# Who'll Be Obama Administration's "Designated Pinhead" for Comedians?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 8, 2008, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wholl-be-obama-administrations-designated-pinhead-for-comedians/471801 "2008-11-08T13:42:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2008, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wholl-be-obama-administrations-designated-pinhead-for-comedians/471801/21 "2008-11-09T01:58:19Z")

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> [@Sam\_Stone](#):
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> They’ll lampoon Obama and the administration every time it caves in to Republicans. That was what the Daily Show did with Clinton - made fun of him every time he did something conservatives liked.

Conservatives like him getting blow jobs?

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**Author:** ![jali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jali)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2008, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wholl-be-obama-administrations-designated-pinhead-for-comedians/471801/22 "2008-11-09T03:15:13Z")

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Keegan-Michael Key of MadTV did a pretty good Obama imitation last week. He got his phrasing and pauses just right.  
[http://madtv.com/videos/key\_keegan\_michael\_obama\_halfwhite/index.html](http://madtv.com/videos/key_keegan_michael_obama_halfwhite/index.html)

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**Author:** ![BrassyPhrase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea666f/32.png) [@BrassyPhrase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrassyPhrase)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2008, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wholl-be-obama-administrations-designated-pinhead-for-comedians/471801/23 "2008-11-09T03:53:34Z")

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I remember Letterman (I think) doing a bit of editing Obama’s tendency to go “…ah…” as a thinking pause. Where it was a countdown of how many times he did it–much like McCain’s use of “my friends”.

Everyone can be caricatured! (Or why do those people that draw those large headed pictures do so well?)

Heh.

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**Author:** ![planetcory](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/planetcory/32/1032_2.png) [@planetcory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/planetcory)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2008, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wholl-be-obama-administrations-designated-pinhead-for-comedians/471801/24 "2008-11-09T04:13:15Z")

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> [@jali](#):
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> Keegan-Michael Key of MadTV did a pretty good Obama imitation last week. He got his phrasing and pauses just right.  
> [http://madtv.com/videos/key\_keegan\_michael\_obama\_halfwhite/index.html](http://madtv.com/videos/key_keegan_michael_obama_halfwhite/index.html)

The vocal imitation is pretty good. The mannerisms are way way off, though.

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