Why do wing-nuts always call the president "Barry"? [View all]

I know that was his nickname when he was a kid, but why does it seem like it's only wing-nuts who call him that now? Is it a dog whistle of some kind, a way of calling a black man "boy"?

It is really getting on my nerves.

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Why do wing-nuts always call the president "Barry"? [View all]	Odin2005	Jan 2013	OP
it's because they think they are clever on one level	datasuspect	Jan 2013	#1
I want to know more about name magic	siligut	Jan 2013	#10
I think he's talking about primitive superstitions about names.	Odin2005	Jan 2013	#14
Interesting, thanks.	siligut	Jan 2013	#22
or similarly, the idea of speaking something into existence	datasuspect	Jan 2013	#35
That explains a lot about my own stalkers	MrScorpio	Jan 2013	#85
"name magic" ---- +100	Taverner	Jan 2013	#43
It's just a juvenile insult	sharp_stick	Jan 2013	#2
I'm sure it's meant to demean him	Flashmann	Jan 2013	#3
Not only wing-nuts do that...	SidDithers	Jan 2013	#4
I'm from the extreme radical left and..	ananda	Jan 2013	#19
Good. But they're certainly out there...	SidDithers	Jan 2013	#25
There are other people from the left	pnwmom	Jan 2013	#72
Oh, they are wing-nuts too.	Behind the Aegis	Jan 2013	#32
I have too.. I totally thought of those	Cha	Jan 2013	#66
I deal with very left leaning people all the time	G_j	Jan 2013	#86
Barry as a name	maryland native	Jan 2013	#5
So I should have called Bush: President Numbnuts?	skip fox	Jan 2013	#55
Eh. I still call W "W"	gollygee	Jan 2013	#6
I always called him DUHbya	Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin	Jan 2013	#65
Because they're fucking pigs	Zoeisright	Jan 2013	#7
I think it was a childhood nickname.	NutmegYankee	Jan 2013	#8
Oh, yes, the "Barry Soetoro" nonsense.	Odin2005	Jan 2013	#16
Yep, birther bullshit.	NutmegYankee	Jan 2013	#23
He was called 'Barry' as a kid, by choice. Once he was an adult he preferred 'Barack.'	onehandle	Jan 2013	#9
Thanks for that, onehandle. It's like a lot of kids who	Cha	Jan 2013	#69
Thanks for clarifying it ... n/t	RKP5637	Jan 2013	#76
Specifically, "Barry Soetoro". It's an attempt to cast suspicion on his time in Indonesia.	Recursion	Jan 2013	#11
I have never heard that Barry means anything racial.	siligut	Jan 2013	#12
It's an attempt to quesiton his identity	RomneyLies	Jan 2013	#13
No, its an attempt to make him seem less than American ...	Myrina	Jan 2013	#21
No. My cousin's name is Barry. Nothing to do with nationality.	WinkyDink	Jan 2013	#80
I don't mean "Barry" ...	Myrina	Jan 2013	#87
They're unable to speak..	one_voice	Jan 2013	#15
"a way of calling a black man 'boy'" YES.	Lex	Jan 2013	#17
I see "Zero" more than Barry on right wing stuff	Glitterati	Jan 2013	#18
There's a racial motive too.	Archae	Jan 2013	#20
"Shrub" "Boner"	earthside	Jan 2013	#24
I think Barry is better than "Bam" which is the nickname of choice	no_hypocrisy	Jan 2013	#26
Not just wing nuts	KamaAina	Jan 2013	#27
It's how he was called ...	1StrongBlackMan	Jan 2013	#28
"Dookie-breath"?	Tarheel_Dem	Jan 2013	#30
Yeah ...	1StrongBlackMan	Jan 2013	#34
I remember a former classmate with the same issue. First thing in the morning was a real test....	Tarheel_Dem	Jan 2013	#49
I suspect that it was ...	1StrongBlackMan	Jan 2013	#51
It's really shocking to think that a teenager would have severe decay and/or gum disease, but I'm...	Tarheel_Dem	Jan 2013	#53
Not in the neighborhood I grew up in ...	1StrongBlackMan	Jan 2013	#58
Well, their job is done then. You've now publicly acknowledged their idiocy, and allowed it to....	Tarheel_Dem	Jan 2013	#29
Sounds less corny, same intent, as "boy."	nadinbrzezinski	Jan 2013	#31
I'm not one to talk on this; I called Mitch McConnell "McTurtle".	CheapShotArtist	Jan 2013	#33
How is calling in President Obama "Barry"...	PurpleEngineer	Jan 2013	#36
More like calling W "Junior"	rurallib	Jan 2013	#44
Correct, although I've seen people go one step further Dubya, calling him "Dumbya".	whathehell	Jan 2013	#77
"Dubya" isn't a dog whistle.	Odin2005	Jan 2013	#81
"Dubya" is how President Bush pronounced his own middle initial. (nt)	Heidi	Jan 2013	#88
This type of thing has been going on a long time apparently.	trackfan	Jan 2013	#37
Instead of letting it get on your nerves...	GoCubsGo	Jan 2013	#38
they think it is condascending nt	d_r	Jan 2013	#39
took me awhile for me to figure out "Peebo"	riverwalker	Jan 2013	#40
No biggie, I call all of them shitstains.	Arctic Dave	Jan 2013	#41
It's a birther meme. nt	hack89	Jan 2013	#42
Because they can't get "President Obama"	MineralMan	Jan 2013	#45
It's the another "the President is a foreigner" lie	intaglio	Jan 2013	#46
Dems called Bush; Shrub, W, Chimp	Johonny	Jan 2013	#47
IMO it is an informal way to insult him.	Rex	Jan 2013	#48
Obama used to go by that name when he was young and it is	NoMoreWarNow	Jan 2013	#50
They do it to be disrespectful and piss off people who voted for him.	Buzz Clik	Jan 2013	#52
Then they are succeeding in their objective.	WhoIsNumberNone	Jan 2013	#54
Because it's childish.	CommoFreq	Jan 2013	#56
The same reason they refer to our party as the "Democrat" party.	City Lights	Jan 2013	#57
It's disrespectful, because that's how they mean it.	immoderate	Jan 2013	#59
Distorting, wrong-naming is the ultimate "dis"	SoCalDem	Jan 2013	#60
barry	stklurker	Jan 2013	#61
bush was just plain ol'	Cha	Jan 2013	#62
At one point one RW told me that "Barry" was apparently embarrassed by his roots.	Sheepshank	Jan 2013	#63
They probably didn't like it when I called dubya	tavernier	Jan 2013	#64
Damn close!!!	RKP5637	Jan 2013	#78
If I can call W, Dubya and all the other names I called him...	Kalidurga	Jan 2013	#67
To dis him, they would say the N word if they could and of course they do when left to their own!!!	winstars	Jan 2013	#68
They're just being juvenile.	AverageJoe90	Jan 2013	#70
They think it's some sort of insult, like "Democrat Party". Morans.	catbyte	Jan 2013	#71
Why did we call Bush "Chimpy"?	MrSlayer	Jan 2013	#73
Even when he pisses me off...	bobclark86	Jan 2013	#74
It started as a birther conspiracy theory.	Bradical79	Jan 2013	#75
they believe they are showing disrespect	riverbendviewgal	Jan 2013	#79
Well I still call Bush the second "chimp" because he	Raine	Jan 2013	#82
I find that very demeaning	arthritisR_US	Jan 2013	#83
LOL yeah you're right about that, Chimps are also very smart. nt	Raine	Jan 2013	#84