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title: "5 Governor Bush Quotes by 5 authors"
description: "Browse 5 Governor Bush quotes by 5 authors. Discover the best Governor Bush sayings and thoughts."
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> [On election night 2000, I had never met then-Governor Bush, though I'd supported him for years. I believed he would be a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dana-perino/on-election-night-2000-i-had-never-met-then-governor-bush-though-i-d/)

[Dana Perino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dana-perino/)

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> [During the election campaign of 2000, it was generally thought that then-governor Bush didn't know much about foreign policy or national security…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elliott-abrams/during-the-election-campaign-of-2000-it-was-generally-thought-that/)

[Elliott Abrams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elliott-abrams/)

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> [Governor Bush will not stand for the subsidation of failure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-w-bush/governor-bush-will-not-stand-for-the-subsidation-of-failure/)

[George W. Bush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-w-bush/)

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> [Unfortunately, Governor Bush is a Pat Robertson Republican who will lose to Al Gore.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mccain/unfortunately-governor-bush-is-a-pat-robertson-republican-who-will/)

[John McCain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-mccain/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d5/john-mccain-465_als_unfortunately-governor-bush-is-a-pat-rob_2203427.png)

> [I call him Governor Bush because that's the only political office he's ever held legally in this country. I don't care where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-carlin/i-call-him-governor-bush-because-that-s-the-only-political-office-he/)

[George Carlin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-carlin/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15b/george-carlin-155_bigs_i-call-him-governor-bush-because-that-s_2496840.jpg)

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