on the left can say without qualification that [the most liberal member of the Senate](http://nj.nationaljournal.com/voteratings/) is a “centrist” reveals some interesting things about their political viewpoint. [/QUOTE] That any publication would rank Obama as more “liberal” than [Bernie Sanders](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernie_Sanders) reveals more about that publication’s lack of credibility than about any politicians it covers. Bear in mind, also, that considering the historical and even more the current institutional tilt of the zillionaire-boys’-club that is U.S. Senate, for the most “liberal” member of it to be a “centrist” compared to the general American public would be utterly unsurprising. ---
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2008, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-barack-obamaa-jokes/456805/85 "2008-07-18T23:49:12Z")
Man, this thread just keeps getting funnier and funnier! ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2008, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-barack-obamaa-jokes/456805/86 "2008-07-19T00:59:02Z")
[QUOTE=Shodan] I wonder if Obama will ever reach the point of being able to joke about himself. It might help him. He seems so serious, I am sort of afraid he will burn himself out. [/QUOTE] You agree with that other prominent political mind, Maureen Dowd, who wrote in her New York Times column on Wednesday: > [@](#): > > If Obama keeps being stingy with his quips and smiles, and if the dominant perception of him is that you can’t make jokes about him, it might infect his campaign with an airless quality. His humorlessness could spark humor. You’re both wrong, to be sure. Obama knows full well that as the first black candidate he has to be perceived as twice as good in every way as any white candidate to appear equal. If he were to make John McCain’s jokes, 24-hour cable would have to add a few hours every day to make room for the outrage. > [@rowrrbazzle](#): > > That anyone on the left can say without qualification that the most liberal member of the Senate is a “centrist” reveals some interesting things about their political viewpoint. Obama is a centrist politician because he is moving to the center as he runs, just as McCain was a centrist politician in 2000 when he ran toward the center. This year he is moving toward the right as he runs, so he is a rightest politician. I take my terms from the real world, not artificial ideological distinctions. BrainGlutton, Bernie Sanders is a member of the House, so he doesn’t count when ranking the Senate. ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2008, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-barack-obamaa-jokes/456805/87 "2008-07-19T01:11:29Z")
[QUOTE=Exapno Mapcase] BrainGlutton, Bernie Sanders is a member of the House, so he doesn’t count when ranking the Senate. [/QUOTE] You are [mistaken](http://sanders.senate.gov/) about that. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2008, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-barack-obamaa-jokes/456805/88 "2008-07-19T01:15:47Z")
I saw clips of Obama on Letterman. Boy howdy, that was rank. He can’t tell a scripted joke to save his life. On the other hand, I heard Obama a few years ago on the radio, and he had an easy humor to him that was delightful. Here’s a joke for **Shodan** : What’s the difference between McCain and a lightbulb? One of them is a wire in a vaccuum that is regularly heated by electricity. The other is a common item in your household. Now we’ll see if he finds it funny. If he doesn’t, it must be hitting a _little_ close to home! Daniel ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2008, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-barack-obamaa-jokes/456805/89 "2008-07-19T02:19:03Z")
[QUOTE=Bayard] You are [mistaken](http://sanders.senate.gov/) about that. [/QUOTE] Oh yeah, if I was mistaken then who was I thinking of? Barney Frank? Oh, never mind. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2008, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-barack-obamaa-jokes/456805/90 "2008-07-21T16:01:33Z")
[QUOTE=BrainGlutton] That any publication would rank Obama as more “liberal” than [Bernie Sanders](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernie_Sanders) reveals more about that publication’s lack of credibility than about any politicians it covers. [/QUOTE] And [John McCain](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/07/18/mccain-obama-socialist-i_n_113524.html) also places Obama to the left of Sanders. :rolleyes: If only! ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2008, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-barack-obamaa-jokes/456805/91 "2008-07-21T23:21:11Z")
While suturing a cut on the hand of a 75 year old Texas rancher, whose hand was caught in a gate while working cattle, the doctor struck up a conversation with the old man. Eventually the topic got around to Obama and his bid to be our President. The old rancher said, “Well, ya know, Obama is a ‘post turtle’.” Not being familiar with the term, the doctor asked him what a ‘post turtle’ was. The old rancher said, “When you’re driving down a country road and you come across a fence post with a turtle balanced on top, that’s a ‘post turtle’.” The old rancher saw a puzzled look on the doctor’s face, so he continued to explain. “You know he didn’t get up there by himself, he doesn’t belong up there, he doesn’t know what to do while he is up there, and you just want to kick the shit out of the dumb ass that put him up there.” ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Tonya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/4491bb/32.png) [@Queen\_Tonya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Tonya)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-barack-obamaa-jokes/456805/92 "2008-07-22T00:05:50Z")
My teenager made an off the cuff crack about “What does Barack hope to hear every night from Michelle? _Yes, we can!_” Hey, he’s just a kid, at least he was quick about it after seeing a campaign bumper sticker. ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-barack-obamaa-jokes/456805/93 "2008-07-22T00:35:17Z")
Tonya gets the first actual joke of the thread! ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-barack-obamaa-jokes/456805/94 "2008-07-22T01:25:14Z")
[QUOTE=Clothahump] While suturing a cut on the hand of a 75 year old Texas rancher, whose hand was caught in a gate while working cattle, the doctor struck up a conversation with the old man. Eventually the topic got around to Obama and his bid to be our President. The old rancher said, “Well, ya know, Obama is a ‘post turtle’.” Not being familiar with the term, the doctor asked him what a ‘post turtle’ was. The old rancher said, “When you’re driving down a country road and you come across a fence post with a turtle balanced on top, that’s a ‘post turtle’.” The old rancher saw a puzzled look on the doctor’s face, so he continued to explain. “You know he didn’t get up there by himself, he doesn’t belong up there, he doesn’t know what to do while he is up there, and you just want to kick the shit out of the dumb ass that put him up there.” [/QUOTE] How does this have any reference to Barack Obama? What has he ever not earned on his own? ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-barack-obamaa-jokes/456805/95 "2008-07-22T01:48:27Z")
[QUOTE=Diogenes the Cynic] How does this have any reference to Barack Obama? What has he ever not earned on his own? [/QUOTE] Relax. It’s one of the fill-in-the-blank jokes, and an amusing one at that. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-barack-obamaa-jokes/456805/96 "2008-07-22T02:04:04Z")
[QUOTE=Exapno Mapcase] People on the left don’t ever think of Obama as a Communist. The term never enters their head. They don’t think of him of a Marxist or a Socialist. [/quote] No, but they - or at least I - found it plausible as a parody of something someone on the right might say about the guy. So it worked for me. ---
**Author:** ![capybara](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/capybara/32/202_2.png) [@capybara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capybara)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-barack-obamaa-jokes/456805/97 "2008-07-22T02:24:08Z")
Sorry but when I read the “red” joke, I immediately thought red=republican, and was confused. Red= pinko running dog commie is a little 1993 at best, seriously. That’s pretty darn old school, and when I realized what was intended, rather than “har” it made me think “bleh, this joke teller must be ancient and staid”-- whoever said that the joke flipped attention to the teller was correct in my case at least. The bum-change joke (first version) wasn’t bad. ---
**Author:** ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-barack-obamaa-jokes/456805/98 "2008-07-22T02:30:37Z")
here’s a [cartoon about Obama](http://wishy-washypoliticians.blogspot.com/2008/07/ich-bin-ein-beginner.html) that is funny, and makes an intelligent political statement. (the cartoon shows Obama making a major foreign policy speech, with the caption: ich bin ein beginner ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2008, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-barack-obamaa-jokes/456805/99 "2008-07-22T13:03:08Z")
**Moderator Intrudes in the hilarity:** Sorry for getting here so many days late. I don’t recall that joke threads ever belonged in Cafe Society. However, since we didn’t notice this until it was two pages long and three days old, I’ll let it stand. I frankly don’t remember where joke threads go, but the Games forum seems reasonable for those wanting to start such in future. ---
**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:** [July 22, 2008, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-barack-obamaa-jokes/456805/100 "2008-07-22T20:51:33Z")
[QUOTE=Exapno Mapcase] Obama is a centrist politician because he is moving to the center as he runs, just as McCain was a centrist politician in 2000 when he ran toward the center. This year he is moving toward the right as he runs, so he is a rightest politician. I take my terms from the real world, not artificial ideological distinctions. [/QUOTE] Merely “moving toward the center” makes makes Obama a centrist? By whose definition (other than your own)? And in what sense is McCain moving to the right? It seems to me you haven’t established what the “real world” is beyond your own claims and your own artificial distinctions. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-barack-obamaa-jokes/456805.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-barack-obamaa-jokes/456805.md?page=6)