# Put the white back in the White House **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 13, 2012, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-the-white-back-in-the-white-house/637587 "2012-10-13T02:23:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2012, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-the-white-back-in-the-white-house/637587/61 "2012-10-14T15:36:26Z")
My Congressgit is a Muslim. But he’s a Lutheran Muslim, so its OK. ---
**Author:** ![Nazarene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nazarene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nazarene)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2012, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-the-white-back-in-the-white-house/637587/62 "2012-10-14T15:41:24Z")
Congressman Keith Ellison has 4 brothers. That means he is a Muslim brother. That means he is part of a Muslim brotherhood. The batshit one was right. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2012, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-the-white-back-in-the-white-house/637587/63 "2012-10-14T15:49:10Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > My Congressgit is a Muslim. But he’s a Lutheran Muslim, so its OK. I don’t know if I’ve ever tasted halal hotdish before… ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2012, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-the-white-back-in-the-white-house/637587/64 "2012-10-14T17:26:07Z")
> [@burningchr0me](#): > > I did create the account just to reply to this thread… I’m pretty sure I had an account here long ago, but I couldn’t remember the password and I no longer have access to the isp’s email address I used to use to sign up to sites… I first saw that pic on the “Re-elect President Obama” page on facebook, and at the time, there were around 2500+ comments on it, most of them being “I knew Republicans were racist!”, not just “that guy is an a\*\*hole”… So I thought I’d drop by and see what was being said on The Straight Dope… [Moderating] Hi, **burningchr0me**. We have a rule on the Straight Dope about having more than on account. Please contact one of the board administrators ( **TubaDiva** , **Marley23** , or **gfactor** ) ASAP, and tell them the name of your previous account. They can merge the two together, or deactivate one or the other, depending on which one you prefer to keep active. [/Moderating] ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2012, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-the-white-back-in-the-white-house/637587/65 "2012-10-14T18:36:09Z")
[Replace Fox News with GOP](http://disinfo.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/SIMPSONSFOXNEWS.jpg). Or just add GOP. Both work. ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2012, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-the-white-back-in-the-white-house/637587/66 "2012-10-14T18:49:32Z")
> [@burningchr0me](#): > > This thread is full of what both parties like, despite their claims to the contrary, a divided America… Without it, they might have to run on actual merit and their ideas, rather than the “Mitt Romney and the Republicans are going to cut off your grandmother’s social security and then rape her while she’s dying” or “President Obama is going to let hordes of new Mexicans pour across the border and steal your jobs, and probably hit on your wife while you’re standing in the unemployment line” crap that they run on nowadays… But we’re all too happy to let them continue to get away with it, and only get mad about it when it’s election time and they keep playing their stupid divisive commercials… > So yeah, I do feel like it’s entirely possible that the dude wearing that shirt could be a plant, because that’s exactly how both parties run the rest of their campaigns… New Mexicans don’t need to run across the border, they’re already across it. Both sides do it, blah, blah, blah… Yes, we’ve heard that a million times. It’s funny how I get emails with racist messages from people I know are Republicans, but never from Democrats. And all the stuff on their Facebook pages? They aren’t faking anything. And what about all those elected Republicans and Republican Party officials who send out racist crap? Are they all deep cover Democrats, too? [http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/va-gop-orders-affiliate-to-remove-offensive-obama-photos/2012/09/25/8c17d62c-0741-11e2-858a-5311df86ab04\_story.html](http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/va-gop-orders-affiliate-to-remove-offensive-obama-photos/2012/09/25/8c17d62c-0741-11e2-858a-5311df86ab04_story.html) > **[Care2 is the world's largest social network for good, a community of over 40...](https://www.care2.com/)** > > Largest online community empowering people to lead a healthy and green lifestyle while taking action on important causes such as human rights, animal welfare and global warming. > **[Tea Party Activist’s Racist Email Shocks Orange County GOP](http://dirtyhippies.org/2011/04/17/tea-party-activists-racist-email-shocks-orange-county-gop/)** > > A group blog by and for American progressives and all those who believe in the ideals of freedom, justice, community and democracy. Soap optional. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2012, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-the-white-back-in-the-white-house/637587/67 "2012-10-14T18:52:03Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > Or just add GOP. Need the most closeted homophobes money can buy? Just Add GOP! Need the most rabid and hateful religious lunatics you can find outside of Pakistan? Just Add GOP! Need the most willfully blind denialists ever to get a PhD by sending in twelve box tops and $3.50? Just Add GOP! GOP! Apply directly to the White House to get rid of unsightly dark spots! GOP! It knows how to feed animals! ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2012, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-the-white-back-in-the-white-house/637587/68 "2012-10-14T18:56:01Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > [Replace Fox News with GOP](http://disinfo.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/SIMPSONSFOXNEWS.jpg). Or just add GOP. Both work. Man, that’s a tiny and blurry #. It took me a few seconds to figure it out, as I thought it was an \*. I’m sure this post will help the one or two other Dopers who haven’t watched every _Simpsons_ episode. ---
**Author:** ![Anduril](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c0e974/32.png) [@Anduril](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anduril)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2012, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-the-white-back-in-the-white-house/637587/69 "2012-10-14T23:41:27Z")
It’s a plant. It’s been done a number of times in the past. Only idiots would believe that it’s legitimate. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2012, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-the-white-back-in-the-white-house/637587/70 "2012-10-14T23:49:58Z")
> [@Anduril](#): > > It’s a plant. It’s been done a number of times in the past. Only idiots would believe that it’s legitimate. I didn’t realize that. Since you say it, it must be true. I also didn’t realize that I was an idiot. I won’t bother asking for a cite since, if you say it, it must be so. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Nazarene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nazarene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nazarene)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2012, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-the-white-back-in-the-white-house/637587/71 "2012-10-14T23:53:24Z")
Even if we go with the “plant” theory (because it’s so, so hard to find real racists at a Republican event), then the most salient question has still not been answered. Plant or not (and it’s not), then why isn’t anybody else at these things ever bothered by them? ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2012, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-the-white-back-in-the-white-house/637587/72 "2012-10-15T00:04:04Z")
> [@Anduril](#): > > It’s a plant. It’s been done a number of times in the past. Only idiots would believe that it’s legitimate. The polls are biased. It’s a plant. The media’s in the bag for Obama. There’s a huge coverup over what happened in Libya. It’s been a good couple of weeks for Republican talking points, can’t wait for this week’s new batch. ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2012, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-the-white-back-in-the-white-house/637587/73 "2012-10-15T22:43:14Z")
“Typical white person”. (Quote from B. Obama) ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2012, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-the-white-back-in-the-white-house/637587/74 "2012-10-15T23:20:39Z")
> [@ralph124c](#): > > “Typical white person”. (Quote from B. Obama) Cite, you retarded-ass motherfucker? Why the fuck your handler lets you bang your hands on the keyboard I’ll never know. ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-the-white-back-in-the-white-house/637587/75 "2012-10-16T01:36:16Z")
> [@drewtwo99](#): > > I love it when people conveniently ignore documented, openly-admitted racism amongst republicans. > > Seriously, we live in a country where if you go to particular states and line up all the republicans, nearly 1/2 will tell you that blacks and whites should not have the legal right to marry. > Or if you lined up every republican in the country and asked them “What religion does President Obama belong to?” nearly 1 in 3 will respond in earnest, “Islam/Muslim.” > > Get a grip. Yeah, I don’t know why this surprises anyone. This is the republican base. ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-the-white-back-in-the-white-house/637587/76 "2012-10-16T02:11:08Z")
> [@Anduril](#): > > It’s a plant. It’s been done a number of times in the past. Only idiots would believe that it’s legitimate. The idiots that think it’s a plant are the same idiots that think all liberals see Obama as some kind of Messiah. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-the-white-back-in-the-white-house/637587/77 "2012-10-16T02:43:38Z")
> [@Anduril](#): > > It’s a plant. It’s been done a number of times in the past. Only idiots would believe that it’s legitimate. Holy crap you’re funny! If that’s the case, then half the Republicans in Mississippi are plants. A whole pile of GOP politicians are plants. You’re joking, right? ---
**Author:** ![DMC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dmc/32/18049_2.png) [@DMC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMC)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-the-white-back-in-the-white-house/637587/78 "2012-10-16T04:05:53Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > You’re joking, right? I don’t think he’s joking. [**Anduril** has a pretty hard time identifying racism.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=572378&page=3) (the fun starts on that page). ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-the-white-back-in-the-white-house/637587/79 "2012-10-16T10:07:14Z")
> [@Bosstone](#): > > Cite, you retarded-ass motherfucker? Why the fuck your handler lets you bang your hands on the keyboard I’ll never know. I think that’s my favorite request for a cite, ever. ---
**Author:** ![Belowjob2.0](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Belowjob2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Belowjob2.0)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2012, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-the-white-back-in-the-white-house/637587/80 "2012-10-16T14:11:59Z")
> [@scabpicker](#): > > I think that’s my favorite request for a cite, ever. 'Twas awesomely funny. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-the-white-back-in-the-white-house/637587.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/put-the-white-back-in-the-white-house/637587.md?page=5)