Trailer Trash Redneck Jokes And Politics

Here is a small collection of bushes not so better moments

I glance at the headlines just to kind of get a flavor for what’s moving. I rarely read the stories, and get briefed by people who probably read the news themselves.
– Washington, D.C., Sept. 21, 2003 

It was amazing I won. I was running against peace and prosperity and incumbency. 
– June 14, 2001

You know I could run for governor, but I’m basically a media creation. I’ve never done anything. I’ve worked for my dad. I worked in the oil business. But that’s not the kind of profile you have to have to get elected to public office. 
– Dubya in 1989

Sitting down and reading a 500-page book on public policy or philosophy or something. 
– Bush’s answer when asked to name something he’s not good at.  Talk Magazine, Sep. 1999

I don’t make any apologies for what I do on the campaign trail. 
– Comment made when asked about his campaign visit to Bob Jones University. New York Times, Feb. 
24, 2000

As I understand it, the current FBI form asks the question, ‘Did somebody use drugs within the last 7 years?’ and I will be glad to answer that question, and the answer is no. 
– Putting down rumors of past illicit drug use… sort of.  Time Magazine, Aug. 18, 2000

Listen, I’m just as shocked as you are that I’m sitting here talking about the presidency — it’s never been a part of my — my life’s ambition hasn’t always been to be the president. 
– Apr. 27, 2000

In 1994, there were 67 schools in Texas that were rated “exemplorary” according to our own tests. 
– Manhattan Institute for Policy Research (New York), Oct. 5, 1999

Well, first of all, I knew our troops were good because I’ve been reading reports about how good they are.
– Commander-in-Chief making a really hands-on assessment of his soldiers on tour of Ft. Bragg. Mar. 15, 2002

I do remain confident in Linda. She’ll make a fine labor secretary. From what I’ve read in the press accounts, she’s perfectly qualified.
– Austin, Texas, Jan. 8, 2001

I had no idea we had so many weapons. What do we need them for? 
– Demonstrating grasp of America’s nuclear weapons system. May, 2001

There are a couple of cows waiting for me. You know, when I first got back from Washington, it seemed like the cows were talking back. But now that I’ve spent some time in Crawford, they’re just cows. 
– Revealing disturbing facts about his brain chemistry. Town Hall Forum on Economy, Ontario, California, Jan. 5, 2002

I can assure you, when I was a senior in high school, I never sat in an audience saying, gosh, if I work hard I’ll be President of the United States. 
– I guess you don’t need the hard work if your last name is Bush. Crawford High School, Crawford, Texas, Nov. 15, 2001

The woman who knew that I had dyslexia—I never interviewed her.
– Orange, Calif., Sept. 15, 2000

I’m not going to play like I’ve been a person who’s spent hours involved with foreign policy. I am who I am. 
– Interview with Jim Lehrer, News Hour with Jim Lehrer, Apr. 27, 2000

If this were a dictatorship, it’d be a heck of a lot easier…just as long as I’m the dictator. 
– During his first trip to Washington as President-Elect, Washington, DC, Dec 18, 2000

There’s no question that the minute I got elected, the storm clouds on the horizon were getting nearly directly overhead. 
– Washington, D.C., May 11, 2001

I’m going to be a president who hails success as well as failure. 
– March, 2000

Sometimes when I sleep at night I think of “Hop on Pop.” 
– Pennsylvania State University, Apr. 2, 2002

I think if you know what you believe, it makes it a lot easier to answer questions. I can’t answer your question.
– In response to a question about whether he wished he could take back any of his answers in the first debate. Reynoldsburg, Ohio, Oct. 4, 2000

Then I went for a run with the other dog and just walked. And I started thinking about a lot of things. I was able to—I can’t remember what it was. Oh, the inaugural speech. Started thinking through that.
– Pre-inaugural interview with U.S. News & World Report, Jan. 22, 2001 issue

I suspect that had my dad not been president, he’d be asking the same questions: How’d your meeting go with so-and-so? … How did you feel when you stood up in front of the people for the State of the Union Address—state of the budget address, whatever you call it.
– Interview with the Washington Post, March 9, 2001

FINK: When you’re talking about politics, what do you and [your father] talk about? 
DUBYA: Pussy. 
– Interview with David Fink of the Hartford Courant at the Republican Convention, 1988

Those of us who spent time in the agricultural sector, and in the heartland, we understand how unfair the death penalty is … er … the death tax is. 
– Omaha, Nebraska, Feb. 28, 2001

I don’t know whether I’m going to win or not.  I think I am.  I do know I’m ready for the job.  And, if not, that’s just the way it goes.
– Des Moines, Iowa, Aug. 21, 2000