Some Bushisms to remember the part that remains without the -isms

Jacob Weisberg of Slate gives his top 25 Bushisms, most funny, some not so much (25. "I'll be long gone before some smart person ever figures out what happened inside this Oval Office."—Washington, D.C., May 12, 2008).

My personal favorite?

15. "It's important for us to explain to our nation that life is important. It's not only life of babies, but it's life of children living in, you know, the dark dungeons of the Internet."—Arlington Heights, Ill., Oct. 24, 2000

I agree! Or do I disagree? No wonder he was elected!

Runner-up:

17. "People say, 'How can I help on this war against terror? How can I fight evil?' You can do so by mentoring a child; by going into a shut-in's house and say I love you."—Washington, D.C., Sept. 19, 2002

Exactly. Well, that, or invade a Middle Eastern country that had nothing to do with the event that inspired people to ask how to fight against terror.

Or perhaps he just wanted to tell a lonely little shut-in named Saddam Hussein, "I love you."