# So, what will President Bush do once he's out of office? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [March 5, 2008, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-will-president-bush-do-once-hes-out-of-office/440148 "2008-03-05T04:26:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Slypork](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc29f/32.png) [@Slypork](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slypork)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2008, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-will-president-bush-do-once-hes-out-of-office/440148/41 "2008-03-05T19:04:27Z")
[QUOTE=Hampshire] Because he believes so deeply in his heart that what we’re doing in Irag is the right thing for everyone in this country he will join the troops in Iraq and stay there until the job is done. He will do this because anything else will make him a hypocritical coward. [/QUOTE] Great idea. Will he be called General Fuckup or Major Disaster? ---
**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:** [March 5, 2008, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-will-president-bush-do-once-hes-out-of-office/440148/42 "2008-03-05T19:11:48Z")
Snort the biggest line this side of the Rio Grande? > [@elucidator](#): > > You may be right, but I’m not willing to stick my head up my ass to find out. In order to make this experiment as scientifically accurate as possible, our volunteer needs to stick his head up Bush’s ass. ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2008, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-will-president-bush-do-once-hes-out-of-office/440148/43 "2008-03-05T19:15:19Z")
Actually, to REALLY make it accurate our volunteer would need to stick his or her head up Chaney’s ass… -XT ---
**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:** [March 5, 2008, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-will-president-bush-do-once-hes-out-of-office/440148/44 "2008-03-05T19:16:06Z")
[QUOTE=Slypork] Great idea. Will he be called General Fuckup or Major Disaster? [/QUOTE] Major Asshole, I believe. ---
**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:** [March 5, 2008, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-will-president-bush-do-once-hes-out-of-office/440148/45 "2008-03-05T19:17:13Z")
[QUOTE=xtisme] Actually, to REALLY make it accurate our volunteer would need to stick his or her head up Chaney’s ass… -XT [/QUOTE] I disagree. I think Cheney knows exactly what he’s doing. ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2008, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-will-president-bush-do-once-hes-out-of-office/440148/46 "2008-03-05T19:21:37Z")
Sure, Chaney knows what he’s doing. The point is that Bush doesn’t…and so HIS head is the one up Chaney’s ass. I have my doubts Bush could FIND his own ass at this point… So, to make things accurate we’d need to simulate this in a controlled environment…perhaps make it a double blind with several volunteers having their heads stuck up a random selection of people’s asses. YMMV…I’m just trying to be scientific here… -XT ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2008, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-will-president-bush-do-once-hes-out-of-office/440148/47 "2008-03-05T19:23:28Z")
[QUOTE=jayjay] Major Asshole, I believe. [/QUOTE] Spaceballs? Right? 😃 ---
**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:** [March 5, 2008, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-will-president-bush-do-once-hes-out-of-office/440148/48 "2008-03-05T19:30:06Z")
[QUOTE=xtisme] Sure, Chaney knows what he’s doing. The point is that Bush doesn’t…and so HIS head is the one up Chaney’s ass. I have my doubts Bush could FIND his own ass at this point… So, to make things accurate we’d need to simulate this in a controlled environment…perhaps make it a double blind with several volunteers having their heads stuck up a random selection of people’s asses. YMMV…I’m just trying to be scientific here… -XT [/QUOTE] I’m pretty sure that if you dig deep enough into the soft, greasy underbelly of the internet, you can find a site for people who’d volunteer to do that. ---
**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:** [March 5, 2008, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-will-president-bush-do-once-hes-out-of-office/440148/49 "2008-03-05T19:39:28Z")
[QUOTE=xtisme] Sure, Chaney knows what he’s doing. The point is that Bush doesn’t…and so HIS head is the one up Chaney’s ass. I have my doubts Bush could FIND his own ass at this point… So, to make things accurate we’d need to simulate this in a controlled environment…perhaps make it a double blind with several volunteers having their heads stuck up a random selection of people’s asses. YMMV…I’m just trying to be scientific here… -XT [/QUOTE] I think we’ve taken this joke as far as it needs to go. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2008, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-will-president-bush-do-once-hes-out-of-office/440148/50 "2008-03-05T19:45:50Z")
Agreed. 😛 As it is I won’t be able to eat lunch today and will probably have nightmares tonight… -XT ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2008, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-will-president-bush-do-once-hes-out-of-office/440148/51 "2008-03-05T19:57:19Z")
[QUOTE=John Mace] I disagree. I think Cheney knows exactly what he’s doing. [/QUOTE] What will **he** be doing after he leaves office, I wonder? ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2008, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-will-president-bush-do-once-hes-out-of-office/440148/52 "2008-03-05T19:58:47Z")
I hear they are rebuilding the Death Star… -XT ---
**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:** [March 5, 2008, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-will-president-bush-do-once-hes-out-of-office/440148/53 "2008-03-05T20:00:01Z")
[QUOTE=BrainGlutton] What will **he** be doing after he leaves office, I wonder? [/QUOTE] He’ll have plenty of opportunities in the corporate world, but he may find himself strangely uninvited from the big wig hunting trips at whatever company he finds himself. Or, he may volunteer to join the marines and fight in Iraq. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2008, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-will-president-bush-do-once-hes-out-of-office/440148/54 "2008-03-05T20:24:20Z")
[QUOTE=BrainGlutton] What will **he** be doing after he leaves office, I wonder? [/QUOTE] I’m sure they have a nice warm seat for him at Halliburton. And pay him for 8 years of retroactive wages. He made more money for them than when he was officially working there, after all. ---
**Author:** ![Gymnopithys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/fbc32d/32.png) [@Gymnopithys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gymnopithys)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2008, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-will-president-bush-do-once-hes-out-of-office/440148/55 "2008-03-05T20:56:08Z")
Spend a couple of weeks relaxing in Iraq. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2008, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-will-president-bush-do-once-hes-out-of-office/440148/56 "2008-03-05T20:56:10Z")
[QUOTE=kaylasdad99] He’ll start packing for a trip to the Hague, if this monkey’s paw I found in the attic is any good… [/QUOTE] How many times must I repeat myself? DOPERS, DO NOT ATTEMPT TO USE FOUL MAGICKS FOR THE PURPOSES OF GOOD!!! Nothing good ever comes of it. Hence the term “foul magicks.” ---
**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:** [March 5, 2008, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-will-president-bush-do-once-hes-out-of-office/440148/57 "2008-03-05T20:58:27Z")
[QUOTE=gaffa] Pretty much the same stuff Ford did, and virtually nothing Carter does. [/QUOTE] Just what I was going to say. “Write” an autobiography, build his Presidential library, give speeches to fatcats, join some corporate boards, vigorously polish his legacy, etc. **xtisme** , under a law signed by President Clinton, USSS protection ends 10 years after he and his successors leave office. Given the many, many people who hate GWB and would like to see him dead, however, I expect a restoration of the previous protection-for-life policy. **John Mace** , as to Cheney fighting in Iraq, no, I suspect he’ll still have “other priorities.” ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-will-president-bush-do-once-hes-out-of-office/440148/58 "2008-03-06T01:09:13Z")
[QUOTE=John Mace] Or, he may volunteer to join the marines and fight in Iraq. [/QUOTE] He still has some ANG drills to make up too, right? ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-will-president-bush-do-once-hes-out-of-office/440148/59 "2008-03-06T06:57:22Z")
[QUOTE=John Mace] Or, he may volunteer to join the marines and fight in Iraq. [/QUOTE] I thought the Marines wanted a few **good** men; he’s disqualified on that requirement alone. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2008, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-will-president-bush-do-once-hes-out-of-office/440148/60 "2008-03-06T17:31:30Z")
He’ll do what he’s been doing most of the time he’s been IN office, hang out on his ranch. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-will-president-bush-do-once-hes-out-of-office/440148.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-will-president-bush-do-once-hes-out-of-office/440148.md?page=4)