Choice Bushisms throughout the years...

[DealMonkey]

Slate has a great little repository of Bushisms, some dating back to before the 2000 elections. These are some that I thought were amusing:

Slate.com - the complete Bushisms

"Our country puts $1 billion a year up to help feed the hungry. And we're by far the most generous nation in the world when it comes to that, and I'm proud to report that. This isn't a contest of who's the most generous. I'm just telling you as an aside. We're generous. We shouldn't be bragging about it. But we are. We're very generous."?Washington, D.C., July 16, 2003

"I'm the master of low expectations."?Aboard Air Force One, June 4, 2003

"I'm also not very analytical. You know I don't spend a lot of time thinking about myself, about why I do things."?Aboard Air Force One, June 4, 2003

"Oftentimes, we live in a processed world?you know, people focus on the process and not results."?Washington, D.C., May 29, 2003

"We've got hundreds of sites to exploit, looking for the chemical and biological weapons that we know Saddam Hussein had prior to our entrance into Iraq."?Santa Clara, Calif., May 2, 2003 (Thanks to Michael Shively.)

"Perhaps one way will be, if we use military force, in the post-Saddam Iraq the U.N. will definitely need to have a role. And that way it can begin to get its legs, legs of responsibility back."?the Azores, Portugal, March 16, 2003

"The war on terror involves Saddam Hussein because of the nature of Saddam Hussein, the history of Saddam Hussein, and his willingness to terrorize himself."?Grand Rapids, Mich., Jan. 29, 2003

"When Iraq is liberated, you will be treated, tried, and persecuted as a war criminal."?Washington, D.C., Jan. 22, 2003 (Thanks to Chad Conwell.)

"I think the American people?I hope the American?I don't think, let me?I hope the American people trust me."?Washington, D.C., Dec. 18, 2002

"There's an old saying in Tennessee?I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee?that says, fool me once, shame on?shame on you. Fool me?you can't get fooled again."?Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 17, 2002

"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."

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[ClueLis]

"There's an old saying in Tennessee?I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee?that says, fool me once, shame on?shame on you. Fool me?you can't get fooled again."?Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 17, 2002

I read that when the quote came out. Funniest quote since they started scrubbing the transcipts.

 

[sMiLeYz]

Heres some more favorites of mine...

"If the terriers bariffs are torn down, this economy will grow." - Rochester, New York

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 brother--my 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

 

[conehead433]

From the George Orwell's lost sequel to 1984

"Well, I think if you say you're going to do something and don't do it, that's trustworthiness."

"I promise you I will listen to what has been said here, even though I wasn't here."

"One of the common denominators I have found is that expectations rise above that which is expected."

"I hope the ambitious realize that they are more likely to succeed with success as opposed to failure."

"They want the Federal government controlling Social Security like it's some kind of Federal program."

"If you don't stand for anything, you don't stand for anything!"

"It's your money. You paid for it."

"I think we agree, the past is over."

Orwell's Sequel

 

[MonstaThrilla]

Originally posted by: ClueLis

"There's an old saying in Tennessee?I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee?that says, fool me once, shame on?shame on you. Fool me?you can't get fooled again."?Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 17, 2002

I read that when the quote came out. Funniest quote since they started scrubbing the transcipts.

I've seen the video of him saying that. Its even funnier than reading it.

 

[alchemize]

The guy isn't much of a speaker is he? Oh well better than a spineless lib!

 

[Czar]

I'v always found this to be the best Bushism ever because its true, so very true but yet he doesnt seem to follow his own advice

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[conehead433]

>:: Quotes from the brain ::
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>I have tried to make this page shorter, but everytime the man opens his
>mouth something like this comes out :
>
>"Rarely is the question asked: Is our children learning?"
>G.W.Bush
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>George W. Bushisms
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>Is Our Children Learning?
>
>Bush on Himself
>"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."
>
>~~~~~~~~~~
>"I am a person who recognizes the fallacy of humans."
>Oprah, Sept. 19, 2000
>~~~~~~~~~~
>"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
>~~~~~~~~~~
>"They have miscalculated me as a leader."
>~~~~~~~~~~
>"The most important job is not to be governor, or first lady in my case."
>Concord, N.H., Jan 29, 2000
>~~~~~~~~~~
>"Laura and I really don't realize how bright our children is sometimes
>until we get an objective analysis."
>Meet the Press, April 15, 2000
>----------
>Bush's politics for the people
>"Who cares what you think?"
>George W. Bush, July 4, 2001 In response to a citizen who told him that
>he's doing a poor job.
>~~~~~~~~~~
>"They want the federal government controlling Social Security like it's
>some kind of federal program."
>~~~~~~~~~~
>"I am not part of the problem, I am a Republican."
>~~~~~~~~~~
>"It's clearly a budget. It's got a lot of numbers in it."
>Rueters, May 5, 2000
>~~~~~~~~~~
>"I don't think there is any correlation at all between pay of teachers and
>quality of education...there might even be a negative connotation."
>~~~~~~~~~~
>"I hope to show Hispanics that Republicans do have a heart, but I also
>want to send a message to people from around the country as to how to pick
>up the Hispanic vote"
>~~~~~~~~~~
>"I know how hard it is for you to put food on your family."
>Greater Nashua, N.H, Chamber of Commerce, Jan. 27, 2000
>~~~~~~~~~~
>"We're going to have the best educated American people in the world."
>~~~~~~~~~~
>"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
>~~~~~~~~~~
>"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
>~~~~~~~~~~
>"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
>~~~~~~~~~~
>"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
>----------
>Bush on Space
>"For NASA, space is still a high priority."
>~~~~~~~~~~
>"It's time for the human race to enter a solar system."
>~~~~~~~~~~
>"Mars is essentially in the same orbit.Mars is somewhat the same distance
>from the Sun, which is very important. We have seen pictures where there
>are canals, we believe, and water. If there is water, that means there is
>oxygen. If oxygen, that means we can breathe."
>----------
>Bush on Professionals
>"Quite frankly, teachers are the only profession that teach our children."
>~~~~~~~~~~
>"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
>----------
>Bush on the environment
>"It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities in
>our air and water that is doing it."
>~~~~~~~~~~
>"After all, ozone is not a poison or a carcinogen."
>~~~~~~~~~~
>"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
>~~~~~~~~~~
>"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
>~~~~~~~~~~
>"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
>----------
>Bush on Geography and general knowledge
>"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.
>~~~~~~~~~~
>"Keep good relations with the Grecians."
>Quoted in the Economist, June 12, 1999
>~~~~~~~~~~
>"I was raised in the west. The west 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
>~~~~~~~~~~
>"We have a firm commitment to NATO, we are a part of NATO. We have a firm
>commitment to Europe. We are a part of Europe."
>~~~~~~~~~~
>"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
>----------
>Bush's pearls of wisdom
>"Well, I think if you say you're going to do something and don't do it,
>that's trustworthiness."
>~~~~~~~~~~
>"Families is where our nation finds hope, where wings take dream."
>LaCrosse, Wis., Oct. 18, 2000
>~~~~~~~~~~
>"We must all hear the universal call to like your neighbor like you like
>to be liked yourself."
>~~~~~~~~~~
>"A low voter turnout is an indication of fewer people going to the polls."
>~~~~~~~~~~
>"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
>----------
>Bush's inner thoughts and doubts
>"I would have to ask the questioner. I haven't had a chance to ask the
>questioners the question they've been questioning.
>~~~~~~~~~~
>"Will the highways on the Internet become more few?"
>
>Concord, N.H., Jan. 29, 2000
>~~~~~~~~~
>"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."
>Hardball, MSNBC; May 31, 2000

 

[HombrePequeno]

Bush on Space
>"For NASA, space is still a high priority."

That one's a Quayle.

 

[LilBlinbBlahIce]

Only in America can a retarded monkey grow up to be the President of the United States. God bless America!

 

[Orsorum]

Originally posted by: alchemize
The guy isn't much of a speaker is he? Oh well better than a spineless lib!

"There should be limits on freedom."

I'd take a spineless liberal over a thinly-veiled fascist any day.

 

[jimmyl930]

LOL. Great link.

 

[sMiLeYz]

Originally posted by: Orsorum

Originally posted by: alchemize
The guy isn't much of a speaker is he? Oh well better than a spineless lib!

"There should be limits on freedom."

I'd take a spineless liberal over a thinly-veiled fascist any day.

It's not like the chickenhawks have spines either, the entire Bush administration with the exception of Powell hasnt seen any action. They'll gladly send off somebody else's children to war though. What spine!

 

[Grakatt]

Maybe Bush sits alone in his folding-chair in the late evenings, with a fire going nearby, snickering when thinking about the sarcasms no one understood the nature of.

Even so, it must be annoying to get your words analysed all the time. Everyone makes mistakes.

Still..

 

[Kaiynne]

Everyone makes mistakes, huh?
Is that how you justify electing a guy who made the mistake of never learning how to speak properly?

"Even so, it must be annoying to get your words analysed all the time."
He is the president afterall, I mean come on where are the Clintonisms, or even the BushSeniorisms.
The guy is not very intelligent, he isn't as intelligent as the guy before him or the guy before him.
If it makes you feel good to know that the president is just as smart as you, then by all means keep up the justifications.

 

[Grakatt]

Em, I think the man's as brilliant as a gila-lizard, with all the wits and cunning of slate, and aside from that I don't care extremely much about him since I live far off.

Besides, I don't think a speach-impediment automatically stops anyone from being a good president.
It's like people complaining about Clintons affair..the day anyone comes up with a believable test that shows strong correlation between Presidential Ability and truthfullness towards your wife is the day brainwashing is fast, smooth and efficient.
Just my opinion though.

Edit: Thinking about it though, it's not as if Bush has some sort of horrible lisp, is it? His brain is operating his words, and if his words is a mirror to his brain.. well, while the brain sure does have strong correlations with the Presidential Ability..that could be bad. It could just be him being very susceptible to stress when speaking to the public. (Although that's highly unlikely given what courses of action the man has taken)

 

[Gonad the Barbarian]

My favorite Bushism is 'I'm going on vacation.'