Bush'isms
The best part is, he actually said all of this.
"I'm the commander — see, I don't need to explain — I do not need to explain why I say things. That's the interesting thing about being president."
—as quoted in Bob Woodward's Bush at War
"You teach a child to read, and he or her will be able to pass a literacy test.''
—Townsend, Tenn., Feb. 21, 2001
"I hear there's rumors on the Internets that we're going to have a draft."
—presidential debate, St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 8, 2004"
Do you have blacks, too?"
—to Brazilian President Fernando Cardoso, Washington, D.C., Nov. 8, 2001
"I'm the master of low expectations."
—aboard Air Force One, June 4, 2003
"I know what I believe. I will continue to articulate what I believe and what I believe — I believe what I believe is right."
—Rome, Italy, July 22, 2001
"People say, how can I help on this war against terror? How can I fight evil? You can do so by mentoring a child; by going into a shut-in's house and say I love you."
—Washington, D.C., Sept. 19, 2002
"The really rich people figure out how to dodge taxes anyway."
—explaining why high taxes on the rich are a failed strategy, Annandale, Va., Aug. 9, 2004
"See, free nations are peaceful nations. Free nations don't attack each other. Free nations don't develop weapons of mass destruction."
—Milwaukee, Wis., Oct. 3, 2003
"I just want you to know that, when we talk about war, we're really talking about peace."
—Washington, D.C. June 18, 2002
"I trust God speaks through me. Without that, I couldn't do my job."
—to a group of Amish he met with privately, July 9, 2004
"If this were a dictatorship, it'd be a heck of a lot easier, just so long as I'm the dictator."
—Washington, D.C., Dec. 19, 2000
"There's an old saying in Tennessee — I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again."
—Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 17, 2002
"Too many good docs are getting out of the business. Too many OB-GYNs aren't able to practice their love with women all across this country."
—Poplar Bluff, Mo., Sept. 6, 2004
"Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we."
—Washington, D.C., Aug. 5, 2004
Hahahaha - well it must be difficult with your foot so deep in your mouth that it won't come up.