# Cenk Uygur running for Pres

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cenk-uygur-running-for-pres/991927
**Category:** Politics & Elections
**Created:** [October 22, 2023, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cenk-uygur-running-for-pres/991927 "2023-10-22T17:08:45Z")
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### Author: ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)
#### Post date: [January 4, 2024, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cenk-uygur-running-for-pres/991927/598 "2024-01-04T06:53:10Z")

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> [@Mijin](#):
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> I have simply said I have no reason to question his motives yet, and no good reason has been given in this thread.

How about evidence that he has no true political ideology and his goal is to make money?

> **[The Ideological Failure Of The Young Turks](https://medium.com/@RobletoFire/the-ideological-failure-of-the-young-turks-90c15ddde408)**
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> How Corporate Money and Hypocrisy turned TYT into MSM

I also think it’s no coincidence that he announced his run for president the same month he put out a new book.

I don’t buy the idea that he is trying to change anything but the size of his audience.

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