# Obama press conference on Friday the 16th at 2:15pm EST

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-press-conference-on-friday-the-16th-at-2-15pm-est/774831>\
**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:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Evil\_Economist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c89c15/32.png) [@Evil\_Economist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Economist)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2016, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-press-conference-on-friday-the-16th-at-2-15pm-est/774831/101 "2016-12-17T00:23:09Z")

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> [@HurricaneDitka](#):
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> Do you think David Yankovich’s tweets were tongue-in-cheek?

No. Happy to help!

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**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 17, 2016, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-press-conference-on-friday-the-16th-at-2-15pm-est/774831/102 "2016-12-17T00:38:17Z")

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> [@HurricaneDitka](#):
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> I’m not certain of buddha\_david’s political affiliation

For the record I’m registered Democrat, but only until something better comes along.

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**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2016, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-press-conference-on-friday-the-16th-at-2-15pm-est/774831/103 "2016-12-17T00:46:55Z")

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Yeah, it definitely looks like Yankovitch was engaging in some wishful thinking. This tweet now sounds more like personal fantasy than anything with actual information behind it.

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**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2016, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-press-conference-on-friday-the-16th-at-2-15pm-est/774831/104 "2016-12-17T04:07:57Z")

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> [@GrandWino](#):
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> And a chunk of them post those opinions here. Including yourself.

But I don’t take what people say on the Straight Dope Message Board and proceed to disseminate it to all my friends on Facebook, put it up at my workplace, re-tweet it, pintrest it, etc. 😉

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**Author:** ![dba\_Fred](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c37758/32.png) [@dba\_Fred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dba_Fred)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2016, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-press-conference-on-friday-the-16th-at-2-15pm-est/774831/105 "2016-12-17T23:50:00Z")

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Why not?  
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