So how is Bush going to react to the indictments?

[DoYouEverWonder]

Will he go into total meltdown?

Will he try another terrorist scare?

Will he lash out at everything and everyone and try to launch a few nukes?

Will he just get drunk and turn himself in? (I don't think so).

And what about the rest of them?

You know Bush & Co are planning their response as we post. What final surprise do they have up their sleeves? Or have they finally lost their mojo and nothing is working anymore?

[Extend a Hand]

1. he'll whine about how

they are being screwed by a liberal media and prosecutor.

[Hailtothechimp]

4. Actually the "liberal media" (i.e NY Times) screwed us!!!!

That "liberal media" stuff doesn't work post-Judith Miller. Or at least I hope it won't.

[helderheid]

21. It's all about the filter... yeah, that's it... the filter...

[lastknowngood]

2. deer in headlights

n/t

[tritsofme]

3. He'll fire whoever is indicted

Very publicly.

And the corporate media will praise him for his strong leadership.

We will never hear about this case again.

[jjmalonejr]

6. And he'll re-hire them all as consultants

You forgot about that part.

THEN we will never hear about this case again.

[cassiepriam]

29. yah, he will "take responsibility", fire some folks, hire 'em back

as consultants. Worked with Katrina. Press and public are happy.

[CelticWinter]

5. he is so unpredictable

someone better take his toys away because i think he will be throwing a major kanipsionshitfit

[Cleita]

7. He'll go ride his bicycle and then go

to bed early. Probably, no one will bother to tell him anything either, because they know he doesn't give a f***.

[MichiganVote]

8. This should answer your question

[nevergiveup]

9. He doesn't read the papers or watch the news

and his staff (what few remain) won't have the balls to tell him. It could be several weeks or months before he knows.

[Technowitch]

10. With sweet, sweet Kentucky bourbon to start with, is my guess

After that, I'm betting on one or more of the following:

- Terrorism scare, level orange or red
- Launch 'war of self-defense' against either Syria, Iran, or North Korea
- Sign a veritable flood of pardons
- And maybe, just maybe, some low-level bureaucratic resignations, mostly from assistant deputy undersecretary-types who won't be missed

Then he'll go on vacation to Crawford again. That brush grows back right quick, y'know.

[FormerRepublican]

11. He won't react.

He'll just go along doing whatever he wants, just like he always has. He doesn't care what the American people think. He doesn't care about us at all.

I wouldn't be surprised if half the White House were indicted, perhaps even including Cheney, and they go along just like nothing happened.

"But it's all political manipulation and lies!" says Herr Bush. "Anyone who is CONVICTED of a crime won't be serving in the White House!"

Note the key 'convicted' - which means the legal process has to run it's course before Herr Adolph Bush is willing to discipline his staff for advancing the Bush agenda through illegal means. He might stir himself to award further promotions of said staff, however.

[kestrel91316]

28. I agree. I think this is the most likely scenario.

[cassiepriam]

30. Yes that is the way for them to handle it. Pretend nothing is wrong,

nothing happened. Ignore us all like he always does.
Bush lives in his own reality.

[WI_DEM]

12. he'll put himself in a fetal postion and begin to suck his thumb

[MazeRat7]

13. I believe you mean "Possible" Indictments.

Don't put the cart before the horse.

MZr7

[DoYouEverWonder]

26. You don't put

Pulitzer prize winning journalists in jail just because you feel like it.

Fitzgerald will be issuing indictments. The only question is who and how many.

[abbeyco]

14. Do the Drunky the Beer Clown dance?

I'm sure he'll be in his cups when the indictments come down. He'll probably wobble around the WH and wonder where and when it all went so bad.

[Meeker Morgan]

15. Nobody important ...

... is going to be indicted. At least that's how I read it so far.

[BeHereNow]

16. All of the above?

PLUS martial law?
BHN

[katty]

17. bush...whaaaaaa happened??!!!

[hvn_nbr_2]

18. There's a humorous/silly poll on this in the lounge

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x4168342

Options with the most votes so far:
Get knee-walkin' drunk
Tell Dobson that God told him to stay the course
Sit on Harriet's lap and ask, Who's the bestest president ever?
Put on his old cheerleader outfit and chant Block that Fitz Block that Fitz
Call Poppy and ask why he's letting them do this to him

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

19. He will cease being able to speak except in "uhs" and malapropisms...

No one will notice.

[MrSlayer]

20. A week or so later he will feign surprise.

And say something along the lines of "I'll look into it."

[Dangerously Amused]

22. Drinking, yep, for sure.

Leading to fights w Pickles.

Paranoia will set in. And humiliation. He will be angry and abusive to staff, and unavailable for his father's calls.

He will lock himself away from everyone for a few days and get a good drunk on.

Then he'll make a special prime time speech about how now it's more important than ever for everyone to put differences aside and all pull together for the common good. And he'll add that he was completely taken by surprise by the indictments and had NO IDEA any of this was going on. And he'll reassure us that while he takes this situation very seriously, what happened wasn't really THAT bad, and didn't really compromise the country's security too much at all. Then he'll talk about how well everything in Iraq is going, and how he is working so hard to prepare us for the bird flu. He will not address Miers or the economy. Then he will say "God bless America," and not take questions.

[NoodleyAppendage]

23. One word..."ughhh," then he'll get back to his "hard work"

My fondest hope is for a complete breakdown, which will yield him incapable of the office...oh, wait! He's incapable of the office already...duh.

B

24. more quality time with his pretzels and refreshments

Its good to be the king.

[Kahuna]

25. What would you do if you had to give up your brain... And the only

alternative brain is Karen Hughes? :beer: :beer: :beer:

:popcorn:

[cassiepriam]

27. What they always do. Get revenge.

And the cycle starts all over again.