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Bushism of the Day

By Jacob WeisbergPosted Thursday, Dec. 6, 2007, at 5:42 PM ET

"And I will explain the need to reform a confirmation process that is making it more difficult to persuade decent and intelligence people to accept the call to public service."—Washington, D.C., Nov. 15, 2007

Click here to see video of Bush's comments. The Bushism is at 7:31.

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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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