More George W. Bushisms : More Verbal Contortions from America's 43rd President

by Jacob Weisberg (Editor)

This text offers more of the gaffes, mangled phrasings, postive-negative confusions, spoonerisms and malapropisms of George W. Bush's first year as President of America.

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

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...

[Scott · Rating 3 out of 5]

A bit disappointing compared to the first volume of Bushisms from the same source. This one came out in 2002 but the majority of the quotes are from the same period that the first volume covered, before Bush took office, and a fair number of those that are later aren’t really all that funny. Three stars, and I’m hoping the third (and as far as I know, final) volume shows a return to the standard of the first.

[Elaine · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was a challenging read: Bush spews such head-scratchers that you really have to stop and think, and you still might not be able to decipher what he's trying to say. Thankfully, editor Jacob Weisberg organized and tagged these quotations to make them more understandable -- and funnier! E.g. the "Death Penalty" Bushisms on pp. 55-6, followed by the one about his "hanging".

[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.

[Hubert · Rating 3 out of 5]

A fun review of 43's malapropisms. I do wish that there were more of them, and perhaps the stock photos of 43 looking funny get a little repetitive once in a while.

[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???