Does One Plus One Equal Two Anymore?

"They've done studies you know... 60
percent of the time, it works every time!" Paul Rudd in Anchorman

Today President Obama commented on his 51 percent approval rating at a town hall meeting in Ohio. He said that 51 percent actually demonstrated what a good job he was doing. He went on to say that if half of the country is upset with him, then he is doing fantastic job at stirring up the political arena and changing Washington.

I have only one problem with the president's line of thinking. If poor approval ratings are the best indicator of a truly, good president then why didn't we want four more years of President Bush? The former president's approval rating was much, much lower than 51 percent. So is President Obama really saying that former President Bush is twice as good of a president than he because I think the former president left office with an approval rating of 25 to 30 percent.

This makes me think of opposite day from elementary school. "James, I love you... Ha! It's opposite day so I really said I hate you!"

"Ladies and gentlemen of the American public, today is opposite day so the Jews and Palestinians love each other, the Iranian president has purchased himself a new "members only" jacket, unemployment is at an all time low, and the federal reserve has so much money that they are going to give it back to the American people. I don't appreciate you and God please don't bless America."

What I find so despicable about politics is that the President's "opposite day speech" could very well be the State of the Union address in a few days. Boy, statistics sure are tricky.