# What shall we call the folks who are calling for Obama to release his college transcripts? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 28, 2011, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shall-we-call-the-folks-who-are-calling-for-obama-to-release-his-college-transcripts/580027 "2011-04-28T13:36:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2011, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shall-we-call-the-folks-who-are-calling-for-obama-to-release-his-college-transcripts/580027/21 "2011-04-28T15:09:04Z")
> [@jjimm](#): > > What are mooners? The people who believe the moon landings were a hoax. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2011, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shall-we-call-the-folks-who-are-calling-for-obama-to-release-his-college-transcripts/580027/22 "2011-04-28T15:15:10Z")
> [@joebuck20](#): > > The people who believe the moon landings were a hoax. AND they believe they are honoring people by flashing their asses at them. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2011, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shall-we-call-the-folks-who-are-calling-for-obama-to-release-his-college-transcripts/580027/23 "2011-04-28T15:33:51Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > I for one won’t rest until Obama has revealed his elementary school progress reports. What if it showed he did not play well with others? We can call them Starving Artists. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2011, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shall-we-call-the-folks-who-are-calling-for-obama-to-release-his-college-transcripts/580027/24 "2011-04-28T15:35:59Z")
> [@joebuck20](#): > > The people who believe the moon landings were a hoax. No, I emphatically reject this nickname. It’s confusing. It makes them sound like they moon people AND it’s too close to the Moonies. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2011, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shall-we-call-the-folks-who-are-calling-for-obama-to-release-his-college-transcripts/580027/25 "2011-04-28T15:43:40Z")
As this isn’t a debate, I’m moving it to MPSIMS from Great Debates. ---
**Author:** ![Phatlewt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a698b9/32.png) [@Phatlewt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phatlewt)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2011, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shall-we-call-the-folks-who-are-calling-for-obama-to-release-his-college-transcripts/580027/26 "2011-04-28T15:46:18Z")
“After-birthers” is my favorite of the terms I’ve seen used. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2011, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shall-we-call-the-folks-who-are-calling-for-obama-to-release-his-college-transcripts/580027/27 "2011-04-28T16:08:19Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > What if it showed he did not play well with others? > We can call them Starving Artists. No personal jabs at other Dopers, pls. Reserve your snark for the straw-graspers. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2011, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shall-we-call-the-folks-who-are-calling-for-obama-to-release-his-college-transcripts/580027/28 "2011-04-28T16:29:11Z")
Desperateers. ---
**Author:** ![cuauhtemoc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecb155/32.png) [@cuauhtemoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cuauhtemoc)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2011, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shall-we-call-the-folks-who-are-calling-for-obama-to-release-his-college-transcripts/580027/29 "2011-04-28T16:34:49Z")
Sorry to point out the blindingly obvious, but… As little as the “birther” movement mattered, this matters even less. There’s nothing in the Constitution about a person’s grades. He’s still constitutionally eligible for the office no matter what his grades were. Is this actually a serious thing? ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2011, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shall-we-call-the-folks-who-are-calling-for-obama-to-release-his-college-transcripts/580027/30 "2011-04-28T16:52:16Z")
trumpeters ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2011, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shall-we-call-the-folks-who-are-calling-for-obama-to-release-his-college-transcripts/580027/31 "2011-04-28T16:52:23Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > The real ones or the faked ones? The real ones from the socialist madrasah he went to as a young Muslim boy from Kenya to learn about Islamic socialism. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2011, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shall-we-call-the-folks-who-are-calling-for-obama-to-release-his-college-transcripts/580027/32 "2011-04-28T16:58:16Z")
> [@cuauhtemoc](#): > > sorry to point out the blindingly obvious, but… > > As little as the “birther” movement mattered, this matters even less. There’s nothing in the constitution about a person’s grades. He’s still constitutionally eligible for the office no matter what his grades were. Is this actually a serious thing? party pooper!!! ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2011, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shall-we-call-the-folks-who-are-calling-for-obama-to-release-his-college-transcripts/580027/33 "2011-04-28T17:01:51Z")
> [@cuauhtemoc](#): > > As little as the “birther” movement mattered, this matters even less. There’s nothing in the Constitution about a person’s grades. He’s still constitutionally eligible for the office no matter what his grades were. Is this actually a serious thing? I think the idea is that Obama duped us into thinking he was smarter than he really was–not that he was ineligible, but that he wouldn’t have won if we’d all known the truth about his background. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2011, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shall-we-call-the-folks-who-are-calling-for-obama-to-release-his-college-transcripts/580027/34 "2011-04-28T17:19:19Z")
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**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2011, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shall-we-call-the-folks-who-are-calling-for-obama-to-release-his-college-transcripts/580027/35 "2011-04-28T17:32:11Z")
> [@Phatlewt](#): > > “After-birthers” is my favorite of the terms I’ve seen used. I like that, it strikes a certain c[del]h[/del]ord. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Doctor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2011, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shall-we-call-the-folks-who-are-calling-for-obama-to-release-his-college-transcripts/580027/36 "2011-04-28T17:44:40Z")
How about we just call them idiots and be done with it. After all, that’s what they are. ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2011, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shall-we-call-the-folks-who-are-calling-for-obama-to-release-his-college-transcripts/580027/37 "2011-04-28T18:23:11Z")
> [@johnpost](#): > > trumpeters I prefer Trumpers. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2011, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shall-we-call-the-folks-who-are-calling-for-obama-to-release-his-college-transcripts/580027/38 "2011-04-28T18:35:48Z")
> [@spark240](#): > > I think the idea is that Obama duped us into thinking he was smarter than he really was–not that he was ineligible, but that he wouldn’t have won if we’d all known the truth about his background. Worse, it’s an attack on affirmative action - clearly this dumb black kid got a free ride/free admission to these high-end schools because he’s black. Now if he’d been a dumb white guy who was a legacy, that’d be much better. Ouch, I think I sprained a muscle doing all that eyerolling. ---
**Author:** ![Hbns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hbns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hbns)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2011, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shall-we-call-the-folks-who-are-calling-for-obama-to-release-his-college-transcripts/580027/39 "2011-04-28T20:19:38Z")
Why do we have to put a label on everybody? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2011, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shall-we-call-the-folks-who-are-calling-for-obama-to-release-his-college-transcripts/580027/40 "2011-04-28T20:21:49Z")
Because there are many kinds of idiots and many kinds of idiocy, and sometimes labels help the rest of us identify which kind we’re dealing with. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shall-we-call-the-folks-who-are-calling-for-obama-to-release-his-college-transcripts/580027.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shall-we-call-the-folks-who-are-calling-for-obama-to-release-his-college-transcripts/580027.md?page=3)