Barack Obama's Republic is Falling Apart. Literally. (Video)

Despite signing a health care bill dialing back the power of insurance companies, doing the same for credit card consumers, getting Americans out of Iraq, signing legislation preventing the world economy from collapsing onto itself, and having to keep Joe Biden from saying patently ridiculously things on a regular basis, President Barack Obama is having what some might call a rough first time. So rough, in fact, that his presidency is literally falling apart today.

Via Max Read at Gawker, here's video of the Presidential Seal -- not to be confused with this guy -- falling off the podium.

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We've all been there. Not quite like this, but we've all been there.

[fkamer@villagevoice.com]