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John -- Not that Bush doesn't deserve to be gigged, but you might want to know that a lot of these, if not most of them, are statements made by Dan Quayle which were reported in the August 1992 issue of Esquire magazine. [I really need to clean out my funny file]. But there's no point in lettin' Dubya off the hook. I can't vouch for the accuracy of the test that follows or its origins, but the parts of it that I recognized from media sources were right. By the way, I missed nine. Farley ~~~~~~~~~~ > We at PERSPECTIVE couldn't help noticing how much George W. was starting to sound like everyone's favorite Republican-that's right, Dan Quayle. So for those of you who found the Salient's historical quiz too easy, we've made up a real challenge for you:separating Bushisms from Quayleisms. Good luck! > > >1. "We cannot let terrorists and rogue nations hold this nation hostile or hold our allies hostile." > >2. "I know how hard it is to put food on your family." (a message to >struggling families...we think) > >3. "We have a firm commitment to NATO, we are a part of NATO. We have a firm commitment to Europe. We are a part of Europe." > >4. "One of the common denominators I have found is that expectations rise above that which is expected." > >5. "Republicans understand the importance of bondage between a mother = and child." > >6. "The Holocaust was an obscene period in our nation's history. I mean in this century's history. But we all lived in this century. I didn't live in this century." > >7. "A low voter turnout is an indication of fewer people going to the polls." > >8.During an Interview with David Letterman: > >Letterman: "A uniter, not a divider - what exactly does that mean?" > >Answer: "When the time comes to sew up your chest cavity, we use stitches as opposed to opening it up. That's what that means." > >9. "I understand small business growth. I was one." > >10. "I have made good judgements in the Past. I have made good judgements >in the Future." > >11. "If you're sick and tired of the politics of cynicism and polls and principles, come and join this campaign." > >12. "The most important job is not to be... [insert governor or VP here], or first lady in my case." > >13. "This is Preservation Month. I appreciate preservation...You gotta >preserve." (Speaking during "Perseverance Month" at Fairgrounds Elementary School in Nashua, N.H.) > >14. "I believe we are on an irreversible trend toward more freedom and >democracy but that could change." > >15. "It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it." > > > > >16. "The administration I'll bring is a group of men and women who are >focused on what's best for America, honest men and women, decent men and women, women who will see service to our country as a great privilege and who will not stain the house." > >17. "Illegitimacy is something we should talk about in terms of not having it." > >18. "This is still a dangerous world. It's a world of madmen and >uncertainty and potential mential losses." > >19. "I stand by all the misstatements that I've made." > >20. "For NASA, space is still a high priority." > >21. "Rarely is the question asked: Is our children learning?" > >22. "The future will be better tomorrow." > >23. "If the East Timorians decide to revolt, I'm sure I'll have a statement." > >24. "It was just inebriating what Midland was all about then." (yeah, we don't know what that means either!) > >25. "We're going to have the best-educated American people in the world." > >26. "Drug therapies are replacing a lot of medicines as we used to know it." > >27. "It's one thing about insurance, that's a Washington term." > >28. "I think we ought to raise the age at which juveniles can have a gun." > >29. "Mars is essentially in the same orbit... Mars is somewhat the same distance from the Sun, which is very important. We have seen pictures where there are canals, we believe, and water. If there is water, that means >there is oxygen. If oxygen, that means we can breathe." > >30. "Quotas are bad for America. It's not the way America is all about." > >31. "If affirmative action means what I just described, what I'm for, then I'm for it." > >32. "I mean, there needs to be a wholesale effort against racial profiling, which is illiterate children." > >33. "[It's] time for the human race to enter the solar system." > >34. "If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure." > >35. "I think if you know what you believe, it makes it a lot easier to >answer questions. I can't answer your question." > > > >36. "I was recently on a tour of Latin America, and the only regret I have was that I didn't study Latin harder in school so I could converse with those people." > >37. "I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully." > >38. "I will have a foreign-handed foreign policy." > >39. "One of the common denominators I have found is that expectations rise above that which is expected." > >40. "I am not part of the problem. I am a Republican." (we beg to differ) > >41. "Well, I think if you say you're going to do something and don't do it, that's trustworthiness." > >42. "I don't know whether I'm going to win or not. I think I am. I do know I'm ready for the job. And, if not, that's just the way it goes." > >43. "We are ready for any unforeseen event that may or may not occur." > >44. "We cannot let terrorists and rogue nations hold this nation hostile or hold our allies hostile.'' > >45. "I have a different vision of leadership. A leadership is someone who brings people together." > >46. "When I'm talking about myself, and when he's talking about myself, all of us are talking about me." > >47. "He has certainly earned a reputation as a fantastic mayor, because the results speak for themselves. I mean, New York's a safer place for him to be." (speaking about Rudy Giuliani) > >48. "It's clearly a budget. It's got a lot of numbers in it." > >49. "Verbosity leads to unclear, inarticulate things." > >50. "Will the highways of the internet become more few?" > > > >Wondering how many you got right? We were thinking about making you wait for the next issue like the Salient, but we'll give you the answers now: > >Bush: 1,2,4,8,9,11,12,13,16,18,21,23,24, >26,27,28,30,31,32,35,37,38,39,41,42,44,45,46,47,48,50 > >Quayle: 3,5,6,7,10,14,15,17,19,20,22,25, >29,33,34,36,40,43,49 > > From a Harvard student magazine - -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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