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WafflesGoogle bombers from the right, idiots that they are, missed waffle, waffler, and wafflest. How convenient to forget that Bush was against the Homeland Security department, then for it. He was against the 9/11 commission, then for it. He wasn't going to testify, then he was (without being under oath, while holding Dicky's hand). He wasn't gong to let Condoleeza testify, then he was. He was against "nation building" then for it big time. The list goes on and on. And yet, these morons attacked Kerry as a waffler, hoping their definition of this man who actually THINKS about both sides on an issue would take root. Obviously, they had nothing positive of their own to run on, so they trashed Kerry and chanted "four more wars...." Not to mention Cheney's waffling, like he had no interest in helping Halliburton, but there's new e-mail proving that he did. Time to throw these wafflers out. |
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Stupid White Men ...and
Other Sorry Excuses for the State of the Nation! by Michael
Moore
"Old white men wielding martinis and wearing dickies have occupied our nation's capital.... Launch the SCUD missiles! Bring us the head of Antonin Scalia!... We are no longer [able] to hold free and fair elections. We need U.N. observers, U.N. troops."
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Moore's ideas range from on-the-money (Arafat should beat Sharon with Gandhi's nonviolent shame tactics) to over-the-top: blacks should put inflatable white dolls in their cars so racist cops will think they're chauffeurs; the ever-more-Republicanesque Democratic Party should be sued for fraud; "no contributions toward advancing our civilization ever came out of the South [except Faulkner, Hellman, and R.J. Reynolds]," because it's too hot to think straight there; Korean dictator Kim Jong-il "has got to broaden himself beyond porn and John Wayne" by watching better movies, like Dude, Where's My Car? (which contains "all you need to know about America").
I just finished Mr. Bugliosi's book about the five crooks on the Supreme Court who betrayed their own morals and philosophy to get the guy they wanted in the white house. None of their arguments made any legal sense, and, to make matters worse, these five felons said their decision didn't apply to any other cases, something they have all whined about other judges doing for years. Bugliosi, a famous prosecutor and brilliant lawyer, wrote an article for the Nation, which is essentially this book, except here he takes more time to back up what he says. The Nation article generated more mail than any other article in the magazine's history!
Is
Our Children Learning?He was a poor student who somehow got into the finest schools. He was a National Guardsman who somehow missed a year of service. He was a failed businessman who somehow was made rich. He was a minority investor who somehow was made managing partner of the Texas Rangers. He was a defeated politician who somehow was made governor. You can hardly blame him for expecting to inherit the White House.
"Is Our Children Learning?" examines the public life and public record of George W. Bush and reveals him for who he is: a man who presents the thinnest, weakest, least impressive record in public life of any major party nominee this century; a man who at every critical juncture has been propelled upward by the forces of wealth, privilege, status, and special interests who use his family's name for their private gain.
A Texan, political analyst, strategist, and partisan, Paul Begala has written a devastating assessment of the Bush brand of politics.
"Every Democrat should memorize this book, every Independent should read it, and every Republican should fear it." -James Carville
George W. Bushisms : The Slate
Book of The Accidental Wit and Wisdom of our 43rd President
"Most of you probably didn't know
that I have a new book out. Some guy put together a
collection of my wit and wisdom—or, as he calls it, my
accidental wit and wisdom. [Laughter.] But I'm kind
of proud that my words are already in book form."—Radio-Television
Correspondents Association dinner, Washington, D.C., March
29, 2001
Don't miss this big Bush book of Bush quotes!
Supreme Injustice: How
the High Court Hijacked Election 2000 by Alan M. Dershowitz
The youngest law school professor in Harvard Law history, Deshowitz is a known liberal who many may dismiss. But, if you read this book you'll realize that it is written from a very strict, legal sense, as a professor would teach in a class. He carefully shows how the decision in Bush v. Gore was an obvious miscarriage of justice. He proves how the 5 justices who voted for Bush would not pass the "shoe-on-the-other-foot test." In other words, had Gore been asking to stop the count because he was in the lead, there would not have been a stay, or a ruling in his favor. While this seems obvious to most people, even many conservative legal scholars, this book offers the kind of proof that can, and hopefully will, be used to impeach the felonious five, who have forever politicized the high court.
Third World Election A Zimbabwe politician was quoted as saying children should study the U.S. election event closely because it shows that election fraud is not only a third world phenomenon. He illustrated his point by saying: "Imagine that we read of an election occurring anywhere in the third world in which the self-declared winner was the son of the former prime minister and that former prime minister was, himself, the former head of that nation's secret police (the CIA). "Imagine the self-declared winner lost the popular vote but won based on some old colonial holdover from the nation's pre-democracy past [the Electoral College]. "Imagine that the self-declared winner's 'victory' turned on disputed votes cast in a province governed by his brother. "Imagine that the poorly drafted ballots of one district, a district heavily favoring the self-declared winner's opponent, led thousands of voters to vote for the wrong candidate. "None of us would deem such an election to be representative of anything other than the self-declared winner's will to power. All of us, I imagine, would wearily turn the page thinking that it was another sad tale of pitiful pre- or anti-democracy peoples in some strange, faraway elsewhere." |
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Frontier Justice: Weapons of Mass Destruction and the
Bushwhacking of America by Scott Ritter
Scott Ritter is no liberal. He's all business when it comes to the job of weapons inspection. He sticks it to Clinton. And then he gives it to the Bushies with both barrels. There's some Bush quotes in this Bush book! |
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TODAY-- "WASHTINGTON -- Public housing authorities can
evict an entire family when someone in the household is caught
with drugs, even if the others knew nothing about the
wrongdoing, the Supreme Court ruled Tuesday."
CNN.com-- "TALLAHASSEE -- "The daughter of Florida Gov. Jeb Bush was arrested early Tuesday after she allegedly tried to fill a false prescription at a Tallahassee, Florida, pharmacy, police said." |
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Al
Franken, on Conan, said something along these lines:
At 22, Al Gore went to Viet Nam because he knew if he didn't someone
else from his town would have to. At 22, George Bush's Daddy got him in the
National Guard. At 30, Al Gore was a congressman, George Bush was drunk. At
35, Al Gore was a US Senator, George Bush was still drunk, doing coke, and
losing his Daddy's money. As someone put it, he couldn't find oil in Texas.
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"I think it's important to bring somebody from outside the system, the judicial system, somebody that hasn't been on the bench and, therefore, there's not a lot of opinions for people to look at."—October 4, 2005
"We look forward to hearing your vision, so we can more better do our job. That's what I'm telling you."—Gulfport, Miss., Sept. 20,
2005
"Listen, I want to thank leaders of the—in the faith—faith-based and community-based community for being here."—Washington, D.C., Sept. 6,
2005
"If it were to rain a lot, there is concern from the Army Corps of Engineers that the levees might break. And so, therefore, we're cautious about encouraging people to return at this moment of history."—Washington, D.C., Sept. 19, 2005
"My thoughts are, we're going to get somebody who knows what they're talking about when it comes to rebuilding cities."—On how the rebuilding of New Orleans might commence, Biloxi, Miss., Sept. 2, 2005
"And Brownie, you're doing a heck of a job."—To FEMA director Mike Brown who resigned 10 days later amid criticism over his job performance.—Mobile, Ala., Sept. 2, 2005
"Out of the rubbles of Trent Lott's house—he's lost his entire house—there's going to be a fantastic house. And I'm looking forward to sitting on the porch." —Mobile, Ala., Sept. 2, 2005
"I can't wait to join you in the joy of welcoming neighbors back into neighborhoods, and small businesses up and running, and cutting those ribbons that somebody is creating new jobs."—Poplarville, Miss., Sept. 5, 2005
"So please give cash money to organizations that are directly involved in helping save lives—save the life who had been affected by Hurricane Katrina."—Washington D.C., Sept. 6, 2005
"The best place for the facts to be done is by somebody who's spending time investigating
it."—Washington D.C., July 18, 2005
"I'm looking forward to a good night's sleep on the soil of a friend."—Washington D.C., June 29, 2005
"I was going to say he's a piece of work, but that might not translate too well. Is that all right, if I call you a 'piece of work'?"—To Jean-Claude Juncker, prime minister of Luxembourg, Washington, D.C., June 20, 2005
"You see, not only did the attacks help accelerate a recession, the attacks reminded us that we are at war."—Washington, D.C., June 8, 2005
"We're spending money on clean coal technology. Do you realize we've got 250 million years of coal?"—Washington, D.C., June 8, 2005
"I think younger workers—first of all, younger workers have been promised benefits the government—promises that have been promised, benefits that we can't keep. That's just the way it is."—Washington, D.C., May 4, 2005
"We got people working all their life at hard work, contributing by payroll taxes into a Social Security system."—Washington, D.C., May 13, 2005
"See, in my line of work you got to keep repeating things over and over and over again for the truth to sink in, to kind of catapult the propaganda."—Greece, N.Y., May 24, 2005
"It means your own money would grow better than that which the government can make it grow. And that's important."—April 29, 2005
"But Iraq has—have got people there that are willing to kill, and they're hard-nosed killers. And we will work with the Iraqis to secure their future." —April 28, 2005
"Well, we've made the decision to defeat the terrorists abroad so we don't have to face them here at home. And when you engage the terrorists abroad, it causes activity and action."—April 28, 2005
"We expect the states to show us whether or not we're achieving simple objectives—like literacy, literacy in math, the ability to read and write."—April 28, 2005
"It's in our country's interests to find those who would do harm to us and get them out of harm's way."—April 28, 2005
"Part of the facts is understanding we have a problem, and part of the facts is what you're going to do about it."—April 15, 2005
"We look forward to analyzing and working with legislation that will make—it would hope—put a free press's mind at ease that you're not being denied information you shouldn't see."—April 14, 2005
"I understand there's a suspicion that we—we're too security-conscience."—April 14, 2005
"I'm going to spend a lot of time on Social Security. I enjoy it. I enjoy
taking on the issue. I guess, it's the Mother in me." —April 14, 2005
"I want to thank you for the importance that you've shown for education and
literacy."
—April 13, 2005
"If they pre-decease or die early, there's an asset base to be able to pass on to a loved one."—March 30, 2005
"I repeat, personal accounts do not permanently fix the solution."—March 16, 2005
"In terms of timetables, as quickly as possible—whatever that means."—March 16, 2005
"In this job you've got a lot on your plate on a regular basis; you don't have much time to sit around and wander, lonely, in the Oval Office, kind of asking different portraits, 'How do you think my standing will be?' "—March 16, 2005
"I believe we are called to do the hard work to make our communities and quality of life a better place."—Jan. 5, 2005
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"Secondly, the tactics of our—as you know, we don't have relationships with Iran. I mean, that's—ever since the late '70s, we have no contacts with them, and we've totally sanctioned them. In other words, there's no sanctions—you can't—we're out of sanctions."—Annandale, Va., Aug. 9, 2004
"Tribal sovereignty means that, it's sovereign. You're a—you've been given sovereignty, and you're viewed as a sovereign entity. And, therefore, the relationship between the federal government and tribes is one between sovereign entities."—Washington, D.C., Aug. 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 (Thanks to Alicia Butler.)
"God speaks through me."—Smoketown, Pennsylvania, July 16, 2004 (first reported in the local papers, including the Intelligencer Journal and the Lancaster New Era)
"I mean, if you've ever been a governor of a state, you understand the vast potential of broadband technology, you understand how hard it is to make sure that physics, for example, is taught in every classroom in the state. It's difficult to do. It's, like, cost-prohibitive."—Washington, D.C., June 24, 2004 (Thanks to Michael Shively.)
The June 17th quote going around about Bush saying feces instead of fetus is false.
"I believe if you want to be negative you always can, no matter how hard you try."—Internationally televised News Event, June 15, 2004
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"Karyn is with us. A West Texas girl, just like me."—May 27, 2004 |
"I'm honored to shake the hand of a brave Iraqi citizen who had his hand cut off by Saddam Hussein."—May 25, 2004
"In the last 32 months, history has placed great demands on our country, and events have come quickly." —Carlisle, Virginia, May 24, 2004
"Well, I think we need to work with governments and institutions and NGOs to encourage the institutions of a free society," Bush said. "See, one of the interesting things in the Oval Office—I love to bring people into the Oval Office—right around the corner from here, and say, this is where I [have an] office, but I want you to know the office is always bigger than the person." —The Washington Post, "Rocking the Vote in the Middle East," Feb. 20, 2004
"More Muslims have died at the hands of killers than—I say more Muslims—a lot of Muslims have died—I don't know the exact count—at Istanbul. Look at these different places around the world where there's been tremendous death and destruction because killers kill."—Washington, D.C., Jan. 29, 2004
"In an economic recession, I'd rather that in order to get out of this recession, that the people be spending their money, not the government trying to figure out how to spend the people's money."—Tampa, Fla., Feb. 16, 2004
"King Abdullah of Jordan, the King of Morocco, I mean, there's a series of places—Qatar, Oman—I mean, places that are developing—Bahrain—they're all developing the habits of free societies."—Washington, D.C., Jan. 29, 2004
"But the true strength of America is found in the hearts and souls of people like Travis, people who are willing to love their neighbor, just like they would like to love themselves."—Springfield, Mo., Feb. 9, 2004
"My views are one that speaks to freedom."—Washington, D.C., Jan. 29, 2004
"I love to bring people into the oval office...and say, this is where I office."—Jan. 29, 2004
"In my judgment, when the United States says there will be serious consequences, and if there isn't serious consequences, it creates adverse consequences."
"There is no such thing necessarily in a dictatorial regime of iron-clad absolutely solid evidence. The evidence I had was the best possible evidence that he had a weapon."
"The recession started upon my arrival. It could have been—some say February, some say March, some speculate maybe earlier it started—but nevertheless, it happened as we showed up here. The attacks on our country affected our economy. Corporate scandals affected the confidence of people and therefore affected the economy. My decision on Iraq, this kind of march to war, affected the economy."—Meet the Press, Feb. 8, 2004
"I was a prisoner too, but for bad reasons."—To Argentine President Nestor Kirchner, on being told that all but one of the Argentine delegates to a summit meeting were imprisoned during the military dictatorship, Monterrey, Mexico, Jan. 13, 2004
"[T]he illiteracy level of our children are appalling."—Washington, D.C., Jan. 23, 2004
"Just remember it's the birds that's supposed to suffer, not the hunter."—Advising quail hunter and New Mexico Sen. Pete Domenici, Roswell, N.M., Jan. 22, 2004
"One of the most meaningful things that's happened to me since I've been the governor—the president—governor—president. Oops. Ex-governor. I went to Bethesda Naval Hospital to give a fellow a Purple Heart, and at the same moment I watched him—get a Purple Heart for action in Iraq—and at that same—right after I gave him the Purple Heart, he was sworn in as a citizen of the United States—a Mexican citizen, now a United States citizen."—Washington, D.C., Jan. 9, 2004
"I want to thank the astronauts who are with us, the courageous spacial entrepreneurs who set such a wonderful example for the young of our country."—Washington, D.C., Jan. 14, 2004
"And if you're interested in the quality of education and you're paying attention to what you hear at Laclede, why don't you volunteer? Why don't you mentor a child how to read?"—St. Louis, Mo., Jan. 5, 2004
"So thank you for reminding me about the importance of being a good mom and a great volunteer as well."—St. Louis, Jan. 5, 2004
"I want to remind you all that in order to fight and win the war, it requires an 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."
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"See, without the tax relief package, there would have been a deficit, but
there wouldn't have been the commiserate—not 'commiserate'—the kick to our
economy that occurred as a result of the tax relief."
"[T]he best way to find these terrorists who hide in holes is to get people
coming forth to describe the location of the hole, is to give clues and
data."
"Justice was being delivered to a man who defied that gift from the Almighty to the people of Iraq."—Washington, D.C., Dec. 15, 2003
"[A]s you know, these are open forums, you're able to come and listen to what I have to say."—Washington, D.C., Oct. 28, 2003
"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."—Washington, D.C., Oct. 27, 2003
"It's in the interest of -- uhh -- uhh, long-term peace in the world that we -- uhh -- work for a free and secure and peaceful Iraq. A peeance, freeance secure Iraq in the midst of the Middle East will have enormous historical impact."—Oct. 27, 2003, audio here
"[W]hether they be Christian, Jew, or Muslim, or Hindu, people have heard the universal call to love a neighbor just like they'd like to be called themselves."—Washington, Oct. 8, 2003
"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
"[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, Sept. 30, 2003
"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, Sept. 30, 2003
"[T]hat's just the nature of democracy. Sometimes pure politics enters into the rhetoric."—Crawford, Texas, Aug. 8, 2003
"I glance at the headlines just to kind of get a flavor for what's moving. I rarely read the stories, and get briefed by people who are probably read the news themselves."—Washington, D.C., Sept. 21, 2003
"I'm so pleased to be able to say hello to Bill Scranton. He's one of the great Pennsylvania political families."—Drexel Hill, Penn., Sept. 15, 2003
"We had a good Cabinet meeting, talked about a lot of issues. Secretary of State and Defense brought us up to date about our desires to spread freedom and peace around the world."—Washington, D.C., Aug. 1, 2003
"Security is the essential roadblock to achieving the road map to peace."—Washington, D.C., July 25, 2003
"My answer is bring them on."—On Iraqi militants attacking U.S. forces, Washington, D.C., July 3, 2003
"You've also got to measure in order to begin to effect change that's just more—when there's more than talk, there's just actual—a paradigm shift."—Washington, D.C., July 1, 2003
"I'm the master of low expectations."—Aboard Air Force One, June 4, 2003
"First, let me make it very clear, poor people aren't necessarily killers. Just because you happen to be not rich doesn't mean you're willing to kill."—Washington, D.C., May 19, 2003
"I think war is a dangerous place."—Washington, D.C., May 7, 2003
"I don't bring God into my life to—to, you know, kind of be a political person."—Interview with Tom Brokaw aboard Air Force One, April 24, 2003
"You're free. And freedom is beautiful. And, you know, it'll take time to restore chaos and order—order out of chaos. But we will."—Washington, D.C., April 13, 2003
"And most importantly, Alma Powell, secretary of Colin Powell, is with us."—Jan. 30, 2003
"I think the American people—I hope the American–I don't think, let me—I hope the American people trust me."—Washington, D.C., Dec. 18, 2002
"There's only one person who hugs the mothers and the widows, the wives and the kids upon the death of their loved one. Others hug but having committed the troops, I've got an additional responsibility to hug and that's me and I know what it's like."—Washington, D.C., Dec. 11, 2002
We need an energy bill that encourages consumption."—Trenton, N.J., Sept. 23, 2002
"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
"There may be some tough times here in America. But this country has gone through tough times before, and we're going to do it again."—Waco, Texas, Aug. 13, 2002
"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." —Bridgeport, Conn., April 9, 2002
"Do you have blacks, too?"—To Brazilian President Fernando Cardoso, Washington, D.C., Nov. 8, 2001
"This crusade, this war on terrorism is going to take a while."—Sunday, September 16, 2001
"Brie and cheese."—Taunting a reporter who recently spent time on the West Coast, Crawford, Texas, Aug. 23, 2001
''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, July 22, 2001
"We spent a lot of time talking about Africa, as we should. Africa is a nation that suffers from incredible disease."—GW Bush, Gothenburg, Sweden, June 14, 2001
"Our nation must come together to unite."—Tampa, Fla., June 4, 2001
"If a person doesn't have the capacity that we all want that person to have, I suspect hope is in the far distant future, if at all."—Remarks to the Hispanic Scholarship Fund Institute, Washington, D.C., May 22, 2001
We do not prescribe any prayer; we welcome all prayer."—February 1, 2001
"I appreciate that question because I, in the state of Texas, had heard a lot of discussion about a faith-based initiative eroding the important bridge between church and state."—January 29, 2001
"I want it
to be said that the Bush administration was a
results-oriented administration, because I believe the
results of focusing our attention and energy on teaching
children to read and having an education system that's
responsive to the child and to the parents, as opposed to
mired in a system that refuses to change, will make America
what we want it to be—a literate country and a hopefuller
country."—Washington, D.C., Jan. 11, 2001
"I would have to ask the
questioner. I haven't had a chance to ask the questioners
the question they've been questioning. On the other hand, I
firmly believe she'll be a fine secretary of labor. And I've
got confidence in Linda Chavez. She is a—she'll bring an
interesting perspective to the Labor
Department."—Austin, Texas, Jan. 8, 2001
"I do remain confident in
Linda. She'll make a fine labor secretary. From what I've
read in the press accounts, she's perfectly
qualified."—Austin, Texas, Jan. 8, 2001
"I mean, these good folks
are revolutionizing how businesses conduct their business.
And, like them, I am very optimistic about our position in
the world and about its influence on the United States.
We're concerned about the short-term economic news, but
long-term I'm optimistic. And so, I hope investors, you
know—secondly, I hope investors hold investments for
periods of time—that I've always found the best
investments are those that you salt away based on
economics."—Austin, Texas, Jan. 4, 2001
"The person who runs FEMA is someone who
must have the trust of the president. Because the person who
runs FEMA is the first voice, oftentimes, of someone whose
life has been turned upside down hears from."
Austin, Texas, Jan. 4, 2001
"She is a member of a labor union at one point." Announcing his nomination of Linda Chavez as secretary of labor. Austin, Texas, Jan. 2, 2001
"Natural gas is hemispheric. I like
to call it hemispheric in nature because it is a product
that we can find in our neighborhoods."
Austin, Texas, Dec. 20, 2000
"I am mindful of the difference between the executive branch and the legislative branch. I assured all four of these leaders that I know the difference, and that difference is they pass the laws and I execute them." Washington, D.C., Dec. 18, 2000
"The great thing about America is
everybody should vote."
Austin, Texas, Dec. 8, 2000
"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."
60 Minutes II, Dec. 5, 2000
"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 Sen. John Breaux. Crawford, Texas, Dec. 2, 2000
"The legislature's job is to write law. It's the executive branch's job to interpret law."—Austin, Texas, Nov. 22, 2000
"They misunderestimated me."—Bentonville, Ark., Nov. 6, 2000
"They want the federal government controlling Social Security like it's some kind of federal program."—St. Charles, Mo., Nov. 2, 2000
"Our priorities is our faith."—Greensboro, North Carolina, October. 10, 2000
"I've heard the call. I believe God wants me to run for president."—September, 2000
"Our new faith-based laws have removed government as a roadblock to people of faith who hear the call."—September, 2000
"States should have the right to enact reasonable
laws and restrictions particularly to end the inhumane practice of ending a
life that otherwise could live."—Cleveland, June 29, 2000
"Unfairly but truthfully, our party has been tagged as being against
things.. Anti-immigrant, for example. And we're not a party of
anti-immigrants. Quite the opposite. We're a party that welcomes
people."—campaigning in Cleveland, July 1, 2000
"The fundamental question is, 'Will I be a successful president when
it comes to foreign policy?' I will be, but until I'm the president, it's
going to be hard for me to verify that I think I'll be more
effective."—Wayne, Mich., June 28, 2000
"The only things that I can tell you is that every case I have
reviewed I have been comfortable with the innocence or guilt of the person
that I've looked at. I do not believe we've put a guilty... I mean innocent
person to death in the state of Texas."—June 16, 2000
"I'm gonna talk about the ideal world, Chris. I've read- I understand
reality. If you're asking me as the president, would I understand reality,
I do."—On abortion, Hardball, MSNBC; May 31, 2000
"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, Conn.; June 9, 2000
BUSH: "First of all, Cinco de Mayo is not the independence day. That's
dieciseis de Septiembre, and ..." MATTHEWS: "What's that in
English?" BUSH: "Fifteenth of September." (Dieciseis de
Septiembre = Sept. 16)
—Hardball, MSNBC, May 31, 2000
"Actually, I...this may sound a little West Texan to you, but I like
it. When I'm talking about...when I'm talking about myself, and when he's
talking about myself, all of us are talking about me."—ibid
"This is a world that is much more uncertain than the past. In the
past we were certain, we were certain it was us versus the Russians in the
past. We were certain, and therefore we had huge nuclear arsenals aimed at
each other to keep the peace. That's what we were certain of...You see,
even though it's an uncertain world, we're certain of some things. We're
certain that even though the 'evil empire' may have passed, evil still
remains. We're certain there are people that can't stand what America
stands for...We're certain there are madmen in this world, and there's
terror, and there's missiles and I'm certain of this, too: I'm certain to
maintain the peace, we better have a military of high morale, and I'm
certain that under this administration, morale in the military is
dangerously low."—Albuquerque, N.M., the Washington Post, May 31, 2000
"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
"The fact that he relies on facts...says things that are not
factual...are going to undermine his campaign."—March 4, 2000
"I think we agree, the past is over."
—On his meeting with John McCain, Dallas Morning News, May 10, 2000
"It's clearly a budget. It's got a lot of numbers in it." —Reuters, May 5, 2000
GOV. BUSH: "Because the picture on the newspaper. It just seems so
un-American to me, the picture of the guy storming the house with a scared
little boy there. I talked to my little brother, Jeb...I haven't told this
to many people. But he's the governor of...I shouldn't call him my little
brother...my brother, Jeb, the great governor of Texas." JIM
LEHRER:
"Florida." GOV. BUSH: "Florida. The state of the
Florida."—The NewsHour With Jim Lehrer, April 27, 2000
"I was raised in the West. The west of Texas. It's pretty close to
California. In more ways than Washington, D.C., is close to
California."—In Los Angeles as quoted by the Los Angeles Times, April 8, 2000
"Other Republican candidates may retort to personal attacks and
negative ads."—Fund-raising letter from George W. Bush, quoted in the Washington Post,
March 24, 2000 (a LETTER!)
"People make suggestions on what to say all the time. I'll give you an
example; I don't read what's handed to me. People say, 'Here, here's your
speech, or here's an idea for a speech.' They're changed. Trust me."
—Interview with the New York Times, March 15, 2000
"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."—Interview with the Associated Press, March 8, 2000
"It is not Reaganesque to support a tax plan that is Clinton in
nature."—Los Angeles, Feb. 23, 2000
"I understand small business growth. I was one."—New York Daily News, Feb. 19, 2000
"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."—To reporters in Florence, S.C., Feb. 17, 2000
"I thought how proud I am to be standing up beside my dad. Never did
it occur to me that he would become the gist for cartoonists."—ibid
"If you're sick and tired of the politics of cynicism and polls and
principles, come and join this campaign."—Hilton Head, S.C., Feb. 16, 2000
"How 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, S.C., Feb.
16, 2000
"We ought to make the pie higher."—South Carolina Republican Debate, Feb. 15, 2000
"I've changed my style somewhat, as you know. I'm less...I pontificate
less, although it may be hard to tell it from this show. And I'm more
interacting with people."—ibid
"I think we need not only to eliminate the tollbooth to the middle
class, I think we should knock down the tollbooth."—Nashua, N.H., as quoted in the New York Times, Feb. 1, 2000
"The most important job is not to be governor, or first lady in my
case."—Pella, Iowa, as quoted by the San Antonio Express-News, Jan. 30, 2000
"Will the highways on the Internet become more few?"—Concord, N.H., Jan. 29, 2000
"This is Preservation Month. I appreciate preservation. It's what you
do when you run for president. You gotta preserve."—Speaking during "PERSEVERENCE Month" at Fairgrounds Elementary
School in Nashua, N.H. As quoted in the Los Angeles Times, Jan. 28, 2000
"I know how hard it is for you to put food on your family."—Greater Nashua, N.H., Chamber of Commerce, Jan. 27, 2000
"What I am against is quotas. I am against hard quotas, quotas they
basically delineate based upon whatever. However they delineate, quotas, I
think vulcanize society. So I don't know how that fits into what everybody
else is saying, their relative positions, but that's my position."—The San Francisco Chronicle, Jan. 21, 2000
"When I was coming up, it was a dangerous world, and you knew exactly
who they were. It was us vs. them, and it was clear who them was. Today, we
are not so sure who the they are, but we know they're there."—Iowa Western Community College, Jan 21, 2000
"The administration I'll bring is a group of men and women who are
focused on what's best for America, honest men and women, decent men and
women, women who will see service to our country as a great privilege and
who will
not stain the house."—Des Moines Register debate, Iowa, Jan. 15, 2000
"This is still a dangerous world. It's a world of madmen and
uncertainty and potential mental losses."—At a South Carolina oyster roast, as quoted in the Financial Times, Jan.
14, 2000
"We must all hear the universal call to like your neighbor just like
you like to be liked yourself."—ibid
"Rarely is the question asked: Is our children learning?"—Florence, S.C., Jan. 11, 2000
"Gov. Bush will not stand for the subsidation of failure."—ibid
"There needs to be debates, like we're going through. There needs to
be town-hall meetings. There needs to be travel. This is a huge
country."—Larry King Live, Dec. 16, 1999
"I think it's important for those of us in a position of
responsibility to be firm in sharing our experiences, to understand that
the babies out of wedlock is a very difficult chore for mom and baby
alike...I believe we
ought to say there is a different alternative than the culture that is
proposed by people like Miss Wolf in society...And, you know, hopefully,
condoms will work, but it hasn't worked."—Meet the Press, Nov. 21, 1999
"The important question is, How many hands have I shaked?"—Answering a question about why he hasn't spent more time in New Hampshire,
in the New York Times, Oct. 23, 1999
"I don't remember debates. I don't think we spent a lot of time
debating it.. Maybe we did, but I don't remember."—On discussions of the Vietnam War when he was an undergraduate at Yale,
Washington Post, July 27, 1999
"It was just inebriating what Midland was all about then."—From a 1994 interview, as quoted in First Son by Bill Minutaglio
"I think anybody who doesn't think I'm smart enough to handle the job
is underestimating."—U.S. News & World Report, April 3, 2000
"Fuck the Jews. They didn't vote for us."—Secretary of State James Baker III, speaking privately (attributed by The New Republic, 3/30/92)
"This is the worst environmental administration in the history of America."—U.S. Representative Peter Deutsch (D-FL)
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