George W. Bush Word Salads

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I think — tide turning — see, as I remember — I was raised in the desert, but tides kind of — it’s easy to see a tide turn — did I say those words?
~ George W. Bush (1946-07-06 age:71), 2006-06-14

I made my position clear about this war on terror. And by the way, the enemy made their position clear[pause] yet again [pause] when we were able to [very long pause] stop [pause] them.
~ George W. Bush (1946-07-06 age:71), 2006-08-18

The best way to defeat this enemy in the long run is to deny them the recruiting tools and recruitiments made possible by resentment.
~ George W. Bush (1946-07-06 age:71), 2006-11-02

And we’re going to address that by starting with redefining the mission, or clarifying the mission of the United States military. And that’s this — to be trained and prepared to fight and win war and therefore, prevent war from happening in the first place.
~ George W. Bush (1946-07-06 age:71), 2001-02-14

It seemed like to me they based some of their decisions on the word of — and the allegations — by people who were held in detention, people who hate America, people that had been trained in some instances to disassemble — that means not tell the truth. And so it was an absurd report. It just is. And, you know — yes, sir.
~ George W. Bush (1946-07-06 age:71), 2005-05-31, press conference. Bush answers a question about Amnesty International’s report on abuse in U.S. war prisons. It would be hard to find a witness whom Americans had tortured who did not harbour some resentment from the experience.

First, we would not accept a treaty that would not have been ratified, nor a treaty that I thought made sense for the country.
~ George W. Bush (1946-07-06 age:71), Washington Post, 2001-04-24.

Oftentimes what I try to say in Washington gets filtered and sometimes my words in Washington don’t exactly translate directly to the people.
~ George W. Bush (1946-07-06 age:71), Kalamazoo, Michigan, 2001-03-27, admitting that he does not speak English and his utterances require translation.

We are ready for any unforeseen event that may or may not occur.
~ George W. Bush (1946-07-06 age:71), 1997-09-22

Illegitimacy is something we should talk about in terms of not having it.
~ George W. Bush (1946-07-06 age:71), 1996-05-20

Verbosity leads to unclear, inarticulate things.
~ George W. Bush (1946-07-06 age:71), 1996-11-30

And so during these holiday seasons, we thank our blessings.
~ George W. Bush (1946-07-06 age:71), 2004-12

I saw a poll that said the right track/wrong track in Iraq was better than here in America.
~ George W. Bush (1946-07-06 age:71), 2004-09

King Abdullah of Jordan, the King of Morocco, I mean, there’s a series of places — Qatar, Oman-I mean, places that are developing — Bahrain — they’re all developing the habits of free societies.
~ George W. Bush (1946-07-06 age:71), 2004-01-29 Washington DC
Before George pickled his brain with drugs and alcohol, he had a legendary memory for names.

My mom often used to say, The trouble with W — although she didn’t put that to words.
~ George W. Bush (1946-07-06 age:71)

We’re making the right decisions to bring the solution to an end.
~ George W. Bush (1946-07-06 age:71)

This is a — this is a — any strike’s a tough — tough situation, but this one happens to come at a — or a lockout is a tough situation, or no work is a tough situation — is to come at bad time.
~ George W. Bush (1946-07-06 age:71)
Source: Federal News Service, Remarks by George W. Bush Following Meeting with Congressional Leaders to Discuss Terrorism Insurance, 2002-10-01

I should have clarified it by my statement. I just clarified it by my — not should have — I just.
~ George W. Bush (1946-07-06 age:71)
trying to clarify a statement Source: FDCH Political Transcripts, George W. Bush Holds Media Availability with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, 2002-09-14

The consultation process is a positive part of really allowing people to fully understand our deep concerns about this man, his regime and his desires to have weapons of mass destruction. Last question — and then I’ve got to go chip and putt for a birdie. [Laughter.] It was a good drive.
~ George W. Bush (1946-07-06 age:71)
interrupting an 2002-08-10 golf game in Waco, Texas, for a Q & A discussing possible U.S. military action against Iraq. Source: The Washington Post, White House Veteran to New Guy: Oh, Beha-aaa-ave!, Lloyd Grove, 2002-08-13

The woman who knew that I had dyslexia — I never interviewed her.
~ George W. Bush (1946-07-06 age:71)

There’s an old saying in Tennessee — I know it’s in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says: Fool me once, shame on [pause] shame on you. [Pause] Fool me [long, uncomfortable, agonizing pause] you can’t get fooled again.
~ George W. Bush (1946-07-06 age:71), See video:
at East Literature Magnet School in Nashville Source: The Washington Post, The Reliable Source, Lloyd Grove, 2002-09-18

Redefining the rôle of the United States from enablers to keep the peace to enablers to keep the peace from peacekeepers is going to be an assignment.
~ George W. Bush (1946-07-06 age:71)
Interview with the New York Times, 2001-01-14

I think what we need to do is convince people who live in the lands they live into build the nations.
~ George W. Bush (1946-07-06 age:71)

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