Bushisms

[Donegeal]

I am working on... a project... yeah, a project... and I need some Bushisms for it.

Being a repug, I am not a great source of them, so I figured I'd go fishing amongst you liberals for a few you've jotted down over the years. Go ahead and include things he's done, not just things he's said (ie: Patriot Act, domestic wire tapping etc.)

Thank guys.

(Donegeal thinks this thread has a good shot of making 500 posts)

[Arrian]

Slate's "complete Bushisms" :

http://www.slate.com/id/76886/

-Arrian

[Donegeal]

I just knew that someone would do that and ruin all the fun.

[Arrian]

You can count on me!

My personal favorite Bushism was the part of an Iraq speech where he tried to use the US withdrawl from Vietnam as a root cause for the rise of the Khmer Rouge and compare that to the possible outcome of a withdrawl from Iraq. I don't have a transcript, but I remember reading one, and it was absolutely priceless.

-Arrian

[Jon Miller]

President Bush: Peter. Are you going to ask that question with shades on?
Peter Wallsten of the Los Angeles Times: I can take them off.
Bush: I'm interested in the shade look, seriously.
Wallsten: All right, I'll keep it, then.
Bush: For the viewers, there's no sun.
Wallsten: I guess it depends on your perspective.
Bush: Touché.

—Exchange with legally blind reporter Peter Wallsten, to whom Bush later apologized, Washington, D.C., June 14, 2006

Pure win. I don't even care about the reporter being legally blind. That is just a humorous denoughment.

JM

[Cort Haus]

Do Rummyisms count?

[Japher]

"I'm going to try to see if I can remember as much to make it sound like I'm smart on the subject."—answering a question concerning a possible flu pandemic, Cleveland, July 10, 2007

http://slate.com/id/76886/

[germanos]

Originally posted by Arrian
Slate's "complete Bushisms" :

http://www.slate.com/id/76886/

-Arrian

Awesome!

George Bush
"I was not pleased that Hamas has refused to announce its desire to destroy Israel."—Washington, D.C., May 4, 2006

George Bush
"You know, one of the hardest parts of my job is to connect Iraq to the war on terror."—Interview with CBS News, Washington D.C., Sept. 6, 2006

Best so far:

George Bush
"One has a stronger hand when there's more people playing your same cards."—Washington, D.C., Oct. 11, 2006

[Ninot]

"I've heard he's been called Bush's poodle. He's bigger than that."—discussing former British Prime Minister Tony Blair

[Kontiki]

"I think—tide turning—see, as I remember—I was raised in the desert, but tides kind of—it's easy to see a tide turn—did I say those words?"

[Alexander I]

Here's some of my favorite old-timey Bush sayings. Enjoy!

"You're working hard to put food on your family." —Presidential candidate George W. Bush, Nashua, N.H., Jan. 27, 2000

"I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully." —Presidential candidate George W. Bush, Saginaw, Mich., Sept. 29, 2000

"Families is where our nation finds hope, where wings take dream." —Presidential candidate George W. Bush, LaCrosse, Wis., Oct. 18, 2000

"If this were a dictatorship, it'd be a heck of a lot easier, just so long as I'm the dictator." —President-elect George W. Bush, at a photo-op with congressional leaders during his first trip to Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C., Dec. 19, 2000

"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." —President George W. Bush, Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 17, 2002

Yeah.

[Kontiki]

This one's great too:

"Too many good docs are getting out of the business. Too many OB/GYN's aren't able to practice their love with women all across the country."

[Berzerker]

how embarrassing

[Dis]

Originally posted by Kontiki
This one's great too:

"Too many good docs are getting out of the business. Too many OB/GYN's aren't able to practice their love with women all across the country."

OMG!!

this man is my hero now. I wish I had voted for him in 2004 now.

[Wiglaf]

LIEK THERES EVEN A YOU TUBEZ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqLvBUSJucg

Get your yuks yuks now, this man is more powerful than any of you will ever be ever