Sometimes the President's statements fall a little short of the vision we'd like to see him paint of America and its goals. So we must settle for the unintended humor.
| Top Bushisms in the Category of: Too Little Vision | |
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Sometimes the President's statements fall a little short of the vision we'd like to see him paint of America and its goals. So we must settle for the unintended humor. |
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| 1. | "This foreign policy stuff is a little frustrating." - George W. Bush, as quoted by the New York Daily News, April 23, 2002 | ||
| 2. | "See, free nations are peaceful nations. Free nations don't attack each other. Free nations don't develop weapons of mass destruction." - George W. Bush, Milwaukee, WI, Oct. 3, 2003 [AUDIO] | ||
| 3. | "I hope you leave here and walk out and say, 'What did he say?'" - George W. Bush, Beaverton, OR, Aug. 13, 2004 | ||
| 4. | "I'm honored to shake the hand of a brave Iraqi citizen who had his hand cut off by Saddam Hussein." - George W. Bush, Washington, DC, May 25, 2004 [AUDIO] | ||
| 5. | "We had a good Cabinet meeting, talked about a lot of issues. Secretary of State and Defense brought us up to date about our desires to spread freedom and peace around the world." - George W. Bush, Washington, DC, Aug. 1, 2003 | ||
| 6. | "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." - George W. Bush, Washington, DC, July 16, 2003 | ||
| 7. | "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." - George W. Bush, Grand Rapids, MI, Jan. 29, 2003 | ||
| 8. | "[T]hat's just the nature of democracy. Sometimes pure politics enters into the rhetoric." - George W. Bush, Crawford, TX, Aug. 8, 2003 | ||
| 9. | "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 | ||
| 10. | "God loves you, and I love you. And you can count on both of us as a powerful message that people who wonder about their future can hear." - George W. Bush, Los Angeles, CA, March 3, 2004 | ||
| 11. | "The invisible part of everything that you thought you could see, you can't see." - George W. Bush offering his appraisal of the Palestinian/Israeli situation, Interview with ITN, Crawford, TX, Apr. 5, 2002 | ||
| 12. | "I'm the master of low expectations." - George W. Bush, aboard Air Force One, June 4, 2003 |
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