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Bushism of the Day

By Jacob WeisbergPosted Friday, June 20, 2008, at 12:21 PM ET

"There is some who say that perhaps freedom is not universal. Maybe it's only Western people that can self-govern. Maybe it's only, you know, white-guy Methodists who are capable of self-government. I reject that notion."—London, June 16, 2008

Click here to see video of Bush's comments. The Bushism is at 27:58.

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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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