Deport George Bush!

I definitely don’t intend for this to become a Bush-bashing blog (well not only a Bush-bashing blog, anyway) but the man leaves me little choice. In other words, the devil made me do it...

"What the president has said all along is that he wants to make sure that people who become American citizens have a command of the English language,” said White House press secretary Tony Snow. “It’s as simple as that.” [Press Gaggle]

A command of the English language, eh?

"There's an old saying in Tennessee... I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee... that says: Fool me once, shame on (pause)... shame on you. (Pause)... Fool me (long, uncomfortable, agonizing pause)....... you can't get fooled again."
George W. Bush. Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 17, 2002

"I'll be glad to talk about ranching, but I haven't seen the movie. I've heard about it. I hope you go — you know — I hope you go back to the ranch and the farm is what I'm about to say."
George W. Bush, after being asked whether he's seen Brokeback Mountain, Manhattan, Kan., Jan. 23, 2006

"I'm looking forward to a good night's sleep on the soil of a friend."
George W. Bush, on visiting Denmark, Washington D.C., June 29, 2005

"I'm going to spend a lot of time on Social Security. I enjoy it. I enjoy taking on the issue. I guess, it's the Mother in me."
George W. Bush, Washington D.C., April 14, 2005

"I like my buddies from west Texas. I liked them when I was young, I liked them then I was middle-age, I liked them before I was president, and I like them during president, and I like them after president."
George W. Bush, Nashville, Tenn., Feb. 1, 2006

"I know how hard it is for you to put food on your family."
George W. Bush. Greater Nashua, N.H., Jan. 27, 2000

"Rarely is the questioned asked: Is our children learning?"
George W. Bush. Florence, S.C., Jan. 11, 2000

"I can only speak to myself."
George W. Bush. Washington, D.C., April 28, 2005

"Neither in French nor in English nor in Mexican."
George W. Bush, declining to answer reporters' questions at the Summit of the Americas, Quebec City, Canada, April 21, 2001

"We cannot let terrorists and rogue nations hold this nation hostile or hold our allies hostile.''
George W. Bush. Des Moines, Iowa, Aug. 21, 2000

"Actually, I—this may sound a little West Texan to you, but I like it. When I'm talking about—when I'm talking about myself, and when he's talking about myself, all of us are talking about me."
George W. Bush. Hardball, MSNBC, May 31, 2000

"You teach a child to read, and he or her will be able to pass a literacy test.''
George W. Bush. Townsend, Tenn., Feb. 21, 2001

And, to be fair, I should point out that Bush doesn’t only have trouble speaking English. His Spanish sucks, too.

Bush: "First of all, Cinco de Mayo is not the independence day. That's dieciséis de septiembre, and ..."

Matthews: "What's that in English?"

Bush: "Fifteenth of September."

(Actually: “Dieciséis de septiembre” means “September 16th”)

George W. Bush. Hardball, MSNBC, May 31, 2000

Tags: Bush, Bushisms, English, Language, Humor