# Obama press conference on Friday the 16th at 2:15pm EST **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [December 16, 2016, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-press-conference-on-friday-the-16th-at-2-15pm-est/774831 "2016-12-16T02:07:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2016, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-press-conference-on-friday-the-16th-at-2-15pm-est/774831/61 "2016-12-16T21:08:37Z")
David Yankovich – ‏@DavidYankovich Obama press conference tomorrow will be the biggest event in American history… If he does what it’s looking like. I’d watch. > [@wolfpup](#): > > …ISTM that whatever Yankovich’s credentials might be, he sounds like a guy prone to hyperbole. … I was at work, and didn’t see the press conference. This thread hasn’t revealed anything earth-shattering. I don’t know who Yankovich is, but did he make this prediction while squeezing an accordion and breathing through a clown nose? Jeez. ---
**Author:** ![octopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/octopus/32/3716_2.png) [@octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/octopus)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2016, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-press-conference-on-friday-the-16th-at-2-15pm-est/774831/62 "2016-12-16T21:13:40Z")
> [@GrandWino](#): > > ^ party above country Is this a lame new meme? ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2016, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-press-conference-on-friday-the-16th-at-2-15pm-est/774831/63 "2016-12-16T21:15:11Z")
> [@GrandWino](#): > > We’ll see this afternoon, but w/ the EC voting on Monday and the news coming out all week about the Russia hacking. I think we’re going to get something more than a “Happy Holidays” from Obama today. Yup, I was glued to my seat for the entire electrifying event. Truly, as advertised above, the biggest event in American history. My grandkids will certainly want to know where I was at 4:00 PM on December 16th, 2016. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2016, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-press-conference-on-friday-the-16th-at-2-15pm-est/774831/64 "2016-12-16T21:20:01Z")
New Yankovich tweet: David Yankovich ‏@DavidYankovich 50m50 minutes ago Democrats need spine. Plain & simple. We lose because our leaders have lost all fight. It’s time to change the Democratic party. And: This indeed was the most historic press conference of history Hindsight will show this as the moment Obama’s legacy ended & he walked away. He sounds hurt. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2016, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-press-conference-on-friday-the-16th-at-2-15pm-est/774831/65 "2016-12-16T21:23:49Z")
If Yankovich walks away, will his shoes honk, I wonder. ---
**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:** [December 16, 2016, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-press-conference-on-friday-the-16th-at-2-15pm-est/774831/66 "2016-12-16T21:24:04Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > Yup, I was glued to my seat for the entire electrifying event. Truly, as advertised above, the biggest event in American history. My grandkids will certainly want to know where I was at 4:00 PM on December 16th, 2016. _thumbs up_ ---
**Author:** ![HurricaneDitka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/96bed5/32.png) [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2016, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-press-conference-on-friday-the-16th-at-2-15pm-est/774831/67 "2016-12-16T21:26:00Z")
I watched the whole thing. Glad I won’t have to waste any more time on Obama press conferences in the future. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2016, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-press-conference-on-friday-the-16th-at-2-15pm-est/774831/68 "2016-12-16T21:28:31Z")
> [@HurricaneDitka](#): > > I watched the whole thing. Glad I won’t have to waste any more time on Obama press conferences in the future. Or any press conferences, it looks like. ---
**Author:** ![HurricaneDitka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/96bed5/32.png) [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2016, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-press-conference-on-friday-the-16th-at-2-15pm-est/774831/69 "2016-12-16T21:29:54Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Or any press conferences, it looks like. And I don’t spend time reading Twitter, so this is a win-win for me. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2016, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-press-conference-on-friday-the-16th-at-2-15pm-est/774831/70 "2016-12-16T21:46:15Z")
> [@HurricaneDitka](#): > > And I don’t spend time reading Twitter, so this is a win-win for me. Maybe for you…Personally, I don’t buy into that “ignorance is bliss” crap. ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2016, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-press-conference-on-friday-the-16th-at-2-15pm-est/774831/71 "2016-12-16T21:55:02Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > Yup, I was glued to my seat for the entire electrifying event. Truly, as advertised above, the biggest event in American history. My grandkids will certainly want to know where I was at 4:00 PM on December 16th, 2016. Make sure to save tomorrow’s newspapers for their headlines regarding coverage of the event. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2016, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-press-conference-on-friday-the-16th-at-2-15pm-est/774831/72 "2016-12-16T21:58:51Z")
This thread, and several others which have shown up after the election on this message board, show that there are people who are willing to promulgate the most patent nonsense. Why is someone reading what David Yankovich says in the first place? There are 300+M people in the United States. Very few of them have opinions which are worth paying attention to. Sadly, many with opinions that shouldn’t be noticed at all are able to get people to click some link on Teh Intarwebz and pay attention to them, and worse, to get these opinions forwarded to others. It’s a sad commentary on our society, if you ask me, that intelligent people do this. ---
**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:** [December 16, 2016, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-press-conference-on-friday-the-16th-at-2-15pm-est/774831/73 "2016-12-16T22:04:59Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > New Yankovich tweet: > > ``` > David Yankovich ‏@DavidYankovich 50m50 minutes ago > Democrats need spine. Plain & simple. > > ``` Gotta admit, Barack Obama’s cordiality is his greatest weakness as much as it’s his greatest strength. I was soooo hoping he would say something like: _“Donald Trump’s a big poppyhead and you should all be ashamed for electing him!”_ You could tell he was totally thinking it. (Now, what am I gonna do with all these canned goods and shotguns?) ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2016, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-press-conference-on-friday-the-16th-at-2-15pm-est/774831/74 "2016-12-16T22:05:11Z")
> [@HurricaneDitka](#): > > I watched the whole thing. Glad I won’t have to waste any more time on Obama press conferences in the future. You know. . . this is unfair. I can’t understand what you and I are seeing so differently. Obama, while I am not a fan of many of his views on the proper role of government, is manifestly intelligent, introspective, and well-informed. Trump is not. He’s not a drooling cretin, of course, despite the attempts to paint him as such, but you cannot possibly believe that he and Obama are in the same league in terms of analytical ability and intellectual depth. Do you? ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2016, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-press-conference-on-friday-the-16th-at-2-15pm-est/774831/75 "2016-12-16T22:10:13Z")
> [@DSYoungEsq](#): > > This thread, and several others which have shown up after the election on this message board, show that there are people who are willing to promulgate the most patent nonsense. Why is someone reading what David Yankovich says in the first place? > > There are 300+M people in the United States. Very few of them have opinions which are worth paying attention to. Sadly, many with opinions that shouldn’t be noticed at all are able to get people to click some link on Teh Intarwebz and pay attention to them, and worse, to get these opinions forwarded to others. It’s a sad commentary on our society, if you ask me, that intelligent people do this. You’re clearly in shock. It’s okay, I think we all are. An event like this takes time to process. Stay strong. ---
**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:** [December 16, 2016, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-press-conference-on-friday-the-16th-at-2-15pm-est/774831/76 "2016-12-16T22:11:02Z")
> [@DSYoungEsq](#): > > There are 300+M people in the United States. Very few of them have opinions which are worth paying attention to. Sadly, many with opinions that shouldn’t be noticed at all are able to get people to click some link on Teh Intarwebz and pay attention to them, and worse, to get these opinions forwarded to others. It’s a sad commentary on our society, if you ask me, that intelligent people do this. And a chunk of them post those opinions here. Including yourself. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2016, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-press-conference-on-friday-the-16th-at-2-15pm-est/774831/77 "2016-12-16T22:18:59Z")
> [@GrandWino](#): > > Party over country. > [@octopus](#): > > Is this a lame new meme? Its like fly-over country but with an open bar on the airplane. ---
**Author:** ![HurricaneDitka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/96bed5/32.png) [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2016, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-press-conference-on-friday-the-16th-at-2-15pm-est/774831/78 "2016-12-16T22:23:27Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > … you cannot possibly believe that he and Obama are in the same league in terms of analytical ability and intellectual depth. Do you? No, I do not. Trump is ignorant, about a lot of things. Obama is ignorant about a relatively few things, and generally seems to keep his mouth shut when he doesn’t know something. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2016, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-press-conference-on-friday-the-16th-at-2-15pm-est/774831/79 "2016-12-16T22:36:25Z")
> [@buddha\_david](#): > > (Now, what am I gonna do with all these canned goods and shotguns?) Two words: Spam skeet. ---
**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:** [December 16, 2016, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-press-conference-on-friday-the-16th-at-2-15pm-est/774831/80 "2016-12-16T22:39:04Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Maybe for you…Personally, I don’t buy into that “ignorance is bliss” crap. Trump seems pretty happy. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-press-conference-on-friday-the-16th-at-2-15pm-est/774831.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-press-conference-on-friday-the-16th-at-2-15pm-est/774831.md?page=5)