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HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Here's your Bush Bash of the Day:

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Bush Bash of the Day:

"I believe we are on an irreversible trend toward more freedom and democracy - but that could change."
-George W. Bush on May 22, 1998

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Bush Bash of the Day (click to enlarge):

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Bush Bash of the Day:

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Bush Bash of the Day:

This is a Bush quote from December 2001. While reading this, please keep in mind December 2001 was 3 months after 9/11.

"But all in all, it's been a fabulous year for Laura and me."
-George W. Bush on December 21, 2001

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Today's Bush Bash of the Day is one of Bush's most popular quotes, but with a little something extra:

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Bush Bash of the Day:

"After standing on the stage, after the debates, I made it very plain, we will not have an all-volunteer army. And yet, this week — we will have an all-volunteer army!"
-George W. Bush in Daytona Beach, FL on October 16, 2004

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Bush Bash of the Day:

Einstein dies and goes to heaven. At the Pearly Gates, Saint Peter tells him, “You look like Einstein, but you have NO idea the lengths that some people will go to sneak into Heaven. Can you prove who you really are?”

Einstein ponders for a few seconds and asks, “Could I have a blackboard and some chalk?”

Saint Peter snaps his fingers and a blackboard and chalk instantly appear. Einstein proceeds to describe with arcane mathematics and symbols his theory of relativity.

Saint Peter is suitably impressed. “You really ARE Einstein!” he says. “Welcome
to Heaven!”

The next to arrive is Picasso. Once again, Saint Peter asks for credentials. Picasso asks, “Mind if I use that blackboard and chalk?”

Saint Peter says, “Go ahead.” Picasso erases Einstein's equations and sketches a truly stunning mural with just a few strokes of chalk.

Saint Peter claps. “Surely you are the great artist you claim to be!” he says. “Come on in!”

Then Saint Peter looks up and sees George W. Bush. Saint Peter scratches his head and
says, “Einstein and Picasso both managed to prove their identity. How can you prove yours?”

George looks bewildered and says, “Who are Einstein and Picasso?”

Saint Peter sighs and says, “Come on in, George.”

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Make sure to take a look at the links to your left; I added several new ones last night.

Halloween is just around the corner, so today's Bush Bash of the Day is kind of meant to set the mood:

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Bush Bash of the Day (click to enlarge):

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Bush Bash of the Day:

"See, in my line of work you got to keep repeating things over and over and over again for the truth to sink in, to kind of catapult the propaganda."
—George W. Bush in Greece, NY on May 24, 2005

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Bush Bash of the Day:

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Bush Bash of the Day:

Q: Why can George W. Bush run for a third term as president?
A: Because the Supreme Court said if you count his vacation time, he's barely served one.

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Bush Bash of the Day (click to enlarge):

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For those of you who missed it, Bush had a press conference this morning in which he discussed the war in Iraq, the situation with Iran, Vladimir Putin, and the SCHIP health insurance plan.
For those of you who saw the conference, you probably saw him stumble over his thoughts about world peace and how intervening in Iraq and Iran will help us accomplish it. Having said that, I've created a poll asking for thoughts on what he said about this during the conference. If you would like to take the poll, click on this link:


Is George W. Bush really striving for world peace?

And if you would like to see the current results, go
here.

All that aside, here's the Bush Bash of the Day:

Four boys were fishing. As their boat rounded a point on the lake,
they saw a man thrashing in the water. With no hesitation, they jumped
into the water and saved him.

It was not until they pulled him to shore that they noticed the man
they had saved was President George Bush, who had slipped away from
the Secret Service for a swim. When President Bush caught his breath,
he thanked the two boys and offered them anything they wanted in
return for saving his life.

The first boy thought about it for a while and finally answered. "I
would like a presidential appointment to West Point so I can serve my
country."

The next two thought that was a great idea, but one said he had always
wanted to be a pilot so he would rather attend the Air Force Academy.

The third boy chose the Naval Academy.

The president turned to the fourth boy, who was still thinking.
Finally he answered, "Mr. President, I would like a burial with honors
at Arlington National Cemetery." The president was shocked and asked
the boy why he would make such a request at his young age. The boy
replied, "Because when my father finds out I saved you, he is going to
kill me!"

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Bush Bash of the Day (click to enlarge):

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Bush Bash of the Day:

"Drug therapies are replacing a lot of medicines as we used to know it."
-George W. Bush in St. Louis, Missouri on October 18, 2000

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Before we get to the good stuff, I have to explain for the break in the countdown! I moved over the weekend and am having some trouble getting my internet connection set up, so I wasn't able to get on for a day. Hopefully that won't be happening again.

Having said that, here's your Bush Bash of the Day:

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Bush Bash of the Day:

George Bush looks out his bedroom window one January morning. During the night, someone has peed "W sucks" in a snowbank near the window. Enraged, George immediately calls the FBI to investigate. "This is an outrage!" George yells, "I want you to find out who is responsible for this right now!"

So a team of investigators goes out into the snowbank and runs some tests. A half an hour later, an FBI agent reports back to the President.

"Mr. President, I have some good news and bad news for you", the investigator starts. "The good news is that a urine analysis indicates that the urine belongs to former President Clinton."

"Ooohh." Bush laughs and rings his hands. "Once I go to the papers with this, I'm going to bring down the Democratic Party. What's the bad news?"

The FBI agent says, "It's Laura's handwriting."

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Bush Bash of the Day:

"The fact that he [Al Gore] relies on facts--says things that are not factual--are going to undermine his campaign."
-George W. Bush in the New York Times on March 4, 2000

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Bush Bash of the Day (click to enlarge):

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Today's Bush Bash of the Day is a mad lib I put together using some of Bush's quotes from the past. I can't actually post it here on the blog, but here is the link:

Bush Quote Mad Lib

You can really have some fun with this one!

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Bush Bash of the Day:

"It's clearly a budget. It's got a lot of numbers in it."
-George W. Bush on May 5, 2000

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Bush Bash of the Day:

"The Holocaust was an obscene period in our nation's history. I mean in this century's history. But we all lived in this century. I didn't live in this century."
-George W. Bush on September 15, 1995

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Bush Bash of the Day:

(I might add, this is one of the funniest Bush compilations I've ever seen.)

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Bush Bash of the Day:

President Bush, First Lady Laura and Dick Cheney were flying on Air Force One. George looked at Laura, chuckled and said, "You know, I could throw a $1,000 bill out of the window right now and make somebody very happy."

Laura shrugged her shoulders and replied, "I could throw ten $100 bills out of the window and make ten people very happy."

Cheney added, "That being the case, I could throw one hundred $10 bills out of the window and make a hundred people very happy."

Hearing their exchange, the pilot rolled his eyes and said to his co-pilot, "Such big-shots back there. Hell, I could throw all of them out of the window and make 56 million people very happy."

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Bush Bash of the Day:

"One word sums up probably the responsibility of any Governor, and that one word is 'to be prepared.'"
-George W. Bush on December 6, 1993

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September's poll ended yesterday and I put up a new one for October (see left). In case you missed the final results, here they are:

Have you ever considered George W. Bush a good president?
Yes, and I still do: 7%
Yes, but not anymore: 11%
No, I haven't: 82%

And here's your Bush Bash of the Day:

Q: What is the President Bush's new fitness program to get people walking again?
A: Gas at $3/gallon!