Bush hates it when he isn't referred to as "Mr. President"

[WI_DEM]

I was listening to the radio this morning and a guy was talking about how he met Bush during the 2004 campaign and he shook his hand and said, "nice to meet you Mr. Bush" to which Bush apparently turned stone serious and said, "That's Mr. President." This is not the first time I've heard this about him. I wonder how he would respond if people called him "Mr. Asshole" to his face?

[donco6]

1. That's gotta come from Barbara's side.

When she's not treated like a queen, it's "off with their heads!" Just ask Al Franken.

[monarch]

4. He even makes long-time friends call him "Mr President." n/t

[wryter2000]

33. You're kidding.

When I got my Ph.D. I joked that I was going to make everyone call me doctor for a month, even if it was Dr. Dipshit. I never did it, though.

[patcox2]

74. People with PhD.s call themselves "Doctor" now?

How cute. I thought only EdD.s were pompous and yet at the same time insecure enough to be such assholes.

[wryter2000]

77. Technically, we are doctor

If I were teaching at a university, I'd use doctor. On edit: Dr. Laura is a PhD in something like microbiology.

[Mikimouse]

79. kinesiology, if memory serves. Let's not give microbiologists...

an undeserved bad name.

[wryter2000]

94. Thank you

I apologize to any microbiologists who might have read my post. :) All disciplines have their renegades.

[jmowreader]

102. Really? I thought it was welding

Kinesiology is about one step up from painting yourself blue and waving chickens around in the air to chase the demons off, but I'm certain there are people doing it who care deeply about their patients.

[against all enemies]

86. Mr. Worst President , would be more appropriate.

A Quinnipiac Poll released today gives President Bush one more reason to be concerned about his approval numbers: Lots of voters not only think he's doing a lousy job, but they rate him as the worst president since World War II.

http://www.courant.com/news/politics/hc-qpoll-bush,0,669298.story?track=mostemailedlink

[WinkyDink]

90. "[N]ow"? Only if "now" means "Since 1515".

And there is nothing pretentious about it. There IS for Ed.D.'s, I'll grant (having worked for a few, the last one's having used "computerese" as his "foreign language" requirement!).

[Hekate]

112. "Doctor of Philosophy" predates "Doctor of Medicine" by some centuries...

... I do believe. IIRC when the MD designation was new, there was some territoriality over their use of "doctor" -- as in, did they have the right.

In academic settings even today (that is, universities) you'd be pretty foolish to not remind your students just how far you out-rank them on the knowledge scale. In high school and community college my teachers were Mr, Mrs, and Miss. But as soon as I hit the university, they were professors and called Doctor.

I got my PhD in midlife, but since I'm not in the university/academic world I seldom get a chance to use it as a title. If I ever publish, you can bet it will be part of my byline though. It's a credential, and I earned it.

Hekate

[tenshi816]

113. A close friend of mine is a PhD

but he doesn't go around advertising it in his everyday life. In his professional life, however, damn straight he's "Dr." He investigates fires and explosions for a living, and also gives expert testimony in court, so he'd be a fool not to (as you so rightly point out) remind people just how qualified he is in his field. It's a credential to be proud of.

The only time my friend uses his title for "personal gain" is when he flies. Some time back he discovered that having "Dr." before his name often gets him an upgrade.

[Hekate]

114. Gets him an upgrade, you say? rofl. My uncle did that with a hospital...

... back when my grandmother was dying and no one in the family could get a straight answer about her condition. He's a (now-retired) professor of history, but he discovered that he could get all kinds of info about his mother by phoning and introducing himself as Doctor So-and-so.

Hekate

[tenshi816]

84. According to Kitty Kelley's book from a couple years ago,

Dumbass's grandfather, Prescott Bush, insisted that his grandchildren address him as "Senator", so you can see where he gets it.

[monarch]

105. One more reason for those of us in CT to be sorry

and embarrassed and I say that as a CT resident and proud Lamont supporter.

[opihimoimoi]

6. EGO and Vanity

[BrklynLiberal]

16. Yes. I heard him tell that story. I think he met her on an airplane.

[Protagoras]

2. "Fascist piece of shit betrayer of the country" is probably out too then

darn.

[Kenergy]

12. LOL ! n/t

[donco6]

28. Yeah, but dang, I'd give someone a lot to say that to him.

Seriously.

Me? I really don't do well in humid climates like Guantanamo. My hair just WON'T lie straight.

[nolabels]

46. With an mal-administration that is a load of shit

Not even a worthy foe. He would have been just another one of the petulant spoiled snots that got rolled up on daily basis in my old middle school.

Do worry, everybody and anybody always eventually gets their comeuppance, sometimes sooner but then other times later :shrug:

[MrModerate]

3. I'm beginning to believe the guy has . . .

A dick the size of a pencil stub.

The behavior (stuffed flight suits, abusive nick-names, permanent resentment of anyone but his cronies) is classic.

[WinkyDink]

91. Don't forget the rubbing of the phallic---for him--- bald heads.

[BurtWorm]

5. I will never refer to Mr. Piece-o-shit by that term.

Ever.

[myrna minx]

7. He's also a man who needs to have perpetual affirmations

like cowboy boots emblazoned with the Presidential Seal. His jackets even state: George W Bush: President. What real authentic person would need such external affirmations like that? :crazy: Only a weak man would need all of that.

[Virginia Dare]

8. How about....

Mr. Fuckwad, that's what I'd call him. Of course, I wouldn't cross the street to shake his hand, so no chance of that happening.

[reichstag911]

13. Except for the "Mr." part... n/t

[libnnc]

29. So I guess mendacious fucknut is out?

[wryter2000]

36. If he showed up at my house

I'd tell him he's not welcome. I'd let Laura or the girls use the bathroom if they needed to, but then, they'd have to go, too.

[LoZoccolo]

9. He did something similar in the middle of a press conference too.

Here's a transcript:

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0404/13/pzn.00.html

Do a "find" on "who are you" and you'll see it transpire.

[LoZoccolo]

17. I found audio!

http://www.drudgereport.com/bush.mp3

I've seen video before too.

[Grown2Hate]

25. I actually SAW that press conference...

I couldn't FUCKING believe the arrogance of that prick. As the reporter started in, saying, "Sir... in regards..." Bushler actually rolled his eyes away from the guy in anger, turned back and leaned in toward him with his, "Who are you talking to?" in his best condescending asshole tone. I called and pointed it out to Randi Rhodes and she ran with it (well, actually, they dismissed my call and didn't let me on the air, but she ended up talking about it in the next hour, so I felt vindicated :) ).

[xxqqqzme]

47. especially since he starts out in a less than

respectful tone:

chuckle nuts: Who's the AP person?

UNIDENTIFIED REPORTER: I am.

chuckle nuts: You are? Well, ask.

'Who's the AP person?' he can't hear a name 4 seconds before he walks through the door and retain it, 2 call on the reporter.

What a petty, insecure, shallow, little man.

[wryter2000]

38. I think that's the video I saw

It was really disgusting.

[johnnie]

10. He needs people to call him that to his face

Because he knows that 70% plus of Americans and probably 99% of the rest of the world calls him a drunken motherfucking asshole.

[wryter2000]

40. I'm not sure he does know how unpopular he is

They don't let anyone who disagrees with him within earshot. We know he's out of touch with reality on many things. I think this is one of them.

[johnnie]

43. I am guessing you are right on that

He doesn't pay attention to any news or "common folk", he doesn't read he doesn't listen to anyone so i would guess he has no idea that he is basically considered to be a joke to the majority of people in the world.

[Richard D]

11. Consistent with . . .

. . . borderline personality disorder and extreme narcissism.

[BrklynLiberal]

21. "Bush on the Couch" confirms his extreme mental illness.

The man in the White House is a serial murderer, like Ted Bundy. The only difference is that he has society's approval to do what he is doing....at least the approval of SOME of society.

[warrens]

14. If I met him, it would be "how ya doing, bunnypants"

God I despise that little prick.

[jojo54]

15. I'm surprised he didn't insist on "King George Bush".

[bdamomma]

39. Or Mr. Decider

[lpbk2713]

18. "Mr Bush" is the appropriate form of address for this asshole

"Mr President" is appropriate for Kerry and Gore.

[Hoping4Change]

I wonder how he would respond if people called him "Mr. Asshole" to his fa

:rofl:

[dogday]

19. Mr. President, you fucked up by taking

us to war with Iraq... :mad:

[BrklynLiberal]

20. I cannot wait for his total public humiliation...

:mad: :puke: :spank: :grr: :nuke: :banghead: :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr:

[Virginia Dare]

27. Amen to that...

I can't wait for the day when people boo,harass and harangue him everywhere he goes.

On the other hand, I just realized recently that we (taxpayers) will be paying for this pox of a family for a long time. All ex-Presidents and widows of ex-Presidents get secret service protection for life. Plus they get a budget to run their administrative affairs. That means we'll be paying for the Chimp to ride his bike and cut brush at the ranch for years to come.

I can't imagine how much this piss-ant is going to end up costing us in the end. Money down a rathole.

:grr:

[CottonBear]

32. The SS rules may have changed. I think * will get 10 yrs. of protection

and then he'll be on his own.

Someone correct me if I'm wrong. I thought I read this in the paper recently.

[bunkerbuster1]

42. The BFEE will continue to fund their own security ad infinitum

and they will need it.

[CottonBear]

71. Chimpy will spend the rest of his sorry, miserable life imprisoned

by his own security requirements.

[BrklynLiberal]

52. I believe I read that too.

[Virginia Dare]

66. The Repukes probably had it changed for the Clintons....

Chimpy will get a special dispensation 'cause so many people want to get to his ass, and he's SKEERED!

(Note to Net Nannies: Not me of course).

[Geoff R. Casavant]

81. Nope, you're correct.

Clinton is the last ex-Pres to get lifetime protection, everyone else gets 10 years.

[CottonBear]

85. Thanks. n/t

[kestrel91316]

108. They changed the law, IMHO, so it would be easier for some RWer to

try to kill Clinton when his 10 years is up. But they weren't thinking about how much people would come to hate BUSH.

My concern is that perhaps Bush will never give up the office (due to some national emergency of his cabal's engineering) so HE will never have to worry about going without the SS.

[CottonBear]

111. President Clinton is not subject to the 10 year SS protection rule. n/t

[kestrel91316]

117. Well that's good to hear. I always thought they passed that law primarily

to put HIM at risk.

[Dulcinea]

64. What a waste of taxpayer money.

I mean, who'd kidnap Boy George? Hell, a kidnapper would pay Laura to take him back! It's not like he knows any state secrets. I doubt Cheney or Rumsfeld tell him anything.

[kestrel91316]

107. I am fervently hoping that once he's out of office, everywhere he goes

people lob rotten tomatoes at him. For the rest of his sorry, smarmy life.

[Bluebear]

22. "Your Majesty" is what he really craves. nt

[Minnesota_Lib]

44. Or possibly Generalissimo El Codpiece Magnifico.

[tives12]

23. What will his fellow immates call him?

I know they won't call him Mr. President.

[Richard D]

70. You mean Tiny?

He'll call him "My bitch".

[tives12]

80. I think that deserves an unabbreviated response.

Roll on the floor laughing my ass off.

[Richard D]

110. Thanks!

Glad you got a good belly laugh out of it.

[MADem]

24. I'd be HAPPY to call him Mister President

So long as I could insert "convicted former" in the middle of the phrase!!!

[nytemare]

26. I wonder how he likes being referred as it in the Pink song.

He probably hasn't heard that, though.

[wryter2000]

30. There's a video of him somewhere

He'd just met with some mothers of soldiers who'd died in Iraq, and he was pretending to be all emotional and moved by the experience. A reporter asked him a question but didn't call him Mr. President. Bush, literally, snarled at him. It was a real Barbara Bush moment.

[tanyev]

31. How about President Dipshit? Would that be OK?

[brmdp3123]

34. Hell, even Jed Bartlett couldn't stand that!

[mylittletribe]

35. cold day in hell

I'd have said "oh I'm sorry Mr Bush, but I voted for President Gore AND President Kerry"

[wryter2000]

41. Welcome to DU

:hi:

[mylittletribe]

48. lurker

actually I've been a VERY long time lurker, I just never post

thank you :)

[bdamomma]

37. bush is stuck on his ego

what an asshole he is, he doesn't deserve to be called "Mr. President".

[Writer]

45. The man's a malignant narcissist.

Of course he would insist on such a thing.

[porphyrian]

49. Traitors don't deserve titles of respect.

Besides, bush feels entitled to many things he doesn't deserve. Fuck him, that piece of shit.

[sinkingfeeling]

50. I refer to him as ' the dumsh*t'!

[VaYallaDawg]

51. He's just trying to remind himself he hasn't been dethroned.

Yet.

[DBoon]

53. I'm looking forward to calling him by his prisoner number

nt

[BrklynLiberal]

55. YESSSSS!

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

54. Is Mr. Presidunce acceptable?

[Mist]

56. Of course *'s sensitive--he KNOWS Unka Dick is the Pres. nt

[BlooInBloo]

57. He knows as well as anyone that he's a mere shell - no substance...

... without the cloak of the presidency around him.

Not a man, not a human being... he's nothing. And he knows it.

He is literally an incarnation of the "Clap Louder!" tinkerbell mentality.

[In Truth We Trust]

58. Lying, AWOL coward, limp dick, rich, frat boy, fraWD works for me

[ProgressivePatriot]

59. I'd hate being referred to as something I wasn't, too. n/t

[LynneSin]

60. I have never once refered to him as the "P" word

he isn't my president - he's the dictator in chief who stole TWO elections!

[mnhtnbb]

76. Me either. I was furious when a LTE I wrote was edited

to include "President" Bush. I had written it as Mr. Bush.

[Beelzebud]

61. Fascist Filthpig woud probably be a no-no then?

[Jeffersons Ghost]

62. AND I'M SICK OF PEOPLE NOT USING HIS FULL TITLE DAMMIT!!!

It's not "decider." the correct way to refer to this dignitary is DECIDER-IN-THIEF! If you lack the respect to refer to this fine man by his Formal Title, DER FUHRER at least have the courtesy to not abbreviate and call him by his true title Decider-in-Thief.

[kskiska]

63. In the beginning, he didn't want "Hail to the Chief" played.

Apparently, he's changed his mind.

(snip)

"Hail to the Chief" doesn't play for Bush during first weeks of presidency, at Bush's request. White House official calls it "example of humility and decency and fairness," in Washington Post. "I think it'll just be played at fewer occasions, rather than more occasions," says press secretary Ari Fleischer.

http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1282/is_4_53/ai_70433625

[politicasista]

65. I hate it when he is being referred to as the Commander in Chief.

:puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke:

[Jeffersons Ghost]

67. you hate it because its inaccurate, politicasista? I like DECIDER-IN-THIEF

Accuracy is important to me, as well. I can relate.

[politicasista]

73. Yep. I like Decider in Thief or Mr. Resident too.

Cause I am like he was never "commander" of anything except greed, oil, coke, and alcohol. :toast:

[Jeffersons Ghost]

95. right...

Comander-in-Thief of the United Hates.
Feeder of the Free World.

have you seen his new program to allow besiness
to become more proactive in government?

[elehhhhna]

68. Hope he likes "Mister Fukjaws". That's what I call him.

[derby378]

69. He's just a little bitch

:spank:

[TexasLady]

72. In our house, when the kids hear mom

use the term Mr Potato Head, they know its * Im ranting about.

[Ganja Ninja]

75. He should be addressed with his proper title.

"Your Asshole-e-ness"

[ComerPerro]

78. He's really gonna hate his next title: Prisoner 845716523459765

[caty]

82. If one gains

a position by theft---they shouldn't expect to have the respect that is supposed to come with that position. If one does an extremely poor job while holding that position, don't expect to be honored.

[Cha]

83. How does he feel about

"Hey fucktard" get a clue!

[BlueStater]

87. I have to hold back the vomit everytime I'm forced to call him "president"

Really doesn't say much about us as a country where this dumbfuck can attain the highest office in the land. I am NOT looking foward to whatever potential abomination the GOP may thrust on us in the future.

[1956]

88. Welll....

Excuuuuuuse Me!!!!!

[catmandu57]

89. Well then he wouldn't like what I'd call him either

I'd say there was a less than zero chance I'll ever come face to face with this west texas cocaine snorting prairie monkey, but I have less than zero respect and a growing hatred of this puke and anyone related to it.
Put all the fuckers in prison.

[Bouncy Ball]

92. Mr. Fuckwad.

Wait, take off the Mr. part. He doesn't deserve it.

[Ilsa]

93. I have to admit: I'd be terrified to insult him.

I'm afraid the rest of my life would turn to shit with the IRS on my ass etc for ten generations.

[Hekate]

115. Me too. These are scary, scary people. nt

[Lisa]

96. he even gets snippy over "President Bush"

I suppose he thinks there's a chance they might be talking about his father instead of him, and resents that. It's "Mr. President" or else.

Of course, a mere "sir" simply isn't enough for Dubya, Man of the People, as one reporter learned the hard way (already noted by earlier posters).

http://www.dubyaspeak.com/incidents.phtml?page=3

[leftofthedial]

97. how about "Your Assholiness"

[Jeffersons Ghost]

98. LOL too funny YOUR ASSHOLINESS the DOPE!

[Jara sang]

99. Bush is a fucking gimp.

[wizdum]

100. His real title is war criminal, isn't it? n/t

[BreweryYardRat]

101. How about...

"Mr. Worthless Corporation-Fellating Fucksock?"

Certainly seems more appropriate than "Mr. President."

[Cleita]

103. How about President Asshole.n/t

[JerseygirlCT]

104. Probably sic the secret service on you nt

[garybeck]

106. in that case I'd like to call him "Mr. Fuckhead"

[Octafish]

109. CHIMPEACH the whatevahyacallit as soon as fucking possible.

The giggling murderer has even done it to members of the Press Corpse who don't address him as "Mr. Monkey."

CHIMPEACH
The Little Turd
from Crawford

[Raine]

116. Wonder how he likes

"Chimperior"...:rofl: