Subject: Bushisms (Page 14)

Redefining the role of the United States from enablers to keep the peace to enablers to keep the peace from peacekeepers is going to be an assignment.

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And finally, Mayor Al is with us, the Mayor of Monroe… Al Cappuccilli is here. Thank you, Mayor, for being with us. You must be filling the potholes… picking up the garbage; that's the way to go.

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I'm a follower of American politics.

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I recently met with the finance minister of the Palestinian Authority, was very impressed by his grasp of finances.

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Listen, I want to thank leaders of the – in the faith – faith – based and community – based community for being here.

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The true threat is whether or not one of these people decide, peak of anger, try to hold us hostage, ourselves; the Israelis, for example, to whom we'll defend, offer our defenses; the South Koreans.

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There’s no doubt in my mind that we should allow the world’s worst leaders to hold America hostage, to threaten our peace, to threaten our friends and allies with the world’s worst weapons.

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I can press when there needs to be pressed; I can hold hands when there needs to be—hold hands.

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Tommy (Thompson) is a good listener, and he’s a pretty good actor, too.

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

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I spoke out against interracial dating; I support the policy of interracial dating.

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And so during these holiday seasons, we thank our blessings.

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It is time to set aside the old partisan bickering and finger-pointing and name-calling that comes from freeing parents to make different choices for their children.

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It isn’t pollution that’s harming the environment. It’s the impurities in our air and water that are doing it.

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We'll let our friends be the peacekeepers and the great country called America will be the pacemakers.

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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 the pursuit of happiness.

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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.

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

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It's going to require numerous IRA agents.

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This is historic times.

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I don’t bring God into my life to… to… you know, kind of be a political person.

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