A Modern-Day Solomon

I admit that tonight's blog entry is cheap. But because I'm suffering from one of my occasional bouts with blog fatigue, I thought I'd fall back on a proven standby - Bushisms. I'm liberally (because I'm a liberal) borrowing from a few sites that collect such things, and listing some of the highlights here for your reading pleasure. I've left out some of Bush's more famous quotes, and stuck with the ones that were new to me. This is for comedic purposes only (mostly). Come back shortly for some classic Chretien/Martinisms.


"We discussed the way forward in Iraq, discussed the importance of a democracy in the greater Middle East in order to leave behind a peaceful tomorrow."

"It's in our country's interests to find those who would do harm to us and get them out of harm's way."

"We have enough coal to last for 250 years, yet coal also prevents an environmental challenge."

"We look forward to analyzing and working with legislation that will make — it would hope — put a free press's mind at ease that you're not being denied information you shouldn't see."

"It's a time of sorrow and sadness when we lose a loss of life."

"And so during these holiday seasons, we thank our blessings."

"Let me put it to you bluntly. In a changing world, we want more people to have control over your own life."

"I hope you leave here and walk out and say, 'What did he say?'"

"I couldn't imagine somebody like Osama bin Laden understanding the joy of Hanukkah."

"For every fatal shooting, there were roughly three non-fatal shootings. And, folks, this is unacceptable in America. It's just unacceptable. And we're going to do something about it."

"My plan reduces the national debt, and fast. So fast, in fact, that economists worry that we're going to run out of debt to retire."

And my personal favourite:

"The relations with, uhh — Europe are important relations, and they've, uhh — because, we do share values. And, they're universal values, they're not American values or, you know — European values, they're universal values. And those values — uhh — being universal, ought to be applied everywhere."