Bush-Whacked: Chronicles of Government Stupidity by Leland Gregory
BUSH-WHACKED does a thorough job of tracking the president's language mangling as well as the inept bungling of his administration. With his expert nose for nuttiness, Gregory includes numerous perplexing quotes, wacky anecdotes, and weird one-liners in this hysterical collection. This isn't the president at his finest, just at his funniest. * "It's important for people to know that I'm the president of everybody." -President George W. Bush, from Air Force One, January 14, 2005 * "And so during these holiday seasons, we thank our blessings . . ." -Bush at Fort Belvoir, Va., December 21, 2004. * Through bureaucratic mismanagement, parts for a top-secret spy plane, originally intended for destruction, were discovered being auctioned off on eBay. -NEW YORK POST * "(T)he illiteracy level of our children are appalling." -Bush, Washington, D.C., January 23, 2004