# Obama votes in Chicago; gets warned by jealous boyfriend

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-votes-in-chicago-gets-warned-by-jealous-boyfriend/702054>\
**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [October 21, 2014, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-votes-in-chicago-gets-warned-by-jealous-boyfriend/702054 "2014-10-21T18:02:29Z")\
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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:** [October 21, 2014, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-votes-in-chicago-gets-warned-by-jealous-boyfriend/702054/1 "2014-10-21T18:02:29Z")

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Just kidding, POTUS: [http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/21/politics/obama-early-voting-jokes/index.html?hpt=hp\_c2](http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/21/politics/obama-early-voting-jokes/index.html?hpt=hp_c2)

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**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2014, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-votes-in-chicago-gets-warned-by-jealous-boyfriend/702054/2 "2014-10-21T18:10:08Z")

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Man if there’s one guy who you’d think would be allowed to vote absentee…

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**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2014, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-votes-in-chicago-gets-warned-by-jealous-boyfriend/702054/3 "2014-10-21T18:12:42Z")

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I think the Prez handled that pretty well, actually.

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**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2014, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-votes-in-chicago-gets-warned-by-jealous-boyfriend/702054/4 "2014-10-21T18:17:26Z")

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Maybe he didn’t want to repeat what happened with Clinton.

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**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2014, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-votes-in-chicago-gets-warned-by-jealous-boyfriend/702054/5 "2014-10-21T18:21:27Z")

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Having his wife become Secretary of State 2 terms after he leaves office?

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**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2014, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-votes-in-chicago-gets-warned-by-jealous-boyfriend/702054/6 "2014-10-21T18:57:40Z")

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Yeah, I botched the joke. “He” was referring to the jealous boyfriend.

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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:** [October 21, 2014, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-votes-in-chicago-gets-warned-by-jealous-boyfriend/702054/7 "2014-10-21T19:00:28Z")

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The jealous boyfriend served as Secretary of State? Well, it is Illinois, after all…

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**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2014, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-votes-in-chicago-gets-warned-by-jealous-boyfriend/702054/8 "2014-10-21T20:14:29Z")

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> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#):
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> I think the Prez handled that pretty well, actually.

Couldn’t have handled it better had it been scripted and rehearsed. Now that’s teflon. 🙂

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**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2014, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-votes-in-chicago-gets-warned-by-jealous-boyfriend/702054/9 "2014-10-22T13:00:22Z")

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The only thing that bothered me is that there really shouldn’t be ANY talking in the voting booths by anyone.

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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:** [October 22, 2014, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-votes-in-chicago-gets-warned-by-jealous-boyfriend/702054/10 "2014-10-22T13:42:54Z")

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I don’t think a little friendly talking there is a problem unless it’s distracting to others, or the merits of candidates or issues are discussed.