OT president barry appreciates the troops
bub
By Anne E. Kornblut
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, November 19, 2009 2:50 PM
"Obama arrived on the base 3:19 p.m. local time (1 a.m. Eastern
Standard Time) and received a rousing welcome from 1,500 troops in
camouflage uniforms, many holding cameras or pointing cellphones to
snap pictures.
"You guys make a pretty good photo op," the president said. "
"He got a huge cheer when he told them he was increasing military pay.
"That's what you call an applause line," he said, before boarding his
jet and taking off at 4:11 p.m. "
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JerseyRudy
Hey Bub, that's what you call a sense of humor. Even Bush made his
audience laugh every now and then, although that was mainly unintentional.
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Dave the Clueless
> On Nov 20 2009 4:43 PM, bub wrote:
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/19/AR2009111900904_pf.html
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> > By Anne E. Kornblut
> > Washington Post Staff Writer
> > Thursday, November 19, 2009 2:50 PM
> >
> >
> > "Obama arrived on the base 3:19 p.m. local time (1 a.m. Eastern
> > Standard Time) and received a rousing welcome from 1,500 troops in
> > camouflage uniforms, many holding cameras or pointing cellphones to
> > snap pictures.
> >
> > "You guys make a pretty good photo op," the president said. "
> >
> > "He got a huge cheer when he told them he was increasing military pay.
> > "That's what you call an applause line," he said, before boarding his
> > jet and taking off at 4:11 p.m. "
> > >
>
> Hey Bub, that's what you call a sense of humor. Even Bush made his
> audience laugh every now and then, although that was mainly unintentional.
A Freudian slip, or parapraxis, is an error in speech, memory, or physical
action that is interpreted as occurring due to the interference of some
unconscious ('dynamically repressed') wish, conflict, or train of thought.
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brewmaster
> On Nov 20 2009 4:43 PM, bub wrote:
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/19/AR2009111900904_pf.html
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> >
> > By Anne E. Kornblut
> > Washington Post Staff Writer
> > Thursday, November 19, 2009 2:50 PM
> >
> >
> > "Obama arrived on the base 3:19 p.m. local time (1 a.m. Eastern
> > Standard Time) and received a rousing welcome from 1,500 troops in
> > camouflage uniforms, many holding cameras or pointing cellphones to
> > snap pictures.
> >
> > "You guys make a pretty good photo op," the president said. "
> >
> > "He got a huge cheer when he told them he was increasing military pay.
> > "That's what you call an applause line," he said, before boarding his
> > jet and taking off at 4:11 p.m. "
> > >
>
> Hey Bub, that's what you call a sense of humor. Even Bush made his
> audience laugh every now and then, although that was mainly unintentional.
Everybody, and I mean everybody, who knows President Bush personally says
he is very quick witted and humorous (do some google searches if you can
figure out how). He can't read a teleprompter as smoothly as President
Oprompter can...big deal.
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"brewmaster"
> Everybody, and I mean everybody, who knows President Bush
> personally says he is very quick witted and humorous (do
> some google searches if you can figure out how). He can't
> read a teleprompter as smoothly as President Oprompter can...big
> deal.
It's his speaking extemporaneously that reveals an innate ignorance.
Bushism: "You see, the Senate wants to take away some of the powers of the
administrative branch."-Washington, D.C., Sept. 19, 2002
Bushism: "We need an energy bill that encourages consumption."-Trenton,
N.J., Sept. 23, 2002
Bushism: "People say, how can I help on this war against terror? How can I
fight evil? You can do so by mentoring a child; by going into a shut-in's
house and say I love you."-Washington, D.C., Sept. 19, 2002
Bushism: "I'm plowed of the leadership of Chuck Grassley and Greg Ganske and
Jim Leach."-Davenport, Iowa, Sept. 16, 2002
Bushism: "There's no doubt in my mind that we should allow the world worst
leaders to hold America hostage, to threaten our peace, to threaten our
friends and allies with the world's worst weapons."-South Bend, Ind., Sept.
5, 2002
Bushism: "If you don't have any ambitions, the minimum-wage job isn't going
to get you to where you want to get, for example. In other words, what is
your ambitions? And oh, by the way, if that is your ambition, here's what
it's going to take to achieve it."-Speech to students in Little Rock, Ark.,
Aug. 29, 2002 (Thanks to George Dupper.)
Bushism: "See, we love-we love freedom. That's what they didn't understand.
They hate things; we love things. They act out of hatred; we don't seek
revenge, we seek justice out of love."-Oklahoma City, Aug. 29, 2002
Bushism: "There's no cave deep enough for America, or dark enough to
hide."-Oklahoma City, Aug. 29, 2002 (Thanks to Michael Shively.)
Bushism: "President Musharraf, he's still tight with us on the war against
terror, and that's what I appreciate. He's a-he understands that we've got
to keep al-Qaida on the run, and that by keeping him on the run, it's more
likely we will bring him to justice."-Ruch, Ore., Aug. 22, 2002 (Thanks to
Scott Miller.)
Bushism: "I'm a patient man. And when I say I'm a patient man, I mean I'm a
patient man."
Bushism: "Nothing he [Saddam Hussein] has done has convinced me-I'm
confident the Secretary of Defense-that he is the kind of fellow that is
willing to forgo weapons of mass destruction, is willing to be a peaceful
neighbor, that is-will honor the people-the Iraqi people of all stripes,
will-values human life. He hasn't convinced me, nor has he convinced my
administration."-Crawford, Texas, Aug. 21, 2002
Bushism: "I'm thrilled to be here in the bread basket of America because it
gives me a chance to remind our fellow citizens that we have an advantage
here in America-we can feed ourselves."-Stockton, Calif., Aug. 23, 2002
(Thanks to Christopher Baird.)
Bushism: "There's no bigger task than protecting the homeland of our
country."
Bushism: "The federal government and the state government must not fear
programs who change lives, but must welcome those faith-based programs for
the embetterment of mankind."-Stockton, Calif., Aug. 23, 2002 (Thanks to
George Dupper.)
Bushism: "I love the idea of a school in which people come to get educated
and stay in the state in which they're educated."
Bushism: "There may be some tough times here in America. But this country
has gone through tough times before, and we're going to do it again."
Bushism: "I promise you I will listen to what has been said here, even
though I wasn't here."
Bushism: "I can assure you that, even though I won't be sitting through
every single moment of the seminars, nor will the vice president, we will
look at the summaries."
Bushism: "Tommy [Thompson, Health and Human Services secretary,] is a good
listener, and he's a pretty good actor, too."
Bushism: "The trial lawyers are very politically powerful. . But here in
Texas we took them on and got some good medical-medical malpractice.""I
firmly believe the death tax is good for people from all walks of life all
throughout our society." -Waco, Texas, Aug. 13, 2002
Bushism: "There was no malfeance involved. This was an honest disagreement
about accounting procedures. ... There was no malfeance, no attempt to hide
anything."-White House press conference, Washington, D.C., July 8, 2002
Bushism: "I also understand how tender the free enterprise system can
be."-White House press conference, Washington, D.C., July 9, 2002
Bushism: "Over 75 percent of white Americans own their home, and less than
50 percent of Hispanos and African Americans don't own their home. And
that's a gap, that's a homeownership gap. And we've got to do something
about it."-Cleveland, Ohio, July 1, 2002
Bushism: "Whether you're here by birth, or whether you're in America by
choice, you contribute to the vitality of our life. And for that, we are
grateful."-Washington, D.C., May 17, 2002
Bushism: "I'd rather have them sacrificing on behalf of our nation than, you
know, endless hours of testimony on congressional hill."-National Security
Agency, Fort Meade, Maryland, June 4, 2002
Bushism: "We're working with Chancellor Schr�der on what's called
10-plus-10-over-10: $10 billion from the U.S.,$10 billion from other members
of the G7 over a 10-year period, to help Russia securitize the
dismantling-the dismantled nuclear warheads."-Berlin, Germany, May 23, 2002
Bushism: "Do you have blacks, too?"-To Brazilian President Fernando Cardoso,
Washington, D.C., Nov. 8, 2001
Bushism: "This is a nation that loves our freedom, loves our
country."-Washington, D.C, May 17, 2002
Bushism: "The public education system in America is one of the most
important foundations of our democracy. After all, it is where children from
all over America learn to be responsible citizens, and learn to have the
skills necessary to take advantage of our fantastic opportunistic
society."-Santa Clara, Calif., May 1, 2002
Bushism: "After all, a week ago, there were-Yasser Arafat was boarded up in
his building in Ramallah, a building full of, evidently, German peace
protestors and all kinds of people. They're now out. He's now free to show
leadership, to lead the world."-Washington, D.C., May 2, 2002 (Thanks to M.
Bateman.)
Bushism: "This foreign policy stuff is a little frustrating."-as quoted by
the New York Daily News, April 23, 2002
Bushism: "I want to thank the dozens of welfare to work stories, the actual
examples of people who made the firm and solemn commitment to work hard to
embetter themselves."-Washington, D.C., April 18, 2002 (Thanks to George
Dupper.)
Bushism: "And so, in my State of the-my State of the Union-or state-my
speech to the nation, whatever you want to call it, speech to the nation-I
asked Americans to give 4,000 years-4,000 hours over the next-the rest of
your life-of service to America. That's what I asked-4,000
hours." -Bridgeport, Conn., April 9, 2002
Bushism: "It would be a mistake for the United States Senate to allow any
kind of human cloning to come out of that chamber."-Washington, D.C., April
10, 2002
Bushism: "For a century and a half now, America and Japan have formed one of
the great and enduring alliances of modern times."-Tokyo, Japan, Feb. 18,
2002
Bushism: "We've tripled the amount of money-I believe it's from $50 million
up to $195 million available."-Lima, Peru, March 23, 2002
Bushism: "We've got pockets of persistent poverty in our society, which I
refuse to declare defeat-I mean, I refuse to allow them to continue on. And
so one of the things that we're trying to do is to encourage a faith-based
initiative to spread its wings all across America, to be able to capture
this great compassionate spirit."-O'Fallon, Mo., Mar. 18, 2002
Bushism: "There's nothing more deep than recognizing Israel's right to
exist. That's the most deep thought of all. ... I can't think of anything
more deep than that right."-Washington, D.C., March 13, 2002
Bushism: "I understand that the unrest in the Middle East creates unrest
throughout the region."-Washington, D.C., March 13, 2002
Bushism: "The suicide bombings have increased. There's too many of
them."-Albuquerque, N.M., Aug. 15, 2001
Bushism: "Brie and cheese."-Taunting a reporter who recently spent time on
the West Coast, Crawford, Texas, Aug. 23, 2001
Bushism: "You'll hear people say it's racist to test. Folks, it's racist not
to test. Because guess who gets shuffled through the system oftentimes?
Children whose parents don't speak English as a first language, inner-city
kids. It's so much easier to quit on somebody than to remediate."-Referring
to his education bill, Independence, Mo., Aug. 21, 2001 (Thanks to Julie
Reagan.)
Bushism: "One of the interesting initiatives we've taken in Washington,
D.C., is we've got these vampire-busting devices. A vampire is a-a cell deal
you can plug in the wall to charge your cell phone."-Denver, Aug. 14, 2001
Bushism: "There's a lot of people in the Middle East who are desirous to get
into the Mitchell process. And-but first things first. The-these terrorist
acts and, you know, the responses have got to end in order for us to get the
framework-the groundwork-not framework, the groundwork to discuss a
framework for peace, to lay the-all right."-Referring to former Sen. George
Mitchell's report on Middle East peace, Crawford, Texas, Aug. 13, 2001
(Thanks to Michael Shively.)
Bushism: "My administration has been calling upon all the leaders in the-in
the Middle East to do everything they can to stop the violence, to tell the
different parties involved that peace will never happen."-Crawford, Texas,
Aug, 13, 2001 (Thanks to Michael Shively.)
Bushism: "You saw the president yesterday. I thought he was very
forward-leaning, as they say in diplomatic nuanced circles."-Referring to
his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Rome, July 23, 2001
(Thanks to Alex Hernandez.)
''I know what I believe. I will continue to articulate what I believe and
what I believe-I believe what I believe is right."-Rome, July 22, 2001
Bushism: "I can't tell you what it's like to be in Europe, for example, to
be talking about the greatness of America. But the true greatness of America
are the people."-Visiting the Jefferson Memorial, Washington, D.C., July 2,
2001
Bushism: "Well, it's an unimaginable honor to be the president during the
Fourth of July of this country. It means what these words say, for starters.
The great inalienable rights of our country. We're blessed with such values
in America. And I-it's-I'm a proud man to be the nation based upon such
wonderful values."-Visiting the Jefferson Memorial, Washington, D.C., July
2, 2001
Bushism: "I want to thank you for coming to the White House to give me an
opportunity to urge you to work with these five senators and three
congressmen, to work hard to get this trade promotion authority moving. The
power that be, well most of the power that be, sits right here."-Washington,
D.C., June 18, 2001
Bushism: "We spent a lot of time talking about Africa, as we should. Africa
is a nation that suffers from incredible disease."-Gothenburg, Sweden, June
14, 2001
Bushism: "I haven't had a chance to talk, but I'm confident we'll get a bill
that I can live with if we don't."-Referring to the McCain-Kennedy patients'
bill of rights, Brussels, Belgium, June 13, 2001
Bushism: "Can't living with the bill means it won't become law."-Referring
to the McCain-Kennedy patients' bill of rights, Brussels, Belgium, June 13,
2001
Bushism: "Russia is no longer our enemy and therefore we shouldn't be locked
into a Cold War mentality that says we keep the peace by blowing each other
up. In my attitude, that's old, that's tired, that's stale."-Des Moines,
Iowa, June 8, 2001
Bushism: "Anyway, I'm so thankful, and so gracious-I'm gracious that my
brother Jeb is concerned about the hemisphere as well."-Miami, Fla., June 4,
2001
Bushism: "It's important for young men and women who look at the Nebraska
champs to understand that quality of life is more than just blocking
shots."-Remarks to the University of Nebraska women's volleyball team, the
2001 national champions, Washington, D.C., May 31, 2001
Bushism: "Our nation must come together to unite."-Tampa, Fla., June 4, 2001
Bushism: "So on behalf of a well-oiled unit of people who came together to
serve something greater than themselves, congratulations."-Remarks to the
University of Nebraska women's volleyball team, the 2001 national champions,
Washington, D.C., May 31, 2001
Bushism: "If a person doesn't have the capacity that we all want that person
to have, I suspect hope is in the far distant future, if at all."-Remarks to
the Hispanic Scholarship Fund Institute, Washington, D.C., May 22, 2001
Bushism: "Thirdly, the explorationists are willing to only move equipment
during the winter, which means they'll be on ice roads, and remove the
equipment as the ice begins to melt, so that the fragile tundra is
protected."-Conestoga, Pa., May 18, 2001
Bushism: "Presidents, whether things are good or bad, get the blame. I
understand that."-Washington, D.C., May 11, 2001 (Thanks to Jay
Schlossberg.)
Bushism: "For every fatal shooting, there were roughly three non-fatal
shootings. And, folks, this is unacceptable in America. It's just
unacceptable. And we're going to do something about it."-Philadelphia, May
14, 2001 (Thanks to John Brooks.)
Bushism: "There's no question that the minute I got elected, the storm
clouds on the horizon were getting nearly directly overhead."-Washington,
D.C., May 11, 2001
Bushism: "But I also made it clear to [Vladimir Putin] that it's important
to think beyond the old days of when we had the concept that if we blew each
other up, the world would be safe."-Washington, D.C., May 1, 2001 (Thanks to
Gene Mosher.)
Bushism: "Whatever it took to help Taiwan defend theirself."-On how far we'd
be willing to go to defend Taiwan, Good Morning America, April 25, 2001
Bushism: "First, we would not accept a treaty that would not have been
ratified, nor a treaty that I thought made sense for the country."-On the
Kyoto accord in an interview with the Washington Post, April 24, 2001
Bushism: "It's very important for folks to understand that when there's more
trade, there's more commerce."-Quebec City, Canada, April 21, 2001
Bushism: "Neither in French nor in English nor in Mexican."-Declining to
answer reporters' questions at the Summit of the Americas, Quebec City,
Canada, April 21, 2001
Bushism: "We must have the attitude that every child in America-regardless
of where they're raised or how they're born-can learn."-New Britain, Conn.,
April 18, 2001 (Thanks to Eric Beerbohm.)
Bushism: "It is time to set aside the old partisan bickering and
finger-pointing and name-calling that comes from freeing parents to make
different choices for their children."-Remarks on "parental empowerment in
education," Washington, D.C., April 12, 2001 (Thanks to J.R. Taylor.)
I think we're making progress. We understand where the power of this country
lay. It lays in the hearts and souls of Americans. It must lay in our
pocketbooks. It lays in the willingness for people to work hard. But as
importantly, it lays in the fact that we've got citizens from all walks of
life, all political parties, that are willing to say, I want to love my
neighbor. I want to make somebody's life just a little bit better."-Concord
Middle School, Concord, N.C., April 11, 2001
Bushism: "This administration is doing everything we can to end the
stalemate in an efficient way. We're making the right decisions to bring the
solution to an end."-Washington, D.C., April 10, 2001
Bushism: "The Senate needs to leave enough money in the proposed budget to
not only reduce all marginal rates, but to eliminate the death tax, so that
people who build up assets are able to transfer them from one generation to
the next, regardless of a person's race."-Washington, D.C., April 5, 2001
Bushism: "It would be helpful if we opened up ANWR (Arctic National Wildlife
Refuge). I think it's a mistake not to. And I would urge you all to travel
up there and take a look at it, and you can make the determination as to how
beautiful that country is."-Press conference, Washington, D.C., March 29,
2001
Bushism: "I've coined new words, like, misunderstanding and
Hispanically."-Radio-Television Correspondents Association dinner,
Washington, D.C., March 29, 2001
Bushism: "And we need a full affront on an energy crisis that is real in
California and looms for other parts of our country if we don't move
quickly."-Press conference, Washington, D.C., March 29, 2001
Bushism: "I assured the prime minister, my administration will work hard to
lay the foundation of peace in the Middle-to work with our nations in the
Middle East, give peace a chance. Secondly, I told him that our nation will
not try to force peace, that we'll facilitate peace and that we will work
with those responsible for a peace."-Photo opportunity with Ariel Sharon,
Washington, D.C., March 20, 2001 (Thanks to Scott Beber.)
Bushism: "There are some monuments where the land is so widespread, they
just encompass as much as possible. And the integral part of the-the
precious part, so to speak-I guess all land is precious, but the part that
the people uniformly would not want to spoil, will not be despoiled. But
there are parts of the monument lands where we can explore without affecting
the overall environment."-Media round table, Washington, D.C. March 13, 2001
Bushism: "A lot of times in the rhetoric, people forget the facts. And the
facts are that thousands of small businesses-Hispanically owned or
otherwise-pay taxes at the highest marginal rate."-to the Hispanic Chamber
of Commerce; Washington, D.C., March 19, 2001
Bushism: "But the true threats to stability and peace are these nations that
are not very transparent, that hide behind the-that don't let people in to
take a look and see what they're up to. They're very kind of authoritarian
regimes. The true threat is whether or not one of these people decide, peak
of anger, try to hold us hostage, ourselves; the Israelis, for example, to
whom we'll defend, offer our defenses; the South Koreans."-Media roundtable,
Washington, D.C., March 13, 2001 (Thanks to Peter Sagal)
Bushism: "I do think we need for a troop to be able to house his family.
That's an important part of building morale in the military."-Tyndall Air
Force Base, Florida, March 12, 2001
Bushism: "I suspect that had my dad not been president, he'd be asking the
same questions: How'd your meeting go with so-and-so? . How did you feel
when you stood up in front of the people for the State of the Union
Address-state of the budget address, whatever you call it."-Interview with
the Washington Post, March 9, 2001
Bushism: "I think there is some methodology in my travels." -Washington,
D.C., March 5, 2001
Bushism: "I'm also honored to be here with the speaker of the House-just
happens to be from the state of Illinois. I'd like to describe the speaker
as a trustworthy man. He's the kind of fellow who says when he gives you his
word he means it. Sometimes that doesn't happen all the time in the
political process."-Chicago, March 6, 2001 (Thanks to Gary Belkin.)
Bushism: "Ann and I will carry out this equivocal message to the world:
Markets must be open."-Swearing-in ceremony for Secretary of Agriculture Ann
Veneman, Washington, D.C., March 2, 2001
Bushism: "Of all states that understands local control of schools, Iowa is
such a state."-Council Bluffs, Iowa, Feb. 28, 2001 (Thanks to Peter Sagal)
Bushism: "Those of us who spent time in the agricultural sector and in the
heartland, we understand how unfair the death penalty is."-Omaha, Neb., Feb.
28, 2001
Bushism: "My pan plays down an unprecedented amount of our national
debt."-Budget address to Congress, Feb. 27, 2001
Bushism: "The budget caps were busted, mightily so. And we are reviewing
with people like Judd Gregg from New Hampshire and others some budgetary
reform measures that will reinstate-you know, possibly reinstate budgetary
discipline. But the caps no longer-the caps, I guess they're there. But they
didn't mean much."-Washington, D.C., Feb. 5, 2001 (Thanks to Ehren Meditz)
Bushism: "I have said that the sanction regime is like Swiss cheese-that
meant that they weren't very effective."-White House press conference,
Washington, D.C., Feb. 22, 2001
Bushism: "You teach a child to read, and he or her will be able to pass a
literacy test.''-Townsend, Tenn., Feb. 21, 2001
Bushism: "Home is important. It's important to have a home."-Crawford,
Texas, Feb. 18, 2001
Bushism: "One reason I like to highlight reading is, reading is the
beginnings of the ability to be a good student. And if you can't read, it's
going to be hard to realize dreams; it's going to be hard to go to college.
So when your teachers say, read-you ought to listen to her."-Nalle
Elementary School, Washington, D.C., Feb 9, 2001
Bushism: "It's good to see so many friends here in the Rose Garden. This is
our first event in this beautiful spot, and it's appropriate we talk about
policy that will affect people's lives in a positive way in such a
beautiful, beautiful part of our national-really, our national park system,
my guess is you would want to call it."-Washington, D.C., Feb. 8, 2001
Bushism: "We're concerned about AIDS inside our White House-make no mistake
about it."-Washington, D.C., Feb. 7, 2001
Bushism: "I appreciate that question because I, in the state of Texas, had
heard a lot of discussion about a faith-based initiative eroding the
important bridge between church and state."-Question and answer session with
the press, Jan. 29, 2001 (Thanks to Tim Santry.)
Bushism: "I confirmed to the prime minister that we appreciate our
friendship."-After meeting with Prime Minister Jean Chr�tien of Canada, Feb.
5, 2001
Bushism: "There's no such thing as legacies. At least, there is a legacy,
but I'll never see it."-To Catholic leaders at the White House, Jan. 31,
2001
Bushism: "I am mindful not only of preserving executive powers for myself,
but for predecessors as well."-Washington, D.C., Jan. 29, 2001
Bushism: "My pro-life position is I believe there's life. It's not
necessarily based in religion. I think there's a life there, therefore the
notion of life, liberty and pursuit of happiness."-Quoted in the San
Francisco Chronicle, Jan. 23, 2001
Bushism: "Then I went for a run with the other dog and just walked. And I
started thinking about a lot of things. I was able to-I can't remember what
it was. Oh, the inaugural speech, started thinking through
that."-Pre-inaugural interview with U.S. News & World Report, Jan. 22, 2001
issue
Bushism: "Redefining the role of the United States from enablers to keep the
peace to enablers to keep the peace from peacekeepers is going to be an
assignment."-Interview with the New York Times, Jan. 14, 2001 (Thanks to
Rachael Contorer.)
Bushism: "The California crunch really is the result of not enough
power-generating plants and then not enough power to power the power of
generating plants."-Interview with the New York Times, Jan. 14, 2001
Bushism: "I'm hopeful. I know there is a lot of ambition in Washington,
obviously. But I hope the ambitious realize that they are more likely to
succeed with success as opposed to failure."-Interview with the Associated
Press, Jan. 18, 2001 (Thanks to M. Bateman.)
Bushism: "If he's-the inference is that somehow he thinks slavery is a-is a
noble institution I would-I would strongly reject that assumption-that John
Ashcroft is a open-minded, inclusive person."-NBC Nightly News With Tom
Brokaw, Jan. 14, 2001
Bushism: "She's just trying to make sure Anthony gets a good
meal-Antonio."-On Laura Bush inviting Justice Antonin Scalia to dinner at
the White House. NBC Nightly News With Tom Brokaw, Jan. 14, 2001
Bushism: "I want it to be said that the Bush administration was a
results-oriented administration, because I believe the results of focusing
our attention and energy on teaching children to read and having an
education system that's responsive to the child and to the parents, as
opposed to mired in a system that refuses to change, will make America what
we want it to be-a literate country and a hopefuller country."-Washington,
D.C., Jan. 11, 2001
Bushism: "I would have to ask the questioner. I haven't had a chance to ask
the questioners the question they've been questioning. On the other hand, I
firmly believe she'll be a fine secretary of labor. And I've got confidence
in Linda Chavez. She is a-she'll bring an interesting perspective to the
Labor Department."-Austin, Texas, Jan. 8, 2001
Bushism: "I do remain confident in Linda. She'll make a fine labor
secretary. From what I've read in the press accounts, she's perfectly
qualified."-Austin, Texas, Jan. 8, 2001
Bushism: "I mean, these good folks are revolutionizing how businesses
conduct their business. And, like them, I am very optimistic about our
position in the world and about its influence on the United States. We're
concerned about the short-term economic news, but long-term I'm optimistic.
And so, I hope investors, you know-secondly, I hope investors hold
investments for periods of time-that I've always found the best investments
are those that you salt away based on economics."-Austin, Texas, Jan. 4,
2001
Bushism: "The person who runs FEMA is someone who must have the trust of the
president. Because the person who runs FEMA is the first voice, often times,
of someone whose life has been turned upside down hears from."-Austin,
Texas, Jan. 4, 2001
Bushism: "She is a member of a labor union at one point."-Announcing his
nomination of Linda Chavez as secretary of labor. Austin, Texas, Jan. 2,
2001
Bushism: "Natural gas is hemispheric. I like to call it hemispheric in
nature because it is a product that we can find in our
neighborhoods."-Austin, Texas, Dec. 20, 2000
Bushism: "I also have picked a secretary for Housing and Human Development.
Mel Martinez from the state of Florida."-Austin, Texas, Dec. 20, 2000
Bushism: "Let me put it to you this way, I am not a revengeful person."-
Interview with Time magazine in the Dec. 25, 2000, issue.
Bushism: "I am mindful of the difference between the executive branch and
the legislative branch. I assured all four of these leaders that I know the
difference, and that difference is they pass the laws and I execute
them."-Washington, D.C., Dec. 18, 2000
Bushism: "The great thing about America is everybody should vote."-Austin,
Texas, Dec. 8, 2000
Bushism: "I knew it might put him in an awkward position that we had a
discussion before finality has finally happened in this presidential race."
-Describing a phone call to Sen. John Breaux. Crawford, Texas, Dec. 2, 2000
Bushism: "As far as the legal hassling and wrangling and posturing in
Florida, I would suggest you talk to our team in Florida led by Jim
Baker."-Crawford, Texas, Nov. 30, 2000
Bushism: "The legislature's job is to write law. It's the executive branch's
job to interpret law."-Austin, Texas, Nov. 22, 2000
Bushism: "They misunderestimated me."-Bentonville, Ark., Nov. 6, 2000
Bushism: "Think about that. Two hundred and eighty-five new or expanded
programs, $2 trillion more in new spending, and not one new bureaucrat to
file out the forms or answer the phones?"-Minneapolis, Nov. 1, 2000
Bushism: "They want the federal government controlling Social Security like
it's some kind of federal program."-St. Charles, Mo., Nov. 2, 2000
Bushism: "They said, 'You know, this issue doesn't seem to resignate with
the people.' And I said, you know something? Whether it resignates or not
doesn't matter to me, because I stand for doing what's the right thing, and
what the right thing is hearing the voices of people who work."-Portland,
Ore., Oct. 31, 2000
Bushism: "Anyway, after we go out and work our hearts out, after you go out
and help us turn out the vote, after we've convinced the good Americans to
vote, and while they're at it, pull that old George W. lever, if I'm the
one, when I put my hand on the Bible, when I put my hand on the Bible, that
day when they swear us in, when I put my hand on the Bible, I will swear to
not-to uphold the laws of the land."-Toledo, Ohio, Oct. 27, 2000
Bushism: "It's your money. You paid for it."-LaCrosse, Wis., Oct. 18, 2000
Bushism: "That's a chapter, the last chapter of the 20th, 20th, the 21st
century that most of us would rather forget. The last chapter of the 20th
century. This is the first chapter of the 21st century. "-On the Lewinsky
scandal, Arlington Heights, Ill., Oct. 24, 2000
Bushism: "It's important for us to explain to our nation that life is
important. It's not only life of babies, but it's life of children living
in, you know, the dark dungeons of the Internet."-Arlington Heights, Ill.,
Oct. 24, 2000
Bushism: "I don't want nations feeling like that they can bully ourselves
and our allies. I want to have a ballistic defense system so that we can
make the world more peaceful, and at the same time I want to reduce our own
nuclear capacities to the level commiserate with keeping the peace."-Des
Moines, Iowa, Oct. 23, 2000
Bushism: "Families is where our nation finds hope, where wings take
dream."-LaCrosse, Wis., Oct. 18, 2000
Bushism: "If I'm the president, we're going to have emergency-room care,
we're going to have gag orders."
Bushism: "Drug therapies are replacing a lot of medicines as we used to know
it."
Bushism: "It's one thing about insurance, that's a Washington term."
Bushism: "I think we ought to raise the age at which juveniles can have a
gun."
Bushism: "Mr. Vice President, in all due respect, it is-I'm not sure 80
percent of the people get the death tax. I know this: 100 percent will get
it if I'm the president."
Bushism: "Quotas are bad for America. It's not the way America is all
about."
Bushism: "If affirmative action means what I just described, what I'm for,
then I'm for it."-St. Louis, Mo., October 18, 2000
Bushism: "Our priorities is our faith."-Greensboro, N.C., Oct. 10, 2000
Bushism: "I mean, there needs to be a wholesale effort against racial
profiling, which is illiterate children."-Second presidential debate, Oct.
11, 2000 (Thanks to Leonard Williams.)
Bushism: "It's going to require numerous IRA agents."-On Gore's tax plan,
Greensboro, N.C., Oct. 10, 2000
Bushism: "I think if you know what you believe, it makes it a lot easier to
answer questions. I can't answer your question."-In response to a question
about whether he wished he could take back any of his answers in the first
debate. Reynoldsburg, Ohio, Oct. 4, 2000 (Thanks to Peter Feld.)
Bushism: "I would have my secretary of treasury be in touch with the
financial centers, not only here but at home."-Boston, Oct. 3, 2000 (Thanks
to M. Bateman.)
Bushism: "I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully."-Saginaw,
Mich., Sept. 29, 2000
Bushism: "I will have a foreign-handed foreign policy."-Redwood, Calif.,
Sept. 27, 2000
Bushism: "One of the common denominators I have found is that expectations
rise above that which is expected."-Los Angeles, Sept. 27, 2000
Bushism: "It is clear our nation is reliant upon big foreign oil. More and
more of our imports come from overseas."-Beaverton, Ore., Sep. 25, 2000
Bushism: "Well, that's going to be up to the pundits and the people to make
up their mind. I'll tell you what is a president for him, for example,
talking about my record in the state of Texas. I mean, he's willing to say
anything in order to convince people that I haven't had a good record in
Texas."-MSNBC, Sept. 20, 2000 (Thanks to Gregory H. Monberg.)
Bushism: "I am a person who recognizes the fallacy of humans."-Oprah, Sept.
19, 2000
Bushism: "A tax cut is really one of the anecdotes to coming out of an
economic illness."-The Edge With Paula Zahn, Sept. 18, 2000
Bushism: "The woman who knew that I had dyslexia-I never interviewed
her."-Orange, Calif., Sept. 15, 2000
Bushism: "The best way to relieve families from time is to let them keep
some of their own money."-Westminster, Calif., Sept. 13, 2000
Bushism: "They have miscalculated me as a leader."-Ibid.
Bushism: "This is what I'm good at. I like meeting people, my fellow
citizens, I like interfacing with them."-Outside Pittsburgh, Sept. 8, 2000
Bushism: "That's Washington. That's the place where you find people getting
ready to jump out of the foxholes before the first shot is fired."-Westland,
Mich., Sept. 8, 2000
Bushism: "Listen, Al Gore is a very tough opponent. He is the incumbent. He
represents the incumbency. And a challenger is somebody who generally
comes from the pack and wins, if you're going to win. And that's where
I'm coming from."-Detroit, Sept. 7, 2000 (Thanks to Michael Butler, Houston,
Texas.)
Bushism: "We'll let our friends be the peacekeepers and the great country
called America will be the pacemakers."-Houston, Texas, Sept. 6, 2000
Bushism: "We don't believe in planners and deciders making the decisions on
behalf of Americans."-Scranton, Pa., Sept. 6, 2000
Bushism: "I regret that a private comment I made to the vice presidential
candidate made it through the public airways."-Allentown, Pa., Sept. 5,
2000.
Bushism: "The point is, this is a way to help inoculate me about what has
come and is coming."on his anti-Gore ad, in an interview with the New York
Times, Sept. 2, 2000
Bushism: "As governor of Texas, I have set high standards for our public
schools, and I have met those standards."CNN online chat, Aug. 30, 2000
Bushism: "Well, I think if you say you're going to do something and don't do
it, that's trustworthiness."Ibid.
Bushism: "I don't know whether I'm going to win or not. I think I am. I do
know I'm ready for the job. And, if not, that's just the way it goes."-Des
Moines, Iowa, Aug. 21, 2000
''This campaign not only hears the voices of the entrepreneurs and the
farmers and the entrepreneurs, we hear the voices of those struggling to get
ahead."-Ibid.
Bushism: "We cannot let terrorists and rogue nations hold this nation
hostile or hold our allies hostile.''-Ibid.
Bushism: "I have a different vision of leadership. A leadership is someone
who brings people together."-Bartlett, Tenn., Aug. 18, 2000 (Thanks to Tarja
Black.)
Bushism: "I think he needs to stand up and say if he thought the president
were wrong on policy and issues, he ought to say where."-Interview with the
Associated Press, Aug. 11, 2000 (Thanks to Ryan Rhodes.)
Bushism: "I want you to know that farmers are not going to be secondary
thoughts to a Bush administration. They will be in the forethought of our
thinking."-Salinas, Calif., Aug. 10, 2000 (Thanks to Kris Sester.)
Bushism: "And if he continues that, I'm going to tell the nation what I
think about him as a human being and a person."-President George H.W. Bush,
on the Today show, Aug. 1, 2000
Bushism: "You might want to comment on that, Honorable."To New Jersey's
secretary of state, the Hon. DeForest Soaries Jr., as quoted by Dana Milbank
in the Washington Post, July 15, 2000
Bushism: "This case has had full analyzation and has been looked at a lot. I
understand the emotionality of death penalty cases."Seattle
Post-Intelligencer, June 23, 2000 (Thanks to Johnny Green.)
Bushism: "States should have the right to enact reasonable laws and
restrictions particularly to end the inhumane practice of ending a life that
otherwise could live."-Cleveland, June 29, 2000 (Thanks to Douglas Basford.)
Bushism: "Unfairly but truthfully, our party has been tagged as being
against things. Anti-immigrant, for example. And we're not a party of
anti-immigrants. Quite the opposite. We're a party that welcomes
people."-Cleveland, July 1, 2000 (Thanks to M. Bateman.)
Bushism: "The fundamental question is, 'Will I be a successful president
when it comes to foreign policy?' I will be, but until I'm the president,
it's going to be hard for me to verify that I think I'll be more
effective."-In Wayne, Mich., as quoted by Katharine Q. Seelye in the New
York Times, June 28, 2000
Bushism: "The only things that I can tell you is that every case I have
reviewed I have been comfortable with the innocence or guilt of the person
that I've looked at. I do not believe we've put a guilty ... I mean innocent
person to death in the state of Texas." All Things Considered, NPR, June 16,
2000 (Thanks to Andy Nouraee.)
Bushism: "I'm gonna talk about the ideal world, Chris. I've read-I
understand reality. If you're asking me as the president, would I understand
reality, I do."-On abortion, Hardball, MSNBC; May 31, 2000
Bushism: "There's not going to be enough people in the system to take
advantage of people like me."-On the coming Social Security crisis; Wilton,
Conn.; June 9, 2000 (Thanks to Andy Mais.)
Bushism: "I think anybody who doesn't think I'm smart enough to handle the
job is underestimating."-U.S. News & World Report, April 3, 2000 (Thanks to
Alfred Stanley, Austin, Texas.)
Bush: "First of all, Cinco de Mayo is not the independence day. That's
diecis�is de Septiembre, and ..."
Matthews: "What's that in English?"
Bush: "Fifteenth of September." (Diecis�is de Septiembre = Sept. 16)
-Hardball, MSNBC, May 31, 2000 (Thanks to numerous readers.)
Bushism: "Actually, I-this may sound a little West Texan to you, but I like
it. When I'm talking about-when I'm talking about myself, and when he's
talking about myself, all of us are talking about me."-Ibid.
Bushism: "This is a world that is much more uncertain than the past. In the
past we were certain, we were certain it was us versus the Russians in the
past. We were certain, and therefore we had huge nuclear arsenals aimed at
each other to keep the peace. That's what we were certain of. ... You see,
even though it's an uncertain world, we're certain of some things. We're
certain that even though the 'evil empire' may have passed, evil still
remains. We're certain there are people that can't stand what America stands
for. ... We're certain there are madmen in this world, and there's terror,
and there's missiles and I'm certain of this, too: I'm certain to maintain
the peace, we better have a military of high morale, and I'm certain that
under this administration, morale in the military is dangerously
low."-Albuquerque, N.M., the Washington Post, May 31, 2000
Bushism: "He has certainly earned a reputation as a fantastic mayor, because
the results speak for themselves. I mean, New York's a safer place for him
to be."-On Rudy Giuliani, The Edge With Paula Zahn, May 18, 2000 (Thanks to
Peter Goldman.)
Bushism: "The fact that he relies on facts-says things that are not
factual-are going to undermine his campaign."-New York Times, March 4, 2000
(Thanks to Garry Trudeau.)
Bushism: "I think we agree, the past is over."-On his meeting with John
McCain, Dallas Morning News, May 10, 2000
Bushism: "It's clearly a budget. It's got a lot of numbers in it."Reuters,
May 5, 2000 (Thanks to Allison Fansler.)
GOV. BUSH: Because the picture on the newspaper. It just seems so
un-American to me, the picture of the guy storming the house with a scared
little boy there. I talked to my little brother, Jeb-I haven't told this to
many people. But he's the governor of-I shouldn't call him my little
brothermy brother, Jeb, the great governor of Texas.
JIM LEHRER: Florida.
GOV. BUSH: Florida. The state of the Florida.-The NewsHour With Jim Lehrer,
April 27, 2000
Bushism: "I hope we get to the bottom of the answer. It's what I'm
interested to know."-On what happened in negotiations between the Justice
Department and Eli�n Gonz�lez's Miami relatives, as quoted by the Associated
Press, April 26, 2000 (Thanks to Saul Selzer.)
Bushism: "Laura and I really don't realize how bright our children is
sometimes until we get an objective analysis."-CNBC, April 15, 2000
Bushism: "You subscribe politics to it. I subscribe freedom to
it."-Responding to a question about whether he and Al Gore were making the
Eli�n Gonz�lez case a political issue. In Palm Beach, Fla., as quoted by the
Associated Press, April 6, 2000 (Thanks to Helen Kennedy.)
Bushism: "I was raised in the West. The wesv of Texas. It's pretty close to
California. In more ways than Washington, D.C., is close to California."-In
Los Angeles as quoted by the Los Angeles Times, April 8, 2000
Bushism: "Reading is the basics for all learning."-Announcing his "Reading
First" initiative in Reston, Va., March 28, 2000 (Thanks to Carl LaRocca.)
Bushism: "We want our teachers to be trained so they can meet the
obligations, their obligations as teachers. We want them to know how to
teach the science of reading. In order to make sure there's not this kind of
federal-federal cufflink."-At Fritsche Middle School, Milwaukee, March 30,
2000
Bushism: "Other Republican candidates may retort to personal attacks and
negative ads."-Fund-raising letter from George W. Bush, quoted in the
Washington Post, March 24, 2000
Bushism: "I've got a reason for running. I talk about a larger goal, which
is to call upon the best of America. It's part of the renewal. It's reform
and renewal. Part of the renewal is a set of high standards and to remind
people that the greatness of America really does depend on neighbors helping
neighbors and children finding mentors. I worry. I'm very worried about, you
know, the kid who just wonders whether America is meant for him. I really
worry about that. And uh, so, I'm running for a reason. I'm answering this
question here and the answer is, you cannot lead America to a positive
tomorrow with revenge on one's mind. Revenge is so incredibly negative. And
so to answer your question, I'm going to win because people sense my heart,
know my sense of optimism and know where I want to lead the country. And I
tease people by saying, 'A leader, you can't say, follow me the world is
going to be worse.' I'm an optimistic person. I'm an inherently content
person. I've got a great sense of where I want to lead and I'm comfortable
with why I'm running. And, you know, the call on that speech was, beware.
This is going to be a tough campaign."-Interview with the Washington Post,
March 23, 2000
Bushism: "People make suggestions on what to say all the time. I'll give you
an example; I don't read what's handed to me. People say, 'Here, here's your
speech, or here's an idea for a speech.' They're changed. Trust
me."-Interview with the New York Times, March 15, 2000
Bushism: "It's evolutionary, going from governor to president, and this is a
significant step, to be able to vote for yourself on the ballot, and I'll be
able to do so next fall, I hope."-In an interview with the Associated Press,
March 8, 2000 (Thanks to Joshua Micah Marshall.)
Bushism: "It is not Reaganesque to support a tax plan that is Clinton in
nature.''-Los Angeles, Feb. 23, 2000
Bushism: "I don't have to accept their tenants. I was trying to convince
those college students to accept my tenants. And I reject any labeling me
because I happened to go to the university."-Today, Feb. 23, 2000
Bushism: "I understand small business growth. I was one."-New York Daily
News, Feb. 19, 2000
Bushism: "The senator has got to understand if he's going to have-he can't
have it both ways. He can't take the high horse and then claim the low
road."-To reporters in Florence, S.C., Feb. 17, 2000
Bushism: "Really proud of it. A great campaign. And I'm really pleased with
the organization and the thousands of South Carolinians that worked on my
behalf. And I'm very gracious and humbled."-To Cokie Roberts, This Week,
Feb. 20, 2000
Bushism: "I don't want to win? If that were the case why the heck am I on
the bus 16 hours a day, shaking thousands of hands, giving hundreds of
speeches, getting pillared in the press and cartoons and still staying on
message to win?"-Newsweek, Feb. 28, 2000
Bushism: "I thought how proud I am to be standing up beside my dad. Never
did it occur to me that he would become the gist for cartoonists."-ibid.
Bushism: "If you're sick and tired of the politics of cynicism and polls and
principles, come and join this campaign."-Hilton Head, S.C., Feb. 16, 2000
Bushism: "How do you know if you don't measure if you have a system that
simply suckles kids through?"-Explaining the need for educational
accountability in Beaufort, S.C., Feb. 16, 2000
Bushism: "We ought to make the pie higher."-South Carolina Republican
Debate, Feb. 15, 2000
Bushism: "I do not agree with this notion that somehow if I go to try to
attract votes and to lead people toward a better tomorrow somehow I get
subscribed to some-some doctrine gets subscribed to me."-Meet The Press,
Feb. 13, 2000
Bushism: "I've changed my style somewhat, as you know. I'm less-I
pontificate less, although it may be hard to tell it from this show. And I'm
more interacting with people."-ibid
Bushism: "I think we need not only to eliminate the tollbooth to the middle
class, I think we should knock down the tollbooth."-Nashua, N.H., as quoted
by Gail Collins in the New York Times, Feb. 1, 2000
Bushism: "The most important job is not to be governor, or first lady in my
case."-Pella, Iowa, as quoted by the San Antonio Express-News, Jan. 30, 2000
Bushism: "Will the highways on the Internet become more few?"-Concord, N.H.,
Jan. 29, 2000
Bushism: "This is Preservation Month. I appreciate preservation. It's what
you do when you run for president. You gotta preserve."-Speaking during
"Perseverance Month" at Fairgrounds Elementary School in Nashua, N.H. As
quoted in the Los Angeles Times, Jan. 28, 2000
Bushism: "I know how hard it is for you to put food on your family."-Greater
Nashua, N.H., Chamber of Commerce, Jan. 27, 2000
Bushism: "What I am against is quotas. I am against hard quotas, quotas they
basically delineate based upon whatever. However they delineate, quotas, I
think vulcanize society. So I don't know how that fits into what everybody
else is saying, their relative positions, but that's my position.''-Quoted
by Molly Ivins, the San Francisco Chronicle, Jan. 21, 2000 (Thanks to Toni
L. Gould.)
Bushism: "When I was coming up, it was a dangerous world, and you knew
exactly who they were," he said. "It was us vs. them, and it was clear who
them was. Today, we are not so sure who the they are, but we know they're
there."-Iowa Western Community College, Jan 21, 2000
Bushism: "The administration I'll bring is a group of men and women who are
focused on what's best for America, honest men and women, decent men and
women, women who will see service to our country as a great privilege and
who will not stain the house."-Des Moines Register debate, Iowa, Jan. 15,
2000
Bushism: "This is still a dangerous world. It's a world of madmen and
uncertainty and potential mential losses."-At a South Carolina oyster roast,
as quoted in the Financial Times, Jan. 14, 2000
Bushism: "We must all hear the universal call to like your neighbor just
like you like to be liked yourself."-ibid.
Bushism: "Rarely is the question asked: Is our children learning?"-Florence,
S.C., Jan. 11, 2000
Bushism: "Gov. Bush will not stand for the subsidation of failure."-ibid.
Bushism: "There needs to be debates, like we're going through. There needs
to be town-hall meetings. There needs to be travel. This is a huge
country."-Larry King Live, Dec. 16, 1999
Bushism: "I read the newspaper."-In answer to a question about his reading
habits, New Hampshire Republican Debate, Dec. 2, 1999
Bushism: "I think it's important for those of us in a position of
responsibility to be firm in sharing our experiences, to understand that the
babies out of wedlock is a very difficult chore for mom and baby alike. ...
I believe we ought to say there is a different alternative than the culture
that is proposed by people like Miss Wolf in society. ... And, you know,
hopefully, condoms will work, but it hasn't worked."-Meet the Press, Nov.
21, 1999
Bushism: "The students at Yale came from all different backgrounds and all
parts of the country. Within months, I knew many of them."-From A Charge To
Keep, by George W. Bush, published November 1999
Bushism: "It is incredibly presumptive for somebody who has not yet earned
his party's nomination to start speculating about vice presidents."-Keene,
N.H., Oct. 22, 1999, quoted in the New Republic, Nov. 15, 1999
Bushism: "The important question is, How many hands have I
shaked?"-Answering a question about why he hasn't spent more time in New
Hampshire, in the New York Times, Oct. 23, 1999
Bushism: "I don't remember debates. I don't think we spent a lot of time
debating it. Maybe we did, but I don't remember."-On discussions of the
Vietnam War when he was an undergraduate at Yale, Washington Post, July 27,
1999
Bushism: "The only thing I know about Slovakia is what I learned first-hand
from your foreign minister, who came to Texas."-To a Slovak journalist as
quoted by Knight Ridder News Service, June 22, 1999. Bush's meeting was with
Janez Drnovsek, the prime minister of Slovenia.
Bushism: "If the East Timorians decide to revolt, I'm sure I'll have a
statement."-Quoted by Maureen Dowd in the New York Times, June 16, 1999
Bushism: "Keep good relations with the Grecians."-Quoted in the Economist,
June 12, 1999
Bushism: "Kosovians can move back in."-CNN Inside Politics, April 9, 1999
Bushism: "It was just inebriating what Midland was all about then."-From a
1994 interview, as quoted in First Son, by Bill Minutaglio
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"One of the very difficult parts of the decision I made on the financial
crisis was to use hardworking people's money to help prevent there to be a
crisis." George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., Jan. 12, 2009
"I'm telling you there's an enemy that would like to attack America,
Americans, again. There just is. That's the reality of the world. And I wish
him all the very best." George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., Jan. 12, 2009
"In terms of the economy, look, I inherited a recession, I am ending on a
recession." George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., Jan. 12, 2009
"I guess it's OK to call the secretary of education here 'buddy.' That means
friend." George W. Bush, Philadelphia, Jan. 8, 2009
"So I analyzed that and decided I didn't want to be the president during a
depression greater than the Great Depression, or the beginning of a
depression greater than the Great Depression." George W. Bush, Washington
D.C., Dec. 18, 2008
"People say, well, do you ever hear any other voices other than, like, a few
people? Of course I do." George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., Dec. 18, 2008
"I've abandoned free market principles to save the free market system."
George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., Dec. 16, 2008
"You know, I'm the President during this period of time, but I think when
the history of this period is written, people will realize a lot of the
decisions that were made on Wall Street took place over a decade or so,
before I arrived in President, during I arrived in President." George W.
Bush, ABC News interview, Dec. 1, 2008
"I've been in the Bible every day since I've been the president." George W.
Bush, Washington, D.C., Nov. 12, 2008
"He was a great father before politics, a great father during politics and a
great father after politics." George W. Bush, on his father, George H.W.
Bush, Washington, D.C., Nov. 12, 2008
"Yesterday, you made note of my the lack of my talent when it came to
dancing. But nevertheless, I want you to know I danced with joy. And no
question Liberia has gone through very difficult times." George W. Bush,
speaking with the president of Liberia, Washington, D.C., Oct. 22, 2008
"I want to share with you an interesting program for two reasons, one, it's
interesting, and two, my wife thought of it or has actually been involved
with it; she didn't think of it. But she thought of it for this speech."
George W. Bush, discussing a company that improves access to clean water in
Africa, Washington D.C., Oct. 21, 2008
"This thaw took a while to thaw, it's going to take a while to unthaw."
George W. Bush, on liquidity in the markets, Alexandria, La., Oct. 20, 2008
"I didn't grow up in the ocean as a matter of fact near the ocean I grew
up in the desert. Therefore, it was a pleasant contrast to see the ocean.
And I particularly like it when I'm fishing." George W. Bush, Washington,
D.C., Sept. 26, 2008
"Anyone engaging in illegal financial transactions will be caught and
persecuted." George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., Sept. 19, 2008
"We're fixing to go down to Galveston and obviously are going to see a
devastated part of this fantastic state." George W. Bush, Houston, Sept. 16,
2008
"The people in Louisiana must know that all across our country there's a lot
of prayer prayer for those whose lives have been turned upside down. And
I'm one of them." George W. Bush, Baton Rouge, La., Sept. 3, 2008
"First of all, I don't see America having problems." George W. Bush,
interview with Bob Costas at the 2008 Olympics, Beijing, China, Aug. 10,
2008
"I'm coming as the president of a friend, and I'm coming as a sportsman."
George W. Bush, on his trip to the Olympics in China, Washington, D.C., July
30, 2008
"There's no question about it. Wall Street got drunk that's one of the
reasons I asked you to turn off the TV cameras it got drunk and now it's
got a hangover. The question is how long will it sober up and not try to do
all these fancy financial instruments." George W. Bush, speaking at a
private fundraiser, Houston, Texas, July 18, 2008 (Watch video clip)
"I think it was in the Rose Garden where I issued this brilliant statement:
If I had a magic wand but the president doesn't have a magic wand. You just
can't say, 'low gas.'" George W. Bush, Washington D.C., July 15, 2008
"And they have no disregard for human life." George W. Bush, on the
brutality of Afghan fighters, Washington, D.C., July 15, 2008
"The economy is growing, productivity is high, trade is up, people are
working. It's not as good as we'd like, but and to the extent that we find
weakness, we'll move." George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., July 15, 2008
"Goodbye from the world's biggest polluter." George W. Bush, in parting
words to British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and French President Nicolas
Sarkozy at his final G-8 Summit, punching the air and grinning widely as the
two leaders looked on in shock, Rusutsu, Japan, July 10, 2008
"Amigo! Amigo!" George W. Bush, calling out to Italian Prime Minister Silvio
Berlusconi in Spanish at the G-8 Summit, Rusutsu, Japan, July 10, 2008
"Throughout our history, the words of the Declaration have inspired
immigrants from around the world to set sail to our shores. These immigrants
have helped transform 13 small colonies into a great and growing nation of
more than 300 people." George W. Bush, Charlottesville, Va., July 4, 2008
"Should the Iranian regime-do they have the sovereign right to have civilian
nuclear power? So, like, if I were you, that's what I'd ask me. And the
answer is, yes, they do." George W. Bush, talking to reporters in
Washington, D.C., July 2, 2008
"But oftentimes I'm asked: Why? Why do you care what happens outside of
America?" George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., June 26,2008
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"I remember meeting a mother of a child who was abducted by the North
Koreans right here in the Oval Office." George W. Bush, Washington, D.C.,
June 26, 2008
"I want to tell you how proud I am to be the President of a nation that in
which there's a lot of Philippine-Americans. They love America and they love
their heritage. And I reminded the President that I am reminded of the great
talent of the of our Philippine-Americans when I eat dinner at the White
House." George W. Bush, referring to White House chef Cristeta Comerford
while meeting with Filipino President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Washington,
D.C., June 24, 2008 (Watch video clip)
"And I, unfortunately, have been to too many disasters as president." George
W. Bush, discussing flooding in the Midwest, Washington, D.C., June 17, 2008
"There is some who say that perhaps freedom is not universal. Maybe it's
only Western people that can self-govern. Maybe it's only, you know,
white-guy Methodists who are capable of self-government. I reject that
notion." George W. Bush, London, June 16, 2008
"Your eminence, you're looking good." George W. Bush to Pope Benedict XVI,
using the title for Catholic cardinals, rather than addressing him as "your
holiness," Rome, June 13, 2008
"The German asparagus are fabulous." George W. Bush, Meseberg, Germany, June
11, 2008
"We've got a lot of relations with countries in our neighborhood." George W.
Bush, Kranj, Slovenia, June 10, 2008
"One of the things important about history is to remember the true history."
George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., June 6, 2008
"There's no question this is a major human disaster that requires a strong
response from the Chinese government, which is what they're providing, but
it also responds a compassionate response from nations to whom that have
got the blessings, good blessings of life, and that's us." George W. Bush,
on relief efforts after a Chinese earthquake, Washington, D.C., June 6, 2008
"Let's make sure that there is certainty during uncertain times in our
economy." George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., June 2, 2008
"We got plenty of money in Washington. What we need is more priority."
George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., June 2, 2008
"And so the fact that they purchased the machine meant somebody had to make
the machine. And when somebody makes a machine, it means there's jobs at the
machine-making place." George W. Bush, Mesa, Arizona, May 27, 2008
"I don't want some mom whose son may have recently died to see the commander
in chief playing golf. I feel I owe it to the families to be in solidarity
as best as I can with them. And I think playing golf during a war just sends
the wrong signal." George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., May 13, 2008
"I'll be long gone before some smart person ever figures out what happened
inside this Oval Office." George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., May 12, 2008
"How can you possibly have an international agreement that's effective
unless countries like China and India are not full participants?" George W.
Bush, Camp David, April 19, 2008
"Oftentimes people ask me, 'Why is it that you're so focused on helping the
hungry and diseased in strange parts of the world?'" George W. Bush,
Washington, D.C., April 18, 2008
"We want people owning their home we want people owning a businesses."
George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., April 18, 2008
"So long as I'm the president, my measure of success is victory and
success." George W. Bush, on Iraq, Washington, D.C., April 17, 2008
"Thank you, your Holiness. Awesome speech." George W. Bush, to Pope
Benedict, Washington, D.C., April 15, 2008 (Watch video clip)
"A lot of times in politics you have people look you in the eye and tell you
what's not on their mind." George W. Bush, Sochi, Russia, April 6, 2008
"Afghanistan is the most daring and ambition mission in the history of
NATO." George W. Bush, Bucharest, Romania, April 2, 2008
"Soldiers, sailors, Marines, airmen, and Coastmen Coast Guardmen, thanks
for coming, thanks for wearing the uniform." George W. Bush, at the
Pentagon, March 19, 2008
"I thank the diplomatic corps, who is here as well." George W. Bush,
Washington, D.C., March 12, 2008
"Removing Saddam Hussein was the right decision early in my presidency, it
is the right decision now, and it will be the right decision ever." George
W. Bush, Washington, D.C., March 12, 2008
"Let me start off by saying that in 2000 I said, 'Vote for me. I'm an agent
of change.' In 2004, I said, 'I'm not interested in change I want to
continue as president.' Every candidate has got to say 'change.' That's what
the American people expect." George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., March 5, 2008
"And so, General, I want to thank you for your service. And I appreciate the
fact that you really snatched defeat out of the jaws of those who are trying
to defeat us in Iraq." George W. Bush, to Army Gen. Ray Odierno, Washington,
D.C., March 3, 2008
"Wait a minute. What did you just say? You're predicting $4-a-gallon gas? ..
That's interesting. I hadn't heard that." George W. Bush, Washington, D.C.,
Feb. 28, 2008
"I'm oftentimes asked, What difference does it make to America if people are
dying of malaria in a place like Ghana? It means a lot. It means a lot
morally, it means a lot from a it's in our national interest." George W.
Bush, Accra, Ghana, Feb. 20, 2008
"There is no doubt in my mind when history was written, the final page will
say: Victory was achieved by the United States of America for the good of
the world." George W. Bush, addressing U.S. troops at Camp Arifjan in
Kuwait, Jan. 12, 2008
"I can press when there needs to be pressed; I can hold hands when there
needs to be hold hands." George W. Bush, on how he can contribute to the
Middle East peace process, Washington, D.C., Jan. 4, 2008
Jerry 'n Vegas
- You really need a tag line?
FL Turbo
<jer...@cox.net> wrote:
>
>"brewmaster"
>
>
>> Everybody, and I mean everybody, who knows President Bush
>> personally says he is very quick witted and humorous (do
>> some google searches if you can figure out how). He can't
>> read a teleprompter as smoothly as President Oprompter can...big
>> deal.
>
>It's his speaking extemporaneously that reveals an innate ignorance.
>
>
>
>
>Bushism: "You see, the Senate wants to take away some of the powers of the
>administrative branch."-Washington, D.C., Sept. 19, 2002
>
>Bushism: "We need an energy bill that encourages consumption."-Trenton,
>N.J., Sept. 23, 2002
>
>Bushism: "People say, how can I help on this war against terror? How can I
>fight evil? You can do so by mentoring a child; by going into a shut-in's
>house and say I love you."-Washington, D.C., Sept. 19, 2002
>
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garycarson
> > personally says he is very quick witted and humorous (do
> > some google searches if you can figure out how). He can't
> > read a teleprompter as smoothly as President Oprompter can...big
> > deal.
>
> It's his speaking extemporaneously that reveals an innate ignorance.
>
>
He mangles words and sentence syntax. That's not the same at all as
mangling a thought. It reveals a lack of attention to detail but has
pretty much nothing to do with innate ignorance.
I'm not a Bush fan at all but I know lot's of people in Texas (and
Louisiana) who talk funny but are far from ignorant or stupid. You're
engaing in a typical Yankee biased way of evaluating people that often
results in your buying an empty fertilizer tank.
Which is pretty much what happened in the last election. We bought an
empty fertilizer tank.
> Bushism: "We're working with Chancellor Schr�ｿｽder on what's called
> friendship."-After meeting with Prime Minister Jean Chr�ｿｽtien of Canada, Feb.
> diecis�ｿｽis de Septiembre, and ..."
>
> Matthews: "What's that in English?"
>
> Bush: "Fifteenth of September." (Diecis�ｿｽis de Septiembre = Sept. 16)
> Department and Eli�ｿｽn Gonz�ｿｽlez's Miami relatives, as quoted by the Associated
> Press, April 26, 2000 (Thanks to Saul Selzer.)
>
> Bushism: "Laura and I really don't realize how bright our children is
> sometimes until we get an objective analysis."-CNBC, April 15, 2000
>
> Bushism: "You subscribe politics to it. I subscribe freedom to
> it."-Responding to a question about whether he and Al Gore were making the
> Eli�ｿｽn Gonz�ｿｽlez case a political issue. In Palm Beach, Fla., as quoted by the
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"garycarson"
>> It's his speaking extemporaneously that
>> reveals an innate ignorance.
> He mangles words and sentence syntax. That's
> not the same at all as mangling a thought.
No, but the complete thoughts will out. It's mangled thoughts, too. It's why
I posted a bunch of them.
Jerry 'n Vegas
- Please save the above drivel for future reference!
garycarson
> "garycarson"
>
>
>
> >> It's his speaking extemporaneously that
> >> reveals an innate ignorance.
>
> > He mangles words and sentence syntax. That's
> > not the same at all as mangling a thought.
>
> No, but the complete thoughts will out. It's mangled thoughts, too. It's why
> I posted a bunch of them.
>
Most of those quotes were clear expressions of complete thoughts, just
with mangled syntax.
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"garycarson"
>>>> It's his speaking extemporaneously that
>>>> reveals an innate ignorance.
>>> He mangles words and sentence syntax. That's
>>> not the same at all as mangling a thought.
>> No, but the complete thoughts will out. It's mangled
>> thoughts, too. It's why I posted a bunch of them.
> Most of those quotes were clear expressions of complete
> thoughts, just with mangled syntax.
I'm not going to argue selective statements with you, like his plural of,
"Internets." It's clear in a number of his statements he has a slip of the
tongue. My reference is about actual incorrect assumptions and variant
thoughts. The guy was no genius and he proved it.
Jerry 'n Vegas
- On the other hand. you have five different fingers