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Our president has an endearing quality. Think about it. Your day has been just miserable. The IRS is hounding you for back taxes, and threatening you with jail. The oil companies have driven you into bankruptsy. The news channels have again bombarded you over and over again with horrendous stories of murder, mayhem, and degradation. Your wife, a feminist, has decided that she is a lesbian and has run-a-way with her girlfriend. And the local gendarme has cited you for not wearing a seatbelt and smoking in public, which is going to cost you four hundred dollars, which you don't have.  Just when you are comtemplating a rope from the rafters, your attention is suddenly diverted to the TV, and a broadcast of a President Bush press conference. Gradually your are caught up in the proceeding, and as you watch and listen your spirits are lightened. You feel the stirrings of mirth, soon you are chuckling, and then you catch youself in raucous laughter. You end up rollicking on the floor in a gut busting fit of uncontrolled merriment. Your troubles have been forgotten.

What more could  we ask of a president than to lighten our day. Read the G.W.B. quotes below, and you will see what I am talking about.         

Bushisms (Or Why I like George W. Bush)

MORE BUSHISMS - MORE MIRTH

"We have a firm commitment to NATO, we are a part of NATO. We have a
firm commitment to Europe. We are a part of Europe."
 
"It's time for the human race to enter the solar system."
 
"The vast majority of our imports come from outside the country."
 
"It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities
in our air and water that are doing it. "
 
"Families is where our nation finds hope, where wings take dream."
 
"These people are trying to shake the will of the Iraqi citizens, and
they want us to leave...I think the world would be better off if we did
leave..."
 
"I know how hard it is for you to put food on your family."
 
"If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure."
 
"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."
 
Well, I think if you say you're going to do something and don't do it,
that's trustworthiness.
 
"For NASA, space is still a high priority."
 
"I believe God wants me to be president."
 
[I was] "chosen by the grace of God to lead at that moment."
 
"God told me to strike at al-Qaeda and I struck them, and then he
instructed me to strike at Saddam, which I did, and now I am determined
to solve the problem in the Middle East."
 
"I trust God speaks through me. Without that, I couldn't do my job."
 
"Quite frankly, teachers are the only profession that teach our
children."
 
"The problem with the French is that they don't have a word for
'entrepreneur'."
 
"One word sums up probably the responsibility of any Governor, and that
one word is, 'to be prepared'."
 
"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."
 
"Iraq and Afghanistan ...are now democracies and they are allies in the
cause of freedom and peace."
 
"See, in my line of work you got to keep repeating things over and over
and over again for the truth to sink in, to kind of catapult the
propaganda."
 
"I just want you to know that, when we talk about war, we're really
talking about peace."
 
"This notion that the United States is getting ready to attack Iran is
simply ridiculous. And having said that, all options are on the table."
 
"Free nations don't develop weapons of mass destruction."
 
"Governments accountable to the voters focus on building roads and
schools-not weapons of mass destruction." (The U.S. has 10,000
nuclear weapons)
 
"Islam, as practiced by the vast majority of people, is a peaceful
religion."
 
"The Islam that we know is a faith devoted to the worship of one God, as
revealed through The Holy Qur'an. It teaches the value and the
importance of charity, mercy, and peace."
 
"I favor leaving up to a woman and her doctor the abortion question."
-versus- "I am pro-life."
 
"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." -versus- "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."
 
"We found the weapons of mass destruction. We found biological
laboratories...for those who say we haven't found the banned
manufacturing devices or banned weapons, they're wrong, we found them."
 
"Oh, no, we're not going to have any casualties [in Iraq]."
 
"We are ready for any unforeseen event that may or may not occur. "
 
"I have made good judgments in the past. I have made good judgments in
the future."
 
"Many Iraqis can hear me tonight in a translated radio broadcast, and I
have a message for them: If we must begin a military campaign, it will
be directed against the lawless men who rule your country and not
against you."
 
"To the C students, I say you too can be president of the United States."
 
"A low voter turnout is an indication of fewer people going to the
polls."
 
"Brownie (Michael Brown of FEMA), you're doing a heck of a job."
 
"I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully."
 
"There's a lot of suffering in the Palestinian territory, because
militant Hamas is trying to stop the advance of democracy." (Hamas is a
freely elected government)
 
"We look forward to analyzing and working with legislation that will
make-it would hope-put a free press's mind at ease that you're not being
denied information you shouldn't see."
 
"In a time of war, the president must have the power he needs to make
the tough decisions, including, if need be, the decision to grant
himself even more power."
 
"I'm also not very analytical. You know I don't spend a lot of time
thinking about myself, about why I do things."
 
"If this were a dictatorship, it'd be a heck of a lot easier, just so
long as I'm the dictator."
 
"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."
 
"I will not withdraw [from Iraq], even if Laura and Barney are the only
ones supporting me."
 
"I'm the decider, and I decide what's best."
 
"I don't have the foggiest idea about what I think about international,
foreign policy."
 

The Laugh Of The Day - Hillary Clinton Comments On George Bush

(Or) The Pot Calls The Kettle Black

I can tell you this: “It’s very hard to stop people who have no shame about what they’re doing….it is very hard to stop people who have never been acquainted with the truth."

It appears that this one may soon be a replacement for Mr. Bush. One clown for another, or from the frying pan into the fire. 

Click This Text Link For A Portrait Of That Dynamic Duo, George Bush & Dick Cheney