| Top Bushisms in the Category of: Bush Bravado | |
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| 1. | "There are some who feel like that the conditions are such that they can attack us there. My answer is bring 'em on," - George W. Bush, Washington, DC, July 2, 2003 (George W. Bush at his swaggering worst. The U.S. had lost a little over 200 people in Iraq at the time. Now we've lost about 10 times that number.) | ||
| 2. | "If this were a dictatorship, it would be a heck of a lot easier - just so long as I'm the dictator." - George W. Bush, Dec. 19, 2000 [AUDIO] (He was trying to crack a joke, I think, but somehow he sounds serious.) | ||
| 3. | "A dictatorship would be a heck of a lot easier, there's no question about it." - George W. Bush, July 27, 2001 | ||
| 4. | "Actually, I - this may sound a little West TX to you, but I like it. When I'm talking about - when I'm talking about myself, and when he's talking about myself, all of us are talking about me." - George W. Bush, Hardball, MSNBC, May 31, 2000 (No, it sounds a little egocentric of you.) | ||
| 5. | "You said we're headed to war in Iraq - - I don't know why you say that. I hope we're not headed to war in Iraq. I'm the person who gets to decide, not you." George W. Bush, Crawford, TX, Dec. 31, 2002 [AUDIO] | ||
| 6. | "[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 (The "so- called" inspectors?) | ||
| 7. | "My administration has a job to do. We will rid the world of evildoers." - George W. Bush, Washington, DC, Sept. 16, 2001 (Well, that'll be a big job, even for the fantastic four of Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, and Rice.) | ||
| 8. | "And in order to placate the critics and the cynics about intentions of the United States, we need to produce evidence. And I fully understand that." - George W. Bush, July 30, 2003 (Still operating under the assumption that he was right about WMD.) | ||
| 9. | "Oh, please don't kill me." - George W. Bush, said with a laugh to reporters who asked what death row convict Carla Faye Tucker said to him in her appeal for clemency | ||
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"You know, the threats we face are real. I mean, it is real. Heh, heh. It's, uhh, I like to remind people that I'm an early morning guy. I, I, I get to the Oval Office about, umm -- oh, generally about 6:50 or so. It's -- it's not a very long commute (laughter). And, uhh -- sit at the great desk that, umm, other Presidents have used -- umm, Teddy and Frank, and -- I can call them that, since, heh (laughter) heh -- and Spot the Dog comes in with me, and I read a threat assessment." - George W. Bush, Washington, DC, Jul. 10, 2002 [AUDIO] |
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| 11. | "In Iraq, no doubt about it, it's tough. It's hard work. It's incredibly hard." -repeating the phrases "hard work," "working hard," "hard choices," and other "hard"-based verbiage 22 times in his first debate with Sen. John Kerry | ||
| 12. | "I don't know if we're going to find out the senior administration
official. I don't have any idea." - President George W. Bush, October
7, 2003. |
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| 13. | "It's important for you all to understand that when our
country speaks, that we mean it, and we do what we say. I said either you're
with us or you're against us. I meant that." - George W. Bush, seemingly
giving an ultimatum to the high schoolers he's addressing, Rufus King High
School, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, May 8, 2002 |
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| 14. | "I'm the decider, and I decide what is best. And what's best is for Don Rumsfeld to remain as the Secretary of Defense." - George W. Bush, Washington, DC April 18, 2006 [AUDIO] | ||
| 15. | "You know, it's amazing, when people say to me, well,
he was just breaking the law. If I wanted to break the law, why was I briefin'
Congress? Heh!" - George W. Bush, Manhattan, Kansas, Jan. 23, 2006
[AUDIO] -- This one is a lot more amazing when you listen to it. |
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