# Where was Barack Obama, to stand for Democracy?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-barack-obama-to-stand-for-democracy/709597>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [January 12, 2015, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-barack-obama-to-stand-for-democracy/709597 "2015-01-12T03:49:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2015, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-barack-obama-to-stand-for-democracy/709597/781 "2015-02-14T11:04:16Z")

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LOL. Basically, the only part of Chait’s article that agrees with **Terr** is the article title, I suppose.

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**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2015, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-barack-obama-to-stand-for-democracy/709597/782 "2015-02-14T15:03:11Z")

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> [@Terr](#):
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> His article makes it harder to dismiss it with your "[usual suspects" shtick](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=18131777&postcount=758).

Man, if you’re going to use that term, you’d better negotiate a royalty arrangement with **Shodan** , I’m just sayin’…

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**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2015, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-barack-obama-to-stand-for-democracy/709597/783 "2015-02-14T15:12:10Z")

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So what I’m hearing is that “anti-Semitism” is the new “Benghazi.”

I await the congressional investigations. All nine of them, surely.

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**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2015, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-barack-obama-to-stand-for-democracy/709597/784 "2015-02-15T04:10:00Z")

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Why await an investigation? Just await the next attack and see how the administration ties themselves in knots this time.

Will it be workplace violence? Random violence? Man-caused disaster? What’ll they think of next?

Hey, how about this? Religious fanatics killed people because they don’t like their faith.

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