Slog - Comments on Gotcha, Suckers!!! http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/gotcha_suckers A recent text message exchange: Wouldn’t it be funny if Barack Obama really was a secret Muslim? If Barack Obama really is a secret Muslim, then what will I put in my Barack Obama Secret Muslim Keepsake Box? Not secrets! It will have to be renamed Barack Obama Muslim Well-Known Facts Box. I mean, you have to admit it would be very slightly hilarious if, on the morning of November 5th, Obama was all, "Sike! AS-SALAAM ALEYKUM, BITCHES! Shoulda listened to crazy Uncle Pete's e-mail forwards!!" I mean, just a little? Just a tiny bit hilarious? ...Guys?... Copyright 2008 Sun, 12 Oct 2008 14:38:42 -0800 Mon, 13 Oct 2008 12:14:14 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by skye sad that muslim has become a bad word in this country.

]]> skye http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/gotcha_suckers#c1170977 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/gotcha_suckers#c1170977 2008 Sun, 12 Oct 2008 15:01:20 -0800 Comment by Matthew Do you mean "psych"?

]]> Matthew http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/gotcha_suckers#c1170978 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/gotcha_suckers#c1170978 2008 Sun, 12 Oct 2008 15:04:11 -0800 Comment by Mike in Iowa Sorry, don't get it on so many levels. Try again.

]]> Mike in Iowa http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/gotcha_suckers#c1170979 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/gotcha_suckers#c1170979 2008 Sun, 12 Oct 2008 15:05:03 -0800 Comment by Sargon Bighorn Frankly being Muslim/Jew/Christian/Hindu/Jain/Whatever is not the problem. Being fanatically militant about it is.

]]> Sargon Bighorn http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/gotcha_suckers#c1170980 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/gotcha_suckers#c1170980 2008 Sun, 12 Oct 2008 15:05:58 -0800 Comment by In MN Not funny. It would still be irrelevant.

It would be funny, though, if, after the election Barack Obama picked William Ayers as Secretary of Education, Rev. Wright as Secretary of Health and Human Services, and Jim Johnson as the head of HUD. All or any of these would be hillarious.

]]> In MN http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/gotcha_suckers#c1170982 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/gotcha_suckers#c1170982 2008 Sun, 12 Oct 2008 15:07:37 -0800 Comment by Chris in Tampa Yes, this would indeed be hilarious.

]]> Chris in Tampa http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/gotcha_suckers#c1170984 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/gotcha_suckers#c1170984 2008 Sun, 12 Oct 2008 15:09:54 -0800 Comment by mike k. and don't forget about him growing an afro and painting the White House black

]]> mike k. http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/gotcha_suckers#c1170987 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/gotcha_suckers#c1170987 2008 Sun, 12 Oct 2008 15:22:44 -0800 Comment by KCip it would only be laughable if he yelled it from the top of the griffith observatory.

]]> KCip http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/gotcha_suckers#c1170989 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/gotcha_suckers#c1170989 2008 Sun, 12 Oct 2008 15:26:23 -0800 Comment by Lawrence Molloy The Caliphate of America! Sweet. However, yanks would not like waking up really early for the first of five call to prayers. But at least we would get some kick-ass slots on the Haj. I have always wanted to visit the spring of ZamZam.

]]> Lawrence Molloy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/gotcha_suckers#c1170991 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/gotcha_suckers#c1170991 2008 Sun, 12 Oct 2008 15:31:03 -0800 Comment by LogopolisMike I am now going to be quite disappointed if this doesn't happen. Thanks.

]]> LogopolisMike http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/gotcha_suckers#c1170993 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/gotcha_suckers#c1170993 2008 Sun, 12 Oct 2008 15:36:51 -0800 Comment by Ashley Personally, I'm hoping he pulls out his AK-47 and fires it into the air during the inaugural parade. Allah Akbar!

]]> Ashley http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/gotcha_suckers#c1170995 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/gotcha_suckers#c1170995 2008 Sun, 12 Oct 2008 15:40:25 -0800 Comment by wl Just as hilarious as if by some chance McCain gets elected and we wake up the day after inauguration day to see him yelling out the white house window "hey you rotten kids get of my lawn before I call the cops"

]]> wl http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/gotcha_suckers#c1170998 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/gotcha_suckers#c1170998 2008 Sun, 12 Oct 2008 15:47:31 -0800 Comment by Jeff Stevens It would be funny if the programming McCain received in the POW camp kicked in on Jan. 20, seconds after the swearing-in. Then Angela Lansbury would truly have her revenge.

Just sayin'.

]]> Jeff Stevens http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/gotcha_suckers#c1170999 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/gotcha_suckers#c1170999 2008 Sun, 12 Oct 2008 15:50:03 -0800 Comment by Colleen A The rat's-nest-haired woman from Minnesota said Obama was not just a Muslim, but an "Arab." The elderly Senator said no he's not, he's "a decent, family man."

]]> Colleen A http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/gotcha_suckers#c1171000 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/gotcha_suckers#c1171000 2008 Sun, 12 Oct 2008 15:53:41 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Everybody on World of Warcraft says it's John Panama McCain that is the secret muslim.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/gotcha_suckers#c1171001 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/gotcha_suckers#c1171001 2008 Sun, 12 Oct 2008 15:55:24 -0800 Comment by AJ In before John Bailo

]]> AJ http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/gotcha_suckers#c1171007 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/gotcha_suckers#c1171007 2008 Sun, 12 Oct 2008 16:06:25 -0800 Comment by ellie i can't believe no one has mentioned bill maher's religulous movie on the slog yet. i mean really? get with it.

]]> ellie http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/gotcha_suckers#c1171008 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/gotcha_suckers#c1171008 2008 Sun, 12 Oct 2008 16:06:47 -0800 Comment by Bruce That way he & Michelle could show up at the inauguration dressed like this http://www.africastyles.com/Couple/306.shtml and frighten all the white people.

]]> Bruce http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/gotcha_suckers#c1171010 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/gotcha_suckers#c1171010 2008 Sun, 12 Oct 2008 16:10:06 -0800 Comment by The Incredible Sulk Pavlov Institute give John McCain brainwashing and re-programming in POW camp in Hanoi Hilton, McCain submit to Pavlov Institute, freak out, Hulk out, JOHN MCCAIN BECOME MANCHURIAN HULK!

MANCHURIAN HULK WILL CROAK ON FIRST DAY IN OFFICE, ENABLE SARAH PALIN TO TURN USA INTO THEOCRACY!

And no, I don't feel like letting it go.

]]> The Incredible Sulk http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/gotcha_suckers#c1171012 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/gotcha_suckers#c1171012 2008 Sun, 12 Oct 2008 16:13:27 -0800 Comment by RonK, Seattle Joke's on you ... Mike Holmgren is the secret Muslim!

Feel terrorized yet? Well, do ya?

In other developments, Barack Obama is the secret Republican. On the bright side, there's always hope that the emerging systemic financial crisis will give him second thoughts.

]]> RonK, Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/gotcha_suckers#c1171015 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/gotcha_suckers#c1171015 2008 Sun, 12 Oct 2008 16:23:44 -0800 Comment by 30-30 The text exchange is funny. The existence of a Barack Obama Secret Muslim Keepsake Box is really funny. Your closing comments, however, are not funny.

I know it may seem counter-intuitive, but it is often the case that a joke about a thing is funny. And a joke about a joke about a thing is funny. But all the while, the thing itself isn't funny in the least.

]]> 30-30 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/gotcha_suckers#c1171017 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/gotcha_suckers#c1171017 2008 Sun, 12 Oct 2008 16:28:23 -0800 Comment by John Bailo Muslim, Christian, Zoroastrian. Who knows what Barack Obama believes? Or doesn't believe?

After two years of press, America asks

Who Is Barack Obama?

What does he believe in? One day he doesn't want to wear a pin...the next day he wears it. No morals, except a lust of power, brought on by the desire of Bill Ayers to wreck our nation.

Who is Barack Obama?

No one knows...

]]> John Bailo http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/gotcha_suckers#c1171030 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/gotcha_suckers#c1171030 2008 Sun, 12 Oct 2008 16:58:32 -0800 Comment by CM I love that Slog commenters are here to set Lindy AND me straight on what is worthwhile, BLOGGABLE material

I mean, shit, that's what beautiful Sunday afternoons are for!

]]> CM http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/gotcha_suckers#c1171035 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/gotcha_suckers#c1171035 2008 Sun, 12 Oct 2008 17:12:07 -0800 Comment by Laurie Mann I guess the McCain/Palin camp doesn't think they have to explain how Obama can be both a "secret Muslim" and have a spiritual mentor who's a United Church of Christ minister.

]]> Laurie Mann http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/gotcha_suckers#c1171048 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/gotcha_suckers#c1171048 2008 Sun, 12 Oct 2008 17:28:41 -0800 Comment by Mike in MO It would be sofa king hilarious.

Also, "AS-SALAAM ALEYKUM, BITCHES!" is the funniest thing you've ever written.

Finally, @ 22, that's the best you got?

]]> Mike in MO http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/gotcha_suckers#c1171051 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/gotcha_suckers#c1171051 2008 Sun, 12 Oct 2008 17:35:08 -0800 Comment by w7ngman Bailo, daddy's not going to love you, even if you vote Republican.

]]> w7ngman http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/gotcha_suckers#c1171059 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/gotcha_suckers#c1171059 2008 Sun, 12 Oct 2008 17:40:45 -0800 Comment by Krizpie Kreme Ummmm...what does "funny" mean again?

]]> Krizpie Kreme http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/gotcha_suckers#c1171068 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/gotcha_suckers#c1171068 2008 Sun, 12 Oct 2008 17:54:12 -0800 Comment by Chris in Tampa @24 - They already have an explanation. Obama is a secret Muslim who has a spiritual mentor at an "alleged" United Church of Christ

]]> Chris in Tampa http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/gotcha_suckers#c1171093 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/gotcha_suckers#c1171093 2008 Sun, 12 Oct 2008 18:34:21 -0800 Comment by Seajay I'd laugh my arse off if Dino Rossi turned out to be a secret Muslim.

]]> Seajay http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/gotcha_suckers#c1171107 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/gotcha_suckers#c1171107 2008 Sun, 12 Oct 2008 19:01:18 -0800 Comment by K If he peeled off his face mask to show that he was really Louis Farrakhan, you mean? And that he really does intend to, as they say, paint the White House black?

]]> K http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/gotcha_suckers#c1171117 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/gotcha_suckers#c1171117 2008 Sun, 12 Oct 2008 19:34:59 -0800 Comment by Bruce That would be hilarious. 'Cause then he and Michelle could come to the inauguration dressed like this and frighten all the white people:
http://www.africastyles.com/Couple/306.shtml

]]> Bruce http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/gotcha_suckers#c1171123 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/gotcha_suckers#c1171123 2008 Sun, 12 Oct 2008 20:03:46 -0800 Comment by Bruce How come it says "31 comments" but only 15 are showing? Apologies if I double-posted the inauguration outfits link.

]]> Bruce http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/gotcha_suckers#c1171125 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/gotcha_suckers#c1171125 2008 Sun, 12 Oct 2008 20:07:10 -0800 Comment by jnonymous @25
Seeing RZA and GZA saying KONICHIWA BITCHES after being drafted by the Asians is funnier than AS-SALAAM ALEYKUM, BITCHES!

http://www.videosift.com/video/Chappelles-Show-The-Racial-Draft

]]> jnonymous http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/gotcha_suckers#c1171127 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/gotcha_suckers#c1171127 2008 Sun, 12 Oct 2008 20:08:38 -0800 Comment by jnonymous @25
Seeing RZA and GZA saying KONICHIWA BITCHES after being drafted by the Asians is funnier than AS-SALAAM ALEYKUM, BITCHES!

http://www.videosift.com/video/Chappelles-Show-The-Racial-Draft

]]> jnonymous http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/gotcha_suckers#c1171129 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/gotcha_suckers#c1171129 2008 Sun, 12 Oct 2008 20:08:54 -0800 Comment by Bruce Of course NOW it's working. Never mind.

]]> Bruce http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/gotcha_suckers#c1171130 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/gotcha_suckers#c1171130 2008 Sun, 12 Oct 2008 20:09:09 -0800 Comment by jnonymous @25
Seeing RZA and GZA saying KONICHIWA BITCHES after being drafted by the Asians is funnier than AS-SALAAM ALEYKUM, BITCHES!

http://www.videosift.com/video/Chappelles-Show-The-Racial-Draft

]]> jnonymous http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/gotcha_suckers#c1171131 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/gotcha_suckers#c1171131 2008 Sun, 12 Oct 2008 20:09:31 -0800 Comment by Kaypro Breaking McCain Scandal: In his years spent on the ground pallin' around with America-hating jailers in North Vietnam, McCain acquired the communist fraternity nickname of "John Bailout." While spilling U.S. secrets to a Vietcong prostitute, McCain fathered a communist bastard by the name of John Bailout II, who later fled to the American West Coast and fathered yet another communist bastard he named John Bailout III. While dodging military service, John Bailout III shortened his last name to Bailo.

And that, my friends, is the rest of the story. Good day.

]]> Kaypro http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/gotcha_suckers#c1171140 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/gotcha_suckers#c1171140 2008 Sun, 12 Oct 2008 20:51:47 -0800 Comment by Tally #22, that's such a weak argument. It could be applied to anyone. John McCain might be praying to Zeus in his head every night and no one would ever know.
I could go to Mass (or a mosque, or a Shinto shrine) every single day of my life, but it wouldn't necessarily mean that I actually believe what is being said. I could be forced to do so. I could want to seduce the priest. But in the US, who would be forcing Barack Obama, a financially independent adult male, to go to a Christian church for years and years and write incorporating his Christian faith?
Putting aside conspiracy theories, what is the most logical choice?

]]> Tally http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/gotcha_suckers#c1171144 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/gotcha_suckers#c1171144 2008 Sun, 12 Oct 2008 20:59:41 -0800 Comment by princess jesus christ would everyone lighten up???

]]> princess http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/gotcha_suckers#c1171147 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/gotcha_suckers#c1171147 2008 Sun, 12 Oct 2008 21:39:41 -0800 Comment by skye @22 flag pin? mccain wasn't wearing one in the last debate, obama was.

troll.

john bailo eats his young.

]]> skye http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/gotcha_suckers#c1171156 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/gotcha_suckers#c1171156 2008 Sun, 12 Oct 2008 22:14:01 -0800 Comment by wow America doesn't ask "Who is Barack Obama?" Only dumb shits who can't name a single newspaper or magazine they read (hello Governor?) ask that.

]]> wow http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/gotcha_suckers#c1171162 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/gotcha_suckers#c1171162 2008 Sun, 12 Oct 2008 22:45:39 -0800 Comment by John Bailo And speaking of lust, I have a thing for the jar of mayonnaise in my fridge...

]]> John Bailo http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/gotcha_suckers#c1171165 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/gotcha_suckers#c1171165 2008 Sun, 12 Oct 2008 23:06:54 -0800 Comment by MissyMiss John McCain might be praying to Zeus in his head every night and no one would ever know.

That would rock.

]]> MissyMiss http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/gotcha_suckers#c1171171 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/gotcha_suckers#c1171171 2008 Sun, 12 Oct 2008 23:47:03 -0800 Comment by Glasses I, for one, laughed so hard when I first read this that it scared my cat.

Of course it would be funny. because I have an 'Uncle Pete' equivalent--my aunt in Anchorage. She's a hockey mom, too, and ever since Palin got nominated she's been sending everyone in my family emails about sitting next Palin at hockey matches.

I've got family in Wasilla, too. We've gotten lots of emails.

My point? Only really really dumb people (like my aunt)would ever truly believe that Obama would really do that. That's what makes it funny. I'm not saying Alaskans are dumb, just that some people around this nation have serious convictions about an absolute fallacy that amounts to hogwash. Bless my aunt, she's nice, but really? That's laughable.

]]> Glasses http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/gotcha_suckers#c1171172 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/gotcha_suckers#c1171172 2008 Sun, 12 Oct 2008 23:50:32 -0800 Comment by Hoyt Clagwell Fuck me--a whole generation of douchebag imbeciles to whom it does not even occur that "sike" makes no goddamned sense at all, and that maybe, just maybe, they actually ought to be using the derivative "psych."

It's like reading a blog post by George W. motherfucking Bush.

]]> Hoyt Clagwell http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/gotcha_suckers#c1171180 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/gotcha_suckers#c1171180 2008 Mon, 13 Oct 2008 01:38:35 -0800 Comment by monkey I'm more worried about him getting in and then disclosing that he's a secret fanatical evangelical christian.

]]> monkey http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/gotcha_suckers#c1171192 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/gotcha_suckers#c1171192 2008 Mon, 13 Oct 2008 07:48:50 -0800 Comment by giantladysquirrels It would be even funnier if he really DID turn out to be the Antichrist.

]]> giantladysquirrels http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/gotcha_suckers#c1171198 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/gotcha_suckers#c1171198 2008 Mon, 13 Oct 2008 08:11:24 -0800 Comment by sb Funnier still if he were secretly muslin, as those folks in Florida tried to warn us.

]]> sb http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/gotcha_suckers#c1171228 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/gotcha_suckers#c1171228 2008 Mon, 13 Oct 2008 08:55:25 -0800 Comment by flamingbanjo The only way Obama revealing he was secretly Muslim would matter is if it were simultaneously revealed to me that I secretly give a shit.

]]> flamingbanjo http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/gotcha_suckers#c1171236 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/gotcha_suckers#c1171236 2008 Mon, 13 Oct 2008 09:01:04 -0800 Comment by Greg Remember that priest who revealed that she was secretly a muslim? How many AKs and bombs do you think she has? If your answer is more than zero, you fail.

]]> Greg http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/gotcha_suckers#c1171533 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/gotcha_suckers#c1171533 2008 Mon, 13 Oct 2008 11:43:36 -0800 Comment by Cookie W. Monster This just in: Barack Obama is secretly naugahyde!

Details at beer o'clock!

]]> Cookie W. Monster http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/gotcha_suckers#c1171571 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/gotcha_suckers#c1171571 2008 Mon, 13 Oct 2008 12:08:09 -0800 Comment by Erik Chubby Rain is one of my favorite action movies.

]]> Erik http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/gotcha_suckers#c1171578 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/gotcha_suckers#c1171578 2008 Mon, 13 Oct 2008 12:14:14 -0800