Obama: "I'm not the strapping young Muslim Socialist I used to be."

Started by Syt, April 28, 2013, 06:54:11 AM

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Syt

April 28, 2013, 06:54:11 AM
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/27/obama-muslim-socialist_n_3171902.html

QuotePresident Barack Obama slid in a shoutout during his 2013 White House Correspondents' Dinner speech to conspiracists who wonder about both his religion and economic preferences.

"These days, I look in the mirror and I have to admit," Obama said. "I'm not the strapping young Muslim socialist I used to be."

Past polls have seen large chunks of Americans incorrectly identify the Christian Obama as a Muslim. During the heat of the 2012 presidential campaign, a May PPP survey found that 52 percent of 656 likely GOP primary voters classified the president under that religion.

Since his reelection in November 2012, a host of conservative voices have referred to Obama as a socialist. Back in March, GOP strategist Henry Barbour told the hill that "we've got a socialist in office right now." Earlier in December, televangelist Pat Robertson accused Obama of not admitting to his "socialist" ways that is destroying free enterprise in America. Within the same month, Sarah Palin used the same term, warning that America's debt is putting the country on a path to communism.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ON2XWvyePH8
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Zanza

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April 28, 2013, 08:50:08 AM
QuoteSince his reelection in November 2012, a host of conservative voices have referred to Obama as a socialist.
Since his reelection?

Eddie Teach

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April 28, 2013, 09:21:41 AM
Yeah, I remember McCain and Palin brandishing that term quite a bit.
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April 28, 2013, 09:39:24 AM
Quote from: Zanza on April 28, 2013, 08:50:08 AM
QuoteSince his reelection in November 2012, a host of conservative voices have referred to Obama as a socialist.
Since his reelection?

Before that everyone was just joshing.
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CountDeMoney

#4
April 28, 2013, 12:21:36 PM
I liked the crack about the GOP reaching out to minorities.

Syt

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April 28, 2013, 12:30:22 PM
The one about his presidential library wasn't bad, either. "Some have suggested we put it in my birth place, but I'd rather keep it in the United States."
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Admiral Yi

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April 28, 2013, 12:55:21 PM
10 quatloos says at least one commentator complains Obama's comment unfairly demonizes all Muslims in the wake of the Boston Marathon bombing.

Razgovory

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April 28, 2013, 02:02:57 PM
10 Quatloos that Sarah Palin uses the word "nerdprom".
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Scipio

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April 28, 2013, 04:30:34 PM
Quote from: Razgovory on April 28, 2013, 02:02:57 PM
10 Quatloos that Sarah Palin uses the word "nerdprom".
Silly bitch.  Nerds don't have proms.
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Josquius

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April 29, 2013, 06:10:32 AM
Obama as a socialist is pretty funny stuff. The right hates him because they think he is one, the left hates him because he completely isn't one.
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Eddie Teach

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April 29, 2013, 07:00:03 AM
 :rolleyes:

The left doesn't hate him; you hate him because he's American.
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April 29, 2013, 10:50:53 AM
The president is dark and full of terrors.
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April 29, 2013, 10:54:12 AM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on April 29, 2013, 07:00:03 AM
:rolleyes:

The left doesn't hate him; you hate him because he's American.

Notice his failure to close Gitmo and the even less transparent government that he's overseeing and you'll find plenty on the left that don't like him.

sbr

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April 29, 2013, 11:00:56 AM Last Edit: April 29, 2013, 11:02:50 AM by sbr
That may be true but I don't think "the left" as a whole hates  him.

Sheilbh

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April 29, 2013, 11:01:30 AM
I hate this tradition <_<
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