And so today I was down there in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and I was talking to some entrepreneurs and talking to a guy who owned his own garage. I can't remember how long -- I think he's owned his business for 20 years. He started off with two people. He's now up to maybe a couple of -- you know, 20 people. Anyway, he's growing.
- That Dubya's all about details, ain't he? Omaha, Nebraska, May 12, 2003
I'm off to New Mexico, and after I spend the afternoon in New Mexico, I'll be back in Crawford, Texas, where I'll tell the First Lady of your thanks. By the way, she's doing a fabulous job.
- Santa Monica, California, Aug. 24, 2002
But there is a difference of opinion about who best to spend your money in Washington, D.C. Sometimes they forget whose money you're spending. Listen to the rhetoric.
-- May I suggest that you listen to your own rhetoric first, Dubya? St. Louis, Missouri, Jan. 22, 2003
Some mom fixing to have a baby wonders out loud -- when she wonders out loud whether or not the doc is going to be there to deliver the baby, it's a -- we heard a story, by the way, about that -- it's a sad situation.
- Struggling (and failing) to find that golden vein of compassionate rhetoric he likes to be known for, Scranton, Pennsylvania, Jan. 16, 2003
I want to thank the police and firefighters from this part of the world, who have been working overtime, for their compassion. ...I also want to assure the farmers from this part of the world, the nurserymen in this part of the world that we will have a plan worked out to help you. ...Most of all, I want to tell the citizens of this part of the world that we're praying for you. (
Alabama - Sep. 19, 2004) (8 months ago?!? Nevermind.)
Our deepest national conviction is that every life is precious, because every life is the gift of a creator who intended us to live in liberty and equality.
- Dubya managing to twist the intentions of the Creator into whatever satisifies the purposes of his (overtly religious) speech, Ellis Island, New York, Sep. 11, 2002
I trust God speaks through me. Without that, I couldn't do my job.
- Dubya: Mouthpiece of God. Statement made during campaign visit to Amish community, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Jul. 9, 2004
It's a sign from above.
- Comment made when television light caught fire above crowd, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Mar. 9, 2001
I had -- I was there on September 11th, 2001, at Offutt. I remember their motto. It says, 'The Sun Never Sets on the Fighting 55th.' And that's good for the defense of the country, by the way.
- Ummm... OK. Washington, D.C., Nov. 25, 2002
There's a lot of good folks at the federal level and the state level and the local level working hard -- listen, any time -- we understand the stakes now, and any time somebody is thinking about doing something to America, and somehow we're reading their thoughts, or reading their mail, we're moving on them.
- Big Brother Dubya displaying ardent support for the thought police, South Bend, Indiana, Oct. 31, 2002
He really doesn't care about the opinion of mankind.
- On Saddam Hussein, Fort Hood, Texas, Jan. 3, 2003
I want to congratulate you all for achieving an historic -- historic moment in our nation, because what you all have done is you've made it much more likely somebody is going to be able to find work, and some farmer is going to be able to sell his product, and some nation is going to be able to trade with us which will help lift them out of poverty.
- Wow, sounds pretty far reaching. Some guy, some farmer and some poor country stand to benefit. Historic. Washington, D.C., Aug. 1, 2002
The same Creator who names the stars also knows the names of the seven souls we mourn today.
-- Remarks on the loss of the Space Shuttle Columbia, Washington, D.C., Feb. 1, 2003
So I met a guy today named Joe.... He said, by allowing businesses to expense up to $75,000, it means somebody is more likely to buy a copying machine, or in this case, an architectural fancy machine.
-- I'm thinking this statement is a lot more Dubya than it is Joe, St. Louis, Missouri, Jan. 22, 2003
Uhh -- I hear there's rumors on the, uhh, Internets that we're gonna have a -- draft. We're not going to have a draft. Period.
- There's more than one Internet? Astounding. Second Presidential Debate, St. Louis, Missouri
Small business owners like Joe may have problems passing their business off to a child or somebody they choose to pass their business off of.
-- Trying to make his case for eliminating the estate tax, in a grammatically troubled fashion, St. Louis, Missouri, Jan. 22, 2003
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