What will DU be like if Bush does resign on Thursday night?

[Seen the light]

Are there any levels past Level 3? :)

This place will be fun that night regardless!

[Politically_Wrong]

1. Much better...

[ananda]

2. prediction

He'll turn it into a smarmy attack on Iran and nukes.

Anyone want to wager?

Sue

[shaniqua6392]

3. Sorry to bust your bubble....

But that will never happen in a million years.

[Seen the light]

7. I can always hope can't I? nt

[calimary]

55. Aw sure! And Welcome to DU, btw!

Hey, we all know he won't but it's rawther fun as an imagination exercise.

I saved some sparklers and other little things from the Fourth of July. Might be fun to go out back, in the dirt where there aren't any overhanging trees, and we'd all light some.

I'd celebrate like crazy. Probably eat too much chocolate, and then stay up all night watching cable news for the postmortems and enjoy all the apologist-types crying in their beer.

Might even wake my kids up and make them dance with me. My son was only a few months old when Clinton beat bush-1. I held him in my arms and danced around the room with him, laughing and cheering and singing. My daughter, then just a toddler, was dancing along with me.

I know it won't happen. At least not now. But I'm visualizing IMPEACHMENT and encouraging everyone I know to do likewise. So, hey, it could, soon.

BTW, note this from one of the early bush-pushers and apologists who's since come around:

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/14/opinion/14dowd.html?pagewanted=print

If Maureen Dowd is one of those now saying that it doesn't matter what bush does now - he'll never recover with a lot of people who can't ever forget how he sat on his ass and did nothing while New Orleans was virtually washed off the face of the earth. Craid Crawford says the same thing:

http://www.cq.com/public/crawford_current.html

Enjoy. If THAT is the perception that's getting out there in the mainstream media, we should rejoice. Repeat THAT observation often enough and it, too, will stick.

[nadinbrzezinski]

4. the coward is finally gonna adress the nation?

If he resigned I will toast him for his single honorable act and then get ripped drunk and I don't drink.

[SoCalDem]

21. Too little too late..

You only get ONE chance at a first impression, *²

Had he gone directly back to DC and gone on TV as soon as Blanco called him, and showed how worried he was about Louisiana, he would have appeared to be a serious president worried about "his people"..

He could have even said "Pray for New Orleans", and people would have lapped it up like kittens....BUT he did NOT..

He mugged for the camera, ate cake, played golf, and strummed a guitar..

We all saw him for what he is... a cavalier, uncaring fool..

[Montauk6]

5. Hyperspace?

Defcon 1?

[BBradley]

6. I think we'd all be enjoying a bit of the top shelf.

[Radio_Lady]

47. Wouldn't it be nice if our politicians were up there on the top shelf...

instead of the dark, dank basement of bullshit... ?

Ah, to sleep -- perhaps to dream... (of a nation secure in the blessings of liberty, peace, and prosperity...)

[Mutley]

8. It'll never happen but,

DU would be the biggest party of that weekend, you can be sure.

[teenagebambam]

15. Gee, I hope not....

....I'm supposed to sing for *'s Prayer Service at the National Cathedral on Friday. And I REALLY need the paycheck!

[rkc3]

9. I doubt if I could access the site from under the desk.

There's a large bottle of tequila in the cupboard and two bottles of mixer in the fridge - I'll be celebrating quite heavily.

But don't count on resignation - look for martial law in the US after the announcement to invade Iran and Syria.

[Connie_Corleone]

10. It's nice to dream.

I would probably party all night and take off work Friday. And then party some more.

Then, on Monday, get back to figuring out how to get Cheney out of office.

[magnolia]

11. We'd have to dust off...

...our Prince records (that's what they had before CDs) and party like it's 1999!

[EstimatedProphet]

12. I know I'll have my hands full...

and it'll be worth every moment!

[iconoclastic cat]

27. Um, yuck?

[EstimatedProphet]

33. FULL WORKING DU!!!

What did you think I meant?!

:silly:

[iconoclastic cat]

40. Ah, yes...you'll be "working""DU"...likely story....

:spank:

[EstimatedProphet]

43. Don't spank me. That's the Prophetess' job.

[geomon666]

50. Just keep digging that grave EP.

Not quite deep enough yet. :)

[KyndCulture]

13. we'd all get shitty before we wake up with the worst hangovers

of our lives and President Go Fuck Yourself...

[JuniperLea]

14. it would only be cheney cutting out the middle man

we are still in deep doo doo unless the puppeteer goes too.

[meegbear]

16. Level 5

[wildeyed]

17. If he did resign, who would take over?

Cheney? Rice?

It would be a madhouse here, you are right.

[William769]

18. We would naturally start in on the "go fuck yourself" guy.

[mmonk]

19. .

:party: :party: :party: :beer: :woohoo: :toast: :party:

[LSparkle]

20. I'll be just as happy when Rove is indicted by Fitzgerald

Decapitation strike -- get the brain, immobilize the body and the house of cards comes tumbling down.

[atommom]

22. Biggest party ever, with a few levelheaded people trying to remind us

that the other corrupt SOBs are still in power (but those posts will sink fast.)

:party: :woohoo:

[enid602]

23. oh well . . .

He has been the source of some of my best material. I guess we wouldn't have him to kick around, anymore.

[MsTryska]

24. personally - i'd be frightened.

i would much rather have this jackass in charge till 2008, making it damn near unthinkable for a republican to win againf or at least another 20 years, than to have cheney as president.

[deminks]

25. I cannot make myself even dream of such a day.

But if it did happen:

Happy days are here again
The skies above are clear again
Let us sing a song of cheer again
Happy days are here again


I hope we all live to see the day.

:party:

[mcscajun]

26. No Chance of that. The speech will be about the Hurricane response

No resignation. Just bullshit.

[autorank]

28. I'm starting to feel like a NASCAR fan (not the normal ones but the

ones who go for the crashes).

I may actually watch this. I've always suspected that during one address, we'd see him "speak in tongues." It's time. That's all I want...his asshole fan club has to see him melt down up close and personal.

paineinthearse has a thread with this quotation:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=4755571&mesg_id=4755571

"What I was referring to is this: When that storm came by, a lot of people said we dodged a bullet. When that storm came through at first, people said, Whew. There was a sense of relaxation. And that’s what I was referring to.

And I myself thought we had dodged a bullet. You know why? Because I was listening to people probably over the airwaves say, The bullet has been dodged. And that was what I was referring to.

Of course, there were plans in case the levee had been breached. There was a sense of relaxation at a critical moment."

OK, so the guy is listening to people probably over the airwaves. I wonder who else hears those messages "over the airwaves."

This is truly pathetic! Guy must be "resigned" along with Chenery. Damn it, Fitzgerald, indict Cheney so a replacement for Bush can be chosen.

At the risk of being tedious (yes, I know, "that's no risk, it's a simple statement of fact...)
Endgame

[paineinthearse]

37. I was hoping to post a better image

Isn't there one of * watching TV in the oval office?

In any event, please click Auto's link, the post is worth a few seconds of your time.

[warrens]

29. Drunk. Very, very drunk

The chances are exactly zero. Sociopaths only make tactical admissions of guilt because they feel that they were right all along. Ted Bundy only started admitting that he'd killed anyone because he thought it would run out the clock on his execution. There is no upside to Bush for resigning, unless you think he suddenly developed a conscience.

He's going to try another bullhorn moment to try to salvage what's left of his reputation. It won't work. Then it will be the Night of the Long Knives for everyone his poisoned little mind thinks might have double-crossed him.

[Carni]

30. Put down the crack pipe

You think that miserable SOB is going to resign Thursday night?

NOT!

He's going to give his speech about how all emergency management should be under federal control and then announce that he will be again revamping and taking more power away from the states--the ass will turn this to his advantage, you watch/he always does.

Sorry for my rude tone but there is NO WAY that creature is giving up his throne--NO WAY

[Oeditpus Rex]

31. He'll reiterate on how he's responsibiliatin'

for those living in trees who missed the sound bite all 6,241,073 times it'll have run by then. To prove he's responsibiliatin', he'll tell us what a heckuva job Duct Tape has already done. Then he'll remind us we've still gotta be resolvin' and steadly fast and course-stayin' about the terrists.

Finally, he'll announce that we're now engagin' in the Global Struggle Against Violent Weather.

[napi21]

32. Can you tell me what you've been smokin or drikin????

We'd ALL be better and have a lot more fun if we could share!!!!

BTW, other than resigning being a joke, you really are hallucinating!!!!

[MidnightWind]

36. LOL--That's exactly what I thought when I saw this thread

"whatever the hell the OP is on, I sure wish he'd pass me some."
:rofl:

[Lone_Star_Dem]

34. Zero traffic

We'd all pass from the shock. :crazy:

[gauguin57]

35. If he resigned? There would be nary a bottle of Dom Perignon left in

any blue state in this country. DU would be stinkin' drunk on high-class hooch.

[FreedomAngel82]

38. Bush resign

Now that I would die from shock. I would have to get a cute doctor to bring me back to life.

[Freddie Stubbs]

39. Does anyone really want President Cheney?

:shrug:

[jokerman93]

41. I'd be up for a mock celebration

The chances of a resignation are nill, but it would be a fun thought experiment to celebrate anyway, as if he had resigned. Whadyasay?

LOL

:party:

[Generator]

42. Okay Ya'all need to put down the pipe

I was going to post that on the other thread. Then holy cow bushman! I realize their are multiple threads. I think there is about as much chance of Bush resigning as Kerry unconceeding. Oh I wanted that one in December '04-but I cannot delude myself that much. Yes there was a big thread about that.

Whatever is in that pipe it must be damn good.

[applegrove]

44. He is not resigning. Relax. And Welcome to the DU

[nvliberal]

45. Bush is more likely

to declare himself dictator for life than he is to resign, I'm afraid.

[Blue_In_AK]

46. Seen the Light...

I see you've survived your first week here unlike Stinky Bushes. You must be doing something right. :thumbsup:


ed. Is it okay for me to say that?

[kitkat65]

48. I'll have to go to the ER and see a proctologist

to repair the damage caused by monkeys flying out of my butt

[Radio_Lady]

49. Please don't talk about proctologists. I'm going on Sept. 22 to have

a hemorrhoid ligation (rubber band) procedure. I'm sure that's too much information, and you certainly just intended to be funny... but this is a sensitive subject for me, in more ways than one. So, to take your thought one step futher...

if he finds monkeys up there instead of enlarged veins, he may scamper out of the room, screaming -- and I may not be able to reschedule with anyone else, because it will be on my record.

Or maybe I should just bring a bunch of bananas to the surgical suite on 09/22/05???

[geomon666]

51. Think happy thoughts. n/t

[Radio_Lady]

52. Zippity do dah, Zippity ay...

Next month, my asshole will
Work the right way.

Wonderful feeling..
Wonderful day!

[kitkat65]

54. My head is reeling from many bad puns upon reading this, however,

good luck with your procedure and have confidence that you'll be sitting pretty in no time.

;)

[Dem2theMax]

53. Let's put it this way. All that new fangled equipment Skinner, Elad and

EarlG just got? It wouldn't be enough to stop the massive down time DU would have due to the heavy traffic.

That and the fact that the earth would literally be bouncing in space due to the fact that all the Dems and the rest of the world would be jumping up and down for hours on end! LOL.

[deadparrot]

56. It ain't gonna happen.

But I would cry. I would cry for a LONG time. Then grab some of my fellow College Democrats and cry some more.