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George W. BUSHISMS

Edited by Jacob Weisberg

Published:  2001
Genre:  Humor

Info:  This hilarious book is comprised of some very silly quotes from George W. Bush, taken from the course of his campaign (mostly 1999-2000). It is compiled by Jacob Weisberg with assistance from www.slate.com. There is, of course, a sequel.

Synopsis:  Time for me to tell you every single quote I liked from this book!

• On leadership-- "I have a different vision of leadership. A leadership is someone who brings people together."
• On resources-- "It is clear that our nation is reliant upon big foreign oil. More and more of our imports come from overseas."
• On responsibility-- "I want each and every American to know for certain that I'm responsible for the decisions I make, and each of you are as well."
• On the public-- "They have miscalculated me as a leader."
• On beliefs-- "I think if you know what you believe, it makes it a lot easier to answer questions. I can't answer your question."
• On time-- "The best way to relieve families from time is to let them keep some of their own money."
• On family-- "Families is where our nation finds hope, where wings take dream." and "I know how hard it is for you to put food on your family."
• On teachers-- "We want them to know how to teach the science of reading. In order to make sure there's not this kind of federal--federal cufflink."
• On books-- "One of the great things about books is sometimes there are some fantastic pictures."
• On education-- "Is our children learning?"
• On finance-- "It's clearly a budget. It's got a lot of numbers in it."
• On foreign policy-- "I will have a foreign-handed foreign policy."
• On his predecessors-- "It is not Reaganesque to support a tax plan that is Clinton in nature."
• On who knows what-- "We ought to make the pie higher."
• On Social Security-- "They want the federal government controlling Social Security like it's some kind of federal program."
• On his campaign-- "The important question is, how many hands have I shaked?"
• On geography-- "I was raised in the West. The west of Texas. It's pretty close to California. In more ways than Washington, D.C. is close to California."
• On intelligence-- "There is book smart and the kind of smart that helps do calculus."