Obamicon

The debate rages. If we remove all things we typically use to judge a president's merits out of the equation (i.e., approval ratings, policy, fake waving, etc.), how does the election of President Obama affect us? I'm glad I asked! Let's examine.

1: The Daily Show doesn't quite have its same edge now that its three favorite targets (George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, and George W. Bush) no longer have "Pennsylvania Ave." in their addresses. How do you poke and prod a man who concurs with pretty much all of your ideals? The good news is that Jon Stewart is trying, and he's doing a pretty decent job of it:

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2: We now have our eighth left-handed president. Eight out of 44 presidents amounts to 18%, which is proportionally higher than the general left-handed population (12%). Not sure if that's enough statistical evidence to say that if you're left-handed, you're more likely to be president, but it's an interesting trend nonetheless.

3: OK, so this was around before the election, but still, so-called "Obamicons" have exploded in popularity because of Shepherd Fairey's Barack Obama "Hope" poster that came out during the campaign. Now, thanks to Obamicon.Me, anyone can be red-white-and-bluified! Including yours truly:


The possibilities are endless (see gallery), but here are some of my favorites: