Negative capability --- unique collection of Bush quotes in Harper's mag.

Cocoa

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Negative capability --- unique collection of Bush quotes in Harper's mag.

http://www.harpers.org/NegativeCapability.html

Negative Capability

Posted on Thursday, July 15, 2004. The following assertions were collected from public statements made by George W. Bush and his official spokesmen since 1997. Originally from Harper's Magazine, May 2004.

The President of the United States is not a fact-checker.

I’m not a statistician.

I’m not a numbers-cruncher.

I’m not one of these bean counters.

I’m not very analytical.

I’m not a precision guy.

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shockingelk

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Sat Jul-17-04 09:30 PM
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1. More - from google:

http://www.google.com/search?q=site:whitehouse.gov+%22i'm+not%22+president

I'm not the scheduler, I'm just a simple candidate.

I'm not involved with the investigation in any way, shape or form.

I'm not really here to politic you too much, but I do want you to know that I've got a plan to win this war on terror and I've got a plan to spread freedom and peace.

I'm not surprised if we begin to uncover the weapons program of Saddam Hussein.

I'm not saying they're overpaid, they're just not spending any money.

I'm not going to lay down my arms.

I'm not sure how I'd explain to the American people -- say, vote for me, and, oh, by the way, on a matter of national security, I think I'm going to wait for somebody else to act.

I'm not interested in talking about intelligence unless it's cleared by the CIA.

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kikiek

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Sat Jul-17-04 09:36 PM
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2. When he was a kid he wasn't a "me too" he was a "not me".

Probably got beat up a lot by his siblings.

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soothsayer

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Sat Jul-17-04 09:39 PM
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3. Damnit, Jim!

Edited on Sat Jul-17-04 09:40 PM by soothsayer

"I'm a doctor, not a flesh peddler"
I'm a doctor, not a bricklayer!"
"I'm a surgeon, not a psychiatrist."
"I'm a doctor, not a scientist."
"I'm a doctor, not a physicist."
"I'm a doctor, not an escalator."
"I'm a doctor, not a mechanic."
"I'm a doctor, not an engineer."
"I'm a doctor, not a magician."
"I'm a doctor, not a coal miner."
"I'm a doctor, not a mechanic."

Bush as McCoy?

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Spinzonner

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Sat Jul-17-04 09:50 PM
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4. Not the 'Real' kind

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fdr_hst_fan

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Sun Jul-18-04 12:33 PM
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5. Turns out that SMIRK

ain't much, is he?
:puke:

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Hoping4Change

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Mon Jul-19-04 01:09 PM
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6. LOL

well said.

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fdr_hst_fan

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Mon Jul-19-04 04:37 PM
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7. Thanx!

I NEEDED that!
:hi:

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