Does anybody really expect Senator Kerry to get installed Thursday?

[DanCa]

Is everyone so excited by the chimps speech Thursday because they think that chimpo would resign and appoint senator kerry as president?
I dont mean to be a kill joy, and I hope like hell it happens but I just can't see the gibbon resigning, and b, if he does resign by some miracle, that a republican congress will elect Democrat to fill in the vacancy . Sure I really want to see Murder Inc go down in flames and Kerry be installed by Friday but I just dont see it happening. Do you?

[cynatnite]

1. Is there a post where someone assumes Kerry would be made pres?

I must've missed it. Got a link?

[DanCa]

6. No I'm assuming but you know what happens when one assumes :)

[cynatnite]

13. So why make the assumption?

If there is no post to speak of, why make the assumption that someone on DU thinks Kerry will be pres if boy king were to resign.

I guess I'm confused. :shrug:

[DanCa]

17. Ah it was my turn to get froggy and jump.

But i was wondering aloud if thats what all the hub bub was about earlier. If people were thinking if the Gibbon were going to resign and the chimp would install Kerry. I really dont see what the fuss is.

[cynatnite]

20. And a great job you did :)

There was so much wishful thinking and I admit to being a tad hopeful, but bush's ego prevents him from realizing what a danger he is to this country.

Then we'd have Cheney to worry about and so on.

But, alas...Kerry to take over for bush would be such a sweet dream and to see the repuke heads exploding all over the place...a sight I could only fantasize. :)

Thanks for the few moments of disconnect from this reality we call hell.

[LiberalVoice]

2. Ofcourse not. nt

[HEAVYHEART]

3. Hmmm

I didn't see any posts from anybody saying anything about Kerry being "installed" on Friday.

[Spider Jerusalem]

4. uh...someone REALLY needs to lay off the crack pipe.

Sorry, but anyone who thinks that is going to happen is not part of the reality-based community.

[stepnw1f]

9. lol (nt)

[Brother Buzz]

11. What Spider says.

[Carni]

39. I was going to use crack pipe

Then changed to the bong comment--LOL

Maybe in retrospect I should have said "Stay away from the brown acid"

[SharonRB]

5. What a wonderful fantasy

I seriously doubt * will be resigning, but I really wish he would!

[Marr]

7. His numbers are in the toilet and Fitzgerald's investigation is nearing

it's conclusion. He's trying to get out in front with some face time- maybe boost his numbers. That's all.

[DanCa]

12. agreed anything more is just wishfull thinking.

Unless Mike Brown injects the gibbon with a truth serum before the conference and Bush admits he stole ohio this is nothing more than a dog and pony show.

[pitohui]

8. cheney is next in chain of command

i do think * should resign

when you have disgraced yrself that badly it's the right thing to do

be that as it may, cheney not kerry is next in chain of command

& it ain't gonna happen nohow because it presumes w has a heart and a conscience which he don't

[KerryOn]

35. And if Cheney were president, .

(and he won't be) ... then nothing has changed. After all he and Rove are running the country anyway. Bush is just the puppet, we all know that.

[William769]

10. Elizabeth I coming do you hear me!

[mshasta]

14. in your dreams...!

Wherever he has to say it will be something like…Iran exploded the levees in NO…!!!

[leeroysphitz]

15. I didn't realize that resigning presidents got to hand pick

their successors... Ooh! ooh! pick ME! pick ME!

[Walt Starr]

16. * CANNOT appoint anybody as president if he resigns

Cheney becomes president. If Cheney and * resigned, Hastert becomes president. If Hastert, Cheney, and * resigned, Ted Stevens becomes president. If Stevens, Hastert, Cheney, and * resigned, Rice becomes president.

This bullshit speculation about extra-constitutional occurrences only feeds into negative images of DU.

[Sapphire Blue]

26. The exception to that would be Cheney resigning/leaving office...

bush's new VP would be next in line... ala Gerald Ford. That could be an even more frightening scenario than cheney.

[salinen]

28. If the pResident resigns

then the real president would become president. My head hurts.

[maine_raptor]

18. Yes

Right after George is hauled away to the Tower and the executioner's axe. Followed by Dick being drawn and quartered and burnt at the stake.

Oops, sorry this is America not England.

[longship]

19. We do not live in a kingdom.

If Bush were to resign, only Cheney could assume office.

POTUS has no powers except those itemized in the Constitution. These do not include selection of a successor, with the single exception of a VEEP vacancy.

[DisgustedTX]

21. VEEP VEEP VEEP VEEP VEEP VEEP

Christ.

Vice-President.

[shadowknows69]

22. sure why not

dream big I say.

[Benhurst]

23. Of course not. That's not the way banana republics work.

[Tiggeroshii]

24. Why Thursday?

How did you come to the conclusion it would be Thursday? Just a couple days to give the idea a chance?

[mcscajun]

29. The Chimpster will be speaking on Thursday night.

He's giving a prime-time address -- it's expected to be about the response to Hurricane Katrina.

That is all.

[Solly Mack]

25. IF anyone does think that - would they also send me donations?

I figure if anyone's that gullible it couldn't hurt to ask. :)

[mcscajun]

27. A. It doesn't work like that. B. the speech is going to be about Katrina

and C. No, I do NOT see that happening. (see A.)

I don't know anyone who's excited by the prospect of this speech on Thursday. It's just going to be Rovian Bullshit to spin the last two weeks, especially the past few days.

He's going to hammer home what his deluded mind sees as his "accomplishments", shadow-box around his "responsibility moment" today, and reassure his base that all is well.

And there will be rejoicing in Kool-Aid-ville.

[lynne]

30. Uhhhh . . . the V-P is next in line when a Pres resigns or -

is impeached. Can you say "PRESIDENT CHENEY?"

[WoodrowFan]

31. if so would they like to buy this bridge

I mean, jeebus...

[meisje]

32. STEP AWAY FROM THE KOOL-AID!!!!!

[KitchenWitch]

33. Your comment is an insult to gibbons everywhere

[WI_DEM]

34. well, if Bush resigned Cheney would become president, not Kerry

he can't just appoint the president. What would need to happen is Cheney, the president pro-tem of the Senate both step down. Condi resign and then Bush appointing Kerry Secretary of State and then resign making Kerry president. But none of this is going to happen because Bush isn't going to resign. How this idiotic rumor has gotten traction on DU is beyond me.

[expatriate]

36. What has made my jaw drop

is that you seem to think that a resigning President appoints his successor. Do you not know how things work when the President leaves office before the end of his term?

The Vice President acts as President until such time that a special election can be held to choose a new President. But the special elections are never held - the VP just assumes the Presidential office and serves out the term. He appoints someone to act as his Vice President. This is what happened after Kennedy was assassinated and after Nixon resigned. In the case of Nixon, his Vice President, Spiro Agnew had already resigned, and he had appointed Gerald Ford to take his place, so for the first time in American history, after Nixon's resignation, America had both a President and a Vice President who had not been elected (of course, we can always add Bush to that number now, considering that both the 2000 and the 2004 elections were bogus).

I am hoping that you've posted this in jest, and that you don't honestly think that Bush gets to appoint his successor should he leave office before the end of his term.

[FreedomAngel82]

37. Uh no

Bush won't ever resign. He'll have to go either through handcuffs or something else such as that. And no, Kerry won't be installed because these people never admit they are wrong.

[Carni]

38. STEP AWAY FROM THE BONG!

You cannot fly...Please don't attempt to climb tall buildings or make any sudden movements!

In a word NO bush ain't going anywhere and trust me when I tell you I wish that wasn't the case.

He'll show his ugly face to the nation Thursday and announce he's federalizing everything, then he'll blame the state of LA for the job they did.

He's not resigning...just planning on a larger power grab.

Just another seig heil moment in the bush residency.

[applegrove]

40. No. That's just dreams to make the horror all go away. Seems like

60% of Americans are going to be stuck with a neocon president they despise and detest and hate and puke at - for 3 long years.

Oh my!

[DanCa]

41. Ah too bad that there only dreamin'

I would like to sell them shares in the Danca Inc.

[wisteria]

42. Well since we are dreaming, lets say Bush admits fraud and

theft of the election and declares Kerry is the true President. He then turns his remaining Presidency over to its rightful person- John Kerry. Oh, wouldn't that be wonderful.To bad its only a dream.

[Rex]

43. As if.

What are you smoking and pass me some!
:evilgrin: