Sunday, January 27, 2008

"On Tuesday night, in an ironic turnaround, Iraq brought regime change to the U.S."
- Amy Poehler, referring to the Democrats' triumph in the midterm elections, November 2006

Thursday, January 24, 2008

McCain Able To Speak His Mind

"The president listened too much to the vice president... Of course, the president bears the ultimate responsibility, but he was very badly served by both the vice president and, most of all, the secretary of defense... Rumsfeld will go down in history, along with McNamara, as one of the worst secretaries of defense in history."
- Senator John McCain (R-AZ), quoted in The Politico, January 24, 2007

Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Looks Like An Awesome Opportunity For The Right Co-Sponsor

"He was a state sponsor of terror. In other wods, the government had declared, 'you are a state sponsor of terror'."
- George W. Bush, on Saddam Hussein, Manhattan, Kansas, January 23, 2006

Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Manipulating Our Citizens Is Our Number One Job

At a meeting of the Republican Naitonal Committee on January 22, 2002, Karl Rowe explained the administration strategy for using Americans' fear of terrorism as a political tool by saying, "We can go to the country on this issue because they trust the Republican Party to do a better job of protecting and strengthening America's military might and thereby protecting America."

Monday, January 21, 2008

365 days left!

Today's page had a picture on it so it's hard to quote.

[insert picture of Bush looking stupid and confused]

President answers a question aobout his latest foreign policy initiative.

Sunday, January 20, 2008

In early 2002 President Bush issued a secret executive order authorizing the National Security Agency to engage in electronic eavesdropping, without judicial warrant, on phone calls between Americans and foreign nationals.

The president's action was dubious legality: He had failed to abide by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, which provides a court to oversee government domestic spying in the name of national security.

Saturday, January 19, 2008
New Orleans Still Drowning In Federal Neglect

"The response to the drowning of New Orleans has been a failure on every level. President Bush's eloquent promise in Jackson Square to rebuild 'higher and better' soothed the nation. But since then there has been no concrete action plan for reconstruction -- only a patchwork of programs marked by dithering, bickering and bureaucratic finger-pointing throughout."
- New York Times editorial, January 19, 2007, almost 18 months after the hurricanes

David got me this awesome page-a-day calendar that counts down the days of the Bush presidency. Every page is filled with something stupid (and therefore hilarious) that he's said/done/hinted at/etc. I thought, to keep this journal more active, I'd share the loverly quotes.

This one isn't today's but I thought it was funny.

Monday, October 8, 2007
Why Is This Man Talking (the calendar people made subjects for each quote)

"The truth of that matter is, if you listen carefully, Saddam would still be in power if he were the president of the United States, and the world wouuld be a lot better off."
- George W. Bush, second presidential debate, St. Louis, Missouri, October 8, 2004

I believe that was the one Ning was at.