A reporter in the press pool at todays news confrence used this word in a question directed at President bush..."conversated." Does this reporter even deserve a response? If you job is to use the english language to relay pertinent information to your readers or viewers, should you not know what is and is not a word?! Conversate, what the hell does that posta mean?
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Ding dang illiterate jibber jabberin' bucktoothed chuckleheaded reporters, always constipatin' the contintutalness of the English we speak.
A man who cannot elicit the correct word at the correct time is a man that is ... uh...um...something that's not good.
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A man who cannot elicit the correct word at the correct time is a man that is ... uh...um...something that's not good.
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Very nice. J.S. would be proud.
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I can't fault a pressman for saying conversate when our president can say
"Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we." —Washington, D.C., Aug. 5, 2004
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"I know what I believe. I will continue to articulate what I believe and what I believe — I believe what I believe is right." —Rome, Italy, July 22, 2001
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"People say, how can I help on this war against terror? How can I fight evil? You can do so by mentoring a child; by going into a shut-in's house and say I love you." —Washington, D.C., Sept. 19, 2002
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"My plan reduces the national debt, and fast. So fast, in fact, that economists worry that we're going to run out of debt to retire." —radio address, Feb. 24, 2001
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"I wish you'd have given me this written question ahead of time so I could plan for it…I'm sure something will pop into my head here in the midst of this press conference, with all the pressure of trying to come up with answer, but it hadn't yet….I don't want to sound like I have made no mistakes. I'm confident I have. I just haven't — you just put me under the spot here, and maybe I'm not as quick on my feet as I should be in coming up with one." —President George W. Bush, after being asked to name the biggest mistake he had made, Washington, D.C., April 3, 2004
"Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we." —Washington, D.C., Aug. 5, 2004
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"I know what I believe. I will continue to articulate what I believe and what I believe — I believe what I believe is right." —Rome, Italy, July 22, 2001
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"People say, how can I help on this war against terror? How can I fight evil? You can do so by mentoring a child; by going into a shut-in's house and say I love you." —Washington, D.C., Sept. 19, 2002
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"My plan reduces the national debt, and fast. So fast, in fact, that economists worry that we're going to run out of debt to retire." —radio address, Feb. 24, 2001
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"I wish you'd have given me this written question ahead of time so I could plan for it…I'm sure something will pop into my head here in the midst of this press conference, with all the pressure of trying to come up with answer, but it hadn't yet….I don't want to sound like I have made no mistakes. I'm confident I have. I just haven't — you just put me under the spot here, and maybe I'm not as quick on my feet as I should be in coming up with one." —President George W. Bush, after being asked to name the biggest mistake he had made, Washington, D.C., April 3, 2004
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I loved Will Farrell's impersonation of President Bush on SNL. Unfortunately these are more gems from our Commander and Chef
, not skits from SNL. "They misunderestimated me."—Bentonville, Ark., Nov. 6, 2000
"Rarely is the question asked: Is our children learning?" —George W. Bush
"You teach a child to read, and he or her will be able to pass a literacy test.''—Townsend, Tenn., Feb. 21, 2001
"Laura and I really don't realize how bright our children is sometimes until we get an objective analysis."—CNBC, April 15, 2000
"Let me put it to you this way, I am not a revengeful person."— Interview with Time magazine in the Dec. 25, 2000, issue.
"She is a member of a labor union at one point."—Announcing his nomination of Linda Chavez as secretary of labor. Austin, Texas, Jan. 2, 2001
"I have a different vision of leadership. A leadership is someone who brings people together." —Bartlett, Tenn., Aug. 18, 2000
"We ought to make the pie higher."—South Carolina Republican Debate, Feb. 15, 2000
"Will the highways on the Internet become more few?"—Concord, N.H., Jan. 29, 2000
"Keep good relations with the Grecians."—Quoted in the Economist, June 12, 1999
"I am mindful not only of preserving executive powers for myself, but for predecessors as well."—Washington, D.C., Jan. 29, 2001
"It was just inebriating what Midland was all about then." —George W. Bush, reflecting in 1994 about growing up in Midland, Texas
"I hope the ambitious realize that they are more likely to succeed with success as opposed to failure."—Interview with the Associated Press, Jan. 18, 2001
"The great thing about America is everybody should vote."—Austin, Texas, Dec. 8, 2000
"I understand small business growth. I was one."—New York Daily News, Feb. 19, 2000
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"I have vivid and painful memories of black churches being burned in my own state when I was a child."
President Clinton
June 8 1996 - national radio address
"Since I was a little boy, I've heard about the Iowa caucuses. That's why I would really like to do well in them."
President Clinton - quoted in USA Today Feb 12, 1996
(Iowa caucuses began in 1972 - Clinton was hardly a little boy)
"Character doesn't matter."
"If a President of the United States ever lied to the American people he should resign."
"I can't find my cigar."
President Clinton
June 8 1996 - national radio address
"Since I was a little boy, I've heard about the Iowa caucuses. That's why I would really like to do well in them."
President Clinton - quoted in USA Today Feb 12, 1996
(Iowa caucuses began in 1972 - Clinton was hardly a little boy)
"Character doesn't matter."
"If a President of the United States ever lied to the American people he should resign."
"I can't find my cigar."
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There are MANY more but I forgot a couple classic W speech out takes so please add these:
"Too many good docs are getting out of the business. Too many OB/GYN's aren't able to practice their love with women all across the country." --George W. Bush, Sept. 6, 2004, Poplar Bluff, Mo.
"There's an old...saying in Tennessee...I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee that says Fool me once...(3 sec pause)... Shame on...(4 sec pause)...Shame on you....(6 sec pause)...Fool me...Can't get fooled again." --George W. Bush to Nashville, Tenn audience, Sept. 17, 2002,
I prefer the audio: ???http://bushwatch.org/ourfearlessleader.mp3???
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The late night guys come up with some good ones.
"Hillary Clinton said in a speech this week that Pres. Bush is one of the worst in history. President Bush was furious, oh man, you see what he said? He said 'I was not the worst in history. I was the worst in math and science.'" --Jay Leno
"According to a study at the University of Colorado, researchers say morning grogginess can give you a feeling of being legally drunk and unable to think straight. They say this condition can last anywhere from a few minutes in some people to as long as two entire terms in office for others." --Jay Leno
"It was reported yesterday that Florida Gov. Jeb Bush reads three newspapers a day. Well, actually, he reads them to his brother George." --Jay Leno
"According to a Finnish medical study, if you have a bad or incompetent boss, it increases your risk of a heart attack by 30%. More bad news for Dick Cheney." --Jay Leno
"A Texas paper is reporting that lobbyist Jack Abramoff charged a client $25,000 to have lunch with President Bush. Not surprisingly, this is the most anyone has ever paid for lunch at Chuck E. Cheese." --Conan O'Brien
"Hillary Clinton said in a speech this week that Pres. Bush is one of the worst in history. President Bush was furious, oh man, you see what he said? He said 'I was not the worst in history. I was the worst in math and science.'" --Jay Leno
"According to a study at the University of Colorado, researchers say morning grogginess can give you a feeling of being legally drunk and unable to think straight. They say this condition can last anywhere from a few minutes in some people to as long as two entire terms in office for others." --Jay Leno
"It was reported yesterday that Florida Gov. Jeb Bush reads three newspapers a day. Well, actually, he reads them to his brother George." --Jay Leno
"According to a Finnish medical study, if you have a bad or incompetent boss, it increases your risk of a heart attack by 30%. More bad news for Dick Cheney." --Jay Leno
"A Texas paper is reporting that lobbyist Jack Abramoff charged a client $25,000 to have lunch with President Bush. Not surprisingly, this is the most anyone has ever paid for lunch at Chuck E. Cheese." --Conan O'Brien
