# B Bashers Anonymous **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 26, 2005, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/b-bashers-anonymous/305557 "2005-05-26T05:28:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2005, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/b-bashers-anonymous/305557/21 "2005-05-27T01:30:20Z")
I’ve noticed that I have developed Bush-speak in my posts. It’s getting worse. I was fairly coherent when Kennedy was in office. ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2005, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/b-bashers-anonymous/305557/22 "2005-05-27T02:32:28Z")
Hi everyone. I am tired of trying to hide it. I’ve gone through the denial-anger-acceptance phases and I must admit. I am a Bush-Basher. Sure, the vast majority of you are shocked at what I am saying. But I must admit it is true. The thing is, it is so easy to go into a “Dubya-Bashing” rant. I mean you try to like the guy. But then you realize he’s like the spoiled kid in your neighborhood, or some brat you went to school with right? He’s like the son of the mayor or some rich guy in town or son of the Police Chief. And then because of his father, they make him quarterback of the high school football team … but you _KNOW_ there are so many other players so much better than he is. The football team consistently loses games but does anyone dare question why that spoiled brat is stil the quarterback? [SIZE=5]NO!!! Everyone wants to stay on the good side of the folks who run your town. So they just let this brat run roughshod … :mad: [/size] Well, I guess you get the idea how easy it is to go “Dubya Bashing”. This was just an example. This won’t count against me will it? ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2005, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/b-bashers-anonymous/305557/23 "2005-05-27T02:53:11Z")
Bashing Bush is one thing. Doing it in bright red letters is… YOU COMMIE BASTARD!!! ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2005, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/b-bashers-anonymous/305557/24 "2005-05-27T02:53:22Z")
Hello, **wolf-meister**. Whether or not it will count against you depends on whether or not there’s a paper trail. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2005, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/b-bashers-anonymous/305557/25 "2005-05-27T02:56:10Z")
I see the Socialists are picking on the Communists again. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2005, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/b-bashers-anonymous/305557/26 "2005-05-27T03:06:25Z")
Well, yeah! The primacy of the revolutionary cadres is a bunch of crap! ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2005, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/b-bashers-anonymous/305557/27 "2005-05-27T03:38:05Z")
And this thread fights ignorance how? All the Bush bashers stand around yukkin’ it up, slapping one another on the back. If you’d like me to appreciate your point of view, this isn’t the venue. Don’t you have enough detritus cluttering up the front page of the Pit? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2005, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/b-bashers-anonymous/305557/28 "2005-05-27T03:45:44Z")
This one is not at one with Landroo! He’s not of The Body! Intruder alert! Intruder Alert! ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2005, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/b-bashers-anonymous/305557/29 "2005-05-27T04:05:38Z")
Ignorance. Bush. Same difference. You from the media? Quick. What’s the fourth step? Gotcha! ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2005, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/b-bashers-anonymous/305557/30 "2005-05-27T04:25:19Z")
Hey, y’all, what is a _detritus_? (scratches top of head) **elucidator** , reset the Stardate on the alarm and rewrite appropriate lyrics to “Monster Mash.” **Finn**! Another joke! I’m resetting my timer to 00:00. On the homefront, six Tennessee lawmakers were arrested today for accepting bribes in a sting. I think more arrested are expected. Most were state senators. This one crossed party lines. We were upstaged by Texas though. Dang. _Our_ corruption never makes the news anymore. Question: In the Senate, the Republicans say the Democrats are filibustering the UN nomination since they didn’t vote cloture and the Democrats say they are not. Since there was a Republican speaking about another matter after the vote, how can the Democrats be filibustering? Is Bush limp-Fristed? 00:00 ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2005, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/b-bashers-anonymous/305557/31 "2005-05-27T04:32:23Z")
**Zoe** , I believe “detritus” means left over debris, leavings, etc. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2005, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/b-bashers-anonymous/305557/32 "2005-05-27T04:49:43Z")
> [@Starving Artist](#): > > **Zoe** , I believe “detritus” means left over debris, leavings, etc. [Not necessarily.](http://www.ie.lspace.org/books/whos-who/detritus.html) ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2005, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/b-bashers-anonymous/305557/33 "2005-05-27T04:56:33Z")
\*[Boris Karloff] …when what to my wondering eyes should arrive But Dr. Frankenfirst and the Kitten-Skinning Five… [/BK]\* ---
**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2005, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/b-bashers-anonymous/305557/34 "2005-05-27T04:57:55Z")
**Zoe** , comrade **dances** is right. If we are to win his support, we shouldn’t say unkind things about our honorable president in this thread. [We should not mention that Bush looks like a chimp](http://politicalhumor.about.com/library/images/blbushchimpanzee.htm) We must certainly, not, if we are to be polite, mention that Bush says things which at best reveal him to be neutron-dense, and at worst reveal that he’s a slimey alien from a corporate sin galaxy masquerading as a human being. Things like: [“See, in my line of work you got to keep repeating things over and over and over again for the truth to sink in, to kind of catapult the propaganda.” —George W. Bush, Greece, N.Y., May 24, 2005](http://politicalhumor.about.com/library/blbushisms.htm) We should certainly be respectful enough of the delicate sensibilities of the Bush regime as to mention that [one of his first official acts as president was to try to fucking inhale a whole pretzel without chewing it.](http://archives.cnn.com/2002/ALLPOLITICS/01/14/bush.fainting/) It would be impolite and wholely improper to point out that Bush is a pandering schmuck lapping up the table scraps of the right wing lunatic fringe and [while governer of texas , “George W. Bush signed a memorandum on 17 April 2000 proclaiming 10 June to be ‘Jesus Day’ in Texas, a day that “challenges people to follow Christ’s example by performing good works in their communities and neighborhoods.””](http://www.snopes.com/religion/jesusday.htm) And, I’m sure we can all agree it goes without saying that we don’t need to rub their noses in the fact that he fucks sheep in public. Well he does. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2005, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/b-bashers-anonymous/305557/35 "2005-05-27T04:58:21Z")
Oh, sorry… - They did the Mash! The did the MON-ster Mash!\* ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2005, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/b-bashers-anonymous/305557/36 "2005-05-27T05:26:59Z")
**danceswithcats** I am sorry that you feel offended by a bunch of SDMB “Bush Bashers” getting together to make jokes about the current Commander In Chief. I realize there are some people, such as yourself, who want the SDMB to be a more cultural, insightful refuge from the usual Internet folderol. I particularly enjoyed your erudition in Post #23 in this thread: [Holy shit, I am farting like a motherfuck!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/search.php?searchid=901664) which was just 2 postings before you made your harsh (but well-deserved) reprimand to the participants right here in our “Bush Bashing” club. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![RedFury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ec9cab/32.png) [@RedFury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedFury)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2005, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/b-bashers-anonymous/305557/37 "2005-05-27T05:35:35Z")
May Shrill Lefties twelve-step here as well? If so, I’m in. ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2005, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/b-bashers-anonymous/305557/38 "2005-05-27T05:42:55Z")
I’d like one of you to explain how this _isn’t_ a joke thread-verboten in Pit rules. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Carter_of_Mars)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2005, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/b-bashers-anonymous/305557/39 "2005-05-27T05:45:02Z")
Oh dear, oh dear, whatever shall we do? The only lefty on this board with a smidgin of common sense,(that being **Zoe** ), has now gone off the deep end. Over the top. 'Round the bend. And so forth. **Zoe** , dear heart, have you been visiting the absinthe cellars again? Please refrain! This beloved country of ours has veered a bit to the right even for my tastes, and I was depending on you to oust Frist and head us a bit towards center. If not you, who? If not now, when? Already have I mustered the promise of 12 votes for Zoe in Lawrence County and five more in Davidson. Is all my work to be in vain? Woe is me: She who was to be “Savior of the Century” has slipped a cog. Without **Zoe** , in every direction lies desolation and ruin… ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2005, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/b-bashers-anonymous/305557/40 "2005-05-27T05:48:30Z")
> [@RedFury](#): > > May Shrill Lefties twelve-step here as well? > > If so, I’m in. Sure, you can do the Bush-Basher-Bashing 12-Step (be careful you don’t step on your comrade’s toes!), but we recommend getting in shape for the more complex steps with the [Texas Two-Step.](http://www.ehow.com/how_4285_texas-two-step.html) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/b-bashers-anonymous/305557.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/b-bashers-anonymous/305557.md?page=3)