We Are Like This Onlee - 2

[Bodhi]

<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->gulma uvAcha:

• "General. I can't name the general."
--after being asked to name the president of Pakistan, Boston, Massachusetts, Nov 3, 1999

• After he had failed a reporter's pop quiz last fall about foreign leaders, including the name of the Indian prime minister, Bush winced when a moderator mentioned the words "pop quiz". Jokingly, Bush dared the moderator to ask him the name of the Indian president. "Do you know who the president of India is?" the moderator asked obligingly. "Vajpayee", Bush said, grinning and looking pleased with himself. But Atal Behari Vajpayee is the prime minister of India; the president is K.R.Narayanan."--February 26, 2000

• "One of the great things about books is sometimes there are some fantastic pictures."--Jan 3, 2000

• "The woman who knew I had dyslexia--I never interviewed her."
--responding to an article claiming he suffered from dyslexia, Orange, California, Sept 15, 2000

• "Never again in the halls of Washington DC, do I want to have to make explanations that I can't explain."--Portland, Oregon, Oct 31, 2000

• "They misunderestimated me."--Bentonville, Arkansus, Nov 6, 2000

• "I am mindful not only of preserving executive powers for myself, but for predecessors as well."--Washington DC, Jan 29, 2001

• "This administration is doing everything we can to end the stalemate in an efficient way. We're making the right decisions to bring the solution to an end."
--Washington DC, April 10, 2001

• "It's amazing I won. I was running against peace, prosperity, and incumbency."--speaking to Swedish Prime Minister Goran Perrson, unaware that a live television camera was still rolling, June 14, 2001

• "Put the 'off' button on."--giving advice to parents troubled by the graphic fare on television, Feb 14, 2000

• "It's my honor to speak to you as the leader of your country. And the great thing about America is you don't have to listen unless you want to."--speaking to recently sworn in immigrants on Ellis island, July 10, 2001

• "I want to thank you for taking time out of your day to come and witness my hanging."--at the dedication of his portrait, Austin, Texas, Jan 4, 2002

• "I want you to know that, when we talk about war, we're really talking about peace."--June 18, 2002

• "I'm the master of low expectations."--aboard Air Force One, June 4, 2003

• "Security is the essential roadblock to achieving the road map to peace."--Washington DC, July 25, 2003

• "In my judgment, when the United States says there will be serious consequences, and if there isn't serious consequences, it creates adverse consequences."--Meet the Press, Feb 8, 2004

• "It's clearly a budget. It's got a lot of numbers in it."--Saginaw, Michigan, Sept 29, 2000

• "I'm honored to shake the hand of a brave Iraqi citizen who had his hand cut off by Saddam Hussein.--Washington DC, May 25, 2004

• "Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we."--

• "Because he's hiding."--responding to a reporter who asked why Osama bin Laden had not been caught, aboard Air Force One, Jan 14, 2005

• "This notion that the United States is getting ready to attack Iran is simply ridiculous. And having said that, all options are on the table."--Brussels, Belgium, Feb 22, 2005

• "You know, one of the hardest parts of my job is to connect Iraq to the war on terror."--interview with CBS News' Katie Couric, Sept 6, 2006

• "The only way we can win is to leave before the job is done."--Greeley, Colorado, Nov 4, 2006

• "Make no mistakes about it, I understand how tough it is, sir. I talk to families who die."--Washington DC, Dec 7, 2006

• "I've heard he's been called Bush's poodle. He's bigger than that."--on former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, as quoted by the Sun, June 27, 2007

• "I'll be long gone before some smart person ever figures out what happened inside this Oval Office."--Washington DC, May 12, 2008

• "Goodbye from the world's greatest polluter."--in parting words to Gordon Brown and Nicolas Sarkozy at his final G-8 Summit, punching the air and grinning widely as the two leaders looked in shock, Rusutsu, Japan, July 10, 2008

• "I'm telling you there's an enemy that would like to attack America, Americans, again. There just is. That's the reality of the world. And I wish him all the very best."--White House, Washington DC, Jan 12, 2009

Here is more of Bush's soundbytes that have earned the name 'Bushism':
(http://www.slate.com/id/76886/)

• "One of the very difficult parts of the decision I made on the financial crisis was to use hardworking people's money to help prevent there to be a crisis."--Washington, D.C., Jan. 12, 2009

• "In terms of the economy, look, I inherited a recession, I am ending on a recession."--Washington, D.C., Jan. 12, 2009

• "I've abandoned free market principles to save the free market system."--Washington, D.C., Dec. 16, 2008

• "I've been in the Bible every day since I've been the president."--Washington, D.C., Nov. 12, 2008

• "He was a great father before politics, a great father during politics and a great father after politics."--On his father, George H.W. Bush, Washington, D.C., Nov. 12, 2008

• "The people in Louisiana must know that all across our country there's a lot of prayer—prayer for those whose lives have been turned upside down. And I'm one of them."--Baton Rouge, La., Sept. 3, 2008

• "And they have no disregard for human life."--Describing the brutality of Afghan fighters, Washington, D.C., July 15, 2008

• "I remember meeting a mother of a child who was abducted by the North Koreans right here in the Oval Office."--Washington, D.C., June 26, 2008

• "And I, unfortunately, have been to too many disasters as president."--discussing flooding in the Midwest, Washington, D.C., June 17, 2008

• "The public education system in America is one of the most important foundations of our democracy. After all, it is where children from all over America learn to be responsible citizens, and learn to have the skills necessary to take advantage of our fantastic opportunistic society."--Santa Clara, Calif., May 1, 2002 <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->