Dubya Speeks

Max Sawicky sawicky at epinet.org
Wed May 10 10:16:40 PDT 2000


Reported in the Washington Post, May 5, 2000, Page C1. Title: "What's On W's Mind? Hard To Say," by Dana Milbank.

Nobody posted the article so I am compelled to extract the actual remarks of Texas Gov. George W. Bush, quite possibly the next president of the United States of America:

"terriers and bariffs" (meant to say, tariffs and barriers)

"cuff links" (meant to say handcuffs)

"tacular weapons" (tactical nuclear weapons)

"mential losses" (missile launches)

"I hope we get to the bottom of the answer."

"This is Preservation Month. I appreciate preservation.

It's what you do when you run for president. You've

got to preserve."

"I denounce interracial dating." (meant to denounce policies against interracial dating)

"obscufate"

"[I am] getting pillared in the press and cartoons."

"If you're sick and tired of the politics of cynicism and polls and principles, come and join this campaign."

"I understand small business growth -- I was one."

"There is madmen in the world and there are terror."

"Rarely is the question asked: Is our children learning?" [my personal favorite]

"It was just inebriating what Midland was all about then." [meant intoxicating]

"When I was coming up, it was a dangerous world and we knew exactly who the 'they' were. It was us versus them, and it was clear who 'them' was. Today, we're not so sure who the 'they' are, but we know they're there."

"We ought to make the pie higher."

"We can't take the high horse and claim the low road."

"[Internet millionaires] have become rich beyond their means."

"I don't have to accept their tenants."

"[Education is about more than] bricks and mortars."

"vulcanize" [meant balkanize]

"I know how hard it is for you to put food on your family."

AND let's not forget George Senior:

"Please don't look at part of the glass, the part that is only less than half full."

mbs



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