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A revista Slate elegeu os melhores 25 "Bushisms" -- uma expressão intraduzível e que se refere às expressões utilizadas pelo Presidente George W. Bush. Aqui ficam os dez primeiros, no seu original:


1. "Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we." — Washington, Aug 5, 2004

2. "I know how hard it is for you to put food on your family" — Nashua, New Hampshire, Jan. 27, 2000

3. "Rarely is the question asked: Is our children learning?" — Florence, South Carolina, Jan. 11, 2000

4. "Too many good docs are getting out of business. Too many OB/GYNs aren't able to practice their love with women all across the country" — Poplar Bluff, Missouri, Sep 6, 2004

5. "Neither in French nor in English nor in Mexican" — declining to answer reporters' questions at the Summit of the Americas, Quebec City, Canada, Apr 18, 2006

6. "You teach a child to read, and he or her will be able to pass a literacy test" — Townsend, Tennessee, Feb 21, 2001

7. "I'm the decider, and I decide what is best. And what's best is for Don Rumsfeld to remain as the Secretary of Defense" — Washington DC, Apr 18, 2006

8. "See, in my line of work you got to keep repeating things over and over again for the truth to sink in, to kind of catapult the propaganda" — Greece, New York, May 24, 2005

9. "I've heard he's been called Bush's poodle. He's bigger than that" — discussing the former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, June 27, 2007

10. "And so, General, I want to thank you for your service. And I appreciate the fact that you really snatched defeat out of the jaws of those who are trying to defeat us in Iraq" — meeting with Army Gen. Ray Odierno, Washington DC, Mar 3, 2008

ps - a revista também reuniu os melhores cartoons relativos ao Presidente americano.

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