Random Quotes from Today’s Bush Presser
As provided by Mark Halperin of Time Magazine:
“I’m not an economist, but I do believe that we’re growing… It’s not growing the way it should, and I’m sorry people are paying as high gas prices as they are.”
Says government should not bail out private firms, and denied the Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac support package is a bailout, just “temporary assistance.”
Jokes: “I’m 62, I’m having trouble remembering things.”
“The president doesn’t have a magic wand. I can’t just say, ‘low gas.’”
And my personal faves:
Wants to let the first economic stimulus package “runs its course” before considering a second.
Declines to ask Americans to conserve energy, says it would be “presumptuous” to tell people what decisions to make.
What a fucking retard. I am so embarrassed to have this dipstick as our president….