Will Bush say goodbye on his last day, a la Nixon boarding the helicopter?

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

...or will his exit be a private one, no cameras, no one there to film him leaving the White House for the last time?

I can't imagine what it took for Nixon to put on his "brave face" and wave goodbye, knowing the world was watching. One of the people on board that helicopter was on the TV the other day, and asked what was discussed in the ride from the White House. He replied that the ride was "pretty silent."

I imagine George W. Bush to be somewhat of a spoiled child and a coward. I'm guessing that we won't see him leave...unless it's somehow a requirement of the office. I may be wrong...it won't be the first time.

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[Shoeempress]

1. He'll be busily shredding the evidence right up to last minute.

He's so arrogant that it won't occur to him to shred now.

[volosong]

2. Bush is Kicking the Crap out of us

The way I see it, Bush is kicking our ass big time via his seduction of the news media.

If it doesn't change, it is unlikely we will win.

Before you start counting votes that aren't there, why don't you write letters to your local and county newspapers? If you have already done so, great, there are many topics to address, such as why Bush is NOT a strong leader.

The media are so seduced by Bush we can't get news reports about Kerry's activities. Here is one letter of protest that I submitted to my county papers:


NEWS MEDIA SUFFOCATING DEMOCRACY

It is evident that the honored and traditional roles of the reporter and news services are dead. Out of the ashes of the golden age of journalism, an anemic albatross rather than a phoenix has risen.

Empowered yet impotent, timid reporters repeatedly fail to challenge and expose the duplicities of ALL our political leaders. When Bush split his crotch on Kerry’s war record, no one seemed to notice. An objective examination of the Bush blabbers shows 2-5 times more flips than Kerry. Many regard Bush as a total FLOP whose stupid policies are killing people and wasting billions while Americans suffer.

Kerry-Edwards were greeted by the largest crowd in Portland history estimated between 40,000-60,000. This was ignored by most major US news services. Instead, we saw Bush with a crowd of invited guests, many looking embalmed, listening dutifully while Bush stammered and slandered.

If you don't know for whom to vote, all you have to do is look in your wallet, and then look into the eyes of loved ones. Do you want four more years of a man (who in my opinion has a “cognitive disorder” and is unfit), who has his hands in your pocketbook, his finger on the nuclear trigger, and his head down kissing up to big business and corporate polluters all at your expense?

The third party candidate is effectively not Nader, but the media who are in fact running as a “parasitic appendage” prostituting themselves to Bush in the manner of John McCain. The result is the loss of journalistic integrity, a violation of the public trust, and suffocation of democracy.

I am a veteran and a gun owner. I am not formally affiliated with any candidate. What is notable is not my Doctorate in Political Science, or my Medical Degree, but the fact that I am old enough to remember when reporters and news services used to be a class act: They were aggressive, incisive, and fair instead of court jesters and palace eunuchs.

[zanana]

3. I can't wait for the concession speech.

I'll never forget poor Al Gore congratulating Bush. Ugh.

[ScreamingMeemie]

4. I don't care...as long as he just goes.

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