Welcome to the very curious language of George W. Bush.
As most of us know, the man is an idiot and he proves it almost every time he opens his mouth. Don't agree? Well, then read on my poor misguided friend, read on.
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"The education issue ought to be discussed about."
December 15, 2000- Speaking to press during meeting with Louisiana Senator John Breaux in Austin, TX.
"It is clear our nation is reliant upon big foreign oil. More and more of our imports come from overseas."
September 25, 2000- From a campaign speech delivered in Beaverton, Oregon.
"...Magna Carter..."
May 30, 2001- Standing before giant redwood trees in CA, the president stated that the trees were there when the "Magna Carter" was signed.
"Rarely is the question asked: Is our children learning?"
January 11, 2000- From a speech delivered in Florence, South Carolina.
"They misunderestimated me."
November 6, 2000- Comment made in Bentonville, Arkansas.
"I think if you say you're going to do something and don't do it, that's trust-worthiness."
August 30, 2000- From a CNN online chat.
"Laura and I really don't realize how bright our children is sometimes until we get an objective analysis."
April 15, 2000- Comment made on NBC's Meet the Press.
"The important question is: How many hands have I shaked?"
October 23, 1999- This was candidate Bush's response to a question about why he hadn't spent more time in New Hampshire.
"Actually, this may sound a little West Texan to you, but I like it when I'm talking about myself, and when he's talking about myself, all of us are talking about me."
May 31, 2000- Spoken to Chris Matthews on MSNBC's Hardball.
"I understand small business growth. I was one."
February 19, 2000- Quoted in the New York Daily News.
"This is Preservation Month. I appreciate preservation. It's what you do when you run for president. You gotta preserve."
January 28, 2000- Candidate Bush was referring to Perseverance Month during a speech at Fairgrounds Elementary School in Nashua, New Hampshire.
"I want to reduce our own nuclear capacities to the level commiserate with keeping the peace."
October 23, 2000- Spoken in Des Moines, Iowa during campaign address.
"I know how hard it is for you to put food on your family."
January 27, 2000- During a campaing speech in Nashua, New Hampshire.
"We cannot let terrorists and rogue nations hold this nation hostile or hold our allies hostile."
August 21, 2000- Comments from a campaign speech delivered in Des Moines, Iowa.
"The Bob Jones policy on interracial dating, I mean I spoke out on interracial dating. I spoke out against that. I spoke out against interracial dating. I mean, I support inter--the policy of interracial dating."
February 25, 2000- Candidate Bush was referring to the official policies of Bob Jones University. From CBS News broadcast.
"We spent a lot of time talking about Africa, as we should. Africa is a nation that suffers from incredible disease."
June 14, 2001- From comments made in Gothenburg, Sweden.
"It's very important for folks to understand that when there's more trade there's more commerce."
April 21, 2001- From comments made in Quebec City, Canada.
"Whatever it took to help Taiwan defend theirself."
April 25, 2001- Speaking on CBS's Good Morning America. Describing the United States' commitment to the defense of Taiwan.
"Neither in French, nor in English, nor in Mexican."
April 21, 2000- The President's response when asked if he would answer a reporter's question.
"Anyway, I'm so thankful, and so gracious. I'm gracious that my brother Jeb is concerned about the hemisphere as well."
June 4, 2001- During a visit to Miami and while appearing with his brother, Jeb, the Governor of Florida.
"If you're sick and tired of the politics of cynicism and polls and principles, come and join this campaign."
February 16, 2000- Speaking at Hilton Head, South Carolina during presidential campaign.
"I think we agree, the past is over."
May 10, 2000- The governor's comment after a meeting with Senator John McCain.
"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."
February 13, 2000- From NBC's Meet the Press.
"This is still a dangerous world. It's a world full of madmen and uncertainty and potential mential losses."
January 14, 2000- Quoted in the Financial Times.
"Quotas are bad for America. It's not the way America is all about."
October 18, 2000- Spoken in St. Louis, Missouri.
"This case has had full analyzation and has been look at a lot. I understand the emotionality of death penalty cases."
June 23, 2000- Quoted in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
"It's going to require numerous IRA agents."
October 10, 2000- The presidential candidate commenting on Vice President Gore's proposed tax plan (meaning to say IRS - Internal Revenue Service agents).
"If the terriers and bariffs are torn down, this economy will grow."
January 7, 2000- Spoken in Rochester, NY during presidential campaign.
"We ought to make this pie higher."
February 15, 2000- Comment made in Columbia, South Carolina during presidential campaign.
"Drug therapies are replacing a lot of medicines as we used to know it."
October 17, 2000- Comments from St. Louis, Missouri Presidential Debate.
"I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully."
September 29, 2000- Comment made in Saginaw, Michigan during presidential campaign.
"That woman who knew I had dyslexia; I never interviewed her."
September 16, 2000- The presidential candidate is referring to Gail Sheehy, who had written an article for Vanity Fair, proposing that Governor Bush suffered from dyslexia.
"A tax cut is really one of the anecdotes to coming out of an economic illness."
September 18, 2000- Spoken while a guest on the CBS show, The Edge with Paula Zahn.
"For those that are uninsured, many of the uninsured are able-bodied, capable people capable of buying insurance choose not to do so."
Comments made during an interview with WMUR in Manchester, New Hampshire.
"I don't think we need to be subliminable about the differences between our views on prescription drugs."
September 12, 2000- Quoted by Slate magazine from comments made in Orlando, Florida.
"In terms of being a president that says there's no place in racism, it starts with saying there's no place for racism in America..."
January 10, 2000- Spoken during a Republican debate held in Michigan.
"I don't remember any kind of heaviness ruining my time at Yale."
Quote from Favorite Son- A reference to the 1960s Civil Rights movement.
"If affirmative action means what I just described, what I'm for, then I'm for it."
October 17, 2000- St. Louis, Missouri presidential debate.
Reporter: "The European Union and Japan have filed a challenge in the WTO (World Trade Organization) against a rule in the Agriculture Appropriations bill that would allow steel companies to receive money from antidumping duties."
Bush: "Say again now?"
December 22, 2000- Spoken during a press conference held by the president-elect.
"Keep good relations with the Grecians."
June 12, 1999- As quoted in the Economist.
"I do remain confident in Linda [Chavez]. She'll make a fine labor secretary. From what I've read in the press accounts, she's perfectly qualified."
January 8, 2001- Comment by the president-elect during a press conference.
"The legislature's job is to write law. It's the executive branch's job to interpret law."
November 22, 2000- Comment made in Austin, TX and reported by Slate magazine.
"Uh, I support winning."
April 7, 1999- Spoken on CNN's Inside Politics. Referring to America's involvement in Kosovo.
"The point is, is that I want America to lead the nation - lead the world - toward a more safe world when it comes to nuclear weaponry."
January 27, 2000- Quoted in the New York Times.
"I don't want nations feeling like that they cal bully ourselves and our allies."
October 23, 2000- Comment made in Des Moines, Iowa.
I'm sure there'll be moments when we don't agree 100% of the time."
Speaking to press. Referring to relationship between himself and Republican Congress.
I'm pretty good about asking myself the own question, then answering it, see?"
May 31, 2000- Answering a question posed by Chris Matthews on MSNBC's Hardball.
"I don't want to win? If that were the case, why the heck am I on a bus 16 hours a day, shaking thousands of hands, giving hundreds of speeches, getting pillared in the press and cartoons and still staying on the message to win?"
February 28, 2000- Quoted in Newsweek magazine.
"On election night we won. And then there was a recount, and we won. And there was a selected recount as a result of different legal maneuverings, and we won that. And I believe one of these days, that all this is going to stop, and Dick Cheney and I will be the president and the vice president."
November 30, 2000- Comment made during a campaign press conference.
"The great thing about America is everybody should vote."
December 8, 2000- Spoken in Austin, TX.
"The senator [John McCain] 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."
From a campaign speech in Florence, South Carolina.
"I don't care what the polls say. I don't. I'm doing what I think what's wrong."
March 15, 2000 - The presidential candidate referring to his proposed economic plan.
"The key to foreign policy is to rely on reliance."
November 1, 2000.
"The person who runs FEMA [Federal Emergency Management Agency] is someone who must have the trust of the president because the person who runs the FEMA really is the first voice oftentimes that someone whose lives have been turned upside down hears from."
January 4, 2001 - Comment made at press conference.
"Do not subscribe - I mean, you know, you cannot subscribe those views to me..."
February 13, 2000 - Comment made on NBC's Meet the Press. Mr. Bush was referring to whether or not he agreed with the views espoused by the chancellor of Bob Jones University.
"I mean, there needs to be a wholesale effort against racial profiling, which is illiterate children."
October 11, 2000 - Comment made during the presidential debate.
"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."
January 21, 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."
May 31, 2000 - Governor Bush answering a question from Chris Matthews on MSNBC's Hardball.
"They said, 'You know, this issue doesn't seem to resignate with the people.' And I said, 'You know something? Whether is resignates or not doesn't matter to me because I stand for doing what's the right thing'."
October 31, 2000 - comments made in Portland, Oregon.
"The fact that he relies on facts - says things that are not factual - are going to undermine his campaign."
March 4, 2000 - Referring to Al Gore.
"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."
May 14, 2001.
"You saw the president yesterday. I thought he was very forward-leaning, as they say in diplomatic nuanced circles."
July 23, 2001 - Referring to his meeting with President Vladimir Putin of Russia.
"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."
March 29, 2001 - White House press conference.
"She is a member of a labor union at one point."
January 2, 2001 - The president-elect, announcing Linda Chavez as his nomination to be secretary of the Department of Labor.
"Let me put it to you this way, I am not a revengeful person."
December, 2000 - From a Time magazine interview.
"Families is where our nation finds hope, where wings take dream."
October 18, 2000 - During visit to La Crosse, Wisconsin.
"I will have a foreign-handed foreign policy."
September 27, 2000 - Comment made in Redwood, California during presidential campaign.
"I have a different vision of leadership. A leadership is someone who brings people together."
August 18, 2000.
"I also have picked a secretary for Housing and Human Development - Mel Martinez from the state of Florida."
December 20, 2000 - Announcing selection of a candidate for the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
"I know what I believe. I will continue to articulate what I believe, and what I believe - I believe what I believe is right."
July 22, 2001 - Comment made during visit to Rome, Italy.
"My pan plays down an unprecedented amount of our national debt."
February 27, 2001 - From a speech concerning the proposed federal budget.
"One word sums up probabably the responsibility of any governor, and that one word is 'to be prepared'."
December 6, 1993.
"We'll let our friends be the peacekeepers and the great country called America will be the pacemakers."
September 6, 2000 - Candidate Bush speaking in Houston, Texas.
"I'm sure you can imagine it's an unimaginable honor to live here."
June 18, 2001 - The president speaking at the White House to agriculture leaders.
"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 park of our national - really, our national park system, my guess is you would want to call it."
February 8, 2001 - Address to a gathering in the Rose Garden at the White House.
"I think there is some methodology in my travels."
March 5, 2001 - Speaking to the press in Washington, D.C.
"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."
March 9, 2001 - From an interview with the Washington Post.
"Governor Bush will not stand for the subsidation of failure."
January 11, 2000.
Ted Koppel: "So he's your lightning rod?"
Bush: "More than that, he's my sounding rod."
July 21, 2000 - Referring to vice presidential candidate, Dick Cheney, on ABC's Nightline.
"I do not believe we've put a guilty - I mean innocent - person to death in the state of Texas."
June 16, 2000.
"I stand by all the misstatements that I've made."
August 17, 1993 - Comment made to ABC's, Sam Donaldson.
"I've got a record, a record that is conservative and a record that is compassionate."
March 2, 2000.
"That's a chapter, the last chapter of the twentieth, twentieth, twenty-first century that most of us would rather forget. The last chapter of the twentieth century. This is the first chapter of the twenty-first century."
October 24, 2000 - Comment made by the presidential candidate in Arlington Heights, Illinois.
"If you don't stand for anything, you don't stand for anything. If you don't stand for something, you don't stand for anything."
November 2, 2000 - Quoted by the Austin American-Statesman.
Home is important. It's important to have a home."
February 18, 2001 - Comment made by the presidential candidate in Crawford, Texas.
"Ann and I will carry out this equivocal message to the world. Markets must be open."
March 2, 2001 - From the President's speech delivered during the swearing-in ceremony for Ann Veneman, the new Secretary of Agriculture.
"Quite frankly, teachers are the only profession that teach our children."
September 18, 1995.
"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."
January 15, 2000 - Spoken during the Republican debate in Des Moines, Iowa.
"Everybody who pays taxes is going to get tax relief. If you take care of an elderly in your home, you're going to get the personal exemption increased."
October 17, 2000 - In answer to a question about his tax plan at the third presidential debate.
Interviewer: "So, tell me again why Crawford is such a great vacation spot? I mean, most people would think..."
Bush: "Well, it's my home. If you're a home person, a person who appreciates home then you understand what I'm trying to say."
August 10, 2001 - Being interviewed by an ABC News correspondent while on vacation at his ranch in Crawford, Texas.
"As governor of Texas, I have set high standards for our public schools, and I have met those standards."
August 30, 2000 - From the CNN Internet chat line.
"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."
June 27, 2000 - Comment made in Wayne, Michigan during the presidential campaign.
"Natural gas is hemispheric. I like to call it hemispheric in nature because it is a product we can find in our neighborhoods."
December 20, 2000 - Comment made in Austin, Texas.
"This is what I'm good at. I like meeting people, my fellow citizens. I like interfacing with them."
September 8, 2000 - Comment made at campaign stop in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.
"I've coined new words, like misunderstanding and Hispanically."
March 29, 2001 - From speech given at the Radio and Television Correspondents Association dinner in Washington, D.C.
"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."
April 7, 2000 - during presidential campaign stop in Los Angeles, California.
Reporter: "Mr. President..."
Bush: "Speak clearly."
Reporter: "I'll try sir. It's one of the things I have problems with."
Bush: "Speak for yourself."
June 12, 2001 - Press conference with President Aznar of Spain in Madrid.
"We're concerned about AIDS inside our White House. Make no mistake about it."
February 7, 2001 - Washington, D.C.
"Now, by the way, surplus means a little money left over, otherwise it wouldn't be called a surplus."
October 27, 2000 - from a campaign speech in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
"It's clearly a budget. It's got a lot of numbers in it."
May 5, 2000 - Reported by Reuters.
"The American people wants a president that appeals to the angels."
August, 2000 - From speech delivered at GOP Convention.
"If the East Timorians decide to revolt, I'm sure I'll have a statement."
June 16, 1999 - As quoted in the New York Times.
"Right hand up, please. Actually, right hand on your heart."
July 11, 2001 - President Bush's instructions to a group of new citizens at an Ellis Island citizenship ceremony. He was leading them in the Pledge of Allegiance.
"The way I like to put it is this: There's no bigger issue for the President to remind the moms and dads of America, if you happen to have a child, be fortunate to have a child."
March 16, 2001 - Speaking to employees of the U.S. Treasury Department.
"The only thing I know about Slovakia is what I learned firsthand from your foreign minister, who came to Texas."
Governor Bush was referring to his meeting with the prime minister of Slovenia (Janez Drnovsek). Comment made to a Slovak journalist. Reported by the Knight Ridder News Service.
"Of all states that understands local control of schools, Iowa is such a state."
February 28, 2001 - Comment made in Council Bluffs, Iowa.
"Our priorities is our faith."
October 10, 2000 - From a campaign speech in Greensboro, North Carolina.
"Diseases...such as arthritis and osteoporosis can be less beea, beea-dilatating."
March 21, 2001.
"Those of us who spent time in the agricultural sector and in the heartland, we understand how unfair the death penalty is - the death tax is. I don't want to get rid of the death penalty, just the death tax."
February 28, 2001.
"I want each and every American to know for certain that I'm responsible for the decisions I make, and each of you are as well."
September 20, 2000 - From Live With Regis.
"The reason we start a war is to fight a war, win a war, thereby causing no more war."
Boston, Massachusetts. First Presidential Debate.
"Laura and I are looking forward to having a private dinner with he and Mrs. Blair Friday night."
February 22, 2001 - Referring to impending visit by British Prime Minister Tony Blair. White House press conference.
"The role of the government to to create and environment that encourages Hispanic-owned businesses, women-owned businesses, anybody-kind-of-owned businesses."
March 19, 2001.
"I don't know whether I'm going to win or not. I think I am. I do know that I'm ready for the job. And if not, that's just the way it goes."
August 21, 2000
"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."
February 8, 2001.
"They want the federal government controlling Social Security like it's some kind of federal program."
November 2, 2000 - The presidential candidate speaking in St. Charles, Missouri. Reported by USA Today. (Note: Social Security IS a federal program.)
Reporter: "Well, you're a secular official..."
Bush: "I agree. I am a secular official."
Reporter: "And not a missionary?"
Bush: "Sir, on the air strikes in Iraq, the Pentagon is now saying that most of the bombs used in those strikes missed their targets."
February 23, 2001 - Quoted in the New York Times.
"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."
May 18, 2000 - Speaking on The Edge with Paula Zahn about New York City Mayor, Rudolph Giuliani.
"I would have said yes to abortion if only it was right. I mean, yeah it's right. Well, no it's not right - that's why I said no to it."
February 14, 2000 - Speaking in South Carolina.
"Education is not my top priority - education is my top priority."
February 27, 2001 - From a budget speech in Washington, D.C.
"The most important job is not to be governor, or first lady in my case."
January 30, 2000 - From a speech in Pella, Iowa and quoted in the San Antonio Express-News.
"I think what we need to do is convince people who live in the lands they live in to build nations."
October 11, 2000 - Presidential Debate - Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
"Redefining the role of the United States from enablers to keep the peace to enablers to keep the peace from peace-keepers is going to be an assignment."
January 14, 2001 - Quoted in the New York Times.
"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."
February 20, 2000.
"We need to change that attitude about how prolific we can be with people's money."
March 16, 2001.
"When we carry Iowa in November, it'll mean the end of four years of Clinton-Gore."
August 22, 2000 - Referring to the two-term president and vice president.
"I hope to get a sense of, should I be fortunate enough to be the president, how my administration will react to the Middle East."
October 12, 2000 - From comments made in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
"But younger workers, in order to make sure the system exists tomorrow, younger workers ought to be able to take some of your own money and invest it in safe securities to get a better rate of return on that money."
October 11, 2000 - Presidential Debate in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
"Putting Education First."
Governor George W. Bush's Presidential Campaign website. July 2000 - The presidential candidate's web site gave a priority ranking to important issues of concern to the governor. "Putting Education First" was ranked No. 3 on the list.
"It's one thing about insurance, that's a Washington term."
October 18, 2000 - Comment made in St. Louis, Missouri.
"I quit drinking in 1986 and haven't had a drop since then. And it wasn't because of a government program, by the way - in my particular case - because I had a higher call."
November 3, 2000 - Reported by CNN. Comment made in West Allis, Wisconsin.
"Unfairly but truthfully, our party has been tagged as being againts things. Anti-immigration, for example. And we're not a party of anti-immigrants. Quite the opposite. We're a party that welcomes people."
July 1, 2000 - Spoken while in Cleveland, Ohio.
"I am a person who recognizes the fallacy of humans."
September 19, 2000 - Comment made on TV talk show, Oprah.
"A family in Allentown, Pennsylvania - I campaigned with them the other day...Under my plan, they get $1,800 of tax relief. Under Vice President Gore's plan, the get $145 of tax relief. Now you tell me who stands on the side of the fence."
October 3, 2000 - First Presidential Debate in Boston, Massachusetts.
"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."
February 28, 2000 - Quoted in Newsweek.
"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."
July 2, 2001 - Spoken during a visit to the Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C.
"I support current efforts to make Amtrak more efficient and competitive. I believe these efforts will result in better, more extensive and more reliant rail service for the millions of Americans who travel by train."
September 17, 2000 - Quoted by the Associate Press.
"It is not Reaganesque to support a tax plan that is Clinton in nature."
February 23, 2000 - From comments made in Los Angeles and reported by Slate magazine.
"We like living in the White House. It's a nice place to live."
August 25, 2001 - Speaking to a reporter at his Crawford, TX ranch.
"We have practically banished religious values and religious institutions from the public square and constructed a discountfort zone for even discussing our faith in public settings."
September 9, 2000 - From a speech in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
"We have struggled to not proceed, but to precede to the future of a nation's child."
November 12, 2000 - Quoted in the Journal Gazette.
"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 the university."
February 23, 2000 - Referring to his visit to Bob Jones University.
"It's kinda jungley."
August 25, 2001 - Referring to a trail he is clearing on his Crawford, TX ranch.
"The best way to relieve families from their time is to let them keep some of their own money."
September 13, 2000 - Comment made in Westminster, California.
"We've got to end the process-oriented world of public schools."
March 20, 2001.
Reporter:"Do you know who the president of India is?"
Bush:"Vajpayee."
February 25, 2000 - Candidate Bush's answer after requesting that a reporter quiz him on the name of India's "president". Atal Behari Vajpayee is the prime minister of India. Earlier in the campaign the candidate had been asked to name India's prime minister and had been unable to do so. (K.R. Narayanan is the President of India). Reported by the New York Times.
Reporter:"I have a three-part question for you, Mr. President and a one-part question for you Prime Minister Blair."
Bush:"Well, wait a minute, that's four questions."
Reporter:"Oh no, it's just actually one question."
Bush:"OK, good."
Reporter:"...in three parts."
Bush:"I see."
July 19, 2001 - From official "10 Downing St." transcript of a press conference with President Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair.
"Dick Cheney and I do not want this nation to be in a recession. We want anybody who can find work to be able to find work."
December 5, 2000 - Comment made on 60 Minutes II.
"The only people who are going to support Russia are Russia."
October 11, 2000 - Presidential Debate - Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
"If you're asking me whether or not as to the innocence or guilt or if people have had adequate access to the courts in Texas, I believe they have."
June 10, 2000 - Answer to question posed by an Associate Press reporter.
Bush"I look forward to future press conferences."
Reporter"Frequently?"
Bush"Well, yes, of course."
Reporter"Once a week?"
Bush"Oh, you don't want to see me once a week. You'll run out of questions."
Reporter"You mean twice?"
Bush"Oh, twice. I'll be running out of lies."
February 22, 2001 - White House press conference.
"Laura and I are proud to call John and Michelle Engler our friends. I know you're proud to call him governor. What a good man the Englers are."
November 3, 2000 - From speech made in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
"I've supported the administration in Columbia. I think it's important for us to be training Colombians in that part of the world. The hemisphere is in our interest to have a peaceful Columbia."
October 11, 2000 - Presidential Debate - Winston-Salem, NC.
"I wish I could turn to the soldiers on that ship, and I wish they could hear me. Stay in the military, there'a a new commander-in-chief coming."
August 13, 2000 - The presidential candidate was referring to the sailors stationed on an aircraft carrier anchored nearby.
Reporter #1: "Mr. President-"
Reporter #2: "Mr. President, you gave me the floor."
Bush: You're next. No, next to next. Let me rephrase it. You're last."
March 29, 2001 - White House press conference.
"I'm trying to protect my invest - my contributors from unscrupulous practices."
July 18, 1998 - Quoted in the Houston Chronicle.
Bush: "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."
Interviewer: "Florida."
Bush: "Florida. The state of the Florida."
April 27, 2000 - Interview with Jim Lehrer of The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer.
"Vice President mentioned Nigeria is a fledgling democracy. We have to work with Nigeria. That's an important continent."
October 11, 2000 - Presidential Debate - Winston-Salem, NC.
"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 acheiving 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 more literate coutry and a hopefuller country."
January 11, 2001 - Washington, D.C.
"Those who think that they can say we're only going to have a stimulus package, but let's forget tax relief, misunderestimate - excuse me, underestimate (laughter) - just making sure you were paying attention. You were."
March 29, 2001 - White House press conference.
"And I see Bill Buckley is here tonight - fellow Yale man. We go way back, and we have a lot in common. Bill wrote a book at Yale - I read one."
October 19, 2000 - Comments made at the Al Smith Memorial Dinner in New York.
"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."
March 8, 2000 - Quoted by the Associated Press.
"A reformer with results is a conservative who has had compassionate results in the state of Texas."
February 10, 2000 - Quoted by the New York Times.
"Vice President Gore will create 'over 200,000 new or expanded federal programs.'"
October 1, 2000 - The presidential candidate meant 200 new programs.
"I don't know, maybe I made it up. Anyway, it's an arbo-tree-ist, somebody who knows about trees."
August 2001 - Referring to the "arbolist" who had been engaged to identify trees on the President's Crawford, TX ranch. Quoted in USA Today and Time magazine.
"I'm a strong candidate because I come from the baby-boomer generation; recognizing that we've got to usher in an era of responsible behavior."
April 27, 2000 - Comment from an interview on The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer.
"I knew it might put him in an awkward position that we had a discussion before finality has finally happened in the presidential race."
December 2, 2000 - Referring to a phone conversation with Louisiana Democratic Senator, John Breaux.
"John, we're going to get a good bill. I mean, one of the things I've learned is not to try to negotiate with you or me on national TV."
April 25, 2001 - Comment made during interview with CNN's John King.
"The federal government ought to have maximum flexibility."
September 30, 2000 - The presidential candidate was referring to "states" having flexibility in their use of education funds.
"They're seeking chemical, biological, and nucular weapons."
November 6, 2001 - Speaking from the White House via satellite to Central European leaders gathered at Warsaw, the President is referring to the goals of the Al-Qaida terrorist group. Aired on ABC Evening News.
"How do you know if you don't measure if you have a system that simply suckles kids through?"
February 16, 2000 - Comment made in Beaufort, South Carolina.
"It is incredibly presumptive for somebody who has not yet earned his party's nomination to start speculating about vice presidents."
October 22, 1999 - Comment made while visiting Keene, New Hampshire.
"I am a living example of someone who took and issue and benefited from it."
April 25, 2001 - Speaking to John King of CNN.
"I have 'ruled out no new Social Security taxes.'"
October 1, 2000 - He was thought to mean that new Social Security taxes were ruled out. Reported by the Washington Post.
"I made the decision to name the Justice Department building after Robert Kennedy because he's deservant."
November 20, 2001 - Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office about his decision to name the Justice Dept. building after the former U.S. Attorney General, Robert Kennedy. Aired on CNN.
Larry King: "Vice President Gore said that: 'If you lopped off the top 1% that you are giving tax relief...you could pay for the cost of every other program.'"
Bush: "Oh, I don't - you know, I hadn't - I'm not so sure. I'm not quick in my mind at math, but I don't believe in trying to pick and choose winners when it comes to tax relief."
September 26, 2000 - Appearing on CNN's Lary King Live.
"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."
September 7, 2000 - From comments made in Detroit, Michigan.
"I told all four that there were going to be some times where we don't agree with each other. But that's OK. If this were a dictatorship, it'd be a heck of a lot easier - just as long as I'm the dictator."
December 18, 2000 - Comment made during first trip to Washington, D.C. after winning the presidency.
Interviewer: "So, do you ever think about Al Gore?"
Bush: "Why? What do you mean?"
Interviewer: "Do you ever wonder what he's up to and think about last Fall?"
Bush: "Not really."
August 10, 2001 - Being interviewed by an ABC News correspondent at his ranch in Crawford, TX.
"We got no better friend in that part of the world than the Philippines, and as the (Filipino) President said, there are a lot of proud Philippines living in America."
November 20, 2001 - Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office during a visit from Philippine President, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. Aired on CNN.
"Mr. Vice President, in all due respect, it is - I'm not sure 80% of the people get the death tax. I know this: 100% will get it if I'm the president."
October 17, 2000 - From Presidential Debate in St. Louis, Missouri.
"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 liek Miss Wolf in society... And, you know, hopefully, condoms will work, but it hasn't worked."
November 21, 1999 - From an appearance on Meet the Press.
"I've been talking to Vicente Fox, the new president of Mexico - I know him - to have gas and oil sent to the United States... so we'll not depend on foreign oil."
October 3, 2000.
"That's how the president speaks."
March 8, 2001 - Referring to the fact that the president has used a "present" verb tense when he has intended to use the "future" tense (in reference to U.S. agreements with North Korea). Quoted in the New York Times.
"If anybody harbors a terrorist, they're a terrorist. If they fund a terrorist, they're a terrorist. If they house terrorists, they're terrorists. I mean, I can't make it any more clearly to other nations around the world."
November 26, 2001 - Answering questions from the press at the White House. Source: BBC World News and The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer (PBS).
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