Obama's father really is Frank Marshall Davis

[Nope]

I'm Australian (can't have guns), but I still think it's a freaking big deal if the leader of the free world is a lying fraud.

Something seems off here... I believe it's because I've never heard anyone outside the USA refer to Obama as the "leader of the free world".

I was wondering the same thing. Do people outside of the USA even use that phrase?

[Cato]

I was wondering the same thing. Do people outside of the USA even use that phrase?

They do if they have convinced themselves of an imminent Chinese invasion.

[FatAndFaithless]

Something seems off here... I believe it's because I've never heard anyone outside the USA refer to Obama as the "leader of the free world".

I was wondering the same thing. Do people outside of the USA even use that phrase?

Only right-wingers when a GOP president is in power. Or when trying to paint a liberal president as failing that 'title'.

[Nope]

Obama is 6'2″ and Davis was 6'2.

I'm 6'5'', yet my father is 5'11'' and my mom is 5'3''. I must be adopted. On the other hand, Jared Padalecki is 6'4'', so maybe I'm his long-lost half-brother?

My mom was 5' 2" and my dad was 5' 7". I am five foot tall. No idea why we went backwards in height in my family but my mom is my mom even though we aren't the same height. I do have cheekbones so I think that I must be related somehow to Obama's family...maybe the very short side?

[FatAndFaithless]

Let me know when you intend to make a well-thought out argument.

I can't translate it down to "college humor" so what's the point?

No but for real, why are you so obsessed with this conspiracy claim? Do you have any other nutty schemes to enlighten us about, like chemtrails or vaccines or flouride in our water being used to control us?

[abaris]

I was wondering the same thing. Do people outside of the USA even use that phrase?

Rightwingers do. And by that I mean rightwingers not moderate conservatives. It's not heard often.

[Thumpalumpacus]

I'm used to your childish leftist shit-throwing (that's standard fare) but usually someone tries to debate the issue. Not this time.

That's probably because firstly, you're staking your claim on a mighty thin reed (they look alike, omg!), and secondly, you're not worth debating, because you're unable to take aboard views that do not coincide precisely with yours. I've tried to discuss things with you before, but because I didn't agree with you down the line, you got snide. Discussing things with you is really a matter of tossing pearls in front of swine.

Reap what you sow, buddy.

[abaris]

I can't translate it down to "college humor" so what's the point?

Good question. The best question I've seen you asking on this board. You should have asked it in your OP and left it at that.

[Esquilax]

Speaking as a pornographer, bisexual and sadomasochist... what's wrong with communism?

Fair point. These days those probably aren't an obstacle to public office.

Why would you even bring it up? I guess that's what my problem here is: you say "pornographer, bisexual, sadomasochist and communist" as though they wee individual bad things, and I can't see why that is, or even why they're relevant. Same with the general gist of this thread: why does the identity of Obama's father matter at all? It's hardly some character weakness or poor reflection on the man himself; we don't exactly get to choose our parents, after all.

What does any of this matter?

[Thumpalumpacus]

If you haven't noticed, all the allies of the USA are freaking out at how the USA is appeasing and retreating to evil everywhere. Just look at Israel.

Israel is no ally of America; witness Netanyahu's attempt to subvert the American political process in order to cover his own domestic unease and his nation's stupid policies.