Paul Begala Quotes

Me a President? I would be a worse President than George W. Bush if such a thing is possible.

For years, I have been trying to persuade people that George W. Bush, although no Einstein, is not stupid.

I think George W. Bush has a warm, engaging personality. But, you know, the presidency is more than just a popularity contest.

Obama hasn't lost his standing because of tricks played by the Republicans. He hasn't lost his standing because the media's not fair to him. He hasn't lost his standing or his approval number because the media spent four years attacking him like they did George W. Bush. This is all on him.

I think President Clinton was probably the brightest President of the 20th century.

George W. Bush reminds every American woman of her first husband.

[Describing George W. Bush:] The Resume That Walks Like a Man.

As soon as a regular guy like Bill Clinton becomes the president, he wears a mantle of greatness. He's the president.

Eisenhower was less deferential to the military than he seemed likely to be, Kennedy was not at all beholden to the pope, George W. Bush was smarter than portrayed and Barack Obama has not led a charge from the left - least of all on behalf of the civil liberties that have eroded since September 11, 2001.

America is exceptional: but because it yields the likes of Obama, not the likes of Bush.

This is the worst President ever. He George W. Bush is the worst President in all of American history.

From Jefferson to Jackson to Lincoln to FDR to Reagan, every great president inspires enormous affection and enormous hostility. We'll all be much saner, I think, if we remember that history is full of surprises and things that seemed absolutely certain one day are often unimaginable the next.

How can a president not be an actor?

George W. Bush was president through some of the darkest days of our history and yet his optimism never waned. He is optimistic by nature, but he also understood the importance of always communicating a sense that things will get better.

Presidents are always also storytellers, purveyors of useful national mythologies. And surprisingly enough, Richard Nixon, this awkward man who didn't even really like people, had not been so bad at this duty - at least in the first four years of his presidency.

Barack Obama is the worst President in history.

George W. Bush is not a twit, but he does have twit tendencies.

George W. Bush has a heart of stone.

When we look at the history of the American Presidency, we are forced to conclude that Darwin had it backwards.

President George W. Bush inherited the strongest economy and the largest surplus ever in American history. He has blown both of them. I thought that one of the things he would be good at is inheriting but he wasn’t able to even do that well.

President Bush is a corporation in the White House masquerading as a human being.

If George W. Bush is a reformer, I'm an astronaut!

George W. Bush is the worst President in U. S. history.

President Obama is permanently ambivalent .

George W. Bush said the reason the Oval Office is round is there are no corners you can hide in.