"Bush went on to attack the Democrats'
policies. (Bush says) 'Their agenda is to increase federal taxes, to build a
wall around this country and to isolate America from the rest of the world.'
Hmm. So you're concerned the Democrats might do something that would damage
America's standing in the world. Interesting...that you would think that's still
possible." —Jon Stewart
"The Bush camp wasted little time
condemning Kerry's remarks as uncivil. Campaign chairman Marc Racicot called
Kerry's off-the-cuff comment, 'unbecoming of a candidate for the presidency.'
Bush never had a similar microphone mishap, has he? [Shows tape of Bush saying:
'There's Adam Clymer, major league asshole from the New York Times.' Cheney:
'Oh, yeah, he is, big time.'] I gotta tell you, I know there was that one, I was
actually thinking more of this one. [Shows tape from Bush's 2003 State of the
Union address: 'The British government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently
sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa.'] Oh my God, was my mike
on? D'oh!" —Jon Stewart
In fact, it was so hot in Washington, people were standing behind President Bush just to get the breeze from all the backpedaling.