Considering how ignorant the President is about topics of general knowledge, it should surprise no one that he's also quite ignorant when he attempts to speak about specific subjects.
| Top Bushisms in the Category of: Subject Matter Ignorance | |
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Considering how ignorant the President is about topics of general knowledge, it should surprise no one that he's also quite ignorant when he attempts to speak about specific subjects. |
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| 1. | "Recession means that people's incomes, at the employer level, are going down, basically, relative to costs, people are getting laid off." - George W. Bush, Washington, DC, Feb. 19, 2004 | ||
| 2. | "Tommy (Thompson) is a good listener, and he's a pretty good actor, too." - George W. Bush, apparently confusing his Health and Human Services secretary with Sen. Fred Thompson, Waco, TX, Aug. 13, 2002 | ||
| 3. | "My trip to Asia begins here in Japan for an important reason. It begins here because for a century and a half now, America and Japan have formed one of the great and enduring alliances of modern times. From that alliance has come an era of peace in the Pacific." - George W. Bush, who apparently forgot about a little something called World War II, Tokyo, Feb. 18, 2002 [AUDIO] | ||
| 4. | "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." - George W. Bush, Cleveland, OH, July 1, 2002 | ||
| 5. | "We've tripled the amount of money - I believe it's from $50 million up to $195 million available." - George W. Bush, Lima, Peru, March 23, 2002 | ||
| 6. | "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 part of our national - really, our national park system, my guess is you would want to call it."- George W. Bush, Feb. 8, 2001 | ||
| 7. | "Over 50 percent of our energy comes from overseas. Fortunately, a lot of it comes from Canada." - - George W. Bush, Ontario, CA, Jan. 5, 2002 | ||
| 8. | "[Saddam Hussein] is adept at deception and delays and denying. He asked for more time so he can give the so- called inspectors more runaround." - George W. Bush, St. Louis, MO, Jan. 22, 2003 | ||
| 9. | "Uhh - - we are working - - hard to bring a diplomatic
solution. And uhh - - we've made some progress. After all, the IEAE asked
that the Security Council take up the North Korean issue." - George
W. Bush, prime time press conference, Washington, DC, Mar. 6, 2003 [AUDIO]
(It's the IAEA - the International Atomic Energy Agency). |
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| 10. | "I had no idea we had so many weapons. What do we need them for?" - George W. Bush, Newsweek, June 25, 2001 (The new president, showing a delightful - if dangerous - naiveté about global nuclear politics and the long-standing U.S. policies of overwhelming force and Mutually Assured Destruction.) |
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