Subject: Bushisms

Bushisms:

Amusing or amazing, unintended or unconventional, errors or misuse of words, phrases, pronunciation or vocabulary attributed to George W. Bush, 43rd President of the United States.

I don’t do nuance.

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And so, what Gen. Petraeus is saying, some early signs, still dangerous, but give me – give my chance a plan to work.

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I'm thrilled to be here in the bread basket of America because it gives me a chance to remind our fellow citizens that we have an advantage here in America – we can feed ourselves.

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Oftentimes what I try to say in Washington gets filtered and sometimes my words in Washington don't exactly translate directly to the people.

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Oh, no, we're not going to have any casualties.

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Then you wake up at the high school level and find out that the illiteracy level of our children are appalling.

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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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There's no such thing as legacies…. at least, there is a legacy, but I'll never see it.

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When your economy is kind of ooching along, it's important to let people have more of their own money.

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You might want to comment on that, Honorable.

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But I also made it clear to (Vladimir Putin) that it's important to think beyond the old days of when we had the concept that if we blew each other up, the world would be safe.

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I'm honored to be here with the eternal general of the United States, mi amigo Alberto Gonzales.

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I will continue to articulate what I believe and what I believe – I believe what I believe is right.

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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.

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We are ready for any unforeseen event that may or may not occur.

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And I appreciate the fact that you really snatched defeat out of the jaws of those who are trying to defeat us in Iraq.

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So on behalf of a well-oiled unit of people who came together to serve something greater than themselves, “Congratulations.”

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I believe we are on an irreversible trend toward more freedom and democracy but that could change.

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The ambassador and the general were briefing me on the – the vast majority of Iraqis want to live in a peaceful, free world. And we will find these people and we will bring them to justice.

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I am surprised, frankly, at the amount of distrust that exists in this town; and I'm sorry it's the case, and I'll work hard to try to elevate it.

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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.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president
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