Certainly Bush is flying to Washington DC from Crawford. Right?

[Bluebear]

Surely with Bhutto's assassination and storm clouds brewing he is winging his way to the Capitol to have high-level meetings with his cabinet, then discussing at length with Dr. Rice what our next step should be. Being that Pakistan and her hundred nuclear weapons are in a region growing more unstable by the day, we can rest easy knowing that Bush has contacted our allies asking for their input and aid in stabilizing the situation. Right?

I'm sure that by now Bush has contacted the campaigns of both the Republican and Democratic front-runners, urging national solidarity at this crucial time, and making clear that using Bhutto's murder as a campaign talking-point is not only vulgar but counterproductive to our national interest. This is all occurring, please tell me.

Bush has put down his chainsaw and bourbon long enough to consider that the world community and the United Nations must be considered a tool in impressing upon Musharref that elections must take place as soon as possible, and that the propped-up current administration is making Pakistan more dangerous, and that nuclear weapons falling into religious extremist's hands is not an acceptable outcome. He's doing all this, right? Right?






Right?

[ChairmanAgnostic]

1. rite

really
trust me.

[undeterred]

2. And all good Americans will be urged to GO SHOPPING!!

Its the patriotic thing to do.

[Wapsie B]

3. Bubble-boy's handlers have taken care of all that.

Although with only a year left and no serious impeachment threat looming I don't think his keepers give a shit.

[Vincardog]

4. How long did it take him to react to Katrina? I am just saying

[Ishoutandscream2]

5. You know Bush is pissed

How dare that lady, messin' up his vacation! I know there are some here at DU who think that Bush would like to suspend elections and maintain his presidency indefinitely. I totally disagree. This assclown can't wait until January 20. 2009. His mission has already been accomplished.

[dflprincess]

6. I would really feel better if Bush just stayed in Crawford

Let our allies (we have allies?) decide how to handle this.

[NV Whino]

17. Of course we have allies.

Don't forget Poland.

[shadowknows69]

7. In four days

[ColbertWatcher]

8. If by "flying" you mean...

...snorting coke or drinking copious amounts of booze and by "to Washington" you mean as fast as he can nd with as many underage male prostitutes, then yes.

[burrowowl]

9. Of course not

He is at the Crawford White House!
Didn't you know!

:nuke:

[Mojambo]

10. WE.ARE.SO.SCREWED. n/t

[Bozita]

11. Heard he may be holding a NSC meeting tomorrow ... in Crawford.

Members of the NSC will, of course, be flown in at government expense. That could be pretty $$$.

Seeing as how these folks are on vacation.

[TahitiNut]

12. "Watch this drive."

:eyes:

[orleans]

24. (no shit) n/t

[11 Bravo]

13. Why, does another clinically dead Floridian need a bill passed ...

to forbid her from dying in peace?

[saltpoint]

14. Bush's impulse will be to remain in Crawford --

-- unless the press shames him into a more significat, ceremonial-style statement on the assassination.

--and to clear more brush. You know it just grows like a damn weed, and Bush is a rough-and-tough cowboy and likes to clear it himself. Have Suzanne Malveaux git some pictures and run it on the cable news how rough-and-tough Dubya is. Quite a gal, that Suzanne Malveaux.

--and there may even be a bottle of some firewater stashed here and there down on the ranch, well beyond serious press scrutiny. More booze, fewer pretzels. That's the ticket.

--besides which, he's had somebody call sweet Condi to handle this. Condi doesn't appear to have much else to do anyway, so she can handle the Bhutto thing whie Dubya clears brush and boozes it up real secret-like.

--and Dick will do all the rest of whatever it is you do in a case like this.

--which is no big deal anyway, since Dubya's only real chore now is to run out the clock. It's hard work cheatin' for two straight elections. Time to kick back and enjoy life a little.

[bklyncowgirl]

26. Old Crusoe, you have hit the nail square on the head.

"-- unless the press shames him into a more significat, ceremonial-style statement on the assassination."

George W. Bush ain't going nowhere just because someone offed some uppity woman politician out there in Whatsitstan.

Why is it that bad stuff always seems to happen while Bush is on vacation?

[saltpoint]

27. Good point. But it does seem to happen when he's down n Crawford.

My god I'll be so happy when this fool is out of the White House.

Give me any of our 8 over any of their 7, and the sooner the better.

[uppityperson]

15. Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha nt

[DUgosh]

16. No he's on typically on vacation

Yes, the rest of us would immediately return to the business at hand if one of our business associates/colleagues etcs were brutually murdered.... to give some symblance of support an order. It's just the right thing to do.

[cboy4]

18. Are we certain he knows Bhutto was a person and

we're not talking about a planet? :eyes:

[Bluebear]

19. See:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=2537611&mesg_id=2537794

:rofl:

[cboy4]

22. LOL! Great minds think alike....

Or is that gay minds think alike?

[Rex]

20. Any minute now...

Series.

[nadinbrzezinski]

21. There is brush to clear

the world can wait

Everything changed after 9.11

Sorry, forgot this

:sarcasm:

[melody]

23. They'd have to drag his ass out of the liquor cabinet first

Then explain to him that "Pakistan" has nothing to do with elephants.

[2rth2pwr]

25. Having elections as soon as possible is probably the worst

outcome. Without Bhutto and now that the other opposition leader has pulled out, Musharaff's election would practically be guaranteed.

[B Calm]

28. I prefer Bush just stayed in Crawford forever!

[RamboLiberal]

29. I disagree - for now I have no problem with him staying in Crawford

IMHO his flying back to D.C. and holding cabinet meetings now would help fuel this is an international crisis! I'd rather see U.S. stay cool for now and give this a couple of days to play out. Now if it does escalate then I'd be more critical if he continues on vacation.

But I would also hope that there are those in D.C. who need to be in the loop have quietly come back to work and not stayed on Xmas vacation.

[focusfan]

30. does anyone think that it is weird that Bush

Didn't want the election postponed.he wants this guy in office
no matter what