# Is GWB tired of being President?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-gwb-tired-of-being-president/320016>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 4, 2005, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-gwb-tired-of-being-president/320016 "2005-09-04T05:57:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-gwb-tired-of-being-president/320016/41 "2005-09-06T23:13:16Z")

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> [@Rhubarb](#):
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> But has anyone else had the suspicion that he’s not going to finish his term? My intuition doesn’t reveal the mechanism by which he’ll exit the office, just that it’s a voluntary departure. If anyone knows a reason that I feel this, I’d be glad to hear it.

I can’t imagine this happening, unless he dies. He can always just defer more and take even more “working” vacations.

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**Author:** ![Hung\_Mung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@Hung\_Mung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hung_Mung)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-gwb-tired-of-being-president/320016/42 "2005-09-07T04:51:07Z")

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As long as he’s physically capable of finishing it out, he will. It would look absolutely AWFUL if he quit. It’d make Jeb look bad by association and it would be a nasty black eye for the rest of the GOP. Short of a stroke, heart attack or what-have-you, he’ll finish. He’s got no choice and he’s got ol’ Barb’s hand so far up his puppety little ass that he ain’t going nowhere.

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-gwb-tired-of-being-president/320016/43 "2005-09-07T14:56:06Z")

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> [@Hung Mung](#):
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> As long as he’s physically capable of finishing it out, he will. It would look absolutely AWFUL if he quit. It’d make Jeb look bad by association and it would be a nasty black eye for the rest of the GOP. Short of a stroke, heart attack or what-have-you, he’ll finish. He’s got no choice and he’s got ol’ Barb’s hand so far up his puppety little ass that he ain’t going nowhere.

Second that. I can’t imagine him resigning - it would be the ultimate admission that he wasn’t up to the job, something he’s adamantly refused to concede for 4+ years now.

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**Author:** ![phall0106](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phall0106/32/5934_2.png) [@phall0106](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phall0106)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-gwb-tired-of-being-president/320016/44 "2005-09-07T16:10:15Z")

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> [@Hung Mung](#):
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> he’s got ol’ Barb’s hand so far up his puppety little ass

Oh, Og, I love that quote…

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**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-gwb-tired-of-being-president/320016/45 "2005-09-07T17:25:58Z")

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> [@Revtim](#):
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> I can’t imagine this happening, unless he dies. He can always just defer more and take even more “working” vacations.

There’s something to look forward to.

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