# Dear Barack Obama... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 18, 2014, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-barack-obama/684021 "2014-03-18T20:25:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tall\_Nordic\_Slobby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a587f6/32.png) [@Tall\_Nordic\_Slobby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tall_Nordic_Slobby)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2014, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-barack-obama/684021/1 "2014-03-18T20:25:01Z")
Maybe you were just too young. It’s ok…You started out as such a bright, shining star- it’s gotta be tough to keep that up. So much responsibility in what you do- not many would even try. But it’s been rough on you these past two years, and we don’t blame you for saying you’ve just about had enough. Some still do like your voice, and will alw…uh…wait…um- shoot- I meant this to be about Justin Bieber, goshalldarnit, how do I delete this here technology post, darnit… ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2014, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-barack-obama/684021/2 "2014-03-18T20:41:29Z")
wat? ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2014, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-barack-obama/684021/3 "2014-03-18T20:42:58Z")
Mundane, pointless, shared - yep, this is the right forum. ---
**Author:** ![Tall\_Nordic\_Slobby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a587f6/32.png) [@Tall\_Nordic\_Slobby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tall_Nordic_Slobby)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2014, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-barack-obama/684021/4 "2014-03-18T20:47:13Z")
😛 ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2014, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-barack-obama/684021/5 "2014-03-18T21:03:55Z")
> [@Tall\_Nordic\_Slobby](#): > > …uh…wait…um- shoot- You probably shouldn’t use the words “Obama” and “shoot” in same sentence – especially online, where every keystroke gets filed away in the NSA’s supercomputer. Using “shoot” and “Justin Bieber” is probably okay, though. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2014, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-barack-obama/684021/6 "2014-03-18T21:05:33Z")
So you’re saying he did fine his first term? ---
**Author:** ![Tall\_Nordic\_Slobby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a587f6/32.png) [@Tall\_Nordic\_Slobby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tall_Nordic_Slobby)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2014, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-barack-obama/684021/7 "2014-03-18T21:12:09Z")
I have no ‘deeper meaning’ with this at all- just trying desperately and sincerely to match the aforementioned ‘pointless…mundane’ goals. Thank you…thanks…no…really…Thank you so much. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2014, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-barack-obama/684021/8 "2014-03-18T21:20:51Z")
I’m not sure BO reads these boards. ---
**Author:** ![Athabasca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Athabasca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athabasca)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2014, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-barack-obama/684021/9 "2014-03-18T21:26:40Z")
> [@Tall\_Nordic\_Slobby](#): > > Maybe you were just too young. It’s ok…You started out as such a bright, shining star- it’s gotta be tough to keep that up. So much responsibility in what you do- not many would even try. But it’s been rough on you these past two years, and we don’t blame you for saying you’ve just about had enough. Some still do like your voice, and will alw…uh…wait…um- shoot- I meant this to be about Justin Bieber, goshalldarnit, how do I delete this here technology post, darnit… Guess this is where a dutiful Canadian steps in and says, had US hockey team not lost the semifinal game to Canada in Sochi, we would have had to take the Beebs back with us. Then you would not find yourself in such an untenable position. Gosh darn, sorry about that. And the gold medal,too. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Tall\_Nordic\_Slobby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a587f6/32.png) [@Tall\_Nordic\_Slobby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tall_Nordic_Slobby)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2014, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-barack-obama/684021/10 "2014-03-18T22:00:38Z")
Leave it to a smiley Canuck to clarify this for us…:o (And we can say ‘Canuck’- it is affectionate and cannot be misspelled, evidently, as auto spell has no clue.) ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2014, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-barack-obama/684021/11 "2014-03-19T06:27:24Z")
And this, kiddies, is why you should never surf the web while under the influence. ---
**Author:** ![oz0ne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9fc348/32.png) [@oz0ne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oz0ne)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2014, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-barack-obama/684021/12 "2014-03-19T08:23:45Z")
Hey Slobby, I remember my first beer too. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2014, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-barack-obama/684021/13 "2014-03-19T18:10:23Z")
> [@Bob Ducca](#): > > I’m not sure BO reads these boards. But I’m sure some of the board readers have BO ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2014, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-barack-obama/684021/14 "2014-03-19T18:39:32Z")
Shall we tell him you’re breaking up, or do you want to pass him the note yourself? ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2014, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-barack-obama/684021/15 "2014-03-19T19:28:40Z")
> [@Doctor\_Jackson](#): > > But I’m sure some of the board readers have BO The Pit is a different forum. Feel free to sniff there if you like… ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2014, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-barack-obama/684021/16 "2014-03-19T22:41:00Z")
> [@Count\_Blucher](#): > > The Pit is a different forum. Feel free to sniff there if you like… Let’s try not to Jr Mod. I don’t really see that post being out of line. Reporting it is fine, but posting to it suggesting action is something that should be reserved to mods. ---
**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:** [March 20, 2014, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-barack-obama/684021/17 "2014-03-20T03:09:53Z")
The sophomore album is always the tough one. ---
**Author:** ![Tall\_Nordic\_Slobby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a587f6/32.png) [@Tall\_Nordic\_Slobby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tall_Nordic_Slobby)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2014, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-barack-obama/684021/18 "2014-03-20T06:59:46Z")
Wowza- what a bunch of assholes…it was a joke? Holy shit- the dumbest are the surest to not get it…and the most obnoxious. ---
**Author:** ![oz0ne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9fc348/32.png) [@oz0ne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oz0ne)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2014, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-barack-obama/684021/19 "2014-03-20T09:20:34Z")
> [@Tall\_Nordic\_Slobby](#): > > Wowza- what a bunch of assholes…it was a joke? Holy shit- the dumbest are the surest to not get it…and the most obnoxious. Uh oh. Sounds like somebody’s got a hangover. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2014, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-barack-obama/684021/20 "2014-03-20T12:02:54Z")
> [@Tall\_Nordic\_Slobby](#): > > Wowza- what a bunch of assholes…it was a joke? Was it? How the hell should we know? I see no reason to be rude just because you’ve no idea either. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-barack-obama/684021.md?page=2)