posted December 10, 2004 04:10 PM            

"There is book smart and the kind of smart that helps people do Calculus. But smart is also instinct and judgment and common sense. Smart comes in all kinds of different ways."

ON TRAVELING WITH FRIENDS

"I must confess. It did confuse some of the folks at the Crawford, Texas, coffee shop when I was traveling around the country with Theodore Kennedy."

ON UNEMPLOYMENT

"But if you've been laid off work, you're 100 percent unemployed, and I worry about it."

ON POLITICAL VIOLENCE

"The suicide bombings have increased. There's too many of them."

ON TERRIERS

"If the terriers and bariffs are torn down, this economy will grow."

ON GETTING TO THE BOTTOM OF THINGS

"I hope we get to the bottom of the answer. It's what I'm interested to know"

ON ARBOLICS

"Arbolist...Look up the word. I don't know, maybe I made it up. Anyway, it's an arbo-tree-ist, somebody who knows about trees."

ON THE JOYS OF READING

"One of the great things about books is sometimes there are some fantastic pictures."

ON RACIAL PROFILING

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

ON FEDERAL PROGRAMS

"They want the federal government controlling Social Security like it's some kind of federal program."

ON DEMONINATORS AND SUCH

"One of the common demoninators I have found is that expectations rise above that which is expected."

ON FAMILIES

"Families is where our nation finds hope, where wings take dream."

ON EMBETTERING MANKIND

"The federal government and the state government must not fear programs who change lives, but must welcome those faith-based initiatives for the embetterment of mankind."

ON THE DANGERS OF MALFEANCE

"There was no malfeance involved. This was an honest disagreement about accounting problems...There was no malfeance, no attempt to hide anything."

ON OOCHING ALONG

"Let me tell you my thoughts about tax relief. When your economy is kind of ooching along, it's important to let people have more of their own money."

ON...?

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

GEORGE THE EDUKASHUN PRESIDENT PART 2

"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 when your teachers say, read--you ought to listen to her."

GEORGE THE POSER OF PROFOUND QUESTIONS

"Will the highways on the Internet become more few."

GEORGE THE LONG-SIGHTED

"Over the long term, the most effective way to conserve energy is by using energy more efficiently."

GEORGE THE INDIGNANT PART 2

"I think anybody who doesn't think I'm smart enough to handle the job is underestimating."

GEORGE ON WHAT AND WHERE

"I think he needs to stand up and say if he thought the President were wrong on policy and issues, he ought to say where."

GEORGE THE STUDENT OF TACTICS

"That's Washington. That's the place where you find people getting ready to jump out of the foxholes before the the first shot is fired."

GEORGE THE FRIEND OF GREECE

"Keep good relations with the Grecians."

GEORGE THE LEADER OF THE PACK

"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."

GEORGE THE DEEP THINKER

"There's nothing more deep than recognizing Israel's right to exist. That's the most deep thought of all...I can't think of anything more deep than that right."

GEORGE THE OPPORTUNIST

posted December 10, 2004 08:13 PM              

I like it when W trips over his tongue like that. It shows that he is human, imperfect, but trying. You can't tell me that you've never mixed up words or stumbled over a pronunciation at some time. He may not be the most proficient speaker, but he knows how to get your attention.

posted December 15, 2004 11:00 PM              

Those quotes are hilarious, in a sad sort of way

Which speaks to me of just how over-scripted and undereducated/unintelligent/uninformed (again what I would consider prerequisites of the job) the man is. As far as I'm concerned the man is an idiot pawn of the oil barons. Not to say he's a bad person, just don't think he's qualified to be the leader of the "free" world!!!!

I don't feel sorry for the man. He chose this position of power, and the spotlight that comes with it. Maybe a few public speaking courses at least would be in order, (so as not to be such an embarrassment) better yet maybe if he actually thought for himself once in a while his thoughts would become clearer!!

posted December 16, 2004 01:11 AM            

We elect Presidents because they're intelligent and tough enough to get the damn job done and Bush is plenty tough enough. For proof of that, you can ask the Taliban, ask Saddam, ask al-Queda and ask Col. Qadhafi.

As for intelligence, Bush has a higher IQ than John Kerry...who couldn't pass the entrance exam for Harvard. The same Harvard from which Bush earned a Masters in Business.

I guess you could also ask the entire Democrat party which Bush shot down in flames, ask the news media who attacked Bush and lost sizable portions of their viewers and readers...especially, ask Dan Rather.

So the airhead brigades continue to whine and moan about the President's intelligence and speech patterns but every time someone takes Bush on, he kicks their butts. You might want to verify that with Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle who attempted to obstruct the President's agenda and got a ticket back to South Dakota for his efforts. Make that Ex Senate Minority Leader.

posted January 21, 2005 06:31 PM              

Sure just ask the taliban. After all our govt did put them there in the first place.

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