A Bit of Bushism

If any of you happens to read Slate.com, you will come across Jacob Weisberg`s The Complete Bushism : Updated Frequently. Its a compilation of all the silly quotes one can only expect from "the accidental wit and wisdom of the 43rd President of the United States". I took the liberty (with full aknowledgement to Wiesberg`s effort, of course) to reproduced my fave quotes. Enjoy!

"This is Preservation Month. I appreciate preservation. It's what you do when you run for president. You gotta preserve."—Speaking during "Perseverance Month" at Fairgrounds Elementary School in Nashua, N.H. As quoted in the Los Angeles Times, Jan. 28, 2000

"I understand small business growth. I was one."—New York Daily News, Feb. 19, 2000

"I think anybody who doesn't think I'm smart enough to handle the job is underestimating."—U.S. News & World Report, April 3, 2000 (Thanks to Alfred Stanley, Austin, Texas.)

"I have a different vision of leadership. A leadership is someone who brings people together."—Bartlett, Tenn., Aug. 18, 2000 (Thanks to Tarja Black.)

"I would have my secretary of treasury be in touch with the financial centers, not only here but at home."—Boston, Oct. 3, 2000 (Thanks to M. Bateman.)

"Do you have blacks, too?"—To Brazilian President Fernando Cardoso, Washington, D.C., Nov. 8, 2001

"The ambassador and the general were briefing me on the—the vast majority of Iraqis want to live in a peaceful, free world. And we will find these people and we will bring them to justice."—Washington, D.C., Oct. 27, 2003 (Thanks to Robert Hack.)


Read more here.

For youth activists or maybe interested parties, a consultation to discuss on creating a forum of multiracial young people will be held in Open Dialogue Centre, today, 8.30 pm. Could be interesting. So, see you there.