Citizen Over the Age of 35? You Qualify
Reported by Eleanor - August 26, 2004 -
When you vote on November 2, remember these words of "wisdom" coming from George W. Bush. Rather than this, I would vote for any American citizen over the age of 35 who is not in a coma.
From the mouth of our president - G.W. Bush:
Iraqis are sick of foreign people coming in their country and trying to destabilize their country.
(Said without any hint of irony, Washington, D.C., May 5, 2004)
It's not a dictatorship in Washington, but I tried to make it one in that instance.
(Chilling way to describe his executive order making faith-based groups eligible for federal subsidies, New Orleans, Louisiana, Jan. 15, 2004)
You know I could run for governor but I'm basically a media creation. I've never done anything. I've worked for my dad. I worked in the oil business. But that's not the kind of profile you have to have to get elected to public office.(Dubya in 1989)
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.
(Dubya's boastfulness enters new, scary territory here, Washington, D.C., Aug. 5, 2004)
It was amazing I won. I was running against peace and prosperity and incumbency.
(Shockingly candid assessment of what he didn't bring to the table in the 2000 election made to Swedish Prime Minister Goran Persson, Gothenberg, Sweden, June 14, 2001)
More Muslims have died at the hands of killers than -- I say more Muslims -- a lot of Muslims have died -- I don't know the exact count -- at Istanbul. Look at these different places around the world where there's been tremendous death and destruction because killers kill."
(Yes, he's absolutely right: killers do kill, Washington, D.C., Feb. 18, 2004)
All of us here in America should believe, and I think we do, that we should be, as I mentioned, a nation of owners. Owning something is freedom, as far as I'm concerned. It's part of a free society... It's a part of -- it's of being a -- it's a part of -- an important part of America.(Okay.. W in Washington, D.C., Oct. 15, 2002)
God loves you, and I love you. And you can count on both of us as a powerful message that people who wonder about their future can hear.
(Reverend Dubya is confusing and spooky all at the same time, Los Angeles, California, Mar. 3, 2004)
You said we're headed to war in Iraq -- I don't know why you say that. I hope we're not headed to war in Iraq. I'm the person who gets to decide, not you.
(Discounting the roles of Congress and an inquisitive press in order to look tough in front of a reporter (and avoid answering the question), Crawford, Texas, Dec. 31, 2002 )
There are a couple of cows waiting for me. You know, when I first got back from Washington, it seemed like the cows were talking back. But now that I've spent some time in Crawford, they're just cows.
(Revealing disturbing facts about his brain chemistry in Town Hall Forum on Economy, Ontario, California, Jan. 5, 2002)
If I answer questions every time you ask one, expectations would be high. And as you know, I like to keep expectations low. (Well, at least he's honest, I guess, Washington, D.C., Dec. 10, 2002)
For more quotes from our esteemed leader go to We Record the Damage at www.dubyaspeak.com.
Thanks Mithras & Gabby for the idea and content for this post. You know who you are.
