# I hope President Bush doesn't get any ideas **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 22, 2004, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-president-bush-doesnt-get-any-ideas/281207 "2004-12-22T20:19:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Martiju](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@Martiju](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martiju)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2004, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-president-bush-doesnt-get-any-ideas/281207/41 "2004-12-23T16:07:56Z")
> [@Tranquilis](#): > > Fine. Wait until someone actually attacks before you reposte, then. Come now, everyone knows that preemptive attacks are the accepted modus operandi these days… ---
**Author:** ![Tranquilis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tranquilis/32/3639_2.png) [@Tranquilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquilis)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2004, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-president-bush-doesnt-get-any-ideas/281207/42 "2004-12-23T17:21:35Z")
😛 Just for that, I give you the mental image of… _Janet Reno, in the nude!_ ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2004, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-president-bush-doesnt-get-any-ideas/281207/43 "2004-12-23T20:49:03Z")
Jean Chrétien. I win. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2004, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-president-bush-doesnt-get-any-ideas/281207/44 "2004-12-23T21:43:55Z")
Barbara Bush. _Flawless victory!_ ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2004, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-president-bush-doesnt-get-any-ideas/281207/45 "2004-12-23T22:44:48Z")
I still don’t think anybody’s topped Strom Thurmond yet. (Now _there’s_ a mental image for you…) ---
**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:** [December 23, 2004, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-president-bush-doesnt-get-any-ideas/281207/46 "2004-12-23T22:56:58Z")
> [@MEBuckner](#): > > I still don’t think anybody’s topped Strom Thurmond yet. (Now _there’s_ a mental image for you…) Actually, I saw a guy in a leather harness (and not much else) in the Baltimore Eagle one night who could have easily been mistaken for Senator Thurmond. Not that I’ve ever seen enough of Senator Thurmond to recognize certain parts, but believe me, most 90-somethings look pretty similar in the altogether (men and women alike…). ---
**Author:** ![Dijon\_Warlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@Dijon\_Warlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dijon_Warlock)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2004, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-president-bush-doesnt-get-any-ideas/281207/47 "2004-12-24T00:09:14Z")
> [@MEBuckner](#): > > I still don’t think anybody’s topped Strom Thurmond yet. (Now _there’s_ a mental image for you…) You mods just HAVE TO stick together, don’t you? Okay, how’s this: Madeline Albright _and_ Strom Thurmond. Sticking together. ---
**Author:** ![Mehitabel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mehitabel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mehitabel)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2004, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-president-bush-doesnt-get-any-ideas/281207/48 "2004-12-24T00:47:38Z")
Al Bundy, to Marcy’s lesbian cousin Mandy: So, who would you rather do–me or Phyllis Diller? Mandy: Phyllis. Al: Okay…me or Marge Schott. Mandy: Uhhhhh…you. \ Mandy: …but the whole time I’d be thinking of Phyllis. ---
**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2004, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-president-bush-doesnt-get-any-ideas/281207/49 "2004-12-25T07:13:10Z")
> [@Tranquilis](#): > > _Janet Reno, in the nude!_ Or a great thing to scream when the other beer pong team is shooting: “Janet Reno in a speedo!” ---
**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2004, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-president-bush-doesnt-get-any-ideas/281207/50 "2004-12-25T07:14:21Z")
Oh, and have a Merry Christmas to go along with that mental image. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2004, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-president-bush-doesnt-get-any-ideas/281207/51 "2004-12-25T12:40:04Z")
Prince Philip? ---
**Author:** ![orangeboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/50afbb/32.png) [@orangeboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orangeboy)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2004, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-president-bush-doesnt-get-any-ideas/281207/52 "2004-12-25T23:46:15Z")
> [@Evil Captor](#): > > Oh, man, naked Mexicans sweating in the privacy of their own homes … > > … droooooollll … Well now they will probably make zippers going all the way around the crotch area so we can have sex with our clothes on. Man this will suck horribly. I guess that we will also have to take showers in our clothes. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2004, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-president-bush-doesnt-get-any-ideas/281207/53 "2004-12-27T06:43:24Z")
> [@TVeblen](#): > > I can’t think of _any_ politician who should be seen without the gray suit. Most of 'em can’t even carry off everyday things. Barack Obama? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hope-president-bush-doesnt-get-any-ideas/281207.md?page=2)