Bushisms #4

I'm bored and don't feel like saying anything of significance so I'm going to give you Bushisms now. A real post will come tomorrow probably.

May 2: "Washington is a town where there's all kinds of allegations. You've heard much of the allegations. And if people have got solid information, please come forward with it. And that would be people inside the information who are the so-called anonymous sources, or people outside the information--outside the administration." --Chicago; September 30, 2003

May 3: "Perhaps one way will be, if we use military force, in the post-Saddam Iraq the U.N. will definitely need to have a role. And that way it can begin to get its legs, legs of responsibility back." --The Azores, Portugal; March 16, 2003

May 4: "All up and down the different aspects of our society, we had meaningful discussions. Not only in the cabinet room, but prior to this and after this day, our secretaries, respective secretaries, will continue to interact to create the conditions necessary for prosperity to reign." --Washington, D.C.; May 19, 2003

May 5: "There's not going to be enough people in the system to take advantage of people like me." --On the coming Social Security crisis; Wilton, Connecticut; June 9, 2000

May 6: "this case has had full analyzation and has been looked at a lot. I understand the emotionality of death penalty cases." --Seattle Post-Intelligencer; June 23, 2000

May 7/8: "Anyway, I'm so thankful, and so gracious--I'm gracious that my brother Jeb is concerned about the hemisphere as well." --Miami; June 4, 2001

May 9: "Hoe do you know if you don't measure if you have a system that simply suckles kids through?" --Explaining the need for educational accountability in Beaufort, South Carolina; February 16, 2000

May 10: "They want the federal government controlling Social Security like it's some kind of federal program." --St. Charles, Missouri; November 2, 2000

May 11: "I have a different vision of leadership. A leadership is someone who brings people together." --Bartless, Tennessee; August 18, 2000 (I didn't know leadership was a person.)

May 12: "The great thing about America is everybody should vote." --Austin, Texas; December 8, 2000

May 13: "You see, the Senate wants to take away some of the powers of the administrative branch." --Washington, D.C.; September 19, 2002 (I also didn't know that there was an administrative branch.)

May 14/15: "I want to remind you all that in order to fight and win the war, it requires and expenditure of money that is commiserate with keeping a promise to our troops to make sure that they're well-paid, well-trained, well-equipped." --Washington, D.C.; December 15, 2003

May 16: "See, free nations are peaceful nations. Free nations don't attach each other. Free nations don't develop weapons of mass destruction." --Milwaukee, Wisconsin; October 3, 2003 (That's interesting because most of the nations with WMDs are free nations.)

May 17: "Just remember it's the birds that's supposed to suffer, not the hunter." --Advising quail hunter and New Mexico senator Pete Domenici; Roswell, New Mexico; January 22, 2004

May 18: "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." --Santa Clara, California; May 1, 2002

May 19: "This campaign not only hears the voices of the entrepreneurs and the farmers and the entrepreneurs, we hear the voices of those struggling to get ahead." --Des Moines, Iowa; August 21, 2000

May 20: "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." --Crawford, Texas; August 21, 2002

May 21/22: "It's going to require numerous IRA agents." --On Gore's tax plan; Greensboro, North Carolina; October 10, 2000

May 23: "I knew it might put him in an awkward position that we had a discussion before finality has finally happened in this presidential race." --Describing a phone call to Senator John Breaux; Crawford, Texas; December 2, 2000

May 24: "We want our teachers to be trained so they can meet the obligations, their obligations as teachers. We want them to know how to teach the science of reading. In order to make sure there's not this kind of federal--federal cufflink." --Fritsche Middle School; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; March 30, 2000

May 25: "I can assure you that, even though I won't be sitting through every single moment of the seminars, nor will the vice president, we will look at the summaries." --Waco, Texas; August 13, 2002

May 26: "I'm so pleased to be able to say hello to Bill Scranton. He's one of the great Pennsylvania political families." --Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania; September 15, 2003

May 27: "The only thing I know about Slovakia is what I learned firsthand from your foreign minister, who came to Texas." --To a Slovak journalist, as quoted by Knight Ridder News Service; June 22, 1999. Bush's meeting was with Janez Drnovsek, the prime minister of Slovenia.

May 28/29: "The ambassador and the general were briefing me on the--the vast majority of Iraquis want to live in a peaceful, free world. And we will find these people and we will bring them to justice." --Washington, D.C.; October 28, 2003 (I think he should have said that a different way.)

May 30: "I'd rather have them sacrificing on behalf of our nation than, you know, endless hours of testimony on congressional hill." --National Security Agency; Fort Meade, Maryland; June 3, 2002

May 31: "[W]e've had leaks out of the administrative branch, had leaks out of the legislative branch, and out of the executive branch and the legislative branch, and I've spoken out consistently against them, and I want to know who the leakers are. --Chicago; September 30, 2003 (He really thinks there is an administrative branch doesn't he.)

June 1: "For a century and a half now, America and Japan have formed one of the great and enduring alliances of modern times." --Tokyo, Japan; February 18, 2002 (I think he means a half of a century.)

June 2: "He has certainly earned a reputation as a fantastic mayor, because the results speak for themselves. I mean, New York's a safer place for him to be." --On Rudy Giuliani; The Edge with Paula Zahn; May 18, 2000

June 3: "We've tripled the amount of money--I believe it's from $50 million up to $195 million available." --Lima, Peru; March 23, 2002 (Wow, that's some super math skills.)

June 4/5: "The fundamental question is, 'Will I be a successful president when it comes to foreign policy?' I will be, but until I'm president, it's going to be hard for me to verify that I think I'll be more effective." --Wayne, Michigan; June 28, 2000

June 6: "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 Wehn your teachers say, read--you ought to listen to her." -- Nalle Elementary School; Washington, D.C.; February 9, 2001

Ok, I'm tired of typing. I'll try to catch up in a few days. I'm going to go out tonight and clear my damn head cause I think too damn much. I need a drug to make me think less, that would be nice.