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Bushism of the Day

Jacob Weisberg
Posted Monday, Oct. 30, 2000, at 3:13 PM ET

"Anyway, after we go out and work our hearts out, after you go out and help us turn out the vote, after we've convinced the good Americans to vote, and while they're at it, pull that old George W. lever, if I'm the one, when I put my hand on the Bible, when I put my hand on the Bible, that day when they swear us in, when I put my hand on the Bible, I will swear to not--to uphold the laws of the land."--Toledo, Ohio, Oct. 27, 2000

For more, see "The Complete Bushisms."

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Jacob Weisberg is editor-in-chief of the Slate Group and author of The Bush Tragedy.
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