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Bushism of the Day

By Jacob WeisbergPosted Friday, Oct. 24, 2008, at 2:40 PM ET

"I want to share with you an interesting program—for two reasons, one, it's interesting, and two, my wife thought of it—or has actually been involved with it; she didn't think of it. But she thought of it for this speech."—Washington D.C., Oct. 21, 2008, discussing PlayPumps International, which improves access to clean water in Africa

Click here to see video of Bush's comments. The Bushism is at 13:39.

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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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