Bush is President! Get over it!

[m0j0]

go ahead and make fun. he will continue to be president.

this has been a special service announcement from your local reality check partner.

[Y2J]

it may be true..but we can still fantasize how much better a position we would have been in had we elected the right man, Harry Browne

[renots]

Originally posted by Y2J
it may be true..but we can still fantasize how much better a position we would have been in had we elected the right man, Harry Browne

[zenbooty]

Man, you Bush apologists sure do like to keep stirring the shit up, don't you? One would think with the way Bush is blundering on just about every front, and looking like a damn fool in the process, y'all would be quieting down and cutting back your losses. Go figure.

[m0j0]

;) nice try...

i'm not a bush apologist. he doesn't need one. i never even said i supported him.

there are too many sore losers out there that they can't see straight. wah de-friggin wah :bawl:

[OC]

Just for the record, I stated in another thread: I feel a lot less worse about having a Republican president now that the Dems are about to control Congress. In my opinion, no party should have control of the White House and Congress for any length of time. Pushing a strictly conservative agenda for two years or more would be bad for the country. Before you accuse me a Republican bashing, I'd feel the same if the Dems had the White House and Congress. Too much liberalism would be just as bad.

-OC

[renots]

Originally posted by overclocked
Too much liberalism would be just as bad.

hah, like the democrats have practiced any kind of true 'liberaliism' in the last decade or so, Let just call it leninist-marxism and call a dog a dog

Yes, it good we neither let the nazis nor the commies take total control of the country. Now if we could only do something about those damn British...

[topane]

I must say that despite the fact I'm no Bush fan, I hope he does a great job as President--we have to live here so why not hope our leader does a good job as opposed to hoping he sucks.

[m0j0]

Originally posted by topane
I must say that despite the fact I'm no Bush fan, I hope he does a great job as President--we have to live here so why not hope our leader does a good job as opposed to hoping he sucks.

and the prize for the intelligent post goes to topane! :)

[Butch]

Looks like it might take a while for people to get over it . . . according to The Onion, people are just REALIZING he's President . . . hehe

http://www.theonion.com/onion3720/bush_actually_president.html

WASHINGTON, DC--More than four months after his Jan. 20 inauguration, the realization that George W. Bush is actually president of the United States finally hit the American people this week.

The fact of the Bush presidency, which sunk in with most Americans sometime between 11 a.m. Sunday and 4 p.m. Tuesday, has stunned citizens of all races, ages, income levels, and party affiliations.

"Whoa," said Bill Wylecszki, 38, a Odessa, TX, grocery-store owner. "George W. Bush, former owner of the Texas Rangers and failed oilman, is president. This is too weird."

"I guess with the media circus and all the other craziness surrounding the election-recount fiasco, I just kind of looked at it like it was some sort of funny TV show," said Amanda Milner, 37, a Red Wing, MN, bank teller. "I never really thought about it as something that was actually happening. And once Bush finally got sworn in, I don't know, I suppose I must've just subconsciously assumed that there would be another recount or another election in a few months or something."

Americans hit with the sudden realization have reported feelings of nervousness, confusion, and disorientation. The effects are said to be fairly uniform across the nation, with a particularly high concentration in Florida.

"A few nights ago, I was watching The Tonight Show, and [Jay] Leno was making some typical joke about Bush--you know, the kind we've all heard a thousand times before--and I was thinking, 'Boy, wouldn't it be bizarre if he actually got elected?'" said Ocala, FL, homemaker and mother of four Janis Niering. "Then it hit me: 'Wait a minute--I think he was.'"

Even months after Inauguration Day, the presidential situation never really dawned on most Americans. This, political experts say, was largely due to the fact that former president Bill Clinton continued to dominate the news through much of February, March, and April, while the media paid little attention to Bush.

"The stolen White House furniture, the missing Ws from the White House computers, the Clinton office in Harlem, the whole Marc Rich pardon thing... it just seemed like Clinton was still president," said Mary Ellen Buis of Salina, KS. "I know that doesn't make sense, but that's what it was like."

"Evidently, I should have taken it all a lot more seriously," Buis continued. "I mean, he's apparently going to be our leader for the next four years, minimum. But who knew?"

Even Republican Party leaders have expressed surprise over Bush's occupancy of the White House.

"Early in the presidential race, we all expected Bush to get stomped by Al Gore," Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) said. "But once the race got tight, we were so excited that we might actually win, it was sort of unreal. But I'm not sure we ever really gave much thought to the idea that it might actually happen. It was more like some strange dream or something."

Pausing to rub his eyes and shake his head, Hatch added, "Wow."

For the first 24 hours after the mass realization, Bush remained silent on his status as president. This, political analysts say, was because the full scope of the truth had only begun to dawn on him, as well. After conferring with top advisors in a six-hour closed-door session, Bush finally addressed the nation Tuesday evening.

"My fellow Americans," Bush said. "God, it sounds so weird to actually be saying that. Anyway, I know we've all had a bit of a shock lately. To be honest with you, I'm a bit blown away by it all myself. But it appears that, for whatever reason, I am now the leader of the free world. And that's something we're all, myself included, going to have to get used to."

Added Bush: "Any comments or advice anyone might have would be welcome at this time."

[pennypinch]

So let me get this shit straight: you want me to stop critically and intellectually assessing this moron's performance in one of the most important jobs in the free world? I should, therefore, mindlessly accept whatever he does as "just him being president"?

Thank you, m0j0, for attempting to lead us down the primrose path to Zombie Nation. Me, I'll stay here where my thinking isn't done for me.

:rolleyes:

[m0j0]

Originally posted by pennypinch
So let me get this shit straight: you want me to stop critically and intellectually assessing this moron's performance in one of the most important jobs in the free world? I should, therefore, mindlessly accept whatever he does as "just him being president"?

Thank you, m0j0, for attempting to lead us down the primrose path to Zombie Nation. Me, I'll stay here where my thinking isn't done for me.

:rolleyes:

it's all perspective i guess. i mean....i see a lot of ppl that are slaves to trying to see stuff as wrong. that is the zombie-ism that seems to be popular right now.

fact: if you try hard enough, you can find a problem with anything.

topane has a good solution. i think i will stick with that one ;)

[pennypinch]

No shit we all want him to do a good job. But what happens when he doesn't? Do we just offer more obligatory attaboys?

The two ideas are totally unrelated. If he does something stupid, I'm gonna say something about it. To not do so is fundamentally un-American.

[zenbooty]

Originally posted by pennypinch
No shit we all want him to do a good job. But what happens when he doesn't? Do we just offer more obligatory attaboys?

The two ideas are totally unrelated. If he does something stupid, I'm gonna say something about it. To not do so is fundamentally un-American.

Here, here!

[m0j0]

there....there...

now....now...

......er......

hey, hey....my, my :)

(at least i'm ok with it :D )

[TheLoneGunman]

Hmmm...

The Jews control Israel. When will the arabs "get over it?"

The drug war is unwinnable. When will the government "get over it?"

Castro runs Cuba. When will the cuban expatriots "get over it?"

Canada is an English speaking country. When will the Quebecois "get over it?"

All of the above things have been going on for decades. Why do you expect a change?

[for20]

Originally posted by TheLoneGunman
Hmmm...

The Jews control Israel. When will the arabs "get over it?"

The drug war is unwinnable. When will the government "get over it?"

Castro runs Cuba. When will the cuban expatriots "get over it?"

Canada is an English speaking country. When will the Quebecois "get over it?"

All of the above things have been going on for decades. Why do you expect a change?

...'cause the shit (http://www.rense.com/earthchanges/earthchanges.html) about to hit the fan?

[zenbooty]

Originally posted by TheLoneGunman
Hmmm...

The Jews control Israel. When will the arabs "get over it?"

The drug war is unwinnable. When will the government "get over it?"

Castro runs Cuba. When will the cuban expatriots "get over it?"

Canada is an English speaking country. When will the Quebecois "get over it?"

All of the above things have been going on for decades. Why do you expect a change?

Because a few decades is a drop in the bucket in the tides of history.

[jase71]

I was no real fan of Clinton... he was just the lesser of two weasels in each of his elections.

But I like the bumpersticker I saw the other day.

"Impeach Bush - and we'll call it even."

The Republicans earned all the animosity they're getting with 8 years of attacks on Clinton. Democrats are just paying back the favor.

And when the Democrats win back the Whitehouse, the Republicans will turn around, and be back on the attack.

It's a cycle that looks like it started with Clinton, and I don't see it ending. Politics have passed up reason and logic in favor of Partisanship. The end results don't matter anymore apparently, just who won the argument.

[m0j0]

nobody will EVER win the argument

[renots]

Originally posted by jase71
And when the Democrats win back the Whitehouse...

FAT CHANCE! Congress will be enough, thank you very much. i don't think we need another Janet R clone "to take care of the children" once again

[jase71]

Originally posted by m0j0
nobody will EVER win the argument

Uh-huh. You're right.

And that's why we get to keep playing the game, over, and over and over.

Neither side is going to back down. Neither side is going to quit. And neither side will ever win.

Pretty soon the only people running for office will be the
greedy, the stupid, and the clinically insane. Everyone else will be scared of the abuse.

Some would say we're already there...