Vincent Orange, fighting Kwame Brown for Gray’s seat, went with a smaller Cadillac SUV than his competitor. What, he couldn’t afford an orange paint job?

We’ve long been fans of The Daily Show‘s Resident Expert John “Mr. PC” Hodgman, but last night he may have put himself over the top to become our favorite personality on the show. During a discussion with Jon Stewart over how best to approach solving the United States’ debt crisis with China, Hodgman noted that the one thing we have that China really seems to want is our very own Butterstick. Couldn’t we use the furball for a little leverage? We’d certainly argue that Tai Shan (or as Hodgman calls him, “the panda”) is worth somewhere around $800 billion TO OUR HEARTS.

Save Butterstick! Or if we can’t, save our country!

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