Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Hey Nineteen

If approval rates were ages, Bush's would no longer be legal to drink.

19% approval rating.

Forget the Mendoza Line. He's approaching Cheney territory.

(h/t: Jonathan Chait)

Posted by bjkeefe at 7:37 PM
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6 comments:

Anonymous said...

I can't help but comment that the leader of Australia's conservative party currently enjoys a NINE - yes single figures - percent approval rating. PM Rudd shot up to 70% after the big Sorry, yaay.

(Also, congrats on the OpenID authentication, trying it out...)

7:17 AM, February 21, 2008
jiminy jilliker said...

If approval rates were ages, Bush would be Mirth, Mork and Mindy's son.

8:32 PM, February 21, 2008
bjkeefe said...

JJ:

Who is this Mirth? I know the latter two.

Alastair:

Thanks for the report from your turf. Nice to hear that conservatives worldwide are getting their comeuppance (comedownance seems more precise (Can I claim inventor status for this neologism? Guess not).).

Wish I could take credit for the addition of OpenID, but that's all due to the Blogger team. I am quite happy about it, though. I keep meaning to set myself up in this regard. Any tips?

4:36 PM, February 22, 2008
jiminy jilliker said...

Ooops. I misspelled it: It's "Mearth," Mork and Mindy's son.
Mearth was played by Jonathan Winters and was old when he hatched from the egg Mork laid, then aged backward.

And...well...that's how a dumb joke gets dumber.

5:46 PM, February 24, 2008
bjkeefe said...

JJ: I know what you mean about a joke being killed by explanation, but thanks for the clarification, anyway. Now that you mention it, I do remember hearing about that character. I don't think I ever watched an entire episode of that show, although I've always liked Robin Williams and Jonathan Winters

8:57 PM, February 24, 2008
bjkeefe said...

P.S. The correct(ed) spelling of Mearth is pretty funny, all by itself.

8:58 PM, February 24, 2008

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