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.

We're concerned about AIDS inside our White House – make no mistake about it.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president

I’m also not very analytical. You know I don’t spend a lot of time thinking about myself, about why I do things.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president

The trial lawyers are very politically powerful… but here in Texas we took them on and got some good medical – medical malpractice.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president

I think we need not only to eliminate the tollbooth to the middle class, I think we should knock down the tollbooth.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president

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

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president

Some folks look at me and see a certain swagger, which in Texas is called "walking.”

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president

I guess it’s OK to call the secretary of education here ‘buddy;’ that means friend.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president

They [our enemies] never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president

I'm going to try to see if I can remember as much to make it sound like I'm smart on the subject.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president

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.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president

What I'm suggesting to you is, if you can't name the foreign minister of Mexico, therefore, you know, you're not capable of what you do.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president

And that’s why I’m here at the community college system today.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president

If you're sick and tired of the politics of cynicism and polls and principles, come and join this campaign.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president

But the true strength of America is found in the hearts and souls of people like Travis, people who are willing to love their neighbor, just like they would like to love themselves.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president

We must have the attitude that every child in America – regardless of where they’re raised or how they’re born – can learn.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president

There’s no question that the minute I got elected, the storm clouds on the horizon were getting nearly directly overhead.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president

I don’t think we need to be subliminable [sic] about the differences between our views on prescription drugs.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president

And one of the things we’ve got to make sure that we do is anything.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president

I've heard he's been called Bush's poodle… he's bigger than that.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president

My trip to Asia begins here in Japan for an important reason; it begins here because for a century and a half now, America and Japan have formed one of the great and enduring alliances of modern times.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president

Amnesty means that you've got to pay a price for having been here illegally, and this bill does that.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president