# What would happen if hardcore porntapes with Obama leaked? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 21, 2010, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-hardcore-porntapes-with-obama-leaked/547520 "2010-07-21T22:27:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![scamartistry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/919ad9/32.png) [@scamartistry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scamartistry)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-hardcore-porntapes-with-obama-leaked/547520/1 "2010-07-21T22:27:40Z")
Here is a rather hypothetical hypothetical Me and a friend discussed this over a couple of cold ones, a rather hypothetical hypothetical. What if a bussload of extreme, really disturbing porn tapes starring Obama suddenly leaked and made readily available on the net for the world. With no question that this is actually the US president.(or similar highly embarrassing scenario ) A lot of chaos in the beginning of course, and he would probably have to leave his post rather soon. But would this have any long lasting major implications on US, the world and the political landscape worldwide? Granted the republicans would do a lot of high-fives… ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-hardcore-porntapes-with-obama-leaked/547520/2 "2010-07-21T22:32:19Z")
Are any of the acts on the tape illegal? If not, I figure his presidency’s legacy gets permanently tainted but life goes on until 2012, by which time the public will be distracted by other, fresher scandals. The Republican candidate, if chosen by or with the influence of tea-partiers, is unpalatable to many Americans and the election, though close, goes to the incumbent. ---
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-hardcore-porntapes-with-obama-leaked/547520/3 "2010-07-21T22:37:35Z")
Actually I think the republicans could revitalize the scandal for the 2012 election and make Obama or anyone he endorsed unelectable. They have shown some skill at smearmongering in the past, and having an _actual_ extreme, really disturbing scandal to work with could only aid them. ---
**Author:** ![Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uosdwis_R.Dewoh)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-hardcore-porntapes-with-obama-leaked/547520/4 "2010-07-21T22:38:22Z")
Is Obama boinking his wife in said tapes? If the answers is yes, then it’s just further proof of what a good family man he is. ---
**Author:** ![scamartistry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/919ad9/32.png) [@scamartistry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scamartistry)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-hardcore-porntapes-with-obama-leaked/547520/5 "2010-07-21T22:40:19Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > Are any of the acts on the tape illegal? for the sake of argument you could throw a couple of minors into the mix ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-hardcore-porntapes-with-obama-leaked/547520/6 "2010-07-21T22:40:55Z")
> [@begbert2](#): > > Actually I think the republicans could revitalize the scandal for the 2012 election and make Obama or anyone he endorsed unelectable. They have shown some skill at smearmongering in the past, and having an _actual_ extreme, really disturbing scandal to work with could only aid them. I’m personally hoping you overestimate the American public’s tendency to get the vapours. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-hardcore-porntapes-with-obama-leaked/547520/7 "2010-07-21T22:42:14Z")
> [@scamartistry](#): > > for the sake of argument you could throw a couple of minors into the mix Well, at that point it hypothetically becomes an impeachment matter. ---
**Author:** ![cosmosdan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a6a055/32.png) [@cosmosdan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cosmosdan)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-hardcore-porntapes-with-obama-leaked/547520/8 "2010-07-21T22:43:06Z")
Then we’d have more evidence about the rumors surrounding black men. ---
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-hardcore-porntapes-with-obama-leaked/547520/9 "2010-07-21T22:44:28Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > I’m personally hoping you overestimate the American public’s tendency to get the vapours. You’re fighting the hypothetical - the tapes were explicitly stated in the OP to be extreme and “really disturbing”. The vapors are a given, in the literal sense of the term. Personally _I’m_ hoping that the president elects not to videotape it when he brings in the girl guides and the latex rabbit. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-hardcore-porntapes-with-obama-leaked/547520/10 "2010-07-21T22:44:56Z")
> [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](#): > > Is Obama boinking his wife in said tapes? If the answers is yes, then it’s just further proof of what a good family man he is. True. And really, while the tapes would offend the more prudish, the fact that they were leaked would offend many or most of the people who support him more. Just as there was much more anger on the Left over the fact that the Republican Congress was asking Clinton about blowjobs than about Clinton lying, since they don’t think that’s the business of Congress. “He should have lied, or just told them to go to hell” has the typical sentiment I recall hearing. Something like a sex tape just doesn’t hurt someone who doesn’t go around lecturing people about “family values” the way it does the hypocrites who do. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-hardcore-porntapes-with-obama-leaked/547520/11 "2010-07-21T22:46:14Z")
> [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](#): > > Is Obama boinking his wife in said tapes? If the answers is yes, then it’s just further proof of what a good family man he is. And the rest of the cast agrees! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8edcca/32.png) [@Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superfluous_Parentheses)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-hardcore-porntapes-with-obama-leaked/547520/12 "2010-07-21T22:50:04Z")
It’d have to be minors (or boys - of any age). (I believe the saying used to be “dead girl or live boy”, times have changed) Otherwise, if he’s not a clumsy as Clinton and his wife isn’t making a fuss, and the Republicans won’t air it as part of their campaign, it’ll pass. But then, I’m European. ---
**Author:** ![CurtC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce73a5/32.png) [@CurtC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CurtC)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-hardcore-porntapes-with-obama-leaked/547520/13 "2010-07-21T23:08:37Z")
I almost hate to run with a hypothetical that’s so inflammatory, but I think Obama would resign and we’d be left with … … President Biden. Yuck. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-hardcore-porntapes-with-obama-leaked/547520/14 "2010-07-21T23:10:38Z")
> [@begbert2](#): > > You’re fighting the hypothetical - the tapes were explicitly stated in the OP to be extreme and “really disturbing”. The vapors are a given, in the literal sense of the term. Well, _really_ disturbing imagery is fodder for _Saw_ movies. If it is shocking, the major TV networks won’t be able to broadcast it anyway, which (I expect) will deny a great many non-Internet-connected old biddies (presumably the most vulnerable to shock) from ever seeing it. Sure, Fox News will hint at the content and dance around it furiously, unable to get explicit in their descriptions… Meantime, the younger, more tech-savvy crowd will watch it and many websites will spring up to perform comparative film analysis, contrasting it to the Paris Hilton and Pamela Anderson sex tapes. ---
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-hardcore-porntapes-with-obama-leaked/547520/15 "2010-07-21T23:13:15Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > Well, _really_ disturbing imagery is fodder for _Saw_ movies. If it is shocking, the major TV networks won’t be able to broadcast it anyway, which (I expect) will deny a great many non-Internet-connected old biddies (presumably the most vulnerable to shock) from ever seeing it. Sure, Fox News will hint at the content and dance around it furiously, unable to get explicit in their descriptions… Meantime, the younger, more tech-savvy crowd will watch it and many websites will spring up to perform comparative film analysis, contrasting it to the Paris Hilton and Pamela Anderson sex tapes. I sorta presumed that the hypothetical was that these tapes are _real_. And those old biddies are republicans anyway. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-hardcore-porntapes-with-obama-leaked/547520/16 "2010-07-21T23:33:51Z")
> [@CurtC](#): > > I almost hate to run with a hypothetical that’s so inflammatory, but I think Obama would resign and we’d be left with … > > … President Biden. > Yuck. Then hope it’s Biden in the tape. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2010, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-hardcore-porntapes-with-obama-leaked/547520/17 "2010-07-21T23:39:04Z")
> [@begbert2](#): > > I sorta presumed that the hypothetical was that these tapes are _real_. Well, yeah, but in a world where fake horrors can be rendered quite realistically, the mere fact that it’s _real_ somewhat loses its long-term punch. > [@](#): > > And those old biddies are republicans anyway. Then I postulate that the people most likely to let this affect their 2012 vote were already leaning away from Obama, somewhat mitigating the effect. ---
**Author:** ![thirdname](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@thirdname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdname)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2010, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-hardcore-porntapes-with-obama-leaked/547520/18 "2010-07-22T00:17:52Z")
It would depend on whether he had manscaped or not. ---
**Author:** ![BrandonR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@BrandonR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrandonR)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2010, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-hardcore-porntapes-with-obama-leaked/547520/19 "2010-07-22T02:28:26Z")
President Clinton would let out a big sigh, knowing unoriginal standup comedians have _finally_ found a better source of material. ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2010, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-hardcore-porntapes-with-obama-leaked/547520/20 "2010-07-22T02:36:41Z")
I’m guessing the approval rating would skyrocket to epic proportions and the presidential pole I am sure would reflect that. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-happen-if-hardcore-porntapes-with-obama-leaked/547520.md?page=2)