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cynatnite Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-05 09:17 PM
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Would you stand up if bush were to walk in the room?
What kind of respect would you show him, if any?

To answer my own questions, I would even though I would be gagging at every turn. The respect I show would be for the office and not the man.
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MissWaverly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-05 09:19 PM
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1. Yes, I would and then I would run out the door
I believe Kerry was right not to stand up, this man should be held accountable.
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clydefrand Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-05 09:20 PM
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7. I would in order to kick his ass! When did Kerry not stand up?
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MissWaverly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-05 09:38 PM
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30. At the inauguration
I give him points for that, I think that instead of worrying about being
nice, (when Bush has shown no niceness at all), people are being arrested, held and tortured with no due process, we went to war with no justification, etc. what should be done is that our elected leaders
should take control, I don't care if they're in the minority, if Karl
Rove, 1 man, not a congress, not a majority, could create the havoc that he did from a few phone calls to reporters, why hasn't there been more done to expose what has passed for government for the last 5 years, why is it always the little people who are bucking the system, why is not our leaders, is that what we expect them to do, lead our country.
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Matariki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-05 09:35 PM
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27. yeah, when did Kerry not stand up?
recently? a while ago?
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MissWaverly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-05 09:51 PM
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46. it was at the inaguration
I remember that everybody stood up for Bush but him, Kerry looked cool
as a cucumber too. I sure hope that evidence comes out to prove how
rigged 04 was, name 1 single thing that has been done by the administration that is 100% honest and above board with no partisan
ties, just 1 thing.
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undergroundpanther Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-05 09:19 PM
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2. I would moon him,and etend my 1 fingered "salute
And if I had any rotton tomatoes or rotten eggs nearby I'd be sorely tempted..
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uncle ray Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-05 09:19 PM
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of course!
i'd either stand and turn my back, or stand and leave. most likely while shouting profanities at him like i was insane.
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DUgosh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-05 09:19 PM
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3. How else could I walk away?
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niyad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-05 09:20 PM
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4. only to leave by the nearest exit--I have NO respect for the man, and he
has NO respect for the office he stole, so I wouldn't even bother with a pretense of respect for the office, because he couldn't tell the difference
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tofubo Donating Member (229 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-05 09:20 PM
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5. i'd do this again
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Catherine Vincent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-05 09:38 PM
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33. That was a good idea!
:thumbsup:
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madrchsod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-05 09:20 PM
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6.  pretty much have to respect the office
but other than that,well, that`s up to each person
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artfan Donating Member (346 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-05 09:21 PM
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8. I would
stand if it gave me a shot to ask a few direct questions otherwise I would turn my back on him
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Cassandra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-05 09:23 PM
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9. It is easier for me to vomit from a standing position.
Seriously, I would stand and turn away from him. I'm not sure I would completely turn my back to him. It's a trust issue.
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IowaGuy Donating Member (515 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-05 09:25 PM
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10. I always stand when markin' my territory
just a gender thing
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undergroundpanther Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-05 09:27 PM
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19. Oooh Good idea!
Mind if I use a Fake one? and we stand on either side of him?
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IowaGuy Donating Member (515 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-01-05 07:27 PM
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64. OK, lets just watch out for the crossfire...not into that..;)
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undergroundpanther Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-05 09:25 PM
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11. Because bush is not president
He's an asshole sociopath squatter corporaste lapdog from a criminal family ruining our country for his buddies and mo'money.
As long as the pig is in there and the pigs have hijacked our government the offices are basically not there so I do not respect the people posing as "great men" Just because they wear the costume of heros does not mean they are.
Along with my ass and flipping the bird and eyeing up those rotton tomatoes he'd hear me yellin' "Hey Chimp,You suck your whole adminitration is pathetic,Bullies,You are a pretenderdestined to fall from your own ignorance greed and sickness you..LooooooSer!
and this would be said like Jim Carrey does when his butt sings in his movies.Ended with a HUGE fart.
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havocmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-05 09:25 PM
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12. If he walked into our den, damn straight I'd stand up.
That would be step one in throwing him outta our home. I wouldn't want the dog to bite him and get sick
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jrthin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-05 09:26 PM
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13. Hell no.
I'd sit on my tush as he doesn't deserve my respect.
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knowbody0 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-05 09:26 PM
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i would dramatically turn my back to him
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spacelady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-05 09:28 PM
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20. Yes, that would be my response, like an upside down flag.
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bearfan454 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-05 09:41 PM
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37. Me too. n/t
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madeline_con Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-05 09:26 PM
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14. You mean the room I'm in?
I'd ask him who the hell said he could come into my house!

A room in general? I'd get kicked out for making him do that uncomfortable thing he does when his holiness is questioned.
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AndreaCG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-05 09:26 PM
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15. If I had the chance to shake his hand
I would sneeze in it then offer it. See if I got arrested or at least thrown out.
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Cleita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-05 09:26 PM
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I wouldn't.
I did a similar thing in the past. The end result meant I was no longer expected to attend another event where I could embarrass those who were embarassed.

:bounce:
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mike_c Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-05 09:26 PM
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16. only to turn my back to him....
He is destroying my country. Frankly, I can't post what I think would be an appropriate response to finding myself within arms length of the resident.
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jobycom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-05 09:26 PM
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17. Only if he tried to sit near me.
He deserves no respect. He has dishonored the office, so out of respect for the office, I would show him no respect.
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HawkerHurricane Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-05 09:27 PM
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18. Yes, respect for the office...
(British orderly and the officer he's assigned to...)
Orderly: "Sor, they say you should respec' the uniform efan if ya don' respec' the man. And I do, Sor! Efery day, when I takes it out of the wardrobe, I salutes it! And again when I puts it back at night! Efery time!"
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Cleita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-05 10:35 PM
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56. What if the office was occupied by a usurper.?
By usurper I mean an unlawful occupier. Wouldn't you feel that respecting the office would be about not honoring the usurper?
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HawkerHurricane Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-01-05 01:00 AM
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60. I'd still salute that uniform...
show respect for the office even more so for lack of respect for the man.

And let everyone know it.
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Jim Sagle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-05 09:29 PM
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21. Yes, and I'd immediately turn my back on him and walk out the door.
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smoogatz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-05 09:32 PM
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22. Only so I could fart more effectively
in his general direction.
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Kerrytravelers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-05 09:45 PM
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42. My thoughts exactly:
I would fart in his general direction...

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Rufus T. Firefly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-05 09:32 PM
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23. Stand up and turn my back.
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mcg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-05 09:33 PM
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24. I'd follow his repeated example and salute him..with the one finger salute
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Catherine Vincent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-05 09:33 PM
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25. Yes, but I'd be getting up to leave.
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jojo54 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-05 09:34 PM
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26. I'd sit for seven minutes
then get up, announcing that I have finished reading "My Pet Goat" and walk out the door.
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AbbessHeloise Donating Member (24 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-05 09:36 PM
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28. Hell no
No way - unless it was to walk out the door the minute he entered the room.
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Silverhair Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-05 09:36 PM
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29. Depends on the situation.
If he is walking in as POTUS - Yes. I would be showing respect for the office that will one day again be held by a Democrat. We do NOT help future Democratic presidents if we tear down the office itself.

If he is walking in as himself, - maybe. Depends on the social setting. Absent an social reason for doing so, doubtful.
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kliljedahl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-05 09:38 PM
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31. Only 'cause I couldn't piss on him sitting down
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AndyTiedye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-05 09:38 PM
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32. Yes, and I'd Have a Few Questions to Ask Him
Why did he just sit there in that schoolroom doing nothing while airplanes were crashing into the WTC? How did he know there wasn't
a plane heading for the school? Wasn't he endangering the children
by staying there?

If terrorists getting nukes is such a grave threat, why is the man
who blew our network of nuke-hunters still employed by the White House?

plenty more where those came from
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grytpype Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-05 09:39 PM
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34. I would fart loudly.
And then I would say "Who farted?"
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Lecky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-05 09:40 PM
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35. No, because that would signify respect
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ogradda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-05 09:41 PM
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36. When I got up to heave n/t.
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Swamp Rat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-05 09:42 PM
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38. Yes, but I'd let one rip big time!
Edited on Sun Jul-31-05 09:42 PM by Swamp Rat
:D

I'd make sure to eat two huge plates of red beans and rice beforehand, with lots of cayenne pepper. :9

:hurts:

edit:
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Rose Siding Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-05 09:42 PM
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Yes
In recognition of the office (that he STOLE, btw)
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punpirate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-05 09:42 PM
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39. Sure, I'd stand up...
... so I could lean way down and whisper in his ear, "I'm gonna do everything I can to see you in jail, muthafucka."

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CityZen-X Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-01-05 01:37 AM
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63. I would stand up!
you get more leverage and accuracy when throwing things!
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deadparrot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-05 09:43 PM
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40. If he was coming into a room in which I was sitting,
I would most definitely stand, then flee screaming.
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understandinglife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-05 09:44 PM
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41. Yes, in order to leave immediately.


Peace.

www.missionnotaccomplished.us - How ever long it takes, the day must come when tens of millions of caring individuals peacefully but persistently defy the dictator, deny the corporatists their cash flow, and halt the evil being done in Iraq and in all the other places the Bu$h neoconster regime is destroying civilization and the environment in the name of "America."

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AuntieM1957 Donating Member (775 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-05 09:46 PM
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43. He's not earned my respect.
And I'm not inclined to "give" him respect.

So, no, I would not stand. Neither would I run.

I might turn my back to him, though.
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ObaMania Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-05 09:47 PM
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44. F no.
And I would probably say every bad thing about him that comes to mind to whomever was around me. In an audible tone too!
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Just Me Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-05 09:47 PM
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45. Honestly, if that bastard walked into my room, I'd,...
,...club him,...then, restrain him to the closest padded room. I have no confusion about "the office" versus "the man". He is fucking crazy!!!!
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Sapphire Blue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-05 09:53 PM
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47. Stand up, turn my back & give him a one-fingered salute
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wildwww2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-05 09:55 PM
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48. I`d walk out as soon as his maggot ridden ass walked in.
I don`t like to puke inside a building if I can help it.
Peace
Wildman
Al Gore is My President
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wovenpaint Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-05 09:57 PM
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49. I'd show him my pen :^)
then I'd stand up and run screaming from the building :hi:
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ScamUSA.Com Donating Member (407 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-05 10:02 PM
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50. I'd stand up and reach to shake his hand
then when he was within ear shot I'd ask him if he was really evil or just stupid.

I was going through my old photos and found some I took of Bush 41... wow back then I had NO IDEA how low the office of the presidency would go, but they were definitely already up to their tricks back then.
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Son of California Donating Member (467 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-05 10:14 PM
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51. I would sit and smile
and if he looked at me weird, I would flip him off...remember, he's not REALLY the president, so sitting would not be offending the office of president.
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OneBlueSky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-05 10:24 PM
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52. yes . . . but like many others, only to walk out . . .
hell, I can't watch the guy on television for more than five seconds . . . being in the same room with him could make me physically ill . . . I'd just leave . . .
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MODemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-05 10:26 PM
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53.  I would stand up only if it were mandatory
Edited on Sun Jul-31-05 10:27 PM by MODemocrat
George W. has not earned my respect, for I see him as a bully, and a big feeling-arrogant piece of work. This country does not have a real President right now. He might be likable to have a beer with, but since I don't care for beer, I have no reason to like him.
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-05 10:38 PM
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57. if it were mandatory, I would most definitely NOT stand up!
Fuck that bullshit! Wouldn't surprise if the asshole DOES make it mandatory...

but I would definitely not follow such unconstitutional and unethical orders.
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Donailin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-05 10:27 PM
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54. FUCK
NO.

But I would tell him to sit the fuck down, and shut the hell up.
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OrlandoGator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-05 10:32 PM
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55. Turn my back.
That's what any self-respecting American should do in his presence.
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jul-31-05 10:39 PM
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58. No, unless it was a courtroom and the asshole was finally getting his due.
Then I would stand and applaud.

I would also stand if that meant that, somehow, I was no longer blocking the bushel of feces that someone had hurled at him. I'm not sure how that would work, but, if so, then yeah, I'd stand.
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wli Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-01-05 12:56 AM
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59. I'd walk out of the room
He is for the FBI and other law enforcement to deal with. I have nothing to do with him and want nothing to do with him.
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oasis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-01-05 01:04 AM
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61. Hell no, I pay his damn salary. He is supposed to be working for me.
:kick: Get back to where you once belonged Chimpyboy.
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demgurl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-01-05 01:25 AM
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62. No, I would not.
That man (and I use the term loosely) has shown no respect for my country or the office for which he inhabits. He is a coward who will not even allow people who disagree with him to attend his rallies. I will not show respect for such an excuse for a human being. He takes up my oxygen and that is bad enough for me.
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Maru Kitteh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-01-05 07:42 PM
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65. Yes, I would stand when he came in the room
Then I would turn around, drop trou and salute him with whatever beans I might have cooking at the time.

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Straight Shooter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-01-05 07:42 PM
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66. I would not stand. He would get the same respect he shows our troops.
That is to say, zero.
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