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John Hodgman Asks Obama, "Are You a Nerd?"

Hugh Pickens writes "Watch a video of comedian John Hodgman speak after Barack Obama at the recent Radio and Television Correspondents Association dinner in DC and discuss the central question of our age: "how we can heal the great and shameful division that has plagued our nation for so long — the age old conflict between jocks and nerds" and ask Obama: Are you now, or have you ever been, a nerd?"

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  1. No, but... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    ...he IS a NIGGER!

    1. Re:No, but... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      beat me to it

  2. Of course not by PeeAitchPee · · Score: -1, Troll

    He's Jesus Christ himself. ;-)

  3. No, but... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    He is a fascist.

  4. Re:He is President of the United States by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Sieg Heil!

  5. Re:He is President of the United States by Frigga's+Ring · · Score: 0, Troll

    And of course we can't forget Obama -- I hear rumors he's been sleeping with a Black chick!

    That's just his way of keeping it old school.

  6. Re:He is President of the United States by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I think we finally lost all respect for the Presidency with George W Bush.

    The way he got the government to systematically hold people down so they could be raped by his corporate contributors is a disgrace to all Americans. His constant and consequential blunders weakened our whole country, not just the Presidency.

    George W Bush was the worst president ever, and it had nothing to do with MTV

  7. Hooray by dburkland · · Score: -1, Troll

    I'm glad this got modded up because I absolutely love hearing everything about our deal leader. Are we also going to modup a story about how Obama's shit had corn in it?

  8. Afro-American Racism Against Whites and Asians by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
    During the election, about 95% of African-Americans voted for Barack Hussein Obama due solely to the color of his skin. See the exit-polling data by CNN.

    Note the voting pattern of Hispanics, Asian-Americans, etc. These non-Black minorities serve as a measurement of African-American racism against Whites (and other non-Black folks). Neither Barack Hussein Obama nor John McCain is Hispanic or Asian. So, Hispanics and Asian-Americans used only non-racial criteria in selecting a candidate and, hence, serve as the reference by which we detect a racist voting pattern. Only about 65% of Hispanics and Asian-Americans supported Obama. In other words, a maximum of 65% support by any ethnic or racial group for either McCain or Obama is not racist and, hence, is acceptable. (A maximum of 65% for McCain is okay. So, European-American support at 55% for McCain is well below this threshold and, hence, is not racist.)

    If African-Americans were not racist, then at most 65% of them would have supported Obama. At that level of support, McCain would have won the presidential race.

    At this point, African-American supremacists (and apologists) claim that African-Americans voted for Obama because he (1) is a member of the Democratic party and (2) supports its ideals. That claim is an outright lie. Look at the exit-polling data for the Democratic primaries. Consider the case of North Carolina. Again, about 95% of African-Americans voted for him and against Hillary Clinton. Both Clinton and Obama are Democrats, and their official political positions on the campaign trail were nearly identical. Yet, 95% of African-Americans voted for Obama and against Hillary Clinton. Why? African-Americans supported Obama due solely to the color of his skin.

    Here is the bottom line. Barack Hussein Obama does not represent mainstream America. He won the election due to the racist voting pattern exhibited by African-Americans.

    African-Americans have established that expressing "racial pride" by voting on the basis of skin color is 100% acceptable. Neither the "Wall Street Journal" nor the "New York Times" complained about this racist behavior. Therefore, in future elections, please feel free to express your racial pride by voting on the basis of skin color. Feel free to vote for the non-Black candidates and against the Black candidates if you are not African-American. You need not defend your actions in any way. Voting on the basis of skin color is quite acceptable by today's moral standard.

  9. Afro-American Racism Against Whites and Asians by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
    During the election, about 95% of African-Americans voted for Barack Hussein Obama due solely to the color of his skin. See the exit-polling data by CNN.

    Note the voting pattern of Hispanics, Asian-Americans, etc. These non-Black minorities serve as a measurement of African-American racism against Whites (and other non-Black folks). Neither Barack Hussein Obama nor John McCain is Hispanic or Asian. So, Hispanics and Asian-Americans used only non-racial criteria in selecting a candidate and, hence, serve as the reference by which we detect a racist voting pattern. Only about 65% of Hispanics and Asian-Americans supported Obama. In other words, a maximum of 65% support by any ethnic or racial group for either McCain or Obama is not racist and, hence, is acceptable. (A maximum of 65% for McCain is okay. So, European-American support at 55% for McCain is well below this threshold and, hence, is not racist.)

    If African-Americans were not racist, then at most 65% of them would have supported Obama. At that level of support, McCain would have won the presidential race.

    At this point, African-American supremacists (and apologists) claim that African-Americans voted for Obama because he (1) is a member of the Democratic party and (2) supports its ideals. That claim is an outright lie. Look at the exit-polling data for the Democratic primaries. Consider the case of North Carolina. Again, about 95% of African-Americans voted for him and against Hillary Clinton. Both Clinton and Obama are Democrats, and their official political positions on the campaign trail were nearly identical. Yet, 95% of African-Americans voted for Obama and against Hillary Clinton. Why? African-Americans supported Obama due solely to the color of his skin.

    Here is the bottom line. Barack Hussein Obama does not represent mainstream America. He won the election due to the racist voting pattern exhibited by African-Americans.

    African-Americans have established that expressing "racial pride" by voting on the basis of skin color is 100% acceptable. Neither the "Wall Street Journal" nor the "New York Times" complained about this racist behavior. Therefore, in future elections, please feel free to express your racial pride by voting on the basis of skin color. Feel free to vote for the non-Black candidates and against the Black candidates if you are not African-American. You need not defend your actions in any way. Voting on the basis of skin color is quite acceptable by today's moral standard.

  10. Re:First geek President? by geekoid · · Score: 1, Troll

    Both those suggestion fail.
    Those people were reasonably well versed, had some knowledge of how to move in social circles, and had the respect of their peers.

    Jimmy Carter, OTOH...

    I loved the man, and he had great vision. Sadly the political know how and the state of the party at the time pretty much got his ideas buried.
    And he was the first real victim of what became what we now call Neo Cons.

    He made the classic nerd mistake: Assumed the facts would be enough to win a debate.

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  11. Re:He's a jock by 4D6963 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Oh I see, so your definitions are mutually exclusive. That's convenient. However I doubt if you look at the definitions given from more authoritative sources you'll find that they are so neatly mutually exclusive.

    TL;DR : I win.

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