# The newest 'Obama is a secret Muslim' glurge **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 9, 2008, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-newest-obama-is-a-secret-muslim-glurge/467158 "2008-10-09T13:43:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2008, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-newest-obama-is-a-secret-muslim-glurge/467158/41 "2008-10-14T03:59:25Z")
> [@Jamaika\_a\_jamaikaiake](#): > > 24 seconds in, and someone has MISSPELT THE LETTER M! > > I thought it couldn’t get better than that, but boy was I wrong… I’m also fond of the woman shouting that Sarah Palin has “TEN TIMES the experience” Barack has. This November, Palin will have been governor for two years; the same month, Obama will have been Senator for 4 years. A more subtle slip is the guy who admits he first heard of Palin “when they announced her as the VP.” She ain’t that, yet. Sailboat ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2008, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-newest-obama-is-a-secret-muslim-glurge/467158/42 "2008-10-14T17:14:53Z")
I’ve never been able to wrap my head around the idea of a “secret” Muslim. I thought one of the [Five Pillars of Islam](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Pillars_of_Islam) was declaring one’s belief, or Shahādah. Wouldn’t someone notice him praying in the direction of the Kaaba five times a day, or not eating during daylight hours for an entire month? With his income level, he surely would have been able to make the pilgrimage by now. But he has done plenty of charitable work. That must be it. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2008, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-newest-obama-is-a-secret-muslim-glurge/467158/43 "2008-10-14T17:19:14Z")
> [@gaffa](#): > > I’ve never been able to wrap my head around the idea of a “secret” Muslim. I thought one of the [Five Pillars of Islam](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Pillars_of_Islam) was declaring one’s belief, or Shahādah. Wouldn’t someone notice him praying in the direction of the Kaaba five times a day, or not eating during daylight hours for an entire month? With his income level, he surely would have been able to make the pilgrimage by now. But he has done plenty of charitable work. That must be it. Try to keep in mind that the people who believe this stuff are not exactly going to be convinced by evidence, logic, or rational thought. Plus, they presumably know little or nothing about Muslims\* and would be terrified if they met one. \*Or there’d be a dozen cartoons/photoshopped images floating around depicting Obama with a red beard. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2008, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-newest-obama-is-a-secret-muslim-glurge/467158/44 "2008-10-14T17:52:58Z")
Part of me misses Anthony Martin-Trigona because he was always entertaining. Another part is glad that “Andy Martin” is long gone to greener pastures for his insanity. ---
**Author:** ![erislover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/71e660/32.png) [@erislover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erislover)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2008, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-newest-obama-is-a-secret-muslim-glurge/467158/45 "2008-10-14T23:46:20Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > _cringe_ I was hoping this would stay local (on Ohio blogs). This video makes me feel all pukey inside. I grew up right next to Strongsville. This video is obvously not entirely representative of it, but I gotta say… nothing that came out of there surprised me. Signed, eris “stayin’ the fuck in MA” lover ---
**Author:** ![elelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@elelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elelle)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-newest-obama-is-a-secret-muslim-glurge/467158/46 "2008-10-15T01:30:51Z")
Nigger Terrorist Nigger Terrorist Nigger Nigger Nigger Terrorist Terrorist Terrorist, Nigger Nigger Nigger NOT LIKE US, Nigger Nigger Terrorist Terrorist Terrorist. Nigger. I’ve enough, how 'bout y’all? ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-newest-obama-is-a-secret-muslim-glurge/467158/47 "2008-10-15T01:41:57Z")
> [@ShibbOleth](#): > > Anybody know who this Rich Carroll dude is or what rock he crawled out from under? Yes, good god, please someone tell me who this guy is… 'Cause that’s my dad’s\* name! If it’s him, I might just have to kill myself out of shame. I know it isn’t him, 'cause he’s not an asshole. But reading this thread seriously has me feeling queasy. Just seeing the name of someone I care about attached to this filth, even just as a coincidence, is horrible. (It isn’t. It can’t be. Oh, sweet lord, it can’t be…) \*One of them - dads, that is. ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-newest-obama-is-a-secret-muslim-glurge/467158/48 "2008-10-15T06:56:57Z")
I parsed the title all wrong and came here to find out what a “Muslim’ Glurge” was. Now I’ll never know. I bet it’s nothin’ good. ---
**Author:** ![Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4da419/32.png) [@Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gala_Matrix_Fire)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-newest-obama-is-a-secret-muslim-glurge/467158/49 "2008-10-15T22:29:18Z")
Oh, Muslim glurge is just like Christian glurge, except the protagonists are Muslims instead of Christians. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2008, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-newest-obama-is-a-secret-muslim-glurge/467158/50 "2008-10-15T23:02:28Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > I’m not sure most of our citizens even **have** a brain, let alone use it. “And his supporters all have contempt for average, hard-working Americans.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-newest-obama-is-a-secret-muslim-glurge/467158.md?page=2)