Tuesday, January 13, 2009

What will the satirists do without George?

Courtesy of my list-serve, quotes by George W. Bush, for whom the English language seems to be a foreign tongue:

'The vast majority of our imports come from outside the country.'

'If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure.'

'Republicans understand the importance of bondage between a mother and child.'

'No senior citizen should ever have to choose between prescription drugs and medicine.'

'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'.'

'Verbosity leads to unclear , inarticulate things.'

'I have made good judgments in the past. I have made good judgments in the future.'

'The future will be better tomorrow.'

'We're going to have the best educated American people in the world.'

'One of the great things about books is sometimes there are some fantastic
pictures.' (during an education photo-op)

'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.'

'It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities in our
air and water that are doing it .'

'I stand by all the misstatements that I've made.'

And here is one from his press conference just a couple days ago:

"I think the press has misunderestimated me..."

No, I don't think that they did!

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