Hey ! I miss * !!

[senseandsensibility]

Allow me a superficial moment here. What happened to calling the resident * ? It's an honored DU tradition, indicating that he is not truly elected, and a mere * in the history books. Lately, I've seen too many references to him as "Bush". What's next? Our President?

Hey, if the chimp didn't deserve a name or title after 2000, he's done nothing to deserve it since. He stole it again, people. He's even more of * than before!

Of course, you're welcome to call him whatever you want, but he'll ALWAYS be * or chimp to me.:)

[Mr_Spock]

1. I call him "the craven lying mass-murdering war criminal"

but that's just telling the truth.

[Turn CO Blue]

15. LMAO. Love it!

[TexasChick]

2. I always use Chimp. It's just habit now. Smirking Chimp comes out every

once in a while as well as Chimpy McFlightsuit!

[New Earth]

3. lol, oops

i didn't realize the * was intentional....i thought the name "Bush" was censored. LOL, duh.

[justinsb]

4. I find Bush and * pretty much the same

Because of the whole family thing - Dad, W, Jeb etc, which Bush are you talking about when you say Bush - doesn't matter.

[thoughtanarchist]

5. hehheh... do I feel silly now...

I thought that the * represented an assh*le!

(as sketched by Kurt Vonnegut in "Breakfast of Champions")

:hurts:

[seito]

12. me too n/t

[life_long_dem]

19. That's a great book, but I haven't read it in 20 years. n/t

[darkism]

6. He's ** now

since he stole two elections.

[senseandsensibility]

7. LOL

Absolutely!!

[AmyCrat]

9. or maybe *² ?

[senseandsensibility]

24. Also

very good, I must say!

[seito]

10. I thought * was the universal symbol for a___hole

Is it in the DU glossary?

[darkism]

14. The asterisk represents...

...the asterisk (or two) that he will always have after his name in the history books for not being legitimately elected.

[Turn CO Blue]

17. I thought it was just that his name was too evil to mention...

They should have a humorous "must read" section (beyond rules and FAQ) for all of us newbies - you know, a little history, explain the abbreviations, the "don't go there" topics, and the lingo.

I think I've got most of it now.

[Shalom]

21. An Asshole Reamed by the Sharp Tongue of Candy "The Ho" Rice ?

[Griffy]

13. HE HAS NOT stolen this yet.. STRENGTH ppl... focus nt

[bunny planet]

20. Yes that's good.

[tinfoil_beret]

8. That reminds me of one HUGE mistake by the Dems

The "Anyone But *" slogan gave * way too much press. It should remind one of the saying, "No publicity is bad publicity." Did the creators of this slogan not realize that they'd be giving * free advertising?

[Griffy]

11. REASON... we are trying to talk to the whole country now..

we need to come across, when we get heard, in a respectable way.

Focus on the task.. getting the word out.. and planning Protests!

[IAMREALITY]

16. Sense

I hope ya don't mind, but I liked this thread but figured I'd take it a step further so I turned it into a poll.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=203x136146

By the way, never knew that's why you called him *, I always thought it was cause we couldn't stomach seeing his name LOL Thanks for the history!

[senseandsensibility]

18. No problem!

Notice that * is winning so far!:)

[alittlelark]

22. Always 'b*sh' to me !

[tandem5]

23. how about "rover" or "spot"?

then if we ever saw him in person (god forbid)... we could go "<whistle, whistle> here spot! Who's a good boy?! yes you are yes you are! Spot wanna go after the stick? huh? the stick? go fetch!"

We could get whole groups of people... I can see it... everybody slapping their knees and whistling. "Here boy! Here boy!"

[americanwhothinks]

25. I prefer * to "Chimp" though the advantage of "Bush" is that

we don't make the mistake of stooping to the tactics of Bush/* (the people he doesn't like represent an "axis of evil!") and like-minded indivis( and Rush Limbaugh calls me a "feminazi")

And, as an advocate of civil discourse in general, I think calling a person by their actual name reflects:

1) a willingness to see a person as a person, no matter that we reject every single thing he stands for

2) an ability to play a clean rhetorical game (name calling is always suspect, and for good reason, I think...)

3) a willingness to consider the possibility that Bush is a hazard as a president, but may make a fine retired bug collector on a ranch somewhere... (note: i only said "consider the possibility"-- i'm making an argument for a certain kind of mind, here!!)

[glugglug]

26. perhaps a better idea:

I think instead of typing either * or Bush, maybe either Bush or Satan should be used (try the links). This way google will help us spread the word.

[SmokingJacket]

27. It's less funny to me now, I guess.

I used to call him *, but lately I've been calling him his real name.

I feel less like joking around.

Hope my sense of humor returns soon!

[senseandsensibility]

28. Me too

Smoking Jacket! Ya gotta laugh to keep from crying, as they say.