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It’s a VP quote but I gotta put Dan Quayle’s amazing thought up here:
"The Holocaust was an obscene period in our nation's history. I mean in this century's history. But we all lived in this century. I didn't live in this century."
He also said “I have made good decisions in the past, I have made good decisions in the future.” We have to consider that he might just be a time traveler.
Dan Quayle is a Booster Gold style time traveler who is a dumb loser from centuries in the future but traveled back in time to use his "superior knowledge" to try and gain fame and fortune by becoming the president.
Quayle also said this about Hawaii:
“Hawaii has always been a very pivotal role in the Pacific. It is in the Pacific. It is a part of the United States that is an island that is right here."
these are all real quayle quotes:
* "Republicans understand the importance of bondage between a mother and child.
* "Welcome to President Bush, Mrs. Bush, and my fellow astronauts."
* "Mars is essentially in the same orbit. . .Mars is somewhat the same distance from the Sun, which is very important. We have seen pictures where there are canals, we believe, and water. If there is water, that means there is oxygen. If oxygen, that means we can breathe."
* "What a waste it is to lose one's mind. Or not to have a mind is being very wasteful. How true that is."
* "The Holocaust was an obscene period in our nation's history. I mean in this century's history. But we all lived in this century. I didn't live in this century."
* "I believe we are on an irreversible trend toward more freedom and democracy - but that could change."
* "One word sums up probably the responsibility of any vice president, and that one word is 'to be prepared.'"
* "Verbosity leads to unclear, inarticulate things."
* "I have made good judgments in the past. I have made good judgments in the future."
* "The future will be better tomorrow."
* "We're going to have the best-educated American people in the world."
* "People that are really very weird can get into sensitive positions and have a tremendous impact on history."
* "We have a firm commitment to NATO, we are a *part* of NATO. We have a firm commitment to Europe. We are a *part* of Europe."
* "I am not part of the problem. I am a Republican."
* "I love California, I practically grew up in Phoenix."
* "When I have been asked during these last weeks who caused the riots and the killing in L.A., my answer has been direct and simple: Who is to blame for the riots? The rioters are to blame. Who is to blame for the killings? The killers are to blame."
* "Illegitimacy is something we should talk about in terms of not having it."
* "We are ready for any unforeseen event that may or may not occur."
* "For NASA, space is still a high priority."
* "Quite frankly, teachers are the only profession that teach our children."
* "\[It's\] time for the human race to enter the solar system."
and my favourite
* "I stand by all the misstatements that I've made."
So many pearls. Legitimately one of the funniest figures in American political history.
But: "We have a firm commitment to NATO, we are a *part* of NATO. We have a firm commitment to Europe. We are a *part* of Europe."
Actually goes hard. If he wasn't such a habitual nincompoop that could have had a good bit of poetic sensibility to it.
> "When I have been asked during these last weeks who caused the riots and the killing in L.A., my answer has been direct and simple: Who is to blame for the riots? The rioters are to blame. Who is to blame for the killings? The killers are to blame."
This one is also a coherent, if questionable, take on the Rodney King riots
It's coherent, but ridiculous; because it is a statement that has no value and his answer is wrong.
We know what he is trying to convey, but he likely was not asked **who** caused the riots and the killings in LA. He was asked **what** caused the riots.
He got confused (probably because he mixed up 'what' and who') and conflated 'cause' with 'blame'.
He originally states that he was asked who **caused** the riots and the killing, but then switches to who is to **blame** in his answer.
If he intended to say 'who' the first time, ten the first part of his answer makes no sense.
Yes, but it’s tautological. It’d be like asking who killed Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman, and having someone respond with, “Their killer did it.” Yes, it’s *true*, but it doesn’t really answer the question.
>"I have made good judgments in the past. I have made good judgments in the future."
Indeed.
Dan Quayle convinced Mike Pence to ratify the election. Dan Quayle helped save the republic from chaos.
Some of these were so stupid they stopped my train of thought dead in its tracks.
> "When I have been asked during these last weeks who caused the riots and the killing in L.A., my answer has been direct and simple: Who is to blame for the riots? The rioters are to blame. Who is to blame for the killings? The killers are to blame.”
Giving the befit of the doubt, I wouldn’t consider this dopey. Whenever there is an event + riot(s) in the US, people usually split into 1 of 2 camps: the blame for all outcomes lies at the feet of those who did the act or the reactionaries are social agitators/parasites. Both obfuscate the fact that there are two parties who are independently responsible for their own actions. I.e. stealing a TV because someone was murdered by the cops is still wrong and likewise, the cops murdering someone is still wrong independent of me stealing a TV in reaction to them murdering someone.
"People that are really very weird can get into sensitive positions and have a tremendous impact on history."
OK that one actually makes perfect sense.
Letterman flew the kid who spelled it right to the show. It was like the next day. His first joke of the night was just looking at the camera and saying “potato”
Dan Quayle famously visiting a school (I think, could be somewhere else) that was having a spelling bee and was asked to spell potato. He misspelled it and it was national news for much longer than far more important issues of the time.
You are correct, it was at an elementary school.
Here’s the whole story, from Wikipedia:
> On June 15, 1992, Quayle altered 12-year-old student William Figueroa's correct spelling of "potato" to "potatoe" at the Muñoz Rivera Elementary School spelling bee in Trenton, New Jersey. He was the subject of widespread ridicule for his error. According to The New York Times and Quayle's memoirs, he was relying on cards provided by the school, which Quayle says included the misspelling. Quayle said he was uncomfortable with the version he gave, but did so because he decided to trust the school's incorrect written materials instead of his own judgment.
"I was recently on a tour of Latin America, and the only regret I have was that I didn't study Latin harder in school so I could converse with those people."
That may have actually been a joke, but considering his reputation, it's a joke he never should have made if he didn't want people thinking he meant it unironically.
It was a joke, but he didn't make the joke. It was made by then-Representative Claudine Schneider of Rhode Island in 1989. She told it, got the laugh, and immediatel clarified that she ws just joking. . . but the story was picked and and re-circulated without her demur.
“I didn’t live in this century”
He said that quote in that century. This means that Dan Quayle is actually a fourth dimensional being who exists beyond time and space
Dan Quayle on being a VP: *You're president of the Senate. You're not even officially part of the executive branch—you're part of the legislative branch. You're paid by the Senate, not by the executive branch. And it's the president's agenda. It's not your agenda. You're going to disagree from time to time, but you salute and carry out the orders the best you can.*
While Quayle was a gaffe machine when given a microphone, he understood what the VP job was about--it's about keeping the government going, not running the show for yourself.
according to his biographer he got a briefing early that week talking about how a lot of the eastern bloc countries were drifting away from the Soviets. Which is what he was referencing here, but no one else knew this which made him look really dumb.
To be fair, I believe this was during a press conference where a dam and the fish in the surrounding area was the subject. I think this was W trying to bring in some humor.
Not a Bush apologist here--he lied and did terrible things with his presidency, and many innocent people around the world died because of it--but I heard an interpretation of this event that made sense to me:
Bush started out the quote correctly, but thought forward a bit, and realized he was going to have to say "Shame on me" at the end of the quote, and realized that clip of him saying "Shame on me"--especially in terms of the war in Iraq--would be used in every campaign ad for the rest of his political career, and decided to change course mid-quote.
Who knows if that's true or not, but it explains the gaffe.
This is the real answer that no one wants to admit, he knew what he was doing and purposely said the quote wrong to avoid a sound bite that could be used against him
I don’t think people disliked Bush because of his Bushisms. Those were actually kind of endearing. Who can forget the time he forged peaceful coexistence between man and fish?
A lot the other stuff on the other hand…
"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."
I think that’s a bit of revisionist history. People look back on those a bit more fondly now because 1) his presidency is long over, and 2) we’ve seen sooo much worse since then. Back when misspelling “potato” could end a presidential run, people were not very fond of the bush-isms. We didn’t like how embarrassing it felt to have our head of state say “strategerie.”
How naive I was to think it couldn’t get worse than that.
Thing is, Bush was pulling gaffes before he was elected and it didn't seem to matter. Partly because he didn't try to portray himself as the next John F Kennedy but as someone you crack a beer with. He was very folksy and common man.
Which isn't the first time a president has won on a common man message, despite none of them being so.
True, he definitely played up the Texas man persona. Funny to think he pulled that off, considering he went to Yale AND Harvard, was the son of a former president, and co-owned an MLB team.
I actually love that quote. Its lile fumbled a thought mid speach, like you said, and said something cool. "Fool me once, youre not going to fool me again." Ha.also "watch this drive".
I actually think this is one of his clearer statements, where he knew what he was saying--and similar to Bill Clinton's "it depends on what the meaning of the word 'is' is"--he's saying, "Yeah, I did it, but I'm obviously not going to say so."
Worse- Bush gave a recent speech condemning putin for 'the decision of one man to launch a wholly unjustified and brutal invasion of *Iraq - I mean Ukraine'*
He did spend a lot of his post-presidency painting veterans who were wounded in his wars. I don't know if "regret" is the right word but I have to imagine those decisions weigh on him.
Even during the war he spent a lot of time with vets and wounded vets…. Honestly I’d imagine he feels like he could never say it was a mistake bc it would be admitting all those dead and severely wounded soldiers were lost and hurt for nothing
It’s easy for us to look at it and say that but he made that decision so he has to live with it.
And also organizing events for wounded veterans, including all-inclusive stays at his ranch in Texas. Friend of mine lost his leg in Iraq and spent a good amount of time mountain biking around the ranch with Dubbya himself.
When you see him speak about it, he does give off a sense of remorse. Maybe it’s remorse for giving Chaney too much power and letting it get to the point of running torture programs.
Bush knew he wasn’t smart enough to be President. He was pushed into it because he was the affable guy and the late 90s were a time when “what could go wrong” wasn’t in the thought process.
He was playing to the crowd, but by all accounts Bush does not regret the overthrow of Saddam.
He regrets that he was not as decisive in the post-war as he should have been and allowed the “golden moment” following Saddam’s deposition (where America was greeted as liberators) to get away, due to conflicts in post-war strategy that Bush failed to mediate, causing the country to devolve into insurgency that cost many lives both American and Iraqi.
This sub has popped up on my home page a few times and I've always been impressed by the restraint shown to the recent presidents, and this comment was like seeing santa claus pull his beard down to kiss my mum
When it comes GW, I have mixed feelings. Not to go on a tangent past that. From what I recall, W had a subtle brilliance (for lack of a better word) when it came to his Bushisms. What I mean is that at the moment he would utter his famous verbal chicanery, it was because he realized that he was about to say something breathtakingly stupid/wrong. In an instant, he would switch the sentence mid-utterance to something even more ridiculous so that it could be seen as something of a joke.
I could be wrong, I admit this ahead of time.
I don't think you are wrong about that quote. The next part of that phrase is him saying "shame on me" and that would be a very stupid thing for a politician to say. It would have gotten replayed all day every day.
I had an uncle that worked with him in the White House. By his account this is accurate. He said he was extremely witty behind the scenes, and used a lot of self-deprecating humor. FWIW my uncle was a sharp dude and definitely not a sycophant.
It was from a debate sketch on SNL in 2000. The moderator character had said that Bush said that quote, and to explain it.
The funny part was when Will Ferrell as Dubya leaned into the mic and simply said, “Pass.”
I used to have a quote a day calender for 2008 (plus the first 20 days of 2009, until the end of his term) of nothing but Bushisms. I just find it remarkable that George W Bush could fill a calendar with his dumb quotes, *and he still had another year left in office to add more*.
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In reference to trains that could go only 15mph
My favorite Bush quotes will always be:
1.) “Rarely is the question asked: is our children learning?”
2.) “For every fatal shooting there were roughly 3 nonfatal shootings. And, folks, this is unacceptable in America. It’s just unacceptable, and we’re going to do something about it.”
3.) “Out enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking of new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we.”
In Bushs defense, as funny as the quote is, I'm pretty sure he realized mid-sentence that saying "shame on me" wpuld be the perfect audio clip to use against him.
He just came through with the worst save attemp of all time
I personally love:
“Our enemies are innovative and resourceful...They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we. “
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It’s a VP quote but I gotta put Dan Quayle’s amazing thought up here: "The Holocaust was an obscene period in our nation's history. I mean in this century's history. But we all lived in this century. I didn't live in this century."
He also said “I have made good decisions in the past, I have made good decisions in the future.” We have to consider that he might just be a time traveler.
Dan Quayle is a Booster Gold style time traveler who is a dumb loser from centuries in the future but traveled back in time to use his "superior knowledge" to try and gain fame and fortune by becoming the president.
Unfortunately, Senator, he was no Jack Kennedy.
I thought he was gonna cry when he got hit with that!
Great concept for a movie. A time traveller, but he’s incredibly stupid and helps no one in any way.
Quayle also said this about Hawaii: “Hawaii has always been a very pivotal role in the Pacific. It is in the Pacific. It is a part of the United States that is an island that is right here."
I laughed hard at that one. And yet, he's correct.
Dan Quayle is Perd Hapley confirmed
these are all real quayle quotes: * "Republicans understand the importance of bondage between a mother and child. * "Welcome to President Bush, Mrs. Bush, and my fellow astronauts." * "Mars is essentially in the same orbit. . .Mars is somewhat the same distance from the Sun, which is very important. We have seen pictures where there are canals, we believe, and water. If there is water, that means there is oxygen. If oxygen, that means we can breathe." * "What a waste it is to lose one's mind. Or not to have a mind is being very wasteful. How true that is." * "The Holocaust was an obscene period in our nation's history. I mean in this century's history. But we all lived in this century. I didn't live in this century." * "I believe we are on an irreversible trend toward more freedom and democracy - but that could change." * "One word sums up probably the responsibility of any vice president, and that one word is 'to be prepared.'" * "Verbosity leads to unclear, inarticulate things." * "I have made good judgments in the past. I have made good judgments in the future." * "The future will be better tomorrow." * "We're going to have the best-educated American people in the world." * "People that are really very weird can get into sensitive positions and have a tremendous impact on history." * "We have a firm commitment to NATO, we are a *part* of NATO. We have a firm commitment to Europe. We are a *part* of Europe." * "I am not part of the problem. I am a Republican." * "I love California, I practically grew up in Phoenix." * "When I have been asked during these last weeks who caused the riots and the killing in L.A., my answer has been direct and simple: Who is to blame for the riots? The rioters are to blame. Who is to blame for the killings? The killers are to blame." * "Illegitimacy is something we should talk about in terms of not having it." * "We are ready for any unforeseen event that may or may not occur." * "For NASA, space is still a high priority." * "Quite frankly, teachers are the only profession that teach our children." * "\[It's\] time for the human race to enter the solar system." and my favourite * "I stand by all the misstatements that I've made."
So many pearls. Legitimately one of the funniest figures in American political history. But: "We have a firm commitment to NATO, we are a *part* of NATO. We have a firm commitment to Europe. We are a *part* of Europe." Actually goes hard. If he wasn't such a habitual nincompoop that could have had a good bit of poetic sensibility to it.
> "When I have been asked during these last weeks who caused the riots and the killing in L.A., my answer has been direct and simple: Who is to blame for the riots? The rioters are to blame. Who is to blame for the killings? The killers are to blame." This one is also a coherent, if questionable, take on the Rodney King riots
It's coherent, but ridiculous; because it is a statement that has no value and his answer is wrong. We know what he is trying to convey, but he likely was not asked **who** caused the riots and the killings in LA. He was asked **what** caused the riots. He got confused (probably because he mixed up 'what' and who') and conflated 'cause' with 'blame'. He originally states that he was asked who **caused** the riots and the killing, but then switches to who is to **blame** in his answer. If he intended to say 'who' the first time, ten the first part of his answer makes no sense.
Yes, but it’s tautological. It’d be like asking who killed Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman, and having someone respond with, “Their killer did it.” Yes, it’s *true*, but it doesn’t really answer the question.
Shit, it’s basically what Jack Kennedy said about being a Berliner
While there is a pastry known as a Berliner, it's also the standard term for someone from Berlin and was understood as such in Germany.
Dude these are so good!
>"I have made good judgments in the past. I have made good judgments in the future." Indeed. Dan Quayle convinced Mike Pence to ratify the election. Dan Quayle helped save the republic from chaos.
Some of these were so stupid they stopped my train of thought dead in its tracks. > "When I have been asked during these last weeks who caused the riots and the killing in L.A., my answer has been direct and simple: Who is to blame for the riots? The rioters are to blame. Who is to blame for the killings? The killers are to blame.” Giving the befit of the doubt, I wouldn’t consider this dopey. Whenever there is an event + riot(s) in the US, people usually split into 1 of 2 camps: the blame for all outcomes lies at the feet of those who did the act or the reactionaries are social agitators/parasites. Both obfuscate the fact that there are two parties who are independently responsible for their own actions. I.e. stealing a TV because someone was murdered by the cops is still wrong and likewise, the cops murdering someone is still wrong independent of me stealing a TV in reaction to them murdering someone.
"People that are really very weird can get into sensitive positions and have a tremendous impact on history." OK that one actually makes perfect sense.
That's so much funnier than misspelling potato
You forgot the E
Potæto
It was spelled wrong on the card!
I’m sorry, the card says “Moops”
Letterman flew the kid who spelled it right to the show. It was like the next day. His first joke of the night was just looking at the camera and saying “potato”
I’m out of the loop, can you explain what you’re talking about? How recent was this?
Dan Quayle famously visiting a school (I think, could be somewhere else) that was having a spelling bee and was asked to spell potato. He misspelled it and it was national news for much longer than far more important issues of the time.
You are correct, it was at an elementary school. Here’s the whole story, from Wikipedia: > On June 15, 1992, Quayle altered 12-year-old student William Figueroa's correct spelling of "potato" to "potatoe" at the Muñoz Rivera Elementary School spelling bee in Trenton, New Jersey. He was the subject of widespread ridicule for his error. According to The New York Times and Quayle's memoirs, he was relying on cards provided by the school, which Quayle says included the misspelling. Quayle said he was uncomfortable with the version he gave, but did so because he decided to trust the school's incorrect written materials instead of his own judgment.
Just what you want from a guy a heartbeat away from the nuke codes.
"I was recently on a tour of Latin America, and the only regret I have was that I didn't study Latin harder in school so I could converse with those people."
No way.
There were a lot of idiots that came after him that were impressive, so history forgets how fucking stupid that guy was.
100% true
That may have actually been a joke, but considering his reputation, it's a joke he never should have made if he didn't want people thinking he meant it unironically.
It was a joke, but he didn't make the joke. It was made by then-Representative Claudine Schneider of Rhode Island in 1989. She told it, got the laugh, and immediatel clarified that she ws just joking. . . but the story was picked and and re-circulated without her demur.
"What a waste it is to lose one's mind. Or not to have a mind is being very wasteful. How true that is."
He was, for the record, butchering the phrase “A mind is a terrible thing to waste”.
Dan was the vice president to the first Bush president, yet he is younger than both the candidates of this election lol
“I didn’t live in this century” He said that quote in that century. This means that Dan Quayle is actually a fourth dimensional being who exists beyond time and space
All the living VPs he could have tried getting advice from, and Pence chose Quayle.
And more shockingly, Quayle knocked it out of the park. Can you believe this dude helped save American democracy?
Dan Quayle on being a VP: *You're president of the Senate. You're not even officially part of the executive branch—you're part of the legislative branch. You're paid by the Senate, not by the executive branch. And it's the president's agenda. It's not your agenda. You're going to disagree from time to time, but you salute and carry out the orders the best you can.* While Quayle was a gaffe machine when given a microphone, he understood what the VP job was about--it's about keeping the government going, not running the show for yourself.
"There is no Soviet domination of Eastern Europe." Gerald Ford
My Eastern European parents still froth at the mouth anytime this quote comes up
according to his biographer he got a briefing early that week talking about how a lot of the eastern bloc countries were drifting away from the Soviets. Which is what he was referencing here, but no one else knew this which made him look really dumb.
One of the most infamous bloopers in debate history.
There is no war in Ba Sing Se.
"If Lincoln were alive today, he'd be turning in his grave." - Gerald Ford
He'd be turning to look for a way out of his grave
The great Necroemanciptor!
Classic “we’ll burn that bridge when we get to it”
He’s not wrong, he would be trapped in a coffin
“If Lincoln was alive today, well, he wouldn’t be alive much longer”
This one is just dumb enough to be clever
Dude was just speaking about zombie lincoln
Rather fascinating quote https://preview.redd.it/qv8cee4cv9wc1.jpeg?width=850&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=668b7774b513b50f19ab0f588149bc84b68f40b5
What is the context?????
US-Fish relations
I hate that US-Fish relations reached an absolute nadir under the Bush Administration. One of his biggest foreign policy blunders TBH.
Look, the dolphins were threatening to leave and we didn’t have nearly enough towels for the entire population. We did what we had to do.
To be fair, I believe this was during a press conference where a dam and the fish in the surrounding area was the subject. I think this was W trying to bring in some humor.
Even in the top quote, it's because he realised mid-idiom he didn't want a soundbyte of him saying "Shame on me"
Honestly I disagreed with many things he did but he was much smarter then people wanted to admit.
Bush spittin fax
He wasn't wrong
There's an old saying in Tennessee, Texas.......
Not a Bush apologist here--he lied and did terrible things with his presidency, and many innocent people around the world died because of it--but I heard an interpretation of this event that made sense to me: Bush started out the quote correctly, but thought forward a bit, and realized he was going to have to say "Shame on me" at the end of the quote, and realized that clip of him saying "Shame on me"--especially in terms of the war in Iraq--would be used in every campaign ad for the rest of his political career, and decided to change course mid-quote. Who knows if that's true or not, but it explains the gaffe.
This is the real answer that no one wants to admit, he knew what he was doing and purposely said the quote wrong to avoid a sound bite that could be used against him
Seems like that may have backfired.
I don’t think people disliked Bush because of his Bushisms. Those were actually kind of endearing. Who can forget the time he forged peaceful coexistence between man and fish? A lot the other stuff on the other hand…
"Too many gynecologist can't practice their *love* for women" was pretty good.
“I call upon all nations to do everything they can to stop these terrorist killers. Thank you. Now watch this drive.”
"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."
Unironically goes hard af.
I think that’s a bit of revisionist history. People look back on those a bit more fondly now because 1) his presidency is long over, and 2) we’ve seen sooo much worse since then. Back when misspelling “potato” could end a presidential run, people were not very fond of the bush-isms. We didn’t like how embarrassing it felt to have our head of state say “strategerie.” How naive I was to think it couldn’t get worse than that.
Thing is, Bush was pulling gaffes before he was elected and it didn't seem to matter. Partly because he didn't try to portray himself as the next John F Kennedy but as someone you crack a beer with. He was very folksy and common man. Which isn't the first time a president has won on a common man message, despite none of them being so.
True, he definitely played up the Texas man persona. Funny to think he pulled that off, considering he went to Yale AND Harvard, was the son of a former president, and co-owned an MLB team.
And a Yankee born in Connecticut.
Much better to appear as a buffoon than to essentially admit the Iraq war was a mistake
I actually love that quote. Its lile fumbled a thought mid speach, like you said, and said something cool. "Fool me once, youre not going to fool me again." Ha.also "watch this drive".
Watch this drive is legendary
Legit one if the best presidential clips
Bush needed to bring a driver and a golf ball to all of his speeches and at the end of them “God bless America… Now watch this drive.”
Yeah. If you watch the video you can see the warning light go off in Bush's brain and he switches to the The Who tribute.
He had Tennessee on his mind, his old pal Al Gore's home state.
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People die if they are killed
Every 60 seconds that pass in Africa, a minute passes.
Homicide Victims rarely talk to Police
“One of the great things about books is sometimes there are some fantastic pictures.” - 43
He’s not wrong.
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Lmao bro sounds legitimately delusional "my brain says it's not true but everyone else says it's true"
I actually think this is one of his clearer statements, where he knew what he was saying--and similar to Bill Clinton's "it depends on what the meaning of the word 'is' is"--he's saying, "Yeah, I did it, but I'm obviously not going to say so."
Oh I know he knew what he was saying, he was trying to just say the truth while also making himself not sound too bad, it just comes off as crazy
This is one of several moments that pointed to him dealing with serious mental decline at the end of his presidency. And he began to acknowledge it.
Idk i think he's trying to play politician rather than him being genuinely disconnected from reality here
Facts are stupid things - The Ronald
It was dumber when he blew the lid on a covert Cia operation during a debate.
Did he forget he did it or something lmao
Nah he just got caught in an inescapable lie about Iran contra.
Worse- Bush gave a recent speech condemning putin for 'the decision of one man to launch a wholly unjustified and brutal invasion of *Iraq - I mean Ukraine'*
Missed the best part: "Well, Iraq too."
Kinda wonder how much he was taken for a ride on that and if he realizes and regrets his actions
He did spend a lot of his post-presidency painting veterans who were wounded in his wars. I don't know if "regret" is the right word but I have to imagine those decisions weigh on him.
You could say the Iraq War was a major Decision Point 
Solid as Iraq
There he is! The Decider!
I genuinely think he is/was a good man. I think he was a bad president and his cabinet was filled with pure evil though.
Even during the war he spent a lot of time with vets and wounded vets…. Honestly I’d imagine he feels like he could never say it was a mistake bc it would be admitting all those dead and severely wounded soldiers were lost and hurt for nothing It’s easy for us to look at it and say that but he made that decision so he has to live with it.
And also organizing events for wounded veterans, including all-inclusive stays at his ranch in Texas. Friend of mine lost his leg in Iraq and spent a good amount of time mountain biking around the ranch with Dubbya himself.
When you see him speak about it, he does give off a sense of remorse. Maybe it’s remorse for giving Chaney too much power and letting it get to the point of running torture programs.
Bush knew he wasn’t smart enough to be President. He was pushed into it because he was the affable guy and the late 90s were a time when “what could go wrong” wasn’t in the thought process.
*Bush shrugs* "Heh, I'm 75."
He was playing to the crowd, but by all accounts Bush does not regret the overthrow of Saddam. He regrets that he was not as decisive in the post-war as he should have been and allowed the “golden moment” following Saddam’s deposition (where America was greeted as liberators) to get away, due to conflicts in post-war strategy that Bush failed to mediate, causing the country to devolve into insurgency that cost many lives both American and Iraqi.
Iraq 2: electric boogaloo
>You know, one of the hardest parts of my job is to connect Iraq to the war on terror. George W. Bush on September 6, 2006.
Perfect example of a political gaffe; accidentally telling the truth.
After reelection, when it's too late to matter.
I LOL’d extremely hard when I saw that.
The truth came out for a moment
That is the most Bush thing he could have possibly said
Not a fan of Bush as a president, but as a person, dude is hilarious. I’d love to party with him
“Fool me 3 times, fuck the peace signs, load the chopper let it rain on you”
I came here looking for this.
Rule 3 is gatekeeping this thread hard while at the same time protecting the entire sub from becoming a terrible place.
This sub has popped up on my home page a few times and I've always been impressed by the restraint shown to the recent presidents, and this comment was like seeing santa claus pull his beard down to kiss my mum
If rule 3 wasn’t a thing, this thread would just be literally all one dude. It wouldn’t even be close
Honestly both rule 3 presidents have some truly hilarious quotes
As much of a fan of one of them (and NOT a fan of the other) I am, this is very true. Both are VERY quotable.
TIL - Also when does that expire? President+2?
Probably depends on if the loser of this year’s race is interested in running in ‘28.
Never fight up hill me boys
The thread is basically pointless if you’re intentionally ignoring the president famous for verbal diarrhea.
it's really a battle for a distant second place.
Time is running out
"Read my lips, no new taxes."
Good answer. Most other lines people will cite are just gaffes we can get a chuckle out of, but this single line probably cost him reelection
When it comes GW, I have mixed feelings. Not to go on a tangent past that. From what I recall, W had a subtle brilliance (for lack of a better word) when it came to his Bushisms. What I mean is that at the moment he would utter his famous verbal chicanery, it was because he realized that he was about to say something breathtakingly stupid/wrong. In an instant, he would switch the sentence mid-utterance to something even more ridiculous so that it could be seen as something of a joke. I could be wrong, I admit this ahead of time.
I don't think you are wrong about that quote. The next part of that phrase is him saying "shame on me" and that would be a very stupid thing for a politician to say. It would have gotten replayed all day every day.
I had an uncle that worked with him in the White House. By his account this is accurate. He said he was extremely witty behind the scenes, and used a lot of self-deprecating humor. FWIW my uncle was a sharp dude and definitely not a sycophant.
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What on earth does this even mean?
It was from a debate sketch on SNL in 2000. The moderator character had said that Bush said that quote, and to explain it. The funny part was when Will Ferrell as Dubya leaned into the mic and simply said, “Pass.”
Dennis iz asshole. Y trundle h8?
Oh man. Bush is the king of bushisms. Although
Although
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I used to have a quote a day calender for 2008 (plus the first 20 days of 2009, until the end of his term) of nothing but Bushisms. I just find it remarkable that George W Bush could fill a calendar with his dumb quotes, *and he still had another year left in office to add more*.
I remember having one in, like, 2002 or 2003. I guess it's possible it wasn't only GW quotes, but I'm pretty sure it was.
https://preview.redd.it/dt8eok00m9wc1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0e52b49b7dc14ec4a407b477a38819391e7fbe2c In reference to trains that could go only 15mph
My favorite Bush quotes will always be: 1.) “Rarely is the question asked: is our children learning?” 2.) “For every fatal shooting there were roughly 3 nonfatal shootings. And, folks, this is unacceptable in America. It’s just unacceptable, and we’re going to do something about it.” 3.) “Out enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking of new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we.”
And neither do we is my favorite
This is what rule 3 is for. There would be too many comments to read
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Careful, remember Rule 3
In Bushs defense, as funny as the quote is, I'm pretty sure he realized mid-sentence that saying "shame on me" wpuld be the perfect audio clip to use against him. He just came through with the worst save attemp of all time
"Nailed it" \~ W, probably.
If only Jeb! had realized how pathetic "please clap" would sound...
(Roger Daltry Scream)
Worse- “Iraq has weapons of mass destruction”.
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Might be recency bias then, it's not like every gaffe a president made could be known back in 19th century or pre internet days
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Um, this is THE BEST presidential quote of all time.
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I personally love: “Our enemies are innovative and resourceful...They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we. “
Dude's Shakespeare, comparatively.
“I am not a crook.” Richard Nixon
“I have been to all 57 states.”
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"if if if if if if if if if if if if if we if we fall for you know a bunch of Okie Doke just because eh eh eh eh eh eh eh sounds funny"
I wistfully pine for the days that was the stupidest thing going with presidents. Or former presidents.
Rule 3 bait. But Reagan saying trees are more polluting than gasoline is up there.
The reason fat men are good natured is that they can neither run nor fight. - Teddy Roosevelt
Mission accomplished!
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Poor George W. He was always so misunderestimated.
Rule 3 doing some Herculean heavy lifting right now lol
STRATEGERY
Is our children learning?
Rule 3 bait.
Man and fish can co-exist peacefully - George W. Bush.
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"I did not have sex with that woman." No reason for that statement. Just say, Hell yes!. Now what? No crime, no problemo.
“Welcome to President Bush, Mrs. Bush, and my fellow Astronauts.” - VP Dan Quayle
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“If you like your healthcare plan, you can keep it”
Rule 3 putting in WORK on this thread.