# The Proof That Bush is a Very Bad Man **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 11, 2004, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-proof-that-bush-is-a-very-bad-man/228622 "2004-02-11T07:55:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Twin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/85f322/32.png) [@Twin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Twin)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2004, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-proof-that-bush-is-a-very-bad-man/228622/41 "2004-02-11T21:32:19Z")
> [@Airman Doors](#): > > You’ve now wasted three posts complaining that she “broke Pit rules”. Quit being a whiny bitch. If you think she did it, report her. If not, quit your bitching. > > You Junior-Modding Rule Nazis get on my damn nerves. You’re wrong. The first two posts were complaining Stoid broke the Pit rules (no need for the quotes). The third was apologizing for going against the grain of the thread. Sorry it came off as sounding like whining. I have reported the post already. Don’t waste a third post telling me to shut up. I get the hint. ---
**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:** [February 11, 2004, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-proof-that-bush-is-a-very-bad-man/228622/42 "2004-02-11T22:51:33Z")
I’m just looking forward to the followup in which Tucker tunes in to Animal Planet and _only barks at the elephants_. ---
**Author:** ![Themis00](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/13edae/32.png) [@Themis00](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Themis00)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2004, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-proof-that-bush-is-a-very-bad-man/228622/43 "2004-02-11T23:47:39Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > I’m just looking forward to the followup in which Tucker tunes in to Animal Planet and _only barks at the elephants_. Pets are very perceptive of their owner’s cues. Maybe he’s reflecting the way you react to Bush. ---
**Author:** ![Themis00](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/13edae/32.png) [@Themis00](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Themis00)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2004, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-proof-that-bush-is-a-very-bad-man/228622/44 "2004-02-11T23:49:35Z")
Oops I didn’t mean to quote Jack. ---
**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:** [February 12, 2004, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-proof-that-bush-is-a-very-bad-man/228622/45 "2004-02-12T00:17:05Z")
> [@Themis00](#): > > Pets are very perceptive of their owner’s cues. Maybe he’s reflecting the way you react to Bush. That’s probably true. But even if that’s it, I gotta admire his perceptiveness, since before that he was just crashed at my feet and we were watching pretty quietly. ---
**Author:** ![milroyj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@milroyj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/milroyj)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2004, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-proof-that-bush-is-a-very-bad-man/228622/46 "2004-02-12T01:47:35Z")
So which is it, **Stoid**? Was your OP serious, or a joke? ---
**Author:** ![SirRay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@SirRay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SirRay)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2004, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-proof-that-bush-is-a-very-bad-man/228622/47 "2004-02-12T02:22:11Z")
Bush is a very bad man because he tried to help Babu increase his restaurant’s business, and after a series of mishaps, ended up getting Babu deported. Back in his native land, Babu then said “George Bush is a bad man. A very, very bad man.” Perhaps it was Jerry Seinfeld instead - I forget. ---
**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2004, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-proof-that-bush-is-a-very-bad-man/228622/48 "2004-02-12T02:33:28Z")
> [@milroyj](#): > > So which is it, **Stoid**? Was your OP serious, or a joke? Or reportage? Or irony? ---
**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:** [February 12, 2004, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-proof-that-bush-is-a-very-bad-man/228622/49 "2004-02-12T02:34:52Z")
> [@milroyj](#): > > So which is it, **Stoid**? Was your OP serious, or a joke? Serious about what? I already told you that Tucker did, in fact, behave this way. What else are you asking about? ---
**Author:** ![Beagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@Beagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beagle)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2004, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-proof-that-bush-is-a-very-bad-man/228622/50 "2004-02-12T02:40:48Z")
One of my cats likes nature shows. All of my dogs will bark at TV dogs, respond to their names on TV, and vote Republican – twice. This is Florida. Note to anyone that wants to win the Presidency. We’re here, we’re Florida, and we’re the only large state that can swing either way. Um, or something like that. Yes, weenie little so-called “swing states” – move over, cuz the big dogZ movin in. ---
**Author:** ![milroyj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@milroyj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/milroyj)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2004, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-proof-that-bush-is-a-very-bad-man/228622/51 "2004-02-12T02:44:12Z")
> [@Stoid](#): > > Serious about what? I already told you that Tucker did, in fact, behave this way. What else are you asking about? Hey, it was your OP. Were you serious that your dog’s reaction = Proof that Bush is a Very Bad Man? Just for starters. ---
**Author:** ![carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de0a6/32.png) [@carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrot)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2004, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-proof-that-bush-is-a-very-bad-man/228622/52 "2004-02-12T03:00:23Z")
> [@milroyj](#): > > Hey, it was your OP. > > Were you serious that your dog’s reaction = Proof that Bush is a Very Bad Man? > > Just for starters. So, if an OP contains some amount of exaggeration or overstatement, that automatically makes it a joke thread? ---
**Author:** ![milroyj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@milroyj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/milroyj)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2004, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-proof-that-bush-is-a-very-bad-man/228622/53 "2004-02-12T03:16:06Z")
> [@carrot](#): > > So, if an OP contains some amount of exaggeration or overstatement, that automatically makes it a joke thread? I don’t know if it is a joke thread, that’s why I asked. Does she really think that the dog’s reaction was based on President Bush’s appearance on TV? ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2004, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-proof-that-bush-is-a-very-bad-man/228622/54 "2004-02-12T03:16:13Z")
We’ve got **milroyj** and **Stoid** in the same thread. If we destroy it now, maybe we can get rid of both of them. ---
**Author:** ![Beagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@Beagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beagle)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2004, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-proof-that-bush-is-a-very-bad-man/228622/55 "2004-02-12T03:57:12Z")
Stray cats in the driveway at 2AM must be destroyed. Garbage trucks are the enemy, cleverly disguised sure, but bent on invading to take over the neighborhood. Any dog that walks by the front of the house is evil, and must be barked at the entire time it is visible. Neigbors returning home must be properly greeted, more barking, every farckfrickamucking time. If I listened to my dogs, I’d kill stray cats, the garbage men, neighbors with dogs, and all the rest of the neighbors. So, anyway, didn’t Son of Sam think a dog was talking to him? Or, was “Son of Sam” the dog? I’m not looking it up. ---
**Author:** ![Jodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@Jodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jodi)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2004, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-proof-that-bush-is-a-very-bad-man/228622/56 "2004-02-12T04:09:03Z")
> [@](#): > > Serious about what? I already told you that Tucker did, in fact, behave this way. What else are you asking about? Ah. So it’s sort of a “notification” thread. Stay tuned for “Tucker takes a shit” and “Tucker licks himself.” ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2004, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-proof-that-bush-is-a-very-bad-man/228622/57 "2004-02-12T04:14:26Z")
Well, she wouldn’t be the first Doper to use the Pit to write an episodic autobiography. ---
**Author:** ![Jodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@Jodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jodi)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2004, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-proof-that-bush-is-a-very-bad-man/228622/58 "2004-02-12T04:29:15Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Well, she wouldn’t be the first Doper to use the Pit to write an episodic autobiography. True, but most of them were crazier than a shit house rat. Not sure that’s the example she’d want to follow, but hey, I’ll stay tuned. Unless I get distrac - ooooh, shiny . . . ---
**Author:** ![Beagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@Beagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beagle)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2004, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-proof-that-bush-is-a-very-bad-man/228622/59 "2004-02-12T04:38:09Z")
Which reminds me, my dogs were really crazy tonight. If you want to get in shape – while risking severe ligament, tendon, police dog (I posted that one), or abrasion injury – oh, and possible litigation – walk three dogs at once. The first few months might be a bit rough. Well, impossible. But, if you survive, I guarantee a slimmer, fitter, tougher you. One thing that is key, always wear long pants. It might be 92 F in the evening, but I’ll still be wearing sweat pants. Leash burn from a big dog lunging could be serious. Sometimes you hear about “stabilizer” muscles that you use by doing different exercises. Well, those get sore also. New vistas of soreness await. OTOH, dogs are strange judges of people. My oldest beagle growled at me and was about ready to go nuts when I came home in a Halloween costume. Halloween generally makes them very upset, along with July 4, and New Year’s Eve. Fireworks, bad. ---
**Author:** ![45\_70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/5f9b8f/32.png) [@45\_70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/45_70)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2004, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-proof-that-bush-is-a-very-bad-man/228622/60 "2004-02-12T05:01:44Z")
First her dog barks and growls at Bush then Wesley Clark drops out of the promaries. Her and Michael Moores e-mails to each other should be real tear jerkers. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-proof-that-bush-is-a-very-bad-man/228622.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-proof-that-bush-is-a-very-bad-man/228622.md?page=4)