Citing some mysterious disease/condition, Bush will soon retire

[opihimoimoi]

from office....to spend more quality time with family/golfing friends/.

He has become the LOOSE CANNON and must be quietly removed/replaced.

Bush has become THE LIABILITY.

They will make him a Hero, suggest his face on Rushmore, etc and have him leave gracefully.....

Any bets??

Come, we go the ODDS.

[Greyhound]

1. What odds you offering? n/t

[opihimoimoi]

5. Vegas would go 40 60 for retirement

[wakeme2008]

2. Zero for him to retire

probably 10% for Cheney to knock him off to become president himself.

[opihimoimoi]

6. He won't decide to retire, the decision will be made by his Controllers

and like a widdle boy, enticed by candy/toys, he will go for it.

Cheney will take the helm....10 more years to grab the Planet....and the Spice.....

[laugle]

34. Cheney is president!! Better hope Cheney lives

or Bush would be president!! LOL

[Imagevision]

59. Bush wants his legacy to be the second Prez to use "nucler" bomb

to supposedly the only means left - after Bush and his crew pull off a nuclear 9-11??!! <"They'll be hearing from us soon">

[peacetalksforall]

3. I've thought that for awhile... It also seemed that they were grooming

Laura to be a titular head... but that idea is waning with me just as her appearances are waning. But, perhaps, they are grooming her. She may be in an accelerated course to learn as much as Bill Clinton knows.

[opihimoimoi]

7. Laura almost as dense as W, she is no P Timber....tooth pick

[Greyhound]

4. I'll take that bet.

I think the repugs will run by running away from him, so they need him in office in '08. It'll probably work. :shrug:

[opihimoimoi]

9. In office, or OUT of Office.....by 08....????

[bahrbearian]

8. Dementia ?

[opihimoimoi]

10. Its been mentioned in a few places here on the DU..I wouldn't be suprised

Bush seems so disconnected when answering questions from reporters, always stumbling, searching for the right words, surreal.

He is like a dog who remembers to bring back the stick for a pat on the head. His handlers now have a hard time teaching him new tricks not to mention getting him to remember the old ones.

[Booster]

16. And this is the longest, I believe, that he's ever held one job. His

past shows that he is a quitter when the going gets tough, and it's obvious that he's had it with this job. He said he was going to run it like a business, and he's kept his word on that. He runs a business in the ground and then bails, taking all the perks with him.

[bahrbearian]

18. He never stold as much money as he can now, either.

So why quite?

[opihimoimoi]

32. He doesn't seem to realize the value of money and how it works for the

Common Good. He is Oblivious to the system. He has enough wealth to live forever in Bliss.

But the decision to rid him will come from others, not him...IMHO

[opihimoimoi]

21. Sure looks very close to what you describe.....the widdle kid who tires

of a toy moves on....but how? By playing sick....but then again, the sickness might be true....

[OneTwentyoNine]

11. Bush will be in office for the entire term......

Doesn't matter if his em..."mind" is wandering,hell Reagan was a doddering old fool who hardly knew where he was by his second term. Bush does nothing anyway except hang around D.C. for a couple of weeks till he can get back to the ranch. He makes no decisions,no policy--its all done for him.

[opihimoimoi]

22. Along the way, however, is his propensity to say the Wrong things

at the Wrong time....

He is the loose cannon the Pubs want to squelch but cannot unless he is retired....as an ole doddering fool...babbling incomprehensive shit

[terrya]

39. Sadly, I agree. He'll serve until the end of his term.

But...we won't see him AFTER he leaves office. He'll vanish from view. No appeerances on talk shows, interviews, etc like Bill Clinton.

[glarius]

12. He'll collapse while CUTTING BRUSH on his pig farm!

Either that or he'll have a debilitating fall off his BICYCLE!...:)

[opihimoimoi]

23. Might just be...falling off his bike or the Fall Proof Segway, LOL

[libertypirate]

13. Depends on Fitz

I have a fucked up feeling they might just jump ship.... There isn't a dictator these guys aren't holding hands with. The Yukos oil company being bought for 9b but know one knows who wrote the check; it's strange that amount is missing from the Iraq reconstruction budget. Murdoch builds home in China, I thought he just became an American... I never read anything about anyone building homes in Russia under communist rule.

They steal two elections, commit multiple acts of treason, and start wars with their old friends who their new friends don't like. They have crippled this country in such a short time; and right in front of our faces. The anti-Bill of Rights act (patriot act) would be considered the least American piece of legislation, and they have cut the hands off anyone who opposes them on anything.

The evidence on 9/11 is so in your face when you look at it, you know they did it. America has been taken over by people who think it belongs to them.

[opihimoimoi]

25. Signs abound they want the WORLD through control of the Spice

[Orangepeel]

14. a million dollars

never, never happen.

[opihimoimoi]

26. Never say NEVER...Murphy and his Firm sez so.....

[newscott]

15. Yeah mystery disease, like he finally grew a brain.

[opihimoimoi]

27. They should do a cat scan??? Maybe the holes are larger than

we think....? Mabe the Holes are Growing....?

[fighttheevilempire]

17. Won't happen.

Bush and his army of cronies refuse to come to grips with reality in any fashion. They refuse to see the need for Bush to explain himself to the American public. They see the public the same way the French monarchy did before the revolution. He can say or do anything, and it doesnt really matter to them. The chances of getting stern action against the president in the congress are about nil so long as his party controls it all, and they know it. Dementia or not, they wouldnt do it. They didnt make reagan retire, even though he never had a clue where he was the last 4-6 years of his presidency. I think that shows all the precedence I need to prove the point.

[opihimoimoi]

28. Reagan and Company was wise enough to pull the Marines from Beirut

Bush has trapped himself and will be the FALL GUY. The NeoCons escape with the loot.

[Totally Committed]

19. There's only one way this will ever happen:

He would have to become a threat to their hold on the WH in '08 so bad that Dick Cheney would need the running start of a year or two of incumbency to win.

With his poll numbers falling like a rock, and people now mentioning Cheney as a possible candidate in '08 all of a sudden, this is becoming a real possibility.

How they ease him out, if it should happen, will be interesting to watch.

Consider this: Cheney just spent a couple of weeks having a complete medical "overhaul". His pacemaker was recharged or replaced (depending on who you read), and he was checked out intensely from head to toe. Why this year? I understood that wasn't due to happen for a couple of years yet. Could they be making sure he's ready to assume power if Bush needs replacing?

Any President who runs a country that can do without him on the job 20% of the time, isn't really running the country at all.

Any President who is told his country is under attack and sits right where he is for 7 minutes is waiting for the real person in charge to tell him what to do.

Any President that is sent up in the air like a human skeet, repeatedly, even as this attack is underway while his VP is hustled to an undisclosed underground bunker is expendable.

If he were smarter he would have seen this coming a long time ago. But, I could be wrong. This is just a hunch on my part.

[opihimoimoi]

29. Lest we forget, Bush is like a widdle kid with a grownup body

He is told what to do, what to say, and when.

Expendable is a nice term in this regard.... more like toast...

[Gemini Cat]

33. I've wondered about that as well.

Cheney is rushed to his undisclosed location, while the unaware chimp is still riding around in a tight little circle on his tri-cycle.
If chimpie had half a brain he'd wonder about this himself.

[truth2power]

56. "like a human skeet". Hmm..

Never thought of it that way, but it's an excellent fit. Sending him into harm's way.

[PurityOfEssence]

20. Well, his Skull and Bones name IS "Temporary", but I don't buy it

It certainly would be a sneaky way for Cheney to become President. If so, they'd wait until just after the cutoff point of the 22nd Amendment, so he could have the maximum time on the job.

I still don't buy it, though, although I'm far from certain. We know that he's quite a bit of a puppet, but how much is another matter. Were he to be offed, it would allow the reactionaries to pin it on the left and purge us straight into fascistic theocracy, but that's a bit out there. Still, these guys play for keeps.

The big question on that last paranoid speculation is this: how many people are truly loyal to Junior himself? I think it's more than one might imagine, and for Cheney and his corporate brown shirts to pull off something like that would result in serious infighting. Still, these nuts are remarkable in their ability to pull together and goose step merrily along.

Remember, too, that many top Republicans--especially legislators--hate Dick Cheney's guts. He had all the Vice-Presidential contenders tell him what the skeletons were in their closets, and then pronounced himself as the only one clean enough for the job. That leaves him with blackmail information, and it makes for an awful lot of pissed-off guys with clout.

He'll probably stay, unless some serious shit hits the fan, in which case he may very well be expendable. I doubt that he'll step down, though; it wouldn't be manly. He's a mean, petty little nobody who needs to dominate; it's not in his makeup to back down.

[opihimoimoi]

30. I suspect THEY will make it happen...Bush will have little choice

[AntiCoup2K4]

24. The Chimp's face on Rushmore?

I don't think so :nuke:

And that goes for Reagan and his daddy too.

[opihimoimoi]

31. The Pubs are always looking for Heros, False ones too, anything to

make themselves appear legit and RIGHT.

Bush? A Hero? gimme a break....

[EVDebs]

35. At least with Woodrow Wilson his wife could 'fake it'...Laura for Prez ?

Is that what you're saying ? Cheney can't 'take over', he's an even bigger loose cannon/liability !

[opihimoimoi]

43. Poor Laura..swept up in this..nice wife an all but not Presidential stuff

more like tooth pick instead of Timber.

[renate]

36. I just recommended this for the Greatest page

because this thread is HILARIOUS!

[TheWatcher]

41. What's so hilarious about it?

Bush has been a puppet from day 1.

He has never been in charge of anything, just a shallow shell of a puppet to be a frontman for the real criminals who run things behind him.

This idiot couldn't run a Bowling Alley from 1 till 7 in the morning.

I wouldn't put anything past these people at this point, and neither should you.

You don't live in a Free Country.

[opihimoimoi]

44. Mahalo....Its fun to learn???

[I Have A Dream]

37. I was thinking the same thing yesterday. n/t

[niallmac]

38. Bush becomes a demented drooling vegetable unable to form a sentence?

You mean all over again?

[opihimoimoi]

45. Like King Louie...someone has to clean the Bushies Drool Cup hourly

Gobs of drool fill the Drool Buckets in the Oval Office but kept discreetly hidden from cameras.

The Shiney Silver DROOL CUPS RUNNETH OVER...from the MADNESS OF KING GEORGE of CrawDad

Oh shit, My eyes????

[hippiechick]

40. He's never been President; he's Chief FundRaiser ...

...merely a figure head. Nothing more.

Unca Dick and Rummy have been running the show.

[opihimoimoi]

47. The Puppet has a loose wire and is not responding to the tugs and pulls of

the Puppet Masters.,....

Bad Puppet, Bad Puppet....

"Maybe its time to retire the dude?"

"We did give some warnings"

"There is a limit to Blackeyes"

"Christ, you would think he could come with a better one that "fallin off the COUCH???"

"les give him a couple more weeks"

[Silverhair]

42. Then Cheney would be POTUS.

I put zero on W retiring. He will serve out the entire term.

[opihimoimoi]

49. might just be...only time and events will tell....

[Independent_Liberal]

46. He won't finish his second term...

Trust me, he's going down. Both him and Cheney. When it happens, the naysayers owe me $50.

[opihimoimoi]

50. It certainly doesn't appear to be going well for the First Dufus

[TheFarseer]

48. Zero % chance to retire

90% chance the repub 2008 candidate will run away from bush.

[opihimoimoi]

52. No Coat tails?? Its happening already....the Ratz are jumping ship

slowly...soon it can be a RatFall of major proportions....

Like in 756,997,153,009.08 Ratz per Minute....RPM

[0007]

51. junior wouldn't trade jobs with God.

[opihimoimoi]

53. It won't be up to Bush....he is a widdle kid compared to his Masters

The Controllers will make the decision....and BTW, from the looks of it, The Controllers seem flummoxed themselves. Review their stunning failures of recent past in our media.

Its time. They will now blame/eat their own...and Bush will lose....drool cup and all.

[Independent_Liberal]

54. November 2nd: Drive out the Bush Regime.

http://www.worldcantwait.org/

:)

[opihimoimoi]

65. Can't come soon enough....everyday, there is more damage

[dchill]

55. Nah... ain't gonna happen,

not voluntarily. They will have to take him out...

Of office.

[opihimoimoi]

66. in those funny tie me up jackets that he likes?

[cliss]

57. (feeling strangely giddy) I think you're right, Opi.

There's a thread above this one that tells of Bush commenting, "I have to go on with my life". Just unbelievable.

And recall his little impromptu speech when he crawled out on Friday to make some kind of statement about Cindy. He was stammering, stuttering, his command of the English language is frightening.

And now this latest thing - must go on with my life. Yeah, you do that Bush.

You know what I think it is? It's the white crosses that finally pushed him over the edge. For the first time in his miserable life, his actions are REALLY, REALLY close. Closing in, closing in. It's enough to make a person paranoid.

He tries to fall asleep at night. He knows that just a mile down the road, people are sharing camaraderie and mourning - it's eating him up inside. He can't sleep. Paces the floor. Wishes he could bomb Crawford once and for all. Shit. What to do now?

Takes more medication. Stutters and slurs even more than usual. I think they're getting to him.

[opihimoimoi]

67. If we can see it from Kaneohe Bay....you guys should see it from

up close....

The mans fucked.

[Spock_is_Skeptical]

58. Nahh, no way. He'll stay unless he's cuffed and dragged away.

[marions ghost]

60. here's my prediction...

based on no facts and nothing more substantial. I admit, this may be an optimistic view given the dirty tricks potential of these mobsters.

2nd Term: Over time, the Rethug puppeteers will look worse and worse (how bad is anybody's guess). Darth Cheney won't be "clean" enough to run for anything. He'll drag off to sit in his charnel house counting his skulls, drawing heavily on his Swiss bank accounts for the best medical care billions can provide. Rove will be helping Bernie Ebbers write his new resume. Some of the other Neo-cons will be sucked into the chute along with them, and the cronies left standing will suddenly develop serious allergic reactions to those who got "outed." The Good Times are gone. They all will be forced to spend a lot of time dealing with Messopotamia, trying to "fix" what got broke. Chimpy will be propped up no matter what his mental state, so the country can limp along into the next election with some semblance of continuity. A huge and hideous bronze of the Chimp will be placed in the town square in Crawford with a plaque that says President GWB, Leader, Soldier, Texan. It will be made to be bullet proof and indestructable, unlike Saddam's.

America will slowly begin to emerge from these Dark Ages...but the going will be rough. The devastating economic realities of the hijacking of the government will sink in. And I hope (?!) the *new* progressives will be on the scene by then, to help with the reconstruction of Democracy and the job of forging a new relationship with the rest of the world.

This is only ONE alternative to the Doomsday Scenario. I'm not making any bets yet, opi...but ask this Q again by December... :)

[Independent_Liberal]

64. Interesting prediction...

Weren't there astrologers who were predicting before the election that he would win and then he'd get impeached? Does anybody have any links to these predictions?

[opihimoimoi]

68. The statue better be Spit/Goober Proof

Gas will be $8 per Gal

Unemployment 12%

Homeless up 21%

Bankruptcies up 14%

Casualties from war...up 34%

DOW 6,778

Dem Congress

Dem Senate

Dem President

Conservatism down 65%

[LiberalAndProud]

61. you are delusional and you spend too much time on DU

edited: because your is not applicable in this context.

[Miss Chybil]

62. Nichts, Keine, Null, Nein, Nie.... (kein Text)

[orleans]

63. dream on. i only wish he'd go away!

he ain't going till it's over. unfortunately. imho

[Warren DeMontague]

69. Yeah, right after he admits all his mistakes and starts apologizin'.

...And hell freezes over, the Cubs win the World Series, The Pope starts talking sense on birth control, Christian Fundamentalists learn to mind their own fucking business, People stop killing each other in the name of "God", SUV drivers suddenly cease bitching with astonishment at how much it costs to fill up the Land Destroyer this week, The Cable News Channels start reporting actual news instead of brain-numbing fluff about runaway brides, The DEA stops harassing pot smoking cancer grannies and starts worrying about real crime, Whatever constitutes popular music stops sucking complete ass, Hollywood stops mining the worst of the worst of the most idiotic pieces of 20 year old pop culture detritus for corporate boardroom-approved screenplays and starts letting independent artists with vision make intelligent, thought provoking films, and folks backing out of parking spaces stop taking twice as long when they know that you're waiting for the space.