My Uncle tried to convince me Obama is a Muslimn today.

I blame the media. In Portland & Seattle the lone liberal radio station is going to sports. But there are plenty of powerful rightwing stations spewing that crap still on in those librul bastions of commiehood.

Them corporate slimeballs don't want "progressive" radio in the least. Kill it they say!!!!

There is no way the fascists that own radio stations will tolerate voices that are anti-fascism.

All the while the wealthy of the world have 21 to 31 trillion stashed in the tax havens while they tell us we are broke.

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=21+trillion+offshore

That's right. No money for kids meals in school, but 31 trillion in the Cayman Islands.

What are you going to do about it?

It's not the NPR station going off is it? That's about all I'd listen to up there when I could pick it up in Kitsap Co.

The progressive have much better things to do than listen to the same old same old day after day, week after week, month and month, year after year, decade after decade....

You get the picture.

He is certainly not a Muslin. And probably not a Satinist or a Linenist either.

About an 840, I'd guess.

But it wouldn't be make-believe if you believed in me

He's a Communist Socialist Fascist. Isn't that enough?

TlalocW

Black, White, Peace Loving, War Mongering, Tall, Short Guy.

I got bettah.

TlalocW

Oh, and baby killing crack head dope smoker. And cigarette smoking, diabolically sneaky smart and also dumb as a post, yet the anti-Christ! And doesn't put ketchup on hamburgers and his haircut is all wrong. Yeah, I think that covers it.

A) a Muslim, and

B) a zealous member of Reverend Wright's church for 20 years

It means that Obama is....BLACK!!!!


Don't tell anybody!

...listen to Hannity and I'm sure some other of the right wing talkers and on the infrequent occasions where our conversations drifted into politics, he was always bringing up these obscure little weird points and trying to blow them up way out of proportion. It didn't really hit me until I thought about some of the stuff he said that he wasn't actually reading or researching the topics at all: He was merely parroting what he thought he heard from Hannity, et al.

And, BTW, because he was parroting off that stuff, it was the same bizarre hammer he used to drive home the nail in any discussion we were having.

PB

I read a great article today from RepublicansAreADisease.com. All the things your uncle probably believes as a republican. Makes me sick thinking these inbred imbiciles are allowed to vote.

http://www.RepublicansAreADisease.com

He probably heard someone on Fox say Obama is a muslim, and now he has Fox voices in his head.....

...to your uncle was excellent.

would be kinda a hard to hide that all the time..

He never breaks out the prayer rug in the middle of press conferences, he drinks his own home made beer (on TV!), and then there's those pesky Muslim killing drones. If he lived in a Muslim country, they'd probably shun him, rip out his tongue, then behead him for murder.

How did the Fox Newsies forget all about 25 years of listening to sermons from Reverend Wright already? They heard about it from Hannity for a solid year.

believes that Obama is a Muslim, your Uncle is stark, raving mad and should be committed immediately to the nearest mental health instititution?

Is he like the 'crazy Uncle' every family has who gets dragged out of the attic at holidays and family gatherings?

What's better, being hung with a blue rope, or a red rope?

Or would you prefer playing Russian-roulette with a red gun, instead of a blue gun?

Because the funny thing is, there is a lot of republicans who realize their screwed regardless of who wins.

Their just to busy throwing ideological puns, they forget to look past the smoke and mirrors.

Grover Norquist is a Muslim. Just watch his head explode!

Never would Michelle and the girls wear a burka and so far he hasn't demanded they do.

And remind him about the "no religious test for office" clause.

Bet him, then have him show you where it is in his book that Obama says he is a Muslim.

Get a copy of the book from the library first, and hand it to him so he has time to look for it.

And if he won't even try, then no, I'm he isn't a nice guy because he knowingly lies about such things with ease.

ETA: And this exercise in betting will only show him that he is repeating lies; it likely won't stop him from continuing to do so. Does he belong to one of those religions that thinks they are the "one true religion"? Because I can't see why anyone would care even if Obama were a Muslim.

That said, it is an insult to Obama to claim things that are provably false. And since he didn't say he was a Muslim in his book, Dreams, then your Uncle is an insulting liar and yeah, if he were my Uncle, I'd be putting that lie to the curb with a copy of the book in my hand.

most beautiful things I have ever heard as well.

will be hurting because you got people who hate their government yet when there are problems such as tornados, hurricanes they want government help. It's enough to make your head spin.

There is NOTHING in the constitution against having a Muslim in the WH.

Some people are too goddamned stupid to convince that he's not, so why not go along with them and ask what their problem is?

In other words, Muslims wouldn't recognize Obama as one of them.

One of our best members of Congress is a Muslim and as far as I know there are no religious or ethnic impediments to being elected to office in this country.

Does your Uncle believe that we should have such restrictions?

I basically told her "Surely you don't believe that! Only ignorant, racist red-necks believe that garbage."

She didn't say anything about Obama after that which was fine by me.

I think it really does help. People convince themselves everyone is on the same kooky wavelength they picked up at (fill in rightwing source) and they do wonder, if only for a second, when an intelligent, rational person just blinks and says, "No, that is not true."

The way you put it was helpful, too. We often don't think in terms of "evidence" that something crazy isn't true, but your comments do demonstrate the impossibility of this particular wingnut fantasy.

Thanks for putting some rationality out there. We have to keep doing that.

I had spaced that tired little chestnut.

I might find a line at snake handling fundie as far as religious test, at some point you're just fucking nuts and too much of a danger to yourself and others to be in a position of stewardship over the many.