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Bushism of the Day

By Jacob WeisbergPosted Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2008, at 4:06 PM ET

"I've abandoned free-market principles to save the free-market system."—Washington, D.C., Dec. 16, 2008

Click here to see video of Bush's comments. The Bushism is at 1:40.

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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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