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Book cover"There's a lot of people in the Middle East who are desirous to get into the Mitchell process. And--but first things first. The--these terrorist acts and, you know, the responses have got to end in order for us to get the framework--the groundwork--not framework, the groundwork to discuss a framework for peace, to lay the--all right."--Referring to former Sen. George Mitchell's report on Middle East peace, Crawford, Texas, Aug. 13, 2001(Thanks to Michael Shively)

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.)

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Bryan Curtis, a contributing writer, writes the "Middlebrow" column.
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