# President Barack Obama **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [November 11, 2009, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-barack-obama/517185 "2009-11-11T15:09:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-barack-obama/517185/61 "2009-11-11T17:31:06Z")
Malcolm X was certainly a racist, until he was enlightened by Islam. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-barack-obama/517185/62 "2009-11-11T17:33:35Z")
> [@Dynastic](#): > > What point? There are a number to choose from. [ul][li]Winning an election does not require that the other side shut up and accept whatever is suggested. True or false?[/li][li]It is possible to oppose Obama without being a racist. True or false?[/li][li]Obama will be the greatest President ever, and cannot achieve anything because some people oppose him. True or false? [/li][li]Obama is a bad President because several of his cabinet nominees did not pay their taxes, or were indicted for corruption. True or false?[/li][li]The Obama health care proposal will cost a buttload of money, does not cover all the uninsured, and does not address the fundamental causes of health care inflation. True or false?[/li][li]Obama delivers his speeches standing up because his followers have their tongues so far up his ass that they are flossing the back of his teeth. True or false?[/li][li]Some Dopers get far too much enjoyment out of teasing naive adolescent girls with their first big political crush. (Prolly not that one - it is pretty much beyond debate).[/ul][/li] Or fucking suggest something. Work with me here. All you’ve done is repeat over and over that Obama is the greatest thing since the Cap Snaffler[sup]TM[/sup], and anyone who doesn’t think so is a RASCISTISTIST. Regards, Shodan ---
**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:** [November 11, 2009, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-barack-obama/517185/63 "2009-11-11T17:34:35Z")
[Since I can’t say it here.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=11766598#post11766598) ---
**Author:** ![Dynastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/fbc32d/32.png) [@Dynastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dynastic)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-barack-obama/517185/64 "2009-11-11T17:37:55Z")
Im not saying youre a rascist if you disagree with Obama … just if you OPPOSE him and disrespect him and try to act like he is not President. I didn’t know this was school where people got all upset about spelling and s\*\*\* … lol ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-barack-obama/517185/65 "2009-11-11T17:40:43Z")
I don’t know why this thread is still open but since it is i have decided we will now discuss Scarlett Johansons ass. So the debate is, best ever or simply currently best? ---
**Author:** ![Dynastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/fbc32d/32.png) [@Dynastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dynastic)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-barack-obama/517185/66 "2009-11-11T17:42:07Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > There are a number to choose from. > [ul][li]Winning an election does not require that the other side shut up and accept whatever is suggested. True or false?[/li][li]It is possible to oppose Obama without being a racist. True or false?[/li][li]Obama will be the greatest President ever, and cannot achieve anything because some people oppose him. True or false? [/li][li]Obama is a bad President because several of his cabinet nominees did not pay their taxes, or were indicted for corruption. True or false?[/li][li]The Obama health care proposal will cost a buttload of money, does not cover all the uninsured, and does not address the fundamental causes of health care inflation. True or false?[/li][li]Obama delivers his speeches standing up because his followers have their tongues so far up his ass that they are flossing the back of his teeth. True or false?[/li][li]Some Dopers get far too much enjoyment out of teasing naive adolescent girls with their first big political crush. (Prolly not that one - it is pretty much beyond debate).[/ul][/li] > Or fucking suggest something. Work with me here. All you’ve done is repeat over and over that Obama is the greatest thing since the Cap Snaffler[sup]TM[/sup], and anyone who doesn’t think so is a RASCISTISTIST. > > Regards, > Shodan lol … I don’t know about all this … some of it sounds funny … maybe later but I got to go to class now. ---
**Author:** ![otternell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecc23a/32.png) [@otternell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/otternell)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-barack-obama/517185/67 "2009-11-11T17:44:54Z")
> [@DigitalC](#): > > I don’t know why this thread is still open but since it is i have decided we will now discuss Scarlett Johansons ass. So the debate is, best ever or simply currently best? even though I am not sure who she is, and really prefer men’s asses anyway, I say “hear hear - good call!” ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-barack-obama/517185/68 "2009-11-11T17:52:09Z")
That’s as good a place as any to end this. **Dynastic** , if you want to stick around here, please read the registration agreement and maybe a couple of random threads. Get a sense of what this place is like. Locked. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-barack-obama/517185.md?page=3)