With that in mind, here's a list of some of my favorite Dubyisms. Enjoy 'em while you can!

"Reading is the basics for all learning."--Announcing his Reading First initiative in Reston, Va., March 28, 2000

"I was raised in the West. The west of Texas. It's pretty close to California. In more ways than Washington, D.C., is close to California."--Los Angeles Times, April 8, 2000

"Rarely is the question asked: Is our children learning?"--Florence, S.C., Jan. 11, 2000

"Actually, I--this may sound a little West Texan to you, but I like it. When I'm talking about--when I'm talking about myself, and when he's talking about myself, all of us are talking about me."--U.S. News & World Report, April 3, 2000

"The fact that he relies on facts--says things that are not factual--are going to undermine his campaign."--New York Times, March 4, 2000

"It is not Reaganesque to support a tax plan that is Clinton in nature."--Los Angeles, Feb. 23, 2000

"If you're sick and tired of the politics of cynicism and polls and principles, come and join this campaign."--Hilton Head, S.C., Feb. 16, 2000

"We ought to make the pie higher."--South Carolina Republican Debate, Feb. 15, 2000

"I don't know whether I'm going to win or not. I think I am. I do know I'm ready for the job. And, if not, that's just the way it goes."--Des Moines, Iowa, Aug. 21, 2000

"When I was coming up, it was a dangerous world, and you knew exactly who they were. It was us vs. them, and it was clear who them was. Today, we are not so sure who the they are, but we know they're there."--Iowa Western Community College, Jan 21, 2000

"States should have the right to enact reasonable laws and restrictions particularly to end the inhumane practice of ending a life that otherwise could live."--Cleveland, June 29, 2000

"I understand small business growth. I was one."--New York Daily News, Feb. 19, 2000

"He can't have it both ways. He can't take the high horse and then claim the low road."--To reporters in Florence, S.C.., Feb. 17, 2000

"The most important job is not to be governor, or first lady in my case."--Pella, Iowa, as quoted by the San Antonio Express-News, Jan. 30, 2000

"Will the highways on the Internet become more few?"-Concord, N.H., Jan. 29, 2000

"The only things that I can tell you is that every case I have reviewed I have been comfortable with the innocence or guilt of the person that I've looked at. I do not believe we've put a guilty ... I mean innocent person to death in the state of Texas." --All Things Considered, NPR, June 16, 2000

"It's clearly a budget. It's got a lot of numbers in it."--Reuters, May 5, 2000

"It's evolutionary, going from governor to president, and this is a significant step, to be able to vote for yourself on the ballot, and I'll be able to do so next fall, I hope."-Associated Press, March 8, 2000