[section9]

I always thought the nickname Shrub was clever and amusing, regardless of the political proclivities of those who coined and popularized it. I like it even better, now that the dear little Shrub has gone and gotten himself elected President, engineered us a nice tax cut, and is kicking terrorists' butts around the world. I want a button that reads "SHRUB POWER!".

The term "Shrub" is the sweetest revenge of all. Anne Richards is said to have remarked in early 1994: "Weeeel, I'm running against a little Shrub!". That's when she was thirty points up on Bush. The Shrub turned out to be a little too prickly for her own good.

Molly Ivins tried to do the same thing, as did Jim Hightower. Both are still in Austin with the rest of the Texas liberals. The Shrub that they loved to hate is in the White House leading a global war against terrorism.

It turns out that the Shrub won after all.

Now if some people on this board don't like the fact that I call him Shrub, perhaps they want to check out my pro-Bush, pro-Republican bona fides going back to 1998 (well, truth in advertising here, I liked McCain for a while-the whole POW thing seemed attractive. In the end, however, once McCain started to turn on the Conservatives, he lost me). So c'mon Reagan Man! Butch up! Show that I'm a Democrat! In fact, I demand that you show everyone here that I'm a DU member.

Oh, I'm sorry, you're too busy typing before you think, aren't you, bucko?

Be Seeing You,

Chris
(Waiting for Reagan Man to go over to DU and register as "section9" so he can come back here in triumph with the "proof".....)

[AmishDude]

Chris, people are just wound a little tight at this story. Your conservative bona fides are all there for anyone who has been around before today.

[Reagan Man]

You definitely need to calm down bucko.

BTW, you owe President Bush an apology.

And I owe you nothing, whiner.

And if you continue to call the President, Shrub, and I see it, I'll call your dumbbutt on it from now, until eternity.

[monday]

"Now if some people on this board don't like the fact that I call him Shrub, perhaps they want to check out my pro-Bush, pro-Republican bona fides going back to 1998 "

I for one couldn't care less what you call the president. You shold be aware however that some of us consider "Shrub" to be an insult. If you can't deal with that without getting your panties in a twist, then I suggest you grow a thicker skin. As for your pro-Republican bona fides... I have better things to do than remember everyones exact political leanings. I would think most others do too. Please don't post expecting everyone to be aware of every post you have ever made.

[agunther]

Regarding post 262:
What is the significance of the picture. I've seen this more and more often but am at a loss as to what it means. Care to explain?

[cake_crumb]

"The Shrub turned out to be a little too prickly for her own good. "

LOL...ok...if you are honestly saying that a good answer to the shrub thing is that every yellow rose BUSH of Texas has it's thorns, then you have a good point.

Or, as Hubby just put it:

"The yellow rose of Texas: it can be soft and pretty, but it can also have a BIG prick."

Texas FReepers, give me some help with other very thorny shrubs in Texas. It's been a little too long since Hubby lived there. ( The Yellow Rose of Texas was all he could think of off the top of his head )

[GovernmentShrinker]

Reagan Man and TLBSHOW are rude and have unsophisticated senses of humor. The lovely thing about the nickname "Shrub" is its history. See, Shrub is the kind of guy who'll respond to being called "Shrub" with a good-natured chuckle, and then go back to work, pleasantly confident that his opponents are "misunderestimating" him, and that they will discover that soon enough, but not before it's too late. And indeed, it turns out that his opponents were too busy ridiculing, insulting, and misunderestimating him to notice that he was gaining on them, overtaking them, and leaving them in the dust. Thus the name "Shrub" was transformed into an entertaining reminder of their self-destructive smugness. Nobody is laughing at Shrub anymore. And I bet he gets a bigger chuckle than ever when he hears it now.

[RedBloodedAmerican]

Yes, but the name has worn out it's welcme and that race is over, yet the same people continue to use it for the same reason; in an attempt to demean George Bush. I don't think that is your intention. I know you by your comments on FR. But I think it is only the RATS who use it, and we should let them keep it. IMO.