Book Description
"They misunderestimated me."Or did they?Judge for yourself. Here are over 100 memorable misstatements by our syntactically challenged president, collected, annotated, and introduced by Slate magazine's Jacob Weisberg."I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully.""Families is where our nation finds hope, where wings take dream.""We'll let our friends be the peacekeepers and the great country called America will be the pacemakers.""It's clearly a budget. It's got a lot of numbers in it.""I know how hard it is for you to put food on your family.""I do know I'm ready for the job [the presidency].And if not, that's just the way it goes."


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Judge for yourself. Here are over 100 memorable misstatements by our syntactically challenged president, collected, annotated, and introduced by Slate magazine's Jacob Weisberg. "I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully." "Families is where our nation finds hope, where wings take dream." "We'll let our friends be the peacekeepers and the great country called America will be the pacemakers." "It's clearly a budget. It's got a lot of numbers in it." "I know how hard it is for you to put food on your family." "I do know I'm ready for the job [the presidency]. And if not, that's just the way it goes."


About the Author
Jacob Weisberg is chief political correspondent for Slate magazine, and co-editor of Bushisms (1992), a collection of misstatements by President George Bush. He is also a contributing writer to The New York Times Magazine. He lives in New York City.

FROM OUR EDITORS

It hasn't gone unnoticed that President George W. Bush's oratorical skills are less than superb. Throughout the campaign his grasp of the English language seemed tenuous at best, and his frequent speaking mishaps drew a flurry of late-night talk show jests. While some folks were threatening to flee the country if Bush's bid for the presidency was successful, others were gleefully recording his every mangled word. George W. Bushisms compiles all of President Bush's darkest public-speaking moments, from the much-publicized "terriers and bariffs" fiasco to lesser-known but equally hilarious speech snafus you may have missed.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

"They misunderestimated me."

Or did they?

Judge for yourself. Here are over 100 memorable misstatements by our syntactically challenged president, collected, annotated, and introduced by Slate magazine's Jacob Weisberg.

"I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully."

"Families is where our nation finds hope, where wings take dream."

"We'll let our friends be the peacekeepers and the great country called America will be the pacemakers."

"It's clearly a budget. It's got a lot of numbers in it."

"I know how hard it is for you to put food on your family."