Who's counting? When it comes to Bush, lots of people

[rodeodance]

Who's counting? When it comes to Bush, lots of people
William Douglas | McClatchy Newspapers

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/226/v-print/story/20835.html

last updated: October 25, 2007 02:26:31 PM

WASHINGTON - As Campaign '08 rages on and Hillary, Rudy, Barack and Mitt buttons dot the political landscape, a deeply unpopular President Bush is proving that he may be going but he's clearly not forgotten.

Key chain-sized clocks that count down the remaining days, hours, minutes, and seconds until the end of the Bush administration have become hot items for Democrats - and some Republicans - who probably don't hum "Never Can Say Goodbye" when they think of Bush.

"The clocks give people hope. It's a countdown to a new start, a fresh beginning," said Vince Ponzo, a 33-year-old New York City Democrat who began selling the key chain-sized digital clocks shortly after Bush's second inauguration in 2004. "We've sold about 110,000."

Business has been so good that Ponzo started selling larger desktop and wall-sized countdown clocks at his www.backwardsbush.com Web site.

[Olney Blue]

1. I have two countdown keychains. I can't wait until the chimp is gone!

[Fridays Child]

2. I wish I could be confident that he's really going to leave.

:scared:

[Puzzler]

3. He will leave...

... constitutionally both he and Cheney are out in January 08. Automatically. If they try and cancel the election for any reason, they are still out in January... and Pelosi would then take over. Remember, Pelosi is third in line.

Of course they could try and "cancel" the constitution, and I know that they would love to delete parts of it (except, of course, the 2nd amendment).


-P

[rodeodance]

4. I do not think he likes his job anymore. He pretends a lot. The glory days are gone.

[mwb970]

5. They might as well declare Inauguration Day a national holiday.

I predict nonstop "the wicked witch is dead" partying for many days as our long national nightmare finally ends. (Expect a more muted party if the Ghoul is poised to take over, though.)

There is a strange time-dilation effect occurring as we approach the blessed ending of this cursed presidency, though. It seems like there have been 15 months to go forever.