My mother claimed this morning that Obama wants to take over Basketball

[Aerows]

And that he has to stick his nose into everything.

I have no idea where this wingnut idea came from. Can someone point out to me how Obama wants to "take over basketball"?

[gateley]

1. He's tall and Black?

Seriously, I wonder WTF that came from, too!

[Aerows]

7. Maybe because he follows basketball?

She follows basketball. I asked her what was wrong with the President liking basketball.

She replied "nothing."

Still SOMETHING had to cause her to generate such a comment.

[gateley]

11. You may have to ask her, but getting a straight answer

from anti-Obama-ites is pretty much impossible. I'm assuming she IS anti-Obama, but I could be wrong?

[Aerows]

22. She is

I tell her all of the time about the things that Republicans are trying to do to anyone other than White Christian males, which includes her, but it never seems to stick. I keep trying.

[gateley]

34. Well bless you for trying, but she's her own person with her own history and

fears and beliefs contributing to her attitude. You know the old saying "when the student is ready the teacher will appear"? She'll listen and HEAR when she's ready. I hope she does because living with the poison inside that the RW instills and fans has got to be a pretty desolate way of being.

Don't let it come between you.

[Aerows]

42. I love her

We disagree, but I love her, and there won't be anyone on the planet that can get between me and my mother. If people see politics there, well keep seeing it. I'll defend my mother until I'm six feet under.

That's not to say I'll quit questioning her politics. I will question her positions, and she will likely continue question mine if the situation was reversed.

[gateley]

45. Glad to hear that -- and I know she loves you just as much. We read too many stories of politics

coming between family members and it's so sad.

[Mz Pip]

2. And do what with it?

Convert it to Islam?

I'd certainly be curious as to what she thinks this "take over of Basketball" would look like.

[Aerows]

21. I am

She couldn't really give me any specifics, though. (Big surprise, there)

[Gman]

3. Watch Fox News for a few minutes

I'm sure you'll find an answer fairly quickly.

[Aerows]

20. Is this a Fox News meme?

That's where I suspect it came from, but I'm not sure.

[Gman]

43. I dunno

Don't watch it that much, I'd ever. I don't have to. Don't matter as I'm sure somewhere along the way they'll claim that.

[shraby]

4. He probably filled in that chart of the playoffs like he's done in other years.

And the wingnuts are making a big deal out of it.

[Aerows]

23. I thought that at first

Then I read that he actually commented about the NCAA tournament, which apparently, he's not supposed to do, since he shouldn't be doing anything but working hard at destroying the country, implementing socialism, and enjoying himself on vacation. But he should be working at destroying the country and implementing socialism instead. Or not.

I get very confused when I listen to these folks.

[gateley]

35. ...

"...he's not supposed to do, since he shouldn't be doing anything but working hard at destroying the country, implementing socialism, and enjoying himself on vacation."

[SammyWinstonJack]

36. "implementing socialism" What has Obama done that makes these

morAns think, socialism?


Seriesly?

[Aerows]

48. They listen and watch Tee Vee

which conservatives railed against back in MY DAY.

Back in MY DAY you walked uphill in the snow, both ways, and didn't stand on my lawn. Why back in MY DAY, heat was generated by the potato in your pocket that the woman in the kitchen heated up for you. If you want shoes, what's that? Oh the woman in the kitchen is my wife, you can't cane her with out my say so...Freedom!

[bigtree]

5. secret photo evidence from Obama past

[CAG]

9. SEE!! There he is, right in the center!! What secret muslim sayin is "Punahou" anyway??

[Aerows]

18. "We come back and vote in this place!"

God forbid an American have an opinion. Wait, no, a Muslim. What country is Muslim? Say it again, say Muslim again.

:ROFL:

[Ian David]

6. He had the audacity to say he didn't like the way NCAA tournament teams are selected.

Or something like that.

Who does he think he is, offering opinions on things?

[Aerows]

8. Ah

Okay. I don't follow sports. My mother likes basketball. Yeah, Obama is not supposed to have an opinion, I see it clearly now.

[pinboy3niner]

10. Socialized basketball, oh noes!1!! Call Congress RFN!!!

[Aerows]

15. I know

WTF?

[Aerows]

24. By the way

Your signature pretty well sums my feelings about this up succinctly.

[HappyMe]

12. Oh boy. lol!

Note -- not laughing at your mom.

They are really fishing for stuff to complain about.

[Aerows]

14. They are

I asked her about it after I found out that this has something to do with Obama offering his opinion on the NCAA tournament, and she couldn't really say anything.

I concluded with "So if you are not Republican, male and white, your opinion is worthless."

She was kind of stunned.

The entire Republican party has an "I need a white daddy" issue.

That's my conclusion.

[Generic Brad]

13. Like Nixon designing a play for the Redskins in a Superbowl?

I don't recall President Obama doing anything like that with basketball.

[Aerows]

16. He's not allowed to watch basketball

on the taxpayer dime!!!1!

He should be chained to his desk !!!1!

Oh wait, we just said chains...

[obamanut2012]

17. Is he betting on Kansas against the Tarheels?

What a very odd thing for your mother to say.

[Aerows]

19. It was extremely odd

I asked her where she got it from, and she wouldn't say. I know it has to be from some rightwing outfit, I'm just trying to figure out which one is poisoning the intellect of an otherwise fairly logical, wise woman.

[freshwest]

25. My condolences. It's a hard slog when a close relative is infected with Obama Derangement Disorder.

Usual disease vectors are Faux Noise and other cable news networks, talk radio, RW businesses, Dittoheads on Twitter, Facebook and other social networks, comments and editorials in local and online newspaper and churches.

It's an epidemic that will only end when the zombie apocalypse has wiped out all sentient life on the planet. Which means we're doomed, GF, just plain doomed!

[Aerows]

27. It has to be either an email from a whacko

RW (which could easily be my sister and her in-laws - they are Evangelicals) or Fox News. Usually, my mother is pretty smart about discarding what my sister and her in-laws say, so I assume this took hold via Fox.

[freshwest]

30. Forgot the email vector. Close contact passes infection fastest. Hoping for a speedy recovery.

I suggest anything FNN has said to defend Rush being played beside the man's real comments, through youtube, be used as a disinfectant and to boost her immunity.

[Aerows]

38. It's like passing chicken pox

I have to agree. They nearly killed me when I got them at 13. It's exactly like infectious chicken pox. You have a gift of analogy, Fresh

[tanyev]

26. Aha! That's why they forged his birth certificate 50 years ago!

It was a Muslim plot to make him President so he could destroy basketball!!1!1 Oh, it all makes sense now.

[Aerows]

28. I think you are right!

He was manufactured in a laboratory to come back and DESTROY BASKETBALL. Many basketball players are black men, so NO ONE would suspect a black man!!!11!!

We've uncovered the plot!

[pinboy3niner]

29. President Obama did NOT pick out the NBA analyst's uniform...

...no matter what Breitbart's final expose said. It was a pack of lies!

[Aerows]

31. That is less absurd

that her statement, but yeah, I could see how that could make her suspicious.

[stevedeshazer]

32. Well, he took the Prime Minister, David Cameron, to an NCAA game.

And Michelle's brother, Craig Robinson, is coach of the Oregon State Beavers men's team.

[Aerows]

54. That seals it!

He's a fascist BEAVER basketball playing President!

[mfcorey1]

33. That's funny! Gotta love our parents.

[Aerows]

39. I had to spread the hilarity.

It's just too funny and frankly, weird. Are these hucksters trying to bilk out parents out of their life savings?

I care about that. I love my family.

[Johonny]

37. OMG a billion dollar sport will get tax funding for communist stadiums for free!

the horror, the horror. DAMN YOU OBAMA!

[Aerows]

56. OBAMA

The SATAN that wants to kill basketball because HE WATCHES IT!!1!

[lonestarnot]

40. Good, now is he going to share their salaries?

[Aerows]

57. He's too evil

He won't share them with you. He'll use their salaries to help educate poor black children and help them find Muslin. Linen and cotton only.

You heard about that linen being socialist, right?

[Aerows]

41. When it comes down to it

I'm concerned that these hucksters are trying to bilk our elderly. They don't deserve to work all of their lives and get bilked out of every dollar they earned.

This pisses me off on a fundamental level, because I love my mother, I love my father, and they may say stupid things but they don't deserve to get screwed

[LiberalFighter]

44. She should be asked why Obama wants to take over basketball.

Then asked how it makes sense. And whether she considers all of the facts or lack of facts.

Point out to her that the US Supreme Court ruled that Fox News doesn't have to tell the truth when reporting it.

[Aerows]

50. I asked

You are expecting a conservative to do something that their very nature is opposed to - questioning "authority". If an "authority" says something, conservatives believe it wholeheartedly. I have over thirty years of proof of this, by living with conservative family members. Questioning authority - unless it has to do with money - is anathema.

[appleannie1]

46. He goes to basketball games and plays pick up with friends when he can find the time.

In Freeper land that translates to "take over".

[Aerows]

58. It seems like it

God Forbid the President of the United States has a hobby.

Other than spreading Socialism and destroying the country.

[Lilyeye]

47. I feel your pain

My friend's mother (who I considered a second mom) was a liberal her entire life and has now become a teabagger at the age of 60. It all started when she married her right wing racist husband 7 years ago. Kinda makes me wonder if she was ever a true liberal in the first place.

[11 Bravo]

49. He filled out an NCAA bracket. Explain to your mom that it wasn't an Executive Order.

[Aerows]

51. Apparently

The idea of Obama, our President, offering an opinion is an executive order. Especially since he

come closer

whisper :he's black:

[EFerrari]

52. Could be worse. Could be Bingo.

[Aerows]

60. Perspective

You have it.

[cynatnite]

53. I hear girls softball is next on his list. n/t

[whistler162]

55. I thought President Bartlett took care of that?

[Aerows]

59. Women play softball!?

Why aren't they home baking pies?

That's un-American!

[undeterred]

61. "There's too much Big Government in the NBA"

Maybe a lot of politicians have season tickets?

Otherwise it sounds really stupid. Frankly I don't know if socialized basketball would work.

[JoePhilly]

62. Is she screaming "Keep your hands of my basketball!!!" ... ???

And your mom must be in some great shape to still be playing basketball.

My mother can't throw a napkin in the kitchen trash can unless she gets two offensive rebounds in the process.