IF Dick resigned, who would the village idiot pick as replacement?

[NativeTexan]

Condi comes to mind....Lord help us.

Any ideas?

[Bjornsdotter]

1. Ditto on Condi n/t

[0007]

20. I don't think so!

[Yupster]

52. I'd say a different woman

Kay Bailey Hutchison.

Then Governor Rick Perry can appoint Scott's mom, Carol Keeton Rylander Strayhorn to replace Huchison for the senate which would clear up Perry's own problem of Strayhorn running against him as an independant.

That's my guess anyway.

[Launch Pad]

2. Oh man, that's scary...

because he might just pick his brother Jeb.

Could he do that?

[NativeTexan]

14. Yes, he could...

...and of course, the Bush Junta, formally known as the Senate, would definitely confirm him too!

[joemurphy]

3. Hmmm...Harriet Myers? n/t

[GregD]

4. Senator George Allen (R-VA)

Let him run as VP to replace the shrub

On Ring of Fire this past weekend, it was suggested to watch him. That was taped before the Cheney shooting.

[Warpy]

13. Agreed, they'd want to position some stiff to run in 2008

so the RNC would want Allen or McCain.

Stupid will probably want one of his office wives or his baby brother Jebbie.

[GregD]

15. Woo Hoo!

Someone 'ed me! Thanks, whoever ya are!

[Catchawave]

78. Why he won't pick Allen....

Gov Kaine will replace him with a Dem, right? Which could be Mark Warner?

If Bush picks a Senator, look for one with a Republican Govenor.

[GregD]

82. good point

very good...

[ThoughtCriminal]

5. Rice

Because it would be a huge distraction, make republicans feel better about themselves and they will label any of her critics as being sexist/racist (it's a projection thing).

[MissWaverly]

6. How about Dan Quayle

[Clark2008]

96. With Cheney, that might be Dan Quail

:)

[MissWaverly]

98. You read my mind

[slor]

7. Rice...

thereby placing his polling in the African American disapproval from 92% to to 99%.

[TerdlowSmedley]

8. Harriet Miers

[satya]

9. Whomever Rove tells him to pick. nt

[Dulcinea]

60. Condi, or a senator/congressman from a reliably red state.

That leaves out Allen, b/c Virginia has a Dem governor, & he would appoint a Dem to fill the seat.

Does Arizona have a Dem governor? If so, that nixes McCain.

PA has a Dem governor, so that nixes Santorum, thank God.

Saxby Chambilss? Johnny Isakson? Ugh. :puke:

[nickinSTL]

71. Arizona's governor is

Democrat Janet Napolitano

[KamaAina]

10. Dan "Quayle"?

Call 'em "Dumb and Dumber" :evilgrin:

[MissWaverly]

I thought of it last night

he could explain to the fundies that the hand of God was involved, since the accident
happened on a "quail" hunt so God was telling Bush to replace Cheney with (quail)
Quayle, I know it sounds kind of silly but so did the whole Terri Schiavo thing.

[rox63]

11. Condiliar or McCain

But first they'd have to take *'s dick out of their mouths.

[wakeme2008]

12. His girlfriend

problem is that a male or female :rofl:

[Sinistrous]

16. McCain. Why else would he have sucked up to * so shamelessly.

Sinistrous

[HockeyMom]

17. Little Ricky Santorum

:puke:

[NativeTexan]

18. OH CRAP!!

Now THAT'S a frightening thought!!

[Dulcinea]

84. Not gonna happen.

PA has a Dem governor.

He'll appoint a Dem to fill the seat, even though Santorum won't be in the Senate much longer anyway.

[politicaholic]

19. A bible. Not the tissue paper kind, but the big thick kind...

you know, one with girth that won't back down in the face of danger such as if Tom Delay needs to sit on it to see over the conferance table.

[Mark E. Smith]

21. Someone who would negate the temptation to impeach Georgie

I'm stuck. Who would be an alternative that is worse than Georgie?

[NativeTexan]

22. Santorum was mentioned earlier...

....but LYNN Cheney would be purty skeerie too!

[Mark E. Smith]

23. Yeah, you're right there.

Then there is John Bolton. Or Anton Scalia.

Robert Bork?

[NativeTexan]

24. Oh Hell....why not John Roberts?

He hasn't taken another one of those unearned promotions in a few weeks!!

[Mark E. Smith]

29. I think he would make Georgie feel insecure

When you're that low even Roberts could seem politically threatening.

How about the guy from the TV ads who just lost another one to Ditech?

[karynnj]

64. Now that would satify the earlier poster's call for someone

who might be a poison pill for impeachment and he may feel that if he just says vp cheney people won't notice.

The problem would be confirmation.

[Ian David]

25. Lieberman or McCain. n/t

[NativeTexan]

28. Lieberman probably SHOULD get BOTH feet under ....

.....the covers with Dubya.

[Bridget Burke]

87. Picking Lieberman would be hailed as a bipartisan move!

Then--if things started looking bad for Shrub--he could quit.

President Lieberman would supply pardons for all....

[raysr]

26. He doesn't get to pick

does he? That's an elected post. There is a succession isn't there?

[NativeTexan]

27. Nope....Nixon PICKED Ford...for instance.....it DOES take...

....Senate confirmation!

[Catchawave]

89. Then Ford ascended the throne when Nixon resigned !

Then Ford was defeated by Jimmy Carter in '76!

Ain't Politics fun :)

[ewagner]

30. Smart money says condi

She's the last of the insiders

[Zangal]

31. Giuliani?

Although knowing Dubya, I'd say Shwarzenegger if they hadn't of had the lil' avoidance dance last election

[karynnj]

65. Swartzenegger is not eligible for pres or VP

Guiliani would absolutely freak out the religious right.

[jedr]

32. Tom DeLay?

[NativeTexan]

33. Yeah....that would put the icing on the cake.....

.......but probably not confirmable....thank GOD!

[Senator]

34. Jeb, of course

This may even be their plan.

Unlike the Euphemedia ostriches, they really DO fear impeachment.

Don't sell them short. Just because they "create" reality for others, that doesn't mean they're ignorant of real-reality. They knew they had to steal elections to get into office, so they just got busy doing it.

They know they are vulnerable to public opinion and prepare for it -- by taking the American People out of the electoral loop, by terrorizing them with threats of "mushroom clouds in 45 minutes" -- they'll do what's necesary; without regard to moral or constitutional limits.

And they'll keep "winning" until "the rest of us" (through our so-called "leaders" among the DC/Euphemedia Analstocracy) finally demand that they be stopped -- and removed -- and punished -- and given up to Int'l law -- and have all their never-legitimate actions reversed. Yes, each and every one of them.

This is the "question of our time," how long can fascism prosper in an information age. We're finding out.

Who knows, the shooting of Whittington may well have been a "shot across the bow" at some "old guard" establishment Repubs who are no longer able to ignore what the PNACons are really doing to our once-great nation. He may well have been reading Cheney the riot act. He's certainly someone who would have no need to kowtow to this cabal and may well consider him just another pissant, like the idiot bushkid. Regarless of how "the story" plays out, the message is sent.

Fascism -- monarchism -- theocracy -- it's all the same thing.

A belief that a minority has the right to rule a majority*. It matters little if it's a master race, a theocracy, a family dynasty, a ruling class, or the current DC/Euphemedia Analstocracy.

This is what the stolen election of 2000 was all about. There was zero attention paid to the Will of the People of Florida and the nation. The result of the vote (not the vote count**) was well known shortly after the election when the uncounted ballots were extrapolated by precinct, and Gore won FL by tens of thousands. Any ethical, moral, real American would have conceded to Gore at that point.

(Note: It is at this point that many of you have been trained by fascist propaganda to think "electoral college" and/or "close election" and that somehow some quirk in the system makes what was perpetrated legal or constitutional or something not as disturbing as the truth.)

The contract generally known as the US Constitution was put into breach on January 6th, 2001.

It was this overruling of the will of the (former) American People that left us open to the 9-11 attack, Which was a far less important event compared with the election theft. It simply allowed the 21st Century Neo-Fascists to have their "Reichstag fire" to consolitdate control.

The more important part was that the only global force for good in the past several decades, the public opinion of the American People, was taken out of the equation. Which is why prior to the election theft we could stop plane-crashing over the Pacific at the Millenium with help from Jordanian Intelligence, and after... well, not so much. We had lost our moral ascendency, our place as the court of last resort.

Certainly this is a "kinder, gentler" fascism. But did you expect goose-stepping and racial hate speech? It's much more efficient to simply scream "Mushroom clouds in 45 minutes!!" through every Euphemedia outlet in order to terrorize a population into compliance (20 guys with boxcutters pales in comparision, doesn't it?).

But make no mistake, it is fascism pure and simple.

_________
*"After Socialism, Fascism combats the whole complex system of democratic ideology, and repudiates it, whether in its theoretical premises or in its practical application. Fascism denies that the majority, by the simple fact that it is a majority, can direct human society" - Benito Mussolini 1932

**"Those who cast the votes decide nothing. Those who count the votes decided everything." -- Josef Stalin (echoed by Pol Pot, Bushes, Scalia, Rehnquist, etc...)

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[NativeTexan]

35. EXCELLENT POST, Senator!!

I couldn't agree more. And anyone that believes that the Elder Bush isn't playing this game, is nuts AND unrealistic. It is all about control and elimination of opposition.

And the quotes from an earlier fascist, and a communist are stark examples of what is going on here!!

THANKS!

[Senator]

77. I would imagine that Poppy is only ...

...in an "advisory" position in this. But he could be "on the hook" himself if it all falls apart.

The talk about a Libby pardon brings the danger of his pardoning of co-conspirators popping up out of the memory hole.

And there's no statute of limitations on such treason.

Also, see my response to the post below.

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[Love Bug]

74. Exactly!

And if Dim Son isn't impeached, then Jeb is nicely set up to run in 08.

[Senator]

76. But "Dead-Eye Dick" may not be "going quietly"

This could be a real power struggle. The chatterers are "baffled" by how badly Cheney handled this. But what if we give him some credit for the 40 years of PR saavy he is also reported to have?

The "handling" may have been deliberate.

Especially if you connect it to the dot given today -- Cheney mentioning an "Executive Order" when responding to the only substantive issue he allowed Boot-Licker Britt to pose to him -- about Scooter and Treasonous National Security violations.

The EO expansion was issued in March of 2003.

That makes the bushkid himself a willful, active, co-conspirator in the effort to out/ruin/kill? Valerie Plame in retaliation for Joe Wilson's whistleblowing on their Terorize the Nation into War caper.

Who knows?

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[Independent_Liberal]

36. McCain

I'm willing to bet you $10 it will be McCain.

[NativeTexan]

37. Gretsky might bet more......

.....LOL.

[Radical Activist]

38. Bill Frist

He's leaving the Senate soon anyway and wants to run for President.

[NativeTexan]

39. That one IS scary....

...because it is so possible! Your reasoning is right on the money!

[LSdemocrat]

40. Ashcroft

I just said that to freak people out, but it could happen.

[NativeTexan]

41. I AM STILL SHAKING FROM THAT ONE......

....DAMN, you must be HELL on Halloween!!!

[NJ Democrats]

42. George Allen

Allen gets rushed through and confirmed; but gives the Senate to the Dems in the process!

[Catchawave]

86. See my post #78 :)

[Raster]

43. whomever poppy and the al saud family said to pick.

[Merlot]

44. Oh no you don't! Oh no HE don't

get to resign. dick gets to be impeached, indicted, and whatever else they can do. He doesn't get to walk out and be the wizard behind the curtain.

Don't even go there!

[saltpoint]

45. It would have to be somebody as up to his or her elbows in corruption

as Uncle Dick.

That would be a relatively limited field. Kindasleazy seems like a contender.

They can't pick someone with even an iota of integrity because that person would get in there, see what's going on, and phone Seymour Hersh right away.

It would almost have to be someone in the Lie-about-Iraq group.

[NativeTexan]

73. Honesty would NEVER work.......

with THIS Gang that can't shoot straight!!

[Auntie Bush]

46. He'd pick HIMSELF! Being President would be hard work without Dickie

pulling the strings. He wouldn't have the faintest idea of what to door how to do it. If the Big Dick can pick himself...he can too! Besides he'd much rather hang out in an undisclosed vacation chopping brush!

[beaconess]

47. He'd pick Condi - and then get smacked in the face with the realization

that his base is too racist to tolerate a black woman in a position of real power.

They'd rather than have Hillary as president than have a nig--r as Commander-in-Chief.

[Silverhair]

68. The VP has no real power.

He can break ties in the Senate. Attends a lot of state funerals. Other than that he tends to such errands as the POTUS assigns him.

[Jeffersons Ghost]

48. LET ME HAVE THE HONOR OF KICKING THIS INTO FLAMES

:kick:

[SONUVABUSH]

49. it has to be

an OIL BARON

[Crazy Guggenheim]

50. Lyndon LaRouche .........

:popcorn:

[Ferret Annica]

54. I'd like to see that...

...as the author of "The children of Satan" Loony La Douche no doubt would scramble into office as soon as he could. No doubt sending some of his cult followers to firearms training to handle the problem of the one guy in the way of him becoming POTUS.

[LynneSin]

51. Even without all the scandels I expected Dick to 'retire' before 2008

I figured the excuse would be health reasons. Right now there is no clear successor for the Bush administration which means the republicans could be weak in the next presidental election. By picking an 'Heir Apparant', it would help the repukes in 2008 to hold on to the White House.

I keep thinking Condi but I think there are limits to how much crap she will put up with and I know playing president will pass that limit. My guess would be Jeb Bush. Get brother setup to replace George

[thatsrightimirish]

53. I'll go with a sleeper

Interior Secretary Gale Norton. She's just as sneaky and evil as the rest of them but with a much lower profile. And being from Colorado doesn't hurt.

[NativeTexan]

105. Interesting..

[leftofthedial]

55. McCain

the repuke nazional committee would step in and set someone up for 2008

[snowbear]

56. So... you're saying Bush would change the line of succession rules?

That have been in place forever?

Until the next election, if someone were to happen to the VP, Hastert (by the constitution) gets to take that spot..



Then if for whatever reason Hastert has some problem why he can't fulfill the remainder of the term,

they roll in 80-something year old Ted Stevens..

I see all the messages about who they think he'll put in a VP Vacancy... but if Hastert is alert and healthy, would they bypass tradition and "appoint" someone?

[NativeTexan]

61. You are talking about deaths causing the line of succession.

Resignations of Veeps are just like resignations of Attorneys General. The president gets to pick. The Senate must confirm. Now if something happened to Bush and Cheney at the same time (death), Hastert would definitely move into the WH.

[cyberia]

57. Gerald Ford

:dunce:

[notadmblnd]

58. McCain and Rice

I say both of them because I believe Rumsfeld would hightail it for the private sector right behind Cheney. Rice claims she has no interest in the Prsidency so I think she would be made SEc of Def. McCain would be seated as VP

[Nomen Tuum]

59. Jeb

Welcome to the Monkey House

[nolabels]

62. Karl Rove is my final answer

The handlers are going to have to get Chimpy declare martial law sooner or later so why not cut out the middle man :shrug:

[Marymarg]

63. Jeb

As I posted on another thread that sank like a stone, I think the plan is, and may have been before this situation, to replace Cheney after the midpoint of this term so that the replacement could run for two terms after this term. I say Cheney will stay on until midpoint, then it's Brother Jeb for ten years.

:puke:

[Love Bug]

75. I agree with you. No way is this family going to let go.

[nadinbrzezinski]

66. Thnk 2008 Persidential candidate

that is how they are gonna slide it in

[Catchawave]

88. Like Gerald Ford !?! Especially with a looming

impeachment of Bush....this could get interesting! But we have to take back the Congress first.

Some background for the DU youngsters:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Ford

[Silverhair]

67. Condi. NT

[J-Hen]

69. Mark Sanford

Sanford is the Governor of South Carolina. I don't think he would pick George Allen or John McCain considering both of their states have Democratic governors, and Condi says she doesn't want to be President or VP, so I would think there would be a good shot at Bush picking a Governor.

[NativeTexan]

100. As much as it can, when we are talking about the Village Idiot..

...that makes some sense to me. But THIS idiot is very unpredictable when he is sober.

[rniel]

70. Lieberman

would be a good choice

[NativeTexan]

72. At least Ole Joe.......

......would be where he is more comfortable.

[Tiggeroshii]

79. Condi's not as scary to me as Dick

sure, I don't know a lot about her, but I can't imagine anybody being as evil as this guy is. She was pretty much submissive in terms of the whole IRaq war thing, but I think things ill be a whole lot different in terms of what decisions the admin makes if Cheney is ousted. I eann, Cheney has pretty much been the president these last 5 years anyways.

[gardenista]

80. This has been planned for quite some time.

The latest series of events simply makes it more convenient and believable.

Condi will be VP before the 2006 elections.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=364&topic_id=171311

[LiberalFighter]

81. His Mommy

[NativeTexan]

103. Hell, she is scarier than a LOT of them....

[Ouabache]

83. McCain, then McCain picks Jeb as his vp candidate in 08

then McCain is retired for health reasons about a a thousand days into his term, just far enough into his term so that Jeb can serve the rest of it plus TWO terms of his own. Just watch. I'll bet you a Diebold voting machine on it.

13 years of Jeb coming up. Do you feel lucky?

[NativeTexan]

85. I can't see McCain helping keep a Bush in power....

....! In public they smile, but the Bush's fought dirty and shamefully against McCain in 2000. He won't conspire with them now.

[m_welby]

90. the firsthe first person who walks by the oval office. n/t

[NativeTexan]

91. Only if they can read, since.....

....Bush can't!

[cindyw]

92. Condi

He's been pretty good at controlling her.

[NativeTexan]

93. Or the other way around....

....I am not convinced that she doesn't have him "whipped".

[bikebloke]

94. Brother Jethro

Then he'd be in place for the 2008 selection. The dynasty (die nasty?) would carry on. And he can do what he wants. He's kang, ya know.

[NativeTexan]

95. Well as the Bushies say....if you can't win it....

...STEAL IT!!

[BlueIris]

97. I think he'd use Lieberman.

Who would accept in a heartbeat.

[NativeTexan]

99. Hell Yeah he would!!

No doubt about it.

[Geek_Girl]

101. I doubt dick will resign

He's pretty much running the show.

[boobooday]

102. Maybe he would bring in one of the other Bush Crime-Brothers

Like Neil or Marvin.

Just to piss off Jeb.

[NativeTexan]

104. Something THAT crooked would piss off the GAMBINO'S!!

Don't cha think?