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    Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 24 Feb 2021

    Jeet Heer Retweeted dave

    We need an essay that offers a counterpart to "The Green Lantern Theory of the Presidency" meme that has been so influential. One that talks about alternative & more powerful Oblomov Theory of the Presidency" which justifies learned helplessness, low horizons & staying in bedhttps://twitter.com/daveamp/status/1364716995673870339 …

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    Ryan Reynolds Green Lantern GIF
    dave @daveamp
    Every time someone makes a claim like this, this is the gif I think of. https://twitter.com/whstancil/status/1364704918137802756 … pic.twitter.com/5Kborl9EzH
    6:04 PM - 24 Feb 2021
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    • John Davis Skypupper, PhD🇺🇦 CHAN 'THEE' WAGGON Maybeland🌹🏳️‍🌈🦅 debbie Tedective Steve Randy Waldman Will Stancil Jonathan Lundell
    6 replies 7 retweets 42 likes
      1. Vetarnias‏ @Vetarnias 24 Feb 2021
        Replying to @HeerJeet

        Wait until you see my "The Hyacinth Bucket Theory of the Presidency" that I've been working on looking at the Clinton years, which says a president is only as popular as his wife is, and failing that can only be pitied.

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      2. Dan Davies‏ @dsquareddigest 24 Feb 2021
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        Dan Davies Retweeted Dan Davies

        I've always thought of it as the Onion Theoryhttps://twitter.com/dsquareddigest/status/1012064882940882946?s=19 …

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        Dan Davies @dsquareddigest
        Replying to @dsquareddigest @rortybomb
        Particularly from people who spent the Obama era going "of course the president can do nothing. it's literally his job to not get policies passed. you onion, you absolute dope"
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      3. Vetarnias‏ @Vetarnias 24 Feb 2021
        Replying to @dsquareddigest @HeerJeet

        Looks like a key tweet has been deleted from that conversation to fully get the original context.

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      2. Unbreakable Peter‏ @Loki1001 24 Feb 2021
        Replying to @HeerJeet

        The Green Lantern theory assumes that the blame is being laid at Biden's feet. And while there is plenty of blame being heaped on Biden for lots of things, the majority of the blame so far is being laid at the Democratic party for being weak and ineffective.

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      3. Unbreakable Peter‏ @Loki1001 24 Feb 2021
        Replying to @Loki1001 @HeerJeet

        Biden gets blamed for opening more detention facilities, increasing deportations and not canceling student debt. The Democrats as a whole are getting blamed for lowering stimulus checks to $1,400 and failing to pass minimum wage increases, and generally being slow.

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      2. root_e‏ @xanarres 24 Feb 2021
        Replying to @HeerJeet

        Maybe life is not explained by comic book level analogies.

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      1. The Russian Warship Went And Fucked Itself  🇺🇦‏ @spooknine 24 Feb 2021
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        Need an Aquaman Theory that acknowledges some interesting powers that are mostly useless except in certain specific circumstances

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