Is there ANY Atrocity that would turn the Bush Zombies against him?

[mopaul]

And don't say blowjob.

[Benhurst]

No. NT

[buddysmellgood]

1. increase taxes

[Eric J in MN]

10. The middle class will probably have to pay higher federal taxes

soon.

Bush is expected to propose "simplifying" the tax code by eliminating the deduction for state taxes.

But he'll probably also propose an even lower capital gains tax and/or a lower top-rate so that the rich will pay less.

[Orangepeel]

they'd just tell people they weren't really raising taxes

and most would believe it, regardless of what their 1040s said.

[NNguyenMD]

65. my vote is with taxes, the reich wing never seemed to forgive Poppy for

going back on his ridiculously unrealistic promise of "read my lips, no more taxes"

Hence, their wet dreams of HW Bush aren't nearly as intense as with Junior or Reagan.

[ailsagirl]

2. NO

If they haven't done it by now, they'll never do it.

I even think they'd happily go to the death camps, as long as that's what the neocons wanted

[indepat]

11. No, hell no! Never ever in your wildest imagination under any

circumstances whatsoever for it's: damn the torpedos, full speed ahead with the PNAC vision.

[Solly Mack]

3. No

They're TB'ers to the nth degree.

[Starlight]

4. No. They have no morals or ethics. They don't care. n/t

[Borgnine]

5. If he rogered Victor Ashe during the State of the Union.

[benddem]

6. they've drunk so much koolaid

they wouldn't even turn against him if he raised taxes.

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

7. Doing something RIGHT.

1). "Simplifying" the tax code in a way which DOES NOT reward his "base" and SCREW the middle class (as the "National Sales Tax" certainly would). When the middle class starts to feel like Bill Clinton is back in the drivers seat, Bush's "base" will be SCREAMING for his head on a stick.

2). Getting the HELL out of the middle east.

3). Admitting a mistake. There are so MANY, it's hard to tell where to begin.

4). Withdrawing the Gonzales and Rice nominations.

...you see where I'm going with this. Take ANY DU post that's critical of Bush, have him act IN FAVOR of the opposition, and it's "Goodbye Base."

[StephanieMarie]

8. My fantasy

and the only thing I think that would derail him: Someone catching him and rice cake going at it in the Oval Office.

[Contrary1]

44. Not likely...

Whoever found them would just figure it was God's idea
that they should be together.

or:

They would wind up dead in a remote, wooded area.

[Starlight]

60. Or they'd just scream "sour grapes" and not believe it

like they do everything else. :eyes:

[Cleita]

9. Yes, cut off the flow of money these people are getting because

of their support of Bush and the war. Once the cash flow spigot is turned off they will have no further use for him and his mandate.

[Jade Fox]

16. We have a winner!

Its easy to forget that its all about the money, for the media anyway.

[AlinPA]

12. None. They are blinded.

[TahitiNut]

13. He could bugger Barney on the White House lawn in front of ...

... ten classrooms of 4th-graders and his sycophants would claim "He must have had a good reason."

These are cultists - subordinating even reason to following the annointed 'good person' (or 'Leader').

[corbett]

25. Second That!

I couldn't have put it better myself!

[LibDemAlways]

58. The good reason for "bugger"ing Barney

would be that the chimp determined Barney was a suspected terrorist and he was only using some Gonzalez-approved interrogation methods on the big purple guy. The interrogation proved successful and yielded much solid intelligence that thwarted a major attack planned by Barney and Baby Bop.

[Harry S Truman]

75. Exactly!

The mindless clones of the chimp-god will never turn away from his bullshit.

[Piperay]

14. NO...they will ALWAYS

rationalize any bad behavior...like the Iraqi prison torture...'fratboy pranks'. It doesn't matter what he does, he could eat a baby on TV and they would only say he was hungery and the baby was an evil Democrat and deserved it.

EDIT: spelling

[UdoKier]

15. A .05% increase in the income taxes of the top 1% of income earners...

Maybe if he passed a law to try to rein in the health insurance co's & big pharma's gouging...


Basically anything that saved the lives of dark-skinned foreigners or benefitted the MAJORITY of Americans would send them into paroxysms of anger.

[mopaul]

17. What if president cheney was lying about the actual G.I. death toll?

What if it were revealed that the actual number of dead g.i.'s were two or three times the official count?

probably wouldn't make one damn diff.

[ComerPerro]

77. The death toll could be 50,000 and no one would care

[Blue Gardener]

18. No

They are just as loony as he is. They will continue to worship their false god no matter how detrimental it is to them and the rest of the world.

[mopaul]

21. do you think they'll be ashamed like the Germans were after Hitler?

do you suppose they'll say, 'gee, how could i ever have supported such a maniac'? or are they just incapable of guilt and regret and remorse, like sociopaths?

[Blue Gardener]

31. I think a few will finally see the light

But sadly the majority are so far gone I don't hold out much hope. If they can still support the invasion of Iraq after all that's happened, I don't know what else could possibly influence them to change their minds. Maybe drafting their children?

[Just Me]

19. Suicide.

:shrug:

Murdering his wife.

:shrug:

[Last Lemming]

20. Two things:

1) the truth about 9/11
2) the draft

The second is coming soon--believe me--a bunch of those Bush Zombies are gonna wake up

[mopaul]

24. the draft would have some impact, but the truth about 9-11 is evasive

possibly deliberatly so, a premeditated crime with great attention payed to the cover up.

I think if a few republicans saw their kids drafted, i just MIGHT snap them out of their stupor.

[recovering democrat]

22. Changes that would definitely work!

Ban Christmas holiday - replace it with Ramadan celebration.

Ban contributions to church as tax-deductible charitable contributions on itemized IRS deductions - allow tsunami relief contributions to be deductible ONLY if they are targeted for Indonesia.

Appoint Bill or Hillary Clinton to the Supreme Court.

Draft white Christian Americans only to serve in the military.

[gumby]

23. NO

That's why they're called Zombies, Bushbots, Freepers, Neo-cons....

For the last 4 years, these Cultists have shown that their faith-based reality is at war with the reality-based community. As they conjure up excuses for every Bush Bad, they actively mock reality.

They stick their fingers in their ears and sing 'la-la-la-la-can't-hear-you as a transcendent experience that proves the correctness of their ignorance.

Phooey!

[bunny planet]

26. reinstating the draft might do it, providing there are no loopholes for

the wealthy like AWOL had in Vietnam.

[Carni]

27. If he was caught romancing a man... OR if Condi is his girlfriend

They MIGHT turn against him but that's about it!

[rowire]

28. Immigration is the achilles heel

The Zombies are xenophopes. Bush tries to court the hispanic vote by offerring amnesty. The zombies would rise from their graves and start race riots if Bush grants amnesty to illegal aliens.

[Pegleg Thd]

29. Only thing that would turn

the pukes against shrubya would be to send their spawn to Iraq or increase their taxes.

[mopaul]

32. but but SOMEBODY has to pick our beans and lettuce.....

that would rattle their cages alright, mucho.

[BattyDem]

30. No ... they'll make excuses for him no matter what he does

The zombies have proven that they are not capable of thinking for themselves - they must be told what to think by Rush, O'Reilly, Hannity, Coulter, etc.

Zombies make absolutely no effort to educate themselves or to become informed. They're losing their jobs, but the talking heads say the economy's great, so it must be great. They can't afford healthcare, but the talking heads say it's the the trial lawyers' fault, so they never question the outrageous prices of insurance or medicine. Our soldiers are coming home in body bags and the entire world hates us, but King George says freedom is on the march, so why should they worry about it - especially when it's not their kids getting killed. Waving the flag and kicking ass makes them feel strong and special.

The bottom line is ... they don't care. They don't care if religion is shoved down people's throats by the government because it's their religion. They don't care if freedom of speech is being taken away because (so far) the only people affected are those they disagree with. They don't care if civil liberties are disappearing because "it's for their own protection."

Just like **, they are black & white minds in a technicolor world.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

33. Maybe if he divorced Laura and married Rush Limbaugh

in Massachusetts; then, after conducting a black mass, performed an abortion on a 13-year-old Girl Scout he had impregnated. He would have to do this on Pox News on the White House lawn while wearing women's clothing, though.

[mopaul]

34. or snorted coke off a bible and praised satan maybe?

and burning a flag while masturbating on t.v.?

[Toby109]

35. If Shrub went on live TV, claimed to be the Anti-Christ

and destroyed the world, I'd bet his approval ratings wouldn't top 40%.

Good to see you again, mopaul.

[BigBearJohn]

36. Or if they caught Dick and George in bed.

[mopaul]

38. ugh.....(shudder)

eeeewww, thanks a lot for the gross out.

[BigBearJohn]

40. And if I were a fly on the wall, I could just hear them moan....

oh, daddy, oh daddy
give it to me
talk dirty to me
oh, daddy, oh daddy
push harder!

[Johnny Noshoes]

46. Come On Man

Some of us just ate dinner :puke: !




"But what I do believe in is keeping promises to the people," she said. "I told them election night - and I didn't know how prophetic this was - that if I had to stand alone, I will do it. I am not afraid." - Barbara Boxer

[Bigmack]

37. Nope... not even if they caught him in bed...

... with a dead hooker and a live boy!

[sffreeways]

39. Absolutely there is

if he raised taxes they would revolt by the millions. That's all he would have to do is make the grave mistake of raising taxes.

Even if the raise in taxes didn't have an impact on most people the stupids would still freak out.

[mopaul]

42. on c-span a guy said he hates bush's polices but he pays less taxes

i don't mind that america is melting down and ww3 has begun, it's all about a few fucking bucks.

[FizzFuzz]

45. Or another similar kind of attitude is this from a woman I know

She wants arabs dead. She is some kind of Likudnik, and just twinkles at the thought of dead arabs. Ugghhhh, brrrrr.

She even claimed to be socially liberal, but none of that matters now when the arabs could get nukes. So all that matters is her children's future, which means, killing arabs as quickly and as thoroughly as possible.

Same mentality--"I don't care that America is melting down, I want my anger and revenge urges SATISFIED!!!!!!!"

[FizzFuzz]

41. I wonder if getting our voice into prime time TV would make a difference

Someone just said the kool-aid people think whatever rush, hannity, etc tell them to. Right!

There are NO strong voices telling the truth on prime-time TV. I think it's TV that's the key; most everyone has at least one (most have several), and it's on ALL the time.

It may not be a matter of finding the one magic smirk mistake that will bring him down, but rather, interference with the brainwashing machine that the Dark Side has so cleverly bought and used for their purposes.

Remember, Fascism is the confluence of gov and corporate power. TV IS the corporation. So, can we buy up some of it? I think it would grow--look how many people are desperate for a voice of truth. TV is the voice that alot of people listen to.

[BigBearJohn]

43. That is the best suggestion ever. It would make a HUGE difference

[Johnny Noshoes]

47. Kind of like AAR

Good idea if it could somehow be started. I heard a story on AAR about a cab driver who was talking to his passenger and the passenger told him about the local AAR station. The driver had on the usual wingnut drivel and when he turned to the AAR station he was so happy to find a voice of reason. So imagine how great it would be to have a real progressive/liberal TV network. You change things one open mind at a time.


"But what I do believe in is keeping promises to the people," she said. "I told them election night - and I didn't know how prophetic this was - that if I had to stand alone, I will do it. I am not afraid." - Barbara Boxer

[oppositionmember]

48. He would have to sodomize some Iraqi (male) orphan

and then put a bullet through his head, on live television, preferably Fox, for maximum impact. Even then, well...

[leftofthedial]

49. no

he could cut a fetus out of the belly of its still-breathing mother and devour it all on prime time TV and the RW echo chamber would rationalize is somehow

[LunaC]

50. Amnesty for illegal immigrants

That ALWAYS frosts the Repugs balls and gets their panties in a twist!

[LunaC]

51. Take away their guns.

That's sacrosanct, doncha' know?

[WVhill]

74. You're right!

Bush side-stepped the assault weapons ban during the campaign. Kerry embraced it and blew off West Virginia's electoral votes just like Gore did in 2000. I suspect it made the difference in some other close states too.

If Bush went for it now, note that Gonzales favors it, the NRA crowd would abandon him. I suspect they'd have stayed home and not voted if the ban had been extended just to let Kerry win and send the Republicans a message. They would screwed Bush and counted on the Republicans in Congress getting the message to throw up obstacles to everything Kerry had planned.

[soleft]

52. A blowjob is it was proven it was given by Condi Rice

Or any proof of an affair between them. That's the only thing that would do it in this America.

[LunaC]

53. Make out with Hillary

Don't exactly understand why they hate her so much.

[allalone]

54. I think if he ate a live puppy on tv

they would just say "he needs the protein"

[gizmo1979]

55. If he canceled his NRA membership.

[JerseygirlCT]

56. Stock market crash?

[susu369]

71. Nah, that would be Clinton's fault

bu$h* "inherited" the problem.

What if bu$h* was caught on camera drunk out of his skull on the White House balcony and suddenly just fell off the balcony. This followed by Condi rushing to his broken body crying and screaming, "my husband, my husband - you cannot leave me!!!!"

:evilgrin:

[kevin881]

57. no they are brainwashed.

[mr blur]

59. Take away their guns, SUVs, big TVs and junk food? (nt)

[journalist3072]

61. My response

Was there anything that made Jim Jones' supporters turn against him? NO.

So the morale of this story is: don't drink the cool aide in the first place.

[Hatalles]

62. Yes, I think so...

However, it would have to be an atrocity committed on a large white Christian populace (an English speaking country would be a plus). In other words... it's not going to happen.

[Edgewater_Joe]

63. No, Not The Zombies. But As For The REST Of The Country?

Look at the poll numbers. It may not be that hard after all (barring some manufactured event that can allow Rove to scare the piss out of everyone again, of course).

In other words, I'd say 25-30% of the voters are Repunk Kool-Aid Guzzlers 4 Dubya, the rest people that we have to convince to come to our side.

Roughly speaking.

[jazzjunkysue]

64. Close Waffle House. Leave Laura for Barbara Streisand.

Impregnate a sheep (envy), live, on national TV, while reciting Paul, wearing most of a Jimmy Carter costume, standing on the flag, blowing his nose in a T Bill, giving health care to the poor, with Prince playing in the background. This is fun. Sure as hell, flirting with a high ranking black woman with bad teeth hasn't done it.

[Catchawave]

66. The truth about the missing TANG year?

Or some other cover-up of Rovian proportion, ya know, worse than Watergate:evilgrin:

[mopaul]

67. bush has 50 scandals at least, Nixon only had Watergate

but so far, none have clicked with the hypnotized.

[NuttyFluffers]

68. no, any atrocity would be seen another step towards the rapture.

that's what they want, death. death for everybody. he is their new messiah and they shall follow him unto destruction of the entire universe and any pain and suffering they endure would be for the sake of 'the supreme goal.'

these people are death cultists, nothing more, except instead of killing themselves and maybe sacrificing a person or two they want to commit genocide on *every living thing they can get their hands on in the entire planet.* and they are now in power with their proxy/messiah's finger on mutual assured destruction.

[zanana]

69. Drunk with power.

They finally control all three branches of government. They're being very emotional, high-fiving each other and speaking out very brazenly. They feel invincible right now. That'll change.

[ArchTeryx]

70. Very little.

I've always said, 'His base would vote for him if it came out that he barbequed babies for breakfast'.

And 2004 proved me right in just about every respect. That's the advantage to building a cult of personality, which is just what W has done.

-- ArchTeryx

[newyawker99]

72. Hi ArchTeryx!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[ArchTeryx]

73. Thanks!

Well, thank you for the warm welcome. :>

I wondered how I'd get along here, considering that I try not to just flame at random and post when I have a little insight to offer, but the welcome is just what I needed on a very dark morning.

-- ArchTeryx

[ComerPerro]

76. The most extreme thing I can think of still wouldn't turn them. And

You could show photograps and video of Bush and Cheney meeting with bin Laden and the 9/11 hijackers on Bush's ranch in August 2001. The Bushbots would still support him.

[Stirk]

78. No- their support for Bush is also an expression of hatred for the left.

Many of the Bush fans I've met support Bush simply because the left doesn't. They hate us, and supporting Bush is an expression of that hatred. So it doesn't really matter what Bush does. They don't care.

[Davis_X_Machina]

79. You can't refute a theology. n/t