Subject: Bushisms (Page 3)

I want to thank the astronauts who are with us, the courageous spacial entrepreneurs who set such a wonderful example for the young of our country.

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I do think we need for a troop to be able to house his family; that's an important part of building morale in the military.

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I don’t do nuance.

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Afghanistan is the most daring and ambition mission in the history of NATO.

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Sometimes it's not easy to be the friend of George W. Bush – I know that. If you know what I mean.

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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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Soldiers, sailors, Marines, airmen, and Coastmen – Coast Guardmen, thanks for coming, thanks for wearing the uniform.

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I've not made up our mind about military action.

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If affirmative action means what I just described, what I'm for, then I'm for it.

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I hear there's rumors on the Internets that we're going to have a draft.

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May of the punditry – of course, not you… but other punditry were quick to say, no one is going to follow the United States of America.

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To paraphrase President Kennedy, there's America, and then there's Texas. We have great relations with France. We work closely with the French government on a lot of issues.

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I don’t want nations feeling like that they can bully ourselves and our allies.

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More Muslims have died at the hands of killers than – I say more Muslims – a lot of Muslims have died – I don’t know the exact count – at Istanbul. Look at these different places around the world where there’s been tremendous death and destruction because killers kill.

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I'm a follower of American politics.

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By making the right choices, we can make the right choice for our future.

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We’re in for a long struggle, and I think Texans understand that… and so do Americans.

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The decisions we make in Washington have a direct impact on the people in our country.

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Nothing he [Saddam Hussein] has done has convinced me – I'm confident the Secretary of Defense – that he is the kind of fellow that is willing to forgo weapons of mass destruction, is willing to be a peaceful neighbor, that is – will honor the people – the Iraqi people of all stripes, will – values human life.

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You might want to comment on that, Honorable.

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There’s no doubt in my mind that we should allow the world’s worst leaders to hold America hostage, to threaten our peace, to threaten our friends and allies with the world’s worst weapons.

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