New Rule: If You Know Less About Barack Obama Than Any Other President in History, You Might be a Redneck
Bill Maher is about as tired of the painting of President Obama as "the other" as I am. Here's his "New Rules" segment from the Sept. 17th show.
MAHER: And finally if you know less about Barack Obama than any other president on history, you just might be a redneck. Now, I mentioned this because last week Haley Barbour who is the former head of the Republican Party, the current Governor of Mississippi and of course Boss Hoggs of the Dukes of Hazard, said about Obama
“this is a president we know less about than any other president in history.”Really? We know less about Obama than say Millard Fillmore? Oh yeah, Fillmore, we had too much information about that guy. I don’t need that picture in my head of Fillmore having telegraphed with sex with Harriet Tubman.
You know this effort by the right to insist that Obama is un-knowable has culminated now in the bizarre belief that the President is secretly a Muslim.
An astounding one in five Americans believe this. And two in five believe he’s a hologram projected by a Chinese satellite. One in seven thinks he’s under their bed right now..
You know it was bad enough when the birthers said he was born in Africa. Now we have the churchers who doubt his religion even though during the campaign they were screaming about Obama being too beholden to his whacko Christian minister.
But now they say he was just faking being Christian for two decades so he could secretly get elected as a Muslim.
Wow, that is one undercover brother. Let me show you some pictures of Barack Obama. He smokes, he drinks beer, he eats hotdogs... and he checks out ass. Let me tell you, if he's a Muslim he stinks at it.
Obama loves war and rich people and he never goes to church. If that doesn't prove he's a Christian I don't know what does. Wait, it gets worse. Ten percent of Americans don't think Obama is a Muslim or a Christian. They think he's "something else".
Right. He's tall. He's not white. Maybe he's an avatar. How could it happen that one of the most thoroughly researched and vetted men in our history is suddenly transformed into a giant question mark?
I'll tell you how. Because teabaggers love the truth. They just hate facts. And giving them facts not only fails to change their mind, it actually makes them embrace the bullshit more.
This is why after you spend ninety minutes patiently explaining to your brother in law that taxes had actually gone down under Obama, he calls you a fag and goes into the garage to listen to his police scanner.
In conclusion let me point out that in 2008 these same people who believed that we don't know enough about Barack Obama were completely okay pulling the lever for someone who no one had even ever heard of, the real housewife of Wasilla.
I'm not a big Bill Maher fan but that was golden. Bottom line, the President has real dark skin and he's in the oval office. Holy shit! Forget common sense and common knowledge, a black man has made his way into the white house and that's just something a whole lot of people never thought they would see. While the rest of us are proud of our country for finally coming this far, the rest are just all pissy because a black man has done something they could never do.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
about Obama being Muslim, Communist, etc., I just try to picture Obama as a rednecky white guy. Then ask, why do they so persecute one of their own?
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
I'm sure Republicans know about Ockham's razor, right?
"the simplest explanation is usually the correct one"
When all other explanations are eliminated you have the truth.
Funny though. I'm not sure they all realize that this is what's driving them, along with the fact that Bush was also such a disappointment. It's not like they wouldn't have been almost as motivated if Hilary had won. It's just that President Obama has them extra shaken. They've had to realize the biggest political take down, notch for notch, in history.
Plus, all this time they have been swimming in denial!
Well there's a sure recipe for eternal madness right there.
Republicans. 8(0)
Going madder every day since 2008.
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob"
-= Franklin Delano Roosevelt =-
His absolute best quote on this was, "Those people have a word stuck in their craw... It's desperate to get out but they know they can't say it. It starts with an "n", ends with an "r", and it's not "Nationbuilder"."
If you're white, republican(esp. of the "bagger" variety), southern or of sympathetic leanings, semi-educated but highly ignorant, believe that the earth is only 6K years old, you should hurry to check your health care plan's mental health coverage! What, no health insurance? Well don't vote for ol' Huck-a-buck 'cause he don't like anybody with pre-existing conditions!
I hope someone at C&L posts the clip of what Huckabee said yesterday about pre-existing conditions. The man calls himself a minister and then says the kind of things he said yesterday. He should hide his face in shame.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
POP, freaks like Huckabee are incapable of feeling shame.
If you have selfish, ignorant citizens, you're gonna get selfish, ignorant leaders.
George Carlin
Sometimes when listening to Stephanie Miller, Ed Schultz, Thom Hartman, etc. when the subject of hurting unemployed Americans (like the 99er's) come up and how to help them, invariably some asshole calls boasting of his personal "success" putting them down, belittling fellow citizens to get off their lazy asses.
EVERYONE has healthcare! QED! America has a long way to go towards civilization.
"EVERYONE has healthcare"
How many countries actually has that? I mean that there are always people that for some reason or another have no healthcare. Being it that they are living on the streets or think that they don't need it or want it.
also on QED. :D
`I refuse to prove that I exist,' says God, `for proof denies faith, and without faith I am nothing.'
`But,' says Man, `The Babel fish is a dead giveaway, isn't it? It could not have evolved by chance. It proves you exist, and so therefore, by your own arguments, you don't. QED.'
`Oh dear,' says God, `I hadn't thought of that,' and promptly vanished in a puff of logic' - The hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy.
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I applaud your Douglas Addams!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qx5mDxeMsCk
"giving them facts not only fails to change their mind, it actually makes them embrace the bullshit more" Actually, you just have to aim facts directly at the brain-pans of town hall zombies. And if they refuse to face facts then you have no choice but to make sure they lose.
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btw, matt, you stole my first choice of avatar. i know you'd noticed, but i couldn't bring myself to respond. but i've sought counseling, very expensive counseling, and i'm finally ok with this now.
please post more on lapine issues.
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Corruption favors the wealthy.
The trend of disbelief that you reference is well known. It is unfortunate, but the fact remains that facts are not facts if they are not framed favorably in the "us vs. them" belief system.
Being a "red neck" is something they think is desirable. Idiots abound! Welcome to the US of A. We're #1!
I've heard at least 2 different explanations for where the term "redneck" comes from. I'm sure at least one of them most people on this site would be proud to belong too, heck I'll even say most of the people here would be proud to be both. Back in the early 1900s union workers in the coal mines of West Virginia wore red bandanas around their necks in a symbol of solidarity. What's wrong with that?
Or the other is that it comes from sharecroppers who after working long days in the fields had sunburned necks. What is wrong with working hard to provide for your family?
Do you think either of those are not desirable?
You might be a redneck??? Well you are certainly a pig ignorant, uninformed wingnut Fox viewer, that is certain.
What does a redneck chick say when she's losing he virginity?
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.Get Off Pa! Yer crushin my marboro's!
What is your conceptual, continuity?
Not again...
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
I can't remember.
Oh well. maybe someone who hasn' t see it yet will get a chuckle.
What is your conceptual, continuity?
I'm outta smokes now and was just going to go get a pack...
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
"marboro's!"
If you mean marlboros, you sure are a redneck.
Ps, also no apostrophe there. ;)
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I know. ;)
What is your conceptual, continuity?
well....erm....i have fags, ha!
(fags means smokes/cigarettes in Briton speak. Just to be clear :p)
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Hmmmmm? No fooling.:)
What is your conceptual, continuity?
I so love the "brother-in-law" reference. Why is it that every liberal has one just like that?
I don't.
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Funny. We don't see a lot of opposing political views within spouses. I think a lot of people pick a side and run with it like a football! Dumb! 8(0)
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob"
-= Franklin Delano Roosevelt =-
Why is that dumb, you really think that being with someone with political opposing views makes a good relationship?
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it has to cause a problem. My wife and I have different political views and we get along just fine. We just don't talk politics that much and when we do we frequently agree to disagree.
I personally think being married to someone who was exactly like myself would eventually get a bit monotonous. There is a reason they say opposites attract.
Right, because someone on the same politcal spectrum would always agree, right? Sure! Like they do not have an own mind!
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and I never said someone on the same political spectrum would always agree. I said I think that being married to someone who was exactly the same as me would probably be a bit monotonous.
I know my wife has a mind of her own, and I like that. Heck we don't always agree on what to have for dinner let alone politics. Actually our respective views on both are very frequently the exact opposite. She thinks salad is generally a good dinner, while I'm of the viewpoint that it is usually pretty decoration for the steak and potato. Politics are pretty much the same.
I was just stating that differing viewpoints on politics does not mean two (or more) people cannot have a good relationship. Where your post seemed to me that you think the opposite is true.
Right, so you disagree about salads or potato, or is it potatoe? But seriously, your gf/wife/whatever is not a tea party numbskull. That is just normal banter m8!
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we do frequently disagree, but how many husbands and wives don't? The happiest couple I have ever known did. If they didn't agree they tried to find an acceptable compromise, same as my wife and I. Don't you and your partner(s) do the same?
For my wife and I regarding politics the compromise is we agree to disagree, she is free to back whatever candidate she wishes and I am free to do the same. If I want to put a sign in the yard for a candidate she is free to put one for the candidate of her choice. If I wish to go door to door campaigning she can do so also. And vice-versa.
The same goes for other things. Such as dinner, I may make what I want one night and the next I'll make what she wants. Or I'm free to sleep with other women, and she is free to cut my nuts off if I do :o Compromise is the key to any good relation.
I was just rereading your comment. And yes you're right my wife isn't a tea partier. I am. She is pretty liberal.
Not so much wonderin now. In fact, it blatantly clear. She's an opportunist. She fits right in, doesn't she?
I could go on and on about her job performance, and her quitting her job in mid stream.
But we all know that shit already.
When confronted by a Palinite, I ask, why do you think she's qualified?
Still waiting for a reasonable response.
Gone Rouge Baby!
What is your conceptual, continuity?
Look for a a major falling out between the two soon...
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
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Diabolus est Deus Inversus
did I ever put that much energy into learning #3--it just came to me naturally. Much like masturbation...
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
Something something mother bear defending cubs, drivel, incoherent rabble horse dung, etc etc.
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Diabolus est Deus Inversus
He always nails it.
If the stupidity in America ever dies out, he may be out of a job :-)
But seriously, it's all racism. "We don't know enough about him" And yet the teabaggers pulled the lever for Palin/McCain.
Riiiiiiight.
NOBODY 2012
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