The Deluxe Election-Edition Bushisms: The First Term, in His Own Special Words

by Jacob Weisberg, Molly Ivins (Foreword)

The Bush era has been a special time -- for the deficit (back, and larger than ever), for the countries formerly known as our allies, and for the English language. Here it all is, straight from the horse's, er, mouth.With new Bushisms coming fast and furious in this election season, ace Bushism editor Jacob Weisberg offers a must-read compendium and "explanation" of the first term. Read President Bush's eye-popping description of his economic policy:

"See, without the tax relief package, there would have been a deficit, but there wouldn't have been the commiserate -- not 'commiserate' -- the kick to our economy that occurred as a result of the tax relief."

Got that? How about this analysis of the weapons proliferation problem, from the man with his finger on the Button:

"Free nations don't develop weapons of mass destruction."

Or his belief in the importance of staying connected to us all:

" A]s you know, these are open forums, you're able to come and listen to what I have to say."

"The Deluxe Edition" also includes reality checks: coherent Bush statements about major issues that bear no relation to the truth.

"The Deluxe Election-Edition Bushisms" is essential reading for everyone still wondering what the past four years have all been about.

Genres: Humor, Politics, Nonfiction

104 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2004

About the author

Jacob Weisberg (born 1964) is an American political journalist, who served as editor-in-chief of The Slate Group, a division of Graham Holdings Company. In September 2018, he left Slate to co-found Pushkin Industries, an audio content company, with Malcolm Gladwell. Weisberg was also a Newsweek columnist. He served as the editor of Slate magazine for six years before stepping down in June 2008. He is the son of Lois Weisberg, a Chicago social activist and municipal commissioner.

Reviews

[W]

"Free nations don't develop weapons of mass destruction."

George W.Bush

Well,in that case,what is the US ? Not a free nation ?

The cover is the best in the series.

[Barbi Faye (The Book Fae)]

This book was free, but I could see its limited entertainment value could only be found on the shelf in the bathroom. As I read some of this, as a Canadian, I shake my head, a little, and think, they think Trump is/was bad. O boy whatta guy...
Not a good book but a few haha's!

[Nicole Yovanoff]

The book cost me 50 cents from a garage sale, so I'm glad it didn't cost too much. its fairly funny if you are politically left, but at some point in the book you start to feel bad for the former president because he is so verbally inept. Its fun to have as a reference, but just okay as a book.

[Michael]

A chronicle of Bush 43's way with words. Consistently astonishing and often very funny.

[Emily D.]

I'm not into politics a whole lot, but I do enjoy humor and satire, and I also like a good "roast". This book has a scathing introduction, which I didn't exactly care for, and some of the quotes were a bit of a stretch where you could tell they were taken quite a way out of context. There were some real doozies in there though that made me laugh out loud, and many that made me go, "what? ?".

[Krista Burich]

Always entertaining!!!

[Megan]

I cannot believe this is the man in charge and isn't a rag boy at a car wash somewhere. Not that there's anything wrong with working at the car wash!

[Nancyhoward]

if you want to know the truth about this idiot in chief this is the guide

[Peacegal]

Bush’s “mastery” of the English language is collected in this handy volume for all to see.

[Katherine]

Hilarious...what a moron.

[Barb Gaynor]

We will be stuck with him forever

Will this creacture ever go away. The Hague on crimes against humanity with his pal Cheny would be a good start.
BG in SF

[Ietrio]

Mildly amusing. A long way to say Weisberg is smart with the power of Google, Bush is stupid. Which is probably true, because of Google.

[Michelle]

I know that my boredom with this book was likely heavily influenced by the political state of the US today (Trump), but this little compilation of W quotes was so meh. Many were just times he mixed up the order of a few words, and most weren't that humorous. I got a few chuckles out of the book as a whole, but it wasn't worth much except for a little visit down memory lane as to how different politics used to be.

[Wiseman]

Reminded me of my college days- how innocent we all were then ;-)

[Richard]

God, I thought we’d never elect a dumber Republican big money sock puppet.
Wrong