# The Emergence of President Obama's Muslim Roots

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-emergence-of-president-obamas-muslim-roots/498628>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [June 3, 2009, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-emergence-of-president-obamas-muslim-roots/498628 "2009-06-03T21:12:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2009, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-emergence-of-president-obamas-muslim-roots/498628/81 "2009-06-07T20:48:37Z")

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> [@Kobal2](#):
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> The very real problem is that, like Keith Richards, conventional weapons can’t harm them, only magic.

I kept my wooden stakes from the Nixon era, and I stocked up on silver bullets when Cheney and his sidekick were elected. I am not completely helpless. 🙂

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**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2009, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-emergence-of-president-obamas-muslim-roots/498628/82 "2009-06-07T21:22:35Z")

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You’ve still _got_ the wooden stakes? You didn’t _use_ the wooden stakes? Uh-oh.

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**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:** [June 7, 2009, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-emergence-of-president-obamas-muslim-roots/498628/83 "2009-06-07T21:24:21Z")

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I thought Clinton provided the one for the official driving of the stake at Nixon’s funeral.

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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2009, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-emergence-of-president-obamas-muslim-roots/498628/84 "2009-06-07T21:50:38Z")

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> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#):
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> I thought Clinton provided the one for the official driving of the stake at Nixon’s funeral.

See? It’s OK, Elucidator. They screwed the lid down really, really tight, too.

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**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:** [June 7, 2009, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-emergence-of-president-obamas-muslim-roots/498628/85 "2009-06-07T22:06:42Z")

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> [@mswas](#):
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> The retort I throw at people who question the authenticity of his Christianity.
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> “So you are saying the Christian conversion process is invalid?”

I fail to see how this would work. They still have his actions after he became a Christian. And most of the people I know who argue about this believe one cannot be a Christian and be pro-choice. Or even not attend the National Day of Prayer. Or some of the other things they claim as evidence.

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**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2009, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-emergence-of-president-obamas-muslim-roots/498628/86 "2009-06-08T05:44:05Z")

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**dropzone** , Firesign Theater? Far out.

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> **outlierrn** : You misspelled uterine prolapse\<snip\>don’t even get me started on the 5 aortic arches.

N&T? You sure cleared out my sinuses.

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> \*\* wolf\_meister\*\*: His real birth certificate absolutely proves that he was born in Mecca which would finally bring an end to all this discussion about whather or not Barrack HUSSEIN Obama is a Muslim.

Have you not noticed that slowly the West Wing is moving to the East? Please tell me I’m not the only one. Some day before the White House will be in the shape of a horseshoe.

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**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2009, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-emergence-of-president-obamas-muslim-roots/498628/87 "2009-06-08T13:41:50Z")

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Oh, 'Bama. He’s a secret atheist pretending to be Christian who everyone thinks is a secret Muslim.

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**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2009, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-emergence-of-president-obamas-muslim-roots/498628/88 "2009-06-08T20:21:14Z")

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> [@Kobal2](#):
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> So it’s probably too late to stop him now, since Christians have burned all the witches. YOU MANIACS ! YOU BURNED THEM UP ! Ah, damn you ! God damn you all to Hell !

We had to! She weighed more than a duck and had a carrot on her nose!

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