These Bushisms fall in the category of "I think I know what he meant, but he sure didn't say it."
| Top Bushisms in the Category of: General Mix-up | |
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These Bushisms fall in the category of "I think I know what he meant, but he sure didn't say it." |
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| 1. | "There may be some tough times here in America. But this country has gone through tough times before, and we're going to do it again." - George W. Bush, Waco, TX, Aug. 13, 2002 | ||
| 2. | "I am here to make an announcement that this Thursday, ticket counters and airplanes will fly out of Ronald Reagan Airport." - George W. Bush, Washington, DC, Oct. 3, 2001 [AUDIO] | ||
| 3. | "The more money they have in their more pockets -- in their pockets, the more likely it is that somebody will find work." - George W. Bush, White Sulphur Springs, WV, Feb. 9, 2003 | ||
| 4. | "The American people are going to have to be more patient than ever with the efforts of not just ourselves, but the efforts of our allies, to get them running and to find them and to hunt them down." - George W. Bush, at the Pentagon, Arlington, VA, Sept. 17, 2001 | ||
| 5. | "I want to thank my friend, Senator Bill Frist, for joining us today . . . He married a TX girl, I want you to know. Karyn is with us. A West TX girl, just like me." - George W. Bush, Nashville, TN, May 27, 2004 | ||
| 6. | "In other words, I don't think people ought to be compelled to make the decision which they think is best for their family." - George W. Bush, on smallpox vaccinations, Washington, DC, Dec. 11, 2002 | ||
| 7. | "I was proud the other day when both Republicans and Democrats stood with me in the Rose Garden to announce their support for a clear statement of purpose: you disarm, or we will" - George W. Bush, speaking about Saddam Hussein, Manchester, N.H., Oct. 5, 2002 | ||
| 8. | "After standing on the stage, after the debates, I made it very plain, we will not have an all-volunteer army. And yet, this week - we will have an all-volunteer army!" - George W. Bush, Daytona Beach, FL, Oct. 16, 2004 [AUDIO] | ||
| 9. | "Nothing he [Saddam Hussein] has done has convinced me - I'm confident the Secretary of Defense - that he is the kind of fellow that is willing to forgo weapons of mass destruction, is willing to be a peaceful neighbor, that is - will honor the people - the Iraqi people of all stripes, will - values human life. He hasn't convinced me, nor has he convinced my administration." - George W. Bush, Crawford, TX, Aug. 21, 2002 | ||
| 10. | "Mr. Vice President, in all due respect, it is - I'm not sure 80 percent of the people get the death tax. I know this: 100 percent will get it if I'm the president." - George W. Bush, third Presidential debate, St. Louis, MO, October 18, 2000 [AUDIO] | ||
| 11. | "The president cannot keep changing his mind. The president must speak clearly, and the president must mean what he says." - George W. Bush, October 02, 2004 (If by his own standard, the President must speak clearly, we're in deep dodo.) | ||
| 12. | "I'm looking forward to a good night's sleep on the soil of a friend." - George W. Bush, on the prospect of visiting Denmark, Washington, DC, June 29, 2005 | ||
| 13. | "Now, if you're a worker who earns 35 dollars
a year over your lifetime, and this system were in effect where you could
put 4 percent of your payroll taxes in a personal account, and you started
at age 20, by the time you retired, your personal account would grow to
250,000 dollars. That's compounding rate of interest." - George W.
Bush, Raleigh, North Carolina, Feb. 10, 2005 -- That's some seriously compounding interest! [AUDIO] |
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