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ObamaGate: Guess That Scandal!

ZahaladeenZahaladeen Registered User regular
edited November 2007 in Debate and/or Discourse
So it's been flying around on the wires lately that Democrativ presidential candidate Barack Obama has a "secret scandal".

Story: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article2896710.ece

Evidently there is video of Robert Novak bloviating about the subject on the Drudge Report as well.

So what could it be?

a) Was a proffessional kitten juggler. :x

b) Inhaled. 8-)

c) Lovechild. O_o

d) Is a prime target of the Republican party because he would carry the black vote and the South without batting an eye? ;-)

e) All of the above. :|

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  • Fuzzy Cumulonimbus CloudFuzzy Cumulonimbus Cloud Registered User regular
    edited November 2007
    What the hell does bloviating mean?
    Edit- To speak or write at length in a pompous or boastful manner.

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  • ShogunShogun Hair long; money long; me and broke wizards we don't get along Registered User regular
    edited November 2007
    I like how Obama basically took Karl Rove's advice word for word.

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  • ZahaladeenZahaladeen Registered User regular
    edited November 2007
    blo·vi·ate (blō'vē-āt') Pronunciation Key
    intr.v. blo·vi·at·ed, blo·vi·at·ing, blo·vi·ates Slang
    To discourse at length in a pompous or boastful manner: "the rural Babbitt who bloviates about 'progress' and 'growth'" (George Rebeck).

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  • RichyRichy Registered User regular
    edited November 2007
    A scandal Robert Novak is uncovering? My guess is, Obama is an active undercover CIA agent.

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  • Fuzzy Cumulonimbus CloudFuzzy Cumulonimbus Cloud Registered User regular
    edited November 2007
    So what's the scandal.
    Don't leave us hanging here.
    Inquiring minds want to know.

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  • ShogunShogun Hair long; money long; me and broke wizards we don't get along Registered User regular
    edited November 2007
    So what's the scandal.
    Don't leave us hanging here.
    Inquiring minds want to know.

    I think that is the point. We don't know yet. My guess is that there isn't one.

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  • CouscousCouscous Registered User regular
    edited November 2007
    Obama is secretly Superman.

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  • waterloggedwaterlogged Registered User regular
    edited November 2007
    That he's related to Cheney...

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    Democrat that will switch parties and turn red if Clinton is nominated.:P[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
  • Fuzzy Cumulonimbus CloudFuzzy Cumulonimbus Cloud Registered User regular
    edited November 2007
    Shogun wrote: »
    So what's the scandal.
    Don't leave us hanging here.
    Inquiring minds want to know.

    I think that is the point. We don't know yet. My guess is that there isn't one.
    Is it that he has a slightly misshapen head?
    Like microns off of perfect beauty?

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  • ZahaladeenZahaladeen Registered User regular
    edited November 2007
    So what's the scandal.
    Don't leave us hanging here.
    Inquiring minds want to know.

    No one has said - apparently it's enough to just say there IS one these days in American politics, where the charge screams louder than the verdict. Evidently the remote possibility of a charge, though nebulous and uncertain, is just as good.

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  • FencingsaxFencingsax It is difficult to get a man to understand, when his salary depends upon his not understanding GNU Terry PratchettRegistered User regular
    edited November 2007
    He's secretly Muslim.
    Or Gay.
    With apologies to Mr. Trudeau

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  • ThanatosThanatos Registered User regular
    edited November 2007
    Fencingsax wrote: »
    He's secretly Muslim.
    Or Gay.
    With apologies to Mr. Trudeau
    He's actually French.

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  • ZahaladeenZahaladeen Registered User regular
    edited November 2007
    If he was French he would have surrendered to Mrs. Clinton months ago.

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  • HozHoz Cool Cat Registered User regular
    edited November 2007
    If Robert Novak knows the details of the scandal then why doesn't everyone know about it?

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  • ZahaladeenZahaladeen Registered User regular
    edited November 2007
    Hoz wrote: »
    If Robert Novak knows the details of the scandal then why doesn't everyone know about it?

    "HEY EVERYONE! COME SEE HOW GOOD I LOOK!"

    "The arsonist has oddly shaped feet!"

    "The human torch was denied a bank loan."

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  • HooraydiationHooraydiation Registered User regular
    edited November 2007
    I'd bet he hooked up with a white woman, if I had to guess. It's a non-issue, but the sexual aspect is tantalizing enough that it won't seem like a let-down if it's revealed as the big secret because we like sexy gossip. Furthermore, enough people are still bothered by interracial relationships for it to become a popular topic of discussion that, ultimately, distracts from Obama's more important qualities.

    But really, it could be anything.

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  • KalTorakKalTorak One way or another, they all end up in the Undercity.Registered User regular
    edited November 2007
    If Obama was a former professional kitten juggler, I would vote for him twice. Kittens are not as easy to juggle as they seem, even while asleep.

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  • ElJeffeElJeffe Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited November 2007
    In the absence of any actual information, this thread has no where to go but stupid.

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