When Bush loses the election, what will he do with the rest of his life?

[patricia92243]

Since he has only run one term, would he run again later? Could he run for Gov. of Texas again? I just wondered.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

1. He'll do what he's always done

coattail it to a high-paying position of the backs of other, better people.

[mmonk]

2. Help the winner

with foreign policy issues and pre-emptive war?

[WhoCountsTheVotes]

3. drink?

?

[fertilizeonarbusto]

4. Hopefully rot in jail

after all the people he and his crew shafted start talking. And I hope he likes the scenery in The Hague.

[xultar]

5. Change the batteries on Sprit and Opportunity n/t

[MaineDem]

6. To be honest, I couldn't care less

I'll just be happy to see him go.

Unfortunately he'll always be an ex-President and that means traffic disruptions when he and Daddy are here in Maine. Ugh!!!

[many a good man]

7. He'll immediately get Alzheimers'

n/t

[UTUSN]

10. LOL LOL LOL

He'll relocate to some island that doesn't have an extradition treaty and booze and snort his life away.

[Tansy_Gold]

77. How will anyone know?

I mean, won't he be kind of like Reagan, in that with or without Alzheimer's, he's pretty much an airhead.

Tansy Gold, who is not making fun of people who suffer from this terrible disease or their loved ones but really wonders how someone as intellectually non-engaged as * . . .. oh, hell, she wonders too damn many things. . . .

[kcwayne]

8. He will further the cause of his faith based initiatives

and raise money, devote time, and evangelize all of the good work being done by churches throughout the nation to lift the spirits and souls of the oppressed and unfortunate. Taking the lead from Jimmy Carter, he will put the Republican face on selfless service to his fellow American.

Yeah, right, that'll happen.

He will cash in on oil deals in the middle east and find ways to promote regional conflicts that will generate great ROI on his military hardware investments via Carlisle Group, along with Poppy.

[Shadder]

9. Who cares?

Far as I'm concerned if I never heard his name again it would be far too often.

[drscm]

11. Continue to leach off of somebody for his support, just as he leached

off of daddy and daddy's friends.

[ewagner]

12. He's always wanted

to be Commissioner of Baseball.

Think Poppy can engineer it?

[fertilizeonarbusto]

14. Nah

So he'll settle for betting on horses with Pete Rose.

[NicoleM]

23. I read once

that the only reason he wanted to be president was because he thought it make it easier to get the baseball commissioner's job.

[Spirochete]

71. I once thought Bush would make an OK

baseball commissioner, but I was thinking of the elder one. The chimp would just fuck up baseball, like he's fucked up everything else.

[LiberalFighter]

46. I don't like Selig but he is better than the monkey boy

[xultar]

13. I thought this was a great 2004 election topic...Why move it?

It directly relates to GD 2k4 , plus it gives us hope that we may actually win this thing.

Puhleezzz put it back in the GD 2k4.

[patricia92243]

17. I didn't realize I had put it in the wrong forum, and I don't know how to

move it.

[KansDem]

15. He and his father will talk about "pussy"

when they're not talking politics:

http://www.workingforchange.com/article.cfm?ItemId=9010

http://dir.salon.com/politics/feature/2000/09/04/cuss_word/index.html

http://trishwilson.typepad.com/blog/2003/12/white_house_hyp.html

[proud patriot]

16. I think He'll try and take over Baseball

:grr:

[NewJeffCT]

19. I agree

I've heard that one before - he is using the presidency to audition for the baseball commissioner job.

[cprise]

18. Couscous and bourbon with the Bin-Ladens

...not Osama, though
:D

[ThomWV]

20. Who Gives A Rat's Ass?

Certainly not me, as long as he never again has a place in public life.

[Loco_moco]

21. He needs to spend time in prison..

..IMO!

[Emillereid]

27. Right on.

[damnraddem]

22. Rule on as emperor after the Inauguration-Day coup?

Testify against his codefendants at the World Court?

OH, alternatives are so tough to chose among.

[Cat Atomic]

24. Like the other puppet president- you'll never hear from him again.

Reagan just sort of went *poof* after he left office. No one seemed to have any questions for the Great Communicator, because deep down, everyone knew he was only a prop.

[Zero Gravitas]

25. Who Cares

If I never see his face or hear his voice or read anything about him in the paper ever again it will be too soon. Presumably he will return to the idle obscurity from whence he came.

[scottcsmith]

26. Poppie could get him a job

...with the Carlyle Group. There's the lucrative lecture circuit. Or he could help the poor, like Jimmy Carter, but that would just earn him contempt from his fellow right-wingers.

[eyeswideopened]

28. Go work for hallibuton with Dick

[maggrwaggr]

29. George Bush? Meet "Sparky"

Hopefully he'll not only be in jail, but "what goes round will come round".

[ElsewheresDaughter]

30. i would imagine it depends on how bush*s trial at the Haige turns out

[Jose Diablo]

31. The question is

what will WE do with the rest of his life.

[0007]

36. Couz & booze

[bigwillq]

32. Hopefully choke

on another pretzel

[Malva Zebrina]

33. Who cares?

no one even his own family. His daddy is old and crotchety and his mom is wrinkled, bent, dried out ans getting more ugly by the day as she struggles to get out of her bed every morning

--not submitting though--that would be an admission that this family cohorts with the "lower, cheaper, classes" and so she is wanting to be portrayed as graceful into old age, wrinkled and dry as she may be, but insisting upon perpetrating the lies her son was taught to do with conviction as if it were the truth!! It ain't working, this image of the matriarch ., Or even this image of the patriarch!

None of that is defendable anymore since the little boy Dauphine lied so much that no one, actually , can tell the lie from the truth.


And he, George Bush, does not care. Neither do the rest of them out thee on the Walker estate in Kennebunkport.

They are all just
"summer folk" who arrive there for a couple of weeks to fish in the Atlantic for the big blue--make a photo op for all to see in their cigarette boat, and then --- what?





Bushes are liars. There is nothing about any of them that is honorable, outstanding or diplomatic. They are, indeed , the BFEE.

[GOPBasher]

34. After he loses, he'll be President for four more years,

just like last time. And remember, now he has Diebold, too.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

35. Play cowboy

driving his pickup around the animal-free, crop-free ranch in Crawfordville while drinking a beer.

[kittykitty]

37. Presidential Library and Lecture Circuit ??

I think not! Can you imagine paying him to speak? About what?

And the presidential library would be a doodle pad and bunch of papers with everything stricken with Magic Marker.

Lecturer at a university? HA.

[Hippo_Tron]

56. Well between him and Newt Gingrich, I'd go see him...

See I figure that everything that comes out of both of their mouths is bullshit anyway so I wouldn't listen to either of them lecture for intellectual value. Of course watching chimpy lecture would give me an excuse to rudly burst out laughing during the middle of his lecture.

[Hippo_Tron]

57. dupe n/t

[supercrash]

38. Not that it matters...

But I think he will take some 'consultant' or 'advisor' company positions in part of the military industrial complex. Like his father, he could hold many of these chairs at the same time...the checks roll in for your influence in Washington.

[petrock2004]

39. he'll turn into Father Jack Hackett

(for any of you lucky enough to have watched the irish tv show "Father Ted," you're peeing your pants right now, aren't you ;))

[mohinoaklawnillinois]

55. Good one, petrock

I am absolutely PML right now. I used to live in Ireland and I loved Father Ted.

[Malva Zebrina]

40. continue to proagate the image that he is intelligent and was a

brave, tough, warrior president. The facts will show otherwise and I do hope there are some intellictuals out there who will point out how very stupid this "worst president" was. May he never become a legend other than that despicable legend that he is.

I do hope and place my faith in these intellectuals to have been keeping track of all of this in order that our children may know that George Bush, the most stupid, the most evil , the unelected bully who forced his presidency on the American people without their consent, is a dumassed idiot who could not and cannot put togetether a coherent sentence. May our children know that bragging about a failed college education is not an admirable achievement and may they also know that the practice of "pre-emptive attack on anyone that an idiot deems is the proper target is NOT the way tpo achieve peace and harmony in the entire population of human beings that happen to lie on this planet. May our children understand that a bully is NOT a leader and only pretends to be a leader because of his doubts about himself.

All he, the priviledged, asshole, coward college
"gentleman's C average" ever wanted was to pay back those corporations who financially supported his coup.

He NEEDED to coup and gyp the American people out of their votes, in order to pay back to those corporate donations! And when he did--why that meant that he was indeed, a LEADER--!! And born again Christian besides!! Halleluyah

May we never ever see another Bush in any office in the entire "USA for a thousand years to come, The entire family is corrupt, evil and a blight upon humanity.

--may we never ever see any one of them again in any office.

May the entire Bush family just fade away on their estates and become the epitome of ignorant bastards who wanted to bilk the American government, and may they lose their fortunes in short order.

May they and their weak and equally dumbassed, dullard progeny who also think they are entitled, have to, one day, actually work for a living and work and worry, to have to support their family. May the entire Bush family disappear into ignomy that they indeed, do deserve.


The Bush family needs to slink away in dishonor never to approach the American political scene again.

Their record is abominable and a disgrace May they all, who survive after this, hide their heads in shame for the arrogant attitude they all seem to carry==and that is one that is that they are in some way privileged from birth--indeed, BY birth..

No more Bushes in our government. No more of the ignorant and less than intellectually endowed, Bushes in our government. No more failures and no more wannabees who are interested only in their own fortunes. No more --Tell your kids.

[petrock2004]

44. *wow*

i'd like to shake your hand.

:toast:
:yourock:

[kittykitty]

47. A Beautiful Post!

Thank You!

[Poiuyt]

49. Excellent post!

Though I imagine there will be an element that will want to put him up on Mt Rushmore.

[VOX]

41. He was a rich bum before he stole the office...

and he'll return to being a rich, do-nothing, useless bum. A little bit of this, a little golf, a little bit of that, more golf.

[rhino47]

42. Rape Pillage and Plunder

Opps sorry he`s already been there done that.

[DrWeird]

43. He'll get his own reality show.

With Jessica Simpson and Anna Nicole.

[Stuckinthebush]

45. Well, he won't be a party leader

because he is a dumb ass.

He will be revered by the ultra right neo-cons, but the traditional conservatives will gradually distance themselves from him and mount an effort to regain control of the Republican Party.

Bush will slink off into obscurity surfacing now and again during a celebrity/politician golf game or to stump for a state representative or something like that.

He will rarely travel abroad because he will be in constant danger, and he will eventually be a butt of jokes.

The history books will not shine a nice light on him. Unlike Reagan, he won't be strongly defended by the right wing. The ultra right will take offense at negative characterizations of Mr. Bush, but the mainstream GOP will nervously laugh and not defend the ex-president.

The term Bushed will be employed as a synonym for "fucked up" as in, "Tom sure Bushed that job!"

When he dies of old age, his funeral will be attended by the US president of the time, but news reports will all be prefaced with "President during the ill fated Iraq war...."

He is a sad, pathetic man, and if there is justice in the world, he will rot away in his own guilt and pettiness.

Those of us here on DU will be in our nursing homes one day recounting the turn of the century to our grandchildren and great grandchildren. We will tell of how we were on the front lines - the 10 percenters! We screamed at the top of our lungs that the United States was in danger of turning into a fascist state, and the electorate finally listened. Our great grandchildren will go to school and say, "My great grandfather was one of the few people who was against Bush in the 2000s!" The other kids will be impressed.

We will all die in the comfort of the knowledge that we fought the good fight, withstood ridicule from our neighbors and coworkers, shouted from the rooftops that Bush was dangerous, and were finally vindicated in the 2004 election.

Then before we pass away, we will recount our efforts in the 2028 election where the Republican Party was running on a platform that highlighted strip mining Mars and militarizing the Uranus Zone in an effort to bring back our place as superpower of the Solar System. It took the Democrats bringing President Hillary Clinton out of retirement to rally the troops and....

Oh, damn! I'm going off again into one of my mental farqs!

Sorry.

[Malva Zebrina]

48. Sokay

:hi: it was good .

[JohnyCanuck]

50. He'll retire to the hog farm and write his memoirs

Bwahahahahahahahahahah! Like he could even write a 5th Grade essay on "How I Spent my Summer Vacation" and get a passing grade.

[truebrit71]

51. I simply couldn't POSSIBLY care any less if I tried...

n/t

[ComerPerro]

52. This is the really interesting thing about Republicans and Democrats

Ford is just out of the picture.

Carter is still very much active and involved in US politics and especially foreign policy.

Reagan... well, Reagan doesn't even know he was president.

GHW Bush just dropped out of politics, it seemed, but I now realize he was planning the takeover that they staged in 2000. The only reason Bush is still involved in politics, however, is because he can use his connections to make himself even more wealthy.

Clinton got to the scene of the 9/11 attacks sooner than Bush. He is still speaking and involved in the Democratic party, and still has interest and involvement in foreign affairs.

GW Bush is a drunken moron who doesn't have the intelligence or interest to be president, so he will ride this out until he is voted out, is run out by the citizens of the country, or is taken away in handcuffs. Then, he will retire to his private life, and probably disappear from the public scene as he slips into a perpetual drunken stupor. He will re-emerge in ten or fifteen years as Rethugs start yet another agressive move to name everything after a crappy president to make his image seem better than the man himself.

[Dr Fate]

53. I'd like to see him clear more "bresh" myself...

...or will he give up the pig farm gimic???

[JanMichael]

54. Hopefully rot on Elba.

Rot in the filth of his actions.

[Hippo_Tron]

58. Betty Ford Center?

If Betty will let him in the front door, that is.

[morgan2]

59. executive in the carlye group of course

[Solly Mack]

60. He lost the last election and was annointed President

So, if he loses again, maybe the Cardinals(?) will make him Pope.

He could run again if he only serves 1 term....don't know about guv...

Gawds...what a nightmare...him popping back up after getting rid of him once..

[Sacajawea]

68. An image of that awful "Whack a Mole" game seen at carnivals....

...just flashed through my brain.

Whack a Bush!!! (in case he pops up again!) }(

[kodi]

61. hell no! he's gonna' bring major league baseball back to d.c.!

washington lobbyists?

[Catherine Vincent]

62. I doubt if anyone would care.

And that would include me.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

63. Suck dick for beer money.

:puke:

[populistmom]

64. Two words- Booze and Pretzels!

[leesa]

65. He better be going to jail for the rest of his miserable life.

[nostamj]

66. ROT in Federal prison for treason

if he isn't prosecuted for international war crimes.

[abbyhoffman]

67. He will be the next

MLB Baseball Commissioner

[Sacajawea]

69. Pick his nose in public (AGAIN!!!!!!)

:freak:

[PaDUer]

70. JAIL..w/ the rest

of his goons! It's been a long time coming..the entire gang!

[justsam]

72. we can only

hope that Bush and Ashcroft will get the bridle suite at Leavenworth with a copy of their patriot Act stating that they can see no one or have an attorney

[NoPasaran]

73. Clean out public lavatories

After three years he gets a brush.

[SideshowScott]

74. The sad news is...Hes set for life..

No matter if he wins or not Bush, Cheany and anyone else who was on the Bush gravy train will be very well off..This whole thing was a scam on america. The way the news gives him a free pass, the blood that has been spiiled for his oil buddys, the rich and thier tax cuts. All one big Scam that makes any other robbery look like peanuts..
One day i dream that the american people will wake up..

[jsw_81]

75. My guess

He'll join Habitat for Humanity and spend several hours each day building homes for the poor in the sweltering heat and humidity of central Africa alongside Jimmy Carter. Then Bush will sell his ranch in Crawford to a charity for the symbolic price of $1, move to a small apartment, and spend the rest of his days apologizing for the mistakes he made during his so-called presidency. When he dies (of a heart attack at the ripe old age of 98 while feeding children in an Austin homeless shelter), he'll leave his estate to Planned Parenthood, the Texas Democratic Party, and the descendants of Al Gore.

But seriously, I'm sure he'll go back to being a drunk after losing. And I wouldn't be surprised if he tries to pull a Grover Cleveland in 2008. Who the heck knows?

[noonwitch]

76. He'll move to Springfield and get into a fight with Homer Simpson

Just like his dad. LOL