Re: Thought for the Day

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Posted by Christina on October 02, 2000 at 13:09:25:

In Reply to: Re: Thought for the Day posted by Jeri on October 02, 2000 at 13:00:23:

: : : : "That's not a lie, it's a terminological inexactitude."
: : : : — in a 1983 television interview

: : : : (Alexander Haig, American Politician, b.1924)

: : :
: : : Gotta love politicians and their flair with the English language...
: : : to add to the merriment, some actual documented quotes from one of our presidential hopefuls, Dubya:

: : : It's clearly a budget. It's got a lot of numbers in it."--Reuters,
: : : May 5, 2000 (Thanks to Allison Fansler.)

: : : “What I am against is quotas. I am against hard quotas, quotas
: : : they basically delineate based upon whatever. However they
: : : delineate, quotas, I think vulcanize society. So I don't know
: : : how that fits into what everybody else is saying, their relative
: : : positions, but that's my position.''—the
: : : San Francisco Chronicle, Jan. 21, 2000 (Thanks to Toni L.
: : : Gould.)

: : : We ought to make the pie higher."—South Carolina
: : : Republican Debate, Feb. 15, 2000
: : ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

: : Well, I don't consider myself a political expert by any means, but I have to say THIS about the above...

: : ...huh??????

: : MMMM *scratching head in confusion*

: ~~~~~

: ROTFL! I'm with you MMMMarica! It had to have been a U.S. politician. Canadian ones don't think that deep.

: ..Jeri

Yep, the politician in question is George W. "Dubya" Bush. These quotes come from a Web site that collects incomprehensible political quotes. There's also one somewhere for Gore.
Christina


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