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Bushism of the Day

By Jacob Weisberg
Posted Tuesday, March 26, 2002, at 6:57 PM ET

"We've tripled the amount of money—I believe it's from $50 million up to $195 million available."—Lima, Peru, March 23, 2002

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