BBC News lists some Bushisms (found via nothing new under the sun) to make you chuckle a little and groan a little and wonder a little how the hell we survived the last 8 years. Read the whole list, but here are few of my favorites:
I want to thank my friend, Senator Bill Frist, for joining us today. He married a Texas girl, I want you to know. Karyn is with us. A West Texas girl, just like me.
Nashville, Tennessee, 27 May, 2004
You know, one of the hardest parts of my job is to connect Iraq to the war on terror.
CBS News, Washington DC, 6 September, 2006
You teach a child to read, and he or her will be able to pass a literacy test.’
Townsend, Tennessee, 21 February, 2001
That’s George Washington, the first president, of course. The interesting thing about him is that I read three – three or four books about him last year. Isn’t that interesting?
Speaking to reporter Kai Diekmann, Washington DC, 5 May, 2006
And my favorite of these favorites:
Too many good docs are getting out of the business. Too many OB/GYN’s aren’t able to practice their love with women all across the country.
Poplar Bluff, Missouri, 6 September, 2004
And, the one that sums up the last 8 years in a nutshell:
I’ll be long gone before some smart person ever figures out what happened inside this Oval Office.
Washington DC, 12 May, 2008
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