Say What, Mr. President?
The Infinite Echo
B. Thomas Cooper
I began my morning, believing I was going to write a post about a poll recently conducted by the PewResearchCenter http://pewglobal.org/, but as I was poking around for quotes from the Commander in Chief, I found myself overwhelmed by Bushisms too funny to ignore.
For those of you somehow still unfamiliar with the president’s unique elocution, perhaps this post will assist in bringing you up to snuff. For now at least, the PewResearchCenter will simply have ride in the back seat. However, I suggest you not wait for my take on the latest poll numbers. I’ve included a link to PewResearchCenter in this post for your convenience. In fact, here it is again: http://pewglobal.org/. You have no excuse. Go now… Be informed.
On second thought, grab a fresh cup of coffee, and enjoy a few Bushisms. If you find them as funny as I do, you can read a whole bunch more at: http://politicalhumor.about.com/library/blbushisms2000.htm
With that having been said…
Ladlies and Gentlemums,
Let’s Rumble!
"America better beware of a candidate who is willing to stretch reality in order to win points." —George W. Bush, aboard his campaign plane, Sept. 18, 2000
"We'll let our friends be the peacekeepers and the great country called America will be the pacemakers." —George W. Bush, Houston, Texas, Sept. 6, 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." —George W. Bush on abortion, MSNBC's "Hardball," May 31, 2000
"Will the highways on the Internet become more few?" —George W. Bush, Concord, N.H., Jan. 29, 2000
"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." —George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., Dec. 20, 2000
"If this were a dictatorship, it'd be a heck of a lot easier, just so long as I'm the dictator." —Washington, D.C., Dec. 19, 2000
"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!" —George W. Bush, Bellevue Community College, Nov. 2, 2000
"I'm not really the type to wander off and sit down and go through deep wrestling with my soul." —George W. Bush, as quoted in Vanity Fair, October 2000
"Never again in the halls of Washington, D.C., do I want to have to make explanations that I can't explain." —George W. Bush, Portland, Oregon, Oct. 31, 2000
"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." —George W. Bush, Portland, Ore., Oct. 31, 2000
Now then, wasn’t that fun?
It’s just such a tragic shame it’s true.
The Infinite Echo 2006
B. Thomas Cooper
I began my morning, believing I was going to write a post about a poll recently conducted by the PewResearchCenter http://pewglobal.org/, but as I was poking around for quotes from the Commander in Chief, I found myself overwhelmed by Bushisms too funny to ignore.
For those of you somehow still unfamiliar with the president’s unique elocution, perhaps this post will assist in bringing you up to snuff. For now at least, the PewResearchCenter will simply have ride in the back seat. However, I suggest you not wait for my take on the latest poll numbers. I’ve included a link to PewResearchCenter in this post for your convenience. In fact, here it is again: http://pewglobal.org/. You have no excuse. Go now… Be informed.
On second thought, grab a fresh cup of coffee, and enjoy a few Bushisms. If you find them as funny as I do, you can read a whole bunch more at: http://politicalhumor.about.com/library/blbushisms2000.htm
With that having been said…
Ladlies and Gentlemums,
Let’s Rumble!
"America better beware of a candidate who is willing to stretch reality in order to win points." —George W. Bush, aboard his campaign plane, Sept. 18, 2000
"We'll let our friends be the peacekeepers and the great country called America will be the pacemakers." —George W. Bush, Houston, Texas, Sept. 6, 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." —George W. Bush on abortion, MSNBC's "Hardball," May 31, 2000
"Will the highways on the Internet become more few?" —George W. Bush, Concord, N.H., Jan. 29, 2000
"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." —George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., Dec. 20, 2000
"If this were a dictatorship, it'd be a heck of a lot easier, just so long as I'm the dictator." —Washington, D.C., Dec. 19, 2000
"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!" —George W. Bush, Bellevue Community College, Nov. 2, 2000
"I'm not really the type to wander off and sit down and go through deep wrestling with my soul." —George W. Bush, as quoted in Vanity Fair, October 2000
"Never again in the halls of Washington, D.C., do I want to have to make explanations that I can't explain." —George W. Bush, Portland, Oregon, Oct. 31, 2000
"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." —George W. Bush, Portland, Ore., Oct. 31, 2000
Now then, wasn’t that fun?
It’s just such a tragic shame it’s true.
The Infinite Echo 2006
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