Posted on 10/14/2006 8:07:20 PM PDT by Swordmaker
Hey, Fellow Freepers... this is a fantastic resource for all of us who are in debates, arguments and/or downright brawling with liberals who pop up with out-of-context quotations attributed to President Bush that sound off-the-wall... and usually are... but are hard to refute because you don't know the source. This website has cataloged almost all of President Bush (and other presidents') speeches, press conferences, interviews, off-the-cuff conversations, etc., into a searchable database.
The American Presidency Project, was established in 1999 as a collaboration between John Woolley and Gerhard Peters at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Our archives contain 68,688 documents related to the study of the Presidency.
The Public Papers of the Presidents
The American Presidency Project is the only online resource that has consolidated, coded, and organized into a single searchable database:
The Messages and Papers of the Presidents: Washington - Taft (1789-1913)
The Public Papers of the Presidents: Hoover to Bush (1929-1993)
The Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents: Clinton - G.W. Bush (1993-2006)
A lot more can be found:
(Excerpt) Read more at presidency.ucsb.edu ...
This is one site that will be permanently bookmarked for me.
This is a site to bookmark!
The American Presidency Project.
I hope you find it useful... and that more than a few Liberals and DemoncRats are hoist on their own petards by Freepers who use it!
Thanks for the reference. It is quite a site!
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This is a site to bookmark!
The American Presidency Project.
I hope you find it useful... and that more than a few Liberals and DemoncRats are hoist on their own petards by Freepers who use it!
Excellent reference site. Been on my favorites list for several years now. I highly recommend it for all political junkies.
Great site. Thanks.
Thanks for posting this, Swordmaker!
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Wow, that's a great site! Thanks for the ping!
Thanks for the reference.
I have it bookmarked also.
Thanks Swordmaker for the topic link and ping. Pharmboy, perhaps pingworthy? It includes speeches from the early presidents. :')
Ditto. Thanks.
Pretty cool. The documents are searchable. Nice.
Goldmine of info!
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I forgot, most neo-con monkeys automatically blot out the truth when it's in front of them. I should have made this bigger.A FEW QUOTES FROM PRESIDENT BUSH
But all in all, its been a fabulous year for Laura and me. (Summing up his first year in office, three months after 9/11 attacks.)
December 20, 2001We need an energy bill that encourages consumption.
September 23, 2002Im also not very analytical. You know I dont spend a lot of time thinking about myself, about why I do things.
June 4, 2003And a political candidate who jumps to conclusions without knowing the facts is not a person you want as your Commander-in-Chief.
October 27, 2004You know, one of the hardest parts of my job is to connect Iraq to the war on terror.
September 6, 2006
From: Swordmaker - Oct 14, 06 - 09:59 pmNext one:G-Spank... it is easy to take quotes out of context and make anyone look stupid.
How about putting your quotes back into context.
The But all in all, its been a fabulous year for Laura and me. is one sentence, out of context, from a off-the-cuff discussion with reporters that started with a conversation about a new carpet for the oval office on December 21, 2001. Remarks on the New Oval Office Carpet and an Exchange With Reporters.
That conversation did indeed mention the event of 9/11 and in fact covered quite a bit of the details of what had transpired since the attack. The President said such things (also out of context) "We will continue to ask the good Lord's blessings on America during the holiday season, particularly on those who suffered incredible loss," and ". . . our Government has responded to the attacks on America: Got a good strategy in the first phase of the war, to rout terror; held the doctrine that says that we will bring the murderers to justice and we will hold those accountable who help the murderers; responded quickly to threats to our homeland." He also stated, in the same discussion "Every morning I come into the desk, and I would read the threat assessments to America. And it reminds me that my most important job of all is to protect the American people from further attack."
President Bush finished with this, in answer to the question "Are Americans safer today?": "So yes, the country is safer. Is it still - totally safe? No. And that's why, as I've told you, my main job, my main worry for America is to prevent another attack. Every morning at 6:50 a.m. in the morning, I come in here, and I think about the possibilities. And every day I meet with the FBI Director and Tom Ridge and John Ashcroft, along with George Tenet, reminding them that we have an awesome responsibility to do whatever we can to protect the American people."
That's quite a bit different, don't you think?
From: Swordmaker - Oct 14, 06 - 10:17 pmG-Spank, Let's look at another one of your "suspect" quotation from the President: "We need an energy bill that encourages consumption." which was not only taken out of context but converted phrase in a complex sentence to a simple declarative sentence. The phrase actually appears in a couple of Bush's speeches... both in sections talking about creating jobs. An example of how our of context your quotation is seen in the following section from a larger speech:
"Yesterday we learned we've created 1.9 million new jobs in the last 13 months. We're on the move. The national unemployment rate is 5.4 percent. That is lower than the average of the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. Farm income is up. Small businesses are flourishing. The entrepreneurial spirit is strong. Homeownership rates are at an alltime high in America.There is more to do. To make sure jobs stay here in America and this economy grows, we need less regulations on our job creators. We need legal reform in America. We need to make sure we have an energy plan that encourages consumption, that works with renewables, that explores for coal by using technologies to protect our air. To make sure jobs are here in America, America must be less dependent on foreign sources of energy."
Another:
From: Swordmaker - Oct 14, 06 - 10:37 pmAnd finally:Next one: Im also not very analytical. You know I dont spend a lot of time thinking about myself, about why I do things.
Again, completely out of context. The President was responding to a question about how he conducts meetings and what he does DURING those meetings... particularly with foreign diplomats. Source - Interview With Members of the White House Press Pool
Another: You know, one of the hardest parts of my job is to connect Iraq to the war on terror. This was taken from an off-the-cuff response in an interview with Katie Couric:
"COURIC: You have said we can't cut and run on more than one occasion. We have to stay until we win. Otherwise, we'll be fighting the terrorists here at home on our own streets. So what do you mean exactly by that, Mr. President?Again, very different from the simple declarative sentence taken out of context from a complex answer.BUSH: Well, I mean that a defeat in Iraq will embolden the enemy and will provide the enemy more opportunity to train, plan, to attack us. That's what I mean. There it's you know, one of the hardest parts of my job is to connect Iraq to the war on terror. I believe it. As I told you, Osama bin Laden believes it. But the American people have gotta understand that a defeat in Iraq in other words, if this government there fails - the terrorists will be emboldened, the radicals will topple moderate governments.
I'm worried, Katie, strongly worried about a world if we if if we lose, you know, our confidence and don't help defeat this ideology, I'm worried that 50 years from now they'll look back and say, "How come Bush and everybody else didn't see the fact that these this group of people would use oil to affect our economy?"
Or, "How come he didn't confront the Iranian threat and its nuclear ambitions?" Or, "Why didn't you support the moderate governments there in the region?" And I I truly believe this is the ideological struggle of the 21st century. And the consequences for not achieving success are are dire."
From: Swordmaker - Oct 14, 06 - 10:43 pmAnd finally, G-Spank, your quote: And a political candidate who jumps to conclusions without knowing the facts is not a person you want as your Commander-in-Chief was taken, again completely out of context, from a series of campaign speeches by President Bush on October 27, 2004 where he was speaking about Senator Kerry.
"Now, the Senator is making wild charges about missing explosives, when his top foreign policy adviser admits he does not know the facts. He said, quote, "I don't know the truth," end quote. But think about that. The Senator is denigrating the actions of our troops and commanders in the field without knowing the facts.Our military is now investigating a number of possible scenarios, including that the explosives may have been moved before our troops arrived. This investigation is important. It's ongoing. And a political candidate who jumps to conclusions without knowing the facts is not a person you want as Commander in Chief.
Unfortunately----
Unfortunately, that is part of a pattern of a candidate who will say anything to get elected."
From: G-Spank - Oct 15, 06 - 11:18 amSome More Retarded Quotes from G. W. Bush
Rarely is the question asked: Is our children learning?
January 11, 2000Will the highways on the Internet become more few?
January 29, 2000Border relations between Canada and Mexico have never been better.
September 24, 2001Theres an old saying in TennesseeI know its in Texas, probably in Tennesseethat says, fool me once, shame onshame on you. Fool meyou cant get fooled again.
September 17, 2002Our 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.
August 5, 2004I like my buddies from west Texas. I liked them when I was young, I liked them when I was middle-age, I liked them before I was president, and I like them during president, and I like them after president.
February 1, 2006Thats George Washington, the first president, of course. The interesting thing about him is that I read threethree or four books about him last year. Isnt that interesting?
May 5, 2006It all makes sense now, why the stupid people of America love this guy. You finally got one of your own in office.
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