More George W. Bushisms: More of Slate's Accidental Wit and Wisdom of Our 43rd President

by Jacob Weisberg

"Most of you probably didn't know that I have a new book out. Some guy put together a collection of my wit and wisdom -- or, as he calls it, my accidental wit and wisdom. [Laughter] But I'm kind of proud that my words are already in book form."
-- President George W. Bush,
discussing and reading from George W. Bushisms
By now, most of you probably do know about George W. Bushisms, the bestselling collection of misstatements made on the campaign trail by our president. Now, in More George W. Bushisms, Jacob Weisberg reveals that the malapropisms didn't stop on Inauguration
"I've coined new words like misunderstanding and Hispanically."
"I haven't had a chance to talk, but I'm confident we'll get a bill that I can live with if we don't."
"Our nation must come together to unite."
"There's no question that the minute I got elected, the storm clouds on the horizon were getting nearly directly overhead."
These and many other presidential pearls are hilariously on display in More George W. Bushisms.

Genres: Humor, Nonfiction, German Literature, Comedy, Politics, History

96 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 2002

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 · Rating 4 out of 5]

"Most of you probably don't know that I have a new book out...I'm kind of proud that my words are already in book form."

"Our nation must come together to unite."

"We'll be a country where fabrics are made up of groups and loving centres."

Don't have the book now,it had lines that were even better.

Hilarious,as usual.
And I love that cover illustration,priceless.

[RoXXie | The Art of Reading · Rating 5 out of 5]

Es ist einfach nicht zu glauben, welch beschränkte Aussagen diese Mann während seiner Amtszeit abgegeben hat. Wobei ich aber nicht bezweifel, dass auch viele andere Politker dem Herrn Bush die Hand reichen können.
Doch seine Statements sind ja schon sehr zweifelhaft und fremdschämen ist angesagt.
Aber trotz allem belustigt dieses Buch von Anfang bis Ende, auch wenn mit dem Lächeln immer ein Kopfschütteln dabei ist.
Gut auch, dass seine Aussagen sowohl in Deutsch als auch in Englisch abgedruckt sind. Somit kann man vergleichen, ob er diese Aussage auch wirklich so in seiner Sprache ausgespuckt hat.

[Anne Wingate · Rating 5 out of 5]

Funny Funnier, Funniest

Unlike many people who frequently find their tonsils colliding with their tongues, Bush is able to enjoy the results of his verbal abuse on the English language. Oh, wait a minute, was that a Bushism?

[Angela · Rating 5 out of 5]

I can't believe he's our president...

[Ietrio · Rating 1 out of 5]

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.

[Ella87 · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lustig, was ein Präsident so von sich gab.

[Ryan Adams · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nothing funnier than taking a poor public speaker in a high power position and exploiting him. I guess that's the least we can do to a man that has put our country on the wrong track for the last 7 years.

[Ghada · Rating 2 out of 5]

The 2 stars go to the wit in picking such titles for the quotes & also for the choice of pictures.
As for his pearls of wisdom I think Bush nailed it when he said:
"I admit it, I am not one of the great linguists."

[Amy · Rating 3 out of 5]

A vampire is a cell thing, that plugs into the wall and charges your cell phones... What is he smoking???