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Bushism of the Day

"I'm going to try to see if I can remember as much to make it sound like I'm smart on the subject."—answering a question concerning a possible flu pandemic, Cleveland, July 10, 2007

Click here to see video of Bush's comments. The Bushism is at 1:02:50.

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