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.

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"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

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"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