Subject: Bushisms (Page 2)

You know, when I campaigned here in 2000, I said, I want to be a war president; no president wants to be a war president, but I am one.

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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.

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The important question is, how many hands have I shaked?

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We've got a lot of relations with countries in our neighborhood.

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I would like to thank Nasal Beard for that warm welcome.

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The United States and Russia are in the midst of a transformationed relationship that will yield peace and progress.

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I'm so pleased to be able to say hello to Bill Scranton; he's one of the great Pennsylvania political families.

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I want to thank you for taking time out of your day to come and witness my hanging.

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God loves you, and I love you. And you can count on both of us as a powerful message that people who wonder about their future can hear.

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

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Too many OB/GYN’s aren’t able to practice their love with women all across the country.

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That's why we are inconveniencing air traffickers, to make sure nobody is carrying weapons on airplanes.

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We had a chance to visit with Teresa Nelson who's a parent, and a mom or a dad.

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I firmly believe the death tax is good for people from all walks of life all throughout our society.

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I became totally inebriated with hitting the big one.

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Never again in the halls of Washington, D.C., do I want to have to make explanations that I can’t explain.

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I haven’t had a chance to talk, but I’m confident we’ll get a bill that I can live with if we don’t.

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You see, not only did the attacks help accelerate a recession, the attacks reminded us that we are at war.

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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.

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Tommy (Thompson) is a good listener, and he’s a pretty good actor, too.

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And I started thinking about a lot of things. I was able to – I can’t remember what it was… oh, the inaugural speech, started thinking through that.

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