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We drop 5 points + Minnesota doesn't make the Rose Bowl?

posted 13 years ago by evanevan
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I don't understand what Michael Douglas meant by This when playing pool with A.J. and discussing what would happen if he dated. Can anyone explain this.

[–] leader-7 13 years ago

It was hyperbole. He was saying that the drop in points would be his positive ratings as president, "like, ok, so I start dating and my "favorable profile" goes down" and the remark about Minnesota was, "right, that'll be the worst thing that happens". That's all.

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[–] MadRotaryOne_DDCgod 11 years ago

Ya, it was "I drop 5 points when Wisconsin doesn't make it to the rose bowl."

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[–] Tonyin1 11 years ago

What was being said in this scene was: Anything that happens could make the president's rating drop or raise.

If the rating is taken after a showing of a John Wayne film where America "Wins the War" then the rating goes up a point or two, if it's taken in the middle of a flu outbreak, it goes down.

[–] Doc80 10 years ago

All he is saying is that 5 points is nothing, especially since he was in the 60s already.