The Ultimate George W. Bushisms Bush at War (with the English Language)

"This business about graceful exit just simply has no realism to it at all."As the end of the Bush era approaches, the legacy is clear: George W. Bush is a wartime president. His enemy, battered but not defeated after repeated surges: the English language. The ultimate edition ofGeorge W. Bushismscaptures this legacy -- from the Gulf Coast to Iraq and back -- with all-new pearls of wisdom and the twenty-five greatest hits of the entire presidency. "You know, when I campaigned here in 2000, I said, I want to be a war president. No president wants to be a war president, but I am one." "I think -- tide turning -- see, as I remember -- I wasraised in the desert, but tides kind of -- it's easy to see a tide turn -- did I say those words?"

Jacob Weisberg is the editor of Slate magazine and three previous editions of Bushisms. He lives in New York City.