If Dick Cheney dropped dead today

[malaise]

how would DUers react. I am beyond curious.

[AlCzervik]

1. we'll get back to you if that ever happens.

[jakem]

2. OH NO! I have to take dance lessons asap!

now where is that grave going to be?

[CODemocrat]

70. I would cheer...

no shame here, that man is a jerk.

[ThatsMyBarack]

77. Welcome to DU, CODemocrat!

:hi:

[lonestarnot]

87. I'll teach you how, and drink a bunch of beer for after the funeral

;)

[TahitiNut]

94. I'd be too drunk for dance lessons to help.

Anyone I'd be around wouldn't care, either.

[Jeanette in FL]

3. I take the 5th

I don't want that kind of karma. LOL

[Drunken Irishman]

4. I would feel bad for his family.

Personally? I wouldn't be sad, but I would feel for his family.

[gateley]

I would be pissed -

it's been a fear of mine that he'll die before we can bring him to justice. I'm not proud of myself for feeling that way, but it's the truth.

[Initech]

28. Same here.

I'd rather see him rotting in prison than in the ground. Unfortunately I think he may be "sacrificed" in the same way Ken Lay was. :yoiks:

[newmajority]

5. I'd feel bad....

...for Satan and everyone else in Hell who would have to put up with him :evilfrown:

[weezy2736]

6. I wouldn't react, I don't think.

I don't think it's ethical to celebrate a death, but I don't have anything nice to say about the man.

[Runcible Spoon]

7. I would be pissed he keeled over without getting convicted of high crimes and treason.

what are you trying to get at by posting this?

[peace frog]

30. Ditto my thought

Not that Cheney will ever face justice for his crimes, but there's always the chance of it as long as he's alive.

[JackRiddler]

43. Exactly this.

[ColbertWatcher]

8. I'd like to know who he went hunting with. n/t

[Mountainman]

9. We are not supposed to feel good about someone dying or speak ill of the dead.

But the thought that Cheney would not get to spend the billions he got from all the lives lost and all the people screwed by him makes me smile.

[spinbaby]

10. We would be politely sympathetic,

as civilized people are in public.

What we do in the privacy of our own homes is our own business.

[az chela]

11. There would be dancing in the streets

[tularetom]

12. I gotta read these posts more carefully

I didn't notice the "if" in your title and was pissed off that he had escaped prosecution by croaking.

DU'ers are an amazingly compassionate bunch. Most would probably say that although they frequently disagreed with Mr Cheney he was a true professional and was just doing his job.

[malaise]

19. Well let me say up front that I will start the thread

celebrating and offering drinks.

[Runcible Spoon]

20. ehhh, I don't think you would get much of that :P

you can go back to threads of other unpopular people kicking the bucket. the worst will be "good riddance/where are my tap shoes" the best will be "I feel for his family" and most will be "best not to speak ill of the dead".

[jgraz]

45. Yeah, I'd be pissed off.

My first reaction was "who cares?", but I'd definitely be pissed that he avoided prosecution.

Then I'd want to see the body -- make sure it really is Cheney.

[PDJane]

62. as an aside, there was no funeral for my father

(my much estranged father) I swear to you that it was because they were afraid of the traffic jams. All those people coming by to make sure it was really him, and he was really dead, you know?

[Sheets of Easter]

13. I would solemnly, quietly reach for the Courvoisier.

[malaise]

21. I'll be toasting with you. n/t

[Burma Jones]

14. I don't think I'd have much of a reaction

[Occam Bandage]

15. I'd express condolances to his family,

appreciation for his inhuman work ethic, and that's about it. His legacy and life speak for themselves.

[Javaman]

16. I would be conflicted...

I wouldn't know whether to piss or dance on his grave.

[backscatter712]

17. Ding Dong the Dick is Dead!!!

Yeah, I'd be celebrating.

Cheney ain't even fucking human. There's a special place in Hell for psychopaths like him.

[DinahMoeHum]

23. Ding ding ding, we have a winner!

You just got nominated for a "DUzy award"!!

:evilgrin:

[csziggy]

81. I was just looking this up

http://www.cyberbee.com/yesteryear/oz_37.mp3

[Bluebear]

18. "Ciao, felon."

[Zuiderelle]

22. So, you really want to compare a good journalist like Tim Russert to a greedy murderer like Cheney?

[Name removed]

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[anonymous171]

24. Shock. Because that which is not alive cannot die.

[KG]

25. the hand-wringers would have a hissy, like they are having now.

[malaise]

31. Another winner here n/t

[Brigid]

26. I would dance in the streets,

except it's storming again right now.

[jakem]

27. How would you know he has died, anyway?

[Oeditpus Rex]

35. Easy

Read the voltmeter.

[baldguy]

66. If you put a potted flower in his hand

It wouldn't wither up, die, crumble to dust & blow away if he's dead.

[GoneOffShore]

89. Doesn't that happen now?

And does anyone see him in the daylight?

Does he cast a shadow?

Can he be seen in mirrors?

[Junkdrawer]

32. "Don't say anything at all"...

"When you can't say anything nice..."

- My Mom

[malaise]

34. Both my grandma and mom used to say that

but they made more than a few exceptions.

[deadmessengers]

33. I won't speak ill of the dead...

that's just how I was raised. In Cheney's case, however, that would leave me without a goddamn thing to say.

[City Lights]

36. No comment.

:evilgrin:

[Beacool]

37. I would wish him to rest in peace and say a prayer for his soul.

I would also pray for his family.

The man may be despicable but I don't cheer people's death.

[Cleita]

38. I doubt if many tears would be shed.

I do believe most DUers would be civil.

[Forkboy]

39. I'd be friggin' thrilled.

However, while I didn't like Timmy I don't feel joy at his passing like I would Dick's. When Cheney kicks it I may propose a national holiday.

[RichGirl]

40. You can't have a heart attack...

....if you don't have a heart.

Cheney will never die. They'll just reboot him.

[bobbolink]

41. We'd need to have the address for our dancing party...

Could you please send a map to the gravesite?

:evilgrin:

[balantz]

42. Don't let your dog eat it!

It's poisonous!

[jgraz]

44. Wouldn't care really. Now if SCALIA punched it....

:party:

[malaise]

47. LOL

:D.

I do agree that Russert was no Cheney but I'm a little shocked at the canonization.

[jgraz]

52. Russert was a likable guy. I thought he was a poor journalist, but I couldn't dislike him

[otohara]

46. Dick Cheney is No Tim Russert

so what's your point?

[malaise]

48. We both posted that at the same time n/t

[warren pease]

49. World's largest block party...

A planetary festival unprecedented in recorded history. Any tears shed would be tears of joy. The intertubes would stream everything live from all the major cities on every continent.

Even the penguins would party down on whatever's left of the Antarctic ice. Polar bears would be exchanging high-fives and fist bumps and chest thumps on icebergs all across the brand new shipping channels of the Arctic Ocean.

In less developed countries, the word would go out by word of mouth, drummers would pound it out, even smoke signals might make a comeback. Modern Paul Reveres would ride like the wind from village to town to wide spot in the road proclaiming the news of the world-wide reprieve.

Iranians, who probably have the most to lose by his continued existence and the most riding on his immediate departure, would break all religious proscriptions against promiscuity, debauchery and public drunkenness. Hashish consumption would break all previous records.

The only somber voices would be those of the hypocrite blowhards on US TV news, and even some of them couldn't keep straight faces for their entire time on camera. Ms. Perino, neo-ditz and archetype of vapid republican female obliviousness, would read a prepared statement citing his long and noble record of public service.

When a quarter or half ends on stupor bowl sunday, urban legend has it that water pressure goes way down in just about all population centers because hundreds of thousands of toilets are flushing all that second-hand Bud lite swill into the sewer system.

It's likely that about two paragraphs into Ms. Perino's recitation, the same phenomenon would occur, but for a different reason.

Tens of millions would piss themselves because they had reached a state of gaga giddiness that prevented control of their bladders. Millions more would be laughing so hard that their gag reflexes kicked in and they actually puked in ecstasy. And the remaining hundreds of millions would be busy flushing their new RFID chips from passports, cell phones and other common items the fascist bastard has commandeered as surveillance devices and GPS-compliant locators.

I think that about covers it, except for the millions of church bells ringing out the uninhibited joy of the earth's entire population from every corner of the planet.

Oh, and my cats would probably nab a small defenseless rodent in celebration.

Now if only the Giants would start driving in some runs...


wp

[countryjake]

56. Woohoo! We can only dream...

great imagery creation there!

[malaise]

57. LOL

What a DUzy! :D

[Brigid]

58. Yes indeed.

Already we have a nominee for next week's awards. How come we can't nominate, anyway?

[malaise]

60. I like the DUzy process

as it is.

[countryjake]

50. I would celebrate with the rest of the civilized world, but not here...

I'm not into that "keeping up appearances" which so many internet-bound folk seem to feel is important. I know plenty who've never even turned on a computer who will know how to react to such good news.

[underpants]

51. I'd refrain from posting

which is both what I am doing now and, clearly, rather hard for me to do

[Phred42]

53. I"d drink a 6-pack and find his grave

[HughMoran]

54. I'd pump my fist in the air

He's a mass-murderer - most people executed in this country have done a lot less killing than Cheney.

[chknltl]

55. We will be observing history being made

The death of a sitting Vice President is quite rare. I suspect that there will be quite a bit of pomp and circumstance associated with his passing, total news coverage 24-7 and etc.

Here in the DU we would quickly move past the "lets not be morbidly gleeful stage" to the 'WTF' outrage stage when we realize that MSM used this 'event' as a way to block out any important news, scandals, or shocking horrors coming out of the bush-administration. Another-words, Vice President Cheney's passing would be a giant media smoke screen...sorta like a diapered astro-'nut', a pantiless star exiting her car and Paula Abdul-Simon Cowell having a brouhaha all rolled into one yet for an entire week! The size of this week-long 'Friday Afternoon News Dump' will be staggering!

For me the biggest problem with his passing is that we will never get to see what he was truly made of...it's not like the government will slip up and allow another alien autopsy to get out and be posted on youtube again like this one was:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCUxSZjrq2w

[spanone]

59. i don't wish death on any human being...i want cheney around for the trials...it would sadden me

[kestrel91316]

61. I'd spring for a bottle of Veuve Clicquot and have a party.

[alarimer]

63. I would do jumping jacks. Maybe a cartwheel or two.

Russert was part of the mainstream media and to some degree he and it are responsible for the war in Iraq by not questioning the motives enough but he was not a bad guy.

Cheney IS a bad guy. Very bad, evil, I'd say so I'd be overjoyed if he croaked.

[sammythecat]

64. I'd be very disappointed.

I still have the slimmest, almost non-existent hope that man will be punished for what he's done. Then he can go die, and the world will be a better place.

Better that he'd never been born. It's very likely many, many, thousands of people would still be alive if that creature had never come into being.

I'm not religious, but I do believe in forgiveness of ANY sin, no matter what, if the sinner is FULLY cognizant of what they've done and TRULY repentant. I chose those words carefully. I'm not talking about some kind of perfunctory apology here. In any case, I'm not expecting anything like that from Cheney. I'm just hoping that somehow, before that fucker dies, he reaps at least a little of what he's sown.

[Connie_Corleone]

65. I'll probably act the way I did when I thought Cheney got shot a couple years ago.

Instead it was Cheney who shot that old guy in the face.

How I reacted when I was mistaken cannot be disclosed.

[malaise]

69. LOL

Too good :D

[TexasObserver]

67. It wouldn't change my opinions of him, or my statements about him.

We are having conversations on a message board for Democrats. The family is not here. They're not checking in to see what DU is saying. So, the conversation is about what DUers have on their minds.

If Dick Cheney dropped dead today, my first thought would be "they're cleaning up the crimes they've committed," followed by "I wonder if the plan is to name McCain VP."

[pleah]

68. I would rather he be in prison when he kicked the bucket.

[Sydnie]

71. Just to clarify

Is that "Tim Russert" kind of dead or "Ken Lay" kind of dead?

[malaise]

73. Certainly not Ken Lay not the Israel hedge fund robber

Have they caught him yet.

[meow2u3]

72. I'd dance in the streets and celebrate

Ding, dong, the wicked witch is dead! :D

[HughBeaumont]

74. You wouldn't get a SINGLE RIP outta me.

Tim Russert, I can see. While not a fan, the way he died was tragic and sad.

People like Spidery Sleazoid Dick Cheney deserve NO compassion, sympathy or mourning. I'd ignore every "be better than that" post and gyrate a giant middle finger in the air for his memory.

FUCK Dick Cheney. The sooner this useless oxygen thief dies, the better. The stench of war, poverty and fearmongering will forever hang over his hole. No use for heartless bastards on this earth.

[malaise]

75. Russert death is horrible for his family and friends

N doubt about that.

[PlanetBev]

76. It does piss me off that Cheney is still walking around

and Tim Russert is dead.

Of course, what do you expect from an android? If you opened the panel on Cheney's back, you'd find transistors, resistors, and diodes.

[spanone]

78. after 86 replies, this thread wants a rec !

[ecstatic]

79. If McCain dropped dead today...

:hide:

[gulliver]

80. I would hate it if he dropped dead.

Now, if he got MRSA on the top of his head and was eaten away slowly that would be different.

[Pab Sungenis]

82. Feel sorry for his family.

Feel relief for the nation.

No tears for Caesar.

[StarryNite]

83. It wouldn't be a shock

because he has so many heart problems. It's almost more surprising that he is still above the ground. I couldn't feel sorry for him because he is partly responsible for the deaths of thousands.

[Solly Mack]

84. Death is too easy for the piece of shit

He deserves to rot away in prison

[lib2DaBone]

85. If "DICK" Cheney dropped dead.....

... the number of people mourning would fit in a phone booth.

[Recursion]

86. Were you here when Reagan's body finally died?

We'd piss and dance on Cheney's grave just like we did on Ron's.

[malaise]

100. Yes I was

Oh yes I was.:D

[Canuckistanian]

88. Oh, stop trying to cheer us up

We all know that he's already "died" several times and is the culmination of YEARS of corpse re-animation research.

Why do you think Abe Vigoda is still with us?

[lpbk2713]

90. I'd demand a second or third opinion.

The BushCo Regime isn't above any stunt that they could possibly get some mileage out of.

[underseasurveyor]

91. relieved

very very relieved

[brettdale]

92. Hell's population

would increase by one.

[Steerpike_Denver]

93. A certain poignant song comes to mind:

"Ding! Dong! The Witch is Dead!"

[MrSlayer]

95. Dick Cheney is undead.

But if they announced his death I assume we'd all be quite happy. He really is a piece of shit who has destroyed millions of lives.

[Ilsa]

96. Death is the easy way out for Cheney. His crimes should be

out in the open for all to see. I don't want anyone excusing his crimes because he isn't around to defend himself.

[IDemo]

97. Good Cheney quote for the headstone: "So?"

[Kahuna]

98. Pretty much the same way as when Falwell died. Grave dancing. nt

[malaise]

99. That simple

I just hate the deification of fellow mortals just because they've died. All I want is truth.

[liberaltrucker]

101. I'd spare no expense to find his secure, unmarked grave

Drink a case of Bud, and take the Mother of all Pisses.

:evilgrin: