Bushisms 2006

January 1st Through Oct 24th

Maria Bartiromo: "I'm curious, have you ever googled anybody? Do you use
Google?"
President Bush: "Occasionally. One of the things I've used on the Google is
to pull up maps. It's very interesting to see -- I've forgot the name of the
program -- but you get the satellite, and you can -- like, I kinda like to
look at the ranch. It remind me of where I wanna be sometimes." --interview
with CNBC's Maria Bartiromo, Oct. 24, 2006 (Watch video clip)

"We're never been stay the course, George." --George W. Bush, attempting to
distance himself from what has been his core strategy in Iraq for the last
three years, interview with ABC's George Stephanopoulos, Oct. 22, 2006

"This morning my administration released the budget numbers for fiscal 2006.
These budget numbers are not just estimates; these are the actual results
for the fiscal year that ended February the 30th." --George W. Bush, on the
fiscal year that ended on Sept. 30, Washington, D.C., Oct. 11, 2006 (Watch
video clip)

"One has a stronger hand when there's more people playing your same
cards." --George W. Bush, on holding six-party talks with North Korea,
Washington, D.C., Oct. 11, 2006

"I will not withdraw, even if Laura and Barney are the only ones supporting
me." --George W. Bush, talking to key Republicans about Iraq, as quoted by
Bob Woodward

"I like to tell people when the final history is written on Iraq, it will
look like just a comma because there is -- my point is, there's a strong
will for democracy." --George W. Bush, interview with CNN's Wolf Blitzer,
Sept. 24, 2006 (Watch video clip)

"You're one of the outstanding leaders in a very important part of the
world. I want to thank you for strategizing our discussions." --George W.
Bush, meeting with the prime minister of Malaysia, New York, N.Y., Sept. 18,
2006

"The Patriot Act has increased the flow of information within our government
and it has helped break up terrorist cells in the United States of America.
And the United States Congress was right to renew the terrorist act -- the
Patriot Act." --George W. Bush, Washington, D.C. , Sept. 7, 2006

"You know, one of the hardest parts of my job is to connect Iraq to the war
on terror." --George W. Bush, interview with CBS News' Katie Couric, Sept.
6, 2006

"I said I was looking for a book to read, Laura said you ought to try Camus.
I also read three Shakespeares. ... I've got a eck-a-lec-tic reading
list." --George W. Bush, interview with NBC's Brian Williams, New Orleans,
La., Aug. 29, 2006 (Watch video clip)

"And I suspect that what you'll see, Toby, is there will be a momentum,
momentum will be gathered. Houses will begat jobs, jobs will begat
houses." --George W. Bush, talking to reporters along the hurricane-ravaged
Gulf Coast, Gulfport, Miss., Aug. 28, 2006

"I would guess, I would surmise that some of the more spectacular bombings
are done by al Qaeda suiciders." --George W. Bush, on violence in Iraq,
Washington, D.C., Aug. 21, 2006

"The United States of America is engaged in a war against an extremist group
of folks." --George W. Bush, McLean, Va., Aug. 15, 2006

"See, the irony is that what they need to do is get Syria to get Hezbollah
to stop doing this s**t, and it's over." --George W. Bush, chomping on a
dinner roll while talking about the Middle East crisis with British Prime
Minister Tony Blair at the G8 summit, St. Petersburg, Russia, July 17, 2006
(Watch video clip)

"One thing is clear, is relations between America and Russia are good, and
they're important that they be good." --George W. Bush, Strelna, Russia,
July 15, 2006

"I've reminded the prime minister-the American people, Mr. Prime Minister,
over the past months that it was not always a given that the United States
and America would have a close relationship." George W. Bush, Washington,
D.C., June 29, 2006

"We shouldn't fear a world that is more interacted." --George W. Bush,
Washington, D.C., June 27, 2006

"I think -- tide turning -- see, as I remember -- I was raised in the
desert, but tides kind of -- it's easy to see a tide turn -- did I say those
words?" --George W. Bush, asked if the tide was turning in Iraq, Washington,
D.C., June 14, 2006

President Bush: "Peter. Are you going to ask that question with shades on?"
Peter Wallsten of the Los Angeles Times: "I can take them off."
Bush: "I'm interested in the shade look, seriously."
Wallsten: "All right, I'll keep it, then."
Bush: "For the viewers, there's no sun."
Wallsten: "I guess it depends on your perspective."
Bush: "Touche.
--an exchange with legally blind reporter Peter Wallsten, to whom Bush later
apologized, Washington, D.C., June 14, 2006 (Watch video clip)

"I tell people, let's don't fear the future, let's shape it." --George W.
Bush, Omaha, Neb., June 7, 2006

"Trying to stop suiciders -- which we're doing a pretty good job of on
occasion -- is difficult to do. And what the Iraqis are going to have to
eventually do is convince those who are conducting suiciders who are not
inspired by Al Qaeda, for example, to realize there's a peaceful
tomorrow." --George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., May 24, 2006

"I would say the best moment of all was when I caught a 7.5 pound largemouth
bass in my lake." --George W. Bush, on his best moment in office, interview
with the German newspaper Bild am Sonntag, May 7, 2006

"If people want to get to know me better, they've got to know my parents and
the values my parents instilled in me, and the fact that I was raised in
West Texas, in the middle of the desert, a long way away from anywhere,
hardly. There's a certain set of values you learn in that
experience." --George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., May 5, 2006

"You never know what your history is going to be like until long after
you're gone." --George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., May 5, 2006

"The point now is how do we work together to achieve important goals. And
one such goal is a democracy in Germany." --George W. Bush, D.C., May 5,
2006

"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?" --George W. Bush, while showing German
newspaper reporter Kai Diekmann the Oval Office, Washington, D.C., May 5,
2006

"Finally, the desk, where we'll have our picture taken in front of -- is
nine other Presidents used it. This was given to us by Queen Victoria in the
1870s, I think it was. President Roosevelt put the door in so people would
not know he was in a wheelchair. John Kennedy put his head out the
door." --George W. Bush, showing German newspaper reporter Kai Diekmann the
Oval Office, Washington, D.C., May 5, 2006

"That's called, A Charge To Keep, based upon a religious hymn. The hymn
talks about serving God. The president's job is never to promote a
religion." --George W. Bush, showing German newspaper reporter Kai Diekmann
the Oval Office, Washington, D.C., May 5, 2006

"I was not pleased that Hamas has refused to announce its desire to destroy
Israel." --George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., May 4, 2006

"I can look you in the eye and tell you I feel I've tried to solve the
problem diplomatically to the max, and would have committed troops both in
Afghanistan and Iraq knowing what I know today." --George W. Bush, Irvine,
Calif., April 24, 2006

"I aim to be a competitive nation." --George W. Bush, San Jose, Calif.,
April 21, 2006

"I'm the decider, and I decide what is best. And what's best is for Don
Rumsfeld to remain as the Secretary of Defense." --George W. Bush,
Washington, D.C. April 18, 2006 (Listen to audio clip; Watch video clip)

"I strongly believe what we're doing is the right thing. If I didn't believe
it -- I'm going to repeat what I said before -- I'd pull the troops out, nor
if I believed we could win, I would pull the troops out." --George W. Bush,
Charlotte, N.C., April 6, 2006

"No question that the enemy has tried to spread sectarian violence. They use
violence as a tool to do that." --George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., March
22, 2006

"If the Iranians were to have a nuclear weapon they could
proliferate." --George W. Bush, Washington D.C., March 21, 2006




"After the bombing, most Iraqis saw what the perpetuators of this attack
were trying to do." --George W. Bush, on the bombing of the Golden Mosque of
Samarra in Iraq, March 13, 2006, Washington, D.C.

"And so I'm for medical liability at the federal level." --George W. Bush,
on medical liability reform, Washington, D.C., March 10, 2006

"I believe that a prosperous, democratic Pakistan will be a steadfast
partner for America, a peaceful neighbor for India, and a force for freedom
and moderation in the Arab world." --George W. Bush, mistakenly identifying
Pakistan as an Arab country, Islamabad, Pakistan, March 3, 2006

"People don't need to worry about security. This deal wouldn't go forward if
we were concerned about the security for the United States of
America." --George W. Bush, on the deal to hand over U.S. port security to a
company operated by the United Arab Emirates, Washington, D.C., Feb. 23,
2006

"And I want those who are questioning it to step up and explain why all of a
sudden a Middle Eastern company is held to a different standard than a Great
British company." --George W. Bush, defending a plan to allow a company
controlled by the United Arab Emirates to manage ports in the United States,
aboard Air Force One, Feb. 21, 2006

"I think it's really important for this great state of baseball to reach out
to people of all walks of life to make sure that the sport is inclusive. The
best way to do it is to convince little kids how to--the beauty of playing
baseball." --George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., Feb. 13, 2006

"I like my buddies from west Texas. I liked them when I was young, I liked
them then I was middle-age, I liked them before I was president, and I like
them during president, and I like them after president." --George W. Bush,
Nashville, Tenn., Feb. 1, 2006

"He was a state sponsor of terror. In other words, the government had
declared, you are a state sponsor of terror." --George W. Bush, on Saddam
Hussein, Manhattan, Kan., Jan. 23, 2006

"I'll be glad to talk about ranching, but I haven't seen the movie. I've
heard about it. I hope you go -- you know -- I hope you go back to the ranch
and the farm is what I'm about to say." --George W. Bush, after being asked
whether he's seen Brokeback Mountain, Manhattan, Kan., Jan. 23, 2006

"It's a heck of a place to bring your family." --George W. Bush, on New
Orleans, New Orleans, La., Jan. 12, 2006

"You took an oath to defend our flag and our freedom, and you kept that oath
underseas and under fire." --George W. Bush, addressing war veterans,
Washington, D.C., Jan. 10, 2006

"As you can possibly see, I have an injury myself -- not here at the
hospital, but in combat with a cedar. I eventually won. The cedar gave me a
little scratch. As a matter of fact, the Colonel asked if I needed first aid
when she first saw me. I was able to avoid any major surgical operations
here, but thanks for your compassion, Colonel." --George W. Bush, after
visiting with wounded veterans from the Amputee Care Center of Brooke Army
Medical Center, San Antonio, Texas, Jan. 1, 2006

So much for Kerry's joke.