George W. Bushisms: The Slate Book of the Accidental Wit and Wisdom of our 43rd President

by Weisberg, Jacob

• ISBN13: 9780743222228
• ISBN10: 0743222229
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-01-01
• Publisher: Gallery Books

Summary

"They misunderestimated me."Or did they?Judge for yourself. Here are over 100 memorable misstatements by our syntactically challenged president, collected, annotated, and introduced bySlatemagazine's Jacob Weisberg."I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully.""Families is where our nation finds hope, where wings take dream.""We'll let our friends be the peacekeepers and the great country called America will be the pacemakers.""It's clearly a budget. It's got a lot of numbers in it.""I know how hard it is for you to put food on your family.""I do know I'm ready for the job [the presidency].And if not, that's just the way it goes."

Author Biography

Jacob Weisberg is chief political correspondent for Slate magazine, and co-editor of Bushisms (1992), a collection of misstatements by President George Bush. He is also a contributing writer to The New York Times Magazine. He lives in New York City.

Excerpts

FromGeorge W. Bushisms CONVICTION"I think if you know what you believe, it makes it a lot easier to answer questions. I can't answer your question."-- Reynoldsburg, Ohio, October 4, 2000TRUST"There's a huge trust. I see it all the time when people come up to me and say,'I don't want you to let me down again.'"-- Boston, Massachusetts, October 3, 2000"Well, I think if you say you're going to do something and don't do it, that's trustworthiness."-- CNN online chat, August 30, 2000MR. BUSH'S NEIGHBORHOOD"We must all hear the universal call to like your neighbor just like you liketo be liked yourself."--Financial Times, January 14, 2000TIME"The best way to relieve families from time is to let them keep some oftheir own money."-- Westminster, California, September 13, 2000FAITH"Our priorities is our faith."-- Greensboro, North Carolina, October 10, 2000"We have practically banished religious values and religious institutions from the public square and constructed a 'discountfort zone' for even discussing our faith in public settings."-- Milwaukee, Wisconsin, September 9, 2000FAMILY "Families is where our nation finds hope, where wings take dream."-- La Crosse, Wisconsin, October 18, 2000ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY WON'T HOLD STILL"I know how hard it is for you to put food on your family."-- Nashua, New Hampshire, January 27, 2000GIST FOR THE MILL"I thought how proud I am to be standing up beside my dad. Never did it occur to me that he would become the gist for cartoonists."--Newsweek, February 28, 2000 Copyright copy; 2001 by Jacob Weisberg