“We’ve Got Bush!”

Happy President’s Day. Here are some of my favorite Bush quotes for your reading pleasure:

• “I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully.”
  — Saginaw, Mich., Sept. 29, 2000
• “First, let me make it very clear, poor people aren’t necessarily killers. Just because you happen to be not rich doesn’t mean you’re willing to kill.”
  — Washington, D.C., May 19, 2003
• “I hope you leave here and walk out and say, ‘What did he say?'”
  — Beaverton, Oregon, Aug. 13, 2004
• “They could still be hidden, like the 50 tons of mustard gas on a turkey farm.”
  — on Iraqi weapons of mass destruction, Washington, D.C. , April 13, 2004
• “I’m honored to shake the hand of a brave Iraqi citizen who had his hand cut off by Saddam Hussein.”
  — Washington, D.C., May 25, 2004
• “Wow! Brazil is big.”
  — after being shown a map of Brazil by Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Brasilia, Brazil, Nov. 6, 2005
• “You teach a child to read, and he or her will be able to pass a literacy test.”
  —Townsend, Tenn., Feb. 21, 2001
• “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
• “I think we are welcomed. But it was not a peaceful welcome.”
  — defending Vice President Dick Cheney’s pre-war assertion that the United States would be welcomed in Iraq as liberators, NBC Nightly News interview, Dec. 12, 2005
• “We had a chance to visit with Teresa Nelson who’s a parent, and a mom or a dad.” — Jacksonville, Florida, Sept. 9, 2003
• “I recently met with the finance minister of the Palestinian Authority, was very impressed by his grasp of finances.”
  — Washington, D.C., May 29, 2003
• “There’s an old saying in Tennessee — I know it’s in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can’t get fooled again.”
  — Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 17, 2002
• “They misunderestimated me.”
  — Bentonville, Ark., Nov. 6, 2000
• “It’s about past seven in the evening here so we’re actually in different time lines.”
  — congratulating newly elected Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Washington, D.C., Jan. 2001
• “Arbolist … Look up the word. I don’t know, maybe I made it up. Anyway, it’s an arbo-tree-ist, somebody who knows about trees.”
  — as quoted in USA Today, Aug. 21, 2001
• “There’s no question that the minute I got elected, the storm clouds on the horizon were getting nearly directly overhead.”
  — May 11, 2001
• “Anyway, I’m so thankful, and so gracious — I’m gracious that my brother Jeb is concerned about the hemisphere as well.”
  — June 4, 2001
• “I’m sure you can imagine it’s an unimaginable honor to live here.”
  — addressing agricultural leaders at the White House, June 18, 2001
• “I couldn’t imagine somebody like Osama bin Laden understanding the joy of Hanukkah.”
  — at a White House Menorah lighting ceremony, Washington, D.C., Dec. 10, 2001
• “Now, we talked to Joan Hanover. She and her husband, George, were visiting with us. They are near retirement — retiring — in the process of retiring, meaning they’re very smart, active, capable people who are retirement age and are retiring.”
  — Alexandria, Va., Feb. 12, 2003
• “See, free nations are peaceful nations. Free nations don’t attack each other. Free nations don’t develop weapons of mass destruction.”
  — Milwaukee, Wis., Oct. 3, 2003
• “Keep good relations with the Greecians.”
  — as quoted in The Economist, April 9, 1999
• “Brownie, you’re doing a heck of a job.”
  — to FEMA director Michael Brown, who resigned 10 days later amid criticism over his job performance, Mobile, Ala., Sept. 2, 2005

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