184 days to go

"She's just trying to make sure Anthony gets a good meal—Antonio."
     —On Laura Bush's inviting U.S. Supreme Court justice Antonin Scalia to dinner at the White House; NBC Nightly News; January 14, 2001

185 days to go

"We'll let our friends be the peacekeepers and the great country called America will be the pacemakers."
     —Houston, TX; September 6, 2000

186 days to go

"I want to thank the dozens of welfare-to-work stories, the actual examples of people who made the firm and solemn commitment to work hard to embetter themselves."
     —Washington, D.C.; April 18, 2002

187 days to go

"I like my buddies from West Texas. I liked them when I was young. I liked them then I was middle-age, I liked them before I was president, and I liked them during president, and I like them after president."
     —Nashville, TN; February 1, 2006

More senseless rambling from the King himself.

188 days to go

"The goals of this country is to enhance prosperity and peace."
     —Speaking at the White House Conference on Global Literacy; New York, NY; September 18, 2006

189 days to go

"People make suggestions on what to say all the time. I'll give you an example; I don't read what's handed to me. People say, 'Here, here's your speech, or here's an idea for a speech.' They're changed. Trust me."
     —Interviews with The New York Times; March 15, 2000

A glimpse into the complex thought processes of Dubya.

190 days to go

"And so I'm for medical liability at the federal level."
     —Discussing his support of medical liability reform; Washington, D.C.; March 10, 2006

191 days to go

"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 guily...I mean innocent person to death in the state of Texas."
     —Interviewed on NPR's All Things Considered; June 16, 2000

One of myriad classic Freudian slips for Dubya. Hear the interview here on NPR's Web site.

192 days to go

"I regret that a private comment I made to the vice-presidential candidate made it through the public airways."
     —Allentown, PA; September 5, 2000

193 days to go

"Listen, I want to thank leaders of the—in the faith—faith-based and community-based community for being here."
     —Washington, D.C.; September 6, 2005

What did he say?

194 days to go

"I am a person who recognizes the fallacy of humans."
     —Appearing on The Oprah Winfrey Show; September 19, 2000

195 days to go

"The government is not the surplus's money, Vice President."
     —As quoted in The Washington Post; November 5, 2000

Not quite sure if Dubya is addressing Dick or the budget here.

196 days to go

"I tell people, let's don't fear the future, let's shape it."
     —Omaha, NE; June 7, 2006

197 days to go

"The CIA laid out several scenarios and said life could be lousy, life could be OK, life could be better, and they were just guessing as to what the conditions might be like."
     —New York, NY; September 21, 2004

198 days to go

"What I'm suggesting to you is, if you can't name the foreign minister of Mexico, therefore, you know, you're not capable of what you do. But the truth of the matter is you are, whether you can or not."
     —As quoted in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer; November 6, 1999

199 days to go

"The point is, this is a way to help inoculate me about what has come and is coming."
     —Discussing his anti-Al Gore advertisement in an interview with The New York Times; September 2, 2000

WTF?? Finally, under 200 days to go.

200 days to go

"For every fatal shooting, there were roughly three nonfatal shootings. And, folks, this is unacceptable in America. It's just unacceptable. And we're going to do something about it."
     —Philadelphia, PA; May 14, 2001

201 days to go

"We look forward to hearing your vision, so we can more better do our job. That's what I'm telling you."
     —Gulfport, MS; September 20, 2005

Mo' betta, mo' betta, mo betta'...

202 days to go

"And Brownie, you're doing a heck of a job."
     —To FEMA director Mike Brown, who resigned ten days later amid criticism over his job performance; Mobile, AL; September 2, 2005

Mike Brown continued the lies during a Congressional investigation by going on record stating Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco never asked for Federal aid for New Orleans.

203 days to go

"After the bombing, most Iraqis saw what the perpetuators of this attack were trying to do."
     —On the bombing of the Golden Mosque of Samarra in Iraq; Washington, D.C.; March 13, 2006

204 days to go

"They have miscalculated me as a leader."
     —Westminster, CA; September 13, 2000

Only as a leader?

205 days to go

"There's only one person who hugs the mothers and the widows, the wives and the kids, upon the death of their loved one. Others hug but, having committed the troops, I've got an additional responsibility to hug and that's me and I know what it's like."
     —Washington, D.C.; December 11, 2002

WTF is he talking about??

206 days to go

"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; August 21, 2000

Any idiot who voted for Dubya deserves everything coming to them.

207 days to go

"It's important for young men and women who look at the Nebraska champs to understand that quality of life is more than just blocking shots."
     —Remarks to the University of Nebraska women's volleyball team, the 2000 national champions; Washington, D.C.; May 31, 2001

Dubya thought he was attending a roast of the women's volleyball team.

208 days to go

"I'm the master of low expectations."
     —Aboard Air Force One; June 4, 2003

Please meet President Select, George W. Bush.

209 days to go

"If it were to rain a lot, there is concern from the Army Corps of Engineers that the levees might break. And so, therefore, we're cautious about encouraging people to return at the moment in history."
     —Washington, D.C.; September 19, 2005

Sadly, nobody told Dubya that the levees already broke three weeks prior to this statement.

210 days to go

"You took an oath to defend our flag and our freedom, and you kept that oath under seas and under fire."
     —Addressing war veterans; Washington, D.C.; January 10, 2006

The sad thing is that most of the veterans think Dubya is great.

211 days to go

"We want to develop defenses that are capable of defending ourselves and defenses capable of defending others."
     —Washington, D.C.; March 29, 2001

212 days to go

"Those of us who spent time in the agricultural sector and in the heartland, we understand how unfair the death penalty is."
     —Omaha, NE; February 28, 2001

That's quite an analogy.

213 days to go

"This case has had full analyzation and has been looked at a lot. I understand the emotionality of death penalty cases."
     —As quoted in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer; June 23, 2000

214 days to go

"I don't have to accept their tenants. I was trying to convince those college students to accept my tenants. And I reject any labeling me because I happened to go to the university."
     —Appearing on NBC's Today show; February 23, 2000

215 days to go

"I think it's really important for this great state of baseball to reach out to people of all walks of life to make sure that the sport is inclusive. The best way to do it is to convince little kids how to—the beauty of playing baseball."
     —Washington, D.C.; February 13, 2006

Still stumbling over two opposing thoughts at one time...

216 days to go

"[I'm] occasionally reading, I want you to know, in the second term."
     —Washington, D.C.; March 16, 2005

Well, that's better than not reading at all during the first term.

217 days to go

"Well, I think if you say you're going to do something and don't do it, that's trustworthiness."
     —CNN online chat; August 30, 2000

This was most notably Dubya's last online chat.

218 days to go

"I'm also mindful that man should never try to put words in God's mouth. I mean, we should never ascribe natural disasters or anything else to God. We are in no way, shape, or form should a human being play God."
     —Appearing on ABC's 20/20; Washington, D.C.; January 14, 2005

No, there aren't any typos in that quote.

219 days to go

"I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully."
     —Saginaw, MI; September 29, 2000

220 days to go

"Actually, I—this may sound a little West Texan to you, but I like it. When I'm talking about—when I'm talking about myself, and when he's talking about myself, all of us are talking about me."
     —Appearing on MSNBC's Hardball with Chris Matthews; May 31, 2000

Damn right.

221 days to go

"I mean, if you've ever been a governor of a state, you understand the vast potential of broadband technology, you understand how hard it is to make sure that physics, for example, is taught in every classroom in the state. It's difficult to do. It's, like, cost-prohibitive."
     —Washington, D.C.; June 24, 2004

Well, Dubya is right, quantum physics is, like, hard.

222 days to go

"I talked about making the death tax permanent so that Rolf can pass his assets from—to a family member if he so chooses."
     —After meeting with small-business owners; O'Fallon, MO; March 18, 2002

223 days to go

"I can't tell you what it's like to be in Europe, for example, to be talking about the greatness of America. But the true greatness of America are the people."
     —Visiting the Jefferson Memorial; Washington, D.C.; July 2, 2001

224 days to go

"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."
     —Washington, D.C.; September 6, 2005

225 days to go

"I can't wait to join you in the joy of welcoming neighbors back into neighborhoods, and small businesses up and running, and cutting those ribbons that somebody is creating new jobs."
     —Poplarville, MS; September 5, 2005

226 days to go

"I'm also not very analytical. You know I don't spend a lot of time thinking about myself, about why I do things."
     —Aboard Air Force One; June 4, 2003

I just do what Dick tells me to do.

227 days to go

"I think we agree, the past is over."
     —As quoted by The Dallas Morning News; May 10, 2000

228 days to go

"He's kind of a—probably feeling his oats pretty good about that time."
     —Describing the moment when Rabbi Mark Borovitz met his wife, Harriet; Faith-Based and Community Incentives Conference; Los Angeles, CA; March 3, 2004

Aaawww yeeaahhh, feelin' the oats of the best part about it!!

229 days to go

"People say, how can I help on this war against terror? How can I fight evil? You can do so by mentoring a child; by going into a shut-in's house and say 'I love you.'"
     —Washington, D.C.; September 19, 2002

230 days to go

"Listen, Al Gore is a very tough opponent. He is the incumbent. He represents the incumbency. And a challenger is somebody who generally comes from the pack and wins, if you're going to win. And that's where I'm coming from."
     —Detriot, MI; September 7, 2000

If you're going to win, you're a challenger, but only if you come from the pack...

231 days to go

"A submarine could take this place out."
     —Surveying the Arkansas River while visiting the Clinton Presidential Center, as quoted in The Guardian; Little Rock, AR; November 18, 2004

Hmmm, a little foreshadowing??

232 days to go

"As you can possibly see, I have an injury myself—not here at the hospital, but in combat with a cedar. I eventually won. The cedar gave me a little scratch."
     —After visiting with wounded veterans from the Amputee Care Center of Brooke Army Medical Center; San Antonio, TX; January 1, 2006

I bet the vets really appreciated that story...

233 days to go

"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 by the atmosphere. And they say 'Man, you're looking pretty.'"
     —Washington, D.C.; November 4, 2004

Again, what the hell is he talking about??

234 days to go

"It's clearly a budget. It's got a lot of numbers in it."
     —As quoted by Reuters; May 5, 2000

As scary as it is, this is the method of reasoning that got us into the mess we're in now.

235 days to go

"I am mindful of the difference between the executive branch and the legislative branch. I assured all four of these leaders that I know the difference, and that differences is they pass the laws and I execute them."
     —Washington, D.C.; December 18, 2000

I execute 'em.

236 days to go

"The march to war affected the people's confidence. It's hard to make investment. See, if you're a small-business owner or a large-business owner and you're thinking about investing, you've got to be optimistic when you invest. Except when you're marching to war, it's not a very optimistic thought, is it? In other words, it's the opposite of optimistic when you're thinking you're going to war."
     —Springfield, MO; February 9, 2004

War, it's a m-effer.

237 days to go

"The ambassador and the general were briefing me on the—the vast majority of Iraqis want to live in a peaceful, free world. And we will find these people and we will bring them to justice."
     —Washington, D.C.; October 28, 2003

The truth comes out again. President Bush wants to kill all the Iraqis who want to live in a free world.

238 days to go

"If you're a younger person, you ought to be asking members of Congress and the United States Senate and the president what you intend to do about it. If you see a train wreck coming, you ought to be saying 'What are you going to do about it, Mr. Congressman, or Madam Congressman?'"
     —Detroit, MI; February 8, 2005

239 days to go

"Out of the rubbles of Trent Lott's house—he's lost his entire house—there's going to be a fantastic house. And I'm looking forward to sitting on the porch."
     —Mobile, AL; September 2, 2005

240 days to go

"Quotas are bad for America. It's not the way America is all about."
     —St. Louis, MO; October 18, 2000

241 days to go

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.
Jim Lehrer: Florida.
Bush: Florida. The state of Florida.
     —Appearing on The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer; April 27, 2000

Simply amazing that this moron was selected President...

242 days to go

"If he's—the inferences is that somehow he thinks slavery is a, is a noble institution—I would—I would strongly reject that assumption. That John Ashcroft is an open-minded, inclusive person."
     —Interview with Tom Brokaw; NBC Nightly News; January 15, 2001

243 days to go

"The students at Yale came from all different backgrounds and all parts of the country. Within months, I knew many of them."
     —From A Charge to Keep, by George W. Bush, published November 1999

Months?? Really.

244 days to go

"There's not going to be enough people in the system to take advantage of people like me."
     —On the coming Social Security crisis; Wilton, CT; June 9, 2000

245 days to go

"The best place for the facts to be done is by somebody who's spending time investigating it."
     —Expressing hope that the probe into how CIA agent Valerie Plame's identity was leaked will yield answers; Washington, D.C.; July 18, 2005

Git 'er done.

246 days to go

"We can come together to heal whatever wounds may exist, whatever residuals there may be."
     —Washington, D.C.; December 18, 2000

247 days to go

"Natural gas is hemispheric. I like to call it hemispheric in nature because it is a product that we can find in our neighborhoods."
     —Austin, TX; December 20, 2000

Hemispheric and atmospheric are all really the same. Aren't they?? Duh.

248 days to go

"Reading is the basics for all learning."
     —Announcing the "Reading First" initiative; Reston, VA; March 28, 2000

Reading, Riting, and Rithmetic.

249 days to go

"That's why I went to the Congress last September and proposed fundamental—supplemental funding, which is money for armor and body parts and ammunition and fuel."
     —Erie, PA; September 2, 2004

Deftly displaying his understanding of war.

250 days to go

"I'll be glad to talk about ranching, but I haven't seen the movie. I've heard about it. I hope you go—you know—I hope you go back to the ranch and the farm is what I'm about to say."
     —Explaining that he hasn't yet seen Brokeback Mountain; Manhattan, KS; January 23, 2006

The evasive answer is either a confirmation that Dubya has in fact seen the movie or that he is truly an idiot.

251 days to go

"I don't think we need to be subliminable about the differences between our views on prescription drugs."
     —Orlando, FL; September 12, 2000

Somebody has been dipping into the Rx bottle...

252 days to go

"These people don't have tanks. They don't have ships. They hide in caves. They send suiciders out."
     —Speaking about terrorists; Portsmouth, NH; November 1, 2002

253 days to go

"There may be some tough times here in America. But this country has gone through tough times before, and we're going to do it again."
     —Waco, TX; August 13, 2002

Let's do those tough times again!

254 days to go

"My administration has been calling upon all the leaders in the—in the Middle East to do everything they can to stop the violence, to tell the different parties involved that peace will never happen."
     —Crawford, TX; August 13, 2001

Finally, a glimpse of the truth.

255 days to go

"Other Republican candidates may retort to personal attacks and negative ads."
     —Fund-raising letter from George W. Bush; as quoted in The Washington Post; March 24, 2000

He didn't just think it, he wrote it down!

256 days to go

"This is a nation that loves our freedom, loves our country."
     —Washington, D.C.; May 17, 2002

257 days to go

"If you found somebody that had information about an attack on America, you'd want to know as best as we can to find out what the facts are."
     —Philadelphia, PA; December 12, 2005

258 days to go

"I think he needs to stand up and say if he thought the president were wrong on policy and issues, he ought to say where."
     —Interview with The Associated Press; August 11, 2000

259 days to go

"And, most importantly, Alma Powell, secretary of Colin Powell, is with us."
     —Referring to the wife of Colin Powell; Washington, D.C.; January 30, 2003

That's alright, Barbara Bush was often referred to as the mother of Bush 41.

260 days to go

"They can get in line like those who have been here legally and have been working to become a citizenship in a legal manner."
     —Referring to immigrant workers; Washington, D.C.; December 20, 2004

¿Qué dijo?

261 days to go

"Bit if you've been laid off work, you're 100 percent unemployed, and I worry about it."
     —Green Bay, WI; September 3, 2001

Whew, I'm glad we've got Dubya on the job! If he's worrying about it, then something is gettin' done.

262 days to go

"The senator has got to understand if he's going to have—he can't have it both ways. He can't take the high horse and then claim the low road."
     —Florence, SC; February 17, 2000

OK...

263 days to go

"But Iraq has—have got people there that are willing to kill, and they're hard-nosed killers. And we will work with the Iraqis to secure their future."
     —Washington, D.C.; April 28, 2005

264 days to go

"The important question is, How many hands have I shaked."
     —Answering a question about why he hasn't spent more time in New Hampshire; The New York Times; October 23, 1999

I too prefer my martinis shaken.

265 days to go

"The point now is how do we work together to achieve important goals. And one such goal is a democracy in Germany."
     —Washington, D.C.; May 5, 2006

Breaking news: Dubya thinks Germany is still communist.

266 days to go

"How do you know if you don't measure if you have a system that simply suckles kids through?"
     —Explaining the need for educational accountability; Beaufort, SC; February 16, 2000

Is he talking about measuring the system or measuring the amount of suckling?!?

267 days to go

"It means your own money would grow better than that which the government can make it grow. And that's important."
     —On what private accounts could do for Social Security funds; Falls Church, VA; April 29, 2005

268 days to go

"[I]t's a myth to think I don't know what's going on. It's a myth to think that I'm not aware that there's opinions that don't agree with mine, because I'm fully aware of that."
     —Philadelphia, PA; December 12, 2005

Does he know that we know that he knows if every thinks he's stupid?

269 days to go

"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."
     —Appearing on ABC's This Week; February 20, 2000

Modest too.

270 days to go

"I'm looking forward to a good night's sleep on the soil of a friend."
     —On the prospect of visiting Denmark; Washington, D.C.; June 29, 2005

:)

271 days to go

"The way I like to put it is this. There's no bigger issue for the president to remind the moms and dads of America, if you happen to have a child, be fortunate to have a child."
     —Washington, D.C.; March 7, 2001

272 days to go

"I'm gonna talk about the ideal world, Chris. I've read—I understand reality. If you're asking me as the president, would I understand reality, I do."
     —Discussing abortion on MSNBC's Hardball with Chris Matthews; May 31, 2000

Even Chris Matthews has to commend Dubya on this crafty response to dodging the question.

273 days to go

"I think if you know what you believe, it makes it a lot easier to answer questions. I can't answer your question."
     —In response to a question about whether he wished he could take back any of his answers in the first debate; Reynoldsburg, OH; October 4, 2000

This single quote pretty much sums it ALL up.

274 days to go

"I understand small-business growth. I was one."
     —New York Daily News; February 19, 2000

I Am America (And So Can You!)

275 days to go

"I think we are welcomed. But it was not a peaceful welcome."
     —On the reception of American forces in Iraq; Philadephia, PA; December 12, 2005

Yes, I've often been welcomed by strangers with gun fire and road-side bombs.

276 days to go

"I don't want to win? If that were the case why the heck am I on the bus sixteen hours a day, shaking thousands of hands, giving hundreds of speeches, getting pillared in the press and cartoons and still staying on message to win?"
     —As quoted by Newsweek; February 28, 2000

277 days to go

"I was going to say he's a piece of work, but that might not translate too well. Is that all right, if I call you a 'piece of work'?"
     —To Jean-Claude Juncker, prime minister of Luxembourg; Washington, D.C.; June 20, 2005

Sure, as long as I can call you a piece of shit.

278 days to go

"God loves you, and I love you. And you can count on both of us as a powerful message that people who wonder about their future can hear."
     —Los Angeles, CA; March 3, 2004

279 days to go

"I've changed my style somewhat, as you know. I'm less—I pontificate less, although it may be hard to tell it from this show. And I'm more interacting with people."
     —Meet the Press; February 13, 2000

280 days to go

"We got people working all their life at hard work, contributing by payroll taxes into a Social Security system."
     —Washington, D.C.; May 13, 2005

281 days to go

"You might want to comment on that, Honorable."
     —To New Jersey secretary of state, the Honorable DeForest B. Soaries, Jr.; as quoted by Dana Milbank in The Washington Post; July 15, 2000

282 days to go

"[T]he best way to find these terrorists who hide in holes is to get people coming forth to describe the location of the hole, is to give clues and data."
     —Washington, D.C.; December 15, 2003

Bush can't find the hole...

283 days to go

"If you're sick and tired of the politics of cynicism and polls and principles, come and join this campaign."
     —Hilton Head Island, SC; February 16, 2000

At least Bush admits his campaign had no principles.

284 days to go

"As governor of Texas, I have set high standards for our public schools, and I have met those standards."
     —CNN online chat; August 30, 2000

I really, really doubt that.

285 days to go

"I glance at the headlines just to kind of get a flavor for what's moving. I rarely read the stories, and get briefed by people who are probably read the news themselves."
     —Washington, D.C.; September 21, 2003

286 days to go

"I'm confident we can work with Congress to come up with an economic stimulus package that will send a clear signal to the risk-takers and capital formators of our country."
     —Washington, D.C.; September 17, 2001

287 days to go

"There are some monuments where the land is so wide-spread, they just encompass as much as possible. And the integral part of the—the precious part, so to speak—I guess all land is precious, but the part that the people uniformly would not want to spoil, will not be despoiled. But there are parts of the monument lands where we can explore without affecting the overall environment."
     —Media round table; Washington, D.C.; March 13, 2001

I've read this many times, but can't really figure out WTF Bush is trying to say.

288 days to go

"We've had leaks out of the administrative branch, had leaks out of the legislative branch, and out of the executive branch and the legislative branch, and I've spoken out consistently against them, and I want to know who the leakers are."
     —Chicago, IL; September 30, 2003

289 days to go

"I think anybody who doesn't think I'm smart enough to handle the job is underestimating."
     —As quoted in U.S. News & World Report; April 3, 2000

Don't misunderestimate me.

290 days to go

"We ought to make the pie higher."
     —South Carolina Republican debate; Columbia, SC; February 15, 2000

What a piehole.

291 days to go

"I mean, there was a serious international effort to say to Saddam Hussein, 'You're a threat.' And the 9/11 attacks extenuated that threat, as far as I—concerned."
     —Philadelphia, PA; December 12, 2005

292 days to go

"Now, there are some who would like to rewrite history—revisionist historians is what I like to call them."
     —Elizabeth, NJ; June 16, 2003

293 days to go

"I knew it might put him in an awkward position that we had a discussion before finality has finally happened in this presidential race."
     —Describing a phone call to Senator John Breaux; Crawford, TX; December 2, 2000

294 days to go

"I want to thank you for taking time out of your day to come and witness my hanging."
     —At the dedication of his portrait; Austin, TX; January 4, 2002

Oh, if only it were true.

295 days to go

Bush: "Peter. Are you going to ask that question with shades on?"
Wallsten: "I can take them off."
Bush: "I'm interested in the shade look, seriously."
Wallsten: "All right, I'll keep it, then."
Bush: "For the viewers, there's no sun."
Wallsten: "I guess it depends on your perspective."
Bush: "Touché."

     —Exchange with the legally blind Los Angeles Times reporter Peter Wallsten, to whom Bush later apologized; Washington, D.C.; June 14, 2006

I'm sure Bush only apologized at the urging of his staff...what an ass.

296 days to go

"Free societies are hopeful societies. And free societies will be allies against these hateful few who have now conscience, who kill at the whim of a hat."
     —Washington, D.C.; September 17, 2004

297 days to go

"I do not agree with this notion that somehow if I go to try to attract votes and to lead people toward a better tomorrow somehow I get subscribed to some—some doctrine gets subscribed to me."
     —Appearing on Meet the Press; February 13, 2000

298 days to go

"It is not Reaganesque to support a tax plan that is Clinton in nature."
     —Los Angeles, CA; February 23, 2000

299 days to go

"It's one thing about insurance, that's a Washington term."
     —St. Louis, MO; October 18, 2000

300 days to go

"I know something about being a government. And you've got a good one."
     —Stumping for Governor Mike Huckabee; Bentonville; AR; November 4, 2002

Da guv'ment.

301 days to go

"This has been tough weeks in that country."
     —Washington, D.C.; April 13, 2004

302 days to go

"He has certainly earned a reputation as a fantastic mayor, because the results speak for themselves. I mean, New York's a safer place for him to be."
     —Discussing Rudy Giuliani on The Edge with Paula Zahn; May 18, 2000

303 days to go

"I'm hoeful. I know there is a lot of ambition in Washington, obviously. But I hope the ambitious realize that they are more likely to succeed with success as opposed to failure."
     —Interview with The Associated Press; January 18, 2001

I'm trying to succeed in life built on various small-scale failures.

304 days to go

"I think we need not only to eliminate the tollbooth to the middle class, I think we should knock down the tollbooth."
     —Nashua, NH; as quoted by Gail Collins in The New York Times; February 1, 2000

I'm all for knockin' shit down...

305 days to go

"The Senate needs to leave enough money in the proposed budget to not only reduce all marginal rates, but to eliminate the death tax, so that people who build up assets are able to transfer them from one generation to the next, regardless of a person's race."
     —Washington, D.C.; April 5, 2001

Rates, not race.

306 days to go

"I didn't join the International Criminal Court because I don't want to put our troops in the hands of prosecutors from other nations. Look, if somebody has done some wrong in our military, we'll take care of it. We got plenty of capability of dealing with justice."
     —Niceville, FL; August 10, 2004

I think the proper term is "We gots justice."

307 days to go

"Well, we've made the decision to defeat the terrorists abroad so we don't have to face them here at home. And when you engage the terrorists abroad, it causes activity and action."
     —Washington, D.C.; April 28, 2005

308 days to go

"I think we ought to raise the age at which juveniles can have a gun."
     —St. Louis, MO; October 18, 2000

He said should, not will.

309 days to go

"See, without the tax relief package, there would have been a deficit, but there wouldn't have been the commiserate—not 'commiserate'—the kick to our economy that occurred as a result of the tax relief."
     —Washington, D.C.; December 15, 2003

310 days to go

"See, in my line of work you got to keep repeating things over and over again for the truth to sink in, to kind of catapult the propaganda."
     —Greece, NY; May 24, 2005

Repetition is the key to re-education.

311 days to go

"This is Preservation Month. I appreciate preservation. It's what you do when you run for president. you gotta preserve."
     —Speaking during "Perseverance Month" at Fairgrounds Elementary School in Nashua, NH; as quoted in the Los Angeles Times; January 28, 2000

You gotsta preserve—uh, I mean, persevere!

312 days to go

"I think we're making progress. We understand where the power of this country lay. It lays in the hearts and souls of Americans. It must lay in our pocketbooks. It lays in the willingness for people to work hard. But as importantly, it lays in the fact that we've got citizens from all walks of life, all political parties, that are willing to say, I want to love my neighbor. I want to make somebody's life just a little bit better."
     —Concord Middle School; Concord, NC; April 11, 2001

313 days to go

"One of the most meaningful things that's happened to me since I've been the governor—the president—governor—president. Oops. Ex-governor. I went to Bethesda Naval Hospital to give a fellow a Purple Heart, and at the same moment I watched him—get a Purple Heart for action in Iraq—and at that same—right after I gave him the Purple Heart, he was sworn in as a citizen of the United States—a Mexican citizen, now a United States citizen."
     —Washington, D.C.; January 9, 2004

No, those aren't typos.

314 days to go

"I suspect that had my dad not been president, he'd be asking the same questions: How'd your meeting go with so-and-so?...How did you feel when you stodd up in front of the people for the State of the Union Address—state of the budget address, whatever you call it?"
     —Interview with The Washington Post; March 9, 2001

315 days to go

"Any time we've got any kind of inkling that somebody is thinking about doing something to an American and something to our homelandl you've got to know we've moving on it, to protect the United Nations Constitution, and at the same time, we're protecting you."
     —Aberdeen, SD; October 31, 2002

Here he goes again with that damn United Nations Constitution...

316 days to go

"My plan plays down an unprecedented amount of our national debt."
     —Budget address to Congress; February 27, 2001

317 days to go

"See, free nations are peaceful nations. Free nations don't attack each other. Free nations don't develop weapons of mass destruction."
     —Milwaukee, WI; October 3, 2003

Except, of course, for the United States and every other "free" country with nuclear weapons...

318 days to go

"What I am against is quotas. I am against hard quotas, quotas they basically delineate based upon whatever. However they delineate, quotas, I think vulcanize society. So I don't know how that fits into what everybody else is saying, their relative positions, but that's my position."
     —As quoted by Molly Ivins in the San Francisco Chronicle; January 21, 2000

This is a great example of President Bush using big words :)

319 days to go

"He was a state sponsor of terror. In other words, the government had declared, 'You are a state sponsor of terror.'"
     —On Saddam Hussein; Manhattan, KS; January 23, 2006

320 days to go

"Do you have blacks, too?"
     —To Brazilian president Fernando Henrique Cardoso; Washington, D.C.; November 8, 2001

321 days to go

"He understands the need for a timely write of the constitution."
     —Our interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi of Iraq; Washington, D.C.; April 28, 2005

322 days to go

"Well, it's an unimaginable honor to be the president during the Fourth of July of this country. It means what these words say, for starters. The great inalienable rights of our country. We've blessed with such values in America. And I—it's—I'm a proud man to be the nation based upon such wonderful values."
     —Visiting the Jefferson Memorial; Washington D.C.; July 2, 2001

323 days to go

"After standing on the stage, after the debates, I made it very plain, we will not have an all-volunteer army. And yet, this week—we will have an all-volunteer army. Let me restate that."
     —Daytona Beach, FL; October 16, 2004

324 days to go

"I was raised in the West. The west of Texas. It's pretty close to California. In more ways than Washington, D.C., is close to California."
     —As quoted by the Los Angeles Times; Los Angeles, CA; April 8, 2000

Well, 550 miles close.

325 days to go

"When I was coming up, it was a dangerous world, and you knew exactly who they were. It was us versus them, and it was clear who them was. Today, we are not so sure who the they are, but we know they're there."
     —Speaking at Iowa Western Community College; Council Bluffs, IA; January 21, 2000

And they know that we're here even though they might think we don't know who they are...

326 days to go

"I thought how proud I am to be standing up beside my dad. Never did it occur to me that he would become the gist for cartoonists."
     —As quoted in Newsweek; February 28, 2000

327 days to go

"I must confess. It did confuse some of the folks at the Crawford, Texas, coffee shop when I was traveling around the country with Theodore Kennedy."
     —Chicago, IL; May 13, 2002

Who the hell is Theodore Kennedy?!? Senator Kennedy's name is Edward, not Theodore. What a dumbass...

328 days to go

"Anyway, I'm so thankful, and so gracious—I'm gracious that my brother Jeb is concerned about the hemisphere as well."
     —Miami, FL; June 4, 2001

I highly doubt President Bush even knows what a hemisphere is. I think we should book him on "Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?" after he's out of office. He'd may even do as well as Kellie Pickler...

329 days to go

"I know how hard it is for your to put food on your family."
     —Nashua, NH; January 27, 2000

330 days to go

"For a century and a half now, America and Japan have formed one of the great and enduring alliances of modern times."
     —Tokyo, Japan; February 18, 2002

I can't imagine what Japanese citizens thought of this idiotic remark.

331 days to go

"I want to thank you for coming to the White House to give me an opportunity to urge you to work with these five senators and three congressmen, to work hard to get this trade promotion authority moving. The power that be, well most of the power that be, site right here."
     —Washington, D.C.; June 18, 2001

332 days to go

"This is still a dangerous world. It's a world of madmen and uncertainty and potential mential losses."
     —At a South Carolina oyster roast; as quoted in the Financial Times; January 14, 2000

Did he mean mental losses or missile launches?!?

Using Techbargains to find great deals

If you're like me and like to get great deals on tech gadgets and products then you'll love what techbargains.com has to offer. This awesome site scours the Net for all the best deals on iPods, HDTVs, digital cameras, and more into a single list of deals that is updated all day, everyday. It's a godsend for people like me who have don't have enough time to go through my favorite online stores looking for good deals.

How to Use:
The best way I've found to use techbargains.com is to use their RSS feed. This allows you to get the most up-to-date information at your fingertips in a format you are comfortable with. If you don't use RSS, then the techbargains.com Web site also works very well. It lists all the latest deals with the inclusion of thumbnail images. The deal listings include a short description of the item, price, shipping costs, and any rebates (if applicable). Lots of great information.

More Stores:
I've found many new online stores through techbargains.com and you can too. Just click on the 'More from Vendor' link on the main Web page and you will get all the deals from that store. This is a great feature and allows you to find other items in case you need to add more items to qualify for free shipping.

Hot Items:
One of the coolest features on techbargains.com are their 'Cheap' pages: Cheap HDTV | Cheap GPS | Cheap Digital Cameras | Cheap iPods | Cheap LCD Displays | Cheap Notebooks | Cheap Cell Phone. These pages aggregate all the latest deals from the normal listings and put them on a single page.
Another cool feature are their 'Find' pages: Find a Wii | Find a iPhone | Find a PS3 | Find a DS Lite | Find a Xbox 360. These pages aggregate all the stores selling that specific item--a great way to see deals on the most hard-to-find items.

333 days to go

"We need to counter the shock wave of the evildoer by having individual rate cuts accelerated and by thinking about tax rebates."
     —Washington, D.C.; October 4, 2001

334 days to go

"One of the common denominators I have found is that expectations rise above that which is expected."
     —Los Angeles, CA; September 27, 2000

335 days to go

"We expect the states to show us whether or not we're achieving simple objectives—like literacy, literacy in math, the ability to read and write."
     —On federal education requirements; Washington, D.C.; April 28, 2005

336 days to go

"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."
     —Washington, D.C.; April 14, 2005

337 days to go

"It's a time of sorrow and sadness when we lose a loss of life."
     —Washington, D.C.; December 21, 2004

338 days to go

"The most important job is not to be governor, or first lady in my case."
     —As quoted by the San Antonio Express-News; Pella, IA; January 30, 2000

Is Bush trying to tell us something here?

339 days to go

"We must all hear the universal call to like your neighbor just like you like to be liked yourself."
     —Florence, SC; January 11, 2000

340 days to go

"We got the best workforce in America—in the world."
     —Washington, D.C.; December 2, 2005

341 days to go

"The Bob Jones policy on interracial dating, I mean I spoke out on interracial dating. I spoke against that. I spoke out against interracial dating. I support the policy of interracial dating."
     —CBS News; February 25, 2000

Can't tell through the nonsensical Bush-speak, but Bush said he was "heartened" to hear the ban was lifted--about a week after he said he was against it.

342 days to go

"My job is to, like, think beyond the immediate."
     —Washington, D.C.; April 21, 2004

Like, gag me with a spoon...

343 days to go

"Finally, the desk, where we'll have our picture taken in front of, is, nine other presidents used it. This was given to us by Queen Victoria in the 1870s, I think it was. President Roosevelt put the foor in so people would not know he was in a wheelchair. John Kennedy put his head out the door."
     —Showing German newspaper reporter Kai Diekmann the Oval Office; Washington, D.C.; May 5, 2006

344 days to go

"We have enough coal to last for 250 years, yet coal also prevents an environmental challenge."
     —Washington, D.C.; April 20, 2005

Keep up to date on all the latest coal power plant news here.

345 days to go

"I need to ba able to move the right people to the right place at the right time to protect you, and I'm not going to accept a lousy bill out of the United Nations Senate."
     —South Bend, IN; October 31, 2002

346 days to go

"There needs to be debates, like we're going through. There needs to be town-hall meetings. There needs to be travel. This is a huge country."
     —Appearing on CNN's Larry King Live; December 16, 1999

347 days to go

"And if you're interested in the quality of education and you're paying attention to what you hear at Laclede, why don't you volunteer? Why don't you mentor a child how to read?"
     —Pierre Laclede Elementary School; St. Louis, MO; January 5, 2004

348 days to go

"I am determined to keep the process on the road to peace."
     —Washington, D.C.; June 10, 2003

349 days to go

"I know what I believe. I will continue to articulate what I believe and what I believe—I believe what I believe is right."
     —Rome, Italy; July 22, 2001

Do you believe??

350 days to go

"I want each and every American to know for certain that I'm responsible for the decisions I make and each of you are as well."
     —Appearing on Live with Regis; September 21, 2000

Mmmm, Kelly Ripa...

351 days to go

"I confirmed to the prime minister that we appreciate our friendship."
     —After meeting with Prime Minister Jean Chrétien of Canada; Washington, D.C.; February 5, 2001

352 days to go

"That's called, 'A Charge to Keep,' based upon a religious hymn. The hymn talks about serving God. The president's job is never to promote a religion."
     —Showing German newspaper reporter Kai Diekmann the Oval Office; Washington, D.C.; May 5, 2006

353 days to go

"It is incredibly presumptive for somebody who has not yet earned his party's nomination to start speculating about vice presidents."
     —Keene, NH; October 22, 1999; as quoted in the November 15, 1999 issue of The New Republic

354 days to go

"We need to apply twenty-first-century information technology to the health care field. We need to have our medical records put on the I.T."
     —Collinsville, IL; January 5, 2005

356 days to go

"A tax cut is really one of the anecdotes to coming out of an economic illness."
     —Appearing on The Edge with Paula Zahn; September 18, 2000

I don't know about you, but I'm going to be spending my upcoming tax rebate on paying my taxes--not buying more crap I don't need.

357 days to go

"Part of the facts is understanding we have a problem, and part of the facts is what you're going to do about it."
     —Kirtland, OH; April 15, 2005

358 days to go

"It's going to require numerous IRA agents."
     —On Al Gore's tax plan; Greensboro, NC; October 10, 2000

Start your a Roth IRA today!

359 days to go

"There's no question that the minute I got elected, the storm clouds on the horizon were getting nearly directly overhead."
     —Washington, D.C.; May 11, 2001

360 days to go

"I don't remember debates. I don't think we spent a lot of time debating it. Maybe we did, but I don't remember."
     —On discussions of the Vietnam War when he was an undergraduate at Yale; Washington, D.C.; July 27, 1999

See how you can help others who suffer from Alzheimer's Disease. Also, check out President Bush's years at Yale.

361 days to go

"My answer is bring them on."
     —On Iraqi militants attacking U.S. forces; Washington, D.C.; July 3, 2003

Over 3,700 American military personnel have lost their lives since President Bush made this statement in July 2003.

362 days to go

"That's George Washington, the first president, of course. The intersting thing about him is that I read three—three or four books about him last year. Isn't that intresting?"
     —Showing German newspaper reporter Kai Diekmann the Oval Office; Washington, D.C.; May 5, 2006

I'd bet this book was one of the "three—three or four" books he read.

363 days to go

"You see, the Senate wants to take away some of the powers of the administrative branch."
     —Washington, D.C.; September 19, 2002

Here's a good page explaining the three branches of our government--written in language (and illustrated) so that even President Bush can understand.

364 days to go

"Now, we talked to Joan Hanover. She and her husband, George, were visiting with us. They are near retirement—retiring—in the process of retiring, meaning they're very smart, active, capable people who are retirement age and are retiring."
     —Alexandria, VA; February 12, 2003

365 days to go

"I firmly believe that the world cannot allow the world's worst leaders to hold American blackmail, to threaten America, to threaten our peace and threaten our friends and allies with the world's worst weapons."
     —South Bend, IN; September 2, 2002

366 days to go

"I think it's very important for world leaders to understand that when a new administration comes in, the new administration will be running the foreign policy."
     —Interview with USA Today; January 12, 2001

Caucus 2008

Well, we attended the Democratic caucus this morning and I gotta say, "What a waste of time!" If you feel your vote is insignificant in a general election, you should definitely attend a caucus and just to see how much your vote DOESN'T COUNT!!!

Our precinct had only one delegate so we skipped the entire viability process, thereby, bypassing all the discussion and debate that is involved with that. Supporters for the various candidates were allowed to say something positive in support of their candidate but we didn't do any other discussing of the issues--just a bunch of fluff crap.

When we arrived at 11am there was mass chaos. The caucus location wasn't marked at all. I had to ask one of the representatives from the Republican caucus where the Democratic one was being held!!!

The main sign-in desk was a mess...five or six lines of people going in all directions. New voters, old voters, nobody knowing what to do and getting absolutely no guidance from the party organizers. We finally found our precinct room and got signed in just before they closed the doors on us. Yes, we stood around with everyone else for 45 minutes before finding out what we needed to do.

So we took a straight vote with the winner taking all--in our case, one delegate. Obama 22, Clinton 13, Edwards 2. Obama took the one delegate. Basically the other 15 people who showed up to vote in the caucus were totally meaningless and wasted their time.

Welcome to the great democratic process in the United States. Why Nevada doesn't do a primary instead of a caucus is beyond me. I haven't missed an election since I turned 18 and this is the first time I felt my vote didn't count for shit.

367 days to go

"The only thing I know about Slovakia is what I learned firsthand from your foreign minister, who came to Texas."
     —To a Slovak journalist, as quoted by Knight Ridder News Service; June 22, 1999; Bush's meeting was with Janez Drnovšek, the prime minister of Slovenia.

368 days to go

"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?"
     —Washington, D.C.; June 14, 2006

369 days to go

"First, let me make it very clear, poor people aren't necessarily killers. Just because you happen to be not rich doesn't mean you're willing to kill."
     —Washington, D.C.; May 19, 2003

The Killers rock!

370 days to go

"Home is important. It's important to have a home."
     —Crawford, TX; February 18, 2001

I couldn't have said it better myself--well, maybe a little better. Read more on the hardest hit cities.

371 days to go

"One of my hardest parts of my job is to console the family members who have lost their life."
     —White House; April 13, 2004

372 days to go

"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."
     —Washington, D.C.; August 5, 2004

Finally, an admission of guilt!!

373 days to go

"And we need a full affront on an energy crisis that is real in California and looms for other parts of our country if we don't move quickly."
     —Washington, D.C.; March 29, 2001

See what's happening with Enron today (now known as Enron Creditors Recovery Corp.)...

374 days to go

"I can look you in the eye and tell you I feel I've tried to solve the problem diplomatically to the max, and would have committed troops both in Afghanistan and Iraq knowing what I know today."
     —Irvine, CA; April 24, 2006

375 days to go

"Too many good docs are getting out of the business. Too many OB/GYN's aren't able to practice their love with women all across the country."
     —Poplar Bluff, MO; September 6, 2004

Did he really say that?!? See how to help family physicians stay in the business.

376 days to go

"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."
     —Crawford, TX; May 3, 2003

President Bush's ranch in Crawford, TX is also known as the Prairie Chapel Ranch. Read lots more about it here (warning dial-up users: lots of very large photos).

377 days to go

"This morning my administration released the budget numbers for fiscal 2006. These budget numbers are not just estimates; these are the actual results for the fiscal year that ended February the thirtieth."
     —Referring to the fiscal year that ended on September 30; Washington, D.C.; October 11, 2006

30 days in February?!? He must've been using the Soviet revolutionary calendar for his fiscal year...

378 days to go

"I want to remind you are that in order to fight and win the war, it requires an expenditure of money that is commiserate with keeping a promise to our troops to make sure that they're well-paid, well-trained, well-equipped."
     —Washington, D.C.; December 15, 2003

379 days to go

"Recession means that people's incomes, at the employer level, are going down, basically, relative to costs, people are getting laid off."
     —Washington, D.C.; February 19, 2004

380 days to go

"And I want those who are questioning it to step up and explain why all of a sudden a Middle Eastern company is held to a different standard than a Great British company."
     —Defending a plan to allow a company from the United Arab Emirates to manage ports in the United States; aboard Air Force One; February 21, 2006

Read more about this issue via Google...

381 days to go

"If the East Timorians decide to revolt, I'm sure I'll have a statement."
     —As quoted by Maureen Dowd in The New York Times; June 16, 1999

What are these East Timorians that President Bush is speaking of you say? Read more about the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste here.

382 days to go

"The march to war hurt the economy. Laura reminded me a while ago that—remember what was on the TV screens—she calls me 'George W.'—'George W.'—I call her 'First Lady.' No, anyway—she said, we said, march to war on our TV screen."
     —Bay Shore, NY; March 11, 2004

383 days to go

"I think there is some methodology in my travels."
     —Washington, D.C.; March 5, 2001

384 days to go

"I'm not going to be rushed into making a difficult decision, a necessary decision, to say to our troops, 'We're going to give you the tools necessary to succeed and a strategy to help you succeed."
     —Washington, D.C.; December 13, 2006

Only 385 days to go

For the next 385 days, I'll be posting daily quotes from my new George W. Bushisms desk calendar that I got for xmas. This new feature will also be know as WTF Did He Say?!?

Let's start the New Year off right with this little gem...

"I aim to be a competitive nation."
     —San Jose, CA; April 21, 2006