If Bush was all of a sudden murdered.

[Karem-Knight]

Do you think the public would look up to him the same way as JFK? If you think about Kennedy go the US in a similar type of war with Vietnam.

 

[ampersand]

Nope.

 

[04nbod]

i think the world would party like it was 1999

 

[Spidey-Bat]

Do you think the public would look up to him the same way as JFK? If you think about Kennedy go the US in a similar type of war with Vietnam.

Except Kennedy was fairly young, had two young kids, and just lost a son months before.

 

[TEDDY]

Did you just compare Bush to JFK?... SECURITY!!!

 

[Fred_Fury]

You cannot murder the immortal son of satan!

 

[kainedamo]

History will look at Bush as a bad President no matter what.

 

[Darthphere]

No, the whole assasinating a president makes his image better thing is poppycock.

 

[Badger]

Agreed, a Bush assasination would be like the apple juice you drink to swallow a bitter pill. It would just mask the fact that he was a bad president.

 

[hippie_hunter]

Assassinating Bush would be a liberals nightmare: not only would Bush get favorable approval ratings because he was killed, Dick Cheney would become President.

 

[Matt]

Not right away, but historically, yes.

 

[Matt]

But to be a realist here, assassinating Bush would be incredibly difficult. Aside from the **** load of secret service agents, Bush is one of the least public presidents of all time.

 

[Darthphere]

Assassinating Bush would be a liberals nightmare: not only would Bush get favorable approval ratings because he was killed, Dick Cheney would become President.

I gotta call bull**** on that.

 

[Matt]

Assassinating Bush would be a liberals nightmare: not only would Bush get favorable approval ratings because he was killed, Dick Cheney would become President.

I honestly think Dick Cheney would resign before taking on the presidency. Not immedietly, he'd appoint a conservative V.P., now that Nancy Pelosi is third in line, but after there is a conservative V.P. in place, I don't think he'd want the job.

 

[hippie_hunter]

I honestly think Dick Cheney would resign before taking on the presidency.

He wouldn't, because then Nanci Pelosi would become President. Which would be a conservative's nightmare.

 

[Matt]

He wouldn't, because then Nanci Pelosi would become President. Which would be a conservative's nightmare.

If I'm not mistaken, he'd be able to appoint his own V.P.. The succession clause would only occur if something simultaneous happened. I could be wrong about that...but I think he does. He'd appoint someone like Frist then step down.

 

[Kmack]

i think the world would party like it was 1999

Sad but true.

 

[Abaddon]

I think he might be viewed with more sympathy down the line.

 

[comicgirl]

Nope.

I second that

 

[Badger]

If I'm not mistaken, he'd be able to appoint his own V.P.. The succession clause would only occur if something simultaneous happened. I could be wrong about that...but I think he does. He'd appoint someone like Frist then step down.

Actually, I believe there would be no VP untill the next election. So Nanci Pelosi would become the next President if Dick Cheney stepped down or died.

*Lyndon B. Johnson went from 1963 to 1965 with no VP.

 

[mightiest_mortal]

Channel 4 actually did a documentary about it...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAsysJ72NSU

Was annoying tho, because from the original adverts it sounded like they were going to assasinate him live in some kind of reality TV show.

Was somewhat disapointed.

 

[Gotendbz-2]

No. And man, its Christmas! Lets be happy! And think happy things!

 

[xwolverine2]

hes our president.... i would be.

and you all should go to hell for wanting someone to be murdered

 

[Spidey-Bat]

hes our president.... i would be.

and you all should go to hell for wanting someone to be murdered

Yeah. Like him or hate him, it's sick to want someone to be murdered. Except if it's someone that is an abomination like Hitler or Stalin.

 

[bored]

People would be nice for a while, just out of respect for the recently deceased, then they'd go back to their old feelings (like when Reagan died).