50 Dumbest Things Bush Ever Said

[StrictlyRockers]

50 Dumbest Things Bush Ever Said

50. "I promise you I will listen to what has been said here, even though I wasn't here." —at the President's Economic Forum in Waco, Texas, Aug. 13, 2002

49. "We spent a lot of time talking about Africa, as we should. Africa is a nation that suffers from incredible disease." —Gothenburg, Sweden, June 14, 2001

48. "You teach a child to read, and he or her will be able to pass a literacy test.'' —Townsend, Tenn., Feb. 21, 2001

47. "We both use Colgate toothpaste." —after a reporter asked what he had in common with British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Camp David, Md., Feb. 23, 2001

46. "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

45. "I glance at the headlines just to kind of get a flavor for what's moving. I rarely read the stories, and get briefed by people who are probably read the news themselves." —Washington, D.C., Sept. 21, 2003

44. "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." —as quoted in Bob Woodward's Bush at War

43. "I am here to make an announcement that this Thursday, ticket counters and airplanes will fly out of Ronald Reagan Airport." —Washington, D.C., Oct. 3, 2001

42. "The war on terror involves Saddam Hussein because of the nature of Saddam Hussein, the history of Saddam Hussein, and his willingness to terrorize himself." —Grand Rapids, Mich., Jan. 29, 2003

41. "I saw a poll that said the right track/wrong track in Iraq was better than here in America. It's pretty darn strong. I mean, the people see a better future." —Washington, D.C., Sept. 23, 2004

40. "Oh, no, we're not going to have any casualties." —discussing the Iraq war with Christian Coalition founder Pat Robertson, as quoted by Robertson

39. "I hear there's rumors on the Internets that we're going to have a draft." —presidential debate, St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 8, 2004

38. "Haven't we already given money to rich people? Why are we going to do it again?" —to economic advisers discussing a second round of tax cuts, as quoted by former Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neil, Washington, D.C., Nov. 26, 2002

37. "We need an energy bill that encourages consumption." —Trenton, N.J., Sept. 23, 2002

36. "After standing on the stage, after the debates, I made it very plain, we will not have an all-volunteer army. And yet, this week — we will have an all-volunteer army!" —Daytona Beach, Fla., Oct. 16, 2004

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

34. "This foreign policy stuff is a little frustrating." —as quoted by the New York Daily News, April 23, 2002

33. "I got to know Ken Lay when he was head of the — what they call the Governor's Business Council in Texas. He was a supporter of Ann Richards in my run in 1994. And she had named him the head of the Governor's Business Council. And I decided to leave him in place, just for the sake of continuity. And that's when I first got to know Ken and worked with Ken." —attempting to distance himself from his biggest political patron, Enron Chairman Ken Lay, whom he nicknamed "Kenny Boy," Washington, D.C., Jan. 10, 2002

32. "It is white." —after being asked by a child in Britain what the White House was like, July 19, 2001

31. "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

30. "For every fatal shooting, there were roughly three non-fatal shootings. And, folks, this is unacceptable in America. It's just unacceptable. And we're going to do something about it." —Philadelphia, Penn., May 14, 2001

29. "I don't know why you're talking about Sweden. They're the neutral one. They don't have an army." —during a Dec. 2002 Oval Office meeting with Rep. Tom Lantos, as reported by the New York Times

28. "You forgot Poland." —to Sen. John Kerry during the first presidential debate, after Kerry failed to mention Poland's contributions to the Iraq war coalition, Miami, Fla., Sept. 30, 2004

27. "I'm the master of low expectations." —aboard Air Force One, June 4, 2003

26. "I'm also not very analytical. You know I don't spend a lot of time thinking about myself, about why I do things." —aboard Air Force One, June 4, 2003

25. "I know what I believe. I will continue to articulate what I believe and what I believe — I believe what I believe is right." —Rome, Italy, July 22, 2001

24. "We need to counter the shockwave of the evildoer by having individual rate cuts accelerated and by thinking about tax rebates." —Washington, D.C. Oct. 4, 2001

23. "People say, how can I help on this war against terror? How can I fight evil? You can do so by mentoring a child; by going into a shut-in's house and say I love you." —Washington, D.C., Sept. 19, 2002

22. "I wish you'd have given me this written question ahead of time so I could plan for it…I'm sure something will pop into my head here in the midst of this press conference, with all the pressure of trying to come up with answer, but it hadn't yet….I don't want to sound like I have made no mistakes. I'm confident I have. I just haven't — you just put me under the spot here, and maybe I'm not as quick on my feet as I should be in coming up with one." —President George W. Bush, after being asked to name the biggest mistake he had made, Washington, D.C., April 3, 2004

21. "The really rich people figure out how to dodge taxes anyway." —explaining why high taxes on the rich are a failed strategy, Annandale, Va., Aug. 9, 2004

20. "My plan reduces the national debt, and fast. So fast, in fact, that economists worry that we're going to run out of debt to retire." —radio address, Feb. 24, 2001

19. "You know, when I was one time campaigning in Chicago, a reporter said, 'Would you ever have a deficit?' I said, 'I can't imagine it, but there would be one if we had a war, or a national emergency, or a recession.' Never did I dream we'd get the trifecta." —Houston, Texas, June 14, 2002 (There is no evidence Bush ever made any such statement, despite recounting the trifecta line repeatedly in 2002. A search by the Washington Post revealed that the three caveats were brought up before the 2000 campaign — by Al Gore.)

18. "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

17. "The British government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa." —State of the Union Address, Jan. 28, 2003, making a claim that administration officials knew at the time to be false

16. "In Iraq, no doubt about it, it's tough. It's hard work. It's incredibly hard." —repeating the phrases "hard work," "working hard," "hard choices," and other "hard"-based verbiage 22 times in his first debate with Sen. John Kerry

15. "The most important thing is for us to find Osama bin Laden. It is our number one priority and we will not rest until we find him." —Washington, D.C., Sept. 13, 2001

14. "I don't know where bin Laden is. I have no idea and really don't care. It's not that important. It's not our priority." —Washington, D.C., March 13, 2002

13. "But all in all, it's been a fabulous year for Laura and me." —summing up his first year in office, three months after the 9/11 attacks, Washington, D.C., Dec. 20, 2001

12. "I try to go for longer runs, but it's tough around here at the White House on the outdoor track. It's sad that I can't run longer. It's one of the saddest things about the presidency." —interview with "Runners World," Aug. 2002

11. "Can we win? I don't think you can win it." —after being asked whether the war on terror was winnable, "Today" show interview, Aug. 30, 2004

10. "I just want you to know that, when we talk about war, we're really talking about peace." —Washington, D.C. June 18, 2002

9. "I trust God speaks through me. Without that, I couldn't do my job." —to a group of Amish he met with privately, July 9, 2004

8. "Major combat operations in Iraq have ended. In the battle of Iraq, the United States and our allies have prevailed." —speaking underneath a "Mission Accomplished" banner aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, May 1, 2003

7. “We found the weapons of mass destruction. We found biological laboratories … And we'll find more weapons as time goes on. But for those who say we haven't found the banned manufacturing devices or banned weapons, they're wrong, we found them." —Washington, D.C., May 30, 2003

6. "Those weapons of mass destruction have got to be somewhere!" —President George W. Bush, as he narrated a comic slideshow during the Radio & TV Correspondents' Association dinner, Washington, D.C., March 24, 2004

5. "If this were a dictatorship, it'd be a heck of a lot easier, just so long as I'm the dictator." —Washington, D.C., Dec. 19, 2000

4. "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

3. "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

2. "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." —Washington, D.C., Aug. 5, 2004

1. "My answer is bring them on." —on Iraqi insurgents attacking U.S. forces, Washington, D.C., July 3, 2003

~Compiled by Daniel Kurtzman


ROFL! Love the list! What a maroon. :P

SR

[baldguy]

1. As I go down the list, they become less "dumb" and more "frightening".

[PurpleChez]

2. Ah, the depth of the man's imbicility....

[no_hypocrisy]

3. Gotta admit it: He does make Dan Quayle look like a Rhodes Scholar

by comparison.

[Left Is Write]

14. I miss having in office the guy who really WAS a Rhodes Scholar.

[Bob Loblaw]

36. Bush thinks it's Roads Scholar

and refers to a truck driver who knows how to use a map.

[DeeDeeNY]

4. It must have been difficult to limit the list to 50 NT

[NoSheep]

8. My thoughts exactly.

[ktowntennesseedem]

38. Not only that, but how do you settle on the list, considering...

that everytime the dumbass opens his mouth (especially lately!), he's spewing out something else that might be deserving of a top-50 spot!

Even so, most of those 50 would be pretty hard even for this moran to top! And so I say, "DUBYA, you've said enough. Now just shut up and go away!"

[depakid]

5. What about the 50 stupidest things the US corporate media has parroted?

Pretty much one and the same.

[LSK]

6. K&R

Great stuff.

[Ellis Wyatt]

7. phew!

I was getting worried that "won't get fooled again" wasn't going to make the list.

This was real good, but I'm sure there were some lame quips (what's the white house like? "it's white") that made the list over some of his truly idiotic statements.

[malaise]

9. LOL

Can you find one sensible thing that sick fuck ever said?
I only have one sensible thing to tell that fugger - same knife stick goat, stick sheep! Karma is coming W!

Sp.Add.

[OneBlueSky]

10. must have taken a staff of hundreds and a bank of supercomputers . . .

to review all the possibilities and narrow it down to only 50 . . .

[grahamhgreen]

12. lol

[StrictlyRockers]

30. LOL That's VERY funny. lol n/t

[DeeDeeNY]

11. One of my favorites is missing

The one concerning people putting "food on their families".
And how about the time he kept calling out the name "Bianca" at a news conference when there was no such reporter there?
There was a very funny video I had seen on the "internets" about a year ago narrated by Arianna Huffington that was a spoof on how he arrives at some of his great words of "wisdom" -- but I can't find the link now.

[CrispyQ]

13. Did the MSM ever report on #3?

"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."

I would think even the fundies would bristle at that one.

[GenDem]

40. Heard that one on a cable news station during 04 election cycle..

they had it in light rotation. The John Kerry swift boaters had the floor most of those news cycles.

[bunkerbuster1]

52. Yes, it got a mention, then flushed down the memory hole

It was so much more important to get to the bottom of "Rathergate" dontchaknow.

[eppur_se_muova]

15. ... SO FAR! *sigh* nt

[warrens]

16. Narrowing it down to 50 must have been really tough..nt

[BuyingThyme]

17. Well done! How 'bout an audio version on CD?

[tavalon]

43. Ew

Then we would have to hear that sniveling brat. No thanks. I couldn't stomach that.

[StrictlyRockers]

55. Um, barf on that idea. A "Greatest Misses" album?

:puke:

[Sugar Smack]

18. Laugh? Cry? Good god.

:rofl: :cry:

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

19. "I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of the President...

...of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."

Which he has proven incapable of in any respect.

[Straight Shooter]

20. "Please don't kill me."

george bush, as governor of Texas, mocking what he imagined Karla Faye Tucker would say to him.

I can't believe that didn't make the list. Oh. Wait. That's not dumb. It's just cruel and stupid.

[progressoid]

21. That's just depressing

[Gman]

22. Great Moments In Presidential Speeches

[XOKCowboy]

23. K&R - Sending that to a few RW colleagues

Can't really call them friends. This will be fun to spread around.

Thanks for the list.

[gulliver]

24. A couple more...

"I thought you were going to ask me about the pig." -- Press conference with German Chancellor Merkel, July 13, 2006.

"In the corporate world, sometimes things aren't exactly black and white when it comes to accounting procedures." -- Press conference, July 8, 2002.

[blueButGlad]

25. President Bush, speaking to the prime minister of Luxembourg

“I was going to say he's a piece of work, but that might not translate too well. Is that all right, if I call you a ‘piece of work’?” President Bush, speaking to the prime minister of Luxembourg, Jean-Claude Juncker, June 20th 2005

[blueButGlad]

26. "we need to counter the shock wave of the evildoer by ... rebates"

“We need to counter the shock wave of the evildoer by having individual rate cuts accelerated and by thinking about tax rebates” President Bush, Oct 4th 2004

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

27. Oh C'mon, How Could You Possibly Have Forgotton This One. The List Is Rigged I Tells Ya!

"I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully"

[WindRavenX]

39. yeah, that one is pretty much the dumbest thing I've ever heard

NT

[tavalon]

44. I have a magnet with that on it

and a picture of Bush underwater with a starfish on his face. As I said, how that man manages to remember to breathe in and out on a regular basis is beyond me.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

45. LOL Seriously? I Gotta Find One Of Those. That Has Always Been My Favorite From Him.

I was astounded that the OP didn't include that on his list. I thought for certain it would be there!

I don't know what it is about it, but each time I hear it, it still makes me chuckle LOL

[tavalon]

54. Well, frankly it irritates me and I have lots of magnets

If you PM me with where to send it, I will send it to you with my compliments.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

56. LOL. Why Does It Irritate You?

Is it the picture itself?

[tavalon]

57. I went through a spate where I bought all these mocking magnets

related to GWB. Nowadays, the only thing I hate more than seeing a picture of him is hearing his voice. I still like hearing about him being mocked secondhand or even mocking him by seeing his words written down but his pictures and his voice no longer amuse me no matter what inane thing is coming from it and him.

[MethuenProgressive]

46. great list -thanks

[blueButGlad]

28. "I would say the best moment of all was when I caught a 7.5-pound perch in my lake”.

2006: Poor George, in an interview published today by the German weekly ‘Bild’, answers a question about the best and worst moments of his presidency.

Recent presidents have also dealt with this question. President Carter said “I think the best time was probably dealing with the Middle East issue at Camp David”. President Clinton said, “...I don't know. So many things … passing economic plan, passing the Brady Bill and assault weapons ban … the role that I was fortunate to be able to play in the peace process in the Middle East and in Northern Ireland” (PBS interview with Jim Lehrer).

President Bush said: “You know, I've experienced many great moments, and it's hard to name the best. I would say the best moment of all was when I caught a 7.5-pound perch in my lake”. The White House would later say that President Bush was joking, although ‘Bild’ did not report the president as being humorous. President Bush’s answer in the same interview as to his worst moment certainly was serious; the president cited the events of 9/11. Mr. Bush said “I would say that this was the hardest moment, once I had the real picture before my eyes”.

May 7th entry of www.poorGeorgesAlmanac.com

[blueButGlad]

29. "...achieve important goals. And one such goal is a democracy in Germany”

2006: Poor George is interviewed today by a German reporter. Mr. Bush starts the interview with an Oval Office tour: “One of the interesting things about the presidency is people watch me like a hawk … These are all Texas paintings ... At least if you're a Texan, it reflects a way of life and a way of thinking. The interesting thing about Washington is that they want me to change … and I'm not changing … no matter how pressurized it may seem, I'm not changing … That's George Washington, the first President, of course. The interesting thing about him is that I read three - three or four books about him last year. Isn't that interesting?” Later, Mr. Bush lays out some plans for the future including this one: “The point now is how do we work together to achieve important goals. And one such goal is a democracy in Germany”

May 5th entry from www.poorGeorgesAlmanac.com

[StrictlyRockers]

31. Democracy in Germany! I can't stand it!

:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:
:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

[blueButGlad]

32. bush forgets there was a world war II

“My trip to Asia begins here in Japan for an important reason. It begins here because for a century and a half now, America and Japan have formed one of the great and enduring alliances of modern times. From that alliance has come an era of peace in the Pacific.” President Bush, seemingly unaware of World War II, February 18th 2002

[twenty4blackbirds]

33. No. 2 - sad, and true.

No. 1 is just sooooo stupid! Only a person who does not accept any personal responsibility for the repercussions of that statement would say that! What a dooshbag. Needs the AA program. bah. humbug.

[StrictlyRockers]

51. Number 2 is funny, but sad because it's true. Number 1 is jsut incredible.

Number one takes the cake for sheer stupidity. It's like asking for US soldiers to be shot at and killed. 2996 now?

But I have to cite Number 47 as being just unbelievably DUMB. What a totally dumb thing to say to a reporter.

47. "We both use Colgate toothpaste." —after a reporter asked what he had in common with British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Camp David, Md., Feb. 23, 2001

SR

[DarkTirade]

34. You narrowed it down to only 50?

[Catchawave]

35. K...LOL..and....LOL....R !

[sofa king]

37. At 10,000 dead people a laugh, it's getting painful.

[SoCalDem]

41. Here's one I have always laughed at

"And let me say in conclusion, thanks for the kids. I learned an awful lot about bathtub toys--about how to work the telephone. One guy knows--several of them know their own telephone numbers--preparation to go to the dentist. A lot of things I'd forgotten. So it's been a good day." --George W. Bush at the Emily Harns Head Start Center in Catonsville, Maryland. 1/21/02

[tavalon]

42. How does he remember to breathe in and then out?

Too stupid to live and yet, somehow he does.

[Prophet 451]

47. My favourite

"I call upon all nations to do whatever they can to catch these terrorist killers. Thank you. Now watch this drive"

[Breeze54]

48. Only 50?

:wtf:

:rofl: I thought it was every time he opened his pie hole!

[Johnny Appleseed]

49. another one...

"We'll succeed unless we quit."

President Bush, when asked during his visit to Vietnam which lessons from the Vietnam War could be applied to Iraq.

Got that one out of Newsweek.

[Breeze54]

50. Thanks!

lmao! :rofl:

Welcome to DU! :hi:

[GenDem]

53. These bushisms give me a good old fashion belly laugh!

:rofl:

On a serious note, it's really not all that funny that the president of the United States is such a dim wit.

[Kurovski]

58. Nice resource_thank you Daniel Kurtzman and StrictlyRockers.

:thumbsup:

[nicknameless]

59. A few more

"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

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

“A peance freance secure Iraq in the midst of the Middle East will have enormous historical impact.” — October 27, 2003

[Coes]

60. # 15 isn't dumb,

it makes sense.

Things should have been like that. What 5-6 years of incompetence can't achieve...

[Arkansas Granny]

61. My kids and I were talking about quotes like this just last week.

They find it hard to believe that anyone, much less the "elected" leader of a nation, could be so dense and ignorant on such a wide variety of subjects.

[lpbk2713]

62. I've often wondered if #2 was really a mistake.

[A wise Man]

63. You forgot one

" Thank God I hit The TRIFECTA "