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July 4, 2001: My favorite George W. Bush quote of all time


From The New Yorker, August 20, 2001:

What did George W. Bush say when a Philadelphia writer shook his hand at a Fourth of July block party and said, "Mr. President, I hope you only serve four years. I'm very disappointed in your work so far"?

(a) "I sincerely hope to change your mind about that."
(b) "Let me disappoint you a little more. I'm going to steal the next election, too."
(c) "What a set of cojones on you!"
(d) "Who cares what you think?"


And the answer is:

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I was vacillating between A and B, and then I looked it up. Wow!

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And that was BEFORE 9-11...

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"Who cares what you think?"

Doesn't that sort of remind you of Obama?

De-criminalize marijuana? Who cares what you think?

Filibuster warrantless wire-tapping? Who cares what you think? (or what I promised.)

Push the EFCA? Who cares what you think? (or what I promised.)

Repeal the Bush tax cuts? Who cares what you think? (or what I promised.)

And so on.

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