My favorites:
"This foreign policy stuff is a little frustrating." -George W. Bush, as quoted by the New York Daily News, April 23, 2002
"Do you have blacks, too?" -George W. Bush, to Brazilian President Fernando Cardoso, Nov. 8, 2001, as reported in an April 28, 2002, Estado Sao Pauloan column by Fernando Pedreira, a close friend of President Cardoso
"It is white." -George W. Bush, asked by a child in Britain what the White House was like, July 19, 2001
"I understand that the unrest in the Middle East creates unrest throughout the region." -George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., March 13, 2002
"I know how hard it is for you to put food on your family."?Greater Nashua, N.H., Chamber of Commerce, Jan. 27, 2000
"Rarely is the question asked: Is our children learning?"?Florence, S.C., Jan. 11, 2000
"This is Preservation Month. I appreciate preservation. It's what you do when you run for president. You gotta preserve."?Speaking during "Perseverance Month" at Fairgrounds Elementary School in Nashua, N.H. As quoted in the Los Angeles Times, Jan. 28, 2000
And this last one is classic:
"Oh yeah, the guy who came with the runner" - when asked about a meeting last year with British Conservative leader William Hague who had with him his chief of staff, the ex-Olympic athlete Seb Coe.
