pandalady49
Sep 14, 2008 16:00
"I'm hopeful. I know there is a lot of ambition in Washington, obviously. But I hope the amtitious realize that they are more likely to succeed with success as opposed to failure."
W., Associated Press interview, 1/18/01
w. ambition,
sucess,
failure
pandalady49
Sep 12, 2008 08:48
"As you know, I shy away from hypotheticals, Pancho. I'm going to resist the Christmas tree effect of tax policy. I don't want people putting ornaments on my plan."
W., presidential press conference, 2/22/01
tax,
christmas tree
pandalady49
Sep 09, 2008 13:13
"I admit it, I am not one of the great linguists."
W., Stating the obvious to Tom Brokaw, Inside The Real West Wing, 1/23/01
brokaw
pandalady49
Sep 09, 2008 09:38
Although Hurricane Ike will miss us, and we dodge yet another bullet, the atmosphere outside has the eerie kind of pre-hurricane feel. Those of you reading this who are from South Florida know what I mean.
And, again, even though we have no storm, this morning in the space of an hour, our power went out 4 times for just a few seconds. Weird.
power out,
hurricane,
ike
pandalady49
Sep 07, 2008 17:24
"It was amazing I won. I was running against peace and prosperity and incumbency."
W. reflecting on his 2000 election platform of anti-peace, prosperity and incumbency to Swedish Prime Minister Goran Persson, Gothenburg, Sweden, 6/14/01.
pandalady49
Sep 05, 2008 16:32
"First, we would not accept a treaty that would not have been ratified, nor a treaty that I thought made sense for the country."
W.,explaining that the Kyoto Accord wasn't accepted because it wouldn't have been accepted and it would make sense, Washington Post interview, 4/24/01
kyoto
pandalady49
Sep 03, 2008 15:13
"The way I like to put it is this: There's no bigger issue for the president to remind the moms and dads of America, if you happen to have a child, be fortunate to have a child."
W., explaining to the Treasury Department employees that his number-one issue as president is to remind moms and dads to be fortunate to have a child, 3/7/01
dads treasury,
moms
pandalady49
Sep 02, 2008 16:39
"The thing that's important for me is to remember what's the most important thing".
Moline Elementary School, St. Louis, Missouri, 2/20/01
pandalady49
Sep 01, 2008 16:18
"We've got to understand, in order to power the power-generating plants that are now being built in California, we need more energy."
power,
california