Obama-nate

Here's the transcript of a recent [frightening] conversation with a student:

STUDENT: what does "abominate" mean?

ME: basically it means "to hate"

STUDENT: oh, good, that's easy to remember. I hate Obama, so "Obama-nate." [chuckles and congratulates self for cleverness]

ME: why do you hate Obama?

STUDENT: well, first of all, he's not even black.

ME: [thoughts: !!!!!!!????] Huh?

STUDENT: he's Muslim.

ME: um. . . o. . . kay?

STUDENT: and you know the Muslims' whole goal is to take over America.

ME: all the Muslims?

STUDENT: see, I knew it -- you like Obama, don't you?