An
Incomplete List of
George W. Bushisms
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"I have opinions of my own—strong opinions—but I don't always agree with them."
"Rarely is the question asked: Is our children learning?"
"I know how hard it is for you to put food on your family."
"Will the highways on the Internet become more few?"
"If you're sick and tired of the politics of cynicism and polls and principles, come and join this campaign."
"The senator has got to understand if he's going to have—he can't have it both ways. He can't take the high horse and then claim the low road."
"I understand small business growth. I was one."
"The great thing about America is everybody should vote."
"Dick Cheney and I do not want this nation to be in a recession. We want anybody who can find work to be able to find work."
"I knew it might put him in an awkward position that we had a discussion before finality has finally happened in this presidential race."
"As far as the legal hassling and wrangling and posturing in Florida, I would suggest you talk to our team in Florida led by Jim Baker."
"The legislature's job is to write law. It's the executive branch's job to interpret law."
"They misunderestimated me."
"Think about that. Two hundred and eighty-five new or expanded programs, $2 trillion more in new spending, and not one new bureaucrat to file out the forms or answer the phones?"
"They want the federal government controlling Social Security like it's some kind of federal program."
"They said, 'You know, this issue doesn't seem to resignate with the people.' And I said, you know something? Whether it resignates or not doesn't matter to me, because I stand for doing what's the right thing, and what the right thing is hearing the voices of people who work."
"Anyway, after we go out and work our hearts out, after you go out and help us turn out the vote, after we've convinced the good Americans to vote, and while they're at it, pull that old George W. lever, if I'm the one, when I put my hand on the Bible, when I put my hand on the Bible, that day when they swear us in, when I put my hand on the Bible, I will swear to not—to uphold the laws of the land."
"It's your money. You paid for it."
"That's a chapter, the last chapter of the 20th, 20th, the 21st century that most of us would rather forget. The last chapter of the 20th century. This is the first chapter of the 21st century.”
"It's important for us to explain to our nation that life is important. It's not only life of babies, but it's life of children living in, you know, the dark dungeons of the Internet."
"They have miscalculated me as a leader."
"Listen, Al Gore is a very tough opponent. He is the incumbent. He represents the incumbency. And a challenger is somebody who generally comes from the pack and wins, if you're going to win. And that's where I'm coming from."
"I don't know whether I'm going to win or not. I think I am. I do know I'm ready for the job. And, if not, that's just the way it goes."