Barack Obama - Yes Minister! & The sermon on the Mount.

[crazyoboist]

YES MINISTER WAS AHEAD OF ITS TIME ..... OR MAYBE WORLD POLITICS HAVE NOT CHANGED MUCH.

[clodester]

if he's watching British sitcoms, Yes minister is literally one of the best of all time! No shame in liking it

[mcc1789]

All true, except it does not "suggest" slavery and stoning disobedience children was ok-it's explicitly commanded. Bit of a difference. As for the Sermon the Mount...dang hippie pipe dreams :p Think "Imagine" in AD 30.

[AbuAvital]

Seems to me that he did this to discredit the two religions that he is affiliated with....

[freudastaire]

It's an Obamanation

[crazyoboist]

@freudastaire Slightly ambiguous. Not sure if it is intentional. Do you mean it is an Obama Nation or an Abomination

[freudastaire]

@freudastaire it's a joke, i just quote Obama himself at 0:14, lots of people really hear Obamanation. But i like him and didn't want to offend anybody especially Obama.

[bkuhar]

Being the Mohammedan he is, he got it all wrong, twisting Christ's words to suit his political shilling

[megamarsvin]

@bkuhar Dude if anything Obama is secular. He's way too bright to believe in the literal truth of any of those nonsense books.

[pistachioguy]

Yes, Mr. President.

[ludocrat]

This man's speechwriters clearly are hightly cultured individuals. (I.e., they watch Yes Minister.) Well spotted!

[jeglpz]

Maybe he didn't want Joe "Neil Kinnock" Biden to have all the fun?

[claytongault]

It's rather odd that Obama would say the same things as occur in that deeply anti bureaucratic sitcom Yes, Minister, considering what he's doing to the size of government. There is no doubt where Sir Humphrey would cast his vote. Was some speech writer pulling Obama's leg on this one?

[JoshuatheKodiak]

@claytongault

The problem is that the opponent party has been known to create even bigger goverments (See also George Bush).

[nempozpag]

Awesome! Thanks for finding this connection, it's made my day :D

[Vorushka01]

great!

[jferkfjkj]

humphrey predicted this administration 20 years earlier

[jacksawild]

@jferkfjkj It is ALL administrations in any modern democracy you can name.

[YodatheJedi12]

Obama suffers from the same sort of theological incompetency which seems to be tiresomely prevalent.

And the comparison to the greatest TV show ever is classic. :P

[emmetor]

@YodatheJedi12 you made a point, about Obama, but provided nothing to back up what you said.

I'm just wondering why you think he is theologically incompetent?

[LindsAK86]

@YodatheJedi12 I presume you were trying to say 'incompetence'. 'Incompetency' isn't a word. Just thought I'd point out that little irony there.

[hazzer777]

@LindsAK86 Not that this is my beef, but 'Incompetency' is a word.

[perfacetus]

Obama watches Yes, Minister? How amazing is that!

I think the sermon on the mount was taught to individuals however not as a course of national defence!

[duggie1989]

wel done very droll lol

[CrowHeartedAngel]

OMG!!  LOLOLOLOL!!

[DaniMajor]

Sir Humphrey Appleby lives and he´s working for the President of U.States!

[valeriereified]

@DaniMajor Nah, he can't possibly... some things are actually getting done under this administration.

[DigitalGrotto]

Unfortunately, Obama's timing is horrendous and his audience is brain dead.

[DigitalGrotto]

LOL! Obama has Sir. Humphrey Appleby as a speechwriter and he doesn't even know it.

[Dusual]

I used to love this line. I think i have used it innumerable times in my own conversations. But it is a delight to watch Obama use it .