# New rule: shut the fuck up about Bush **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 16, 2005, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rule-shut-the-fuck-up-about-bush/304125 "2005-05-16T20:29:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![BabaBooey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dfb087/32.png) [@BabaBooey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BabaBooey)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2005, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rule-shut-the-fuck-up-about-bush/304125/21 "2005-05-16T22:38:36Z")
> [@Khadaji](#): > > I have seen some of posts of yours that were quite witty and intelligent, showing that you are more than the embodiment of anti-Bush sentiments. Cite? ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2005, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rule-shut-the-fuck-up-about-bush/304125/22 "2005-05-16T23:03:48Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > **rjung** is a one-trick pony. I started a thread in Cafe Society about chilling last lines - the silly bastard tried to hijack that too with the same shit. > > I doubt he has any political ideas beyond a knee-jerk \* tu quoque\* about Bush and the Iraq war. But by golly he gets about ten thousand miles of of that. This might be the only thing in the entire universe on which we agree. I am hardly a fan of President Monkeyhouse and his cartel of reactionary goons, but there are, absolutely, without question, times and places where it’s appropriate to bring up, and where it’s not. **rjung** has been cut way too much slack on this, and in the interest of fair play (not to mention making our side look better by reducing the obnoxiousness quotient :)), it’s time to rein him in. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2005, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rule-shut-the-fuck-up-about-bush/304125/23 "2005-05-16T23:20:53Z")
Same here. My politics are not hidden. But the world does not revolve around Bush, he is not some sort of elemental “He who is everywhere in all things”. If we are in a thread about U.S. politics, or certain more worldwide things, OK. But let’s not turn everything into a Bush thread. ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2005, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rule-shut-the-fuck-up-about-bush/304125/24 "2005-05-16T23:24:41Z")
> [@SteveG1](#): > > Same here. My politics are not hidden. But the world does not revolve around Bush, he is not some sort of elemental “He who is everywhere in all things”. If we are in a thread about U.S. politics, or certain more worldwide things, OK. But let’s not turn everything into a Bush thread. I agree, but since the thread of the OP was something like “potential for nuclear wars in the future”, can’t ya kinda see how Bush’s current policies might be a relevant point? I agree **rjung** has been cut way to much slack. the cafe thread, for example, should have been (MHO and all) a smack down. any of the fake examples in the OP, sure. but the thread cited by the OP? NIMHO. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2005, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rule-shut-the-fuck-up-about-bush/304125/25 "2005-05-16T23:28:50Z")
Yes Wring, I can see it easily. I was talking about threads, where talk of Bush being at fault for “whatever” really don’t fit. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rule-shut-the-fuck-up-about-bush/304125/26 "2005-05-17T00:04:04Z")
Geez louise, anyone who thinks I’m a “one-trick pony” must have missed the dozens and dozens of messages I’ve posted in the various SDMB forums that have nothing to do with George, Dick, Condi, Donald, or Paul (I’d dig up the _Hitchhikers’ Guide To the Galaxy_ thread in Cafe Society, but I’m being a lazy bastich right now). But then, selective memories make the pitting that much easier, don’t they? 😉 > [@wring](#): > > I see that JeffB has obliged. yep that deserves a smack down Nice trick, considering that neither the title of the work nor the subject was ever identified… ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rule-shut-the-fuck-up-about-bush/304125/27 "2005-05-17T00:35:14Z")
Uhm… it isn’t exactly a laudable virtue to be able to discuss “Hitchhiker…” without mentioning Bush. Everyone can do that. When even those who share your politics tell you to cool it, you might think about listening. That is, if there \*\*is \*\*another trick in that pony somewhere… ---
**Author:** ![elfbabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b782af/32.png) [@elfbabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfbabe)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rule-shut-the-fuck-up-about-bush/304125/28 "2005-05-17T00:56:09Z")
I hate Bush. In fact, I hate him SO MUCH that I’d prefer NOT to read about him in threads on completely unrelated topics. I’m a radical, I know. But I stand by it. ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rule-shut-the-fuck-up-about-bush/304125/29 "2005-05-17T01:13:24Z")
eh… The chimpmeister is fair game. ---
**Author:** ![Uvula\_Donor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e19adc/32.png) [@Uvula\_Donor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uvula_Donor)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rule-shut-the-fuck-up-about-bush/304125/30 "2005-05-17T01:23:18Z")
> [@Reeder](#): > > eh… > > The chimpmeister is fair game. Couldn’t see _that_ coming… ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rule-shut-the-fuck-up-about-bush/304125/31 "2005-05-17T01:34:16Z")
Well, if Bush wasn’t such a friggin’ idiot, **rjung** would have nothing to bitch about, would he? WOULD HE??? Huh. I thought not. _What???_ ---
**Author:** ![Metacom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecae2f/32.png) [@Metacom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Metacom)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rule-shut-the-fuck-up-about-bush/304125/32 "2005-05-17T01:40:16Z")
> [@John Mace](#): > > That is, if there \*\*is \*\*another trick in that pony somewhere… This pony has _two_ tricks. I kid, I kid. **rjung** isn’t so bad. He’s nowhere near, say, **reeder**. But giving Bush a break for a bit may not be completely uncalled for… ---
**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:** [May 17, 2005, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rule-shut-the-fuck-up-about-bush/304125/33 "2005-05-17T01:41:45Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > _What???_ Don’t look at me, JohnT, I agree with you on this. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rule-shut-the-fuck-up-about-bush/304125/34 "2005-05-17T01:42:19Z")
If Bush never even existed, there’s always someone else we could pick on. There is no shortage in the world of politics. By the way, ever notice how much he looks like Curious George? Hmm his name is George too. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rule-shut-the-fuck-up-about-bush/304125/35 "2005-05-17T02:09:45Z")
> [@Metacom](#): > > This pony has _two_ tricks. > > I kid, I kid. **rjung** isn’t so bad. He’s nowhere near, say, **reeder**. But giving Bush a break for a bit may not be completely uncalled for… Maybe he can use that as his sig: “Hey, I’m not as bad as **reeder**.” ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rule-shut-the-fuck-up-about-bush/304125/36 "2005-05-17T02:14:46Z")
> [@rjung](#): > > Nice trick, considering that neither the title of the work nor the subject was ever identified… _Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail '72_ - Hunter S. Thompson (in re Tricky Dick)? I suppose I should simulpost this in the other thread. ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rule-shut-the-fuck-up-about-bush/304125/37 "2005-05-17T02:25:42Z")
Please post the the last time before today I bashed him. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rule-shut-the-fuck-up-about-bush/304125/38 "2005-05-17T02:28:36Z")
If you’re gonna get blamed, you may as well join the fun? [running off to hide now]. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rule-shut-the-fuck-up-about-bush/304125/39 "2005-05-17T02:28:42Z")
> [@Reeder](#): > > Please post the the last time before today I bashed him. > > Thanks. What’s wrong? Are you jealous that \*\*rjung \*\*is being Pitted for serial Bush-bashing instead of you? Relax, I’m sure you’ll get your turn again before long. ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2005, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rule-shut-the-fuck-up-about-bush/304125/40 "2005-05-17T02:33:49Z")
> [@John Mace](#): > > What’s wrong? Are you jealous that \*\*rjung \*\*is being Pitted for serial Bush-bashing instead of you? Relax, I’m sure you’ll get your turn again before long. Nah. Playing with idiots is only fun for so long. Then it gets old. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rule-shut-the-fuck-up-about-bush/304125.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rule-shut-the-fuck-up-about-bush/304125.md?page=3)