Okay - what does * mean? I mean why do we use it instead of the word?

[applegrove]

Because of the :puke: factor?

[saltpoint]

1. I believe it is because Dubya's "victory" in 2000 over ---

-- Al Gore was an electoral college victory and a disputed election. History will mark Dubya as an asterisked president -- who lost the popular vote and who had to go to court to secure his "win."

Also, the * kind of looks like an asshole. Hence the association.

[applegrove]

3. Oh my gosh! How funny - an ***hole! Yes it does look like that.. n/t

[MADem]

2. Tiny, insignificant, invisible

See Doonsbury cartoons during the 41 admin. Like father, like son.

[charlie]

4. It started

because his name would forever be graced with a footnote marker:

Bush, George Walker*

*Awarded office by a bizarre and contentious Supreme Court ruling.

It's since been shortened to just an asterisk.

[saltpoint]

5. charlie, I love your line at the asterisk --

-- "bizarre and contentious..."

Yes!

[charlie]

7. I get the happy giggles

when I see how popular the * continues to be. Manufactured memes don't usually have staying power.

[Wilms]

6. That's vey funny. Please write one about the other asterisk, 2004.

[pacifictiger]

8. Didn't it start with Doonsbury?

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[jbnow]

10. To me an * looks like

a star and it is with the number 8, a sideways sign of infinity.

I like ***'s, they are pretty, so I do not use it for him.

I write bush. I choose not to capitalize it or any of their names, that's how I show my lack of respect.

Another thing I don't do is use sexual terms as insults...because since when is sex a bad thing? I prefer to use sexual terms for the fun meanings they signify, not waste them on those guys.

[Big Kahuna]

11. It's kind of like voldem...

...uhh "You know Who"