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RyanH
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Recent quips from our Educated President:
I haven't thought about the nuance of it.
-- Washington DC, June 24, 2001, when asked by Peggy Noonan about the prospect of Russia joining NATO
They're not talking about firm price controls. They are talking about mechanism to -- as I understand it, a mechanism to mitigate any severe price spikes that may occur, which is completely different from price controls.
-- reported in Molly Ivins's syndicated column, June 26, 2001
Africa is a nation that suffers from incredible disease.
-- Gotheburg, Sweden, June 14, 2001
Can't living with the bill means it won't become law.
-- Brussels, Belgium, June 13, 2001
So on behalf of a well-oiled unit of people who came together to serve something greater than themselves, congratulations.
-- greeting the University of Nebraska women's volleyball team, Washington, DC, May 31, 2001
If you're like me you won't remember everything you did here.
-- Yale University, New Haven, CT, May 21, 2001
There's no question that the minute I got elected, the storm clouds on the horizon were getting nearly directly overhead.
-- Washington, DC, May 11, 2001
But I also made it clear to [Russian President 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.
-- Washington, DC, May 1, 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
You can fool some of the people all of the time and those are the ones you want to concentrate on.
-- Washington, DC March 31, 2001
As you know, we're studying safe levels for arsenic in drinking water. The scientists told us we need to test the water glasses on 3,000 people. Thank you for participating.
-- Washington, DC, March 31, 2001
You teach a child to read and he or her will be able to pass a literacy test.
-- Townsend, TN, February 18, 2001.
Natural gas is hemispheric. I like to call it hemispheric in nature because it is a product that we can find in our neighborhoods.
--Austin, TX, December20, 2000
The great thing about America is everybody should vote.
-- Austin, TX, December 8, 2000
They misunderestimated me.
-- Bentonville, AR, November 6, 2000
This is an impressive crowd, the haves and the have-mores. Some people call you the elite. I call you my base.
-- Al Smith Memorial Dinner, New York, NY, October 19, 2000
...a hemispheric energy policy where Canada and Mexico and the United States come together. I brought this up recently with Vicente Fox, who's the newly elected president. He's a man I know from Mexico. And I talked about how best to be able to expedite the exploration of natural gas in Mexico and transport it up to the United States, so we become less dependent on foreign sources of crude oil.
--during the first Presidential debate, Boston, MA October 3, 2000
It's important for us to explain to our nation that life is important. It's not only life of babies, but it's life of children living in, you know, the dark dungeons of the Internet.
-- Arlington Heights, IL, October 24, 2000
I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully.
-- Saginaw, MI, September 29, 2000
More and more of our imports are coming from overseas.
-- reported in Slate, September 25, 2000
Bush: There's Adam Clymer, major league asshole from the New York Times.
Cheney: Oh yeah, he is, big time.
-- Labor Day Rally, September 4, 2000
It's clearly a budget. It's got a lot of numbers in it.
-- Reuters, May 5, 2000
I'm a uniter not a divider. That means when it comes time to sew up your chest cavity, we use stitches as opposed to opening it up.
-- on David Letterman, March 2, 2000. (the audience booed)
I understand small business growth. I was one.
-- New York Daily News, February 19, 2000
The most important job is not to be governor, or first lady in my case.
-- Pella, IA, as quoted by the San Antonio Express-News, January 30, 2000
Rarely is the question asked: Is our children learning?
-- Florence, SC, January 11, 2000
I know how hard it is for you to put food on your family.
-- Nashua, NH, January 28, 2000
It's not the governor's role to decide who goes to heaven. I believe that God decides who goes to heaven, not George W. Bush.
-- Houston Chronicle.
I didn't -- I swear I didn't -- get into politics to feather my nest or feather my friends' nests.
-- Houston Chronicle
When I have been asked who caused the riots and the killing in LA, my answer has been direct and simple: Who is to blame for the riots? The rioters are to blame. Who is to blame for the killings? The killers are to blame....
WOW.....WHAT AN INSPIRING LEADER?
I haven't thought about the nuance of it.
-- Washington DC, June 24, 2001, when asked by Peggy Noonan about the prospect of Russia joining NATO
They're not talking about firm price controls. They are talking about mechanism to -- as I understand it, a mechanism to mitigate any severe price spikes that may occur, which is completely different from price controls.
-- reported in Molly Ivins's syndicated column, June 26, 2001
Africa is a nation that suffers from incredible disease.
-- Gotheburg, Sweden, June 14, 2001
Can't living with the bill means it won't become law.
-- Brussels, Belgium, June 13, 2001
So on behalf of a well-oiled unit of people who came together to serve something greater than themselves, congratulations.
-- greeting the University of Nebraska women's volleyball team, Washington, DC, May 31, 2001
If you're like me you won't remember everything you did here.
-- Yale University, New Haven, CT, May 21, 2001
There's no question that the minute I got elected, the storm clouds on the horizon were getting nearly directly overhead.
-- Washington, DC, May 11, 2001
But I also made it clear to [Russian President 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.
-- Washington, DC, May 1, 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
You can fool some of the people all of the time and those are the ones you want to concentrate on.
-- Washington, DC March 31, 2001
As you know, we're studying safe levels for arsenic in drinking water. The scientists told us we need to test the water glasses on 3,000 people. Thank you for participating.
-- Washington, DC, March 31, 2001
You teach a child to read and he or her will be able to pass a literacy test.
-- Townsend, TN, February 18, 2001.
Natural gas is hemispheric. I like to call it hemispheric in nature because it is a product that we can find in our neighborhoods.
--Austin, TX, December20, 2000
The great thing about America is everybody should vote.
-- Austin, TX, December 8, 2000
They misunderestimated me.
-- Bentonville, AR, November 6, 2000
This is an impressive crowd, the haves and the have-mores. Some people call you the elite. I call you my base.
-- Al Smith Memorial Dinner, New York, NY, October 19, 2000
...a hemispheric energy policy where Canada and Mexico and the United States come together. I brought this up recently with Vicente Fox, who's the newly elected president. He's a man I know from Mexico. And I talked about how best to be able to expedite the exploration of natural gas in Mexico and transport it up to the United States, so we become less dependent on foreign sources of crude oil.
--during the first Presidential debate, Boston, MA October 3, 2000
It's important for us to explain to our nation that life is important. It's not only life of babies, but it's life of children living in, you know, the dark dungeons of the Internet.
-- Arlington Heights, IL, October 24, 2000
I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully.
-- Saginaw, MI, September 29, 2000
More and more of our imports are coming from overseas.
-- reported in Slate, September 25, 2000
Bush: There's Adam Clymer, major league asshole from the New York Times.
Cheney: Oh yeah, he is, big time.
-- Labor Day Rally, September 4, 2000
It's clearly a budget. It's got a lot of numbers in it.
-- Reuters, May 5, 2000
I'm a uniter not a divider. That means when it comes time to sew up your chest cavity, we use stitches as opposed to opening it up.
-- on David Letterman, March 2, 2000. (the audience booed)
I understand small business growth. I was one.
-- New York Daily News, February 19, 2000
The most important job is not to be governor, or first lady in my case.
-- Pella, IA, as quoted by the San Antonio Express-News, January 30, 2000
Rarely is the question asked: Is our children learning?
-- Florence, SC, January 11, 2000
I know how hard it is for you to put food on your family.
-- Nashua, NH, January 28, 2000
It's not the governor's role to decide who goes to heaven. I believe that God decides who goes to heaven, not George W. Bush.
-- Houston Chronicle.
I didn't -- I swear I didn't -- get into politics to feather my nest or feather my friends' nests.
-- Houston Chronicle
When I have been asked who caused the riots and the killing in LA, my answer has been direct and simple: Who is to blame for the riots? The rioters are to blame. Who is to blame for the killings? The killers are to blame....
WOW.....WHAT AN INSPIRING LEADER?