Q: Remember back when not everyone was ashamed of the president?

A: I know, it seems like a million years ago, especially with Bush's approval ratings dropping further into the mid-20s¹. But it was less than two years ago (Sept. 20, 2005) that the following Tom Tomorrow comic made infuriating sense.

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Mission accomplished, you dirty hippies.

You know, if we'd known back then the Bush administration would implode under its own tons of crap as it has and is, we totally would've expected it to be way more fun than it actually is. Instead, it's just kind of boring and sad; just ask political cartoonists. Patton Oswalt said much the same thing in his recent interview with Terry Gross. Political satire loses its edge when nearly every human being on Earth agrees with you.

Incidentally, Oswalt's latest comedy album, Werewolves and Lollipops, hits stores today.

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¹ As Sully notes, these polls were largely conducted prior to the Scooter Libby commutation. I know C.W. says the conservative base supported the get-outta-jail-free card, but T.A.M.S.Y. calls bullshit. How much more straw can these dumbass camels take? Expect to see another two or three points of approval erosion, minimum, when this week's polls hit.