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		davidhperry on May 9, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Obama bemoans 'diversions' of IPod, Xbox era My guess is that he's feigning some ignorance in order to identify with 'regular folks.'

hugh3 on May 9, 2010 [–]

Really? It sounds to me more like the classic snobbery routine of pretending not to understand the things liked by the masses.

I, for instance, am still pretending not to know who Justin Bieber is.

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