If you had the chance, would you meet the President?

[GreenInNC]

Every year the various NCAA and professional championship teams meet with the president in the rose garden. They never get to ask questions, it is just a photo op.

If you were on one of these teams, would you go?

[Tangerine LaBamba]

1. No

[ewagner]

2. No. eom

[Midlodemocrat]

3. Not this one.

[ColbertWatcher]

4. No. n/t

[kestrel91316]

5. This year? With BUSH???...........NO.

[sinkingfeeling]

Not if his name was George W. Bush.

[bryant69]

6. Probably not - depends on who the president is

This one, no.

Maybe show up with an anti Bush T-shirt and then not be allowed to attend. That would be humorous.

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[TBF]

7. Only if I were able to wear my Obama tshirt.

[JDPriestly]

8. No.

[EmperorHasNoClothes]

9. That depends. Would I be allowed to spit in his face?

My guess is no.

[GreenInNC]

10. threatened with losing your scholarship?

What if you were threatened with losing your scholarship?

[Glorfindel]

15. Develop a case of explosive diarrhea

Must have been something I ate. So sorry, regrets to the team, etc. There's always a way. }(

[LakeSamish706]

11. Emphatic NO (Current one)....n/t

[underseasurveyor]

12. No!

Not the current murderous flatulent pussbag.

But the next president, President Obama.. oh yea:bounce:

[King Bacon Fat]

13. I might consider seeing Little Bushie...

I want to see just how limp his handshake is. A man like that can't possibly have a manly handshake.

The players on these teams do get to shake his hand, right?

[DavidDvorkin]

14. Al Gore? Sure!

[Echo In Light]

16. I did, and no. I drove past a small diner he was visiting for some PR thingy

I was aware he was going to be here, but hadn't given it much thought. I drove down the street The Sports Page is on {Center Point is a main thorough-way in this area} and caught the black limos, security people, etc. Surprisingly the place was hardly busy at all. My wife has since been in there, and they sadly make a big deal about this is booth where Bush sat. Ugh...

[WritersBlock]

39. Please tell me they've washed the booth since...

[Echo In Light]

68. Let's hope. It's the Spring House, btw, not the Sports Page

I confoosed the two...

[proud2BlibKansan]

17. Not this idiot

There have been several award winners who have refused to meet him. Several teachers a few years ago refused to go have lunch with him. Their letters were printed right here on DU.

[Richardo]

18. Sure! I would win every '6 degrees' game for the rest of my life...

:D

[Ghost in the Machine]

19. Define "meet"....

:evilgrin:

[leftofthedial]

20. No.

unless, of course, spitting is allowed.

[smoogatz]

21. I'd be thrilled to meet and shake hands with President Gore any time.

As for the Pretendident, no fucking thank you very much.

[driver8]

22. Fuck no.

I want nothing to do with that piece of shit.

[WritersBlock]

23. I'd love to. Just as soon as we have an elected one. n/t

[Echo In Light]

26. LOL...zing

[Rosemary2205]

24. I would go with the team but I wouldn't meet GW

I'd go with the team to DC but I'd respectfully ask that I'd be absent from the actual meet GW part of the tour - even if it was just to stand just off to the side with aides and photographers quietly so as not ruin the joy for teammates that find it an honor.

[KansDem]

25. With or without a pie?

I assume you're speaking of Bush...

[GreenInNC]

30. native Kansan here!

As much as I love my native state. I just want ya'll to know, we are really trying to send Liddy Dole back to Kansas this year.

[KansDem]

33. Back to Russell?

Isn't that "Bob Dole Country?"

I'm actually a native Californian but have lived in NE Kansas for the last 29 years. You send Liddy back here and I'm moving back to California!

Really!

:hi:

[GreenInNC]

50. Junction City guy here

My dad was in the army, stationed at Ft. Riley. I have been back a couple of times, reminds me a lot of Fayetteville here in North Carolina.

[Kickin_Donkey]

27. I would decline.

[Frustratedlady]

28. No.

I have scruples.

[El Pinko]

29. No. I could not be civil, and and I don't want to get arrested.

I despise the man.

[rateyes]

31. Yes. If only to

flip him a bird when he came to shake my hand and congratulate me.

[bunkerbuster1]

32. Yes. And I would find a way to ask a question.

Not blatantly provocative enough to get me in any serious trouble, just enough to make Bush sweat a little.

Remember how Bush looked after Colbert was done with him? I'd be shooting for a reaction along those lines.

[Growler]

34. no n/t

[Obamarama]

35. I HAD the chance once, and declined.

I worked in a position that would have allowed me to go to the luncheon for and speech by the Boy King when he came to our city in 2002. I was invited by my boss and the mayor, but declined. I wouldn't ever want to be in the same room with that much evil and malice. Coworkers were surprised I didn't want to go meet a sitting president. I told them I didn't vote for him, I didn't want him, and he wasn't elected. I got blank stares, but retained my dignity.

[Individualist]

36. Hell no!

If that asshole was appearing across the street, I not only wouldn't walk across the street, I'd close the drapes on my front windows.

[demgurl]

37. Sure. I would love to meet Al Gore. he is my hero! nt

[PurpleStateVoter]

38. Yes absolutely

And I'd tell him I don't support him.

[RedCappedBandit]

40. Yes, and if it was bush, I would spit on him. nt

[Bucky]

41. Only if they let me within spittin' distance.

Actually, I'd probably behave myself and go along with the gag.

[hootinholler]

42. Would the SS be there?

If no, then HELL YES!
If yes, then HELL NO!

-Hoot

[Evoman]

43. I've met Al Gore already, so the question doesn't apply to me.

[yellowdogintexas]

58. same here nt

[Beacool]

44. Which president, this one?

Hell, no!! I haven't stepped foot in the WH since Clinton was in office.

[JackRiddler]

45. Fuck yeah.

And what do you mean, they never get to ask questions? Would I be executed on the spot for a "9/11 Was an Inside Job" tee shirt?

[Lisa0825]

46. No, I would be seething with so much anger, I might just faint.

It would not be worth the trauma.

[LSK]

47. Already met Obama

for a few seconds...

:D

[JuniperLea]

48. Yes

I'd have a picture taken with Charlie Manson too... for history's sake.

With Bush, I'd muster tears... and frown... and use the shot on the InterTubes, over, and over, and over...

I'd meet any POTUS for purely historical reasons. Mass murders too. History is interesting. Freaky people are interesting. You don't have to like someone to find them interesting.

[lunatica]

49. My President is Gore, so yes I would love to meet him n/t

[Uncle Joe]

51. Only if it didn't distract Al Gore from his work on saving life as we know it.

I know he's a busy man, but if he has time for a photo op, I'm game.

[margotb822]

52. He turned my commencement into a political stump

I slept through it. We each had to shake his hand before we got our degree, and I just walked away from him while he was mumbling something. I didn't vote for him and he wasn't holding my degree, so I didn't see a need to drag it out...

[Fly by night]

53. If I could get within spitting distance of Bush? Sure, why not.

Here's a lugie for the lame-brain.

[Generic Brad]

54. I would decline

I could not be polite or hold my tongue. Better I stay away and save everyone embarrassment.

[HughMoran]

55. To spit on him

I'd love to spit directly into his face, then see what happened to me - it would be worth it no matter what.

[Dark]

56. Yes. He is our president, and I would be honored to meet someone of such high stature in the world.

even if he is hated, meeting a U.S. president is honorable, despite what Bush has done to impugn the position.

[mwb970]

70. Huh? This makes no sense to me.

How can someone who is "hated" and has "impugned his position" nonetheless have a "high stature in the world"?

Does...not...compute.

[trusty elf]

71. "high stature"?

:rofl:

[GreenInNC]

73. marked out Raygun's signature

I marked out Raygun's signature from my Eagle Scout certificate.

[JI7]

74. there would be nothing honorable about meeting the shit posing as President right now

[WritersBlock]

77. He may be yours, but he ain't mine, and his stature is about as low as it can get.

There's no "honor" in meeting the holder of any office unless the officeholder himself is honorable.

[ThatsMyBarack]

57. N-fucking-O!!!

Not the Pretzeldent, I mean. :puke:

[shanti]

59. are you nuts??

:eyes:

[napi21]

60. NO! Not Shrub! He wouldn't want to meet me either! SS wouldn't

let it happen. No, I would never threaten a President, no matter who it was, but I couldn't nor wouldn't ever call him Mr. President! That's not well accepted in his circles! To be honest, I've never met any Presidents, and doubt I ever will. The closest I got was when I went to a Howard Dean fund raiser in Atlanta. I honestly thought he was going to be our President then, and I got to shake his hand. I'm still thrilled by that experience. Not because he might have been President, but because I admired him so much, and still do. I'm so glad he is the DNC Chair. He's done more for the Dem Party than any previous Chair has ever done.

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

61. No - it would be too hard to resist screaming in his stupid face and spitting on him

Now if it were President OBAMA, hell yeah!!

[csziggy]

62. Not the current Resident, NO

In fact the only person that has been in the White House in my life time that I would be interested in meeting in person would be Jimmy Carter. And that is because of his life since leaving the WH.

But if I were in the same place as the lying sack of shit that it now in possession of the WH, I am not sure I could behave in a civil manner.

[Pisces]

63. No.!!, unless I could wear my Bush sucks shirt!

[ForrestGump]

64. Wouldn't go out of my way

Haven't had a chance to lately, anyway, given that the last elected President of the United States left office seven years ago.

[SeattleGirl]

65. If Obama or another Dem were President, hell yeah!

If it were Chimpy or another Repuke President, then. hell. NO!!!

[Quantess]

66. I would meet Bush , as though I were viewing an open casket.

It would feel like looking at death.

[and-justice-for-all]

67. If I can not tell him he is a worthless piece of shit...

then NO.

[mwb970]

69. Good God, no.

I don't even want to see him on the TV. I'd go to considerable trouble to avoid him.

[terrya]

72. No

I have no desire whatsoever to meet the current occupant of the White House. In point of fact, I think it would be a waste of my time.

[bdamomma]

75. not this SOB little cowardly man.

we all know he is, and person who has never had to struggle his whole life, and had his daddy keep him out of Vietnam. I have nothing but contempt for this POS, who needs to be arrested and tried for War Crimes.

[Balbus]

76. Absolutely.