If George W were assassinated, how would you react?

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Turkish

Lifer
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Originally posted by: Beau
Originally posted by: Xiety
Originally posted by: Beau
I'd be scared as hell. The last thing we need is for a precedence of assasinating our president to be created. Anyone of you that said you'd be happy, react with glee, or the likes, are tools. Selfish, stupid tools. You're fvcking americans, and whether or not you voted for him or support his current campaign, it WOULD affect you very negatively. As mentioned, the markets would damn near crash, endangering you, your job, and your family's life. Once it's been proven possible to assasinate one president in modern america, what's to stop them from trying everyday? How the fvck are we supposed to have a stable country and way of life with bullsh!t like that happening? Get over your selves and grow up.
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blah blah blah... i would just move back to europe and move on with my life.

Why wait. Do us all the favor now.

Becuase i have no reason to ...
 

filmmaker

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I'd be scared as hell. Cheney would be our president. And god only knows what he would do....
 

Nikamichi

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Originally posted by: Abhi
Well, if terrorists can kill the most important man in the world (and the most protected one) that would simply prove how powerful the terrorists have become...

that would certainly worry me...

 

gopunk

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i don't think i would really care. i don't have any personal attachment to the guy...
 

Jejunum

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Originally posted by: m2kewl
Originally posted by: Crazymofo
I'd be scared sh|tless Chaney would take over!!:Q

as much as i despise Bush, i wouldn't wish a president dead...no president will ever please everybody.

that said, the thought of Chaney assuming command....oohhhh *shudders*

ditto


the stock market would tank, we'd be back in a recession.

uhh i dont personally think we ever left it; we havent seen the bottom yet!
 

Wuffsunie

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Originally posted by: ReiAyanami
1940 FDR (brain hemmorage)
Nifty conspiracy theory, with the exception of the fact that FDR died of the hemmorage in 1945. Kindda hard to be re-elected in 1944 when you're dead, too.

I'm in the "Fear of Chaney" camp, too. Imagine that man as the most powerful (no way I'll say important) person in the world, with access to The Button. No thank you!

 

TheBoyBlunder

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I would be upset because, hey, the President just got killed, but I wouldn't be emotionally devastated or something. I am afraid of what would happen with President Cheney though...
 

lowtech1

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I don't care much for that moron, but I will be afraid for other Muslim centric nations because they are going to get the wrath of the US of A?
 

Broohaha

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Originally posted by: shady06
i bet there are agents @ Broohaha's house arresting him as we speak

guys! help!!!!!!!11 there are all these cars outside my hosue! an da helcipter!! and they're using abullhorn.. oh nooooes!111 im so scarerddddd!! lhep me peases!!! :Q:Q:Q:Q:Q:Q
 

Broohaha

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all you people "scared" of ashcroft and cheney are really stupid. i'd much rather have those two nuts in office instead of the present nut. at least they can put together a coherent sentence.
 

Yossarian

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Originally posted by: Broohaha
all you people "scared" of ashcroft and cheney are really stupid. i'd much rather have those two nuts in office instead of the present nut. at least they can put together a coherent sentence.

yes and those coherent sentences would be things like "in the name of terrorism we are going to have to temporarily suspend the Constitution".
 

sandorski

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i don't like Bush one bit, but to have him assasinated is no good for anyone. It's not really Cheney that I'd worry about, he'd likely have a massive coronary anyways and die on the spot after hearing the news, it's the sudden lack of "leadership" and the hubub concerning what to do next that would worry me. Sure, a "terrorist" might do it, but it would most likely be a multigenerational American citizen, as it usually is.
 

PatboyX

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id probably freak out for a while. im very paranoid.
then id get more scared thinking about how long the vp would last and id be certain america wouldnt last out the week.
 

nan0bug

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I wouldn't cheer the man's death but I would certainly be happy about the fact that he wasn't in charge anymore. Cheney doesn't have the dumb son-of-a-former-president charm that GWB has, and I just don't think he'd be able to get away with as much crap without people raising hell. That and the fact that all someone has to do next is blow up a paper bag and pop it at the right time and he would probbably keel over dead from a heart attack.

I don't know how I would initially react though, probbably just shock.
 

jpeyton

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Just in time for the holidays, how nice.

The party would be bittersweet, knowing that Cheney would take the reins.