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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDoes 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?
NYC Liberal
(20,136 posts)livetohike
(22,154 posts)because they have given up hope of beating him in November .
sadbear
(4,340 posts)blogslut
(38,006 posts)They're making a lame attempt to equate president Obama with the Simpson's character.
It won't work but they'll keep trying.
Fearless
(18,421 posts)Brickbat
(19,339 posts)Proving, once again, that if you have to explain a joke, it's not very funny.
BumRushDaShow
(129,235 posts)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)That is what they are saying.
I guess I need to translate RW speak still these days.
Atman
(31,464 posts)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.
loli phabay
(5,580 posts)nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)in American History.
Atman
(31,464 posts)I've never heard of what the heck you're talking about.
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)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.
Brickbat
(19,339 posts)You can read about it here.
http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/milhous_middle_name_to_imply_nixonian/
Atman
(31,464 posts)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!?"
Brickbat
(19,339 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,235 posts)they'll soon call him Raygun, after which they'll pause, and then their heads will explode.
OriginalGeek
(12,132 posts)to Flying Spaghetti Monster's noodley appendages.
justiceischeap
(14,040 posts)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.
tarheelsunc
(2,117 posts)Brickbat
(19,339 posts)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 Obamas campaign discouraged people from using the candidates middle name. Conservative radio talk show host Mark Levin has popularized Barack Milhous Obama since at least February 2008.
jmowreader
(50,561 posts)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.
Great Caesars Ghost
(532 posts)Where the fuck did that come from?