Top 10 Dumb Things Bush Said in 2004

#10: "I want you to know. Karyn is with us. A West Texas girl, just like me." -Nashville, Tenn., May 27, 2004

#9: "Then you wake up at the high school level and find out that the
illiteracy level of our children are appalling." -Washington, D.C.,
Jan. 23, 2004

#8: "Free societies are hopeful societies. And free societies will
be allies against these hateful few who have no conscience, who kill at
the whim of a hat." -Washington, D.C., Sept. 17, 2004

#7: "I want to thank the astronauts who are with us, the
courageous spacial entrepreneurs who set such a wonderful example for
the young of our country." -Washington, D.C. Jan. 14, 2004

#6: "We will make sure our troops have all that is necessary to
complete their missions. That's why I went to the Congress last
September and proposed fundamental - supplemental funding, which is
money for armor and body parts and ammunition and fuel." -Erie, Pa.,
Sept. 4, 2004

#5: "After standing on the stage, after the debates, I made it very
plain, we will not have an all-volunteer army. And yet, this week - we
will have an all-volunteer army!" -Daytona Beach, Fla., Oct. 16, 2004

#4: "Tribal sovereignty means that; it's sovereign. I mean, you're a
- you've been given sovereignty, and you're viewed as a sovereign
entity. And therefore the relationship between the federal government
and tribes is one between sovereign entities." -Washington, D.C., Aug.
6, 2004

#3: "I hear there's rumors on the Internets that we're going to have
a draft." -second presidential debate, St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 8, 2004

#2: "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

#1: "Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They
never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people,
and neither do we." -Washington, D.C., Aug. 5, 2004