George Bush's Legacy

"I am confident that Saddam Hussein had a weapons of mass destruction program."
President George W. Bush
July 9, 2003


"I think the intelligence I get is darn good intelligence. And the speeches I have given were backed by good intelligence. And I am absolutely convinced today, like I was convinced when I gave the speeches, that Saddam Hussein developed a program of weapons of mass destruction, and that our country made the right decision. ... The larger point is and the fundamental question is, did Saddam Hussein have a weapons program? And the answer is absolutely. And we gave him a chance to allow the inspectors in, and he wouldn't let them in*. And, therefore, after a reasonable request, we decided to remove him from power ..."
President George W. Bush
July 14, 2003


"I take responsibility for putting our troops into action. And I made that decision because Saddam Hussein was a threat to our security and a threat to the security of other nations. ... We won't be proven wrong. I believe that we will find the truth. And the truth is he was developing a program for weapons of mass destruction. We based our decisions on good, sound intelligence ... and the truth will say that this intelligence was good intelligence. There's no doubt in my mind."
President George W. Bush
July 17, 2003


"In order to placate the critics and the cynics about intentions of the United States, we need to produce evidence, and I fully understand that. I'm confident that our search will yield that which I strongly believe, that Saddam had a weapons program."
President George W. Bush
July 30, 2003

"I don't understand how poor people think."
President George W. Bush
Aug. 26, 2003

I don't think anybody anticipated the breach of the levees. They did anticipate a serious storm. But these levees got breached. And as a result, much of New Orleans is flooded. And now we are having to deal with it and will."
President George W. Bush
Sept. 1, 2005

"The most important thing is for us to find Osama bin Laden. It is our number one priority and we will not rest until we find him."
President George W. Bush
Sept. 13, 2001


"I don't know where [Osama bin Laden] is and I really don't care. It's not that important. It's not our priority."
President George W. Bush
March 13, 2003


"Gosh, I just don't think I ever said I'm not worried about Osama bin Laden. It's kind of one of those exaggerations."
President George W. Bush
Oct. 13, 2004

"A hopeful day has arrived. All Iraqis can now come together and reject violence and build a new Iraq."
President George W. Bush,
announcing the capture of Saddam Hussein,
Dec. 15, 2003


"I think [Saddam Hussein] ought to receive the ultimate penalty ... for what he has done to his people. I mean, he is a torturer, a murderer. They had rape rooms. This is a disgusting tyrant who deserves justice, the ultimate justice."
President George W. Bush
Dec. 17, 2003

"Because we acted, nations of the Middle East no longer need to fear reckless aggression from a ruthless dictator who had the intent and capability to inflict great harm on his people and people around the world."
President George W. Bush
Feb. 4, 2004


"I am carrying out divine commands."
President George W. Bush
Feb. 5, 2004


"He [Saddam Hussein] had the capacity to have a weapon, make a weapon. We thought he had weapons. The international community thought he had weapons. But he had the capacity to make a weapon and then let that weapon fall into the hands of a shadowy terrorist network."
President George W. Bush
Feb. 8, 2004

"Had I known that the enemy was going to use airplanes to strike America, to attack us, I would have used every resource, every asset, every power of this government to protect the American people."
President George W. Bush
March 25, 2004

We actually misnamed the war on terror. It ought to be the struggle against ideological extremists who do not believe in free societies who happen to use terror as a weapon to try to shake the conscience of the free world."
President George W. Bush
Aug. 6, 2004


"Let me put it to you bluntly: In a changing world, we want more people to have control over your own life."
President George W. Bush
Aug. 9, 2004


"A lot of airline companies, a lot of manufacturers in the past got shut down because of all kinds of lawsuits. And these lawsuits, we want good justice in America, but when the trial bar converts the law into a legal lottery, it begins to affect jobs. You just got to know that. It's one thing to have justice; it's another thing to go overboard with justice, because people start to lose work."
President George W. Bush
Aug. 11, 2004

Yeah, right. More duplicity from the masters of duplicity. Doesn't no one remember the video where CIA Director Porter Goss almost peed his pants laughing when President Bush says that they spend every day gathering information to locate Osama bin Laden.

"Sometimes leaders show up who do a great disservice to the traditions and people of a country."
President George W. Bush
June 7, 2006



"One of the hardest parts of my job is to connect Iraq to the war on terror."
President George W. Bush
Sept. 6, 2006


"It's unacceptable to think that there's any kind of comparison between the behavior of the United States of America and the action of Islamic extremists who kill innocent women and children to achieve an objective."
President George W. Bush
Sept. 15, 2006


"I don't believe religious people kill innocent people. I don't believe that. I believe these are totalitarians who want to impose their vision on others. And they use murder as a weapon to achieve it."
President George W. Bush
Oct. 17, 2006

"Money trumps peace, sometimes. In other words, commercial interests are very powerful interests throughout the world. And part of the issue in convincing people to put sanctions on a specific country is to convince them that it's in the world's interest that they forgo their own financial interest."
President George W. Bush
Feb. 14, 2007


"I emphasize, that is the priority for me as the President. It's [1] my faith, [2] my family, and [3] my country. And I am pleased to report that our family is doing great, particularly since my wife is such a fantastic person. And she sends her very best."
President George W. Bush
April 19, 2007

Yes, I doesn't.

From Rama's post, above: "My fellow citizens: Not only can we win the war in Iraq, we are winning the war in Iraq."
President George W. Bush
Dec. 18, 2005

We've been "winning" this war for three years now. How come our soldiers are still being shot at and getting killed?

Do you have any idea how dumb that question is?

We started winning WW2 in late 1942 or early 1943, but our soldiers still got killed.
Just because we are winning doesnt mean that soldiers arent going to die.