Bush Quote by Jeff Greenfield

Big news from last night's Republican debate, you guys. It turns out George Bush was actually the smart Texas governor.

— Jimmy Fallon

Bush's choice of Dick Cheney as his running mate is clear confirmation of the policies he would promote and the nominations he would make…

— Patricia Ireland

I think Karl Rove saw that in George W. Bush early on and understood the impact that he could have on Texas politics and…

— Ed Gillespie

“Next time I tell you someone from Texas should not be president of the United States, please pay attention." [ Shrub Flubs His Dub…

— Molly Ivins

I intensely covered Bush when he was Governor of Texas.

— Molly Ivins

You know, there are a lot of would-be governors of Texas sitting around today who never took the opportunity to get into a race…

— Laura Bush

“What would she say if she could hear this speech? Then it was done, and he was our President. “That was some weird shit,”…

— Hillary Rodham Clinton

“I never performed for George W. Bush, and wouldn’t have. I disliked the man intensely. I thought he was a dunderhead, without intellect. And…

— Graham Nash

He's a man [George W. Bush] who is lucky to be governor of Texas. He is a man who is unusually incurious, abnormally unintelligent,…

— Christopher Hitchens

The Republicans initially sort of saw George W. Bush as a blank canvas, didn't they? It seems like they interviewed him when he was…

— Eddie Vedder

In order to understand why George W. Bush doesn't get it, you have to take several strands of common Texas attitude, then add an…

— Molly Ivins

The Bushes were certainly part of Texas in their mind, but they didn't have the kind of political flavor that you normally find in…

— Gail Collins