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inothernews: How does Obama’s popularity rating dip 18 points in a single year? According to Jon Stewart on The Daily Show: Lose points trying to close Gitmo; double points lost when he failed Minus “Don’t ask, don’t tell” Two trips to Copenhagen, divided by bupkis; subtract Nobel Prize - “Somehow, that’s a minus” Minus Henry Louis Gates fallout - “Pettiness raised to the power of class, raised to the power of race, times three beers, divided by siding with a black professor against a cop in Boston” Multiplied by 10% unemployment Subtract political capital spent on healthcare inititiative “only to have it derailed by a Cosmo centerfold pinup” Adds up to -24 points. “Thank God for Bo, the Portuguese water dog - without those six points, Obama would be screwed.

inothernews:

How does Obama’s popularity rating dip 18 points in a single year? According to Jon Stewart on The Daily Show:

  • Lose points trying to close Gitmo; double points lost when he failed
  • Minus “Don’t ask, don’t tell”
  • Two trips to Copenhagen, divided by bupkis; subtract Nobel Prize - “Somehow, that’s a minus”
  • Minus Henry Louis Gates fallout - “Pettiness raised to the power of class, raised to the power of race, times three beers, divided by siding with a black professor against a cop in Boston”
  • Multiplied by 10% unemployment
  • Subtract political capital spent on healthcare inititiative “only to have it derailed by a Cosmo centerfold pinup”
  • Adds up to -24 points. “Thank God for Bo, the Portuguese water dog - without those six points, Obama would be screwed.

20 January 2010 • reblog: inothernews • obama daily show