What would happen if Bush literally cracked?

[wtmusic]

http://www.capitolhillblue.com/artman/publish/printer_4636.shtml

OK, so the source is questionable. Still...

What would happen if he lost it on national TV, had a tantrum, got physically violent? Can he be declared mentally unfit to serve? What's the process here?

[Norquist Nemesis]

1. You mean he's not already? n/t

[stepnw1f]

2. He's A Born Again Evangilist

he cracked a long time ago.

[NMDemDist2]

3. evil can't hide the hate that drives it, this is no shock to me eom

[guido500]

8. A Bush story you might not know.

Read the section on the Texas Rangers in the baseball history book Legends of Baseball.
The interviewer asks the majority owner if George Bush, a minority owner, runs the Rangers team. When the owner says he does not, the interviewer repeats that he indeed heard George Bush runs the day to day operation. The majority owner exclaims "no he doesn't run the team and don't you tell him."

[newyawker99]

23. Hi guido500!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[AlFrankenFan]

4. Not only would I start scream-laughing...

(because my history teacher is always screaming "I'm going to crack soon!)... but I would also start cracking up, then eventually I might feel a bit sorry for him.

[Dookus]

5. Yes

The 25th amendment provides for such a case. The Vice-President and a majority of the cabinet secretaries can declare the President unable to discharge his duties, in which case the Vice-President assumes the duties as acting President.

If the President objects, an emergency session of Congress is called, and each house must then vote. If 2/3rds of each house vote that the President is, in fact, unable to discharge his duties, the Veep remains acting president.

[wtmusic]

9. thanks

It seems likely Bush's cabinet would never acknowledge it.

Could Congress overrule the cabinet?

[DieboldMustDie]

14. It doesn't look like it, but I'm not a lawyer.

Read the 25th amendment for yourself. Section 4 is the pertinent part.

[AwakeAtLast]

10. That's what happened on '24'

and the thought of that happening scare the living shit out of me!

[shanti]

13. cheney....

that reptile would never have been legally voted into office. that would be the only way he could be pres. he wouldn't like it tho, imo. the big dick prefers to be in the background pulling the strings.

[rumguy]

6. The media would praise him for it

[Wonk]

7. literally?

Found on fark.com
http://forums.fark.com/cgi/fark/comments.pl?IDLink=970815

Ok, ok, I know, that's pretty silly...

[Virginian]

12. I was expecting humpty dumpty but yours is better.

n/t

[maggrwaggr]

11. how do you think he fucked up his face?

He's already cracked. He's way cracked.

[Hippo_Tron]

15. He'll pretend to collapse...

And they'll say that he had some sort of illness, sign the succession act, and Chenney will make a few campaign stops telling people to prey for the President's health. That'll be the end of it.

[cliss]

16. I'm glad you asked, WT.

We really should ponder this. According to some threads here, Bush really is falling apart. The man has become so worthless, "falling while bike riding", a recent seizure, and his speech was really hard to follow yesterday when he shared the news about George Tenet.

What if the Old Boy really becomes incompetent? Like he starts speaking in tongues; some ancient sumerian language? Or he becomes so incoherent that medication doesn't work any more.

Pretty soon, even Mr. & Mrs. Joe Average will notice. They'll point to the TV screen and marvel. "Look!" "He's slurring. He's got spit hanging out of his mouth. His eyes are focused on the ceiling"

he heh. They giggle and look at each other, and speculate on his demise as they crack open another beer can. They know. George is finished.

Well, for one: expect them to hide him even more. (jeez, what fitting punishment for those bastards!). We'll see lots of past footage of the charmer. There will be rumours swirling like tornadoes in Washington. Everybody will be speculating, "Where's Dodo?" And it will fail, like everything else they've tried.

[Skittles]

17. it is very distrubing that Mr. & Mrs. Joe Average hasn't figured it out

that SOB has NEVER been competent, but they didn't care because they figured he'd "surround himself with good people"; how wrong they were and we are all paying for it.

[wtmusic]

22. lol an ancient sumerian language?

if it's medieval Mongolian at least it will confirm that he's the reincarnation of Genghis Khan, like we all suspected ;-)

[Mike Niendorff]

18. See : 25th Amendment.

The problem is : if Bush were to be deemed mentally unfit to perform the duties of his office, the baton would then pass to Dick Cheney. Out of the frying pan, into the fire.


MDN

[iangb]

19. If Bush was really, really cracked then........

......he'd stuff the economy, antagonise half of the world, take the country into an impossible war....and tell everybody that everything was just dandy.

[Carl Brennan]

20. He could resign for mental reasons.

and plead insanity at any trial

[newyawker99]

24. Hi Carl Brennan!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[Carl Brennan]

25. I like this site. Thanks for the welcome

[Pepperbelly]

21. Kerry could provoke him into losing it in the debates with one question.

Please explain to us why you weakened our great nation with every decision you made as CIC?

[rucky]

26. If Bush *literally* cracked...

he may wind up in hundreds of pieces on the floor of the Oval Office. Literally.