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1. George W. Bush was campaigning, hoping to be elected for a second term as America's President, when he said the following quote to a group in Beaverton, Oregon. It was August of 2004. The quote IS reflexive of what became "Bushisms". Finish this quote: "I hope you leave here and walk out and say..."
2. When George W. Bush spoke to a group of immigrants who were assembled on Ellis Island, USA, on a July day 2001, I wonder if they were encouraged by his introduction to America. What he told them included the following: "It's my honor to speak to you as the leader of your country. And the great thing about America is ..."
3. Are we to believe that George W. Bush was hoping to impress us with his not only his financial competency but his general knowledge of geology, as well, when he said the following: "We're spending money on clean coal technology. Do you realize we've got ..."
4. Another example of George W. Bush's willingness to show just how much he knew about science and nature is apparent in the following excerpt from one of his speeches. Can you finish this quote? "Natural gas is hemispheric. I like to call it hemispheric in nature because it is a product that we ..."
5. Sometimes George W. Bush simply stated the obvious. Finish this quote (of his) for an example of that: "You teach a child to read and he or her will ..."
6. George W. Bush not only used the wrong word from time to time, sometimes he gave the impression that he was not sure of a person's gender. Evidence of such was this statement from his "Remarks at Hyde Park Elementary School in Jacksonville" (Florida) in September of 2003. Finish this quote: "We had a chance to visit with Teresa Nelson who's a parent, ..."
7. If you can finish this quote from George W. Bush you may think that he was rather amazed that he had been elected to that first term of office. Considering his opponent, that is. According to the book, "The Wit and Anti-Wisdom of George W. Bush: A Hysterical Timeline" (2007) by Deb Werksman President Bush said this to Swedish Prime Minister Goran Persson: "It's amazing I won. I was running against ..."
8. When questioned about a particular decision George W. Bush had recently made concerning his challenge of the pardon of (former) President Bill Clinton, he showed that he can be very generous and thoughtful toward others. Can you finish it? "I am mindful not only of preserving executive powers for myself, but for ..."
9. Sometimes what George W. Bush said was totally contradictory. One would wonder, did he work all adlib? You may agree if you can you finish this quote taken from The President's News Conference on May 11, 2001? "There's no question that the minute I got elected, the storm clouds on the horizon ... "
10. Can you finish the quote from then President-elect George W. Bush, who was just two days away from his first inauguration when he spoke these words in Washington, D. C.: "I want everybody to hear loud and clear that I'm going to be the president ..." Are we to believe the extent of his domain knows no bounds?
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