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* [[Big Good]]: This is what fans of TYT actually view about ''Cenk himself''. That has some credence, actually, since he's the founder, host and CEO of ''[[The Young Turks]]''. In addition, he apparently spearheads, if not founded Wolf-Pac.
** He painted Obama in this light during the 2008 election, but [[Head in The Sand Management|that definitely changed]] afterward. Nowadays, he's switched that role to Senator Bernie Sanders, an Independent from Vermont, though Cenk went on record to say that the only politician he would ever trust "blankly" would be Russ Feingold.
** In addition, he views [[Franklin Roosevelt]] and [[Bill Clinton]] in this light during their presidencies, but he's quick to [[What the Hell, Hero?|call them out for their bad decisions]] (internment of Japanese-Americans for Roosevelt; deregulating the markets, allowing corporate control of the media and signing the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defense_of_Marriage_Act Defense of Marriage Act] into law] for Clinton).
* [[Broken Pedestal]]: [[MSNBC]] after the mentioned [[Wham Line]] by its President to him.
* [[Cassandra Truth]]: During a show on Current TV, Cenk had Ben, Jennifer Granholm, Michael Shure and Brian Unger discussing about a Republican debate. Halfway through, Cenk was the only one that predicted Obama would "buckle" on the Keystone Pipeline issue. The others didn't think Obama would do so. A day later, Obama backpedaled on a veto threat regarding the Keystone Pipeline.
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** "That's awesome."
* [[Chivalrous Pervert]]: Cenk routinely makes suggestive comments about attractive women and has a top ten list of hottest celebrities, but will stand up for womens' rights without hesitation, not to mention being happily married.
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* [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]]: He really, really dislikes these, with the Koch brothers singled out in particular.
* [[Defector From Decadence]]: Inverted; in his own words and his point of view, the Republicans left him when they became extremist to him.
* [[Dirty Coward]]: His view of most Democrats, but he rationalizes it as [[Obfuscating Stupidity]], since he views them in the same complicit light as the Republicans.
* [[Dragon
* [[Enemy Civil War]]: His take on the divide between the Tea Party and the Republican establishment.
** This is exemplified by the duel for the 2012 Republican nomination. The presumptive frontrunner is Mitt Romney; the rest of the candidates style themselves as the "anti-Romney", with Rick Perry, Newt Gingrich, and Rick Santorum as his most notable opponents.
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** He remains one of those voices, now that ''[[Al Gore]]'' employed him at Current TV.
* [[The Rival]]: There are several for Cenk: in politics, one of his favorite guests is Ron Paul, despite their polarized political views. On the internet, one of his strongest rivals is Lee Doren, the Right-wing libertarian host of How The World Works(itself a popular Youtube channel) and former employee of the conservative Competitive Enterprise Institute think tank.
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* [[Wham Line]]: Cenk experienced one when the head of MSNBC told him that "We are the establishment."
* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: A frequent way that he criticizes the Obama administration.
** Gave a passing one to Mark Udall after his vote in support of the NDAA.
* [[Who Names Their Kid "Dude"?]]: In 2010, Cenk announced the birth of his son: [[Awesome McCoolname|Prometheus]] [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|Maximus]] Uygur.
* [[Would Be Rude to Say Genocide]]: As liberal as he is, he's still been known to deny or at least negate the full extent of the Armenian genocide. It also doesn't help that to Armenians, Assyrians and Greeks, naming a show after the Young Turks party is something akin to how Jews would feel about a show called The National Socialists.
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