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Favorite DubyaSpeak XLVI

I, I couldn't imagine somebody like Osama bin Laden understanding the joy of Hanukkah.

655 (50.8%)

There's a lot of blowhards in the political process, you know, a lot of hot-air artists, people who have got something fancy to say.

181 (14.0%)

The purpose of government is to make it more possible for people to realize dreams, and to enhance the entrepreneurial spirit.

59 (4.6%)

As yesterday's positive report card shows, childrens do learn when standards are high and results are measured.

395 (30.6%)

Total: 1290 votes

Favorite DubyaSpeak XLV

I heard somebody say, now where's Mandela? Well, Mandela's dead, because Saddam Hussein killed all the Mandelas.

594 (49.4%)

As yesterday's positive report card shows, childrens do learn when standards are high and results are measured.

189 (15.7%)

I want to thank the leaders for joining Laura and me and the Vice President and his wife, Lynne, as we commemorated the — a day that really helped — or it did define our nation, which is 9/11/2001.

299 (24.9%)

This is an interesting, different type of war.

120 (10.0%)

Total: 1202 votes

Favorite DubyaSpeak XLIV

Boy, I tell you, she's — when she speaks, she's very credible because she's a decent, credible person.

125 (12.0%)

Information is moving — you know, nightly news is one way, of course, but it's also moving through the blogosphere and through the Internets.

369 (35.5%)

We proposed a bold initiative, an initiative that takes equities out of the system, so people are treated fairly.

389 (37.4%)

If only I could have heard Johnny Mathis sing, then I would have wished Laura were here again.

156 (15.0%)

Total: 1039 votes

Favorite DubyaSpeak XLIII

Should the Foreign Minister of Iran bump into Condi Rice, Condi won't be rude. She's not a rude person. I'm sure she'll be polite.

185 (15.1%)

I will try to the best of my ability to help those who lost life and property.

423 (34.6%)

You know, I'm — I've been in politics long enough to know that polls just go poof at times.

219 (17.9%)

I appreciate the Chaplain for the Navy — excuse me, for the Marine Corps. I didn't mean to insult you.

396 (32.4%)

Total: 1223 votes

Favorite DubyaSpeak XLII

I appreciate the Mayor. Mayor, are you here somewhere? Oh, Mayor, good to see you. Thank you for serving. Appreciate it — just fill the potholes, that's all I can tell you. And I'm sure you are.

233 (17.9%)

In this global economy, new competition means that American businesses must constantly approve.

120 (9.2%)

I think that the Vice President is a person reflecting a half-glass-full mentality.

488 (37.5%)

One of the things I've used on The Google is, uhh, to pull up maps.

462 (35.5%)

Total: 1303 votes

Favorite DubyaSpeak XLI

I believe Iraq will be able to defend, govern and sustain itself. Otherwise, I'd pull our troops out.

501 (49.2%)

Laura and I's spirits are uplifted any time we go to a school that's working, because we understand the importance of public education in the future of our country.

275 (27.0%)

I figured if [Rod Paige] could handle the Houston Independent School District, the Department of Education was nothing.

102 (10.0%)

I appreciate Thomas Downs, who's your superintendent. Interestingly enough, he showed me a picture of he and my dad when he was — I think a teacher, he said — in Iowa.

141 (13.8%)

Total: 1019 votes

Favorite DubyaSpeak XL

These budget numbers are not just estimates, these are the actual results for the fiscal year that ended February the 30th.

387 (36.0%)

Nobody has accused me of having a real sophisticated vocabulary.

235 (21.9%)

I mean — I — you have, one has a stronger hand when there's more people playing your same cards.

405 (37.7%)

You know, I know gas prices are high. There's no magic wand to wave.

47 (4.4%)

Total: 1074 votes

Favorite DubyaSpeak XXXIX

The goals of this country is to enhance prosperity and peace.

42 (3.9%)

Never have I said that Saddam Hussein gave orders to attack 9/11.

78 (7.2%)

We've had a good record of bringing people to justice inside of Pakistan, because the Paks are in the lead.

93 (8.6%)

There — it's — you know, one of the hardest parts of my job is to connect Iraq to the war on terror.

871 (80.4%)

Total: 1084 votes

Favorite DubyaSpeak XXXVIII

Yo, Blair. How are you doing?

260 (24.7%)

I've reminded the Prime Minister — the American people, Mr. Prime Minister, over the past months that it was not always a given that the United States and America would have a close relationship.

481 (45.8%)

The United States and the U.S. stand together in support of the Iraqi people and the new Iraqi government, which will soon come into action.

213 (20.3%)

The thing about the Hispanic community that I know well — I was taught this by a lot of my friends in Texas — is that the entrepreneurial spirit is strong in the Latino community.

97 (9.2%)

Total: 1051 votes

Favorite DubyaSpeak XXXVII

A couple of days ago in New York I was having a Diet Coke with my friend, Prime Minister Koizumi. He's the Prime Minister of Japan.

113 (9.5%)

I think — tide turning — see, as I remember — I was raised in the desert, but tides kind of — it's easy to see a tide turn — did I say those words?

603 (50.8%)

I tell people, let's don't fear the future, let's shape it.

58 (4.9%)

The point now is how do we work together to achieve important goals. And one such goal is a democracy in Germany.

414 (34.8%)

Total: 1188 votes

Favorite DubyaSpeak XXXVI

We're honored that the Flying Tomato represented our country, and we want to thank all the dudes and dudesses of the snowboarders who are here.

410 (27.0%)

I was not pleased that Hamas has refused to announce its desire to destroy Israel.

629 (41.4%)

The war on terror goes on. I was most impressed by the resolve of all the leaders in the room. Their resolve is as strong as my resolve.

118 (7.8%)

You took an oath to defend our flag and our freedom, and you kept that oath underseas and under fire.

363 (23.9%)

Total: 1520 votes

Favorite DubyaSpeak XXXV

I can look you in the eye and tell you I feel I've tried to solve the problem diplomatically to the max.

144 (12.3%)

I hear the voices, and I read the front page, and I know the speculation. But I'm the decider, and I decide what is best. And what's best is for Don Rumsfeld to remain as the Secretary of Defense.

461 (39.3%)

I know we're going to have to do something about energy. I aim to be a competitive nation.

85 (7.2%)

I strongly believe what we're doing is the right thing. If I didn't believe it — I'm going to repeat what I said before — I'd pull the troops out, nor if I believed we could win, I would pull the troops out.

484 (41.2%)

Total: 1174 votes

Favorite DubyaSpeak XXXIV

I was on Air Force One the day of the attack, working my way back to Washington via Louisiana and Nebraska — making sure that the President was safe and secure.

374 (33.5%)

This year alone we've overcome higher energy prices and natural disasters, and yet we really are the envy of the world.

98 (8.8%)

I think you can do your job better if you're fit. People think more clearly if you're fit.

74 (6.6%)

We ended the rule of one of history's worst tyrants, and in so doing we not only freed the American people, we made our own people more secure.

572 (51.2%)

Total: 1118 votes

Favorite DubyaSpeak XXXIII

[To injured troops:] As you can probably see I was injured myself, not here at the hospital but in combat with a cedar. I eventually won.

391 (31.7%)

I should have clarified it by my statement. I just clarified it by my — not should have, I just.

292 (23.7%)

If you're worried about the environment, which I am, it seems like to make sense that we use nukyular power. It's renewable and it's clean.

258 (20.9%)

If affirmative action means what I just described, what I'm for, then I'm for it.

291 (23.6%)

Total: 1232 votes

Favorite DubyaSpeak XXXII

Let me put it to you in Texan. If Al Qaeda is calling into the United States, we want to know.

119 (11.0%)

There are SBA loans for this. And I understand for some the word SBA means Slow Bureaucratic Paperwork. I hear it loud and clear.

144 (13.3%)

You need to tell your loved ones, the little ones in particular, that when they hear the President talking about Al Qaeda, Iraq and other places, I do so because I long for peace.

121 (11.2%)

A political candidate who jumps to conclusions without knowing the facts is not a person you want as your Commander-in-Chief.

696 (64.4%)

Total: 1080 votes

Favorite DubyaSpeak XXXI

This is an urban environment. Right over here is Juarez. And people are able to easily come into the border — into Texas, in this part of — in part of the border.

56 (4.6%)

My pro-life position is I believe there's life. It's not necessarily based in religion. I think there's a life there, therefore the notion of life, liberty and pursuit of happiness.

355 (28.9%)

The questionnaire that she filled out is an important questionnaire. And, obviously, they will address the questions that the senators have in the questionnaire as a result of the answers to the questions in the questionnaire.

621 (50.6%)

I, I don't know — Bono came in and dropped this new iPod off... Lightweight. Crank it on, and you shuffle the shuffle.

196 (16.0%)

Total: 1228 votes

Favorite DubyaSpeak XXX

So please give cash money to organizations that are directly involved in helping save lives — save the life who had been affected by Hurricane Katrina.

205 (16.2%)

She will always have a special place in American history, and our nation thinks of Rosa Park and her loved ones today.

109 (8.6%)

We face dangerous enemies who want to harm our people, folks who want to destroy our way of life.

170 (13.4%)

First thing that Medicare has done is it says that if you're — when you join Medicare, you get preventative screenings. Put in Texas terms, in order to solve something, you got to diagnose it.

781 (61.7%)

Total: 1265 votes

Favorite DubyaSpeak XXIX

I don't think anyone anticipated the breach of the levees.

221 (19.5%)

Part of the strategy is to call free nations together to form a coalition, to share information and to find people before they hurt.

56 (4.9%)

It breaks my heart to think about a family weeping over the loss of a loved one. I understand the anguish that some feel about the death that takes place.

102 (9.0%)

I want to thank the President and the CEO of Constellation Energy, Mayo Shattuck. That's a pretty cool first name, isn't it, Mayo. Pass the Mayo.

757 (66.6%)

Total: 1136 votes

Favorite DubyaSpeak XXVIII

As your President, it seems like to make sense to me to say, if we treat you this way, you treat us — that's what fair trade is all about.

377 (21.4%)

I'm looking forward to a good night's sleep on the soil of a friend.

367 (20.8%)

It's in our country's interests to find those who would do harm to us and get them out of harm's way.

777 (44.0%)

The enemy can't stand the thought of free societies. That's why they attacked us, see.

243 (13.8%)

Total: 1764 votes

Favorite DubyaSpeak XXVII

Today I am pleased to announce that I have nominated an outstanding military officer, Admiral Ed — Ammiral Ed Giambasteen — Deh — Giam — Giambastiani.

304 (28.0%)

Do you realize we've got 250 million years of coal?

447 (41.2%)

We can make this tax code pro-growth, pro-family, and fair. And I will bring Republics and Democrats together to do so.

73 (6.7%)

That's been the proven example around the world. Democracies equal peace.

262 (24.1%)

Total: 1086 votes

Favorite DubyaSpeak XXVI

There is a baby boomer generation getting ready to retire. I'm pretty aware of that. I am one.

115 (6.8%)

We need to apply 21st century information technology to the health care field. We need to have our medical records put on the IT.

129 (7.6%)

My six years as governor of Texas have been invaluable to me as I carry out my duties as the presidency.

112 (6.6%)

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.

1340 (79.0%)

Total: 1696 votes

Favorite DubyaSpeak XXV

Freedom frightens people who are terrorists.

132 (9.8%)

It's important for people to know that I'm the president of everybody.

669 (49.7%)

By making the right choices, we can make the right choice for our future.

210 (15.6%)

Can you imagine if my name had been Mungo Bush?

335 (24.9%)

Total: 1346 votes

Favorite DubyaSpeak XXIV

Any time of the year it's a time of sorrow and sadness when we lose a loss of life.

665 (40.5%)

I really appreciate the different backgrounds of the people who spoke. We had your entrepreneur, we had your academic, we had your corporate leader, we just had plain old citizens show up.

273 (16.6%)

Pennsylvania's unemployment rate is 5.1 percent. That's good news for people who are trying to find jobs.

511 (31.1%)

You cannot lead this world and our country to a better tomorrow unless you see a better — if you have a vision of a better tomorrow.

194 (11.8%)

Total: 1643 votes

Favorite DubyaSpeak XXIII

We need an energy bill that encourages consumption.

514 (26.6%)

I always jest to people, the Oval Office is the kind of place where people stand outside, they're getting ready to come in and tell me what for, and they walk in and get overwhelmed in the atmosphere, and they say, man, you're looking pretty.

677 (35.0%)

You've got to be able to speak clearly in order to make this world a more peaceful place.

546 (28.3%)

I appreciate Jeb — talk about swamping somebody, he knows the definition of swamp when it comes to political campaigns.

195 (10.1%)

Total: 1932 votes

Favorite DubyaSpeak XXII

We phased out the death tax, so America's family farmers can stay in the family.

562 (25.9%)

It's only fair if other countries treat us the way they treat them.

578 (26.6%)

You see, the enemies want to create a sense of fear and intrepidation.

253 (11.6%)

You need to have you a governor in the great state of Mississippi who understands what it means to create an environment for job growth, who hurts when he hears people are working, and that man is Haley Barbour.

779 (35.9%)

Total: 2172 votes

Favorite DubyaSpeak XXI

Listen, the other day I was asked about the National Intelligence Estimate, which is a National Intelligence Estimate.

733 (28.3%)

My grandfather was raised right here in Columbus, Ohio. So I'm here to ask that you send a homeboy back to Washington, D.C.

325 (12.6%)

A couple of days ago in New York I was having a Diet Coke with my friend, Prime Minister Koizumi. He's the Prime Minister of Japan.

165 (6.4%)

I'm not the expert on how the Iraqi people think, because I live in America, where it's nice and safe and secure.

1364 (52.7%)

Total: 2587 votes

Favorite DubyaSpeak XX

Last weekend we're continuing to implement our strategy of la verdad, the truth.

598 (27.5%)

I don't think you give timelines to dictators.

240 (11.0%)

One sure way to hold things up is that the federal lands say, you can't build on us.

702 (32.3%)

You can't be pro-doctor and pro-patient and pro-trial lawyer at the same time. You have to choose.

636 (29.2%)

Total: 2176 votes

Favorite DubyaSpeak XIX

Now, my opponent is trying to turn Yucca Mountain into a political poker chip. He says he's strongly against yucca here in Nevada.

41 (1.8%)

The really rich people figure out how to dodge taxes anyway.

362 (15.8%)

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.

1566 (68.4%)

But we've got a big border in Texas, with Mexico, obviously — and we've got a big border with Canada — Arizona is affected.

319 (13.9%)

Total: 2288 votes

Favorite DubyaSpeak XVIII

We want to make sure our wallets all across the country are healthy.

433 (12.6%)

You can't tax the rich enough to pay for his promises. Guess who he's going to tax? He's going to tax me and you.

851 (24.7%)

Rick Sanchez has done a fabulous job. He's been there for a — a long time. His service has been exemplorary.

182 (5.3%)

I want to be the peace president.

1973 (57.4%)

Total: 3439 votes

Favorite DubyaSpeak XVII

You'll hear, we're going to spend — the government is going to spend the government money here, and the government is going to spend the government here.

1078 (32.5%)

I love to bring people into the Oval Office — right around the corner from here — and say, this is where I office.

1039 (31.3%)

It's a different kind of war than we're used to in America. It's a war that requires patience and focus.

466 (14.0%)

This is historic times.

738 (22.2%)

Total: 3321 votes

Favorite DubyaSpeak XVI

See, when a person has more money in their pocket, they're likely to come to Home Depot.

164 (8.2%)

It's hard to be successful if you don't make something somebody doesn't want to buy.

453 (22.5%)

One of my hardest parts of my job is to console the family members who have lost their life.

936 (46.6%)

Probably the best reason to put me back in there is so that Laura has got four more years as the First Lady.

456 (22.7%)

Total: 2009 votes

Favorite DubyaSpeak XV

We've been through a recession. That means things are going backwards.

441 (24.5%)

We want results in every single classroom so that one single child is left behind.

618 (34.3%)

Sometimes it's not easy to be the friend of George W. Bush — I know that. If you know what I mean.

370 (20.5%)

We can outcompete with anybody.

374 (20.7%)

Total: 1803 votes

Favorite DubyaSpeak XIV

Sometimes it's not easy to be the friend of George W. Bush — I know that. If you know what I mean.

1435 (20.7%)

Al Qaeda is still active, and they're still recruiting, and they're still a threat because we won't cower.

624 (9.0%)

We need to thin our forests in America.

1434 (20.6%)

Security is the essential roadblock to achieving the road map to peace.

3455 (49.7%)

Total: 6948 votes

Favorite DubyaSpeak XIII

I know something about being a government. And you've got a good one.

933 (43.8%)

Our opportunity in society must also be a compassionate society.

245 (11.5%)

We are continuing to work with other nations to ask their help advice.

429 (20.1%)

I'll talk about the values that make our country unique and different. We love freedom here in America.

525 (24.6%)

Total: 2132 votes

Favorite DubyaSpeak XII

I think that we believe there are chemical weapons in Syria.

470 (19.3%)

It is conservative to understand government can hand out money, but it cannot put hope in people's hearts.

246 (10.1%)

But as a result of evil, there's some amazing things that are taking place in America.

1084 (44.6%)

A free society is one in which will mean more likely a peaceful partner in a troubled neighborhood.

632 (26.0%)

Total: 2432 votes

Favorite DubyaSpeak XI

Liberty is God's gift to human — to the human — mankind.

197 (11.4%)

We got into deficit because the economy went into the recession — is how we got into deficit.

454 (26.3%)

I think war is a dangerous place.

533 (30.9%)

A country which has been under attack can respond by loving your neighbor like you'd like to be loved yourself.

543 (31.4%)

Total: 1727 votes

Favorite DubyaSpeak X

There's no second-rate children in Arizona. There's no second-rate children in America.

311 (8.4%)

The hemisphere is in our interest to have a peaceful Colombia.

1671 (44.9%)

Most people in Arkansas know where Texas is, and all the people in Texas know where Arkansas is.

1081 (29.1%)

For years the freedom of our people were really never in doubt.

655 (17.6%)

Total: 3718 votes

Favorite DubyaSpeak IX

And, most importantly, Alma Powell, Secretary of Colin Powell, is with us.

119 (11.2%)

We learned some interesting lessons, that we're now vulnerable at home.

33 (3.1%)

Anyway, I'm so thankful, and so gracious — I'm gracious that my brother Jeb is concerned about the hemisphere as well.

261 (24.5%)

My most important job is to defend the homeland, to protect innocent Americans from the deaths of the killers.

654 (61.3%)

Total: 1067 votes

Favorite DubyaSpeak VIII

The Iraqi regime is a threat to any American and to threats who are friends of America.

270 (21.0%)

The goals for this country are a compassionate American for every single citizen.

239 (18.6%)

Our neighborhoods will be ultimately safer for crime.

584 (45.4%)

You know, the enemy would have loved to have seen a scrawny little budget up there.

194 (15.1%)

Total: 1287 votes

Favorite DubyaSpeak VII

The country is — has gotten to know Laura, like I have gotten to know her.

169 (12.4%)

I am a person who recognizes the fallacy of humans.

143 (10.5%)

Laura and I really don't realize how bright our children is sometimes until we get an objective analysis.

349 (25.7%)

Over 50 percent of our energy comes from overseas. Fortunately, a lot of it comes from Canada.

699 (51.4%)

Total: 1360 votes

Favorite DubyaSpeak VI

There is no second-rate children in America.

429 (12.4%)

My mom often used to say, 'The trouble with W' — although she didn't put that to words.

370 (10.7%)

You're responsible for loving a neighbor just like you'd like to love yourself.

369 (10.6%)

I want to send the signal to our enemy that you have aroused a compassionate and decent and mighty nation, and we're going to hunt you down.

2301 (66.3%)

Total: 3469 votes

Favorite DubyaSpeak V

This doesn't have nothing to do with reputation.

158 (12.4%)

Sometimes when I sleep at night I think of 'Hop on Pop.'

444 (34.8%)

I promise you I will listen to what has been said here, even though I wasn't here.

606 (47.5%)

To put it in Midland, Texas terms, any time we get a hint, we're following up on it.

67 (5.3%)

Total: 1275 votes

Favorite DubyaSpeak IV

When you have your own money, it means you've got more money to spend.

302 (26.4%)

And one of the things we've got to make sure that we do is anything.

547 (47.7%)

And there's nothing more powerful in helping change the country than the faith — faith in Dios.

123 (10.7%)

I want to talk about three issues facing America. The first are homeland security.

174 (15.2%)

Total: 1146 votes

Favorite DubyaSpeak III

We're in for a long struggle, and I think Texans understand that. And so do Americans.

359 (33.4%)

I come from a different generation from my dad.

206 (19.2%)

The benefits of helping somebody is beneficial.

323 (30.0%)

Mexico is an incredibly important part of the futuro de los Estados Unidos.

187 (17.4%)

Total: 1075 votes

Favorite DubyaSpeak II

We're making the right decisions to bring the solution to an end.

676 (52.4%)

With all due respect to the cameras, I hope you read more than you watch TV.

126 (9.8%)

There's always a difference of opinion sometimes between the House and the Senate.

232 (18.0%)

Laura and I will thank them from the bottom of my heart.

256 (19.8%)

Total: 1290 votes

Favorite DubyaSpeak I

I reconciled my love for my dad a long time ago.

278 (5.1%)

Border relations between Canada and Mexico have never been better.

3361 (61.9%)

This Thursday, ticket counters and airplanes will fly out of Ronald Reagan Airport.

922 (17.0%)

We ought to be the country feeding faces all across the world.

870 (16.0%)

Total: 5431 votes

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