What is your favorite "Bushism"?

Question

Here are some of mine:

"I think war is a dangerous place"

"Is our children learning?"

"Make no mistake, we will reflect the terrorists with our actions"

"I can only speak to myself"

"I believe that as quickly as possible, young Cows ought to be let across our border"

"Someday, the human and the fish will co-exist peacefully"

"You never what your history is going to be like until long after you're gone."

"I aim to be a competitive nation"

"And so, we have decided to (long pause) we will engage the crisis abroad. That is how to defend freedom at home."

"We look forward to seeing you vision. So that we can more better do our job."

"If the issue of saintity in marriage is not conduced we ought to have a protection against the latter."

"Those who enter the country illegally voilate the law."

Answer 1

"We spent a lot of time talking about Africa, as we should. Africa is a nation that suffers from incredible disease." —Gothenburg, Sweden, June 14, 2001

"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

"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

"The most important thing is for us to find Osama bin Laden. It is our number one priority and we will not rest until we find him." —Washington, D.C., Sept. 13, 2001

Followed by:

"I don't know where bin Laden is. I have no idea and really don't care. It's not that important. It's not our priority." —Washington, D.C., March 13, 2002

"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

"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

"My answer is bring them on." —on Iraqi insurgents attacking U.S. forces, Washington, D.C., July 3, 2003

Answer 2

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Answer 3

I love the "someday, the human and the fish will co-exist peacefully" quote, but my favorite is this one:

"The California crunch really is the result of not enough power-generating plants and then not enough power to power the power of generating plants."

Answer 4

heheee. I like:

"I aim to be a competitive nation"

"It's in our country's interests to find those who would do harm to us and get them out of harm's way."

"Who could have possibly envisioned an erection — an election in Iraq at this point in history?"

There's just so many to choose from...

Answer 5

There's a lot of funny ones, but this one is sad and reflects so much on him: Re Bin Laden:

"I don't know where bin Laden is. I have no idea and really don't care. It's not that important. It's not our priority.

"I am truly not that concerned about him."

Answer 6

Hey- don't misquote GW! The whole line is, "Rarely is the question asked: 'Is our children learning?'". It's funnier that way.


Personally, I like "Fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again"

Answer 7

I like nooclar!

Answer 8

My favorite is the truest.... "They misunderestimated me"