Keoki

THE VERY LONG LIST OF BUSHISMS
BEFORE W. WAS "ELECTED"


"You've heard Al Gore say he invented the internet.
Well, if he was so smart, why do all the addresses begin with "W"?"
10-28-00 Headline News - Mimi

Nov. 2, 2000, SEATTLE --
"If you don't stand for anything, you don't standfor anything!"
Gov. George W. Bush said to a packed rally at Bellevue Community College on Tuesday night.
Thanks, Michael.

"They said this issue wouldn't resignate with the People. They've been proved wrong, it does resignate." ("resonate"?!)


"I believe a military of high morale is conducive to keeping the peace..."
not the worst but...
"...when we find a senior who has to choose between food and medicine-that's not our vision of America." Am I missing something? Aren't the two parts of this statement disconnected?


"A surplus means there'll be money left over. Otherwise, it wouldn't be called a surplus."
Kalamazoo, MI 10/27/2000 - Jack


If we are going to save a generation of young people, our children must know they will face bad consequences for criminal behavior. Sadly, too many youths are not getting that message. Our juvenile justice system must say to our children: We love you, but we are going to hold you accountable for your actions. --Bush campaign literature.
(Mr. Dubya: should you be held accountable for your youthful indiscretions when you were a 30 year old "child"?!)


"I'm not going to talk about what I did as a child. What I am going to talk about -- and I am going to say this consistently -- [is that] it is irrelevant what I did 20 to 30 years ago. What's relevant is that I have learned from any mistakes I made. I do not want to send signals to anybody that what Gov. Bush did 30 years ago is cool to try."
Gov. Bush in an interview with WMUR-TV in New Hampshire, when asked if he had used "drugs, marijuana, cocaine"


"I don't want nations feeling like that they can bully
ourselves and our allies. I want to have a ballistic defense
system so that we can make the world more peaceful, and at
the same time I want to reduce our own nuclear capacities to
the level commiserate with keeping the peace."
Des Moines, Iowa, Oct. 23, 2000

"Families is where our nation finds hope, where wings take
dream."
LaCrosse, Wis., Oct. 18, 2000

"If I'm the president, we're going to have emergency-room care,
we're going to have gag orders."

"Drug therapies are replacing a lot of medicines as we used to
know it."

"It's one thing about insurance, that's a Washington term."

"I think we ought to raise the age at which juveniles can have a
gun."

"Mr. Vice President, in all due respect, it is—I'm not sure 80
percent of the people get the death tax. I know this: 100 percent
will get it if I'm the president."

"Quotas are bad for America. It's not the way America is all
about."

"If affirmative action means what I just described, what I'm for,
then I'm for it."
St. Louis, Mo., October 18, 2000

"Our priorities is our faith."
Greensboro, N.C., Oct. 10, 2000

"I mean, there needs to be a wholesale effort against racial
profiling, which is illiterate children."
Second presidential debate, Oct. 11, 2000 (Thanks to Leonard Williams.)

"It's going to require numerous IRA agents."
On Gore's tax plan, Greensboro, N.C., Oct. 10, 2000

"I think if you know what you believe, it makes it a lot easier to
answer questions. I can't answer your question."
In response to a question about whether he wished he could take back any of his answers in the
first debate. Reynoldsburg, Ohio, Oct. 4, 2000 (Thanks to Peter Feld.)

"I would have my secretary of treasury be in touch with the
financial centers, not only here but at home."
—Boston, Oct. 3, 2000 (Thanks to M. Bateman.)


While speaking about KIPP Academy in Houston, Texas during the debate
last night, would-be president Bush said:
"It's a school full of so-called at-risk children. It's how we,
unfortunately, label certain children. It means basically they
can't learn. ... It's one of the best schools in Houston."
So he thinks that "at-risk" means "can't learn?" And that one of the
best schools in Houston is filled with students that can't learn? What an idiot. (Thanks Derek Brandon)

... I've been talking to Vicente Fox, the new president of Mexico... I know him... to have gas and oil sent to U.S.... so we'll not depend on foreign oil...
-- on the first Presidential debate, 10/03/2000

"I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully."
—Saginaw, Mich., Sept. 29, 2000

"I will have a foreign-handed foreign policy."
—Redwood, Calif., Sept. 27, 2000

"One of the common denominators I have found is that expectations
rise above that which is expected." --Los Angeles, Sept. 27, 2000


"...more and more of our imports are coming from overseas."
-- On NPR's Morning Edition (9/26) - (Thanks Paul ...)


Larry King: "What do people misunderstand about you most"
George Walker Bush: "That I'm running on my dad's name... (!?!)
I'm proud of my dad... I reconciled my love for my dad a long time ago"
-- What the heck is he talking about? (Thanks Dave...)


"Well, that's going to be up to the pundits and the people to make
up their mind. I'll tell you what is a president for him, for example,
talking about my record in the state of Texas. I mean, he's willing
to say anything in order to convince people that I haven't had a
good record in Texas."
--MSNBC, Sept. 20, 2000 (Thanks to Gregory H. Monberg.)


"I am aperson who recognizes the fallacy of humans...,"
apparently meaning fallibility."
--from "Bush courts women in cozy 'Oprah' visit" by William Goldshclag
printed in the New York City edition of the Daily News, September 20, 2000, page 5 (Thanks Michael...)

"A tax cut is really one of the anecdotes to coming out of an
economic illness."-- The Edge With Paula Zahn, Sept. 18, 2000
"The woman who knew that I had dyslexia--I never interviewed her."
--Orange, Calif., Sept. 15, 2000

"The best way to relieve families from time is to let them keep some
of their own money." —Westminster, Calif., Sept.13, 2000

"They have miscalculated me as a leader." —Ibid.


"...I don't need to be subliminabable.." Orlando, FL, Sept. 12 -- when caught using subliminal technique in his dirty ads against Gore... (read more)

"This is what I'm good at. I like meeting people, my fellow citizens, I like interfacing with them."—Outside Pittsburgh, Sept. 8, 2000

"That's Washington. That's the place where you find people getting ready to jump out of the foxholes before the first shot is fired."
—Westland, Mich., Sept. 8, 2000


"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."
—Detroit, Sept. 7, 2000 (Thanks to Michael Butler, Houston, Texas.)

"We'll let our friends be the peacekeepers and the great country called America will be the pacemakers."—Houston,Texas, Sept. 6, 2000


"We don't believe in planners and deciders making the decisions on behalf of Americans."—Scranton, Pa., Sept. 6, 2000



"I regret that a private comment I made to the vice presidential candidate made it through the public airways." —Allentown, Pa., Sept. 5, 2000.
Is he regreting what he said? Oh, no... he's regreting that we heard...
who is an asshole? (Bush's list of assholes must be very loooong...)


"The point is, this is a way to help inoculate me about what has come and is coming."
--on his anti-Gore ad, in an interview with the New York Times, Sept. 2, 2000


"As governor of Texas, I have set high standards for our public
schools, and I have met those standards."
--CNN online chat, Aug.30, 2000 (what are ya' laughin at?)



"Well, I think if you say you're going to do something and don't do
it, that's trustworthiness."--Ibid.


- "exemplarary"...
-- On 60 Minutes, 09/10/2000, after a rather interesting "expose" of the Texas schools and
the terrified kids waiting to take the TAAS (?) test... I wonder what his SAT's were? The debates will most certainly win an Emmy for best comedy series.- Frank
(Thanks Frank)

The Texas governor, who spoke passionately of the need for
"plain-spoken Americans in the White House," tried to appear more
Southern gentleman than good-ol' boy as he and running mate Dick
Cheney shook hands with supporters at Naperville North High School
before cantering among the crowd at the city's Last Fling 2000
parade.
But "plain-spoken" took on quite an ironic meaning just before
Bush addressed the estimated 7,500 people who gathered in and
about the makeshift outdoor arena south of the high school.
A live microphone picked up an aside in which Bush described a
New York Times reporter who had written critically of his campaign as
"a major-league ass hole." The microphone also recorded Cheney's
rejoinder of "Oh yeah, he is, big time."
The disparaging words could not be heard by most observers over
the spirited playing of a marching band and the earsplitting roar of
the crowd. Cheney later refused to discuss the incident, saying
only that Bush "made a private comment to me."
...sounds very "presidential".. ---Naperville Sun - 09/06/00 - Thanks Chris


"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."
—Des Moines, Iowa, Aug. 21, 2000



"We cannot let terriers* and rogue nations hold this nation hostile
(hostage) or hold our allies hostile.''
—Ibid. *Thanks for the correction, Phyllis (09/09/00)

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Keoki

These are my favorites.


We need an energy bill that encourages consumption." Trenton, N.J., Sept. 23, 2002

"See, we love -- we love freedom. That's what they didn't understand. They hate things - we love things. They act out of hatred, we don't seek revenge, we seek justice out of love." President MORON, Oklahoma City, Aug. 29, 2002

"There's no doubt his hatred is mainly directed at us. There's no doubt he can't stand us. After all, this is a guy that tried to kill my dad at one time." 9/26/02 speaking of Saddam Hussein.

"There's an old sayin' in Tennesse -- I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennesse -- that says, 'Fool me once, shame on -- shame on you. Fool me -- you can't get fooled again.'" East Literature Magnet School, Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 17, 2002

"Not over my dead body will they raise your taxes."

"There's been a act of war declared upon America by terrorists, and we will respond accordingly." - Camp David 9/15/01

"I am mindful not only of preserving executive powers for myself, but of predecessors as well" Wash., DC, 1/29/01
"The Legislature makes the laws, and the Executive interprets the laws" - President Moron giving us a surprisingly incorrect Civics Lesson.

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B+O

LMAO

Im particularly fond of these:

"I mean, there needs to be a wholesale effort against racial
profiling, which is illiterate children."

"If affirmative action means what I just described, what I'm for,
then I'm for it."

LOL!!!!! and for him to try and take affirmative action out is FUNNYYYYYYYY

but these are GOLDEN! i love this thread

EDIT:

ROFL okay this one is added
"There's an old sayin' in Tennesse -- I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennesse -- that says, 'Fool me once, shame on -- shame on you. Fool me -- you can't get fooled again.'"

AAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAH

Keoki

Seriously.. Look at every quote that I posted and you will realize just how smart Bush really is.

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sleeprlegendcp

Cant we keep this in one thread. This is getting out of control!
Later!
Lee

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Mastervtec

Lee, why do you even come into a thread that is about Bushisms when you don't like them? You saw the title of thread before you clicked.

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He's talking about multiple Bushism threads. Waste of bandwidth. Like this bunch of whores doesn't waste enough already. :p

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sleeprlegendcp

I have my own reasons to protect Jr., which those who know me know. I have seen soo many threads lately addressed to bash Bush, and have not opened one. The last one was my first. I guess you will never understand.
Later!
Lee

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midwestlegend

Who cares what he says, is the President even that important at all? Half the time he is on vacation at Kennybunkport (sp) Maine anyway. Do you see him at work? No. Do you see him at the grocery store? No. He's not that important of a person anyway so why do people even care what he says. Politics are bull**** anyway.

duck

Kennebunkport was his dad, W goes to Crawford...

Let 'em bash Bush. You would think as bad a president as he has been, as poor a speaker as he is, as bad a leader as he is, the Democrats would be crushing him in the polls right now. But everytime John Kerry speaks, Kerry's numbers decline. Rumor has it that W is going to invite Kerry to speak at the Republican National Convention because it will defintely help the cause!

Dethred

LOL, it just shows what kind of intelligent people we have in this nation. This excludes people who know why they're voting for him (I.E. his political ideals).

duck

I have problems with some of what he has done (I had more problems with what Clinton did, but we were all getting rich, so what did I care?), some of which you have pointed out: Increasing the deficit (the war, I know), increasing the size of the government (the war, I know. Also, he was opposed at first to Homeland Security, but only because it would give Dethred fodder), the pre-emptive strike sticks in my craw as well. I think conservatism has been a bit hijacked lately: Conservatives should work toward smaller government, therefore smaller budgets with less taxes, and a strong military. Bush came in wanting to change the military...into what? And in my mind, under the whole reason you want government smaller is to be less invasive in the affairs of its citizens, so homosexual marriage, etc., should not be an issue for a constitutional amendment...Niether should flag-burning, esp. if the burner would be kind enough to wrap themselves in the flag.

But I have an issue with people who don't vote, so I will vote. But for John Kerry? No way. And that's the problem you liberals have. The best candidate you've put forth in 30 years was Bill Clinton (who was a sacrificial lamb because the party establishment thought HW was unbeatable), and by 1996 he had moved himself so close to the center many of his policies were *juuuust* a bit left of right-wing, so it made him very electable. His DLC has had issues with Kerry in the past, because Kerry is such a bleeding heart liberal. I'd be worried if I were a liberal with this guy--He can't make or sustain any momentum, he should be trouncing Bush right now (Clinton, Bill or Hillary would be), and the President has not yet truly begun to campaign or politick--And make no mistake about it, G. W. Bush likes the campaign game. If you're lucky, W messes up in a debate. If you're lucky, W misses on his convention speech. But if you are unlucky, and W starts to look Presidential like he did in the weeks after 9/11, Kerry will go down in flames, the democratic party will reel from in-fighting between the DLC and the "progressive" wing, and Hillary will come out of it all as your new leader. So when Kerry says this is the most important election ever, yeah, it is--If you're a liberal democrat.

Dethred

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/Cong...lot_Survey.htm

Although there isn't a major advantage the percentages allow the possibility of taking back congress.

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/Elec...ge%20Table.htm

I'll give you 2 very substantial reasons why Kerry isn't doing very well:

1.) Republican smear/hypocrisy campaign
2.) A vast majority of voters decided before the campaign came in full swing (hence the lack of a bounce after the DNC). There is a good chance the same will happen at the RNC.

duck

Liberals are smearing Bush as well, so let's call that an even trade.

Congress is the main reason why I think the system is broke. To me, it no longer matters who controls congress (I could go on forever about this). I'll make one point though, since you like to revise Bill Clinton's first two years in office--He was soooo popular, he lost two chambers of Congress and the balance of governors to republicans in 1994.

2)--We'll see. I've heard strong arguments for and against this, it is plausible. But if Bush gets a bounce approaching 10 points, Kerry will be in deep trouble, because if there is nothing the electorate hates more, is a liberal who is desperate to climb back into the race.

B+O

Jus tlike Lee...i have my reason to dislike bush.

Why care? because this is one of the more powerful people in the world. and if he cant figure out what he's saying he's representing me so in essence he's tellin the whole world that i cant even put into words what im trying to say. Im not a good ol' boy...not even close, so what he stands for is not going to be what i stand for.

Secondly, i REALLY didn't want to make this a politcal thread BUT, since you asked why i care...When someone directly assaults/Targets something that was created for equality (Affirmative Action) for all races, i have the right to be slightly critical of OTHER things he says because if you attack something you better be able to eloquently give reasons why you feel this way (Including Iraq)....not just "Eye' buhleeve..."

There is always going to be two sides to this world...those out for their's and those out for their's. No matter which side you're on...you're still lookin out for yours.


peace