George W. Bushisms

State of the Budget Address

mundue — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 12:50:08 +0000

“I suspect that had my dad not been president, he’d be asking the same questions: How’d your meeting go with so-and-so? …How did you feel when you stood up in front of the people for the State of the Union Address — state of the budget address, whatever you call it.”

-Interview with The Washington Post; March 9, 2001

Nucular power pants

mundue — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 13:00:03 +0000

“And so we’ll continue to enhance protection at our borders and coastlines and airports and bridges and nucular power pants and water treatment facilities, and other critical sites, including transportation infrastructure.”

—Baltimore, Maryland; July 20, 2005

We got some good malpractice

mundue — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 13:00:48 +0000

“The trial lawyers are very politically powerful… But here in Texas we took them on and got some good medical – medical malpractice.”

—Waco, Texas; August 13, 2002

Who’ll take advantage of me?

mundue — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 13:00:11 +0000

“There’s not going to be enough people in the system to take advantage of people like me.”

—Wilton, Connecticut; June 9, 2000

Just give me a pill

mundue — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 13:00:19 +0000

“I don’t think we need to be subliminable about the differences between our views on prescription drugs.”

—Orlando, Florida; September 12, 2000

Denmark never felt so good

mundue — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 13:00:12 +0000

“I’m looking forward to a good night’s sleep on the soil of a friend.”

—Washington, D.C.; June 29, 2005

Freudian Slip?

mundue — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 13:00:23 +0000

“A submarine could take this place out.”

—Surveying the Arkansas River while visiting the Clinton Presidential Center; Little Rock, Arkansas; November 18, 2004

Money for body parts

mundue — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 13:00:30 +0000

“That’s why I went to Congress last September and proposed fundamental – supplemental funding, which is money for armor and body parts and ammunition and fuel.”

—Erie, Pennsylvania; September 4, 2004

Understatement of the Year

mundue — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 13:00:42 +0000

“I admit it, I am not one of the great linguists.”

—Washington, D.C.; January 23, 2001

Don’t quote me on that

mundue — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 13:00:05 +0000

“Bin Laden says his own role is to tell Muslims, quote, ‘what is good for them and what is not.’”

—Washington, D.C.; October 6, 2005