Would Bush's or Cheney's hubris allow them to resign?

[ncteechur]

I suspect not.

[jobycom]

1. Bsuh's cowardice might, and Cheney's greed would

Cheney doesn't give a damn about the nation or his reputation. Put something in it for him--freedom from prosecution, a really large bribe, etc--and he'd resign in a heartbeat. Get rid of Rove and Cheney, and Bush's cowardice would make him resign immediately, especially if faced with criminal penalties. Bush has never had to face the consequences of any of his actions, so his fear of that would be greater than his fear of resigning.

Then again, he just may drink himself to death before it came to that.

[Skidmore]

2. No. Resignation would mean that they were capable of

feeling shame or regret. They are capable of neither. Both are sociopaths.

[realFedUp]

3. short of their fingerprints on a gun that shot a CIA agent

shown on every television news program with
DNA expert Mr. Lee testifying on Larry King
to the evidence, and the Wall Street Journal
editorial page recommending they step down,
no.

[Angry Girl]

4. Why resign?

These people have no shame, no decency, no morals. They're frickin' psychopaths! Resigning would imply that they actually gave a damn about what others thought....

For those who didn't like it, another Bush adviser explained, "Let me clue you in. We don't care. You see, you're outnumbered two to one by folks in the big, wide middle of America, busy working people who don't read the New York Times or Washington Post or the LA Times."

http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20050509&s=alterman

[Norquist Nemesis]

5. No. They'll drag it out a long as possible

and the FBI will be greeting them with handcuffs sometime in January 2008. :cry:

[dajoki]

6. and then they will be pardoned

sorry if i have no faith in the system. the rich and powerful always get away free.:wtf:

[Norquist Nemesis]

7. No less by an "honorable" Jeb Bush who didn't want to run

but just couldn't let the country down and answered the call to duty. :sarcasm:

When it comes to elections and politicians, my faith is just about par with yours.

[dajoki]

10. how can you blame us...

for feeling that way, the last five years have possibly been the worst in our country's history(at least in my lifetime).:shrug:

[Norquist Nemesis]

11. I'm with you all the way...even before that

my despair began to take root. Right around 1980.

[dajoki]

12. you hit the nail on the head

raygun, and it got worse since. i was around for viet nam but this has it beat.

[JerseygirlCT]

8. I agree. No way.

[mmonk]

9. I don't know

Criminal indictments (the threat thereof) might make them take that route. Nixon began stubborn, but left.

[skip fox]

13. There comes a time . . .

when they couldn't keep from resigning. They'd first make sure of a pardon, but when your party's leaders come to you . . .

[silvershadow]

14. Gepetto could always go back to Halliburton and the big bucks.