Daily Archives: Jan. 11, 2009

We won’t have Bush’s gaffes to kick around anymore

Jan. 11, 20096:03 a.m.

President George W. Bush’s every odd comment and full-fledged gaffe has been recorded and subject to replay and ridicule. Not surprisingly, the end of his administration has led humorist Daniel Kurtzman to round up Bush’s 50 “dumbest” quotes, including:
“I promise you I will listen to what has been said here, even though I wasn’t here” (at the President’s Economic Forum in Waco, Texas, Aug. 13, 2002).
“Too many good docs are getting out of the business. Too many OB-GYNs aren’t able to practice their love with women all across this country” (Poplar Bluff, Mo., Sept. 6, 2004).
“You work three jobs? . . . Uniquely American, isn’t it? I mean, that is fantastic that you’re doing that” (to a divorced mother of three, Omaha, Feb. 4, 2005).
“Goodbye from the world’s biggest polluter” (in parting words to world leaders at his final G-8 Summit, Japan, July 10, 2008).

By Rhonda Holman | Filed under President Bush | Comments (22)

Open thread 01/11

Jan. 11, 20096:02 a.m.

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People willing to pay to see quality exhibits

Jan. 11, 20096:01 a.m.

If you bring it, they won’t necessarily come. But as Exploration Place has shown once again, people will pay to see an interesting, quality exhibit – even a somewhat controversial one. Exploration Place drew 55,000 visitors to see the traveling exhibit “Our Body: The Universe Within,” which closes today. There was considerable skepticism about whether Kansans would pay $25 per adult and $20 per kid to see preserved human corpses and body parts. But as museum president Alberto Meloni said, “This taught us that if an exhibit is important enough and good enough, people are willing to support it.”

By Phillip Brownlee | Filed under Wichita events | Comments (7)

So they said

Jan. 11, 20096:00 a.m.

“It’s like the budget being Mount Everest and coal being Sunflower Mountain, or whatever the highest point in Kansas is.” – Rep. Pat George, R-Dodge City, on how the budget crisis is expected to overshadow even the Holcomb coal plants during the legislative session that starts Monday
“For the next eight or 16 years, Republicans will dominate the statewide offices.” – Christian Morgan, executive director of the Kansas Republican Party, after Lt. Gov. Mark Parkinson’s decision not to run for governor in 2010
“I come from a farming background. I have to have the 2009 crop in the bin before I worry about the 2010 crop.” – Dennis McKinney (in photo), asked just after he was sworn in as state treasurer whether he’d run for governor in 2010

By Rhonda Holman | Filed under Kansas government | Comments (6)