How could such a destructive man [George W. Bush] be so popular with the American people? Not only is he poisoning our air and water - he's poisoning our political system as well.
Barbra Streisand
Related What it says is George W. Bush is beyond not popular in the African-American community. He is dislik... JAY CAMPBELL Our relationship was toxic. He was slowly poisoning me. I was slowly poisoning him. RACHEL HIGGINSON George W. Bush is not only a great president; he was a great candidate. ED GILLESPIE I can think of no faster way to unite the American people behind George W. Bush than a terrorist att... HENRY KISSINGER George W. Bush is rightfully our president-elect, ... We should not prolong a constitutional impasse... BOB TAFT Manipulating the media is akin to poisoning a nation’s water supply – it affects all of our live... LANCE MORCAN By eating meat we share the responsibility of climate change, the destruction of our forests, and th... THICH NHAT HANH This is the worst President ever. He George W. Bush is the worst President in all of American histor... HELEN THOMAS Tom DeLay and the other leadership of the House of Representatives are not going to impeach George W... BOB GRAHAM George W. Bush is the worst President in all of American history. HELEN THOMAS What George W. Bush learned in his pre-presidential years - and what he omits in his new memoirs - w... NIGEL HAMILTON You know he[George W. Bush] is there[in the White House] illegally. You know he was not elected eith... MICHAEL MOORE Barbra Streisand has accomplished so much, and Dustin Hoffman as well. They are down to earth and ap... KEVIN HART Impostor: How George W. Bush Bankrupted America and Betrayed the Reagan Legacy. DAVID FRUM Bush gets it. He's open to gays and lesbians, and his vision is the most important thing. We are not... CARL SCHMID Crossbreed George W. Bush with Barack Hussein Obama, and you'd end up with your typical American, an... BOBBY W. MILLER Whether or not Americans supported George W. Bush, they could not avoid learning about Abu Ghraib. REBECCA MACKINNON I would like to apologize for referring to George W. Bush as a deserter. What I meant to say is that... MICHAEL MOORE George W. Bush even stopped in Pennsylvania to try his hand at the lotto and gave up when he could o... CRAIG KILBORN [Barbra Streisand submits the unreleased] I Believe, ... I Will Not Be Broken. BONNIE RAITT Whoever discovers a cure for estrogen poisoning will earn a fortune, as well as the gratitude of hal... RAYMOND L BELLAH This book here, 'The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder,' in it, I put together a case... VINCENT BUGLIOSI When our crews arrived, they found patients with symptoms that were consistent with carbon monoxide ... ELISE ARMACOST They'll use George W. Bush as the fundraiser extraordinaire, but not necessarily as their campaignin... AUBREY JEWETT Many Americans, and many more people around the world, have been outraged by what they see as Presid... STEPHEN KINZER The point is that we're not going to cede any territory. We'll fight on as many fronts as we can wit... KATHLEEN HARRINGTON [I asked Barbour who would win in November, and here is what he said:] Mark, if this election is abo... GEORGE W. BUSH He was expressing the wishes of the U.S. elite, ... If anything happens to me, then the man responsi... HUGO CH George W. Bush is very popular in Sub-Saharan Africa. Why? Because of PEPFAR, the President's Em... HILLARY CLINTON It won't work. We have to be the party that can stand toe-to-toe with George W. Bush on national sec... WESLEY CLARK We believe that in your province you have granted a second term to our president, George W. Bush, an... BILLY GRAHAM That is just something that he is prepared to take because he thinks the benefits to the country out... ALASTAIR CAMPBELL As long as George Bush is president, we are going to create a permanent class system, ... And we're ... HOWARD DEAN Whatever you think of George W. Bush, he left office with his faith intact, and I respect that. DAVID GREGORY But his greatest problem is that it is hard to see him as offering voters anything other than George... LARRY SABATO George W. Bush and Al Gore shouldn't be talking about who's going to blink first. They should be tal... NADINE SMITH The biggest terrorist in the world is George W. Bush, CINDY SHEEHAN George W. had a plan. He arranged to join the Air National Guard in Texas, which meant he would not ... PETER JENNINGS It would be the equivalent of George W. Bush running for election with a family full of communists. EFRAIM INBAR Fracking has been used for more than 60 years to successfully drill over a million oil and gas wells... BOB BEAUPREZ He's a man [George W. Bush] who is lucky to be governor of Texas. He is a man who is unusually incur... CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS Our monitoring found dangerous and excessive mercury concentrations in the air near most of the chlo... LINDA E. GREER I became almost immediately fascinated by the possibilities of trying out all conceivable reactions ... RICHARD ERNST I was in a tailspin of confusion I hadn't experienced since the first time I heard George W. Bush sp... CHELSEA HANDLER Bush is smart. I don't think that Bush will ever be impeached, 'cause unlike Clinton, Reagan, or eve... JAY LENO I can't dictate to George W. Bush. GEORGE RYAN Other than George W., I don't know of anyone who is in favor of this. This is more proof that the Bu... ELISE JONES The Reagan legacy is very vulnerable because George W. Bush has embraced it so wholeheartedly. Bush ... MICHAEL GENOVESE When the media ask him [George W. Bush] a question, he answers, 'Can I use a lifeline?' ROBIN WILLIAMS Al Gore is in striking distance of George W. Bush, BILL SCHNEIDER American foreign policy had still not recovered from its victory over communism when George W. Bush ... RUSSELL BAKER [Streisand tells Democrats it's time to stop playing defense and go on the offense:] I hope you're t... JACK NICHOLSON I say to my colleagues never confine your best work, your hopes, your dreams, the aspiration of the ... NANCY PELOSI Short-term, (the poisoning) will have a big impact on the locals but long-term, it could once again ... ROB ANDERSON Tony Blair is a brilliant politician. Unfortunately, his legacy is entwined with George W. Bush beca... NOEL GALLAGHER We want ecstasy as a way of life, not a liver-poisoning alcoholiday from it. CRIMETHINC. As a child, I would put on shows in my neighborhood with friends and perform Barbra Streisand songs ... PATRICIA HEATON Our democracy, our constitutional framework is really a kind of software for harnessing the creativi... AL GORE When the media ask George W. Bush a question, he answers, 'Can I use a lifeline?' ROBIN WILLIAMS I am such a strong admirer and supporter of George W. Bush that if he suggested eliminating the inco... JERRY FALWELL Such a television debate ... is uncommon to our political system. CARSTEN REINEMANN We've had people in the past bring their propane barbecues inside to heat their home. That presents ... CAPT. PAUL MCDONOUGH If George W. Bush is elected president, I'm leaving for France. ROBERT ALTMAN George W. Bush is long gone, and with him the idea that 'Israel can do no wrong.' EDGAR BRONFMAN, SR. Well, the most terrible fear that anybody should have is not war, is not a disease, not cancer or he... JONATHAN WINTERS Of course not, no. Less chance than John Kerry and George W. Bush dropping out. RALPH NADER And remember, this was a president [George W. Bush] who was selected by the Supreme Court rather tha... BARBRA STREISAND It looked like they had been drinking some hot chocolate. We also found nearby some poisoning. The p... POLICE CHIEF RICHARD MCKINLEY Al Gore has dedicated his life to detail. George W. Bush has not. He's the first to admit it. PETER JENNINGS Why have we given George W. Bush such an easy ride when-until now, that is-when actually his qualifi... CHRISTIANE AMANPOUR The symptoms of food poisoning often don't appear for days after the contaminated meal was eaten... ERIC SCHLOSSER When the president decides something on Monday, he still believes it on Wednesday - no matter what h... STEPHEN COLBERT The audience applauded, even though it was not clear what Bush meant. PETER WALLSTEN This foreign policy stuff is a little frustrating GEORGE W. BUSH I think Karl Rove saw that in George W. Bush early on and understood the impact that he could have o... ED GILLESPIE It will become a major holy day among not only our people, but I believe the American people as well... LOUIS FARRAKHAN He who lives by demagoguery shall die by tabloid poisoning JOE ROGALY My father didn't know George W. Bush from Adam. RON REAGAN It is a long revisionist road up from the bottom for George W. Bush. He is ranked toward the bottom ... DOUGLAS BRINKLEY George W. Bush has not been there even though he is the governor of Texas. When Sen. Lieberman goes ... JOE ANDREW I expect the German chancellor to personally talk with (United States) president (George W.) Bush an... GERHARD SCHROEDER There was a feeling during the years of George W. Bush's presidency that his gracelessness as we... TEJU COLE The interesting thing is that it seems like George W. Bush would have been happy being the president... EDDIE VEDDER No matter what the greatest tyrant in the world, the greatest terrorist in the world, George W. Bush... HARRY BELAFONTE The spirit of our American radicalism is destructive and aimless; it is not loving; it has no ulteri... RALPH WALDO EMERSON Look at what happened to George W. Bush. The first time he doesn't get a plurality. Then he gets 50.... GEORGE EDWARDS George W. Bush attended the intelligence briefing every day. Obama has not even attended half of the... RUSH LIMBAUGH I felt like poisoning a monk. UMBERTO ECO I think he [George W. Bush] has a warm, engaging personality. But, you know, the presidency is more ... AL GORE Our country is blessed with a democratic political system that is sensitive to the wishes of our peo... DENZIL DOUGLAS Many authorities have attempted to protect the public from aspartame poisoning, only to be thwarted ... BETTY MARTINI And I do wish she wouldn't sing about poisoning just after we have eaten. CASSANDRA CLARE George H. W. Bush may be a World War II hero and New England Yankee blue blood, but he has the tear ... CHRISTOPHER BUCKLEY He was either on an upper or alcohol poisoning or something. CARLOS MARTINEZ By adopting the 'free trade,' or British, system, we place ourselves side by side with the m... HENRY CHARLES CAREY Burst pipes can be replaced, carbon monoxide poisoning, if you're not careful, can be fatal. GREG WHITE I like and respect each one of them, but for me one candidate rose to the top as our best shot to be... TOM HARKIN Growing up, my ideals were Barbra Streisand, Cher, and my mom. KEVYN AUCOIN George Bush is our Bull Connor, CHARLES RANGEL Because you don't judge with your heart, David, and his record is a good record because he nominated... BILL KRISTOL
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