I've decided I can no longer call the toddler president bambi. Granted he was and in many ways is a doe-eyed neophyte caught in the headlights of an on-coming world, but the name and the original Bambi also brings thoughts of sweet innocence.

Nope, that ain't gonna work anymore!

So, I need help with a new moniker. I pretty much think it needs to immediately bring to mind an inept cartoon cartoon character.

The first that sprang to my mind is Boo Boo Bear. And it all works. Clearly electing him (the 'Boo Boo') was a mistake. The 'Bear' is self explanatory...and has an added bonus of defining his effect on the economy (We can call it the Boo Boo Beary decline!).

The original Boo Boo has made the top ten list of most annoying cartoon characters weighing in ad number 8 with this blurb:

Number 8
Boo-Boo Bear
The Yogi Bear Show
It's appropriate that Boo-Boo is named after a mistake, because that's precisely what William Hanna and Joseph Barbera made when they added this pint-sized cub to The Yogi Bear Show. A genuine wet blanket, this blue bow-tie-wearing bupkes always brought the action to a grinding halt, preventing his old pal Yogi from satisfying his carnal need for "pic-a-nic" baskets. And what was the deal with his painfully plodding cadence? If anyone actually thought as slowly as he talked they'd still be deciding what to have for breakfast yesterday. Suffice it to say, this Jellystone Park resident was -- and always will be -- duller than the average bear.

"It's appropriate that Boo-Boo is named after a mistake" CHECK!
"A genuine wet blanket" CHECK!
"always brought the action to a grinding halt" CHECK!
"painfully plodding cadence" CHECK!
"still be deciding what to have for breakfast yesterday" PRESENT! ... er, CHECK!

Now a close second could be Brainy Smurf

Brainy Smurf fancies himself as the all-around-brain of the village. Although he acts as though he is second-in-command behind Papa Smurf, this isn't the case and even Papa Smurf doesn't seem very fond of his sanctimonious attitude. In fact he could be considered as the class swot or know-it-all. Brainy spends his time preaching to others, stupidly mumbling old quotes.

Substitute Barry for Brainy, Speaker Pelosi for Papa Smurf...

Loquacious, he often uses big words that he himself either made up or doesn't know what they really mean. A lot of the other smurfs dislike him (only Clumsy Smurf seems eager to go along, due to a general lack of a mind of his own), and when he enters into a long bout of lecturing, some frustrated smurf often angrily smashes him on the head with a big wooden mallet.

Substitute Joe Biden for Clumsy Smurf...

"some frustrated smurf often angrily smashes him on the head with a big wooden mallet" Nuff said

Brainy typically declares himself to be in charge. Other Smurfs typically regard this claim as dubious, but often fall in line with his plans after Brainy wears them down with bluster and pseudo-knowledge. His ideas always got him into trouble.

His ideas always got him into trouble Duh.
with bluster and pseudo-knowledge CHECK!

And then of course there is that whole Brainy Smurf/Trotsky, Papa Smurf/Stalin connection.

Whoa! Can we exile the Boo Boo Smurf Barry to Mexico??

So what do you think? Yay of nay... or other suggestions.

And note to Boo Boo Bear's fellow wet blankets: don't waste your time trying to convince me to mind my manners, respect the president (I do: the office and stature, just not the Marxist who lives up to neither) or behave... you won't even by a curiosity lying on the road to my perfect descriptor.