Jim Hightower Quotes
George W. Bush was born on third base and somehow got the idea that he hit a triple.
Jim Hightower, Agriculture Commissioner, State of Texas (Democrat), Writer and Newspaper Editor, Quoted on PBS Convention Week in Review, July 20, 1988
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While this probably was a slip of the tongue, President Bush and governor Perry both had civil right and individual had rights as a lower priority than a individual responsibility, strong growth economy or the military. There were many who really believed that the two men really thought excessive personal reedom a problem that people and the government must be protected from, like freedom for a woman to choose an abortion. For Perry in particular many thought that if this was a slip of the tounge, it was likely a Freudian slip as it what he really wants.
Bush’s administration was notorious for appointing wealthy young people who were ideologically consonant with Bush and not very experienced or competent themselves. Most of them were not very intellectual or well-read or well trained and had few of any accomplishments. From FEMA to the occupation of Iraq, there were massive failures of management and administrative competence and this hurt the reputation of the administration as much as Bush’s poor policy decision. See {624062} for an example.
A Russian communist official was touring the U. S. The congressman took him to a modern supermarket in the Washington DC area and the Russian accused him of having it built for his tour.
Congressman and later President, George
James Allen Hightower is an American syndicated columnist, progressive political activist, and author. From 1983 to 1991 he served as the elected commissioner of the Texas Department of Agriculture.
