Cons Freak Out Over How Obama Pronounces Pakistan

9:59 pm EST October 8th, 2008 | News | 16 Comments

Petraeus, the beloved general, says it the same way.

Heads explode in 3… 2… 1…

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16 Responses to “Cons Freak Out Over How Obama Pronounces Pakistan”

  1. ed says:
    October 8, 2008 at 10:03 pm

    They got less than nothing.

  2. jr says:
    October 8, 2008 at 10:11 pm

    “why can’t we go back to the days without google and youtube?”-cons

  3. Jay says:
    October 8, 2008 at 10:38 pm

    So a few wisecracks is now “freaking out.”? Okayyyy.

    Actually it is annoying and so is his (and McCain) saying Taleebon. Every time they said it I started signing The Banana Boat song to myself.

  4. jojo says:
    October 8, 2008 at 11:00 pm

    Eh, I’m fine with “Pahk-is-tahn,” “ih-rok,” “ih-ron,” and “Tal-ee-bahn,” but “nu-kyoo-lur” still bugs me. I even caught my girlfriend saying it the other day.

    And don’t get me started on “eye-raq” or “eye-talian.” Yeesh, it’s like people are trying to sound uneducated.

  5. Leota2 says:
    October 8, 2008 at 11:13 pm

    Jeez . . . When did everyone become arbiters of speech? Of course, I have to admit Palin drives me mad with her syntax destroying yipping. I suppose we should all get over it and stop being so puerile.

  6. Tyro says:
    October 8, 2008 at 11:40 pm

    So a few wisecracks is now “freaking out.”?

    What makes you think they’re “wisecracks”? Republicans generally consider Obama’s behavior anti-American because of this and are actually quite offended by it. It’s been a wingnut meme for a while. Own it, Jay. Own it.

  7. icruise says:
    October 9, 2008 at 1:04 am

    This was actually given as one reason why Obama is a “secret Muslim” so yeah, I think some people are freaking out.

  8. Bruce Henry says:
    October 9, 2008 at 5:39 am

    OMG, I had no idea Gen Petraeus was a secret Muslim terrorist, but I just saw video proof!
    What connection does the General have to the Weather Underground?

  9. Jay says:
    October 9, 2008 at 6:49 am

    Republicans generally consider Obama’s behavior anti-American because of this

    Oh please. Can we have some more drama, maam?

  10. Nimrod Gently says:
    October 9, 2008 at 7:26 am

    If in doubt, deny everything.

  11. SaveFarris says:
    October 9, 2008 at 7:52 am

    Jeez . . . When did everyone become arbiters of speech?

    Right around the time George W. Bush started running for office.

  12. Nimrod Gently says:
    October 9, 2008 at 8:09 am

    OH SNAP

    Go eat an apple, Farris. Those are the green ones. Not the orange ones.

  13. anotherbozo says:
    October 9, 2008 at 9:03 am

    Wonder if Obama pronounces “aunt” like “ant,” i.e., with the majority.
    Or like most black peeps, in the original and correct manner.

    To-mah-to?

    Who the hell cares?

  14. Duros Hussein 62 says:
    October 9, 2008 at 11:12 am

    Oh please. Can we have some more drama, maam?

    Sure. Head on over to McCain’s place, they’re giving it away.

  15. Agora Americana says:
    October 9, 2008 at 12:09 pm

    We’re adding this story to our site. Ridiculous!

  16. Parthenon says:
    October 9, 2008 at 5:13 pm

    I just listened to a lecture about this sort of thing the other day… according to linguists there isn’t really a correct pronunciation or grammar for anything, there are just different dialects. If you’re communicating, you’re doing the job, as far as they’re concerned. So ‘eye-rak’ is sort of part of the American English dialect, as a replacement for how Arabs say it, ‘ahl ih-rahk,’ with the r having a sort of Spanish-r sound.

    This phenomenon reaches all the way into cliche African-American speech patterns, which are actually West African bantu rules of grammar applied to the English Language. If a black person says “I tired,” or “I is tired,” or “I’s tired,” it’s because, like Russian, most West African languages don’t use the ‘to be’ verb.

    They got less than nothing.

    Seriously. And people are starting to lose their heads. We’ve gone from a few months ago one of the crazy cons (as opposed to the rational ones) on this blog saying Sen. Obama was ‘the closest thing to a socialist we’ve ever had running,’ to that basically being a position if not taken, at least not refuted when it’s spoken in the presence of the opposition ticket.