Bushisms I found funny
Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2007 5:28 am
These are some of my favorites.
1- "See, free nations are peaceful nations. Free nations don't attack each other. Free nations don't develop weapons of mass destruction."
[align=center]---Milwaukee, Wisconsin; October 3rd, 2003[/align]
2- "The public education system in America is one of the most important foundations of our democracy. After all, it is where children from all over America learn to be responsible citizens, and learn to have the skills necessary to take advantage of our fantastic opportunistic society."
[align=center]---Santa Clara, California; May 1st, 2002[/align]
3- "The ambassador and the general were briefing me on the... the vast majority of Iraqis want to live in a peaceful, free world. And we will find these people and we will bring them to justice."
[align=center]---Washington, D.C.; October 28th, 2003[/align]
4- "One reason I like to highlight reading is, reading is the beginnings of the ability to be a good student. And if you can't read, it's going to be hard to realize dreams; it's going to be hard to go to college. So when your teachers say, read... you ought to listen to her."
[align=center]---Nalle Elementary School; Washington D.C.; February 9th, 2001[/align]
5- "We need an energy bill that encourages consumption"
[align=center]---Trenton, New Jersey; September 23rd, 2002[/align]
6- "It's evolutionary, going from governor to president, and this is a significant step, to be able to vote for yourself on the ballot, and I'll be able to do so next fall, I hope."
[align=center]---Associated Press interview; March 8th, 2000[/align]
7- "I know how hard it is for you to put food on your family."
[align=center]---Chamber of Commerce; Nashua, New Hampshire; January 27th, 2000[/align]
8- "There's no such thing as legacies. At least, there is a legacy, but I'll never see it."
[align=center]---Chamber of Commerce; Nashua, New Hampshire; January 27th, 2000[/align]
9- "I'm sure you can imagine it's an unimaginable honor to live here."
[align=center]---White House address to agriculture leaders; June 18th, 2001[/align]
10- "And so, in my State of the...my State of the Union... or state... my speech to the nation, whatever you want to call it, speech to the nation... I asked Americans to give 4,000 years... 4,000 hours over the next... the rest of your life... of service to America. That's what I asked... 4,000 hours.
[align=center]--- April 9th, 2002[/align]
11- "Not over my dead body will they raise your taxes."
[align=center]--- January 5th, 2002[/align]
12- "They didn't think we were a nation that could conceivably sacrifice for something greater than our self; that we were soft, that we were so self-absorbed and so materialistic that we wouldn't defend anything we believed in. My, were they wrong. They were just reading the wrong magazine, or watching the wrong Springer show."
[align=center]---Washington D.C.; March 12th, 2002[/align]
1- "See, free nations are peaceful nations. Free nations don't attack each other. Free nations don't develop weapons of mass destruction."
[align=center]---Milwaukee, Wisconsin; October 3rd, 2003[/align]
2- "The public education system in America is one of the most important foundations of our democracy. After all, it is where children from all over America learn to be responsible citizens, and learn to have the skills necessary to take advantage of our fantastic opportunistic society."
[align=center]---Santa Clara, California; May 1st, 2002[/align]
3- "The ambassador and the general were briefing me on the... the vast majority of Iraqis want to live in a peaceful, free world. And we will find these people and we will bring them to justice."
[align=center]---Washington, D.C.; October 28th, 2003[/align]
4- "One reason I like to highlight reading is, reading is the beginnings of the ability to be a good student. And if you can't read, it's going to be hard to realize dreams; it's going to be hard to go to college. So when your teachers say, read... you ought to listen to her."
[align=center]---Nalle Elementary School; Washington D.C.; February 9th, 2001[/align]
5- "We need an energy bill that encourages consumption"
[align=center]---Trenton, New Jersey; September 23rd, 2002[/align]
6- "It's evolutionary, going from governor to president, and this is a significant step, to be able to vote for yourself on the ballot, and I'll be able to do so next fall, I hope."
[align=center]---Associated Press interview; March 8th, 2000[/align]
7- "I know how hard it is for you to put food on your family."
[align=center]---Chamber of Commerce; Nashua, New Hampshire; January 27th, 2000[/align]
8- "There's no such thing as legacies. At least, there is a legacy, but I'll never see it."
[align=center]---Chamber of Commerce; Nashua, New Hampshire; January 27th, 2000[/align]
9- "I'm sure you can imagine it's an unimaginable honor to live here."
[align=center]---White House address to agriculture leaders; June 18th, 2001[/align]
10- "And so, in my State of the...my State of the Union... or state... my speech to the nation, whatever you want to call it, speech to the nation... I asked Americans to give 4,000 years... 4,000 hours over the next... the rest of your life... of service to America. That's what I asked... 4,000 hours.
[align=center]--- April 9th, 2002[/align]
11- "Not over my dead body will they raise your taxes."
[align=center]--- January 5th, 2002[/align]
12- "They didn't think we were a nation that could conceivably sacrifice for something greater than our self; that we were soft, that we were so self-absorbed and so materialistic that we wouldn't defend anything we believed in. My, were they wrong. They were just reading the wrong magazine, or watching the wrong Springer show."
[align=center]---Washington D.C.; March 12th, 2002[/align]