The gratuitous George W. Bush quoting thread

[alarcojon]

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.

[Texasgal]

1. One of my favs:

"Too many good docs are getting out of the business. Too many OB-GYNs aren't able to practice their love with women all across this country." —Poplar Bluff, Mo., Sept. 6, 2004

Edited to add:

"Rarely is the questioned asked: Is our children learning?" —Florence, S.C., Jan. 11, 2000

[alarcojon]

3. Yeah, the ob-gyn one is priceless

Olbermann had a grand ol' time with it.

[LSK]

2. My job is to, like, think beyond the immediate.

"My job is to, like, think beyond the immediate." —George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., April 21, 2004

[Initech]

4. Africa is a nation of incredible disease.

I wish I could remember where that quote is from, but I remember reading it in a book at Barnes & Nobel and wondering "This dumbass is our president!"

[underpants]

5. The British Government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought

significant quantities of uranium from Africa

[underpants]

6. I don't thnk anyone anticipated that the levees would be breeched

I could be wrong about that quote. People have been wrong before

[anarch]

7. "Fool me once, shame on you...fool me twice, a-ba-gadagna-ba-do-ya...

I'm a fucking Nazi."

[alarcojon]

12. The proper quote:

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.

[alarcojon]

8. Bush the megalomaniac...

I'm the commander — see, I don't need to explain — I do not need to explain why I say things. That's the interesting thing about being president.


From Bush at War

[LSK]

9. "i dont think anyboby anticipated the breech of the levees"

Best quote ever.

[DelawareValleyDem]

10. "You teach a child to read

"and he or her will be able to pass a literacy test."

[IntravenousDemilo]

11. Ooooh, here's a good one. I like this one...

"Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we."

As Homer Simpson says, "It's funny because it's true!"

[BlueIris]

13. We've got to make the pie higher. nt

[Aristus]

14. Americans need to be able to put food on their families.

:eyes::crazy:

[terrya]

15. "I know how hard it is to put food on the family"

Always a favorite to show what a mentally deficient fuckwad he is.

[edbermac]

16. "I know that the human being and the fish can coexist."

Well they are coexisting in New Orleans right now...:sarcasm:

[gratuitous]

17. Sheesh, why does everyone think I quote these people?

Leave me the hell alone!