Re:Well, I'm glad Bush is in power (Score 2, Insightful)

"Me personally think that a hit that would posse good odds of destroying the world would be a great thing for world unity and get the whole planet to work as one to solve the problem, and maybe from that we can learn something."

Ronald Reagan had similar ideas, from what I recall, about the potential unifying power of an invasion of space aliens.

It might make a good script for a B-movie actor like Reagan, but in real life you'd just have destruction and chaos. And maybe not just from the asteroid - people who think they're doomed often behave in a nihilistic manner.