# So continuing the JFK analogy further, with the hypothetical death of Mr. O

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 9, 2010, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-continuing-the-jfk-analogy-further-with-the-hypothetical-death-of-mr-o/542548 "2010-06-09T15:52:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![Happy\_Poster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Happy\_Poster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Poster)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-continuing-the-jfk-analogy-further-with-the-hypothetical-death-of-mr-o/542548/1 "2010-06-09T15:52:05Z")

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From over here it’s looking rather as though Obama is not flavour of the month amongst the American populace in general.

Suppose that St. Obama does get assassinated? How will he be viewed?

(If you think manner of assassination, or indeed sudden or perhaps even lingering death, so long as pre-2012 eleciton matters feel free to mention)

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**Author:** ![mlees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@mlees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlees)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-continuing-the-jfk-analogy-further-with-the-hypothetical-death-of-mr-o/542548/2 "2010-06-09T19:09:14Z")

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He’s still young.

A celebrity getting cut down in their (relative) youth tend to get lionized.

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**Author:** ![Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimmy_Chitwood)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-continuing-the-jfk-analogy-further-with-the-hypothetical-death-of-mr-o/542548/3 "2010-06-09T19:56:00Z")

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“St.” Obama?

This is a good faith discussion, is it?

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**Author:** ![Happy\_Poster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Happy\_Poster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Poster)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-continuing-the-jfk-analogy-further-with-the-hypothetical-death-of-mr-o/542548/4 "2010-06-09T20:42:41Z")

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Spot the over sensitive partisan\*! 😃

\*For what side I don’t know, irony appreciated by neither I think 😉

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**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2010, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-continuing-the-jfk-analogy-further-with-the-hypothetical-death-of-mr-o/542548/5 "2010-06-09T21:14:35Z")

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> [@Happy\_Poster](#):
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> From over here it’s looking rather as though Obama is not flavour of the month amongst the American populace in general.

He’s doing okay. He’s more popular than Ronald Reagan was at this point in his Presidency.