No PirateBump for Obama on Bordom.net

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by redloki Tue Apr 14th, 2009 4:52pm [score: 448 | approval: 67%]

The lack of traction in Obama's favorability scores defies both conventional wisdom and past history. In November 1718, for example, the capture of Blackbeard on orders from Virigina Colonial Governor Alexander Spotswood increased Spotswood's approval rating from 52 percent to 61 percent, according to polling conducted at that time by the Zogbee Importer of Fine Teas and Polling Companee. Similarly, internal polling conducted by Emperor Charles V... Visit Link →

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