Chart: Almost Every Obama Conspiracy Theory Ever
Chart: Almost Every Obama Conspiracy Theory Ever
Fake birth certificates, ghostwriters, teleprompters, a teenage trip to Mars, and more of the most paranoid and bizarro Obama conspiracy theories out there.
By Asawin Suebsaeng and Dave Gilson / Illustrations by Steve Brodner
Barack Obama's presidency has been an inspiration to many Americansespecially nutjobs. Ever since the first-black-president-to-be appeared on the national political stage, a cottage industry of conservative conspiracy theorists has churned out bizarro, paranoid, and just plain racist effluviasome of which has trickled into the political mainstream. Below, we've charted some of the Obama-baiters best (i.e., worst) work. (Scroll down for more detailed descriptions of the conspiracy theories in the diagram.)
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The Conspiracy Theories
Disclaimer: It should go without saying that none of these are true. Follow links at your own risk.
Obama is a secret Muslim: This one began right after he took the stage at the 2004 Democratic convention, with chain emails alleging his "true" religious affiliation. The rumor soon found its way onto the popular conservative online forum Free Republic, and took on a whole new life in the years to come. Related: Obama secretly speaks Arabic, attended a madrassa as a kid in Indonesia, referred to "my Muslim faith" in an interview, and was sworn in on a Koran.
Obama is bringing 100 million Muslims to America: Avi Lipkin and his PR outfit Special Guests claimed to have evidence of a scheme to bring roughly 100 million Muslims from the Middle East into the United States, converting the country into an Islamic nation by the end of Obama's second term and making it easier to obliterate Israel.
Obama once aided the mujahideen: Harlem pastor and professional race-baiter James David Manning contended that in his younger days, Obama went undercover as a CIA agent to facilitate the transfer of cash and weapons to the Afghan mujahideen in the '80s, thereby aiding what would become the Taliban.
More:
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/10/chart-obama-conspiracy-theories
Faux pas
(14,681 posts)some people in this country.
Beartracks
(12,816 posts)wtf
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PosterChild
(1,307 posts).... I've encountered Mars conspiracy theories in the past , but not right wing. Mainly involving the Bush family . Suposidly there is an alien base there , they are conspiring with the extraterrestrials, the Super elite are going to colonize Mars while we get the shit end of the stick here on earth, etc. Etc
And the etc stuff is REALLY weird!
Raster
(20,998 posts)HE'S BLACK.
Midnight Writer
(21,769 posts)We're going to need a bigger website
TexasTowelie
(112,252 posts)sorechasm
(631 posts)And it disappeared from the media. PBO went on with his job (and accomplished so much).
By contrast, HRC conspiracies drip endlessly and never go away.
forest444
(5,902 posts)that about half of those things have been attributed to one or more of the Bushes - and that, unlike all the Obama gossip, circumstantial evidence actually exists for some of that in their case (the "midnight tours" of the Bush White House by male prostitutes, the Félix Rodríguez and bin Laden relationships, involvement in Air America/Somoza drug running, direct connections to Third Reich interests, 911, etc.).
Macchiavelli said it best: to deflect suspicion, accuse your enemies of your own wrongdoing.