[20yearvet]

Pluto Was (is?) the only planet discovered in the USA. So now that it is not a planet it must be Bush's fault.

[Verginius Rufus]

Before Pluto was found, it was a search for Planet X. So Pluto has gone from Planet X to ex-planet in 76 years.

Fortunately Bush isn't running again in 2008, so he can't suffer any fallout from losing a planet on his watch. On the other hand, I've never understood how Clinton got re-elected--he didn't lose any planets, but The Far Side and Calvin and Hobbes both ceased publication during his first term.