[Howlin]

GWB was elected to do a job

Of ALL the people, not just the cranky malcontents and continually unappeasables (who didn't vote for him anyway).

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

I doubt they did.

Doesn't matter. The point is that if the country is destroyed because the first lady told a joke that has been told 48 million times then it was pretty weak country.

BTW it was not destroyed when the first lady was a bigamist or a loon or had a cheating spouse. Or even cheated on her spouse.

I reckon it will survive this.