Barack Obama Is Not My President
Recently, several commenters fell into the sarchasm when I pointed out something I thought would be obvious, so I’ll spell it out a bit more clearly now. Aas of today, January 2, 2008, the President of the United States of America is George W. Bush. Not Barack H. Obama. Therefore, Barack Obama is not my President. Or yours. Or anybody’s. Capisce?
OK, now to the real point. Currently, a Google search for “Barack Obama is not my President” yields a few sarcastic hits to this blog (see also this entry), and a few serious ones to moonbats who are already disowning the guy for not being moonbatty enough. It also turns up a few hits to legitimate conservatives making the opposite point, apparently because the presence or absence of “not” has little impact on what Google will or will not find. My goal is to get as many sarcastic “Barack Obama is not my President” out there as possible while it is still true, so that months or years down the road, when it is not true, and Glenn Greenwald, Rick Ellensburg, Thomas Ellers, Ryan, Ellison or anywhere else goes trolling for evidence that conservatives are just as immature as liberals and just as prone to play the “I don’t support so-and-so, so he’s not my President” card as their liberal counterparts, he’ll find nothing but sarcasm instead. Best case scenario, he/she/it/they take the bait and post an exposé on all those eeeeevil conservatives without checking the dates on the posts, and the rest of us will have a nice big belly laugh at his/her/its/their expense. Worst case scenario: he/she/it/they don’t take the bait, but at least we made his/her/its/their job that much harder.
I say, it’s the duty of every American conservative to say, loudly, proudly, early and often, “Barack Obama is not my President,” for as long as that is still true (if you’re not a U.S. citizen, it will always be true, so feel free to continue saying it after he’s been inaugurated, at which point he will indeed be my President but not yours). What say you?
January 2nd, 2009 at 9:10 am
Barack Hussein Obama is not my Presidnet.
Not now, not ever, as near as I can see.
On Jan 20th he is scheduled to become the President of my country.
Never will I say “He is my President.”
January 2nd, 2009 at 9:13 am
And in case I am too subtle:
After he has been inaugurated, I will still say “Barack Obama is not my president.”.
I did not vote for his electors, I did nothing to get him elected, I did lots to try to prevent that.
January 2nd, 2009 at 10:38 am
On January 20th Barack Obama will be the President. There will be no other President. Nonetheless, I cannot see him being my President in the sense that I have anything invested in him or his administration. I wish him well only because I wish the country well. I expect him to do poorly because of his campaign and the people who surround him. I hope I am wrong but I do expect to be.
I did not vote for Barack Obama and I expect I never will. I recognize that he won the election. He will be the President. He will not be my President, but I will accept his Presidency. I continue to hope it will not be too catastrophic.
January 2nd, 2009 at 9:01 pm
I understand the sentiment, but as a matter of logic, it would seem that the President of my country is, by definition, my President. I may not like cancer, may not have done anything to get cancer, and may in fact have done everything in my power to avoid getting cancer, but if I come down with it anyway, then like it or not, cancer is my disease.
Post-inauguration, I doubt I will ever say “Barack Obama is my President,” as I don’t like to personalize stuff that doesn’t belong personalized, but if forced to answer yes or no whether he is my President, I’d have to answer yes.
January 2nd, 2009 at 9:39 pm
Barack H. Obama is not my president!
January 2nd, 2009 at 11:19 pm
He will always be “Mr. President-Elect” of “The Office Of The President-Elect” to me.
As for a riposte, I’m not Mel Brooks, so how about “Up yours, Juggy”?
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January 4th, 2009 at 8:56 am
like it or not, cancer is my disease.
I like the sound of that.
“Obama is my disease.”
“Leftist liberal moonbats are my disease.”
“Nationalized Health Care is my disease.”
“Citizens National Security Force is my disease.”
“Obama is NOT my President,” just sounds better.
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January 4th, 2009 at 9:12 am
The only reason it sounds better is because of the wish factor, much like driving by a stranger’s mansion and saying “That’s my house,” when you know damned well that it isn’t. “I don’t have cancer” sounds a lot better than “I have cancer,” for the same reason.
I submit that if “Barack Obama is not my President” sounds good after Inauguration Day, “Barack Obama is not the President of the United States of America” will sound even better. The problem is that like many other things that sound good, neither statement will actually be … um … true.
January 4th, 2009 at 4:28 pm
I guess I’ll hafta put a smiley face after my comments?
Just like folks who refer to their father as the “sperm donor”, it’s not like I can actually disown the office of the President nor the man who occupies it.
He will ever be, “that man that got elected to the Presidency.”
How about, “Obama is THE President, just not MY President”?
Actually, I think your idea is fun, and in that sense only, did I comment. You know, fun.
:o)
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January 4th, 2009 at 9:14 pm
It never hurts to include smileys, particularly when sharing a comment thread with others who are saying almost exactly the same thing, but being serious.
January 4th, 2009 at 10:41 pm
Understood.
Very sorry to have intruded. Won’t happen again.
*backing out*
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January 6th, 2009 at 12:59 pm
You believe Greenwooly can actually recognize sarcasm? That’s hopey-changey optimism of the sort that got Mr. Barack his President-Elect status! ;-)
I can’t drive-by Sacramento and say, “That’s my Capitol,” even when obviously we’re gonna get IOU’s instead of tax-refunds – they really do OWN it, no-budget and all.
January 7th, 2009 at 11:01 pm
Are you sure Barack Obama isn’t President yet? He acts like he is.
January 19th, 2009 at 6:13 pm
[...] Inspired by XRLQ, whose post includes something I do want to touch on. He says: “I say, it’s the duty of every American conservative to say, loudly, proudly, early and often, ‘Barack Obama is not my President,’ for as long as that is still true (if you’re not a U.S. citizen, it will always be true, so feel free to continue saying it after he’s been inaugurated, at which point he will indeed be my President but not yours). What say you?”; [...]
January 20th, 2009 at 9:45 pm
Goodness that pingback of mine is uglier than Jamie Lee Curtis on a day without glam. Sorry about that, X.
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November 5th, 2009 at 11:08 am
Mr. Obama was born in Kenya. His not native born. He did not and does not satisfy the requirements of the Constitution — which is the Law of the Land.
His occupying the White House and acting as the Executive and Commander in Chief of the Military– DOES NOT mean he is The President of these United States.
His acts of Fraud, and the actions of Hawaiian Gov and the Democrats approving of his fraud in the selection and Election DOES NOT MAKE Him Our President
Any action taken by him under the acts of Fraud are in fact both legally and ethically NULL AND VOID.
The truth will come out and each and every Legal Citizen of These United States will know and those who supported him will be shamed and those taking action should and hopefully will be prosecuted by the Just and Constitutional laws.
Mr. OBAMA Is Not the President of anything let alone this Country.
November 8th, 2009 at 12:32 pm
Sorry to burst your birther bubble, but there isn’t a shred of evidence he was born anywhere other than Honolulu. If you have proof to the contrary, kindly produce it. Otherwise, do us all a favor and STFU.