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"We elect public officials and pay their salaries
to protect us and make this country thrive. Instead, this group of losers has given us debt, deceit and death. I long for
the return of diplomacy, and hope the next president can walk and talk at the same time."
Janet Contursi
Through out our history America
has had leaders that made powerful statements and speeches that stired the hearts of men and united this great Nation...though
not all have been but we have had some great ones...
To have a President that has a command of the English language...one that
can relate the wishes of his people to the nations of the world without stumbling on his words...more importantly...a President
whose words can be understood and make sense...for me this brings a sense of good old American pride...a sense that the greatness
of this country is  real...
Granted thru the years we have had some
embarrassing times...clumsy moments and such but never has
a President butchered the English language as this one has...his motions...his smirks and rolling eyes...hiswords to me are
an insult...
Why you may wonder...I guess because after almost eight years of Bush and his "I am the decider" and
I am this and I am that there is very little left of that good old American pride that once was so great...
If these words were misquotes
or intential that is one thing but they are not...this is Bush's understanding level...most high school students can speak
circles around this man...it is embarrassing and hard to believe that this is the "Leader of the Free World"...
"The war on terror involves Saddam Hussein because
of the nature of Saddam Hussein, the history of Saddam Hussein, and his willingness to terrorize himself."
Grand Rapids, Mich., Jan. 29, 2003
"We need to counter the shockwave of the evildoer by having individual rate cuts  accelerated and by thinking about tax rebates." Washington, D.C. Oct. 4, 2001
"The reason I keep insisting that there
was a relationship between Iraq and Saddam and al-Qaeda is because there was a relationship between Iraq and al-Qaeda."
"In my sentences I go where no
man has gone before."
"I have a different vision of leadership.
A leadership is someone who brings people together."
"Well, I think if you say you're
going to do something and don't do it, that's trustworthiness."
"Most imports are from outside
of the country
"I just want you to know that,
when we talk about war, we're really talking about peace.
"I promise you I will listen to
what has been said here, even though I wasn't here."
Waco, Texas,
Aug. 13, 2002
"I trust God speaks through me.
Without that, I couldn't do my job." —to a group of Amish he met with privately, July 9, 2004
"After standing on the stage, after the debates,
I made it very plain, we will not have an all-volunteer army. And yet, this week — we will have an all-volunteer army!"
Daytona Beach, Fla., Oct. 16, 2004
"Tribal sovereignty means that;
it's sovereign.  I mean, you're a — you've been given sovereignty, and you're viewed as a sovereign entity. And therefore the relationship
between the federal government and tribes is one between sovereign entities."
Washington, D.C., Aug. 6, 2004
There's a lot of blowhards in the political process, you know, a lot of hot-air artists, people who have got
something fancy to say."
Washington, D.C., May 17, 2007
"To those of you who received honours,
awards and distinctions, I say well done. And to the C students, I say you, too, can be president of the United States."
"We're concerned about AIDS inside our  White House—make no mistake about it."
"I am
not part of the problem. I am a Republican"
"States should have the right to
enact laws... particularly to end the inhumane practice of ending a life that otherwise could live".
"We don't believe in planners and deciders making
the decisions on behalf of Americans."
"Public speaking is very easy.
"There's no such thing as legacies.
At least, there is a legacy, but I'll never see it."
 "A low voter turnout is an indication of fewer people going to the polls."
"It isn't pollution that's harming
the environment. It's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it."
"[It's] time for the human race
to enter the solar system."
I think we agree, the past is over.
Chew before you swallow.
All I can tell you is when the
governor calls, I answer his phone."
ON THE WAR...
"Anybody who is in a positi on to serve this country ought to understand the consequences of words."
George W. Bush, interview with Rush
Limbaugh, Nov. 1, 2006
"If w e don't succeed, we run the risk of failure."
"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."
Washington, D.C., Aug. 5, 2004
"Our nation must come together
to unite."
"I have made good judgments in the past. I have
made good judgments in the future."
"Those weapons of mass destruction
have got to be somewhere!"
"We cannot let terrorists hold
this nation hostile or hold our allies hostile."
"We found the weapons of mass destruction.
We found biological laboratories … And we'll find more weapons as time goes on. But for those who say we haven't found
the banned manufacturing devices or banned weapons, they're wrong, we found them."
Washington, D.C., May 30, 2003
"The only way we can win is to
leave before the job is done."
Greeley, Colo., Nov.
4, 2006
"People say, how can I help on
this war against terror? How can I fight evil? You can do so by mentoring a child; by going into a  shut-in's house and say I love you."
Washington, D.C., Sept. 19, 2002
Suiciders are willing to kill innocent
life in order to send the projection that this is an impossible mission."
Washington,
D.C., April 3, 2007
"See, the irony is that
what they need to do is get Syria to get Hezbollah to stop doing this s**t, and it's over."
George W. Bush, chomping on a dinner roll
while talking about the Middle East crisis with British Prime Minister Tony Blair at the G8 summit, St. Petersburg, Russia,
July 17, 2006
When I take action, I'm not
going to fire a $2  million missile at a $10 empty tent and hit a camel in the butt. It's going to be decisive.
"I am not for any war as no man should be...I
do however know the need for it and support our men and women in their service and scarfice to our country...They are who
I weep for"
"We have a firm commitment to NATO,
we are a part of NATO. We have a firm commitment to Europe. We are a part of Europe."
"That's George Washington, the first president, of course. The interesting thing about him is that I read
three -- three or four books about him last year. Isn't that interesting?"
"Finally, the desk, where we'll
have our picture taken in front of -- is nine other Presidents used it. This was given to us by Queen Victoria in the 1870s,
I think it was. President Roosevelt put the door in so people would not know he was in a wheelchair. John Kennedy put his head out the
door."
"That's called, A Charge To
Keep, based upon a religious hymn. The hymn talks about serving God. The president's job is never to promote a religion."
George W. Bush, while showing German newspaper
reporter Kai Diekmann the Oval Office, Washington, D.C., May 5, 2006
President Bush:
"Peter. Are you going to ask that question with shades on?"
 Peter Wallsten of the Los Angeles Times: "I can take them off."
Bush: "I'm interested in the shade
look, seriously."
Wallsten: "All right, I'll keep it, then."
Bush: "For the viewers, there's
no sun."
Wallsten: "I guess it depends on your perspective."
Bush: "Touche.
An exchange with legally blind reporter Peter Wallsten,
to whom Bush later apologized, Washington, D.C., June 14, 2006
"I'll be glad to talk about ranching,
but I  haven't seen the movie. I've heard about it. I hope you go -- you know -- I hope you go back to the ranch and the farm is
what I'm about to say." Bush, after
being asked whether he's seen Brokeback Mountain, Manhattan, Kan., Jan. 23, 2006
I think we ought to raise the age
at which juveniles can have a gun.
Now, there are some who would like
to rewrite history - revisionist historians is what I like to call them.
Some folks look at me and see a
certain s wagger, which in Texas is called "walking."
The legislature's job is to write
law. It's the executive branch's job to interpret law.
Leadership to me means duty, honor,
country. It means character, and it means listening from time to time.
"And I suspect that what you'll
see, Toby, is there will be a momentum, momentum will be gathered. Houses will begat jobs, jobs will begat houses."Bush, to
reporters along the hurricane-ravaged Gulf Coast, Gulfport, Miss., Aug. 28, 2006
"We're all capable of mistakes,
but I do not care to enlighten you on the mistakes we may or may not have made."
"When I have
been asked who caused the  riots and the killing in LA, my answer has been direct & 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
We've climbed the mighty mountain.
I see the valley below, and it's a valley of peace.
"People that are really very weird
can get into sensitive positions and have a tremendous impact on history."
"For NASA, space is still a high
priority."
"Quite frankly, teachers are the
only profession that teach our children."
"The American people would not
want to know of any misquotes that George Bush may or may not make."
"You can fool some of the
people all the time and those are the ones you want to concentrate on"
GW Bush
 "Welcome to Mrs. Bush, and my fellow astronauts."
"I believe we are on an irreversible
trend toward more freedom and democracy -- but that could change."
"One word sums
up probably the responsibility of any Governor, and that one word is 'to be prepared'."
"The future will be better tomorrow."
"The Holocaust was an obscene period
in our nation's history. I mean in this century's history. But we all lived in this century. I didn't live in this century."
"We're going to have the best educated
American people in the world."
"Mars is essentially
in the same orbit...Mars is somewhat the same distance from the Sun, which is very important. We have seen pictures where
there are canals, we believe, and water. If there is water, that means there  is oxygen. If oxygen, that means we can breathe."
As Americans, we want peace -- we work and sacrifice
for peace. But there can be no peace if our security depends on the will and whims of a ruthless and aggressive dictator.
I'm not willing to stake one American life on trusting Saddam Hussein.
"To engage in war is always to pick a wild card."
"I stand by
all the misstatements that I've made."
"Illegitimacy
is something we should talk about in terms of not having it."
"We are ready for any unforeseen
event that may or may not occur."
GW Bush has taken this country
from a once great Nation to the laughing stock of the world...he says that Sadamn was a ruthless cruel dictator...he
should look in the mirror some time....True he doesn't beat or torture us nor does he bomb us with mustard gas...his crimes
come from the inside...
Ever since 911 he has hung
that tradgey over our heads...he has used it to maintain fear among us of another attack(he even sent everyone out to
Wal-Mart for Duct tape)...He has used that fear to ignore the rule of law and create his own in the name of national security...he has trampled all over the Consitution and all over the rights
of every man and women...What the hell does he know of the intentions of our Forefathers when they wrote this or that...hell
bush has a hard time reading and talking...
In my opinion he is the worst
President in the history of this country...Wheither you like it or not...When Clinton left office he had this nation in the
red...we had a surplus...under Clinton we went to war in Bosnia...Kosovow and others...our troops did their jobs and returned
home...were we not sacrificing 4,000 Americans with no end in sight... War was Bush's agenda well before he
took office,if after all the deceit and lies and deals that were exposed if you think differently then I guess your one
of the 14% which is your right but you surely are not helping this country nor its soldiers....
 To me it is sad...we impeach a President for haveing sex in the White House then praise a man responsible for the
death of almost four thousand brave Americans and tens of thousands innocent civilians...This is not the country I was raised
to respect and defend...I don't even regonise this nation anymore...God help us all...
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