# It's The Bush Theme Song! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 16, 2002, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-bush-theme-song/143185 "2002-12-16T22:38:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-bush-theme-song/143185/21 "2002-12-17T22:53:18Z")
> [@](#): > > Seriously, here we’ve got a President who’s found tax cuts to be the answer, regardless of the economic question; Similarly, we have democrats who think _raising_ taxes is the answer, regardless of the economic question. So what? I also have a point to make about Stoid’s sig line: > [@](#): > > Allow the President to invade a neighboring nation whenever he shall deem it necessary to repel an invasion…and you allow him to make war at pleasure… If today he should choose to say he thinks it necessary to invade Canada to prevent the British from invading us, how could you stop him? You may say to him, “I see no probability of the British invading us” but he would say to you, “Be silent: I see it if you don’t.” - Abraham Lincoln You are aware the President has approval of congress for military action in Iraq, right? So, just what relevance does your sig hold? It’s lost on me. ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-bush-theme-song/143185/22 "2002-12-17T22:59:28Z")
Presidential Theme Music through the Ages: -Dubya: _Entry of the Gladiators_ -Clinton: _Cotton-Eye Joe_ -Bush: _Theme from Mulholland Drive_ -Reagan: _Imperial March_ Add your own! ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2002, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-bush-theme-song/143185/23 "2002-12-17T23:12:12Z")
Seeing that Congress has awarded Bush the go-ahead to make war at his discretion without any need for an actual war declaration and without necessarily consulting Congress, the sig is pretty much on target. Unlike its owner, whose accuracy is comparable to the Administration’s Anti-Missile Defense System. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-bush-theme-song/143185/24 "2002-12-18T00:22:59Z")
And yet another thread from Stoid devoid of factual information about an American president. I guess you learned exactly nothing from that debacle about the Prez & Pearl Harbor. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-bush-theme-song/143185/25 "2002-12-18T13:44:49Z")
> [@](#): > > Seeing that Congress has awarded Bush the go-ahead to make war at his discretion without any need for an actual war declaration and without necessarily consulting Congress, the sig is pretty much on target. Okay, I see it now, I think. However, that only adds another interpretation. What you’re saying it says is that it’s _Congress_ that has granted power which will “Allow the President to invade a neighboring nation whenever he shall deem it necessary to repel an invasion…and you allow him to make war at pleasure.” My reading of it was that it was the _public_ was the group giving permission, even if only tacitly. Seems that may still be true, though. Yet another question of context. Where’d that thing come from Stoid? What’s the story behind it? ---
**Author:** ![gex\_gex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/94ad74/32.png) [@gex\_gex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gex_gex)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-bush-theme-song/143185/26 "2002-12-18T15:45:09Z")
Ehh, the song’s spot on to me. Don’t know what you republicans are bitching about. ---
**Author:** ![Spit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/76d3ee/32.png) [@Spit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spit)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-bush-theme-song/143185/27 "2002-12-18T16:11:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Stoid \* > \*\*As my new good friend \*\* Tom Delay \*\* … \*\* Oh please…Like that man even knows who you are without looking at a sheet of paper. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-bush-theme-song/143185/28 "2002-12-18T17:31:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by UncleBeer \* > **Similarly, we have democrats who think _raising_ taxes is the answer, regardless of the economic question. So what?** Cite, please, **Unc** , not conservative bullshit. ---
**Author:** ![Scylla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-bush-theme-song/143185/29 "2002-12-18T17:46:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by RTFirefly \* > \*\*Cite, please, **Unc** , not conservative bullshit. \*\* I see. No conservative bullshit. Our apologies. We’ll try to give you something up to the standards of the OP. To the tune of “Jimmy Crack corn”: The Democrats raise taxes and they don’t care The Dems raise taxes, they just don’t care The Dems raise taxes they just don’t care My money’s going away. They thought the Ponzi scheme of social security would fly They perpetuate poverty with welfare. I don’t know why. I wish you tax raising Democrat scum would just die. You’re turning this country into a pig sty! The Democrats raise taxes and they don’t care The Dems raise taxes, they just don’t care The Dems raise taxes they just don’t care Is that satisfactory? ---
**Author:** ![Mojo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Mojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mojo)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-bush-theme-song/143185/30 "2002-12-18T17:59:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Spit \* > \*\*Oh please…Like that man even knows who you are without looking at a sheet of paper. \*\* Am I the only one who thinks there should be a whooshing smiley? ---
**Author:** ![Scylla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-bush-theme-song/143185/31 "2002-12-18T18:03:13Z")
Oh, and since we’re engaging in the high standards of liberal discourse, how about a second verse? The Democrats raise taxes and they don’t care The Dems raise taxes, they just don’t care The Dems raise taxes they just don’t care My money’s going away. They sodomize their interns and then they lie Tried to screw the country with that commie healthplan from Hill- a - ry Pander to special interests, but hate you and I Why don’t you Democrats just fuck off and die? The Democrats raise taxes and they don’t care The Dems raise taxes, they just don’t care The Dems raise taxes they just don’t care My money’s going away. ---
**Author:** ![tiny\_ham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-bush-theme-song/143185/32 "2002-12-18T18:09:53Z")
hold on to your hats here as I say a word about Stoid. I think we treat her just about as unfairly as we sometimes treat His4Ever. Word on the street is that Stoid is a democrat. I believe that very often she goes over the top in her posts about how a Republican government will surely bring about a bloody and fire ridden apocolypse fraught with naught but tears and gnashing of teeth. But she DOES have a sense of humor, and I think sometimes she does post these things in a light hearted manner not necessarily in vehement hatred, and a lot of her staunch rivals take it as a moment to stab her once again (and yes, I know she’s made her bed and has to lie in it). Sometimes we just have to let things go and say “oh, it’s a republicans suck thread, not my bag”. Yes, it would be nice if she would take equal time to poke fun at dems or green parties or communists or penguin lusters, unfortunately she doesn’t. And I realize that to some (including me, I’ll admit) it feels like a daily frying pan to the head regarding her hatred of republicans… But I also feel that sometimes people just see the name Stoid and get all their hackles up. For Christ’s sake folks, it’s christmas…let the gal sing a song or whatever. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-bush-theme-song/143185/33 "2002-12-18T18:31:35Z")
Well, there’s good old Tom Harkin. You can check his record yourself over at [www.vote-smart.org](http://www.vote-smart.org) His congressional voting record going all the way back to 1992 is there. You’ll see over these ten years an overwhelming number of votes: a) in favor new taxes, b) in favor of increasing or extending existing taxes, and c) against cutting, or eliminating taxes. Here’s some examples from just the previous few years There’s plenty more: 2002 - [Voted for](http://www.vote-smart.org/vote-smart/votes.phtml?ID=S0301103&voteid=3185&style=) an “economic stimulus package” that would extend several expiring federal taxes. Also [voted against](http://www.vote-smart.org/vote-smart/votes.phtml?ID=S0301103&voteid=3185&style=) permanent repeal of the estate tax. 2001 - [voted against](http://www.vote-smart.org/vote-smart/votes.phtml?ID=S0301103&voteid=3004&style=) a tax cut reconciliation that would reduce income taxes, also [voted against](http://www.vote-smart.org/vote-smart/votes.phtml?ID=S0301103&voteid=3004&style=) the 2002 budget resolution which would have cut federal taxes 2000 - [voted against](http://www.vote-smart.org/vote-smart/votes.phtml?ID=S0301103&voteid=3004&style=) a previous estate tax repeal measure, also [voted for](http://www.vote-smart.org/vote-smart/votes.phtml?ID=S0301103&voteid=2709&style=) a measure that would rescind $150 billion in tax cuts 1999 - [Voted against](http://www.vote-smart.org/vote-smart/votes.phtml?ID=S0301103&voteid=2401&style=) a $792 billion federal tax cut 1998 - [Voted for](http://www.vote-smart.org/vote-smart/votes.phtml?ID=S0301103&voteid=1794&style=) killing an amendment that, if passed, would have allowed a $3300 increase in the standard deduction for couples earning less that $50,000, also [Voted against](http://www.vote-smart.org/vote-smart/votes.phtml?ID=S0301103&voteid=1794&style=) an amendment expressing the sense of the Congress that the tax code should “sunset” by the end of 2001, also [voted against](http://www.vote-smart.org/vote-smart/votes.phtml?ID=S0301103&voteid=1794&style=) an amendment that would have allowed Congress to consider repealing the federal gasoline tax, also [voted against](http://www.vote-smart.org/vote-smart/votes.phtml?ID=S0301103&voteid=1687&style=) expanded eligibility for Roth IRA for senior citizens And since the U.S. has experienced a wide range of economic fortunes through this decade, one must necessarily conclude that Harkin, regardless of the economic question, favors tax increases. Hell, that was easy. I’ll bet I could find a shithousefull of liberal democrats that have voted much like Harkin. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-bush-theme-song/143185/34 "2002-12-18T18:34:45Z")
So, anyway, is only “liberal bullshit” permitted? ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-bush-theme-song/143185/35 "2002-12-18T18:40:22Z")
Gosh, \*\* jarbaby, \*\* that was nice of you. Thanks! And a happy holidays to you! (FTR: I do not “hate” anybody. That is a very strong and black emotion that I simply don’t experience. Not even towards Bush. There are other non-positive things I feel, but never hate. It’s just not in my repertoire of emotions. ) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Ace\_of\_Swords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@The\_Ace\_of\_Swords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Ace_of_Swords)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-bush-theme-song/143185/36 "2002-12-18T18:42:10Z")
Scylla, you’re the Mallard Fillmore of the lyrics. What, you can’t take a tweaking? Tough. Say, how’s your boy’s haircut? And **Stoid** is wonderful, and well counselled to be teeth-gnashing about this ghastly administration. But hey, never mind everyone else’s problems, here – have a tax cut. Hmm: Ohh… If they’re checking Haliburton – bomb iraq! If they’re checking Haliburton, bomb iraq! If they’re drawing back the curtain, And for the big man, jail seems certain, If he’s hurting on Haliburton, bomb iraq! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![tiny\_ham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-bush-theme-song/143185/37 "2002-12-18T18:56:40Z")
Mallard Fillmore? Scylla’s a duck? or have I been wooshed? ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-bush-theme-song/143185/38 "2002-12-18T19:07:23Z")
It would seem so, **jbabe**. [Mallard Fillmore](http://www.kingfeatures.com/features/comics/mallard/about.htm) is a syndicated comic strip with a conservative slant. I don’t find it particularly witty or funny, myself, but I suppose that’s because I’m not a conservative. Or something like that. ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-bush-theme-song/143185/39 "2002-12-18T19:10:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by The Ace of Swords \* > \*\*well counselled to be teeth-gnashing about this ghastly administration. \*\* “Ghastly” is such a great word, and I always forget about it. ---
**Author:** ![Fredge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/258eb7/32.png) [@Fredge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fredge)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2002, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-bush-theme-song/143185/40 "2002-12-18T19:16:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Stoid \* > > (FTR: I do not “hate” anybody. That is a very strong and black emotion… \*\* Good thing a republican didn’t say that. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-bush-theme-song/143185.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-bush-theme-song/143185.md?page=3)