# Change your SDMB Location to "Obama Country"!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-your-sdmb-location-to-obama-country/451979>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 6, 2008, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-your-sdmb-location-to-obama-country/451979 "2008-06-06T04:36:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2008, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-your-sdmb-location-to-obama-country/451979/121 "2008-06-08T02:29:02Z")

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Even though I went through the once-in-a-lifetime experience as a PR person of having two days’ notice that our campus had been chosen as the site for a Hillary rally featuring the other Clinton, I … what was the question?

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**Author:** ![Darryl\_Lict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2008, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-your-sdmb-location-to-obama-country/451979/122 "2008-06-08T03:09:42Z")

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This thread is so lame! Alright, since my location is so perfect for Obamadulation, I’ll go for it for a while.

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**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2008, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-your-sdmb-location-to-obama-country/451979/123 "2008-06-08T03:33:12Z")

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[QUOTE=Darryl Lict]

This thread is so lame! Alright, since my location is so perfect for Obamadulation, I’ll go for it for a while.  
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Okay, that rocks!

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2008, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-your-sdmb-location-to-obama-country/451979/124 "2008-06-08T04:55:14Z")

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> [@](#):
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> Oops. That would have fit better for Kucinich.
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> Hey, I’m allowed to make fun, his wife is super hot. Jealousy is a beautiful thing.

Can we split the ticket? Barack Obama for President and Elizabeth Kucinich for First Lady?

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**Author:** ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2008, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-your-sdmb-location-to-obama-country/451979/125 "2008-06-08T08:39:47Z")

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Jumpin’ on this bandwagon…

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**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2008, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-your-sdmb-location-to-obama-country/451979/126 "2008-06-08T14:17:59Z")

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I thought of a funnier one, playing on a certain TV-movie that’s probably gonna sweep America as well…

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2008, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-your-sdmb-location-to-obama-country/451979/127 "2008-06-08T14:51:05Z")

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I can dig that, too.

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**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2008, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-your-sdmb-location-to-obama-country/451979/128 "2008-06-08T15:57:20Z")

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Okay, I’m in.

My location just went from “Republican poster child” to “Obaba Mama!”

🆒

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**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2008, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-your-sdmb-location-to-obama-country/451979/129 "2008-06-09T01:51:27Z")

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Okay, I’'m in. I’ll be changing back if his immigration policy doesn’t meet my approval. ( I’ll still vote for him, though.)

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**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2008, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-your-sdmb-location-to-obama-country/451979/130 "2008-06-09T02:09:23Z")

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Just a reminder to all:

_ **VOTE FOR PEDRO!** _

::d&r:: 😃 [sub]See [here](http://oranchak.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/11/vote-for-pedro.jpg) for details.[/sub]  
Tripler  
Yes, I’m the kind of guy that would break into a party’s headquarters just for the hell of it.

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**Author:** ![nd\_n8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/439d5e/32.png) [@nd\_n8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nd_n8)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2008, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-your-sdmb-location-to-obama-country/451979/131 "2008-06-09T12:13:12Z")

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Obama approaches the diaz after winning the Presidency. Reaching into his pocket for a copy of his speech he hears the crowd gasp as he says:

“'Scuse me while I whip this out.”

Look, somebody had to sat it, somewhere, eventually.

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**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2008, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-your-sdmb-location-to-obama-country/451979/132 "2008-06-09T12:44:35Z")

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Fat chance, I’m a Republican!

I do like Obama, so’s I’m prolly voting Dem this time around.

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**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2008, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-your-sdmb-location-to-obama-country/451979/133 "2008-06-09T12:57:32Z")

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[QUOTE=nd\_n8]  
Obama approaches the diaz after winning the Presidency. Reaching into his pocket for a copy of his speech he hears the crowd gasp as he says:

“'Scuse me while I whip this out.”  
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Diaz? Or dais? It doesn’t make as much sense if he’s approaching a Spanish guy…

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**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2008, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-your-sdmb-location-to-obama-country/451979/134 "2008-06-09T12:59:43Z")

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[QUOTE=Really Not All That Bright]  
Diaz? Or dais? It doesn’t make as much sense if he’s approaching a Spanish guy…  
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Maybe he meant Cameron Diaz? That really changes the meaning though.

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**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2008, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-your-sdmb-location-to-obama-country/451979/135 "2008-06-09T13:12:09Z")

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Sure, why not.

Although I keep seeing that Simpsons scene where Homer is in the cult… “Na-na-na-na-na-na…Leader!”

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**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2008, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-your-sdmb-location-to-obama-country/451979/136 "2008-06-09T17:36:49Z")

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In.

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**Author:** ![Ceejaytee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ceejaytee/32/2956_2.png) [@Ceejaytee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ceejaytee)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2008, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-your-sdmb-location-to-obama-country/451979/137 "2008-06-09T19:20:17Z")

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What the heck, I’m in.

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**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2008, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-your-sdmb-location-to-obama-country/451979/138 "2008-06-09T19:27:26Z")

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[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir]  
All right! Thanks, everybody. Let’s see who else jumps in.  
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Howdy pardners.

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2008, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-your-sdmb-location-to-obama-country/451979/139 "2008-06-09T19:36:43Z")

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[QUOTE=BMalion]  
Howdy pardners.  
[/QUOTE]

Good to see you, **BMalion** , my friend! On to victory in November!

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**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2008, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-your-sdmb-location-to-obama-country/451979/140 "2008-06-09T19:49:44Z")

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Obama’s a country member?

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