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Bushisms (The Gaffes and Blunders of George W. Bush)

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"Rarely is the question asked: Is our children learning?"- January 11, 2000

4.14 Stars | 29 ratings

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"They misunderestimated me"- November 6, 2000

4.06 Stars | 17 ratings

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"One of the great things about books is sometimes there are some fantastic pictures."- January 3, 2000

3.60 Stars | 20 ratings

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"I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully."

3.65 Stars | 17 ratings

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"I want to thank you for taking time out of your day to come and witness my hanging."- January 4, 2002 at the dedication of his portrait

3.93 Stars | 14 ratings

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"And there's no doubt in my mind, not one doubt in my mind, that we will fail."- October 4, 2001

3.92 Stars | 13 ratings

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"If this was a dictatorship, it would be a heck of a lot easier, just so long as I'm the dictator."- December 18, 2002

3.50 Stars | 14 ratings

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"I know how hard it is for you to put food on your family."

3.58 Stars | 12 ratings

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"Well, I think if you say you're going to do something and don't do it, that's trustworthiness."- August 30, 2000

3.45 Stars | 11 ratings

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"It's clearly a budget. It's got a lot of numbers in it."- May 5, 2000

3.42 Stars | 12 ratings

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"And so, in my State of the- State of the Union- or state- my speech--- whatever you want to call it, I asked Americans to give 4,000 years--- 4,000 years over the next--- the rest of your life- of service to America."- April 9, 2002

3.55 Stars | 11 ratings

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"I think we ought to raise the age at which juveniles can have a gun."- October 18, 2000

3.08 Stars | 12 ratings

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"[Waves hello]" to blind musician Stevie Wonder

3.00 Stars | 9 ratings

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"I was raised in the West. The west of Texas. It's pretty close to California. In more ways than Washington, D.C., is closed to California."- April 8, 2000

3.83 Stars | 6 ratings

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"The thing that's most important for me is to remember what's the most important thing."- February 20, 2001

3.67 Stars | 6 ratings

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"The reason I believe in a large tax cut is because it's what I believe."- Dec. 18, 2000

3.56 Stars | 9 ratings

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"If the terriers and bariffs are town down, the economy will grow."- January 7, 2000

3.20 Stars | 10 ratings

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"These people don't have tanks. They don't have ships. They hide in caves. They send suiciders out."- November 1, 2002

3.40 Stars | 5 ratings

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"Teach a child to read, and he or her will be able to pass a literacy test."- Feb. 21, 2001

3.17 Stars | 6 ratings

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"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."- January 14, 2001

3.13 Stars | 8 ratings

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"First, we would not accept a treaty that would not have been ratified, nor a treaty that I thought made sense for the country." -George W. Bush, on the Kyoto accord, April 24, 2001

3.00 Stars | 4 ratings

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"I know something about being a government. And you've got a good one."- To Governor Mike Huckabee, November 4, 2002

3.00 Stars | 6 ratings

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"I understand that unrest in the Middle East creates unrest throughout the region."- March 13, 2002

3.00 Stars | 5 ratings

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"It is clear our nation is reliant upon big foreign oil. More and more of our imports come from overseas."

3.00 Stars | 5 ratings

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"They want the federal government controlling Social Security like it's some kind of federal program."- November 2, 2000

3.00 Stars | 5 ratings

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"I am mindful not only of preserving executive powers for myself, but for predacessors as well."- January 29, 2001

2.86 Stars | 7 ratings

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"I'm hopeful. I know there is a lot of ambition in Washington, obviously. But I hope the ambitious realize that they are more likely to succeed with success as opposed to failure." -George W. Bush, Jan. 2001

2.86 Stars | 7 ratings

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"We need an energy bill that encourages consumption."- September 23, 2002

2.80 Stars | 5 ratings

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"I've coined new words, like, misunderstanding and Hispanically." -George W. Bush, speaking at the Radio & Television Correspondents dinner, March 29, 2001

2.75 Stars | 4 ratings

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"I'm sure you can imagine that it's an unimaginable honor to live here."- June 18, 2001

3.00 Stars | 2 ratings

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"The important question is, how many hands have I shaked?"- October 23, 1999

3.00 Stars | 4 ratings

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"If I'm the president, we're going to have emergency-room care and gag orders."- October 18, 2000

2.80 Stars | 5 ratings

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"The woman who knew that I had dyslexia - I never interviewed her."

2.75 Stars | 4 ratings

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"We're concerned about AIDS inside our White House--- make no mistake about it."- February 7, 2001

2.75 Stars | 4 ratings

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"This foreign policy stuff is a little frustrating." -George W. Bush, as quoted by the New York Daily News, April 23, 2002

2.50 Stars | 8 ratings

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"We ought to make the pie higher."- February 15, 2000

2.50 Stars | 2 ratings

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"I understand small business growth. I was one."- February 19, 2000

2.40 Stars | 5 ratings

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"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."

2.33 Stars | 3 ratings

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"Do you have blacks, too?" -George W. Bush, to Brazilian President Fernando Cardoso, Nov. 8, 2001, as reported in an April 28, 2002, Estado Sao Pauloan column by Fernando Pedreira, a close friend of President Cardoso

2.25 Stars | 4 ratings

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"The war on terror involves Saddam Hussein beause of the nature of Saddam Hussein, his history and his willingness to terrorize himself."- January 29, 2002

2.25 Stars | 4 ratings

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"Families is where our nation finds hope, where wings take dream."- October 18, 2000

2.20 Stars | 5 ratings

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"Neither in French nor in English nor in Mexican." -George W. Bush, declining to take reporters' questions during a photo op with Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien, April 21, 2001

2.00 Stars | 3 ratings

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"The most important job is not to be governor, or first lady in my case."- January 30, 2000

2.50 Stars | 4 ratings

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"You see, the Senate wants to take away some of the powers of the administrative branch."- September 19, 2002

2.50 Stars | 4 ratings

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"We've got an issue in America. Too many good docs are getting out of business. Too many Ob-Gyns aren't able to practice their love with women all across this country."- Sept. 6, 2004

2.40 Stars | 5 ratings

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"The government is not the surplus's money, Vice President."- November 5, 2000

2.33 Stars | 3 ratings

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"Our nation must come together to unite"- June 4, 2001

2.20 Stars | 5 ratings

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"I firmly believe that the death tax is good for people from all walks of like all throughout our society."- August 13, 2002

2.00 Stars | 2 ratings

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"It is time to set aside the old partisan bickering and finger-pointing and name-calling that comes from freeing parents to make different choices for their children." -George W. Bush, on "parental empowerment in education," April 12, 2001

2.00 Stars | 2 ratings

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"I talked to my little brother Jeb--- I shouldn't call him my little brother- my brother, Jeb, the great governor of Texas."- April 27, 2000

1.75 Stars | 4 ratings

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