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Bushism of the Day

Bryan Curtis
Posted Thursday, June 14, 2001, at 2:20 PM ET
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"Can't living with the bill means it won't become law."--Referring to the McCain-Kennedy patients' bill of rights, Brussels, Belgium, June 13, 2001

For more, see "The Complete Bushisms."

Bush on Bushisms!
"Most of you probably didn't know that I have a new book out. Some guy put together a collection of my wit and wisdom--or, as he calls it, my accidental wit and wisdom. [Laughter.] But I'm kind of proud that my words are already in book form."--Radio-Television Correspondents Association dinner, Washington, D.C., March 29, 2001 (Click here for the full transcript.)

To buy a paperback version of the collected Bushisms, click here.

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