Bush will be the laughingstock of the world if elected. Here's some of his faux pas: "Families is where our nation finds hope, where wings take dream." -- LaCrosse, WI, 10/18/00
"It's one thing about insurance, that's a Washington term." -- Third Presidential Debate, St. Louis, MO, 10/18/00
"I think we ought to raise the age at which juveniles can have a gun." -- Third Presidential Debate, St. Louis, MO,
10/18/00
"Mr. Vice President, in all due respect, it is, I'm not sure 80 percent of the people get the death tax. I know this:
100 percent will get it if I'm the president" -- Third Presidential Debate, St. Louis, MO, 10/18/00
"Our priorities is our faith." -- Greensboro, NC -- 10/10/00
"[Gore's tax plan is] going to require numerous IRA agents." -- Greensboro, NC, 10/10/00
"I think if you know what you believe, it makes it a lot easier to answer questions. I can't answer your question" --
Reynoldsburg, OH, 10/4/00
"I will have a foreign-handed foreign policy." -- Redwood, CA, 9/29/00
"One of the common denominators I have found is that expectations rise above that which is expected." -- Los
Angeles, CA, 9/27/00
"It is clear our nation is reliant upon big foreign oil. More and more of our imports come from overseas." --
Beaverton, OR, 9/25/00
"The woman who knew that I had dyslexia, I never interviewed her" -- Orange, CA, 9/15/00
"I don't think we need to be subliminable about the differences between our views on prescription drugs." --
Orlando, FL, 9/12/00
"We'll let our friends be the peacekeepers and the great country called America will be the pacemakers." --
Houston, TX, 9/6/00
"We don't believe in planners and deciders making the decisions on behalf of Americans." -- Scranton, PA, 9/6/00
"As governor of Texas, I have set high standards for our public schools, and I have met those standards." -- CNN
Online Chat, 8/30/00
"Well, I think if you say you're going to do something and don't do it, that's trustworthiness." -- CNN Online Chat,
8/30/00
"I don't know whether I'm going to win or not. I think I am. I do know I'm ready for the job. And, if not, that's just
the way it goes." -- Des Moines, IA, 8/21/00
"I have a different vision of leadership. A leadership is someone who brings people together." -- Bartlett, TN,
8/18/00
"And if he continues that, I'm going to tell the nation what I think about him as a human being and a person." --
The Today Show, 8/1/00
"States should have the right to enact reasonable laws and restrictions particularly to end the inhumane practice of
ending a life that otherwise could live" -- Cleveland, OH, 6/29/00
"The only things that I can tell you is that every case I have reviewed I have been comfortable with the innocence
or guilt of the person that I've looked at. I do not believe we've put a guilty ... I mean innocent person to death in
the state of Texas." -- All Things Considered, 6/16/00
Bush: "First of all, Cinco de Mayo is not the independence day. That's dieciséis de Septiembre, and ..."
Interviewer: "What's that in English?"
Bush: "Fifteenth of September." (Dieciséis de Septiembre = September 16) -- Hardball, 5/31/00
"I think we agree, the past is over." -- Dallas Morning News, 5/10/00
Bush: "I talked to my little brother, Jeb, I haven't told this to many people. But he's the governor of, I shouldn't
call him my little brother, my brother, Jeb, the great governor of Texas"
Interviewer: "Florida."
Bush: "Florida. The state of the Florida." -- The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, 4/27/00
"Laura and I really don't realize how bright our children is sometimes until we get an objective analysis." -- Meet
the Press, 4/15/00
"I think anybody who doesn't think I'm smart enough to handle the job is underestimating." -- U.S. News & World
Report, 4/3/00
"Reading is the basics for all learning." -- Reston, VA, 3/28/00
"The fact that he relies on facts, says things that are not factual, are going to undermine his campaign." -- New
York Times, 3/4/00
"Really proud of it. A great campaign. And I'm really pleased with the organization and the thousands of South
Carolinians that worked on my behalf. And I'm very gracious and humbled." -- This Week, 2/20/00
"I think we need not only to eliminate the tollbooth to the middle class, I think we should knock down the
tollbooth." -- New York Times, 2/1/00
"The most important job is not to be governor, or first lady in my case." -- San Antonio Express-News, 1/30/00
"Will the highways on the Internet become more few?" -- Concord, NH, 1/29/00
"This is Preservation Month. I appreciate preservation. It's what you do when you run for president. You gotta
preserve." -- Los Angeles Times, 1/28/00
"I know how hard it is for you to put food on your family." -- Nashua, NH, 1/27/00
"Rarely is the question asked: Is our children learning?" -- Florence, SC, 1/11/00 |
