Why do I use * when referring to chimpy mcstupid?

[senseandsensibility]

I have read many amusing names for * on DU over the years. And I have heard a couple of good, logical reasons for calling him * .

But I, fellow DUers, have only one reason for using * to refer to this "man". I can't stand to type his name, read his name, think about him, look at him , or listen to him.

* renders him to nothingness.

[sniffa]

1. kurt vonagut's asshoLe?

i Like that description. ;)

[ck4829]

2. ** for Bush Reloaded

An * by a President's name means he/she has stolen the Election in my Dictionary.

[Tesla]

3. looks like a butthole!!

[pepperlove]

28. Yes

he does. That's why I use it... it is one.. like him.

[maine_raptor]

4. I like BLP

Bush League President.

[BlueJac]

5. Fucking asshole is a favorite here!

[MoonRiver]

6. Lol! Also takes up less space on the subject line.

In addition to what you stated, that's another reason I use *. :D

[Whoa_Nelly]

7. * means you don't have to see, speak

or even have a taste of his name in your mouth or furhter fueling your anger about and toward him....at least that's what it does for me. It saves me from feeling unclean, tainted. :evilgrin:

PS I prefer Chimpy McFuck over McStupid

[ourbluenation]

8. Chimpy McStupid works for me! eom

[senseandsensibility]

9. It does have that 'certain something."

Probably my second favorite way to refer to *, especially if * gets redundant.

[MrBenchley]

10. He's now pResident Fucko on one Delphi forum

it drives the wingnutters batty....

[stellanoir]

11. Historically

* is attached to any president's name who won by the majority of the electoral college but not the popular vote.

I think it was true of just one other president but am not sure.

Gary Trudeau of Doonesbury resurrected this symbolism in '01 but it was much older.

[TomInTib]

12. He doesn't warrant more than one keystroke...

if that

[WiseButAngrySara]

13. This is a funny thread! But I thought that *, or B*, or B*Co. kept the

references to * that might be searched to a minimum. If someone did a search, and found your username with negative comments re: *...Am I wrong?

[raccoon]

32. I thought that was the reason for the asterisk too, what you said. nt

[WiseButAngrySara]

35. Well, we might be the only two, raccoon! n/t

[mike_c]

14. Bush's name will always have an * beside it in the history books....

*First U.S. president to lose the popular vote, and be appointed by the Supreme Court after the Court suspended vote recounts for electoral votes.

[Supersedeas]

27. * signifies an anamoly in history of democracy and US elections

[yella_dawg]

15. It'll take an awful good name to outdo "Bunnypants"

simply 'cuz it expresses so well how much respect I have for that evil, twisted, psychotic bastard.

[Ilsa]

17. How about President PlasticPants? eom

[yella_dawg]

20. Naw, Bunnypants just seems to capture the hysterical brainlessness

better than any name I've seen. It's just so him.

[Justyce]

23. or another favorite of mine - 'Blinky'

though I usually just call him the idiot or the asshole if the truth be known....

[Javaman]

36. Personally, I like chimpy mcmonkeypants*, but hey, that's me.

[tlsmith1963]

16. I Change the Channel When * Comes On

And when he is on in the breakroom at work, I completely leave the room.

Tammy

[cwydro]

18. * is great

I like your reasoning...and the others who mentioned the way he "won" the election...

[achtung_circus]

19. I believe it originated with Doonesbury

like this:
<http://doonesbury.msn.com/strip/dailydose/index.html>

[SalmonChantedEvening]

21. I use President Lepetomane when I don't use the *

Or Shrub

So many choices of names, I think my usage of a particular one is based on my GRRRR level at the moment I'm posting.

[Oeditpus Rex]

22. I still like "W"

Probably because when I hear it in my head, I hear not "Dubya," but "wuh."

As in "Wuh, gik da oo fwee?"

[Tesla]

24. He is sooo many things...

and none of them are good!

[Buns_of_Fire]

25. A more recent addition is "Tinkles"

By a DUer whom I would gladly attribute, but I've forgotten who it was... This is, of course, in reference to his recent U.N. appearence when he was passing notes to condi telling her (paraphrasing), "I gotta PEE! Mother may I?"

[Nye Bevan]

30. Ah! "chimpy mctinkles" sounds good (nt)

[MisterP]

37. "TinyTanks" was another!

[Nye Bevan]

26. Glad to see you using a lower case "c" for chimp

I can never understand why many posters use a capital "c". The chimp has not earned the right to be capitalized.

[Theres-a]

29. My favorite is Commander Cuckoobananas

[Toots]

31. I think it was Justice Stevens who issued the minority opinion in Bush* vs

Gore and in that opinion he stated Bush* would forever have his name followed by an asterisk because of the bad decision in that case. I have done so myself ever since.

[Squatch]

33. Like 61*

61 homeruns...with caveats.

[eeyore]

34. My Favorite...

My favorite, when I'm not using *, is President FUBAR.

Fucked Up Beyond All Recognition.

Old military term, but it pretty much sums up everything I feel about what's happened since those dark days in the fall of 2000.