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Obama's 1982 Letter and 'Coming Out' Confusion
from Suburban Villain | The Tim Dillon Show #357 · #357
9 min
Tim reacts to resurfaced Obama letters from his biographer about androgyny and imagining sex with men, questioning whether that constitutes 'coming out,' then riffs on how little the public actually knows about presidents' private lives (Bill Clinton's affairs, Laura Bush's car accident, the Bush family's fake Texan persona) compared to how thoroughly Trump was already known before office.
- Tim questions why everyone is upset that Obama came out
- Obama wrote to an ex-girlfriend in 1982 saying he makes love to men daily but in the imagination
- Tim reads Obama's full letter discussing homosexuality as an attempt to remove oneself from earthly life
- Tim explains the letter as a young guy trying to impress a girl by being conceptual about masculinity and femininity
- Tim notes Obama never actually addressed the letter and the text just stands as is
- Bill Clinton cheated on his wife and nobody really cares, unlike the reaction to Obama's letter
- Laura Bush killed someone with her car but the public barely discusses it
- The Bush family marketed themselves as hard-scrabble Texas ranchers when they were actually preppy New England WASPs
- Trump was the only president we actually knew beforehand because he was a game show host and wrestling heel for 40 years
- Bill Clinton came out of nowhere as governor of Arkansas, became president, and then we learned he liked to cheat on his wife
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