# We're not gonna have W. to kick around anymore. . . **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 4, 2008, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-not-gonna-have-w-to-kick-around-anymore/475738 "2008-12-04T20:42:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2008, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-not-gonna-have-w-to-kick-around-anymore/475738/1 "2008-12-04T20:42:36Z")
. . . so, before it’s too late, let’s reminisce. What are some of your favorite Bush satires, hit-pieces, or quotes? Personally, I keep coming back to this Onion article form '05: [Bush Regales Dinner Guests With Impromptu Oratory on Virgil’s Minor Works](http://www.theonion.com/content/node/31077). (Speaking of the The Onion, someone there seems to be taking out some [repressed](http://www.theonion.com/content/news_briefs/bush_passes_three_pound) [anger](http://www.theonion.com/content/news_briefs/bush_dragged_behind) towards Bush at the last minute. Heh.) ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2008, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-not-gonna-have-w-to-kick-around-anymore/475738/2 "2008-12-04T21:32:57Z")
[Bush Refuses To Set Timetable For Withdrawal Of Head From White House Banister](http://www.theonion.com/content/news/bush_refuses_to_set_timetable_for), one of the greatest pieces The Onion has ever published. > [@VarlosZ](#): > > (Speaking of the The Onion, someone there seems to be taking out some [repressed](http://www.theonion.com/content/news_briefs/bush_passes_three_pound) [anger](http://www.theonion.com/content/news_briefs/bush_dragged_behind) towards Bush at the last minute. Heh.) You missed [a](http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&cd=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theonion.com%2Fcontent%2Fnews_briefs%2Fcrocodile_bites_off_bushs&ei=x0w4Sc3QAYyi8QSZpeiRDw&usg=AFQjCNGguH1sPC8Zeg54y4m7Ero3msc8fA&sig2=QQ8jmZmxzE98fwOlNN-GVw) [couple](http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&cd=2&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theonion.com%2Fcontent%2Fnews_briefs%2Fbush_tumbles_wildly_down&ei=90w4SazrDKCe8wTR0oyQDw&usg=AFQjCNHPySYtXYve2VYI36oVcKwEOjQisA&sig2=SGsKpsCprYaeKocAIDQ5vw). ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2008, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-not-gonna-have-w-to-kick-around-anymore/475738/3 "2008-12-04T21:35:38Z")
I still chuckle at the “strategery” bit from the SNL spoof of one of the Gore/Bush debates ---
**Author:** ![Winsling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Winsling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winsling)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2008, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-not-gonna-have-w-to-kick-around-anymore/475738/4 "2008-12-04T22:23:41Z")
There is only [one](http://www.theonion.com/content/node/28784) W. spoof article. All others are but pale imitations. Sorry, I meant to say “prescient,” not “spoof” ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2008, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-not-gonna-have-w-to-kick-around-anymore/475738/5 "2008-12-04T22:26:24Z")
Stewart was sobbing on last night’s Daily Show. “I’m gonna miss you so much!” ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2008, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-not-gonna-have-w-to-kick-around-anymore/475738/6 "2008-12-04T22:37:14Z")
> [@Bosstone](#): > > Stewart was sobbing on last night’s Daily Show. “I’m gonna miss you so much!” I loved Jon Stewart’s somewhat-poor impression of President Bush, especially after Hurricane Katrina when Bush visited an oil rig hit by the hurricane: “Riggy! What have they done to you, Riggy?” ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2008, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-not-gonna-have-w-to-kick-around-anymore/475738/7 "2008-12-04T22:41:34Z")
> [@Simplicio](#): > > I still chuckle at the “strategery” bit from the SNL spoof of one of the Gore/Bush debates I love the word stategery. I work it into conversation as often as possible. Do not misunderestimate just how often that is! ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2008, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-not-gonna-have-w-to-kick-around-anymore/475738/8 "2008-12-04T22:46:07Z")
For my money you just can’t beat [ob/gyn’s sharing their love.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpEPd4x_mPE) I mean, it’s the way he says it to: “… their _luuuuv_ …” ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2008, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-not-gonna-have-w-to-kick-around-anymore/475738/9 "2008-12-04T22:47:07Z")
Except that’s not satire. But it should be. (misread the OP) ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2008, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-not-gonna-have-w-to-kick-around-anymore/475738/10 "2008-12-04T23:39:45Z")
What comes first to mind is a Daily Show segment from maybe 2003ish… first they showed a bunch of administration talking heads using the phrase “9/11 changed the equation”. Over and over again, “changed the equation”. So then Jon Stewart got out a little chalkboard and a piece of chalk, as if he were about to write some math. “The new equation is… 9/11, plus anything we say, equals SHUT THE FUCK UP”. ---
**Author:** ![Yumblie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/76d3ee/32.png) [@Yumblie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yumblie)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-not-gonna-have-w-to-kick-around-anymore/475738/11 "2008-12-05T02:32:25Z")
I loved the bit on the Daily Show where George Bush 2004 debated against George Bush 2000. They’re so great at that type of stuff. Also from the Onion: [Bush Finds Error in Fermilab Calculations](http://www.theonion.com/content/node/38718) ---
**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-not-gonna-have-w-to-kick-around-anymore/475738/12 "2008-12-05T03:19:38Z")
“Rarely is the question asked: Is our children learning?” I actually have this quote on a T-shirt. ---
**Author:** ![sweepkick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/87869e/32.png) [@sweepkick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweepkick)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-not-gonna-have-w-to-kick-around-anymore/475738/13 "2008-12-05T10:59:48Z")
> [@Winsling](#): > > There is only [one](http://www.theonion.com/content/node/28784) W. spoof article. All others are but pale imitations. > > Sorry, I meant to say “prescient,” not “spoof” Indeed… eerily prophetic. ---
**Author:** ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-not-gonna-have-w-to-kick-around-anymore/475738/14 "2008-12-05T16:12:07Z")
> [@Winsling](#): > > There is only [one](http://www.theonion.com/content/node/28784) W. spoof article. All others are but pale imitations. > > Sorry, I meant to say “prescient,” not “spoof” Pfft, those predictions were way off, claiming an increase in military spending of 250%, when in reality, it was barely [212%](http://www.globalissues.org/article/75/world-military-spending). :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-not-gonna-have-w-to-kick-around-anymore/475738/15 "2008-12-05T17:02:27Z")
The Onion, [Bush Tours America to Survey Damage Done By His Presidency](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aEURwsrUSQ') ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-not-gonna-have-w-to-kick-around-anymore/475738/16 "2008-12-05T17:29:22Z")
My fave is Colbert roasting Bush at the [White House Correspondents Dinner](http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-869183917758574879). ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2008, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-not-gonna-have-w-to-kick-around-anymore/475738/17 "2008-12-06T06:29:56Z")
> [@mobo85](#): > > I loved Jon Stewart’s somewhat-poor impression of President Bush, especially after Hurricane Katrina when Bush visited an oil rig hit by the hurricane: “Riggy! What have they done to you, Riggy?” It’s a terrible impression that really doesn’t sound anything like Bush, and yet somehow, Stewart actually did capture something about the petty meanness of the administration that gets overlooked. > [@Beadalin](#): > > My fave is Colbert roasting Bush at the [White House Correspondents Dinner](http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-869183917758574879). Can’t believe I didn’t think of that right away. A great, great moment in comedy history. ---
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2008, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-not-gonna-have-w-to-kick-around-anymore/475738/18 "2008-12-06T07:02:50Z")
> [@Beadalin](#): > > My fave is Colbert roasting Bush at the [White House Correspondents Dinner](http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-869183917758574879). Man, I can’t believe it took 16 posts for this one. This was the watershed moment, when it suddenly became ok to criticize Bush openly in the media. Stephen Colbert proved once and for all he truly does have balls by openly mocking Bush to his face, with some really incisive vicious shit too. I hardly ever watch his show, but I will always love him for that. IMO, this is the ultimate answer to this thread. Nothing else is even noteworthy next to it.