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sabra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-08-07 10:13 AM
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Top 10 Bushisms for 2006; "I'm the Decider" Number 1
Edited on Mon Jan-08-07 10:13 AM by sabra

http://www.cnn.com/POLITICS/blogs/politicalticker/2007/01/i-use-google-among-top-bushisms-for.html
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Language observers nominated the entries and then ranked them, aided by the Global Language Monitor's predictive-quantities indicator, an algorithm that tracks words and phrases in the print and electronic media and on the Internet.

Here they are:
1. "I'm the Decider." "I'm the decider, and I decide what is best. And what's best is for Don Rumsfeld to remain as the secretary of defense." April 18, in response to a question from CNN's Ed Henry.
2. "I use The Google," in reference to the popular search engine. October 24th. Interview with Maria Bartiromo of CNBC.
3. "It was not always certain that the U.S. and America would have a close relationship." June 29.
4. "I've got an ek-a-lec-tic reading list." August 29 interview with NBC's Brian Williams.
5. "The only way we can win is to leave before the job is done." Nov. 24 (Greely, Colo.)
6. "Stay the course." On numerous occasions.
7. "When the final history is written on Iraq, it will look just like a comma." Sept. 24. Interview with CNN's Wolf Blitzer.
8. "The Congress was right to renew the Terrorist Act." In reference to the Patriot Act. Sept. 7 (Washington)
9. "I want to be a war president; no president wants to be a war president." Oct. 26. (Des Moines)
10. "The fiscal year that ended on February the 30th." The government fiscal year ends Sept. 30; Oct. 11 (Washington)
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Phredicles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-08-07 10:14 AM
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1. '"I want to be a war president; no president wants to be a war president."'
So he's admitting he's not really the president.:P

Nice list.
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CrazyOrangeCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-08-07 10:16 AM
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2. Twit.
Give that boy a pretzel.
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ixion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-08-07 10:47 AM
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3. it's the language, stupid
learn to use it...oh, it would help if Mr. CEO pRez would be aware of the when the fiscal year ends.


"Stimpy, your wealth of ignorance astounds me." -- Ren, from 'Ren and Stimpy'

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LeftishBrit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-08-07 10:58 AM
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4. When did he say the one about the terrorists never stopping planning new ways of harming the
United States, "and neither do we"?
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sabra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-08-07 11:11 AM
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5. I think that was in 2004
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sarge43 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-08-07 11:20 AM
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6. Smirky vs. the English language
Smirky: 0

Language: -1
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HamdenRice Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-08-07 11:27 AM
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7. "I hear the voices"
It's amazing to me that so many people who mention "I'm the decider" fail to mention the truly psychotic phrase that preceeded that comment. The full quote is:

"I hear the voices, and I read the front page, and I know the speculation. But I'm the decider, and I decide what is best. And what's best is for Don Rumsfeld to remain as the secretary of defense."

There is so much wrong with this. First of all, he admits that he "hears voices." Then he proudly shows that he can read the "front page" of newspapers, even if the articles are beyond him.

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Tuesday_Morning Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-08-07 06:03 PM
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8. I like this one, too:
"I was in Crawford and I said I was looking for a book to read and Laura said you oughtta try Camus. I also read three Shakespeare's."
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Robeysays Donating Member (512 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-08-07 06:33 PM
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11. good god he can't even get a complete thought out. nt
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Joanne98 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-08-07 06:14 PM
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9. Here's a link to the "Decider" song....
Edited on Mon Jan-08-07 06:15 PM by Joanne98
I am me and Rummy's he Iraq is free and we are all together..
See how they run when Dick shoots his gun..
See how I lie.. I'm Lieinnnn.

http://decider.cf.huffingtonpost.com/decider.mp3
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Joey Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-08-07 06:26 PM
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10. President Moron n/t
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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-08-07 06:35 PM
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12. ‘We've Never Been Stay The Course'
http://www.infowars.com/articles/iraq/bush_never_been_stay_the_course.htm



Bush: ‘We've Never Been Stay The Course'

Think Progress | October 22 2006

During an interview today on ABC's This Week, President Bush tried to distance himself from what has been his core strategy in Iraq for the last three years. George Stephanopoulos asked about James Baker's plan to develop a strategy for Iraq that is “between 'stay the course' and ‘cut and run.'”

Bush responded, ‘We've never been stay the course, George!' Watch it:

BUSH: We will stay the course. <8/30/06>

BUSH: We will stay the course, we will complete the job in Iraq. <8/4/05>

BUSH: We will stay the course until the job is done, Steve. And the temptation is to try to get the President or somebody to put a timetable on the definition of getting the job done. We're just going to stay the course. <12/15/03>

BUSH: And my message today to those in Iraq is: We'll stay the course. <4/13/04>

BUSH: And that's why we're going to stay the course in Iraq. And that's why when we say something in Iraq, we're going to do it. <4/16/04>

BUSH: And so we've got tough action in Iraq. But we will stay the course. <4/5/04>

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AspenRose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-08-07 06:36 PM
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13. Bumper Sticker I saw today:
My Child is an Honor Student
My President is a Moron
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Digit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-08-07 06:42 PM
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14. Great bumper sticker...wonder where you get them? n/t
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treestar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-08-07 07:25 PM
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15. Whoah, there's a Feb. 30!
In the mind of a moran.
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