Do you remember when * said it was easier to be a dictator ?

[King Coal]

He didn't just think of that himself. He heard one of the handlers saying it and picked up on it. I'm convinced of that now.

[tavalon]

1. Yeah

you have to be careful about what you say around the children. Little ears and all that...........

[Spinzonner]

2. "... but it would be wrong"

whoever thought there would be a pResident that would make Tricky look good.

[poverlay]

3. dupe

[poverlay]

4. "Just so long as I'm the dictator--heh heh heh." n/t

[aquart]

5. You did it!

You found his truthful statement!

I knew there had to be one.

[undergroundpanther]

6. that quote in a song

New song out: Mission One (Dictator Mix).mp3, features Bush quotes (like: "Our enemies... never stop thinking about new ways of harming our country and our people, and neither do we" and: "If this were a dictatorship, it'd be a heck of a lot easier, just so long as I'm the dictator") along with bombs, sirens, resignation anouncements, and alternating soundbytes "Gonzales" and "Torture"...
originalderivatives.tripod.com

[undergroundpanther]

7. Link to song

http://originalderivatives.tripod.com/

[Extend a Hand]

8. he's said it on 4 different occaisions

These comments aren't 'cute or funny' like the shrub thinks they are.
I think he is serious.

1998
* "You don't get everything you want. A dictatorship would be a lot easier...So long as I'm the dictator."
o Responding to the difficulties of governing Texas ("The Taming of Texas," Governing Magazine, July 1998 <8>. Also cited in Is our Children Learning?: The Case Against George W. Bush by Paul Begala.)

2000
If this were a dictatorship, it would be a heck of a lot easier... ...just so long as I'm the dictator ."

* Washington, DC, December 18, 2000, during his first trip to Washington as President-elect <10>. The last sentence is also included in Fahrenheit 9/11.

2001
"Dealing with Congress is a matter of give and take. The president doesn't get everything he wants, the Congress doesn't get everything they want. But we're finding good common ground. A dictatorship would be a heck of a lot easier, there's no question about it."

* Washington, DC, July 26, 2001 <11>.

2004
"It's not a dictatorship in Washington, but I tried to make it one in that instance."

* Describing his executive order making faith-based groups eligible for federal subsidies, New Orleans, Louisiana, Jan. 15, 2004