# In Which State was George W. Bush Born **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 19, 2010, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-state-was-george-w-bush-born/550800 "2010-08-19T22:55:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-state-was-george-w-bush-born/550800/41 "2010-08-20T16:08:37Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > I read both of Barbara Bush’s books, so I knew the answer. Wasn’t one of those written by the dog? > [@Giles](#): > > (Jerry Ford, though he lived most of his life in Michigan, was born in Nebraska. I admit it – I had to look it up.) No, _Leslie Lynch King, Jr._ was born in Nebraska. 🆒 (we take our pedantry seriously around here!) 😉 ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-state-was-george-w-bush-born/550800/42 "2010-08-20T17:03:53Z")
This is one of those cases like that of Abe Lincoln, where a politician becomes so closely associated with a state that everyone just assumes that they were born there. In Lincoln’s case everybody assumes that he was originally from Illinois (which does after all bill itself as the Land of Lincoln), but he was actually born in Kentucky and grew up in Indiana. ---
**Author:** ![silk1976](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8edcca/32.png) [@silk1976](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silk1976)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-state-was-george-w-bush-born/550800/43 "2010-08-20T17:40:46Z")
For a brief second, I thought maybe Maine (before I saw the options), but then remembered ‘Oh right, thats where he got busted for a DUI.’ ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-state-was-george-w-bush-born/550800/44 "2010-08-20T19:41:59Z")
I guessed Kenya. ---
**Author:** ![multimediac17](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/839c29/32.png) [@multimediac17](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/multimediac17)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-state-was-george-w-bush-born/550800/45 "2010-08-20T19:46:50Z")
I got it wrong, I used this famous quote as the basis for my answer: “We don’t want this war, this violence, and we’re ashamed the President of the United States is from Texas.” ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2010, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-state-was-george-w-bush-born/550800/46 "2010-08-20T20:26:02Z")
I got it right, but I might have guessed Maine if it had been an option. ---
**Author:** ![Superhal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2010, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-state-was-george-w-bush-born/550800/47 "2010-08-21T02:12:53Z")
> [@bup](#): > > > [@Superhal](#): > > > > Which of these embarrassing faux pas did GWB NOT commit? > > a. Gave a shoulder massage to the prime minister of another country on TV. > > b. Tried to leave through fake stage doors during a speech. > > c. Gave Vladmir Putin a playful nickname that means “vagina” in Russian. > > d. Accidentally said something embarrassingly ignorant about black people. > > Alright, what’s the answer? I don’t know, but I’ll spoiler my comments anyway: > > spoiler Merkel was chancellor of Germany, not prime minister. > (b) happened, as best I can recall > (c) AFAIK, ‘pooty-poot’ doesn’t mean vagina in Russian > (d) I know nothing about this. Is this the one intended?[/spoiler] D: According to [Snopes](http://www.snopes.com/quotes/brazil.asp), it’s “undetermined.” But, since I hate him so much, I believe it. ---
**Author:** ![chicken\_wire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a88e4f/32.png) [@chicken\_wire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chicken_wire)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2010, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-state-was-george-w-bush-born/550800/48 "2010-08-21T04:15:39Z")
No Indonesia option? ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2010, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-state-was-george-w-bush-born/550800/49 "2010-08-21T13:57:05Z")
Few people know that George W Bush was born a nudist. ---
**Author:** ![Superhal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2010, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-state-was-george-w-bush-born/550800/50 "2010-08-21T21:01:01Z")
> [@Zebra](#): > > Few people know that George W Bush was born a nudist. Yeah right, as if anybody has proof they were born at all. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2010, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-state-was-george-w-bush-born/550800/51 "2010-08-21T21:24:12Z")
> [@AClockworkMelon](#): > > I’m wondering how many people cheated. Maybe I’m just bitter: I would have thought Texas. Or just basic quiz strategy. This wouldn’t be much of a poll question testing our collective wisdom if the answer were the obvious one: Texas. Then you have to pick from four choices and, knowing he and his father went to Yale, I picked Connecticut. Also, even not knowing that, I would have picked Connecticut because, I guess, it might seem surprising to some people that this neo-conservative president came from the stereotypically liberal Northeast part of the country, which is why someone might find it an interesting trivia question as opposed to, say, him being born in Oklahoma or Florida or somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2010, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-state-was-george-w-bush-born/550800/52 "2010-08-21T21:58:57Z")
It wasn’t Kenya, obviously. I would’ve guessed a log cabin in Hawaii masquerading as Kenya. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2010, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-state-was-george-w-bush-born/550800/53 "2010-08-21T23:39:04Z")
He was born in Iran. A sleeper! ---
**Author:** ![R.P.McMurphy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7993a0/32.png) [@R.P.McMurphy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R.P.McMurphy)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2010, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-state-was-george-w-bush-born/550800/54 "2010-08-21T23:57:06Z")
Looking at the poll results, the people that frequent this board aren’t as stupid and uniformed as some might want to believe. Maybe ignorance is being fought. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2010, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-state-was-george-w-bush-born/550800/55 "2010-08-23T05:12:02Z")
> [@AClockworkMelon](#): > > I’m wondering how many people cheated. Maybe I’m just bitter: I would have thought Texas. There would be no reason to have this poll if the obvious answer was the correct answer. Pullyokamel explains it well. It’s a really good testing skill to learn. I’m pretty sure it’s how I got a 27 on the math portion of the ACT in seventh grade despite not knowing anything about trigonometry, and leaving a lot of answers blank. And I didn’t look it up. This thread just reminded me that he was born in New England. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2010, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-state-was-george-w-bush-born/550800/56 "2010-08-23T06:25:01Z")
I thought it was common knowledge he was born in New England. His father was president and before that he was vice president, did he sound like he was from Texas? ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2010, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-state-was-george-w-bush-born/550800/57 "2010-08-23T07:01:52Z")
> [@Zebra](#): > > Few people know that George W Bush was born a nudist. Nearly right, the state in which he was born was naked. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-state-was-george-w-bush-born/550800.md?page=2)