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Bushism of the Day

By Jacob WeisbergPosted Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2006, at 5:19 PM ET

"Well, is he right or isn't he? Have we done compassion or haven't we? I wanna know."— Responding in 2003 to criticism by John DiIulio, former head of the Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, as quoted by David Kuo in Tempting Faith

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Jacob Weisberg is chairman and editor-in-chief of the Slate Group and author of The Bush Tragedy. Follow him at http://twitter.com/jacobwe.
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