# He did it! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 9, 2005, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-did-it/325450 "2005-10-09T21:54:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2005, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-did-it/325450/61 "2005-10-10T22:20:10Z")
> [@wring](#): > > Yes, the plurality of those polled disagreed w/ the lengths that Congress et al took wrt Terri, but Jeb, I believe would have been seen as the white knight trying against all odds to _save that poor woman’s life!!!_. and the Florida Election irregularities only are considered irregularities among some folk. … > > remember all the faldalrall about “those lib’rul hollywood types tellin us how to vote”? ‘tweren’t nothin’ compared to the pastors and preachers. If I had the pull and the connections, I would gladly play Black Knight to Jeb’s White Knight; he is scum in my book. As far as the bible thumpers vs the Hollywood libruls, I don’t much like the Hollywood crowd myself, but they for all their weirdness are a LOT more benign than the Dominionist Radical Religious types. And, as we all have learned from the Republican playbook, anything could be spun even if it is an outright lie. Just make sure the lie is big enough. The fact that there ARE questions about hanging chads and other things in Florida could be useful if embellished, spun, and exaggerated. Maybe Jeb will save us all the trouble and get busted for cocaine or white slavery or something. Or even better, maybe he will have do us the courtesy of having a massive stroke and become a vegetable. ---
**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:** [October 10, 2005, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-did-it/325450/62 "2005-10-10T22:21:20Z")
I think Bushie is doing a hell of a job! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2005, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-did-it/325450/63 "2005-10-10T22:22:15Z")
> [@wring](#): > > I disagree. The “magic phrases” do not hold negative connotations for that crowd. They give **me** the heebie jeebies, but then, I’m Chair of the LBNAFLS. ExACTly. LBNAFLS? The way Jebbie handled the whole Schiavo fiasco was viewed with a great deal of approval by the RR. ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2005, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-did-it/325450/64 "2005-10-10T23:07:51Z")
> [@wring](#): > > “Liberal But Not A FUcking LUnatic Society” > > we serve a nice baked brie w/fruit and a chardonney. maybe some roasted almonds next time. Apples go nice with the brie and chardonney. More of a red wine girl myself. Of course there is an albatross. The only question is how many percentage points is it worth to the next candidate, and is that enough percentage points to turn the election. If there were no albatross, I’m sure we’d have had a President Gore - that election was close enough to turn on people being mad at Clinton for his lack of personal discipline and taking it out on Gore. ---
**Author:** ![Bob\_Loblaw\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@Bob\_Loblaw\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bob_Loblaw_1)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2005, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-did-it/325450/65 "2005-10-10T23:10:47Z")
The public is tired of Bushes. Gore the snore should’ve been a shoo-in for 00, but the public was tired of success. Well, Poo-fer-brains has been a disaster and unless everybody’s boss gives them a big raise (those who still have jobs), people are going to view any Bush as more of the same. I think that the Republicans will go with McCain should he choose to run. As for how low can Bush go? Well, the polls can dip far below where they now are. I’m looking to 30 percent if there are no Plamegate indictments by this time next year. 25 percent if there are. Meaning that 25 percent are just that dumb. ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2005, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-did-it/325450/66 "2005-10-10T23:21:26Z")
> [@wring](#): > > “Liberal But Not A FUcking LUnatic Society” > > we serve a nice baked brie w/fruit and a chardonney. maybe some roasted almonds next time. Cite for your not being completely batshit insane? Gah! I hate it when I see people making such remarks. I fail to see how you are not a lunatic if you are having the roasted almonds next time, rather than now. EVERYONE knows, you have the roasted almonds slivered, and stuck to the crust of the bree, not “next time”. Shesh, and you wonder why so many people claim that Liberals are all lunatics. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Airblairxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Airblairxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airblairxxx)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2005, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-did-it/325450/67 "2005-10-10T23:54:41Z")
> [@SteveG1](#): > > Forget Jeb. Anyone with the nerve and the will to do it can bury him. All it tales is a few magic phrases. “Terry Schiavo. Florida election irregularities. Bush dynasty” I don’t think he has the brains to run, without some sort of Keeper telling him what to do, and even then he’d stick both feet in his own mouth. Besides, if there is anyone to whom the current president’s travails will attach themselves to, like a Jessica albatross, it would be the current president’s brother. Uhh, let me take that sentence back to the lab and work on it. ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2005, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-did-it/325450/68 "2005-10-11T00:13:21Z")
roasted almonds as a side dish, not merely as a garnish. I suppose we could offer a red, though I’d want a more robust cheese to go along-maybe white cheddar or gouda? ---
**Author:** ![ITR\_champion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c67d28/32.png) [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-did-it/325450/69 "2005-11-14T01:27:31Z")
[36 percent](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10013594/site/newsweek/). The man in unstoppable. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-did-it/325450/70 "2005-11-14T01:34:50Z")
> [@Harborwolf](#): > > Let’s see… > > Those numbers don’t matter. The silent majority support the President and his war against extremism. Blah blah blah tax cuts blah blah blah freedom…blah blah blah spread of liberty. > > Did I miss anything? You forgot The Landslide, The Mandate, and The Direct Line To God. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-did-it/325450/71 "2005-11-14T01:43:00Z")
[This one shows him at 46%.](http://www.rasmussenreports.com/Bush_Job_Approval.htm) ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-did-it/325450/72 "2005-11-14T02:01:44Z")
> [@Harborwolf](#): > > Let’s see… > > Those numbers don’t matter. The silent majority support the President and his war against extremism. Blah blah blah tax cuts blah blah blah freedom…blah blah blah spread of liberty. > > Did I miss anything? Yeah…blah blah blahSome people hate America blah blah blah. ---
**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:** [November 14, 2005, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-did-it/325450/73 "2005-11-14T02:11:28Z")
> [@ivylass](#): > > [This one shows him at 46%.](http://www.rasmussenreports.com/Bush_Job_Approval.htm) Interesting poll, I like this current poll. Go Rudy!!! [http://www.rasmussenreports.com/2005/Democrats%202008.htm](http://www.rasmussenreports.com/2005/Democrats%202008.htm) Shows Hillary way in front. I googled Ramussen Reports, I don’t see anything to indicate they are not non-partisan. What’s the dope on them? Jim ---
**Author:** ![ryobserver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b2d939/32.png) [@ryobserver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ryobserver)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-did-it/325450/74 "2005-11-14T02:17:25Z")
> [@Maureen](#): > > ExACTly. LBNAFLS? The way Jebbie handled the whole Schiavo fiasco was viewed with a great deal of approval by the RR. It was, until push came to shove and he failed to send the state police to reinsert her feeding tube, as the RR were confidently expecting. At that point a great storm of abuse descended on him. Jebbie forgot that if you saddle your charger, don your white plume and ride out to rescue the maiden fair, you need to actually bring the babe back. You don’t get to ride right up to the dragon’s lair and then say, “Mercy me, I don’t have proper legal authority!” ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-did-it/325450/75 "2005-11-14T02:28:43Z")
> [@ryobserver](#): > > It was, until push came to shove and he failed to send the state police to reinsert her feeding tube, as the RR were confidently expecting. At that point a great storm of abuse descended on him. Jebbie forgot that if you saddle your charger, don your white plume and ride out to rescue the maiden fair, you need to actually bring the babe back. You don’t get to ride right up to the dragon’s lair and then say, “Mercy me, I don’t have proper legal authority!” He was trying play it safe and bluff them. Give their concern lip service but no more then that. Not a good play with fudementalists. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-did-it/325450/76 "2005-11-14T02:35:08Z")
[Are the flags at the White House at half mast?](http://tinyurl.com/7nj44) ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-did-it/325450/77 "2005-11-14T02:52:49Z")
> [@ryobserver](#): > > It was, until push came to shove and he failed to send the state police to reinsert her feeding tube, as the RR were confidently expecting. At that point a great storm of abuse descended on him. Jebbie forgot that if you saddle your charger, don your white plume and ride out to rescue the maiden fair, you need to actually bring the babe back. You don’t get to ride right up to the dragon’s lair and then say, “Mercy me, I don’t have proper legal authority!” And what would have been REALLY grotesque is that had he done so, reinserting the tube at that point would have killed her. ---
**Author:** ![ITR\_champion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c67d28/32.png) [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2005, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-did-it/325450/78 "2005-11-15T18:40:09Z")
> [@Fear Itself](#): > > [Are the flags at the White House at half mast?](http://tinyurl.com/7nj44) Yeah, but’s it been in a vegetative state since at least May of 2003, when Saddam’s WMDs refused to be found on schedule. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-did-it/325450.md?page=3)