# Stop claiming it was a joke, you piece of crap **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 29, 2018, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-claiming-it-was-a-joke-you-piece-of-crap/815075 "2018-05-29T17:50:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 45
**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2018, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-claiming-it-was-a-joke-you-piece-of-crap/815075/45 "2018-05-29T20:24:51Z")
Does anybody have any idea where the recent Valerie Jarrett hate originated from? Seems Roseanne Barr and **Silver Lining** get their misinformation from the same source. > [@Nuclear deal with Iran](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-deal-with-iran/725128/1333): > > Pay no attention to the fact that Obama’s closest advisor was some obscure woman born in Iran…one of the very few who ever travel to his living quarters. The same President gave Pakistan over a billion in aid, and we pretty much knew they were harboring Bin Laden. > [@Nuclear deal with Iran](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-deal-with-iran/725128/1342): > > I was talking about Valerie Jarrett. Like I said born in Iran. The one allowed in his living quarters. Jarrett had a staff of approximately three dozen and received full-time secret service protection.[25] Jarrett’s role as both a friend of the Obamas and as senior advisor in the White House was controversial: in his memoirs Robert M. Gates, former secretary of defense, discussed his objection to her involvement in foreign security affairs;[26] David Axelrod reported in his memoirs about Rahm Emanuel’s attempts to have her selected as Obama’s replacement in the senate, due to concerns about the difficulty in working with a family friend in a major policy role.[27] Nice try. > > [Valerie Jarrett - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valerie_Jarrett) --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-claiming-it-was-a-joke-you-piece-of-crap/815075)._