# Praying for Obama's DEATH? Really? That's the depth you nutjobs have sunk to?? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 24, 2010, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/praying-for-obamas-death-really-thats-the-depth-you-nutjobs-have-sunk-to/537184 "2010-04-24T06:06:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Cyningablod](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc29f/32.png) [@Cyningablod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyningablod)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2010, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/praying-for-obamas-death-really-thats-the-depth-you-nutjobs-have-sunk-to/537184/41 "2010-04-24T18:21:00Z")
> [@Gangster\_Octopus](#): > > Well somebody could just as easily start a group: > > It’s not a real concern of mine. Yeah, and I’d be just as pissed. But I think there’s a strong reason why people don’t start a group like this: Rush Limbaugh is WHITE. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Cyningablod](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc29f/32.png) [@Cyningablod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyningablod)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2010, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/praying-for-obamas-death-really-thats-the-depth-you-nutjobs-have-sunk-to/537184/42 "2010-04-24T18:22:08Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > I agree with the OP. The people who forward this email suck. They should all die in a fire. This made me laugh out loud. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2010, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/praying-for-obamas-death-really-thats-the-depth-you-nutjobs-have-sunk-to/537184/43 "2010-04-24T20:43:39Z")
> [@ivan\_astikov](#): > > How does it work, anyway? If they can get a million people praying simultaneously, will that be enough to get God’s attention? Only if the million jump off their chairs while praying and land on the ground simultaneously. That’s why so few prayers are answered. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2010, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/praying-for-obamas-death-really-thats-the-depth-you-nutjobs-have-sunk-to/537184/44 "2010-04-24T21:01:26Z")
I am against incitements to violence of any stripe, and generally find these jokes in very poor taste, but I’m having a hard time feeling much outrage about this. I’m far more concerned about those shouting red-faced and incomprehensibly through megaphones about the ‘‘war on America’’ than I am about a joke Facebook group. I mean, for example, I belong to the Facebook Group, ‘‘One out of every 17,000 people who join this group will be mauled by bears.’’ These groups aren’t exactly intended for reasoned and articulate expressions of ideology. (I had to look up the actual stats, and the chances of being mauled are actually much lower. I also came across an account of the most recent black bear killing on record: > [@](#): > > New York City, New York. Sharpe, a known equinophile, was believed either to be having sex with a black bear, or on top of one, when the bear turned aggressive, killing her and an unidentified companion of Greek origin. While her body was too damaged to be positively identified, her ex-husband was able to confirm her death, noting that “I knew it was her when I went to the scene of the accident and it smelled like the dumpster in the back of a seafood restaurant.” Sorry, completely OT, I just couldn’t not share that.) ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2010, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/praying-for-obamas-death-really-thats-the-depth-you-nutjobs-have-sunk-to/537184/45 "2010-04-24T21:06:04Z")
But you could somehow not share a link to the source? C’mon, that was just so weird, there _has_ to be more on whatever site you found that on. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2010, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/praying-for-obamas-death-really-thats-the-depth-you-nutjobs-have-sunk-to/537184/46 "2010-04-24T21:08:41Z")
> [@](#): > > While her body was too damaged to be positively identified, her ex-husband was able to confirm her death, noting that “I knew it was her when I went to the scene of the accident and it smelled like the dumpster in the back of a seafood restaurant.” Worthy of **viva’s** essay test thread! ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2010, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/praying-for-obamas-death-really-thats-the-depth-you-nutjobs-have-sunk-to/537184/47 "2010-04-24T21:17:31Z")
> [@eleanorigby](#): > > Worthy of **viva’s** essay test thread! Or first prize in next year’s Bulwer-Lytton contest. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2010, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/praying-for-obamas-death-really-thats-the-depth-you-nutjobs-have-sunk-to/537184/48 "2010-04-24T21:19:46Z")
> [@eleanorigby](#): > > Worthy of **viva’s** essay test thread! What? You mean you’re not the slightest bit worried about offending somebody, somewhere, at some point, by making fun of a sentence? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2010, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/praying-for-obamas-death-really-thats-the-depth-you-nutjobs-have-sunk-to/537184/49 "2010-04-24T21:26:44Z")
What are you guys doing!?!? We’re here to talk about OBAMA DEATH! Wait, that didn’t come out right. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2010, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/praying-for-obamas-death-really-thats-the-depth-you-nutjobs-have-sunk-to/537184/50 "2010-04-24T21:31:56Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > But you could somehow not share a link to the source? > > C’mon, that was just so weird, there _has_ to be more on whatever site you found that on. I found it on [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fatal_bear_attacks_in_North_America). Unfortunately the rest are not so funny, though there are at least a handful of clear Darwin Award contenders. ---
**Author:** ![chorpler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chorpler/32/2888_2.png) [@chorpler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chorpler)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2010, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/praying-for-obamas-death-really-thats-the-depth-you-nutjobs-have-sunk-to/537184/51 "2010-04-24T21:46:14Z")
Can that possibly be true? It isn’t sourced, and why would a horse fu… um … a horse LOVER, let’s say … be having sex with a black bear, and where would she find a black bear to have sex with in New York City? ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2010, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/praying-for-obamas-death-really-thats-the-depth-you-nutjobs-have-sunk-to/537184/52 "2010-04-24T21:47:18Z")
Nearsighted? Couldn’t find a horse? ---
**Author:** ![Rand\_Rover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/db5fbb/32.png) [@Rand\_Rover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rand_Rover)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2010, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/praying-for-obamas-death-really-thats-the-depth-you-nutjobs-have-sunk-to/537184/53 "2010-04-24T21:51:47Z")
> [@Cyningablod](#): > > Yeah, and I’d be just as pissed. But I think there’s a strong reason why people don’t start a group like this: > > Rush Limbaugh is WHITE. > > :rolleyes: Right, because everyone who doesn’t like Obama is racist. :rolleyes: indeed. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2010, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/praying-for-obamas-death-really-thats-the-depth-you-nutjobs-have-sunk-to/537184/54 "2010-04-24T21:54:58Z")
> [@chorpler](#): > > Can that possibly be true? It isn’t sourced, and why would a horse fu… um … a horse LOVER, let’s say … be having sex with a black bear, and where would she find a black bear to have sex with in New York City? Well, I just noticed the date provided for that one is April 1, 2010. Well played, internet. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2010, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/praying-for-obamas-death-really-thats-the-depth-you-nutjobs-have-sunk-to/537184/55 "2010-04-24T22:04:48Z")
Some of my FB friends have joined the “DEAR LORD YOU TOOK MY FAVORITE…” group & some have joined the “Petition to remove the Facebook Group Praying for the Death of President Obama” group- up till now I never realized the second group was the response to the first! I think I may join both just to mess with the Balance of the Force! ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2010, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/praying-for-obamas-death-really-thats-the-depth-you-nutjobs-have-sunk-to/537184/56 "2010-04-24T22:10:23Z")
> [@Rand\_Rover](#): > > Right, because everyone who doesn’t like Obama is racist. :rolleyes: indeed. No, some of them are stupid, empty ideologues like you. ---
**Author:** ![Rand\_Rover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/db5fbb/32.png) [@Rand\_Rover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rand_Rover)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2010, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/praying-for-obamas-death-really-thats-the-depth-you-nutjobs-have-sunk-to/537184/57 "2010-04-24T22:18:29Z")
> [@Lobohan](#): > > No, some of them are stupid, empty ideologues like you. no u ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2010, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/praying-for-obamas-death-really-thats-the-depth-you-nutjobs-have-sunk-to/537184/58 "2010-04-24T22:57:20Z")
> [@Rand\_Rover](#): > > Right, because everyone who doesn’t like Obama is racist. :rolleyes: indeed. I’d guess that everyone who actively wants him dead is, though. ---
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2010, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/praying-for-obamas-death-really-thats-the-depth-you-nutjobs-have-sunk-to/537184/59 "2010-04-24T23:05:49Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > I suppose we could demand to see proof of religious affiliation… Right. And deport them if they haven’t got it! Wait, sorry. Wrong thread? ---
**Author:** ![Rand\_Rover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/db5fbb/32.png) [@Rand\_Rover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rand_Rover)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2010, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/praying-for-obamas-death-really-thats-the-depth-you-nutjobs-have-sunk-to/537184/60 "2010-04-24T23:09:20Z")
> [@Drain\_Bead](#): > > I’d guess that everyone who actively wants him dead is, though. Well, anyone who actively wants the president dead is a deeply disturbed individual. If it makes you happy for some reason to believe that such a person must also be a racist simply because the president is black, then you go right ahead, don’t bother me none. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/praying-for-obamas-death-really-thats-the-depth-you-nutjobs-have-sunk-to/537184.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/praying-for-obamas-death-really-thats-the-depth-you-nutjobs-have-sunk-to/537184.md?page=4)