# A President Bush Rant **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 14, 2007, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-president-bush-rant/392116 "2007-02-14T00:27:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2007, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-president-bush-rant/392116/21 "2007-02-14T03:04:41Z")
After seeing this a long time ago, I always think of Dubya as Mini Me: > **[cojoweb.com](http://ww38.cojoweb.com/photo-week-13.html)** > > This domain may be for sale! ---
**Author:** ![Mayo\_Speaks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c57346/32.png) [@Mayo\_Speaks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mayo_Speaks)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2007, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-president-bush-rant/392116/22 "2007-02-14T03:39:35Z")
[QUOTE=Antinor01] [QUOTE=wring] or 43 and 41 [/QUOTE] So you’re saying that neither of them are the answer to life, the universe and everything? [/QUOTE] Actually, Grover Cleveland is counted twice (22 and 24) because he served non-consecutive terms. Therefore, Junior is the 42nd president (in that he is the 42nd person to hold the office) and Senior is the 40th. Thus the answer to life, the universe and everything is, in fact, George Walker Bush. QED (You can’t dispute this! I said “QED,” which is Latin for “I’m right and there’s nothing you can do about it.”) EDIT: Also, my grandfather and I had the same first and last names with different middle names, but the same middle initial. We were referred to as “Senior” and “Junior.” ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2007, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-president-bush-rant/392116/23 "2007-02-14T03:47:15Z")
[QUOTE=kaylasdad99] Or Bush 41 and George the Lesses… [/QUOTE] Oh, scat! ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2007, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-president-bush-rant/392116/24 "2007-02-14T03:50:12Z")
[QUOTE=Mayo Speaks!] Therefore, **Junior** is the 42nd president (in that he is the 42nd person to hold the office) and **Senior** is the 40th. [/QUOTE] I heard that! ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2007, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-president-bush-rant/392116/25 "2007-02-14T06:54:05Z")
[QUOTE=Frank] Part of it’s personal. I got a different middle name from my dad specifically so I would not grow up being called Junior. It still happened, even though we have different nicknames for Francis. It grates; what can I say? [/QUOTE] Undoubtedly, it does grate. But the same thing happened to the current president, whose nickname with his family is, in fact, Junior. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2007, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-president-bush-rant/392116/26 "2007-02-14T12:24:05Z")
Yeah, but Clinton got a blow job. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2007, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-president-bush-rant/392116/27 "2007-02-14T13:14:58Z")
[QUOTE=Frank] Part of it’s personal. I got a different middle name from my dad specifically so I would not grow up being called Junior. It still happened, even though we have different nicknames for Francis. It grates; what can I say? [/QUOTE] I feel your pain. I am in a similar situation. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2007, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-president-bush-rant/392116/28 "2007-02-14T13:31:45Z")
You could use Bush the Good, Bush the Bad, and (if Jeb gets in) Bush the Ugly. ---
**Author:** ![tagos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@tagos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tagos)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2007, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-president-bush-rant/392116/29 "2007-02-14T13:35:37Z")
Bush the Choker and Bush The Drunk work fine for me but I could get behind George The Loser and George the Psycho. ---
**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2007, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-president-bush-rant/392116/30 "2007-02-14T13:36:08Z")
[QUOTE=BobLibDem] … (if Jeb gets in) … [/QUOTE] Please. Some of us plan on eating sometime today. That was just uncalled for. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2007, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-president-bush-rant/392116/31 "2007-02-14T13:37:29Z")
[QUOTE=BobLibDem] You could use Bush the Good, Bush the Bad, and (if Jeb gets in) Bush the Ugly. [/QUOTE] Political distastefulness aside, I’ve always found Jeb the best-looking of the whole clan. Of course, that’s like being the cleanest pig in the mudpit, but hey… ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2007, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-president-bush-rant/392116/32 "2007-02-14T13:51:54Z")
[QUOTE=jayjay] Political distastefulness aside, I’ve always found Jeb the best-looking of the whole clan. Of course, that’s like being the cleanest pig in the mudpit, but hey… [/QUOTE] Yeah, he’s not that ugly, at least compared to the other two. None of them would win a beauty contest. [QUOTE=tagos] Bush the Choker and Bush The Drunk [/QUOTE] I thought it was W that choked on the pretzel. You could have Barfing Bush and Choking Bush. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2007, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-president-bush-rant/392116/33 "2007-02-14T14:08:05Z")
Call me optimistic, but I dream of a world in which the words George Bush are not part of the English (or any other) language. A world where when we hear about President George, we think of Washington. A world where when we hear the word Bush, we either think of pussy or baked beans. When we think of the presidents before and after Clinton, we need to say little more than I’m So Sorry I and I’m So Sorry II. ---
**Author:** ![tagos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@tagos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tagos)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2007, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-president-bush-rant/392116/34 "2007-02-14T14:16:33Z")
[QUOTE=BobLibDem] I thought it was W that choked on the pretzel. You could have Barfing Bush and Choking Bush. [/QUOTE] You could be right. Have you people ever given any consideration to electing people who can handle their food? At least Clinton had the sense to hire people who could swallow for him. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2007, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-president-bush-rant/392116/35 "2007-02-14T14:25:47Z")
[QUOTE=Liberal] Yeah, but Clinton got a blow job. [/QUOTE] And Shrub choked on a pretzel. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2007, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-president-bush-rant/392116/36 "2007-02-14T17:19:06Z")
Isn’t this what “pere” and “fils” are for? ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2007, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-president-bush-rant/392116/37 "2007-02-14T17:30:18Z")
[QUOTE=Doug Bowe] You could always use George the First and George the Second. [/QUOTE] That reminds me of a poem I ran across in a book about the British monarchy years ago. > [@](#): > > Vile George the First was reckoned; > Viler still was George the Second; > And what mortal ever heard > Any good of George the Third! > When George the Fourth to Hell descended, > Thank the Lord the George’s ended. Ah, Thackeray. You were ahead of your times. ---
**Author:** ![Taber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ac91a4/32.png) [@Taber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taber)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2007, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-president-bush-rant/392116/38 "2007-02-14T18:35:24Z")
[QUOTE=BobLibDem] You could have Barfing Bush and Choking Bush. [/QUOTE] Now with Karate chop action! ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2007, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-president-bush-rant/392116/39 "2007-02-14T18:39:19Z")
[QUOTE=Doug Bowe] You could always use George the First and George the Second. [/QUOTE] I thought George the Third was the crazy one. 😕 😃 ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2007, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-president-bush-rant/392116/40 "2007-02-14T18:40:55Z")
[QUOTE=silenus] I thought George the Third was the crazy one. 😕 😃 [/QUOTE] Frightning thought, I am glad he only has daughters. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-president-bush-rant/392116.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-president-bush-rant/392116.md?page=3)