Congratulations to President-Elect Obama and Vice President-Elect Biden!!!

Yes we did!

Although as new word enthusiasts, we did enjoy the bushisms (with new words like "misunderestimated" and statements like the following), the price of the entertainment was always just way too high.

• "Rarely is the questioned asked: Is our children learning?" 1/11/00
• "I know how hard it is for you to put food on your family." 1/27/00
• "I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully." 9/29/00
• "Families is where our nation finds hope, where wings take dream." 10/18/00
• "It's your money. You paid for it." 10/18/00
• "I'm sure you can imagine it's an unimaginable honor to live here." 6/18/01 (about the White House)
• "There's an old saying in Tennessee - I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee - that says, fool me once, shame on - shame on you. Fool me - you can't get fooled again." 9/17/02
• "We had a chance to visit with Teresa Nelson who's a parent, and a mom or a dad." 9/9/03 (describing a visit with a very ambiguous Jacksonville, Florida citizen)
  
• "Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we." 8/5/04
• "We look forward to hearing your vision, so we can more better do our job. That's what I'm telling you." 9/20/05 (to Katrina victims)
• "You took an oath to defend our flag and our freedom, and you kept that oath underseas and under fire." 1/10/06 (to apparently amphibious veterans)
• "These are big achievements for this country, and the people of Bulgaria ought to be proud of the achievements they have achieved." 6/11/07 (in, coincidentally, Bulgaria)
• "All I can tell you is when the governor calls, I answer his phone." 10/25/07 (referring to Governor Schwartzenegger)
  
• "And they have no disregard for human life" 7/15/08 (commenting on Afghan fighters)

Bye, Mr. Bush. Don't forget to take Mr. Cheney with you when you go.