Steve Winer
Shock the monkey...
Hi. there might already be one of these, but i decided to start a thread where people could post bushisms that they hear or think to be hilarious.
Bushisms Thread
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cgannon64
BOB DYLAN'S ROCKIN OUT!
Bush on Iraq letting Weapons inspectors in (not an exact quote):
"There's an old saying, fool me once, shame....shame....shame on you...fool...fool...ain'tgonnafoolmeagain."
Nowhere near the saying, and he was up there babbling in a live press conference.
CG
"There's an old saying, fool me once, shame....shame....shame on you...fool...fool...ain'tgonnafoolmeagain."
Nowhere near the saying, and he was up there babbling in a live press conference.
CG
napoleon526
Emperor
"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
"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
"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
"There's no cave deep enough for America, or dark enough to hide."
-Oklahoma City, Aug. 29, 2002 (Thanks to Michael Shively.)
"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.)
"I'm a patient man. And when I say I'm a patient man, I mean I'm a patient man."
"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
"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.)
"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.)
"I love the idea of a school in which people come to get educated and stay in the state in which they're educated."
"I promise you I will listen to what has been said here, even though I wasn't here."
"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."
"Tommy [Thompson, Health and Human Services secretary,] is a good listener, and he's a pretty good actor, too."
"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
"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
"I also understand how tender the free enterprise system can be."
-White House press conference, Washington, D.C., July 9, 2002
"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
-South Bend, Ind., Sept. 5, 2002
"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
"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
"There's no cave deep enough for America, or dark enough to hide."
-Oklahoma City, Aug. 29, 2002 (Thanks to Michael Shively.)
"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.)
"I'm a patient man. And when I say I'm a patient man, I mean I'm a patient man."
"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
"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.)
"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.)
"I love the idea of a school in which people come to get educated and stay in the state in which they're educated."
"I promise you I will listen to what has been said here, even though I wasn't here."
"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."
"Tommy [Thompson, Health and Human Services secretary,] is a good listener, and he's a pretty good actor, too."
"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
"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
"I also understand how tender the free enterprise system can be."
-White House press conference, Washington, D.C., July 9, 2002
"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
Are those for real? Makes me just slightly afraid of what a Bush-led administration will do....
napoleon526
Emperor
Yes, they're real. And their pretty recent. The one about the "Old saying" in Texas, or maybe in Tennessee was on the daily show. Friggin' hilarious.
Glottis5
Chieftain
"Is out shildren learning?"
"Are there black people in Brazil too?"
"Are there black people in Brazil too?"
newfangle
hates you.
"Sometimes parents have to ask themselves, is our children educated?"
SKILORD
Insurgent
"Unliterate"
He was called this by a particularly famous critic of his, a man closely related to the former administration who's name i can honestly not remember.
He was called this by a particularly famous critic of his, a man closely related to the former administration who's name i can honestly not remember.
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