We'll miss you, W. Thanks for the quotes

By: Kaye Fish | Morganton News Herald
Published: November 03, 2008

By this time Wednesday morning, it will all be a memory. I'm talking about election 2008, and quite frankly, I'm crossing off the days on my calendar. I'm tired of people bashing each other over which candidate the other supports, and I am as equally exasperated with the candidates themselves and their nasty campaign ads. "Barack Obama.... he sunk the Titanic".... "John McCain...he brought smallpox to America," or something like that. But even though I will be glad to see all this letter-to-the-editor writing and water cooler debates take a break, I can't help but admit that I'm going to miss old George W. Bush. Let's face it, he has personality. He's nothing if he's not darned entertaining. So in honor of Dubya and the eight long years he has been in office, I have scrounged up my favorite Bushisms. That is, the ingenious quotes of George W. Bush. Check the validity of them out for yourself, and if you find one that he didn't really say, I don't care. He's just a few months away from a Hawaiian shirt, a pina colada, and a never ending pass to do absolutely nothing. So long, George. It's been fun.
Bushisms 101
"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."
Aug. 5, 2004
"I'm going to spend a lot of time on Social Security. I enjoy it. I enjoy taking on the issue. I guess, it's the Mother in me." —Washington D.C., April 14, 2005
"I want to thank my friend, Sen. Bill Frist, for joining us today. … He married a Texas girl, I want you to know. (Laughter.) Karyn is with us. A West Texas girl, just like me."—Nashville, Tenn., May 27, 2004
"I am a person who recognizes the fallacy of humans."—Oprah, Sept. 19, 2000
"I'm honored to shake the hand of a brave Iraqi citizen who had his hand cut off by Saddam Hussein."—Washington, D.C., May 25, 2004
"I think war is a dangerous place."—Washington, D.C., May 7, 2003
"They misunderestimated me."—Bentonville, Ark., Nov. 6, 2000
"You never know what your history is going to be like until long after you're gone."—Washington, D.C., May 5, 2006
2002
"It is white." —after being asked by a child in Britain what the White House was like, July 19, 2001
"You teach a child to read, and he or her will be able to pass a literacy test." —Townsend, Tenn., Feb. 21, 2001
"The most important thing is for us to find Osama bin Laden. It is our number one priority and we will not rest until we find him." —Washington, D.C., Sept. 13, 2001
"I don't know where bin Laden is. I have no idea and really don't care. It's not that important. It's not our priority." —Washington, D.C., March 13, 2002
"For every fatal shooting, there were roughly three non-fatal shootings. And, folks, this is unacceptable in America. It's just unacceptable. And we're going to do something about it." —Philadelphia, Penn., May 14, 2001
"That's George Washington, the first president, of course. The interesting thing about him is that I read three — three or four books about him last year. Isn't that interesting?"—Showing German newspaper reporter Kai Diekmann the Oval Office, Washington, D.C., May 5, 2006
"Too many good docs are getting out of the business. Too many OB-GYNs aren't able to practice their love with women all across this country." — Poplar Bluff, Mo., Sept. 6, 2004
"There's an old saying in Tennessee — I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again." — Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 17, 2002
"It's in our country's interests to find those who would do harm to us and get them out of harm's way." — Washington, D.C., April 28, 2005
AND MY PERSONAL FAVORITE....
"I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully."—Saginaw, Mich., Sept. 29, 2000