[Low spark]

[quote=Rocket]

Originally Posted by "Low spark":1008e

I can't disagree with that.... lust for power, greed and arrogance and terrible things, but they are the things Bush excells at....

Show me some proof. Until I see that, rash statements like that are just pure rhetoric and that's what takes the teeth out of any anti-Bush debate.[/quote:1008e]

lust for power-
But there needs to be a focused, coalition effort in the region against peace.
-- discussing the Middle East, Crawford, TX, March 30, 2002

A dictatorship would be a heck of a lot easier, there's no question about it.
-- Washington, DC, July 26, 2001, commenting on negotiating with Congress



arrogance-
I'm the person who gets to decide, not you.
-- reacting to a reporter's statement in the lead-in to his question that "we're headed to war in Iraq," Crawford, TX, December 31, 2002

I'm the commander -- see, I don't need to explain -- I do not need to explain why I say things. That's the interesting thing about being the president. Maybe somebody needs to explain to me why they say something, but I don't feel like I owe anybody an explanation.
-- interviewed by Bob Woodward, Crawford, TX, August 20, 2002


greed
We need an energy bill that encourages consumption.
-- Trenton, NJ, September 23, 2002

This is an impressive crowd, the haves and the have-mores. Some people call you the elite. I call you my base.
-- Al Smith Memorial Dinner, New York, NY, October 19, 2000

All of us here in America should believe, and I think we do, that we should be, as I mentioned, a nation of owners. Owning something is freedom, as far as I'm concerned. It's part of a free society... It's a part of -- it's of being a -- it's a part of -- an important part of America.
-- Washington, D.C., October 15, 2002




Finally
You can fool some of the people all of the time and those are the ones you want to concentrate on.
-- Washington, DC March 31, 2001