All Bush's words

Please, anyone, help me.

I am looking for websites where one can read all the words ever spoken or written by Bush since he assumed the U.S. presidency to the present moment.

Most specially in his official capacity or even non-official capacity.

Such records will be most rewarding for studying the character of the man and his quality of leadership.

Thanks for any assistance.

Susma Rio Sep

Here are sixteen speeches, from January-March 2001.

http://gotexas.about.com/library/blgwbush_guide_speeches.htm

And 24 from January 2001 to April 2003. (Some may be repeats.)

http://www.bushcountry.org/bush_speeches/president_bush_speeches_index.htm

Many speeches and letters from March 2001 to April 2003.

http://www.c-span.org/executive/bushdocs.asp?Cat=Current_Event&Code=Bush_Admin

And so on. A little googling for “george w bush” and “speeches” turns up scads of this style of archive. Have fun.

Yep. He’s right. Just do that and all Bush words are belong to you.

The GPO (Government Printing Office) releases each year the “Public Papers of the President”, which includes all proclamations, speeches, and what not that the President makes every year. Check your library for the most recent ones for GWB. One problem though with the anthologies put out by the government or sites like Bush Country is that many of the gaffes and mipronunciations are edited out (and often there are many more [Audience laughter]'s than you can shake a stick at, whether or not there was actual laughing).

The Public Papers of the President actually compile, in annual volumes, all the speeches, messages, and papers that also appear in the Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents:

The Weekly Compilation has a chronological table of contents and is fully searchable.

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

Sometimes I allege something about Bush which is not supported by any ready quotes.

I really owe it to my self-honesty and all fairness to President Bush, when any party brings my attention, to look post factum for any support from his utterances.

It is not genuinely the ideal way of supporting an allegation, but I am disposed to take back my word if no quotes can be found which lend relevant support.

Thanks to all here who have taken your time and labor for me.

Susma Rio Sep

You’re not going to add up all the times he uses the letter K and then declare “Look! He used the letter K 19683 times! That’s 3 to the power of 3 to the power of 3! Three K’s! KKK! Get it?! He’s a Klansman!”
-…or something like that, are you?

No, I am serious.

Here and there I have said things against Pres. Bush, based on – may I use the term – virtual knowledge.

Virtual knowledge of Pres. Bush comes from reading and listening to him, but without careful analysis of his ideas and concerns.

It leads to broad stereotypes of the man.

Such stereotypes can be very aberrant.

Thus it is my duty to pore over all his available words, to see where I have been wrong and therefore unfair to him.

And of course where I have been right also; and therefore am entitled to the sense of satisfaction on the correctness of my insights on Pres. Bush.

Susma Rio Sep

That sounds perfectly reasonable and logical, which is actually refreshing in a thread about a U.S. President.

Take into account of course that many speech are written by staff members and presented by the President. If you’re looking for flashes of the man’s personality the phrasing may not be the best way. The subject matter might/should be consistant though.

Grey, I think Pres. Bush reads everything first before he reads it or delivers it again before the public.

But I have seen leaders of states delivering their utterances and correcting themselves afterwards.

In one instance on TV a president of a country was delivering a speech and stopped in the midst, taking off extemporaneously and ending his speech abruptly.

But generally and we can take it for granted, if Pres. Bush delivers or utters something in public, he means it – whatever his own innermost sentiments otherwise.

And when we study the words of Pres. Bush, we are not just after his personal thoughts, but most importantly after his thoughts as a collective person of his administrtion.

Susma Rio Sep

Even Presidents are human and can say something illogical or ill-conceived by mistake. Gerald Ford had lots of moments like that.