OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Oops.
President Bush inadvertently called the death penalty unfair, speaking Wednesday before some 4,000 people gathered to hear him push his budget proposals, including a phasing out of the estate tax.
``Those of us who spent time in the agricultural sector and in the heartland, we understand how unfair the death penalty is - the death tax is,'' Bush said, quickly correcting himself.
Bush oversaw 152 executions as Texas governor over six years.
``I don't want to get rid of the death penalty, just the death tax'' Bush said, drawing a laugh from the crowd at the Civic Auditorium's Convention Hall.