# Why are people so goddamn stupid? Obama should switch himself to public option, kuh'yuk! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 20, 2009, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-people-so-goddamn-stupid-obama-should-switch-himself-to-public-option-kuhyuk/507140 "2009-08-20T23:33:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [August 21, 2009, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-people-so-goddamn-stupid-obama-should-switch-himself-to-public-option-kuhyuk/507140/21 "2009-08-21T04:00:40Z")
FTR, **wierdaaron** , I do not wish to sleep with you, unlike **jsgoddess**. šŸ˜‰ ETA: Represent you in future endeavors? Yep. Attempt to ride your coattails to SDMB fame? I like to think Iā€™m there already. šŸ˜ƒ Make money off your sorry ass? Yeah, thatā€™s me. And if you try to weasel out of our non-contract I will point to where I called dibs and no court in the country will support you. Er, no court made up of 9-yr-olds. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2009, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-people-so-goddamn-stupid-obama-should-switch-himself-to-public-option-kuhyuk/507140/22 "2009-08-21T04:05:36Z")
Itā€™s not much different from the arguments one used to sometimes hear that Jenna and Barbara should have enlisted and gone to Iraq. Theyā€™re the presidentā€™s kids, theyā€™d have a target on their back. There will typically be some people on both sides who try to drag the president into an impossible position as an example of something. ---
**Author:** ![wierdaaron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/eada6e/32.png) [@wierdaaron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wierdaaron)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2009, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-people-so-goddamn-stupid-obama-should-switch-himself-to-public-option-kuhyuk/507140/23 "2009-08-21T04:15:59Z")
> [@Frylock](#): > > Google brought nothing to meā€“can anyone confirm what the OP said about the Presidentā€™s blood supply? Yeah, I canā€™t find anything either. I read it a few years back during some research into the Secret Service. Like a lot of things related to presidential protection, they probably try to keep it a secret (like the fact that wherever Air Force One goes, an exact duplicate goes with it and stays at a different airport reasonably close, in case one plane needs service or gets blowā€™d up). Nobodyā€™s allowed to know who his doctor or medical team is, or where it is, or what they do. Secret secret. Personally, I think they should get rid of the white house executive chef and kitchen staff and put the Obamas on food stamps. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2009, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-people-so-goddamn-stupid-obama-should-switch-himself-to-public-option-kuhyuk/507140/24 "2009-08-21T04:19:09Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > FTR, **wierdaaron** , I do not wish to sleep with you, unlike **jsgoddess**. šŸ˜‰ I think Iā€™ll stick with thinking his post was funny and hating his username. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2009, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-people-so-goddamn-stupid-obama-should-switch-himself-to-public-option-kuhyuk/507140/25 "2009-08-21T04:19:55Z")
> [@Peanut\_Gallery](#): > > Whatā€™s this about Obama being a vampire? I thought he was ā€¦ HITLER! ZOMG. Nazi vampires in the White House. I iz in ur White House drinkin yur bludz lol lol lol ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2009, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-people-so-goddamn-stupid-obama-should-switch-himself-to-public-option-kuhyuk/507140/26 "2009-08-21T04:38:55Z")
> [@wierdaaron](#): > > Because itā€™s misspelled or because itā€™s silly? Itā€™s been my ā€œusernameā€ since I was 12, could never drop it or find an alternative. Some of the names here have a unique style to them you donā€™t see too often. If I were to try to emulate it, I might go with _Upside Down Geranium_ or some such. Or maybe just **ÉÆnıuɐɹĒĘƒ**? ---
**Author:** ![statsman1982](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@statsman1982](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/statsman1982)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2009, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-people-so-goddamn-stupid-obama-should-switch-himself-to-public-option-kuhyuk/507140/27 "2009-08-21T04:40:57Z")
> [@wierdaaron](#): > > An inability to comprehend a lifestyle other than your own should be a DSM-categorized mental illness. Itā€™s a manifestation of narcissism, which seems to be a defining characteristic of these conservo-spammers. ā€œ_I_ was able to start a small business with nothing but a dream and hard work, so no one should be homeless or jobless.ā€ ā€œ_MY_ health care plan is great, so to hell with the so-called crisis.ā€ ā€œIn _MY_ America, the government stays out of health care.ā€ And so on, ad nauseumā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2009, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-people-so-goddamn-stupid-obama-should-switch-himself-to-public-option-kuhyuk/507140/28 "2009-08-21T14:10:36Z")
> [@wierdaaron](#): > > Happens. I think, in my tortured 12-year-old logic, there was some kind of hidden treat in that I spelled weird weirdly. Inorically, there isnā€™t. ---
**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:** [August 21, 2009, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-people-so-goddamn-stupid-obama-should-switch-himself-to-public-option-kuhyuk/507140/29 "2009-08-21T14:35:10Z")
> [@Drain\_Bead](#): > > Aaron, you are very quickly becoming my favorite noob. Wot he said. ---
**Author:** ![Kearsen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/82dd89/32.png) [@Kearsen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kearsen)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2009, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-people-so-goddamn-stupid-obama-should-switch-himself-to-public-option-kuhyuk/507140/30 "2009-08-21T14:36:58Z")
> [@wierdaaron](#): > > After thinking about it some, I think the problem is that some people are just incapable of understanding that other peoples lives are different from their own. > > If they have a job, everybody must have one. > If they have insurance, everybody must have some. > If they go to the doctor when theyā€™re sick, everybody must; President included. > If they wake up, make coffee, eat some toast, clean up the living room a bit, and then go to work, everybody must; President included. > > I swear, some people think Obama does his own laundry, wonders what his wife will make him for dinner, and keeps a baseball bat at the top of the stairs in case thereā€™s burglars about. > > An inability to comprehend a lifestyle other than your own should be a DSM-categorized mental illness. ā€œIf they have insurance, everybody must have some.ā€ I laughed. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2009, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-people-so-goddamn-stupid-obama-should-switch-himself-to-public-option-kuhyuk/507140/31 "2009-08-21T14:39:36Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Wot he said. Thirded. That rant brightened up my morning. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2009, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-people-so-goddamn-stupid-obama-should-switch-himself-to-public-option-kuhyuk/507140/32 "2009-08-21T14:47:27Z")
I think Drain Bead is a female, but he can correct me if Iā€™m wrong. ---
**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:** [August 21, 2009, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-people-so-goddamn-stupid-obama-should-switch-himself-to-public-option-kuhyuk/507140/33 "2009-08-21T14:49:05Z")
> [@Liberal](#): > > I think Drain Bead is a female, but he can correct me if Iā€™m wrong. I thought so too until recently but I vaguely remembered he/she/it making sort of allusion to maleness in a recent dust-up with **Rand Rover**. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2009, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-people-so-goddamn-stupid-obama-should-switch-himself-to-public-option-kuhyuk/507140/34 "2009-08-21T15:01:49Z")
I agree with the OP. Itā€™s just as stupid as the people who wanted to know why Bush wouldnā€™t send his daughters to fight in Iraq. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2009, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-people-so-goddamn-stupid-obama-should-switch-himself-to-public-option-kuhyuk/507140/35 "2009-08-21T15:19:08Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > I thought so too until recently but I vaguely remembered he/she/it making sort of allusion to maleness in a recent dust-up with **Rand Rover**. I thought that she at one time had married Satan. But that was, like, ten years ago, and might not even be right. ---
**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:** [August 21, 2009, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-people-so-goddamn-stupid-obama-should-switch-himself-to-public-option-kuhyuk/507140/36 "2009-08-21T15:20:59Z")
I heard she cured the sick and fed the hungry, and found everyoneā€™s missing socks behind the dryer. ---
**Author:** ![NinjaChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2009, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-people-so-goddamn-stupid-obama-should-switch-himself-to-public-option-kuhyuk/507140/37 "2009-08-21T15:40:09Z")
> [@Frylock](#): > > Google brought nothing to meā€“can anyone confirm what the OP said about the Presidentā€™s blood supply? I canā€™t, but I do know that whole blood is only good for about 30 days, which would make it rather impractical to constantly keep a supply in multiple locations. However, I would not at all be surprised if They (whoever the hell They are) keep a private stash of his exact blood type at the nearest hospital to where the president is. ---
**Author:** ![Ace309](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ace309/32/1050_2.png) [@Ace309](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ace309)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2009, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-people-so-goddamn-stupid-obama-should-switch-himself-to-public-option-kuhyuk/507140/38 "2009-08-21T15:47:22Z")
> [@The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](#): > > Itā€™s almost like thereā€™s some weird exceptions to the i before e rule. Look them up at your leisure and let me know what you find. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tao_s_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2009, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-people-so-goddamn-stupid-obama-should-switch-himself-to-public-option-kuhyuk/507140/39 "2009-08-21T15:53:28Z")
> [@Ace309](#): > > Look them up at your leisure and let me know what you find. I bet thereā€™s a Seinfeld bit about them. ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2009, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-people-so-goddamn-stupid-obama-should-switch-himself-to-public-option-kuhyuk/507140/40 "2009-08-21T15:58:19Z")
> [@NinjaChick](#): > > (whoever the hell They are) Vampires. Thatā€™s the one part thatā€™s not a secret. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-people-so-goddamn-stupid-obama-should-switch-himself-to-public-option-kuhyuk/507140.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-people-so-goddamn-stupid-obama-should-switch-himself-to-public-option-kuhyuk/507140.md?page=3)