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Atman

(31,464 posts)
Fri Oct 12, 2012, 03:19 PM Oct 2012

Does anyone know who "Barack Milhous" is?

Or what the lame nickname is supposed to signify? Nixon was a hero to the right, and a prime reason they went for revenge against Bill Clinton...they had to even the score after Richard Nixon was caught lying, cheating, breaking in, etc. Now I'm seeing this stupid-ass name used on the crazy sites, and I must admit, I don't get it. Somehow they're equating Barack Obama with Richard Milhous Nixon? Huh?

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Does anyone know who "Barack Milhous" is? (Original Post) Atman Oct 2012 OP
Nixon was a big time racist. So that "nickname" makes even less sense. NYC Liberal Oct 2012 #1
No clue....unless they think our President will resign livetohike Oct 2012 #2
Perhaps a reference to The Siimpsons? sadbear Oct 2012 #3
Yeah, that's what I'm thinking blogslut Oct 2012 #7
Spelled differently. Fearless Oct 2012 #9
According to the Freepers themselves: Brickbat Oct 2012 #4
So FReepers have now run out of Democratic Presidents to denigrate BumRushDaShow Oct 2012 #11
What happened in Benghazi is Watergate worthy nadinbrzezinski Oct 2012 #5
No, Nadin...this WAY pre-dates Benghazi. Atman Oct 2012 #8
the guy on wmal in dc has been using it for at least four years. loli phabay Oct 2012 #12
They have been calling this the most secretive administration nadinbrzezinski Oct 2012 #13
Damn good secret... Atman Oct 2012 #17
Well even Paul Ryan used the talking point last night nadinbrzezinski Oct 2012 #18
They started using Milhous years ago, not months. Brickbat Oct 2012 #19
Great link. Thank you. Atman Oct 2012 #22
Repost it; I think she has me on ignore. Brickbat Oct 2012 #23
If they do this enough times BumRushDaShow Oct 2012 #6
From your keyboard OriginalGeek Oct 2012 #14
I'm guessing they're rooting for impeachment. justiceischeap Oct 2012 #10
That's funny, especially when you consider which former president Mitt Romney looks most like. tarheelsunc Oct 2012 #15
Here's another reference to Levin, saying that other columnists have done it to other presidents. Brickbat Oct 2012 #16
Sounds like a badge of honor to me jmowreader Oct 2012 #20
Barack Milhous? Great Caesars Ghost Oct 2012 #21

livetohike

(22,154 posts)
2. No clue....unless they think our President will resign
Fri Oct 12, 2012, 03:22 PM
Oct 2012

because they have given up hope of beating him in November .

blogslut

(38,006 posts)
7. Yeah, that's what I'm thinking
Fri Oct 12, 2012, 03:26 PM
Oct 2012

They're making a lame attempt to equate president Obama with the Simpson's character.

It won't work but they'll keep trying.

Brickbat

(19,339 posts)
4. According to the Freepers themselves:
Fri Oct 12, 2012, 03:23 PM
Oct 2012
Barack Hussein Obama II - 44th POTUS AKA BHO, 0bama (note the number "0&quot , Zero (reference to Obama logo), TOTUS, Barack Milhous Obama (middle name substituted with Nixon's by Mark Levin due to Obama's sensitivity to his middle name and the left's derrisive use of Nixon's).


Proving, once again, that if you have to explain a joke, it's not very funny.

BumRushDaShow

(129,235 posts)
11. So FReepers have now run out of Democratic Presidents to denigrate
Fri Oct 12, 2012, 03:30 PM
Oct 2012

and are now on to rethug ones?



The "Fast and Furious" witch hunt is apparently about to be repeated with this crap. As if thugs breaking into a Democratic Campaign office and covering it up is somehow the same.

We have GOT to take the House back so we can get our Chairmanships back so that we can start governing the country again.

 

nadinbrzezinski

(154,021 posts)
5. What happened in Benghazi is Watergate worthy
Fri Oct 12, 2012, 03:24 PM
Oct 2012

That is what they are saying.

I guess I need to translate RW speak still these days.

Atman

(31,464 posts)
8. No, Nadin...this WAY pre-dates Benghazi.
Fri Oct 12, 2012, 03:28 PM
Oct 2012

They've been using this one for several months. I only noticed it here and there, but never paid much attention. I'm sure it has nothing to do with Benghazi.

 

nadinbrzezinski

(154,021 posts)
18. Well even Paul Ryan used the talking point last night
Fri Oct 12, 2012, 04:30 PM
Oct 2012

This has been going on starting with Solyndra, continuing with Fast and Furious, and of course now Benghazi.

They started using Milhouse, as you noted, a few months ago as code. This is the most corrupt and secretive administration since Nixon. This is what this is about.

We both know this is going nowhere, but we call this projection.

Atman

(31,464 posts)
22. Great link. Thank you.
Fri Oct 12, 2012, 06:13 PM
Oct 2012

I know, I've seen this "Milhous" shit for a very long time...I just never connected the crazy-dots. I think Nadin missed it completely. This is nothing new. It's only new that I finally said "WTF!?"

BumRushDaShow

(129,235 posts)
6. If they do this enough times
Fri Oct 12, 2012, 03:25 PM
Oct 2012

they'll soon call him Raygun, after which they'll pause, and then their heads will explode.

justiceischeap

(14,040 posts)
10. I'm guessing they're rooting for impeachment.
Fri Oct 12, 2012, 03:30 PM
Oct 2012

Thought Nixon resigned rather than being impeached, many on the right (no politicians that I've seen) have declared support of impeachment proceedings if President Obama is reelected.

Brickbat

(19,339 posts)
16. Here's another reference to Levin, saying that other columnists have done it to other presidents.
Fri Oct 12, 2012, 03:51 PM
Oct 2012
http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/milhous_middle_name_to_imply_nixonian/

Adding “Milhous” as a president’s middle name (after Richard Milhous Nixon, 1913-1994) has been used to imply Nixonian characteristics. New York (NY) Times columnist and former Nixon adviser William Safire wrote about “Jimmy Milhous Carter” in May 1976. Safire meant it as a compliment. New York Times columnist Anthony Lewis wrote about “Ronald Milhous Reagan” in May 1987 and “George Milhous Bush” in December 1992. Lewis meant that these presidents were involved in political coverups, just like Nixon.

“Bill Milhous Clinton” was a story in the The Weekly Standard in March 1997. “George Milhous Bush” (for George W. Bush) has been used infrequently since at least 2002. “Milhous” is often misspelled “Milhouse.”

Barack Hussein Obama’s campaign discouraged people from using the candidate’s middle name. Conservative radio talk show host Mark Levin has popularized “Barack Milhous Obama” since at least February 2008.

jmowreader

(50,561 posts)
20. Sounds like a badge of honor to me
Fri Oct 12, 2012, 05:15 PM
Oct 2012

Nixon, for our low-bandwidth RW friends, was one of the best foreign-affairs people the GOP has ever had. Maybe THE best, which is why Eisenhower took him as VP. He was also patriotic enough to volunteer for WW 2 when he had a fine military deferment.(Quakers are exempt as they are opposed to war.) And he was less corrupt than the last three GOP presidents and most GOP members of Congress.(As corrupt as Nixon was, that's saying something.)

This is right up there with saying Barbara Bush is an old battle ax is a compliment because battle axes are sharp and sturdy.

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