# 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:** 3
**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, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-people-so-goddamn-stupid-obama-should-switch-himself-to-public-option-kuhyuk/507140/41 "2009-08-21T15:58:20Z")
> [@Ace309](#): > > Look them up at your leisure and let me know what you find. Nothing yet. -Neil ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2009, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-people-so-goddamn-stupid-obama-should-switch-himself-to-public-option-kuhyuk/507140/42 "2009-08-21T16:05:48Z")
> [@Tom\_Tildrum](#): > > It’s not much different from the arguments one used to sometimes hear that Jenna and Barbara should have enlisted and gone to Iraq. They’re the president’s kids, they’d have a target on their back. Apart from adding my name to the **wierdaaron** \* lovefest, I just wanted to remind folk that Prince Harry, third in line to the throne of England, actually went to serve in Afghanistan. The military pretended he was elsewhere until, four months into his tour, the press blew his cover and he had to be pulled out. Which, really, only serves to demonstrate why it’s a bad idea. - The funny thing is that not only are I and E the wrong way around, but so are the two A’s. ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2009, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-people-so-goddamn-stupid-obama-should-switch-himself-to-public-option-kuhyuk/507140/43 "2009-08-21T16:21:55Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Wot he said. She. And I’m married, but not to **Satan**. ---
**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, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-people-so-goddamn-stupid-obama-should-switch-himself-to-public-option-kuhyuk/507140/44 "2009-08-21T16:23:45Z")
> [@Drain\_Bead](#): > > She. In your absence, we determined that you are in fact male. Make the necessary changes and move on. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2009, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-people-so-goddamn-stupid-obama-should-switch-himself-to-public-option-kuhyuk/507140/45 "2009-08-21T16:34:35Z")
OK, look, you got the right idea, but the wrong order. It’s belch, scratch, and then “Bring me a sammich and a beer!” Try it again… ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2009, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-people-so-goddamn-stupid-obama-should-switch-himself-to-public-option-kuhyuk/507140/46 "2009-08-21T16:35:41Z")
Dunno how official this is but [The Daily Mail](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1109082/The-Obamamobile-New-presidential-limo-unveiled--withstand-rocket-chemical-attacks.html?ITO=1490) had a cross section of the Obamobile that shows the car has some presidential blood under the seats. ---
**Author:** ![Sinaijon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@Sinaijon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sinaijon)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2009, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-people-so-goddamn-stupid-obama-should-switch-himself-to-public-option-kuhyuk/507140/47 "2009-08-21T16:48:20Z")
> [@wierdaaron](#): > > They keep a stockpile of his own blood. Oooh! That’s actually pretty handy. Makes it much easier and a lot less messy to water the Tree of Liberty. Do you suppose they keep it in a watering can for ease of use? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2009, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-people-so-goddamn-stupid-obama-should-switch-himself-to-public-option-kuhyuk/507140/48 "2009-08-21T16:50:24Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > Dunno how official this is but [The Daily Mail](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1109082/The-Obamamobile-New-presidential-limo-unveiled--withstand-rocket-chemical-attacks.html?ITO=1490) had a cross section of the Obamobile that shows the car has some presidential blood under the seats. His wife found found out about Fifi Le Boink… ---
**Author:** ![storyteller0910](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@storyteller0910](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/storyteller0910)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2009, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-people-so-goddamn-stupid-obama-should-switch-himself-to-public-option-kuhyuk/507140/49 "2009-08-21T16:55:14Z")
> [@Drain\_Bead](#): > > She. > > And I’m married, but not to **Satan**. This post made me laugh for a while. I’d just like to say that I, also, am not married to Satan. Anyone else? ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2009, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-people-so-goddamn-stupid-obama-should-switch-himself-to-public-option-kuhyuk/507140/50 "2009-08-21T16:59:39Z")
> [@wierdaaron](#): > > They keep a stockpile of his own blood. It’s in White House, it’s in Marine One, it’s in his car, it’s on his airplane. > [@Sinaijon](#): > > Oooh! That’s actually pretty handy. Makes it much easier and a lot less messy to water the Tree of Liberty. Do you suppose they keep it in a watering can for ease of use? Ok, that made me laugh. ---
**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, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-people-so-goddamn-stupid-obama-should-switch-himself-to-public-option-kuhyuk/507140/51 "2009-08-21T16:59:51Z")
We had a good thing going, I though it was meant for a lifetime, but Satan left me at the altar. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2009, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-people-so-goddamn-stupid-obama-should-switch-himself-to-public-option-kuhyuk/507140/52 "2009-08-21T17:09:19Z")
It never would have worked anyway, you’re a bit of a liberal… ---
**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, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-people-so-goddamn-stupid-obama-should-switch-himself-to-public-option-kuhyuk/507140/53 "2009-08-21T17:53:32Z")
So is Satan, according to some people around here. 😃 ---
**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, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-people-so-goddamn-stupid-obama-should-switch-himself-to-public-option-kuhyuk/507140/54 "2009-08-21T17:57:42Z")
Satan and I would often have long talks about the role of government while I was fingerbanging him, and he would usually posit something along the lines that since it’s a given that a government has a duty to protect the lives of its citizens, it must also protect their civil rights; including the civil right to proper health care and equal opportunity to all advantages. Then he’d try to talk me into letting him not use a condom, but I wasn’t having none of that shit. ---
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2009, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-people-so-goddamn-stupid-obama-should-switch-himself-to-public-option-kuhyuk/507140/55 "2009-08-21T18:59:50Z")
> [@storyteller0910](#): > > I’d just like to say that I, also, am not married to Satan. Anyone else? No, it’s just you two. ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2009, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-people-so-goddamn-stupid-obama-should-switch-himself-to-public-option-kuhyuk/507140/56 "2009-08-21T19:10:44Z")
I’m married to Satan, and you bitches better keep your mitts off him! (another kudo thing for my new favorite poster) ---
**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2009, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-people-so-goddamn-stupid-obama-should-switch-himself-to-public-option-kuhyuk/507140/57 "2009-08-21T19:34:00Z")
> [@wierdaaron](#): > > Then he’d try to talk me into letting him not use a condom, but I wasn’t having none of that shit. Yet he still pulled out and blew a load of fire ants on your back, the cad. ---
**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, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-people-so-goddamn-stupid-obama-should-switch-himself-to-public-option-kuhyuk/507140/58 "2009-08-21T19:40:32Z")
Everybody seems to like my ranting. Being a proper capitalist, I couldn’t let an opportunity to profit pass by, so I’m going to start collecting donations toward my next rant. When I reach a certain, very secret amount of money, I’ll post a new one. Tease: The next one will be about religion. ---
**Author:** ![Darwins\_Finch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darwins_finch/32/20304_2.png) [@Darwins\_Finch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darwins_Finch)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2009, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-people-so-goddamn-stupid-obama-should-switch-himself-to-public-option-kuhyuk/507140/59 "2009-08-21T19:45:27Z")
> [@Frylock](#): > > Google brought nothing to me–can anyone confirm what the OP said about the President’s blood supply? > **[BBC NEWS | Americas | President Obama's security bubble](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7973274.stm)** > > The US president will be well protected on his visit to London, reports the BBC's Max Deveson. > [@](#): > > The president’s White House medical unit - nurses, surgeons and other medical professionals - are permanently on call in case Mr Obama is taken ill. A supply of AB-type blood (the president’s blood type) travels with him for emergency transfusions. ---
**Author:** ![Sinaijon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@Sinaijon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sinaijon)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2009, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-people-so-goddamn-stupid-obama-should-switch-himself-to-public-option-kuhyuk/507140/60 "2009-08-21T19:52:24Z")
> [@wierdaaron](#): > > Tease: The next one will be about religion. F- First one about conservatives, then about religion. Sheesh. Doesn’t subject creativity count for anything anymore? Evidently not. Let me guess what your 3rd one will be…Sarah Palin? :rolleyes: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-people-so-goddamn-stupid-obama-should-switch-himself-to-public-option-kuhyuk/507140.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-people-so-goddamn-stupid-obama-should-switch-himself-to-public-option-kuhyuk/507140.md?page=4)