Just Curious How Many DUers NEVER refer To * As "President"

[Dinger]

I made up my mind back in 2000 never to refer to * as "president." It's like breathing to me - automatic.

[Marnieworld]

1. Not without air quotes

:grr:

[Sugar Smack]

46. *snort* I like that.

:spray: :patriot:

[BurtWorm]

47. Or scare quotes in writing.

And never with a capital p. When reading those two words together in print, I never fail to elide the first one.

[illinoisprogressive]

2. He's not my president.

[badgerpup]

3. I don't.

He's either "Bush" or 'the current occupant of the Oval Office/White House'.

[ProfessorGAC]

103. Neither Do I

I always use "Silverspoon" or "Li'l Georgie".
The Professor

[volstork]

4. i won't even say his name n/t

[Dinger]

9. Lately, I Just Say "The Chimp"

Except, not with my third graders. Thankfully, his name rarely comes up.

[BuelahWitch]

5. I don't

I don't think he was ever elected, so...

[villager]

6. Never have either, in 6 years, since he's not really President.

Just an insane appointee who is clearly in over his head.

[napi21]

7. I always refer to him as Shrub, and the few times I refer to the office

I say Prez. I never use his first or last name!

[greenbriar]

does idiot son of a bitch count?

phuckstick?

chucklenuts?

fucking idiot?

[Dinger]

15. Those Are All Appropriate And Accurate greenbriar

I always did like you:)

[greenbriar]

147. thank you

:)

[CrazyOrangeCat]

16. yep, all interchangeable and useful . . .

. . . like fuckwit, dipshit, assface . . .

[Dinger]

30. Awwww, You Make Me Smile CrazyOrangeCat

Keep it up:)

[CrazyOrangeCat]

45. Anybody with a photo of the Man in Black . . .

. . . is mucho cool in my book.

B-)

[Dinger]

49. Likewise I'm Sure

:hug: :headbang: :yourock:

[BattyDem]

8. Never!

EVER!

[Dinger]

17. Like The Gore Pic : ) (nt)

[BattyDem]

28. Thanks. That's MY President!

:D

[Jim Sagle]

10. He's just w to me.

[Individualist]

11. Never have, never will

[jgraz]

12. I usually go with "Chimpy"

Can't stand to use his name, let alone his fictional title

[EdwardM]

13. Sure I call him President Bush

But I called Saddam Hussein President Hussein

[Dinger]

20. Just Seeing Wellstone Is So Bittersweet

Oh, that he were still here.:(

[El Supremo]

14. Not me. nm

[in_cog_ni_to]

18. Never have, never will...because he's NOT the 'President.'

I have called him every vile name in the book though.:7

[Greyhound]

19. I'l go as far as pResident, does that count?

Usually it's shrub, idiot frat boy, or arbusto.

[Dinger]

21. Those Are Cool

And patriotic!:patriot:

[SeattleGirl]

22. I don't.

He stole the office, twice, thus he does not deserve the courtesy of the title.

In addition, he has befouled the office in such an atrocious manner, it's another reason why I will never refer to him by that title.

[Maat]

23. I agree with other posters ... NEVER without air quotes ...

and then, VERY RARELY.

[havocmom]

24. He isn't. so I won't.

He's the squatter, DimSon, idiot in chief, chicken hawk in chief, frat brat, AWOL, the drunk in the
Oval Office, the Puppet, the front, the chimp, the smirk, the fucking war criminal, the traitor, the pResident, but he is NOT President.

He isn't even fully human.

[silverweb]

25. Never!

n/t

[mike_c]

26. me....

He is not my president.

[NanceGreggs]

27. Never have ...

... never will -- ooops! Okay, there is only one circumstance in which I will confer the title.

The second the Idiot is elected as president of his prison cell block, I will acknowledge his rightful title.

[Dinger]

34. Oh, Damn, Post Of The Day NanceGreggs!

:headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang:

[NanceGreggs]

40. Thanks, Dinger!

The second this Idiot was installed in office, the husband and I started referring to him as the "Occupant".

That would seem to denote that he was simply an occupant of the White House, rather than a president.

But the real origin of the term was this: We figured that Cheney would be reading the REAL mail, and he'd just hand the Idiot the flyers marked 'Occupant', just to make him feel important.

To this day, he's probably still meeting with Cheney and the gang at least once a week to discuss what's on sale at the local DC supermakets, and to divvy-up the coupons.

[WritersBlock]

79. Gee, won't that make his new roommate Bubba sort of jealous, though?

But I'm sure Dimson's charm will soothe the savage beast!

:smoke:

[jgraz]

111. Sorry, Nance, he'll have Daddy's friends steal that one too

After all, they'll be just down the hall...

[madeline_con]

29. Never gonna happen.

I work with a nice Hatian gentleman who aksed me if I was going to "watch your President on TV tonight?"

I assured him that Monkey Boy is not my prez and does not represent me. We had a little political discussion, agreed he's useless and wants to be dicatotr, and siad goodnight.

[lonestarnot]

31. bushitler is not a president. He hijacked the office and our rights.

Therefore he's a hijacker, and he's off, so he's a hijackeroff.

[The Magistrate]

32. Never Have, Ma'am, Never Will

I do not swear many oaths but this is one I have sworn....

[HeeBGBz]

33. Never

I choke on it.

[Glorfindel]

35. Never have; never will

The BEST I can call him is "Dubya." Normally I refer to him as the chimp or that monster in the White House.

[Oldtimeralso]

36. Never

I even call the music they play when the curtain comes back and we see the wizard as "Hail to the Thief"

[az chela]

37. I usually call him prick or butcher or jr

[Dinger]

50. Makes Sense : ) (nt)

[FoxNewsSucks]

38. never EVER

do I refer to that moron as "President". He is NOT my president, and he was NOT legitimately elected either time.

I ALWAYS refer to him as the "lying criminal Bush Bastard". No matter where I am or where I am posting.

Or asshole, piece of shit, idiot, fool etc.

[kedrys]

39. It's usually "that little drunken frat bitch from Connecticut"

With my apologies to drunks, fraternity members, bitches, and Connecticuts everywhere. :P

The rest of the time, it's "Urgh" (:puke:) or "Boner" - the latter a reference to a George Carlin joke about *'s dad.

[Arugula Latte]

145. Did you ever hear Carlin talk about Poppy and Ronnie?

He said: "Does anyone else find it odd that George H.W. Bush wound up with a polyp on his finger not long after Reagan was diagnosed with colon polyps?" :rofl: (That is actually true that they both had polyps.)

[morningglory]

41. How 'bout "Sh*thead"?

Once in a while "President Sh*thead" but never Pres B*sh.

[KaryninMiami]

42. I would never call him president- I usually call him...

The squatter who has been illegally inhabiting the White House"- and that's on one of my nicer days...

[NV Whino]

43. Count me in.

I have never once said it.

[bluedeminredstate]

44. Never in six years.

I vowed I would never say the "P" word in front of the "B" word because he did not earn that title or the respect that goes with it. My kids have tried since 2001 to get me to trip up and say it but I haven't and I don't ever plan to.
Of course I realize that he is in fact the office holder and that he carries that title, but I will never, ever utter those words together because of the way in which he obtained it.

:mad:

[FuzzyDicePHL]

48. Never refer to him @ the President

But I do refer to him as Ass-Faced Weasel, thanks to DUer Crankie Avalon. :)

[Rainscents]

51. Never have and never will.

[ConsAreLiars]

52. From the beginning of this nightmare I have referred to it as Chimpy.

No title, not even "Mr."

Anything suggesting that that creature has the sort of "human" qualities we expect of other people, or even our pets, would be a lie. With apologies to Chimpanzees, who really don't deserve the caricature that appellation implies.

[helderheid]

53. Never. Mr. Bush and even then it is too respectful.

[Dinger]

54. It Does Irritate The Shit Out Of repukes Though : )

Which makes it cool:)

[niyad]

55. I have NEVER referred to him by that title--he is NOT, and never has been. I do occasionally refer

to him as the illegal squatter currently soiling the people's house, or der chimpenfuhrer, or that appalling waste of skin and oxygen.

President Gore, on the other hand. . . .

[Tatiana]

56. When Dan Abrams read the decision of the Supreme Court on air in Bush V Gore

I made up my mind then never to call him President. Or in print, I use a lowercase "p" and/or capital R. (pResident)

He doesn't represent me or this country or the principles it was founded on. He spits on the Constitution that he swore to uphold.

He doesn't deserve the title of President.

[calimary]

57. I make it a habit not to. The closest I come is "pResident," but

I do not attach it to his last name.

For example, here's my latest column - usually I refer to him as "Junior," "Dubya," "Bush" - at least in the column, even though I don't bother capitalizing when I'm ranting in general. There are LOTS of ways to refer to him without reaffirming the title he did not earn, and does not deserve. I happen to like "Humpty Dumpty" at the moment:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=3061360&mesg_id=3061360

[Dinger]

58. Maybe You Could Just Drop The "P"

Then it's "resident." Just a suggestion.

[calimary]

78. That's another good one. In fact, I originally found my way to DU from

a site called "Resident bush." Back in 2001, before September 11th. It linked me to Buzzflash, which led me here. I just do NOT like associating the ill-gotten-gain title with that bastard's name. It does NOT fit. The two words do NOT belong together. And I can't, anyway, because I cannot bring myself to acknowledge that creep as my president. 'Cause he's NOT. I refuse to recognize his claim on OUR Oval Office. 'Cause he doesn't have one.

[ktowntennesseedem]

59. Little Lord Pissypants

I refuse to type his name, and I will never refer to that lying weasel as president.

[NoAmericanTaliban]

60. Hail to the Thief

[evlbstrd]

61. Never.

Ever.

[Kelly Rupert]

62. I prefer "Mr. Bush." n/t

[Initech]

63. I refer to him as "Resident".

[mnhtnbb]

64. Never have referred to Bushie boy as "president". I was FURIOUS

when the local paper published a letter I'd written and added "President".

[Spazito]

65. I neither refer to him as President nor capitalize his name

as capitalizing denotes respect and bush deserves none.

[RiverStone]

66. Shrub it is!

He never would be * if he was not shoved into office via the Supreme Ct. after LOSING the popular vote.

He did not deserve the honor - it was GORE's and he stole it.

[illinoisprogressive]

67. I do refer to him as Damn Stupid Bush. My mom leaves the stupid out

[spacelady]

68. "Mr. Danger" "Commander Cuckoobananas" I defer to my betters

in naming that dirty butt anti christ gremlin.

[buff2]

69. I don't and never have

To me,he's not our president because he wasn't elected by the people and I would NEVER call someone that stupid and evil president of our country. He's the biggest embarrassment we could ever have. Plus,I hate him with a passion.He's too incompetent to hold such a powerful job.

I remember kids in my school making fun of kids like bu$h.It should never have been an option for him to even RUN,let alone be placed in such a serious position.It boggles my mind that a person doesn't even have to be intelligent to be a President of the United States.In this day and age all that's necessary is to be the "kinda guy you would like to have a beer with". This country is sooooo phucked up anymore.It's not the America I grew up in,that's for damn sure. :puke:

[Erika]

70. W is a joke

Certainly not fit to be called President. I could never demean the office of the prsidency by calling W the president. Never.

[caligirl]

71. and I never capitalize his first name (b).

[Dinger]

93. Me Neither, I Don't Capitalize Any other repukes Either

To me, capitalizing a word is a sign of respect.

[windbreeze]

72. how does * work? works fine for me....and I have various other names for him...n/t

[Blue_In_AK]

82. I refer to him as ** in writing

because of TWO stolen elections.

[johnaries]

73. "President Bush" would be a juxtaposition of incongruities.

Like "Jumbo Shrimp" or "Military Intelligence".... (thanks to George Carlin for those examples!)

[Ecumenist]

74. I don't and NEVER HAVE!!

Never will.. in fact, I refer to him a Idiot and always have.

[mitchum]

75. I have never used it as a title for him

never will

[TexasLawyer]

76. F&%#-ing Bush

My children don't get to swear around the house unless they combine the swear word with the name of a member of the * administration.

They're going to swear anyway, so this just makes the situation a bit more pleasant to my tender ears.

[WritersBlock]

80. Now, THAT is parenting!

:toast:

[VelmaD]

77. I prefer pretzeldent

:evilgrin:

[Blue_In_AK]

81. I never do.

I just call him George or "that idiot," or "chimp in chief" and it pretty much goes downhill from there. He has never been my president.

[WritersBlock]

83. Nope. He'd have to have been elected to the position for that to happen.

pResident

Dimson

Dumbya (my favorite)

Shit-fer-brains

Lying sack o' shit

The squatter

That traitor in the Oval Office

That coward in the White House

That lying, murdering, treasonous war criminal - My normal response to new acquaintances who ask what I think of * (anyone who knows me better doesn't need to ask.)

[Der Blaue Engel]

84. Never have, never will

He was never honestly elected to that office.

[Raine]

85. I NEVER do

he is not a President he is a pResident and nothing but a thief!

[SoCalDem]

86. He's just *² to me ... never president n/t

[Raksha]

87. Only if I'm addressing the Freepers on another forum...

and then I make sure to say "YOUR president," with YOUR in all caps.

Other options are the "president," (always in quotation marks), the pResident, or "the so-called president."

But I usually refer to him as Dubya or Shrub or the Chimp.

[pinniped]

88. I refer to that POS as "your president" when discussing this jackass....

with others.

In print it's either presidunce or simply an asterick (*).

[I_Make_Mistakes]

89. I just use Bush. I feel that respect has to be earned, and I just

have no respect for that man!

[Ghost in the Machine]

90. Never..... I prefer "the monkey in a man suit"....

or Dumbya.... or the Chimperor... or that idiot in the White House, a few times in writing as pResident.... the squatter in the White House

I refuse to call him anything respecful...

PEACE!

Ghost

[Clark2008]

91. Never.

Even when writing letters to the editor or letters to the press, in general, I refer to him on first reference as "George W. Bush." I NEVER call him the president. Ever.

[madokie]

92. Hell I couldn't even look or listen or read anything about the bastard for over a year

and it still pisses me off when I see his face or hear his voice, I can't help it and furthermore don't want to either. I only suffer through an appearance so as to have a better feel of where he is coming from.

[Midlodemocrat]

94. The nicest thing I refer to him as or by is his name - Bush.

I have never called him "President Bush", because he stole the elections and is therefore unworthy of the title.

[latebloomer]

95. Never have

and never will.

[seabeyond]

96. bushie boy, bush, pig, asshole, geek, dufus, moron... nope, no pres. n/t

[mmonk]

97. I either say administration (because they are a cadre of extremists

that are unAmerican in their viewpoints) or I just type bush with a little b.

[LostinVA]

98. I never have

[liberal renegade]

99. mr. MOTHER FUCKER IN CHARGE

[mmonk]

100. .

:rofl:

[TZ]

101. I prefer "Idiot in Chief" myself...

:-) :)

[Beausoir]

102. I don't believe I have ever called IT "President".

[ecstatic]

104. Only abstractly, when expressing disbelief and confusion

at how such a powerful country could somehow have someone like him "in charge." Otherwise, especially in text, it's either a *, his name, or at most "pResident" or something.

[annabanana]

105. My guess is. . . . "ALL of them". . . n/t

[Laura PourMeADrink]

106. I Do !! I say, "pResident Asshat"

[angstlessk]

125. I was looking for that- pResident boosh. when forced to call him anything

except idjit!

[Sapere aude]

107. I never have and never will. I was just thinking to myself as I drove home yesterday that Bush is

not my president. I was listening to NPR and I always mute it when they have Bush speaking. I can't stand to look at him or listen to his lying mouth. I always feel I'm being put on when ever anyone from this administration says anything. I hate being lied to like that all the time. Bush, Cheney, Rice and all the rest are scum sucking bastards as far as I am concerned and I can't wait until they are gone.

[tnlefty]

108. If I use pResident it's usually, pResident Pinhead, pResident Puppet,

pResident Peckerhead, etc.

So, yes, I guess I do.

[MANative]

109. NEVER - Not even once....

And when family members do it, I "correct" them on their misuse of the honorific.

[Catherine Vincent]

110. Raises hand!

Never.

[Orsino]

112. I do. Not because he acts in any way presidential...

...but as a reminder that he is taking up the space of someone who could. As a reminder of the responsibilities which he is reneging on every minute of every day of his occupation. As a reminder that only a real president can begin to undo the damage done by *'s Executive branch. He's not up to the job, not in any way whatsoever, but it's his for now, and every last American who isn't a billionaire should be distancing him/herself.

I do have to grit my teeth to call him president. Believe me, I understand your point of view. My wife agrees with us both, by the way.

[Justpat]

113. Count me among that number n/t

[ThomWV]

114. Never

[skypilot]

115. Never, ever, EVER.

I've always referred to him as "Bush", "George", "W", or "That fucking asshole". Never "President".

[Skidmore]

116. In conversation with others, I generally refer to * as

"that thief in the WH." My hubby makes it a bit more colorful.

[bdamomma]

117. not me, * has raped/abused the title, just like the Constitution

and our Civil Rights.

[denese]

118. Never has he been the President

Never will he be :-)

[LibDemAlways]

119. Absolutely never. No brainer. The moron

was never legitimately elected, therefore doesn't deserve the title. "Chimp" and "dumbass" work for me.

[Bobbie Jo]

120. Nope...my favorite

Commander AWOL, followed by Idiot in chief, and decider, but Never...pppresident.

[SalviaBlue]

121. NEVER

[okasha]

122. Never once in six years.

"Bush" or "George Bush" in the classroom or other circumstances which demand a measure of neutrality; otherwise "Li'l Boots," "Boy George," "Whistleass" and terms less polite.

[Lindsey]

123. I've NEVER put those two words together...

My friends and family are liberal. And when I hear anyone say that I just look at them and don't respond. I refer to him as *. That's what I've called him for all of the years. I also call him Howdy Doody.

[yy4me]

124. Refer to *** as "idiot" only, I would never give him any title

other than that. The thought of addressing him as anything else gives me heartburn---or worse!

[Uncle Joe]

126. Whenever I try to refer to him as that, my computer crashes,

there is only so much shit, it will take.

[judaspriestess]

127. I don't call jerkoff anymore than what he is

I may refer to him as "your president" if I am speaking to someone. He is an asshole not a president.

[HughBeaumont]

128. He's "Bewsh" to me.

Not President. NEVER "President". Don't care what his fucking title says. If the courts, not the people, selected you then you ain't president, money. Take THAT on your mandate with Gannon and Condi.

("Bewsh" meaning the yokel morans at the beginning Fahrenheit 9/11 chanting "Presdent Bewsh! Presdent Bewsh!" over and over again in that one segment. Hope they're proud of themselves for enabling bloodshed and baby corpses).

[teriyaki jones]

129. Never President, but King . . .

as in the Monkey King

tj

[mzteris]

130. Nope.

I occasionally refer to him in print as pResident.... usually it's just bush, the Pretender, the man who's currently living in the White House (illegally), or just plain - ijut!

There are few other choice expletives I use from time to time, too. :evilgrin:

[NoSheep]

131. He's either "that bastard" or worse. NEVER the president.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

132. I think the last time I ever referred to a President as President was with JFK. All the rest

I would refer to them by their last names, except for the Shrub (I sometimes call him Bush, the Sociopath, Georgie or Jr.). To this day, when I think of JFK I think in terms of President Kennedy.

[Jack Rabbit]

133. !!

Only when quoting or when writing satire, such as a news article with a date in the future.

[nadinbrzezinski]

134. chucklenuts

or monkey face

But President... well two coups, he is not legitimate in my eyes

[pitohui]

135. never call that thing a president

never have, never will

[depakid]

136. I have never ONCE used that word

to refer to Bush. Not once in the past 6 years, and I'm not about to start.

Maybe when he's impeached- or better yet, before the Hague....

[Alamom]

137. NEVER.

Dipshit is a favorite.

[Vinca]

138. It kills me, but there is one time I do.

When I'm writing to complain to a Republican official about something and I want my point to get across. My hope is the message isn't immediately tossed for being from a Bush hating, left wing liberal, ex-hippie, Democratic trouble maker. I also use "Mrs." rather than "Ms." It's a wonder I don't add a "God Bless America" at the end.:rofl:

[deutsey]

139. Not me. n/t

[RedCappedBandit]

140. Never.

[Arugula Latte]

141. Perish the thought!

Saying "President Bush" (excuse me while I retch :puke: ) affords that squatter a title of respect he has not earned in the slightest.

Whenever I hear someone say "President Bush," I have an alarm go off in my head. You just know they're a supporter of that little shit-for-brains frat boy dickhead.

[xxqqqzme]

142. in Pharaonic Egypt, it was believed saying your

enemies name gave him more power, so I don't use his name. They also wrote their enemies name on the soles of their sandals to grind his name in the dust. I do that as well.

[SharonRB]

143. I never do

It's always "Bush," "Idiot in Chief," "Decider," etc., but never "President."

[Marie26]

144. I do

In general, but it's pretty tough to put the title in front of Bush.

[montanto]

146. Always just plain bush, or *. Calling them The President

gets you tombstoned. They call him The President over at the other site.