Professional right-wing conspiracy theorist and convicted felon Dinesh D’Souza took to Twitter on Monday and tried to push an Ebola joke at President Obama’s expense. His first attempt was poorly executed and made no sense. The second attempt was nearly as incomprehensible. However, at least with the second attempt he got his supposed ‘punchline’ in the tweet. He also provided a link to a Facebook picture that apparently helped illustrate his point.
Here is D’Souza’s first tweet:
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Which is a more dangerous infection: Ebola, or the dreams from his father?
— Dinesh D’Souza (@DineshDSouza) October 6, 2014
A few hours later, he sent out the other one since nobody really understood the first one:
Which is worse: EBOLA, the disease; or OBOLA, the dream from his father?(with illustration) https://t.co/zsWqu4KuqR — Dinesh D’Souza (@DineshDSouza) October 6, 2014
That D’Souza sure is a singular wit, isn’t he? Only a GENIUS can come up with Obola and then turn it into some kind of slam on POTUS and his father’s African roots. Or something like that. In the end, it just seemed like a ham-fisted attempt to somehow make another kind of negative play on President Obama’s name, much like Obummer or Nobama. Mediate’s Eric McMurray felt that was the case when he posted about D’Souza’s tweets and claimed that the conservative author wasn’t even trying anymore. He also said that with Obola, you can “[a]dd it to O’Bummer, Owebama, O-BOW-ma, Obamadinejad, Obamandias, Obamanocchio, and all the rest.”
D’Souza, for some reason, claimed victory after McMurray’s post went up.
.@Mediaite I love it when my tweets score a direct hit, measured by the intensity of shrieking on the left
— Dinesh D’Souza (@DineshDSouza) October 6, 2014
It wasn’t just McMurray that ripped D’Souza for his attempted joke. Brendan James at Talking Points Memo stated that D’Souza’s tweets were “incomprehensible.” Gawker’s Max Read posted D’Zouza’s ‘OBOLA’ tweet with a title that simply said ‘What.’ On Twitter, D’Souza took his lumps, not for bashing the president, but for just being an idiot.
Ebola vs. Obama! lol. Everybody take a moment to point and laugh at right-wing hero Dinesh D’Souza pic.twitter.com/JsgUcMjImo — Angelo Carusone (@GoAngelo) October 6, 2014
Ask not for whom Dinesh D’Souza trolls, he trolls for thee.
— Ezra Klein (@ezraklein) October 6, 2014
Free Idea: don’t pay attention to Dinesh D’Souza — Kelsey D. Atherton (@AthertonKD) October 6, 2014
Dinesh D’Souza is the convicted felon version of Ann Coulter.
— Ground Flesh of Man (@GlennF) October 6, 2014
Currently, the author of The Roots of Obama’s Rage is serving five years probation and eight months in a community confinement center after pleading guilty to campaign finance law violations. Rather than ask for leniency in his sentencing, his ex-wife wrote a letter to the court telling the judge that D’Souza was abusive and a compulsive liar. It looks like he is now reduced to making nonsensical jokes on Twitter with the hopes of getting a few guffaws from the wingnut crowd.
Justin Baragona is the Managing Editor at Politicus Sports as well as Senior Editor at PoliticusUSA. He was a political writer for 411Mania.com before joining PoliticusUSA. Politically, Justin considers himself a liberal but also a realist and pragmatist. Currently, Justin lives in St. Louis, MO and is married. Besides writing, he also runs his own business after spending a number of years in the corporate world. You can follow Justin on Twitter either with his personal handle (@justinbaragona) or the Sports site’s (@PoliticusSports).
