# I don't believe those tears - not for a second **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 11, 2012, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-believe-those-tears-not-for-a-second/640643 "2012-11-11T01:27:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mhashi22](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mhashi22](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhashi22)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2012, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-believe-those-tears-not-for-a-second/640643/1 "2012-11-11T01:27:43Z")
Obama is ‘Amazing’ and ‘Remarkable’ when he cries for his campaign staff. Really? We should see some tears for our brave Americans in Benghazi. Do you think he has was shedding any tears while he watched our people fighting for their lives and dying in a live streaming video? It seems so contrived. I’d be more credulous if he cried during one of his pathetic golf rounds or when he gets his basketball pools wrong. Does he seem like he actually cares or do you still think he is a narcissist? ---
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2012, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-believe-those-tears-not-for-a-second/640643/2 "2012-11-11T01:37:50Z")
Actually cares. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2012, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-believe-those-tears-not-for-a-second/640643/3 "2012-11-11T01:39:24Z")
Completely believable. I assume he cries for lost Americans in private. Those were tears of gratitude. ---
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2012, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-believe-those-tears-not-for-a-second/640643/4 "2012-11-11T01:40:55Z")
He was addressing the people who’ve sacrificed a good part of their lives over the past five years to help elect him. Chris Hayes’ brother, who ran Obama’s Nevada campaign, but who also basically worked shit jobs, for low pay, organizing campaign workers to do frustrating low-level work for the past five years, was typical of the people Obama thanked–why wouldn’t he be grateful to them? Because “grateful” isn’t in your vocabuilary? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2012, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-believe-those-tears-not-for-a-second/640643/5 "2012-11-11T01:42:09Z")
Second rater. Now, John Boner…now _there_ is a crier! ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2012, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-believe-those-tears-not-for-a-second/640643/6 "2012-11-11T02:32:42Z")
Nov 2012 ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2012, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-believe-those-tears-not-for-a-second/640643/7 "2012-11-11T02:35:01Z")
The baby Jesus cries. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2012, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-believe-those-tears-not-for-a-second/640643/8 "2012-11-11T02:36:28Z")
> [@mhashi22](#): > > Do you think he has was shedding any tears while he watched our people fighting for their lives and dying in a live streaming video? I know this accusation has been made and repeated infinitely often on right-wing sites. However, the administration has denied it and there is no evidence that such video was even possible. [Snopes.com](http://www.snopes.com/politics/military/benghazi.asp) unilaterally calls the accusation false. The rest of your rant falls apart after this. You’ll find that posting glurge that’s already been debunked on Snopes is a poor way to start a post around here, no matter what your ideological persuasion is. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2012, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-believe-those-tears-not-for-a-second/640643/9 "2012-11-11T02:36:42Z")
> [@mhashi22](#): > > I’d be more credulous I’m sorry, I don’t think that’d be possible. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2012, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-believe-those-tears-not-for-a-second/640643/10 "2012-11-11T03:37:54Z")
The Elections forum is for discussions or even debates. Rants go down the hall in The BBQ Pit. Here, I’ll move this rant for you. ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2012, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-believe-those-tears-not-for-a-second/640643/11 "2012-11-11T03:41:57Z")
> [@mhashi22](#): > > Obama is ‘Amazing’ and ‘Remarkable’ when he cries for his campaign staff. Really? We should see some tears for our brave Americans in Benghazi. > > Do you think he has was shedding any tears while he watched our people fighting for their lives and dying in a live streaming video? > > It seems so contrived. I’d be more credulous if he cried during one of his pathetic golf rounds or when he gets his basketball pools wrong. > > Does he seem like he actually cares or do you still think he is a narcissist? You’re a fucking moron if you think Benghazi is anything but a bunch of right-wing retards dragging some corpses thought the mud in an effort to find something, anything to make Obama look bad. ---
**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2012, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-believe-those-tears-not-for-a-second/640643/12 "2012-11-11T05:30:26Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > I know this accusation has been made and repeated infinitely often on right-wing sites. However, the administration has denied it and there is no evidence that such video was even possible. > > [Snopes.com](http://www.snopes.com/politics/military/benghazi.asp) unilaterally calls the accusation false. > > The rest of your rant falls apart after this. If I received such a smack-down, I would question the quality of my information source. But I am not the OP. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Dord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3be4f8/32.png) [@The\_Dord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Dord)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2012, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-believe-those-tears-not-for-a-second/640643/13 "2012-11-11T05:32:57Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Nov 2012 Make some deep fried turkey! ---
**Author:** ![Feyrat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/fbc32d/32.png) [@Feyrat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feyrat)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2012, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-believe-those-tears-not-for-a-second/640643/14 "2012-11-11T07:21:24Z")
I’m always kinda weirded out by people who seem to join the messageboard JUST to post a Pit rant. I mean… really? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2012, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-believe-those-tears-not-for-a-second/640643/15 "2012-11-11T07:29:48Z")
Well, I did, but I keep getting distracted by other shit. But one of these days… ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2012, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-believe-those-tears-not-for-a-second/640643/16 "2012-11-11T13:56:18Z")
The OP be trolling but I’m going to respond anyway because I hear shit like this all the time here in Texas. Seriously, for the past two months(?) now people have been making hay over these four Americans that died in Benghazi. Yes, this is bad. But where the hell is peoples butt hurt over the 2000+ soldiers that have died in the two wars that were started on Bush’s watch? It’s great to have compassion for our fallen Americans, but seriously, some people need to learn to put things in perspective. We’re in a war, people are going to die. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2012, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-believe-those-tears-not-for-a-second/640643/17 "2012-11-11T14:37:27Z")
> [@Shakes](#): > > Yes, this is bad. But where the hell is peoples butt hurt over the 2000+ soldiers that have died in the two wars that were started on Bush’s watch? 4,486 in Iraq alone. ---
**Author:** ![DianaG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ab992/32.png) [@DianaG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DianaG)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2012, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-believe-those-tears-not-for-a-second/640643/18 "2012-11-11T15:11:53Z")
Five days later and the butthurt morons are still screeching their butthurt all over the interwebs. Where are the mass suicides? I was promised mass suicides!\* - _Dear mods, please note that I am not endorsing or suggesting mass suicide. I’m just askin’ questions._ ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2012, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-believe-those-tears-not-for-a-second/640643/19 "2012-11-11T15:14:26Z")
And mass self-deportations to Canada and Australia, to avoid having to live in a place doomed to a future of socialism. When is that going to start? ---
**Author:** ![casdave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2012, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-dont-believe-those-tears-not-for-a-second/640643/20 "2012-11-11T15:18:43Z")
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