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11:45 AM, Feb 9, 2009 • By MARY KATHARINE HAM

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It's so nice to have a universally admired man as president who never bumbles. Equally at home with the simple management of doorway height and the complex navigation of a pork-filled monstrosity through Congress while its approval ratings drop precipitously enough to signal electoral backlash, it is truly a new age in leadership.

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Oh, I know it's petty. But, come on, he could stand to come down the Smug-o-Meter and learn to laugh at himself, and this will help. Pride goeth before the awkward, public head-bumping, as they say.

Update: Finally, the Benny Hill remix.

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