EXCERPT

              From George W. Bushisms


              CONVICTION 

              "I think if you know what you believe, it makes it a lot 
               easier to answer questions. I can't answer
              your question." 

              - Reynoldsburg, Ohio, October 4, 2000 


              TRUST 

              "There's a huge trust. I see it all the time when people 
              come up to me and say, 'I don't want you to
              let me down again.'" 

              - Boston, Massachusetts, October 3, 2000 

              "Well, I think if you say you're going to do something 
              and don't do it, that's trustworthiness." 

              - CNN online chat, August 30, 2000 


              MR. BUSH'S NEIGHBORHOOD 

              "We must all hear the universal call to like your 
              neighbor just like you like to be liked yourself." 

              - Financial Times, January 14, 2000 


              TIME 

              "The best way to relieve families from time is to let 
              them keep some of their own money." 

              - Westminster, California, September 13, 2000 


              FAITH 

              "Our priorities is our faith." 

              - Greensboro, North Carolina, October 10, 2000 


              "We have practically banished religious values and 
              religious institutions from the public square
              and constructed a 'discountfort zone' for even discussing 
              our faith in public settings." 

              - Milwaukee, Wisconsin, September 9, 2000 


              FAMILY "Families is where our nation finds hope, where 
              wings take dream." 

              - La Crosse, Wisconsin, October 18, 2000 


              ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY WON'T HOLD STILL 

              "I know how hard it is for you to put food on your 
              family." 

              - Nashua, New Hampshire, January 27, 2000 


              GIST FOR THE MILL 

              "I thought how proud I am to be standing up beside my 
              dad. Never did it occur to me that he
              would become the gist for cartoonists." 

              - Newsweek, February 28, 2000 

              Copyright © 2001 by Jacob Weisberg