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Bushism of the Day

By Jacob WeisbergPosted Monday, April 30, 2007, at 6:18 PM ET

"And everybody wants to be loved—not everybody, but—you run for office, I guess you do. You never heard anybody say, 'I want to be despised, I'm running for office.' "—Tipp City, Ohio, April 19, 2007

Click here to see video of Bush's comments. The Bushism is at 1:18:47.

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Jacob Weisberg is chairman and editor-in-chief of the Slate Group and author of The Bush Tragedy. Follow him at http://twitter.com/jacobwe.
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