somebody left me a present last night. the presidential (mis)speak – the very curious language of george w bush 2004 page a day calendar. so now, my favs from the first 8 months
“we’re working on what’s called 10-plus-10-over-10…to help russia securitize the dismantling – the dismantled nucular warheads.”
“first of all, i appreciate the wisdom of Chairman Greenspan. He uses the word, “soft spot.” I use the word, “bumpin along.”
“perhaps the biggest problem is that we have passed children from grade to grade, year after year, and those child haven’t learned the basics of reading and math.”
“and…it’s gettin’ worse. That’s what people have gotta understand up there in Washington, or over there in Washington, down there in Washington, wherever – i thought i was in Crawford for a minute.”
“do you have blacks, too?” – comment made to brazilian president fernando henrique cardoso
“one of the things we did before comin’ over is we had a round-table discussion sitting around a square table.” ROFLMAO
“she had a relative named Eisenhower, and he and I share something in common. We’re both presidents.”
“listen, i understand water. i grew up in midland, texas. you remember how much water we didn’t have there.”
i think if i was president, and a president who didn’t know english, i’d hire some kind of speech coach…or at least someone to teach me how to read a teleprompter.