Suppose something happened to Bush...

[liberateamerica8]

Which administration do you think would be the worst (even if it was only interim; you'd be surprised how much one can get accomplished in only 1.5 years; Bush has been able to ruin America's reputation in only 6.5.)

 

[Kandahar]

Which administration do you think would be the worst (even if it was only interim; you'd be surprised how much one can get accomplished in only 1.5 years; Bush has been able to ruin America's reputation in only 6.5.)

Umm
What?

 

[liberateamerica8]

Essentially this: if Bush were to be incapacitated and these people were all candidates to take over his office (although some of them can't), whose regime would be worst?

 

[Kandahar]

Essentially this: if Bush were to be incapacitated and these people were all candidates to take over his office (although some of them can't), whose regime would be worst?

Since when do we have candidates to take over for a dead/incapacitated president? That's the whole point of the Vice Presidency.

 

[DeeJayH]

this poll is going to give champs a chubby :lol:

 

[Jerry]

Which administration do you think would be the worst (even if it was only interim; you'd be surprised how much one can get accomplished in only 1.5 years; Bush has been able to ruin America's reputation in only 6.5.)

This poll makes no sence

 

[barefootguy]

There should be an option that says "all of the above".

 

[jujuman13]

God forebid that something should happen to Bush, because Cheney would have a heart attack & that would leave us with a Pelosi as head of state.

 

[The Mark]

Of the five listed?

Pelosi would be the worst possible.

I think Condi might be the best.

Cheney second best.

But this is only because I don't really know much about the other two, so with the information I had I chose this.

But it's all moot, cause if President Bush dies for some reason, Cheney would be in charge......after all, he's the VP.
If he dies, then Pelosi would be in charge. She truly scares me.

 

[bhkad]

Which administration do you think would be the worst (even if it was only interim; you'd be surprised how much one can get accomplished in only 1.5 years; Bush has been able to ruin America's reputation in only 6.5.)

Shame on you.

 

[The Mark]

Bush has been able to ruin America's reputation in only 6.5. [years])

Prove it.
Prove that President Bush, single handedly, has ruined America's reputation in 6.5 years (from the start of his first term, eh?).
Prove that it was not already partially ruined before he ever took office.
Prove that it was not partially the fault of others in government.
Prove that it was not partially the fault of negative media coverage (however justified, which I think it was not, but that's another topic).

Just....Prove it. I personally think he has done very little to HELP our reputation, but at the same time, I am positive that our reputation was being damaged long before his presidency....I know that I thought it was, and if one person had a lower opinion of our country, then that was a change in our reputation.
And don't say that just because America’s reputation was damaged in the eyes of one of its own citizens, it doesn't count. It does.

 

[bhkad]

Since when do we have candidates to take over for a dead/incapacitated president? That's the whole point of the Vice Presidency.

I think we've become so warped that presidential death and succession fantasies have become topics of the Lilo & Stitch crowd. :doh

 

[dragonslayer]

Which administration do you think would be the worst (even if it was only interim; you'd be surprised how much one can get accomplished in only 1.5 years; Bush has been able to ruin America's reputation in only 6.5.)

way to go. I agree with ya, but have to say that so far, I support Hillary.

I do like Edwards and Obama. I have time to change my mind.

Anyone but another right winger who hates the American people, like we have now.

 

[americanwoman]

No brainer. Under Cheney. It makes me sick to even think of him as our president. There is something just sinister about him.

 

[liberateamerica8]

Shame on you.

For what, may I ask?

 

[liberateamerica8]

Prove it.
Prove that President Bush, single handedly, has ruined America's reputation in 6.5 years (from the start of his first term, eh?).
Prove that it was not already partially ruined before he ever took office.
Prove that it was not partially the fault of others in government.
Prove that it was not partially the fault of negative media coverage (however justified, which I think it was not, but that's another topic).

Just....Prove it. I personally think he has done very little to HELP our reputation, but at the same time, I am positive that our reputation was being damaged long before his presidency....I know that I thought it was, and if one person had a lower opinion of our country, then that was a change in our reputation.

And don't say that just because America’s reputation was damaged in the eyes of one of its own citizens, it doesn't count. It does.

I think that you just proved me right. I, being a US citizen, am now of the opinion that George W. Bush has damaged America's reputation and has subjected us to world derision - and my opinion does count.

However, you do have some good points. Yes, it may be true that our reputation was insidiously, slowly, being damaged pre-Bush, but Bush has certainly helped America lose a lot of its 'soft' power and prestige.

This entire War on Terror, while however justified it may have been at the beginning, is costing American taxpayers their rights, privacy, and billions of dollars. Bush's paranoia is only serving as a motivator for some of the millions of dissatisfied young Muslims to join terrorist organizations. In addition, the Iraqi and Afghani occupations are weakening the US military and only forcing the terrorists to devise more clever ways to kill US soldiers.

The occupations are causing Europeans and Islamists alike to view the US as a bully, an occupying power with delusions of imperialism. Although the US originally intervened in Afghanistan and Iraq for the right reasons, things have quickly deteriorated and we could be stuck in this quagmire for a long time in the future.

I will be rejoicing on the day Bush leaves office, because unless Cheney runs for president, it couldn't possibly get much worse.

 

[Jerry]

I will be rejoicing on the day Bush leaves office, because unless Cheney runs for president, it couldn't possibly get much worse.

That's what they said about Clinton.

 

[Cold Highway]

Cheney bar none the 2nd worse would be Pelosi. A far right as the VP and a far left as the House Speaker :shock:

 

[liberateamerica8]

That's what they said about Clinton.

A man's marital issues have nothing to do with how he runs a country. Who cares if he was unfaithful as long as he was a good president? At least during his administration, our budget was balanced.

 

[DeeJayH]

A man's marital issues have nothing to do with how he runs a country. Who cares if he was unfaithful as long as he was a good president? At least during his administration, our budget was balanced.

I was wondering, how many Legislative billls did he have to veto to keep that budget balanced?
After Reps took control will suffice, but if you know about before than, it would be appreciated

 

[Trajan Octavian Titus]

A man's marital issues have nothing to do with how he runs a country. Who cares if he was unfaithful as long as he was a good president? At least during his administration, our budget was balanced.

He wasn't a good President, he sold his soul and our technology to Red China in exchange they financed his campaign, then to cover up that crime he created the Clinton/Gorelick wall in order to prevent our CIA operatives from communicating with the FBI which in conjunction with his "human rights scrub" policy and funding cuts did irreprable damage to our intelligence capabilities, not to mention that he was offered up OBL on a silver platter and had him in his crosshairs on multiple occassions yet failed to pull the trigger. There's much much more from travelgate to whitewater, and his infidelity has nothing to do with it, he obstructed justice, intimidated witnesses (killed their cats and put their skulls on their porches) and perjured himself during a sexual harrassment lawsuit.

 

[Kandahar]

He wasn't a good President, he sold his soul and our technology to Red China in exchange they financed his campaign, then to cover up that crime he created the Clinton/Gorelick wall in order to prevent our CIA operatives from communicating with the FBI which in conjunction with his "human rights scrub" policy and funding cuts did irreprable damage to our intelligence capabilities, not to mention that he was offered up OBL on a silver platter and had him in his crosshairs on multiple occassions yet failed to pull the trigger. There's much much more from travelgate to whitewater, and his infidelity has nothing to do with it, he obstructed justice, intimidated witnesses (killed their cats and put their skulls on their porches) and perjured himself during a sexual harrassment lawsuit.

You forgot eating babies and molesting children.

 

[bhkad]

For what, may I ask?

People have come to consider this kind of talk so commonplace they have lost their ability to recognize just how damned inappropriate such talk is. It's wishful fantasizing about some unfortunate event happening to our president.

You or someone will point out that the OP was just theorizing and that there is nothing wrong with considering the possibilities.

Well, the line of succession is a matter of law. So what this is is little more than putting thoughts to unfortunate things to happen to GWB.

And why would someone do this if the line of succession is already set?

Because they get a thrill thinking about misfortune befalling the president.

And why do they do that?

Because they don't understand the danger posed by Jihad and because they don't understand the threat they misinterpret what the president has done to protect us and liberty around the world from Jihad.

And because they don't understand it they should stop undermining the Govt's efforts to fight an enemy they don't understand.

 

[Chanda]

That would be Cheney, although he is already the real president.

 

[DeeJayH]

You forgot eating babies and molesting children.

since he did not do that, does that make everything else TOT said ok?
or are you saying TOTs statements are as absurd a statement as yours?
or are you saying Bush is a great president too because he did not eat babies or molest children?