President Bush Quotes - Page 5

• Americans were told repeatedly by President Bush and Vice President Cheney that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. None were ever found.

  John Olver

  Mass Destruction, Iraq, President

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• Unless things change radically, President Bush will be the first President since Herbert Hoover to have presided over a net loss of jobs during his administration.

  Tim Johnson

  Jobs, Loss, President

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• President Bush's mercury rule is a gift to the big energy companies that helped put him in office

  Tom Allen

  Office, President, Energy

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• President Bush had an opportunity tonight to say, 'Look ... things aren't going very well in Iraq and we did make some miscalculations and misjudgments there,' but he is so stubbornly arrogant - he just sticks with that same formula that he has in talking about the war on Iraq that just defies the reality that we all see on the ground.

  Mike McCurry

  War, Opportunity, Reality

  "Debating the first debate" by Dan Lothian, Dana Bash, John King, Candy Crowley Richard Shumate and Ed Payne, edition.cnn.com. October 3, 2004.

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• Maybe it's a sick fantasy of mine, but I am really looking forward to a debate between a general and a deserter. Plus, I really want to hear President Bush have to say, "Yes, General, No, General."

  Michael Moore

  Sick, President, Want

  "The Anti-Coulter - Michael Moore is SRO on his book tour" by Barry Bozeman, treasononline.blogspot.com. October 29, 2003.

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• Everybody who has dealt with China over an extended period of time has come to more or less the same conclusions. There are nuances of differences, but not fundamental differences. I think that President Bush was heading in this direction, and I have no doubt that he will again wind up in this position. But right now he has to be preoccupied with the atrocity committed in New York and Washington.

  Henry A. Kissinger

  New York, Thinking, Wind

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• President Bush is now focusing on jobs. I think the one job he's focusing most on is his own. The White House is now backtracking from its prediction that 2.6 million new jobs will be created in the U.S. this year. They say they were off by roughly 2.6 million jobs.

  Jay Leno

  Jobs, Thinking, Years

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• It is time for Democrats who distrust President Bush to acknowledge that he will be commander in chief for three more critical years, and that in matters of war we undermine presidential credibility at our nation's peril.

  Joe Lieberman

  War, Years, Presidential

  "Lieberman's Iraq Views Rankle Some Democrats". www.foxnews.com. December 10, 2005.

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• Mission accomplished? The mission in Iraq, as laid out by President Bush and Vice President Cheney, has failed.

  Robert Byrd

  Iraq, President, Vices

  "One year later, Bush defends Iraq speech" by Sean Loughlin, www.cnn.com. April 30, 2004.

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• I believe President Bush is one of the most dangerous leaders in the world. He is not in search of peaceful and diplomatic solutions.

  Bianca Jagger

  Believe, Leader, Peaceful

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• President Bush should be indicted and should be driven out of office. He should be sent back home in Texas.

  Bianca Jagger

  Home, Texas, Office

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• We don't have time to wait for President Bush to change his mind. How many breakthroughs have been missed as a result of this policy?

  Robert Lanza

  Change, Waiting, Mind

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• President Bush has been silent on Schwarzenegger. Of course, he can't pronounce Schwarzenegger.

  David Letterman

  President, Comedy, Quiet

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• President Bush says he needs a month off to unwind. Unwind? When the hell does this guy wind?

  David Letterman

  Funny, Wind, Guy

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• President Bush has said that he does not need approval from the UN to wage war, and I'm thinking, well, hell, he didn't need the approval of the American voters to become president, either.

  David Letterman

  War, Thinking, Appreciate

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• Iraq now says that it will, after all, destroy its missiles. President Bush said, 'Please, I used to pull the same trick. There'd be an intervention, I'd make a big show of pouring out the liquor and then there was a case under the floorboards.'

  Bill Maher

  Iraq, President, Pouring

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• President Bush is supporting Arnold but a lot of Republicans are not, because he is actually quite liberal. Karl Rove said if his father wasn't a Nazi, he wouldn't have any credibility with conservatives at all.

  Bill Maher

  Father, President, Comedy

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• In November 2000, the Republicans stole from America our most precious right of all: the right to free and fair elections... Now President Bush occupies the White House, but with questionable legitimacy.

  Cynthia McKinney

  White, America, House

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• President Bush gave his first-ever presidential radio address in both English and Spanish. Reaction was mixed, however, as people were trying to figure out which one was which.

  Dennis Miller

  Funny, Humor, People

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• President Bush has a track record of making the right decisions when it comes to national security.

  Randy Neugebauer

  Track, Decision, President

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• President Bush's proposal to focus our resources on sending humans to Mars is intriguing, but it is not the most compelling reason that Americans ought to focus our interest on the Red Planet.

  Jay Inslee

  Compelling Reason, Focus, President

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• Right after the tragedy, President Bush asked Americans to get on with their lives and we did.

  Jane D. Hull

  Tragedy, President

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• President Bush once said that marriage is a sacred institution and should be reserved for the union of one man and one woman. If this is the case - and most Americans would agree with him on this - then I have to ask: Why is the government at all involved in marrying people?

  Tony Campolo

  Men, People, President

  "A Possible Compromise on the Gay Marriage Controversy" by Tony Campolo, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 22, 2011.

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• President Bush gave me a tremendous opportunity to serve as the vice president. I enjoyed very much having the opportunity to be a part of his team. He told me at the outset, he wanted me to sign on to be a part of his team - and he was true to his word, kept it. He was tough. He was decisive. He was also a pretty good politician.

  Dick Cheney

  Team, Opportunity, President

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• One day after laying a wreath at the tomb of Martin Luther King Jr., President Bush appoints a federal judge who has built his career around dismantling Dr. King's legacy.

  Hillary Clinton

  Kings, Careers, Hype

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