# Didn't really like the 'tude from Bush today **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 19, 2006, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/didnt-really-like-the-tude-from-bush-today/353233 "2006-04-19T01:18:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 4
**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:** [April 21, 2006, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/didnt-really-like-the-tude-from-bush-today/353233/61 "2006-04-21T13:14:40Z")
> [@calm kiwi](#): > > God knows who the next one will be but it is a fairly safe bet that he couldn’t be worse and it would be fairly hard for him to be a more arrogant, fucked up MORON! Look, do everyone a favor and don’t, please, _ **don’t** _ go tempting Fate like that, okay? ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/didnt-really-like-the-tude-from-bush-today/353233/62 "2006-04-21T13:21:21Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > Look, do everyone a favor and don’t, please, _ **don’t** _ go tempting Fate like that, okay? Agreed. If there’s anything I’ve learned from life (and most people should have, as well), it’s that ‘Things can always be worse.’ Always. -Joe ---
**Author:** ![DanBlather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@DanBlather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DanBlather)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/didnt-really-like-the-tude-from-bush-today/353233/63 "2006-04-21T13:23:19Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Really a pity he couldn’t vent his testosterone poisoning by slipping Laura the pork sword more often, would have been better for all concerned, and she seems the kind of woman who would grit her teeth and accept her role as stern duty demands. Taking one for the team, so to speak. > > Unless, of course, there is some…problem. Just lie back and think of Texas. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/didnt-really-like-the-tude-from-bush-today/353233/64 "2006-04-21T13:53:11Z")
> [@calm kiwi](#): > > The saddest thing is that the American people got to decide the “deciderator” of the Iraqis. If you, Australia, Canada and England wanted to invade us, you’d be greeted as liberators. ---
**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/didnt-really-like-the-tude-from-bush-today/353233/65 "2006-04-21T14:01:16Z")
> [@Merijeek](#): > > Agreed. If there’s anything I’ve learned from life (and most people should have, as well), it’s that ‘Things can always be worse.’ > > Always. > > -Joe Or as I like to say: sometimes the light at the end of the dark tunnel is a train coming at full speed in your direction. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/didnt-really-like-the-tude-from-bush-today/353233/66 "2006-04-21T14:54:42Z")
> [@calm kiwi](#): > > God knows who the next one will be but it is a fairly safe bet that he couldn’t be worse and it would be fairly hard for him to be a more arrogant, fucked up MORON! Like I’ve said before, any one of us Dopers could be President, and show up drunk every day or not show up at all, and STILL have been a better president. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/didnt-really-like-the-tude-from-bush-today/353233/67 "2006-04-21T17:14:40Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > Look, do everyone a favor and don’t, please, _ **don’t** _ go tempting Fate like that, okay? _Especially_ considering the fact that Bush has two brothers! ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/didnt-really-like-the-tude-from-bush-today/353233/68 "2006-04-21T18:03:18Z")
> [@bup](#): > > If you, Australia, Canada and England wanted to invade us, you’d be greeted as liberators. They used cannonades on _their own people!_ ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/didnt-really-like-the-tude-from-bush-today/353233/69 "2006-04-21T19:09:38Z")
Love that new gaffe where he calls Hu the leader of Taiwan! :smack: ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/didnt-really-like-the-tude-from-bush-today/353233/70 "2006-04-21T19:39:02Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > Yep, me ol’ McClellie there, we’re gonna sit back and suck down some beers and talk ‘bout them good ol’ days and how we used to spin out them press releases and say any darn thing that come to mind and get those damn liberals shorts in knots. Say, d’you remember the time Dickie got all liquored up an’ shot that ol’ feller in the face?! Why, I damn near pissed m’self laughin’ while you tried to keep a straight face for 'em reporters… Good times huh McLellie?!.. goooood tiiiimes… Or as TDS put it “_What_ good old days?” Man did McClellan look uncomfortable when announcing his own “transition”. ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/didnt-really-like-the-tude-from-bush-today/353233/71 "2006-04-21T19:47:33Z")
> [@DanBlather](#): > > Just lie back and think of Texas. In true Texas GOP style she could take Clayton Williams’ advice about rape “If it’s inevitable, just relax and enjoy it.” ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/didnt-really-like-the-tude-from-bush-today/353233/72 "2006-04-21T20:24:29Z")
> [@World Eater](#): > > Love that new gaffe where he calls Hu the leader of Taiwan! :smack: [DID CHENEY SLEEP DURING HU VISIT?](http://abcnews.go.com/US/popup?id=1871301&content=&page=2) :o ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/didnt-really-like-the-tude-from-bush-today/353233/73 "2006-04-21T20:44:47Z")
> [@Merijeek](#): > > Agreed. If there’s anything I’ve learned from life (and most people should have, as well), it’s that ‘Things can always be worse.’ When Bush won the election(\*) in 2000, I foolishly opined, “Ronald Reagan showed that the US can get along without a President for eight years; how bad can Bush be?” :smack: (\* _read:_ “selected”) ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2006, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/didnt-really-like-the-tude-from-bush-today/353233/74 "2006-04-22T07:46:23Z")
That one was so freudian. Glimpses of megalomania. The sad part about this is that it appeals to many lemmings in a strong patriarchal sense. He is waging war. This was carefully crafted from his weakness. A psychologist in the pentagon suggested this one. Strength in no uncertain terms. A desperate and disconnected mesmer technique. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/didnt-really-like-the-tude-from-bush-today/353233.md?page=3)