# Sigh. Why, Obama, why?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sigh-why-obama-why/481894>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [January 18, 2009, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sigh-why-obama-why/481894 "2009-01-18T21:19:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2009, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sigh-why-obama-why/481894/41 "2009-01-19T20:41:12Z")

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Maybe he thought having Beyonce sing it would better connect him to today’s youts.

But I think having Michael Bolton’s version of “When a Man Loves a Woman” at my wedding is why I’m now an ex-husband.

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**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2009, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sigh-why-obama-why/481894/42 "2009-01-19T20:46:36Z")

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> [@control-z](#):
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> But I think having Michael Bolton’s version of “When a Man Loves a Woman” at my wedding is why I’m now an ex-husband.

If I were the bride, the divorce would have come much sooner.

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**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2009, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sigh-why-obama-why/481894/43 "2009-01-19T21:23:19Z")

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> [@Jolly\_Roger](#):
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> I said it before and I’ll say it again…if people shut up about Warren he’d just be the guy that gave the invocation and no one would remember it a week after and barely anyone would remember or care about his ideas.

And besides that, the benediction is a higher honor than the invocation.

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**Author:** ![The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tao_s_Revenge)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2009, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sigh-why-obama-why/481894/44 "2009-01-19T22:31:47Z")

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> [@elucidator](#):
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> Typical slip-shod, slap-dash Dem agenda. Been the Pubbies, they would have chosen the singer, the song, her dress, her shoes and her eyeliner.

And the pig you betcha

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**Author:** ![bink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/439d5e/32.png) [@bink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bink)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2009, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sigh-why-obama-why/481894/45 "2009-01-20T00:44:48Z")

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Someone should bring a big sign to the Inauguration that says

ETTA DID IT BETTA

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**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2009, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sigh-why-obama-why/481894/46 "2009-01-21T18:19:17Z")

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Etta did do it better.

It has to be said though that Beyonce was fucking great though.

> **[The Obamas First Inaugural Dance To Beyonce (VIDEO)](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-obamas-first-inaugura_n_159522)**
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> The Obamas First Inaugural Dance To Beyonce (VIDEO)

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