1. 3/30/06 [2533]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself." 2. Ronald Reagan: "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall." 3. George W. Bush: "...three-quarter-pound triple cheeseburger..."

  2. 4/10/06 [2535]: Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country." 2. Bill Clinton: "There is nothing wrong with America that can't be cured by what's right with America." 3. George W. Bush: stammering

  3. 4/11/06 [2536]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Ronald Reagan: "Let us renew our faith and our hope." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ich bin ein Berliner!" 3. George W. Bush talks about onions.

  4. 4/12/06 [2537]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "This nation will remain a neutral nation, but I cannot ask that every American remain neutral in thought." 2. John F. Kennedy: "We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard." 3. George W. Bush: stammering

  5. 4/13/06 [2538]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "I pledge myself to a new deal for the American people." 2. John F. Kennedy: "This nation has tossed its cap over the wall of space, and we have no choice but to follow it." 3. George W. Bush: "Our panelists are about to fall out, wondering. Alright... The old guy said, 'You're just not a potted plant.' "

  6. 4/17/06 [2540]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself." 2. Lyndon B. Johnson: "I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as your President." 3. George W. Bush: "Are you having burritos for lunch?"

  7. 4/18/06 [2541]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Harry S. Truman: "...a full acceptance of the Pottsdam Declaration, which specifies the unconditional surrender of Japan..." 2. Dwight D. Eisenhower: "We must guard against the unwarranted acquisition of influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex." 3. George W. Bush: "I don't want to go back to school. I don't have the energy to go back to school..."

  8. 4/19/06 [2542]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "We have nothing to fear but fear itself." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." 3. George W. Bush: "I quit drinkin' in 1986."

  9. 4/27/06 [2543]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself." / 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." / 3. George W. Bush: "Where's the rally monkey?"

  10. 4/28/06 [2544]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Gerald Ford: "My fellow Americans, our long national nightmare is over." / 2. Ronald Reagan: "Communism is another sad, bizarre chapter in human history, whose last, last pages even now are being written." / 3. A lady's TV is on the fritz. George W. Bush says, "Whoo."

  11. 5/01/06 [2545]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." 3. George W. Bush: "Uh, you'll be able to, uh, uh, you'll be able to see a technology, uh, a, a technology that will be, enable you to, uh, converse, converse with somebody over a long distance, and it will seem like the person is right there in the room with you."

  12. 5/02/06 [2546]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." 3. George W. Bush: "It's the first time we've been back to Texas since our trip to Africa, and you may recall we went to a park in Botswana."

  13. 5/03/06 [2547]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." 3. George W. Bush: stammering

  14. 5/04/06 [2548]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." 3. George W. Bush: "If you don't like what we tell you to believe in, we'll kill you."

  15. 5/05/06 [2549]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." 3. George W. Bush: "Specifically, about our position, you'll have to talk to the Secretary about it."

  16. 5/08/06 [2550]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." 3. George W. Bush: "Look. I didn't like to take tests, either. But that's too bad."

  17. 5/09/06 [2551]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." 3. George W. Bush: "Now sometimes I liked the size of the pie, but I didn't particularly like the slices in the pie."

  18. 5/11/06 [2553]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." 3. George W. Bush: "If you see a team of trial lawyers in Collinsville, you can be sure they're not looking for horseradish."

  19. 5/12/06 [2554]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." 3. George W. Bush: "Specifically, about our position on prostitution, I'm going to have to talk to the secretary about it."

  20. 5/15/06 [2555]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." 3. George W. Bush: "...and, when appropriate, use condoms."

  21. 5/16/06 [2556]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." 3. George W. Bush: "The issue of immigration stirs intense emotions. On the streets of major cities..." / clip of the President waiting to go on air, looking around (a Late Show Unfair Edit)

  22. 5/18/06 [2558]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." 3. George W. Bush: "The issue of immigration..." The President stops talking after an introductory sentence from his address on Monday. Apparently he was doing a sound check.

  23. 5/19/06 [2559]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." 3. George W. Bush: "I played, uhhh..." (and then we hear a horse noise)

  24. 5/22/06 [2560]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." 3. George W. Bush: "We marched to war. I don't remember if you remember on your TV screens..." on and on

  25. 5/24/06 [2562]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." 3. George W. Bush: "I'd be the first to admit to the kids here: I didn't like vegetables when I was young."

  26. 5/25/06 [2563]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." 3. George W. Bush: "Let me just remind you where we have been through -- what we have been through."

  27. 5/26/06 [2564]:"Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." 3. George W. Bush: "And, uh, I think it's a..."

  28. 6/05/06 [2565]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." 3. George W. Bush: "The issue of immigration stirs intense emotions," the President says, and looks away. (He was doing a sound check in advance of the address.)

  29. 6/30/06 [2584]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." 3. George W. Bush: "Are you having burritos for lunch?"

  30. 7/10/06 [2585]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." 3. George W. Bush: "The issue with immigration..." (just a sound check that got recorded)

  31. 7/11/06 [2586]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." 3. George W. Bush: "Our people have done a really good job of hauling in a lot of the key operators: Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, Abu Zubaydah, Ramzi bin al-Shibh or whatever the guy's name was..."

  32. 8/17/06 [2603]: ]"Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." 3. George W. Bush: babblng about technology

  33. 8/28/06 [2610]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." 3. George W. Bush: "I like to fish."

  34. 8/29/06 [2611]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." 3. George W. Bush: "and I think I saw some guy spittin' in a can."

  35. 9/26/06 [2626]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." 3. George W. Bush: "Umm. The... umm... tourists..."

  36. 9/27/06 [2627]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." 3. George W. Bush: "Graceland... Elvis's place..."

  37. 9/28/06 [2628]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." 3. George W. Bush: "Thanks for coming, and be seated." X 3

  38. 10/02/06 [2630]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." 3. George W. Bush: "Corn's good."

  39. 10/03/06 [2631]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." 3. George W. Bush: "Ummm."

  40. 10/04/06 [2632]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." 3. George W. Bush: "My lawyers are Latino."

  41. 10/05/06 [2633]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." 3. George W. Bush: "Hi, girls!"

  42. 10/09/06 [2635]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." 3. George W. Bush: forgets what he intended to say

  43. 10/10/06 [2636]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." 3. George W. Bush: waiting to go on the air (blinking and smiling)

  44. 10/12/06 [2638]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." 3. George W. Bush: "If it feels good, do it."

  45. 10/23/06 [2640]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." 3. George W. Bush: coughing

  46. 10/26/06 [2643]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." 3. George W. Bush: "It's hard for me to explain why that was the case. Please take my word for it."

  47. 10/27/06 [2644]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." 3. George W. Bush: "My kids can't read."

  48. 10/31/06 [2646]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." 3. George W. Bush: "I also want to tell a story..." (stumbling)

  49. 11/02/06 [2648]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." 3. George W. Bush: "I like to mountain bike. I like a little country and western music on my iPod."

  50. 11/03/06 [2649]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." 3. George W. Bush: smiling, coughing and winking

  51. 11/10/06 [2653]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." 3. George W. Bush: stuttering

  52. 11/13/06 [2654]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." 3. George W. Bush: stuttering at the announcement of the Rumsfeld resignation

  53. 11/14/06 [2655]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." 3. George W. Bush: "I can't spend too much time, because I've gotta go get my limousine filled up with hydrogen."

  54. 11/15/06 [2656]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." 3. George W. Bush: rubbing his nose

  55. 11/17/06 [2658]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." 3. George W. Bush: "Anybody here got four kids? I don't know why I asked that."

  56. 11/20/06 [2659]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." 3. George W. Bush: "recruitaments"

  57. 11/21/06 [2660]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." 3. George W. Bush: "I'd like to stay here all day, but I've gotta go to Vegas."

  58. 11/22/06 [2661]:"Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." 3. George W. Bush: "I think the Japanese people are gonna like the taste of American beef."

  59. 11/23/06 [2662]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." 3. George W. Bush: "He didn't like how the cotton shirts absorbed... the bodily fluids."

  60. 11/24/06 [2663]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." 3. George W. Bush: stumbling over his words

  61. 11/28/06 [2665]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." 3. George W. Bush: "I can see Laura beginning to grimace a little bit. 'He's gettin' a little windy.' "

  62. 11/29/06 [2666]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." 3. George W. Bush: "Last night, Jeb and I had some crabs."

  63. 11/30/06 [2667]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." 3. George W. Bush: stuttering

  64. 12/01/06 [2668]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." 3. George W. Bush: stuttering again

  65. 12/11/06 [2669]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." 3. George W. Bush: swatting at a bug

  66. 12/12/06 [2670]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." 3. George W. Bush: "The challenge for the United States is that we have to be right one time... I mean 100 percent of the time."

  67. 12/13/06 [2671]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." 3. George W. Bush: "I like to mountain bike. I like a little country and western music on my iPod."

  68. 12/14/06 [2672]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." 3. George W. Bush: "Thanks for coming." x 3

  69. 12/15/06 [2673]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." 3. George W. Bush: stuttering again

  70. 12/21/06 [2677]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." 3. George W. Bush: "Just seems like I was here yesterday."

  71. 1/02/07 [2679]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." 3. George W. Bush: "Barney is my dog."

  72. 1/03/07 [2680]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." 3. George W. Bush: "The House Republicans last year passed strong earmark ideas..."

  73. 1/04/07 [2681]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." 3. George W. Bush: "One. Two. Three-Four." ••• Dave takes us back to "Great Moments." He wants another look at President Kennedy's speech. Sure enough, it's the Late Show's own Alan Kalter, seated just a few feet from the President.

  74. 1/08/07 [2683]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." 3. George W. Bush: stuttering again

  75. 1/09/07 [2684]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." 3. George W. Bush: "...that there be a stable Iran... I mean Iraq."

  76. 1/12/07 [2687]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." 3. George W. Bush: "I like to fish." (with Alan Kalter seated next to President Kennedy)

  77. 1/15/07 [2688]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." 3. George W. Bush: "OK, I met, I met an onion grower today at the airport when I arrived, and he said, 'You've gotta help me find people that'll pull onions.' Or pluck 'em... or whatever you do to 'em, you know?"

  78. 1/16/07 [2689]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." 3. George W. Bush: "and, uh, I think it's a... It's..."

  79. 1/17/07 [2690]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." 3. George W. Bush: "Tide turning... I was raised in the desert. It's easy to see a tide turn."

  80. 1/19/07 [2692]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." 3. George W. Bush: "There wouldn't have been a deficit, but..." (The President couldn't figure out how to pronounce commensurate.)

  81. 1/22/07 [2693]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." 3. George W. Bush: "Are you having burritos for lunch?"

  82. 1/23/07 [2694]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." 3. George W. Bush: "Uh, I uh, the elections, umm, but but but..."

  83. 1/24/07 [2695]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." 3. George W. Bush: "And, uh, but no, it's uh, but people obviously... I was talkin' to a Congressman..."

  84. 2/01/07 [2696]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." 3. George W. Bush: "Our panelists are about to fall out, wondering. Alright... The old guy said, 'You're just not a potted plant.' "

  85. 2/02/07 [2697]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." 3. George W. Bush: "Last night Jeb and I had some crabs, (unintelligible) like members of the 1972 Miami Dolphins, Dan Marino and his really dynamic wife, TV stars, Andy Garcia..."

  86. 2/05/07 [2698]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." 3. George W. Bush: "My kids can't read."

  87. 2/06/07 [2699]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." 3. George W. Bush: "...and when appropriate, use condoms."

  88. 2/07/07 [2700]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." 3. George W. Bush: "I, uh, and by the way... the enemy made their position clear when..." (the usual Presidential stammering)

  89. 2/08/07 [2701]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." 3. George W. Bush: "But if you share with me the concern that failure's not an option, what's your, what's your..." (the usual stammering)

  90. 2/09/07 [2702]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." 3. George W. Bush: "Thank you for coming, Jorge. Bienvenidos."

  91. 2/12/07 [2703]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." 3. George W. Bush: "Yesterday I went to the Caterpillar plant in Peoria, Illinois, where they make the big bulldozers."

  92. 2/13/07 [2704]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." 3. George W. Bush: "The... uhh..." / By the way, Alan Kalter has been showing up on the platform during President Kennedy's speech. As of today, he's wearing a top hat.

  93. 2/14/07 [2705]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." 3. George W. Bush: stammering again... this time about health care / We've been seeing Alan Kalter (TV's Uncle Jerry) during the JFK portion of "Great Moments" recently. Tonight the Photoshopped audience member is Costume Designer Sue Hum.

  94. 2/19/07 [2708]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." 3. George W. Bush: "I think..." (the usual stammering)

  95. 2/20/07 [2709]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." 3. George W. Bush: "The U. N. Security Council Resolution that we passed when I was the President was one of 16, I think. 16... 17... More than 15."

  96. 2/21/07 [2710]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." 3. George W. Bush: "But specifically about our position on prostitution, you'll have to talk to the Secretary about it." (Alan Kalter's picture is back in President Kennedy's speech.)

  97. 2/22/07 [2711]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." 3. George W. Bush: "My lawyer is a Latino."

  98. 2/23/07 [2712]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." 3. George W. Bush: "I quit drinkin' in 1986." (Sue Hum has the Kennedy inauguration audience seat tonight.)

  99. 2/26/07 [2713]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." 3. George W. Bush: "I think I saw one guy spittin' in a can."

  100. 2/27/07 [2714]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." 3. George W. Bush: "...doin' a better job of of talkin' to each other. The left hand now knows what the right hand is doing." (The President uses the wrong hands to demonstrate.) (Alan Kalter's in the Kennedy inauguration audience tonight.)

  101. 2/28/07 [2715]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." 3. George W. Bush: The President is apparently with a bunch of basketball players. He drops a basketball. (An unknown female is in Alan Kalter's seat during Kennedy's speech.)

  102. 3/01/07 [2716]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." 3. George W. Bush: "If you don't like what we tell you to believe in, we'll kill you."

  103. 3/02/07 [2717]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." (Alan Kalter's in JFK's inaguration audience.) 3. George W. Bush: We see the President at one of his town meetings. "Thanks for comin', and who do you work for?" A young lady says, "I work for Lehman Lamps." "Yeah," the President continues, "that means you sell lamps?"

  104. 3/12/07 [2718]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." 3. George W. Bush: "Well, you don't need hair follicles, particularly if you have hair."

  105. 3/13/07 [2719]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." (Sue Hum's in the inauguration audience.) 3. George W. Bush: "Yes, ma'am. You're not a ma'am."

  106. 3/14/07 [2720]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." (Alan Kalter in the inauguration audience) 3. George W. Bush: "Now, so... Is this like a huge distillery?"

  107. 3/19/07 [2721]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." (Sue Hum in the inauguration audience) 3. George W. Bush: "If that's your definition of success... I think it gives... I think it will... I think it obscures..."

  108. 3/21/07 [2722]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." (Costume Designer Sue Hum is in the inauguration audience, running a lint lifter over JFK's suit jacket.) 3. George W. Bush: "They want us to leave. That's what they want us to do. And I think the world would be better off if we did leave." (stumbles to correct himself)

  109. 3/26/07 [2723]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." (with Sue Hum in the inauguration audience) 3. George W. Bush: stumbling and stammering

  110. 3/27/07 [2724]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." (with Alan Kalter in the inauguration audience as a blonde) 3. George W. Bush: "And, so, umm, the notion that somehow... we're not makin' progress..."

  111. 3/28/07 [2725]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." (Sue Hum's in the inauguration audience, working on the President with a lint lifter.) 3. George W. Bush: "All he talks about is Gator football."

  112. 3/29/07 [2726]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." (Sue Hum is in the inauguration audience, taking pictures.) 3. George W. Bush: "If it feels good, do it. If you've got a problem, blame someone else."

  113. 3/30/07 [2727]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." (Sue Hum in the inauguration audience, messing around) 3. George W. Bush: "I do want to spend a little time on education. I... uh..."

  114. 4/10/07 [2729]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." (with Alan Kalter in the audience) 3. George W. Bush: "Umm. I, umm. Couple points. One that..."

  115. 4/12/07 [2731]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." (with Sue Hum on lint lifter) 3. George W. Bush: "Let me finish, please. eh eh eh... I... ummm."

  116. 4/13/07 [2732]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." (Sue Hum again running the lint lifter on JFK's jacket.) 3. George W. Bush: "OK, I met, I met an onion grower today at the airport when I arrived, and he said, 'You've gotta help me find people that'll pull onions.' Or pluck 'em... or whatever you do to 'em, you know?"

  117. 4/16/07 [2733]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." (Sue Hum in the inaugural audience) 3. George W. Bush: "I also reminded him that... that... uh..."

  118. 4/23/07 [2738]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." 3. George W. Bush: drops a microphone

  119. 4/24/07 [2739]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." (Sue Hum's in the inaugural audience, gnawing on a giant pretzel.) 3. George W. Bush: The President is trying to make a point about the news channels' "March to War" graphic. He fails.

  120. 4/25/07 [2740]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." (Tony Mendez on cue cards at the inauguration) 3. George W. Bush: dancing with a bunch of people in native dress

  121. 4/27/07 [2742]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." (Sue Hum is running the lint lifter on JFK's suit.) 3. George W. Bush: "It's a sophisticated piece of equipment. You can fly it from inside a truck."

  122. 4/30/07 [2743]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." 3. George W. Bush: "What was mishandled was the explanation of the case. Cases."

  123. 5/01/07 [2744]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." (Alan Kalter, in top hat, in the inauguration audience) 3. George W. Bush: "Let me just remind you where I've been through. What I've been through."

  124. 5/02/07 [2745]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." (Tony Mendez on cue cards for JFK) 3. George W. Bush: "The Iranian people must understand that if they do... if they don't... you know... they, they..."

  125. 5/04/07 [2747]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." (Sue Hum in the inaugural audience, taking pictures) 3. George W. Bush: "You know, eh eh eh... I really... I, uh... I'm not... I'm serious about it."

  126. 5/07/07 [2748]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." (Sue Hum in the inaugural audience, taking pictures) 3. George W. Bush: "Because, as, as a person whose job it is to make decisions, you've got to understand that I'm making them on, on, on, on..."

  127. 5/08/07 [2749]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." (Sue Hum's in the inaugural audience, drinking something.) 3. George W. Bush: "It's just a, um, I can't answer your question beyond people just need to be..."

  128. 5/09/07 [2750]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." (Biff Henderson in the inaugural audience, drinking from a fast food cup) 3. George W. Bush: "Umm. First question. Reconstruction strategy..." (something or other... the usual stammering)

  129. 5/10/07 [2751]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." (Alan Kalter, apparently, dressed up as Abraham Lincoln in the inaugural audience) 3. George W. Bush: "You don't like what we tell you to believe in, we kill you."

  130. 5/11/07 [2752]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." 3. George W. Bush: "I, I, I, I..."

  131. 5/15/07 [2754]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." (Pete Fatovich in the inaugural audience, playing accordion) 3. George W. Bush: "Yeah... uh... I think... Tide turning... See... As I remember it... I was raised in the desert... But tides kinda turn... It's easy to see a tide turn. Did I say those words?"

  132. 5/18/07 [2757]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." 3. George W. Bush: "Our people have done a really good job of hauling in a lot of the key operators: Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, Abu Zubaydah, Ramzi bin al-Shibh or whatever the guy's name was..."

  133. 5/21/07 [2758]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." (with Tony Mendez on cue cards) 3. George W. Bush: "Let me. Let me. Let. Let me. Let me..."

  134. 5/22/07 [2759]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." (Sue Hum in the inaugural audience) 3. George W. Bush: "Information is moving through the blogosphere and the Internets."

  135. 5/23/07 [2760]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." (with Pete Fatovich playing accordion) 3. George W. Bush: "Last night Jeb and I had some crabs, (unintelligible) like members of the 1972 Miami Dolphins, Dan Marino and his really dynamic wife, TV stars, Andy Garcia..." (a repeat from 2/02/07)

  136. 5/24/07 [2761]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." 3. George W. Bush: "And so it's uh, it's uh..."

  137. 5/25/07 [2762]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." (Alan Kalter, in a top hat, in the inaugural audience) 3. George W. Bush: "Yet they keep, you know, tryin' to pass legislation that is, uh, that just doesn't, uh..."

  138. 6/04/07 [2763]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." (Tony Mendez on cue cards for the President) 3. George W. Bush: "If you've got a chicken factory... a chicken-plucking factory, or whatever you call it, you know what I'm talking about."

  139. 6/05/07 [2764]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." 3. George W. Bush: "Hold a job, maintain a clean record and eventually earn (learn) English."

  140. 6/06/07 [2765]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." 3. George W. Bush: "I appreciate, uh, the..."

  141. 6/07/07 [2766]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." 3. George W. Bush: "With unbreakable faith in the power of liberty, you will inspire your people, you will lead your nations and you will change the word world."

  142. 6/08/07 [2767]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." 3. George W. Bush: "Anybody here got four kids? I don't know why I asked that."

  143. 6/12/07 [2769]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." (Tony Mendez on cue cards) 3. George W. Bush: The President, not speaking, looks intently at something or someone below him.

  144. 6/14/07 [2771]: DAVECON 2007: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt 2. John F. Kennedy 3. George W. Bush: "It's the first time we've been back to Texas since our trip to Africa, and you may recall we went to a park in Botswana."

  145. 6/15/07 [2772]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt 2. John F. Kennedy (Sue Hum working on him with a lint lifter. 3. George W. Bush: "Carlos wasn't born here. He was born in another country... Cuba."

  146. 6/25/07 [2773]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt 2. John F. Kennedy (Alan Kalter, as Abe, in the audience) 3. George W. Bush: "First, let me talk about..."

  147. 6/26/07 [2774]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt 2. John F. Kennedy (Sue Hum gets pizza.) 3. George W. Bush: "I hope people will see me as a strategic thinker, and I was able to stay focused on a strategy."

  148. 6/27/07 [2775]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt 2. John F. Kennedy (Sue Hum blowing bubbles) 3. George W. Bush: "First, I recognize..."

  149. 6/28/07 [2776]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt 2. John F. Kennedy 3. George W. Bush: "Reveals the terrorists for what they are. The enemy of every Iraqi..." (A fly lands on the President's face.)

  150. 6/29/07 [2777]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt 2. John F. Kennedy 3. George W. Bush: "Hi, Elaine. Need a ride back?"

  151. 7/09/07 [2778]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt 2. John F. Kennedy (Sue Hum on lint lifter) 3. George W. Bush: "That's not a seersucker suit, is it?"

  152. 7/10/07 [2779]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt 2. John F. Kennedy (with Pete Fatovich playing accordion) 3. George W. Bush: "I talk to General Petraeus all the time.... I say 'All the time'... weekly... that's all the time."

  153. 7/13/07 [2782]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." 3. George W. Bush: "Yes, sir. You're the guy. Are you the mike man or are you the questioner? You're the questioner. Mike man."

  154. 7/16/07 [2783]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt 2. John F. Kennedy 3. George W. Bush: "Uhhh, the ummm..."

  155. 7/17/07 [2784]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt 2. John F. Kennedy (and Sue Hum eating a giant pretzel) 3. George W. Bush: "Are you having burritos for lunch?"

  156. 7/18/07 [2785]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt 2. John F. Kennedy (Alan Kalter as Abe) 3. George W. Bush: "Our panelists are about to fall out, wondering. Alright... The old guy said, 'You're just not a potted plant.' "

  157. 7/19/07 [2786]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt 2. John F. Kennedy (Sue Hum on lint lifter) 3. George W. Bush: stammering

  158. 7/20/07 [2787]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt 2. John F. Kennedy (Biff with a big drink) 3. George W. Bush: "...Chertoff, he's the Homeland guy. Department of Homeland Security. Secretary of Homeland Security. Crawford, we kinda shortcut it here. Look, no one's ever accused me of being Shakespeare."

  159. 7/24/07 [2789]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt 2. John F. Kennedy (with Jude Brennan reading) 3. George W. Bush: "Ummmm."

  160. 7/25/07 [2790]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt 2. John F. Kennedy (and Alan Kalter in a top hat) 3. George W. Bush: "Hi, girls."

  161. 7/26/07 [2791]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt 2. John F. Kennedy (and Sue Hum, eating a giant pretzel) 3. George W. Bush: "Uh, and, ummm, I... The notion that we're not makin' progress..."

  162. 7/27/07 [2792]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt 2. John F. Kennedy (and Biff with a Big Gulp) 3. George W. Bush: "Yeah. As I told you last November at about this time, I was..."

  163. 7/30/07 [2793]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt 2. John F. Kennedy 3. George W. Bush: "Ummm."

  164. 7/31/07 [2794]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt 2. John F. Kennedy (Pete Fatovich playing his accordion) 3. George W. Bush: "OK, I met, I met an onion grower today at the airport when I arrived, and he said, 'You've gotta help me find people that'll pull onions.' Or pluck 'em... or whatever you do to 'em, you know?"

  165. 8/01/07 [2795]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt 2. John F. Kennedy (Johnny Dark in an Abe hat) 3. George W. Bush: "I can't imagine that, well, uh..."

  166. 8/02/07 [2796]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt 2. John F. Kennedy (Tony Mendez on cue cards) 3. George W. Bush: "Let me just remind you where we've been through. What we've been through."

  167. 8/03/07 [2797]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt 2. John F. Kennedy (Sue Hum taking pictures) 3. George W. Bush: "Yeah... uh... I think... Tide turning... See... As I remember it... I was raised in the desert... But tides kinda turn... It's easy to see a tide turn. Did I say those words?"

  168. 8/20/07 [2798]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt 2. John F. Kennedy (with Alan Kalter as Abe) 3. George W. Bush: stammering

  169. 8/21/07 [2799]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt 2. John F. Kennedy 3. George W. Bush (shaking hands with a dignitary): "Better cover up your bald head."

  170. 8/22/07 [2800]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt 2. John F. Kennedy (Sue Hum touching up make-up) 3. George W. Bush: "Before Julia Child came along, no one thought it could be interesting to watch meals being prepared."

  171. 8/23/07 [2801]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt 2. John F. Kennedy (and Alan Kalter in a top hat) 3. George W. Bush: "I always like a good barbecue."

  172. 8/24/07 [2802]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt 2. John F. Kennedy (with Tony Mendez on cue cards) 3. George W. Bush: "We have researchers who have drilled into glaciers, isolated the DNA of mobile genes and pioneered the distributed feedback laser."

  173. 8/27/07 [2803]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt 2. John F. Kennedy (Sue Hum's working on him with a lint lifter.) 3. George W. Bush: "and, uh, and so it's, uh, it's, uh..."

  174. 8/28/07 [2804]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. William Jefferson Clinton: "There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America." 2. Ronald W. Reagan: "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall." 3. George W. Bush: "I'm working with President Musharraf to be able to... uh..."

  175. 8/31/07 [2807]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt 2. John F. Kennedy 3. George W. Bush: "Today's your birthday. How old are you?"

  176. 9/04/07 [2808]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Harry S Truman: "A full acceptance of the Potsdam Declaration specifies the unconditional surrender of Japan." 2. Ike: "We must guard against the acquisition of influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex." 3. George W. Bush: "Finally, I want to spend some time talking about securing this country."

  177. 9/05/07 [2809]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Lyndon B. Johnson: "I shall not seek, nor will I accept, my party's nomination for President." 2. Ronald Reagan: "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall." 3. George W. Bush: "And, uh, making decisions, uh..."

  178. 9/06/07 [2810]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Jimmy Carter 2. Johnny Dark as Ronald Reagan 3. George W. Bush: "Generally we have roundtable discussions, sitting at square tables."

  179. 9/07/07 [2811]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Ronald Reagan 2. John F. Kennedy 3. George W. Bush: "The first stage was the removal of Saddam Hussein. Let me be as blunt as I can be about that..."

  180. 9/10/07 [2812]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Harry S Truman 2. Ronald Reagan 3. George W. Bush: "Thank you for being such a fine host for the OPEC Summit. APEC Summit.

  181. 9/11/07 [2813]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Ike 2. Jimmy Carter 3. George W. Bush: "So long as we remain true to... our ideas." (He couldn't say our.)

  182. 9/12/07 [2814]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Harry S Truman 2. John F. Kennedy 3. George W. Bush: congratulating Australian Prime Minister John Howard on his, like, grandfatherhood

  183. 9/13/07 [2815]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. John F. Kennedy 2. Ronald Reagan 3. George W. Bush: "Lookin' forward to you buying me lunch today. I'm a meat guy."

  184. 9/14/07 [2816]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Harry S Truman 2. John F. Kennedy 3. George W. Bush: walking around mixed-up ••• outside cam: There's a helicopter outside. I don't remember anything more.

  185. 9/24/07 [2817]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. John F. Kennedy (with Johnny Dark as Abe as Reagan) 2. George W. Bush: babbling

  186. 9/25/07 [2818]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Ike 2. Bill Clinton 3. George W. Bush: "Uhhh, I think I got a B in Econ 101."

  187. 9/26/07 [2819]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Lyndon Johnson 2. John F. Kennedy 3. George W. Bush: nervously awaiting a speech

  188. 9/28/07 [2821]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. John F. Kennedy 2. Johnny Dark as Abe as Ronald Reagan 3. George W. Bush: "If, back to Henry..." (couldn't make sense of my written notes here)

  189. 10/01/07 [2822]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt 2. Lyndon B. Johnson 3. George W. Bush: answering someone named Jose Feliciano, "Nooo."

  190. 10/02/07 [2823]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Harry S Truman 2. Ike 3. George W. Bush: "Let me. Let me. Let me. Let me."

  191. 10/03/07 [2824]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. John F. Kennedy 2. Ronald Reagan 3. George W. Bush: country dancing

  192. 10/04/07 [2825]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. John F. Kennedy 2. Bill Clinton 3. George W. Bush: "I, uh, and by the way, the enemy made their positions perfectly clear when..."

  193. 10/05/07 [2826]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. John F. Kennedy 2. Ronald Reagan 3. George W. Bush: "Our people have done a really good job of hauling in a lot of the key operators: Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, Abu Zubaydah, Ramzi bin al-Shibh or whatever the guy's name was..."

  194. 10/08/07 [2827]:"Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Harry S Truman 2. Ronald Reagan 3. George W. Bush: "Uh... It's, uh... You know, I... first of all..."

  195. 10/09/07 [2828]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. John F. Kennedy 2. Ronald Reagan 3. George W. Bush: "Technology will enable us to generate...uh, uh, uh..."

  196. 10/10/07 [2829]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt 2. John F. Kennedy 3. George W. Bush: "That's possible..." (stammering)

  197. 10/11/07 [2830]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Bill Clinton 2. Ike 3. George W. Bush: "But I also wanted to tell a story. (babbling)

  198. 10/12/07 [2831]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. John F. Kennedy 2. Johnny Dark as Abe as Ronald Reagan 3. George W. Bush: "Are you from Afghanistan?"

  199. 10/15/07 [2832]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Harry S Truman 2. Ike 3. George W. Bush: "So now I'll be glad to answer some questions, if you've got any. If not, I'll be glad to keep on blowing hot air."

  200. 10/16/07 [2833]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt 2. John F. Kennedy 3. George W. Bush (babbling)

  201. 10/17/07 [2834]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches": 1. John F. Kennedy 2. Ronald Reagan 3. George W. Bush: "The opportunity to realize people's dreams is just as real in Panama City... Panama." (He checks his speech script.)

  202. 10/18/07 [2835]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. John F. Kennedy 2. Johnny Dark as Abe as Ronald Reagan 3. George W. Bush: "First, I recognize..."

  203. 10/19/07 [2836]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Bill Clinton 2. John F. Kennedy 3. George W. Bush: babbling

  204. 10/29/07 [2837]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Harry S Truman 2. Ike 3. George W. Bush: "Let me explain No Child Left Behind."

  205. 10/30/07 [2838]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. John F. Kennedy 2. Ronald Reagan 3. George W. Bush: "...and, uh, but no, it's uh, but people really... I was talkin' to a Congressman..."

  206. 10/31/07 [2839]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Harry S Truman 2. Ronald Reagan 3. George W. Bush: "The Iranian people must understand that if they do... if they don't..."

  207. 11/02/07 [2841]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Bill Clinton 2. John F. Kennedy 3. George W. Bush: "OK."

  208. 1/03/08 [2843]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Bill Clinton: "There is nothing wrong with America than cannot be cured by what is right with America." 2. John F. Kennedy: "This nation has tossed its cap over the wall of space, and we have no choice but to follow it." 3. George W. Bush: "I hope I didn't spill any sauce on my shirt after I had barbecue at The Whole Hog."

  209. 1/08/08 [2846]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. John F. Kennedy: "And therefore, as a free man, I take pride in the words Ich bin ein Berliner." 2. Ronald Reagan: "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall." 3. George W. Bush: "I doubt I'd be, uh, standin' here if I hadn't a quit drinkin' whiskey.

  210. 1/09/08 [2847]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Bill Clinton: "There is nothing wrong with American that cannot be cured by what is right with America." 2. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself." 3. George W. Bush: "I was in Cincinnati the other day. Stopped off and got some ribs..."

  211. 1/10/08 [2848]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Harry S Truman: "...a full acceptance of the Potsdam Declaration, which specifies the unconditional surrender of Japan." 2. Dwight D. Eisenhower: "We must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex." 3. George W. Bush: "They want us to leave. That's what they want us to do. And I think the world would be better off if we did leave. If we didn't... if if if. If we left, the world would be worse."

  212. 1/11/08 [2849]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches: 1. Harry S Truman: "...a full acceptance of the Potsdam Declaration, which specifies the unconditional surrender of Japan." 2. Dwight D. Eisenhower: "We must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, of the military-industrial complex." 3. George W. Bush: "I want to thank your foreign minister for, for, uh, for... I don't see the foreign minister. Look.... the guy was here."

  213. 1/14/08 [2850]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Lyndon B. Johnson: "I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as your President." 2. Jimmy Carter: "The erosion of our confidence in the future is threatening to destroy the social and the political fabric of America." 3. George W. Bush: "So like I said about the Presidency: people in America, you know, like the Presidency, and sometimes they like the President. Get it?"

  214. 1/16/08 [2852]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Bill Clinton: "There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America." 2. Ronald Reagan: "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall." 3. George W. Bush: alongside some kind of Saudi Arabian leader, with a sword

  215. 1/18/08 [2854]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Ronald Reagan: "Government is not the solution to our problem. Government is the problem." 2. John F. Kennedy: "This nation has tossed its cap over the wall of space, and we have no choice but to follow it." 3. George W. Bush: "...and I just finished eatin' lunch at Sam's. Had just a little too much chicken."

  216. 1/21/08 [2855]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Lyndon B. Johnson: "I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as your President." 2. Jimmy Carter: "The erosion of our confidence in the future is threatening to destroy the social and the political fabric of America." 3. George W. Bush: (standing on a Wright® Stander Mower™): "Crank this sucker up!"

  217. 1/22/08 [2856]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Bill Clinton: "There is nothing wrong with America than cannot be cured by what is right with America." 2. Ronald Reagan: "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall." 3. George W. Bush: "I did a little research into the history, and it turns out Winston Churchill came here in 1932, right before I was born." [BUZZER]

  218. 1/25/08 [2859]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Lyndon B. Johnson: "I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as your President." 2. Jimmy Carter: "The erosion of our confidence in the future is threatening to destroy the social and the political fabric of America." 3. George W. Bush: "I've heard interesting ideas. I won't share them with you."

  219. 1/28/08 [2860]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Lyndon B. Johnson: "I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as your President." 2. Jimmy Carter: "The erosion of our confidence in the future is threatening to destroy the social and the political fabric of America." 3. George W. Bush: "I've just come from uh, a, uh, roundtable. Or was it a square table? But either way, it was a table."

  220. 1/30/08 [2862]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. John F. Kennedy: "And therefore, as a free man, I take pride in the words Ich bin ein Berliner." 2. Ronald Reagan: "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall." 3. George W. Bush: "And, uh, I think this is, uh... To me, it's a way..."

  221. 1/31/08 [2863]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Harry S Truman: "...a full acceptance of the Potsdam Declaration, which specifies the unconditional surrender of Japan." 2. Dwight D. Eisenhower: "We must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex." 3. George W. Bush: stammering

  222. 2/01/08 [2864]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Lyndon B. Johnson: "I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as your President." 2. Jimmy Carter: "The erosion of our confidence in the future is threatening to destroy the social and the political fabric of America." 3. George W. Bush: "The House Republicans last fall passed strong earmark reform idea... put forth earmark reform ideas."

  223. 2/05/08 [2866]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Harry S Truman: "...a full acceptance of the Potsdam Declaration, which specifies the unconditional surrender of Japan." 2. Dwight D. Eisenhower: "We must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex." 3. George W. Bush: "As you might remember, I drank too much."

  224. 2/06/08 [2867]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Bill Clinton: "There is nothing wrong with American that cannot be cured by what is right with America." 2. Ronald Reagan: "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall." 3. George W. Bush: "Uh. The, uh... Step one. He he."

  225. 2/08/08 [2869]: An old guy turns up in place of Dave to announce "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. John F. Kennedy: "There are some who say that Communism is the wave of the future. Let them come to Berlin." 2. Ronald Reagan: "Communism is another sad, bizarre chapter in human history, whose last, last pages even now are being written." 3. George W. Bush: "The temptation, of course, is for people to, you know, say, 'Make sure you do the politically right thing.' That's not my nature. That's not exactly what we are gonna do."

  226. 2/12/08 [2871]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Lyndon B. Johnson: "I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as your President." 2. Jimmy Carter: "The erosion of our confidence in the future is threatening to destroy the social and the political fabric of America." 3. George W. Bush: stammering

  227. 2/15/08 [2874]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. John F. Kennedy: "The purpose of these bases can be none other than to provide a nuclear strike capability against the Western Hemisphere." 2. Ronald Reagan: "Government is not the solution to our problem. Government is the problem." 3. George W. Bush: "We must use all power of the United States to protect the American people from further home. Further harm."

  228. 2/18/08 [2875]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Lyndon B. Johnson: "I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as your President." 2. Jimmy Carter: "The erosion of our confidence in the future is threatening to destroy the social and the political fabric of America." 3. George W. Bush: "Uhh. Step one is you know... I guess you've gotta..."

  229. 2/20/08 [2877]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Bill Clinton: "There is nothing wrong with America than cannot be cured by what is right with America." 2. Ronald Reagan: "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall." 3. George W. Bush: "Thanks for bringin' the girls!"

  230. 2/25/08 [2880]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. John F. Kennedy: "There are some who say that Communism is the wave of the future. Let them come to Berlin." 2. Ronald Reagan: "Communism is another sad, bizarre chapter in human history, whose last, last pages even now are being written." 3. George W. Bush: "I thank the state and local officials awards. Thanks for your remarks. They were awesome."

  231. 2/29/08 [2884]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. John F. Kennedy: "There are some who say that Communism is the wave of the future. Let them come to Berlin." 2. Ronald Reagan: "Communism is another sad, bizarre chapter in human history, whose last, last pages even now are being written." 3. George W. Bush: "Yeah, I'm not gonna go feed the Chancellor a hamburger."

  232. 3/10/08 [2885]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "This nation will remain a neutral nation, but I cannot ask that every American remain neutral in thought." 2. John F. Kennedy: "We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard." 3. George W. Bush: "There's no, no border's been withdrawn, in that sense, uh, Stretch. It's uh, it's a uh... Kosovo's a, uh..."

  233. 3/11/08 [2886]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Harry S Truman: "The free nations have learned the fateful lesson of the 1930s. That lesson is that aggression must be met firmly." 2. William J. Clinton: "There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America." 3. George W. Bush: "What you probably want to know is the three words I'm not gonna tell you." (The President raises his right hand and counts with his fingers to five, while saying, "I'm _ not _ going _ to_ tell _ you. That's five words." (Cue buzzer sound.)

  234. 3/12/08 [2887]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. John F. Kennedy: "And therefore, as a free man, I take pride in the words Ich bin ein Berliner." 2. Ronald Reagan: "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall." 3. George W. Bush: joking with German Chancellor Angela Merkel about hamburgers

  235. 3/13/08 [2888]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Harry S Truman: "The atomic bomb is too dangerous to be loose in a lawless world." 2. John F. Kennedy: "The purpose of these bases can be none other than to provide a nuclear strike capability against the Western Hemisphere." 3. George W. Bush: "I'm that kinda girl."

  236. 3/14/08 [2889]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "This nation will remain a neutral nation, but I cannot ask that every American remain neutral in thought." 2. John F. Kennedy: "We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard." 3. George W. Bush: "Yesterday I went to the Caterpillar® plant in Peoria, Illinois, where they make big bulldozers."

  237. 3/17/08 [2890]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Lyndon B. Johnson: "I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as your President." 2. Jimmy Carter: "The erosion of our confidence in the future is threatening to destroy the social and the political fabric of America." 3. George W. Bush: "Because they, they, they, they will be..."

  238. 3/18/08 [2891]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "This nation will remain a neutral nation, but I cannot ask that every American remain neutral in thought." 2. John F. Kennedy: "We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard." 3. George W. Bush: "Uh, we uh, first of all, there is, uh..."

  239. 3/19/08 [2892]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Lyndon B. Johnson: "I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as your President." 2. Jimmy Carter: "The erosion of our confidence in the future is threatening to destroy the social and the political fabric of America." 3. George W. Bush: "They want us to leave. That's what they want us to do. And I think the world would be better off if we did leave. If we didn't... if if if. If we left, the world would be worse."

  240. 3/24/08 [2893]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Harry S Truman: "...a full acceptance of the Potsdam Declaration, which specifies the unconditional surrender of Japan." 2. Dwight D. Eisenhower: "We must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex." 3. George W. Bush: "Increased prosperity... it's mutually beneficial for Canada, the United States and, uh, America. I mean Mexico."

  241. 3/26/08 [2895]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Harry S Truman: "...a full acceptance of the Potsdam Declaration, which specifies the unconditional surrender of Japan." 2. Dwight D. Eisenhower: "We must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex." 3. George W. Bush: dribbles a basketball (and loses it)

  242. 3/31/08 [2896]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Harry S Truman: "The free nations have learned the fateful lesson of the 1930s. That lesson is that aggression must be met firmly." 2. John F. Kennedy: "And therefore, as a free man, I take pride in the words Ich bin ein Berliner." 3. George W. Bush: "As a matter of fact, the paper I, had this been a modern era, the paper that had, my pap... my mortgage."

  243. 4/01/08 [2897]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Dwight D. Eisenhower: "We must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex." 2. Ronald Reagan: "Government is not the solution to our problem. Government is the problem." 3. George W. Bush: "I'm proud to be his friend. I'm proud to be his supporter. And on Inauguration Day, I'll proud to be say to John McCain..."

  244. 4/02/08 [2898]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Lyndon B. Johnson: "I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as your President." 2. Jimmy Carter: "The erosion of our confidence in the future is threatening to destroy the social and the political fabric of America." 3. George W. Bush: "America honors women like Irina Koszalina (stumbles) and Irina's husband, Alexander Koszalina."

  245. 4/03/08 [2899]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. William J. Clinton: "There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America." 2. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "This nation will remain a neutral nation, but I cannot ask that every American remain neutral in thought." 3. George W. Bush: "And I want my fellow citizens, if you're worried about your home, to call this number: 1-88-995-HOPE. Let me repeat that again. 1-88-995-HOPE." Finally, when he's corrected... "1-888-995-HOPE."

  246. 4/04/08 [2900]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. John F. Kennedy: "I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth." 2. Ronald Reagan: "Government is not the solution to our problem. Government is the problem." 3. George W. Bush: "Where's the rally monkey?"

  247. 4/15/08 [2902]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Lyndon B. Johnson: "I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as your President." 2. Jimmy Carter: "The erosion of our confidence in the future is threatening to destroy the social and the political fabric of America." 3. George W. Bush: We see the President at one of his focus groups. "Do you have children? There she is... Jordan, waving. That's good. Awesome. Georgia. Are you going to name it Georgia?"

  248. 4/16/08 [2903]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Harry S Truman: "The free nations have learned the fateful lesson of the 1930s. That lesson is that aggression must be met firmly." 2. John F. Kennedy: "And therefore, as a free man, I take pride in the words Ich bin ein Berliner." 3. George W. Bush: (We see the President at some sort of groundbreaking.) "Gettin' ready to shovel. Dirt. He he."

  249. 4/17/08 [2904]: Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "This nation will remain a neutral nation, but I cannot ask that every American remain neutral in thought." 2. John F. Kennedy: "We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard." 3. We see Pope Benedict XVI at a podium. He says, "God bless America." George W. Bush: "Thank you, Your Holiness. Awesome speech!"

  250. 4/18/08 [2905]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Bill Clinton: "There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America." 2. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "This nation will remain a neutral nation, but I cannot ask that every American remain neutral in thought." 3. George W. Bush: "It's a... I mean this is the kind of issue that... that... all kinds of rumors, and... you know."

  251. 4/21/08 [2906]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Harry S Truman: "If they do not now accept our terms, they may expect a rain of ruin from the air, the like of which has never been seen on this earth." 2. Ronald Reagan: "Government is not the solution to the problem. Government is the problem." 3. George W. Bush: (looking around) "Man, you're lookin' sharp."

  252. 4/22/08 [2907]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Ronald Reagan: "And let us renew our faith and our hope. We have every right to dream heroic dreams." 2. John F. Kennedy: "As a free man, I take pride in the words Ich bin ein Berliner." 3. George W. Bush: dancing with the Euphonious brass dixie band in New Orleans on April 21

  253. 4/23/08 [2908]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "This nation will remain a neutral nation, but I cannot ask that every American remain neutral in thought." 2. John F. Kennedy: "We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard." 3. George W. Bush: "Yeah. Thank you, Mr. Prime Minister. We had a great... we had a good meeting, uh, because we're good friends."

  254. 4/24/08 [2909]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Harry S Truman: "The free nations have learned the fateful lesson of the 1930s. That lesson is that aggression must be met firmly." 2. Ronald Reagan: "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall." 3. George W. Bush: "In 1824, New Orleans, Louisiana became the first site of the Mexican... for the first Mex... became the site for the first Mexican Consulate of the United States. Isn't that interesting?"

  255. 4/25/08 [2910]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. John F. Kennedy: "The purpose of these bases can be none other than to provide a nuclear strike capability against the Western Hemisphere." 2. Lyndon B. Johnson: "I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as your President." 3. George W. Bush: "And, uh, that, that, uh, makin' decisions that, uh..."

  256. 4/28/08 [2911]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Harry S Truman: "...a full acceptance of the Potsdam Declaration, which specifies the unconditional surrender of Japan." 2. Dwight D. Eisenhower: "We must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex." 3. George W. Bush: "When money goes into... thirty percent increase... in your energy bill."

  257. 4/29/08 [2912]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. John F. Kennedy: "And therefore, as a free man, I take pride in the words Ich bin ein Berliner." 2. Lyndon B. Johnson: "I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as your President." 3. George W. Bush: "With unbreakable faith in the power of liberty, you will inspire your people, you will lead your nations, and you will change the wor... world."

  258. 4/30/08 [2913]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Harry S Truman: "If they do not now accept our terms, they may expect a rain of ruin from the air, the like of which has never been seen on this earth." 2. Ronald Reagan: "Government is not the solution to our problem. Government is the problem." 3. George W. Bush: "If you've got a chicken factory, a chicken-plucking factory, or whatever you call 'em, you know what I'm talkin' about."

  259. 5/01/08 [2914]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "This nation will remain a neutral nation, but I cannot ask that every American remain neutral in thought." 2. John F. Kennedy: "We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard." 3. George W. Bush: "Then, of course, we spent time on our economy. Zuh." (as if to make economy plural)

  260. 5/02/08 [2915]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. John F. Kennedy: "I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth." 2. Ronald Reagan: "Communism is another sad, bizarre chapter in human history, whose last, last pages even now are being written." 3. George W. Bush: "Hold a job, maintain a clean record and eventually earn English learn English."

  261. 5/05/08 [2916]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "This nation will remain a neutral nation, but I cannot ask that every American remain neutral in thought." 2. John F. Kennedy: "We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard." 3. George W. Bush: "And, uh, the guy calls and says, 'You know, like, you're supposed to pick the rug.' I said, 'Huh?' "

  262. 5/06/08 [2917]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. John F. Kennedy: "The purpose of these bases can be none other than to provide a nuclear strike capability against the Western Hemisphere." 2. Ronald Reagan: "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall." 3. George W. Bush: "Everybody needs a good attorney, you know. Particularly me, since I'm gettin' sued all the time. But it's, uh... I think I am."

  263. 5/07/08 [2918]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Harry S Truman: "...a full acceptance of the Potsdam Declaration, which specifies the unconditional surrender of Japan." 2. Dwight D. Eisenhower: "We must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex." 3. George W. Bush: "You know, I guess I'll go home and mow the lawn."

  264. 5/09/08 [2920]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Bill Clinton: "There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America." 2. John F. Kennedy: "This nation has tossed its cap over the wall of space, and we have no choice but to follow it." 3. George W. Bush: "Whoo! Uhh..."

  265. 5/13/08 [2922]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Harry S Truman: "...a full acceptance of the Potsdam Declaration, which specifies the unconditional surrender of Japan." 2. Dwight D. Eisenhower: "We must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex." 3. George W. Bush: "And so, I, uh... uh, it... yeah, we filled a lot of space... together. We have, uh, uh, we have, uh, we have a unique ability to, uh."

  266. 5/14/08 [2923]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. John F. Kennedy: "We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard." 2. Jimmy Carter: "The erosion of our confidence in the future is threatening to destroy the social and the political fabric of America." 3. George W. Bush: The President does a shake-and-bake while looking for the person about to ask him a question at the Landon Lecture at Kansas State University on 1/23/06.

  267. 5/15/08 [2924]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Bill Clinton: "There is nothing wrong with American that cannot be cured by what is right with America." 2. Lyndon B. Johnson: "I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as your President." 3. George W. Bush: "I want to thank your foreign minister for, uh, uh, for... I don't see your foreign minister. Look... the guy was here!"

  268. 5/16/08 [2925]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "This nation will remain a neutral nation, but I cannot ask that every American remain neutral in thought." 2. Ronald Reagan: "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall." 3. George W. Bush: (We see the President on C-SPAN.) untelligible gibberish about reading a book

  269. 5/19/08 [2926]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Harry S Truman: "The free nations have learned the fateful lesson of the 1930s. That lesson is that aggression must be met firmly." 2. Ronald Reagan: "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall." 3. George W. Bush: "Umm, I am, uhh."

  270. 5/20/08 [2927]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Harry S Truman: "The atomic bomb is too dangerous to be loose in a lawless world." 2. Jimmy Carter: "The erosion of our confidence in the future is threatening to destroy the social and the political fabric of America." 3. George W. Bush: "That House Republicans last fall passed strong earmark, uh, reform, uh, ideas... put forth earmark reform, uh, ideas."

  271. 5/21/08 [2928]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Bill Clinton: "There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America." 2. Dwight D. Eisenhower: "We must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex." 3. George W. Bush: "By the way, can we talk about blueberries?"

  272. 5/22/08 [2929]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. John F. Kennedy: "The purpose of these bases can be none other than to provide a nuclear strike capability against the Western Hemisphere." 2. Jimmy Carter: "The erosion of our confidence in the future is threatening to destroy the social and the political fabric of America." 3. George W. Bush: "But I also want to tell a story. And here's the story. My dad, like many of your rel... uh, uh, folk... who've got relatives here... many of you whose relatives who did the same thing who are... You're here... their relatives probably aren't..."

  273. 5/23/08 [2930]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "This nation will remain a neutral nation, but I cannot ask that every American remain neutral in thought." 2. John F. Kennedy: "We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard." 3. George W. Bush: "Click."

  274. 6/02/08 [2931]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Bill Clinton: "There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America." 2. John F. Kennedy: "This nation has tossed its cap over the wall of space, and we have no choice but to follow it." 3. George W. Bush: "And finally there's been weather related... problems. Some of the major producers of food... you know, have had... "drouth."

  275. 6/03/08 [2932]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "This nation will remain a neutral nation, but I cannot ask that every American remain neutral in thought." 2. Ronald Reagan: "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall." 3. George W. Bush: "Anybody here got, uh, four kids? Three kids? You got four? Four? Three, OK. Awright, awright, awright... I don't know why I asked that. Oh, I know why I asked that!"

  276. 6/04/08 [2933]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Harry S Truman: "...a full acceptance of the Potsdam Declaration, which specifies the unconditional surrender of Japan." 2. Dwight D. Eisenhower: "We must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex." 3. George W. Bush: "We have to keep, you know, trying to pass legislation that is, uh, that just doesn't, uh, that, that..."

  277. 6/05/08 [2934]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Jimmy Carter: "The erosion of our confidence in the future is threatening to destroy the social and the political fabric of America." 2. Harry S Truman: "If they do not now accept our terms, they may expect a rain of ruin from the air, the like of which has never been seen on this earth." 3. George W. Bush: chest bumps with an Air Force Academy graduate.

  278. 6/06/08 [2935]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Bill Clinton: "There is nothing wrong with America than cannot be cured by what is right with America." 2. John F. Kennedy: "This nation has tossed its cap over the wall of space, and we have no choice but to follow it." 3. George W. Bush: cough and grin

  279. 6/09/08 [2936]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Harry S Truman: "The free nations have learned the fateful lesson of the 1930s. That lesson is that aggression must be met firmly." 2. Lyndon B. Johnson: "I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as your President." 3. George W. Bush: drops something at the Air Force Academy commencement

  280. 6/10/08 [2937]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Jimmy Carter: "The erosion of our confidence in the future is threatening to destroy the social and the political fabric of America." 2. John F. Kennedy: "There are some who say that Communism is the wave of the future. Let them come to Berlin." 3. George W. Bush: "Uhh, the, umm..."

  281. 6/11/08 [2938]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches": 1. Harry S Truman: "The free nations have learned the fateful lesson of the 1930s. That lesson is that aggression must be met firmly." 2. Dwight D. Eisenhower: "We must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex." 3. George W. Bush: "I find it ironic... not ironic... just interesting, that 20 years ago, Mr. Prime Minister, you were in jail."

  282. 6/12/08 [2939]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. John F. Kennedy: "A strict quarantine on all offensive military equipment under shipment to Cuba is being initiated." 2. Ronald Reagan: "Government is not the solution to our problem. Government is the problem." 3. George W. Bush: "There's square dancing and trains, and obviously, balloon hats."

  283. 6/13/08 [2940]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches": 1. Harry S Truman: "The free nations have learned the fateful lesson of the 1930s. That lesson is that aggression must be met firmly." 2. Lyndon B. Johnson: "I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as your President." 3. George W. Bush: "You are involved in a struggle (stumbles on the word) of historic proportion."

  284. 6/16/08 [2941]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "I pledge myself to a new deal for the American people." 2. John F. Kennedy: "This nation has tossed its cap over the wall of space, and we have no choice but to follow it." 3. George W. Bush (speaking at the Furman University graduation): "I inherited my dad's eyes and my mother's mouth. But I got far more from from them from them than that."

  285. 6/17/08 [2942]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "This nation will remain a neutral nation, but I cannot ask that every American remain neutral in thought." 2. John F. Kennedy: "We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard." 3. George W. Bush (speaking at the Furman University commencement): "My advice to you is not to dig a financial hole you can't get out of. Live within your means." (Cue buzzer and superimposed "President Bush's current deficit: $9.5 trillion.")

  286. 6/18/08 [2943]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches": 1. Jimmy Carter: "The erosion of our confidence in the future is threatening to destroy the social and the political fabric of America." 2. Harry S Truman: "The free nations have learned the fateful lesson of the 1930s. That lesson is that aggression must be met firmly." 3. George W. Bush: "The best way to defeat this enemy in the long run is to deny them the recruiting tools that are and, and recruitaments made, made possible by resentment."

  287. 6/20/08 [2945]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "I pledge myself to a new deal for the American people." 2. John F. Kennedy: "This nation has tossed its cap over the wall of space, and we have no choice but to follow it." 3. George W. Bush: "It's a sophisticated piece of equipment. You can fly it from inside a, inside a... truck." (Dave opines that we should really get our money back on that guy, but we're kind of going to miss him.)

  288. 6/23/08 [2946]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "This nation will remain a neutral nation, but I cannot ask that every American remain neutral in thought." 2. John F. Kennedy: "We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard." 3. George W. Bush: "They, they, they, they, they, they, they..." (shrugs)

  289. 6/25/08 [2948]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Jimmy Carter: "The erosion of our confidence in the future is threatening to destroy the social and the political fabric of America." 2. Harry S Truman: "The free nations have learned the fateful lesson of the 1930s. That lesson is that aggression must be met firmly." 3. George W. Bush: "Let me just remind you where we have been through. What we have been through."

  290. 7/14/08 [2951]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. John F. Kennedy: "There are some who say that Communism is the wave of the future. Let them come to Berlin." 2. Ronald Reagan: "Government is not the solution to our problem. Government is the problem." 3. George W. Bush: "Money trumps, ummm, peace."

  291. 7/15/08 [2592]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Dwight D. Eisenhower: "We must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex." 2. Ronald Reagan: "Communism is another sad, bizarre chapter in human history, whose last, last pages even now are being written." 3. George W. Bush: "It's just a, uh, I, I can't answer your question beyond, uh, beyond that, that people just need to be... uh..."

  292. 7/16/08 [2593]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Bill Clinton: "There is nothing wrong with America than cannot be cured by what is right with America." 2. John F. Kennedy: "This nation has tossed its cap over the wall of space, and we have no choice but to follow it." 3. George W. Bush: "Uh oh!"

  293. 7/17/08 [2594]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Jimmy Carter: "The erosion of our confidence in the future is threatening to destroy the social and the political fabric of America." 2. John F. Kennedy: "A strict quarantine on all offensive military equipment under shipment to Cuba is being initiated." 3. George W. Bush: "And, uh, it is a, uh, I think it's a, I think it is, it's uh, it's uh, these..."

  294. 7/21/08 [2956]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "This nation will remain a neutral nation, but I cannot ask that every American remain neutral in thought." 2. John F. Kennedy: "We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard." 3. George W. Bush: "So I'm optimistic. I understand how difficult it is, uh, but difficulty should not cause people to do the right thing."

  295. 7/22/08 [2957]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Lyndon B. Johnson: "I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as your President." 2. Jimmy Carter: "The erosion of our confidence in the future is threatening to destroy the social and the political fabric of America." 3. George W. Bush: "I like to fish."

  296. 7/23/08 [2958]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Ronald Reagan: "And let us renew our faith and our hope. We have every right to dream heroic dreams." 2. John F. Kennedy: "As a free man, I take pride in the words Ich bin ein Berliner." 3. George W. Bush: "It's the first time we've been back to Texas since our trip to Africa, and you may recall we went to a park in Botswana."

  297. 7/24/08 [2959]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. John F. Kennedy: "I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth." 2. Ronald Reagan: "Communism is another sad, bizarre chapter in human history, whose last, last pages even now are being written." 3. George W. Bush: "That's not a Seersucker suit, is it?"

  298. 7/25/08 [2960]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Harry S Truman: "The free nations have learned the fateful lesson of the 1930s. That lesson is that aggression must be met firmly." 2. Ronald Reagan: ""Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall." 3. George W. Bush: "Our panelists are about to fall out, wondering. Alright... The old guy said, 'You're just not a potted plant.' "

  299. 7/28/08 [2961]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Bill Clinton: "There is nothing wrong with America than cannot be cured by what is right with America." 2. John F. Kennedy: "This nation has tossed its cap over the wall of space, and we have no choice but to follow it." 3. George W. Bush: "If it feels good, do it. If you've got a problem, blame somebody else."

  300. 7/29/08 [2962]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself." 2. Dwight D. Eisenhower: "We must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex." 3. George W. Bush: "Are you having burritos for lunch?"

  301. 7/30/08 [2963]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Jimmy Carter: "The erosion of our confidence in the future is threatening to destroy the social and the political fabric of America." 2. Lyndon B. Johnson: "I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as your President." 3. George W. Bush: "OK, I met, I met an onion grower today at the airport when I arrived, and he said, 'You've gotta help me find people that'll pull onions.' Or pluck 'em... or whatever you do to 'em, you know?"

  302. 7/31/08 [2964]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. John F. Kennedy: "There are some who say that Communism is the wave of the future. Let them come to Berlin." 2. Ronald Reagan: ""Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall." 3. George W. Bush: drops a hand microphone given to him

  303. 8/04/08 [2966]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Harry S Truman: "...a full acceptance of the Potsdam Declaration, which specifies the unconditional surrender of Japan." 2. Dwight D. Eisenhower: "We must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex." 3. George W. Bush: "I just saw a, uh, welding machine. Actually, I was the guy that punched the button!"

  304. 8/05/08 [2967]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Lyndon B. Johnson: "I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as your President." 2. Jimmy Carter: "The erosion of our confidence in the future is threatening to destroy the social and the political fabric of America." 3. George W. Bush: "It's just a, uh, I, I can't answer your question beyond, uh, beyond that, that, you know, people just need to be... uh..."

  305. 8/06/08 [2968]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. John F. Kennedy: "And therefore, as a free man, I take pride in the words Ich bin ein Berliner." 2. Ronald Reagan: "Government is not the solution to our problem. Government is the problem." 3. George W. Bush: We see the President at one of his focus groups. "Do you have children? There she is... Jordan, waving. That's good. Awesome. Yeah. Georgia. Are you going to name it Georgia?"

  306. 8/07/08 [2969]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. John F. Kennedy: "A strict quarantine on all offensive military equipment under shipment to Cuba is being initiated." 2. Lyndon B. Johnson: "I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as your President." 3. George W. Bush: "Secondly, um, the uh, the notion that, uh, a personal account..."

  307. 8/08/08 [2970]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "This nation will remain a neutral nation, but I cannot ask that every American remain neutral in thought." 2. John F. Kennedy: "We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard." 3. George W. Bush: "Do you have any people workin' here, and how many, if you do?" ... "How many people you got workin' here?"

  308. 8/25/08 [2971]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Lyndon B. Johnson: "I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as your President." 2. Ronald Reagan: "Government is not the solution to our problem. Government is the problem." 3. George W. Bush: "Um, that's positive. In other words it's it's it's it's, and I sus... uh uh uh uh, I..."

  309. 8/26/08 [2972]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Dwight D. Eisenhower: "Our defense is not only strong, it is awesome, and it is respected elsewhere." 2. Ronald W. Reagan: "I am not frightened by what lies ahead, and I don't believe the American people are frightened by what lies ahead." 3. George W. Bush: "Doin' a better job of talkin' to one another. The left hand now knows what the right hand is doin'. (uses the wrong hands to demonstrate the idea)

  310. 9/08/08 [2980"Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Dwight D. Eisenhower: "The President and the executive branch of government will support and ensure the carrying out of the decisions of the Federal courts. 2. John F. Kennedy: "As Americans we find Communism profoundly repugnant." 3. George W. Bush: "But specificially about our position on prostitution, I'm going to have to talk to the Secretary about it."

  311. 9/09/08 [2981]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Lyndon B. Johnson: "I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as your President." 2. Ronald Reagan: "Communism is another sad, bizarre chapter in human history, whose last, last pages even now are being written." 3. George W. Bush: "We don't need hair follicles. You know? Particularly if you have hair."

  312. 9/10/08 [2982]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. John F. Kennedy: "This nation has tossed its cap over the wall of space, and we have no choice but to follow it." 2. Ronald Reagan: "Government is not the solution to our problem. Government is the problem." 3. George W. Bush: "Uh, you'll be able to, uh, uh, you'll be able to see a technology, uh, a, a technology that will be, enable you to, uh, converse, converse with somebody over a long distance, and it will seem like the person is right there in the room with you."

  313. 9/11/08 [2983]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. John F. Kennedy: "This nation has tossed its cap over the wall of space, and we have no choice but to follow it." 2. Ronald Reagan: "Government is not the solution to our problem. Government is the problem." 3. George W. Bush: "And, uh, it is a, uh, I think it's a, I think it is, it's uh, it's uh, these..."

  314. 9/12/08 [2984]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Dwight D. Eisenhower: "Ladies and gentlemen, I believe we can have peace with honor. I believe in the future of the United States. 2. Harry S Truman: "The free nations have learned the fateful lesson of the 1930s. That lesson is that aggression must be met firmly." 3. George W. Bush: "The U.N. Security Council resolution that we passed when I was the President was one of 16, I think. 16? 17? Give me a hand here. More than 15."

  315. 9/22/08 [2985]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. John F. Kennedy: "There are some who say that Communism is the wave of the future. Let them come to Berlin." 2. Ronald Reagan: ""Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall." 3. George W. Bush: "Are you having burritos for lunch?"

  316. 9/23/08 [2986]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. John F. Kennedy: "This nation has tossed its cap over the wall of space, and we have no choice but to follow it." 2. Ronald W. Reagan: "I am not frightened by what lies ahead, and I don't believe the American people are frightened by what lies ahead." 3. George W. Bush: The President does a shake-and-bake while looking for the person about to ask him a question at the Landon Lecture at Kansas State University on 1/23/06.

  317. 9/24/08 [2987]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Bill Clinton: "There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America." 2. Dwight D. Eisenhower: "The President and the executive branch of government will support and ensure the carrying out of the decisions of the Federal courts." 3. George W. Bush: "So long as we remain true to our / eye / are / our / ideas."

  318. 9/25/08 [2988]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. John F. Kennedy: "I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth." 2. Ronald Reagan: "Communism is another sad, bizarre chapter in human history, whose last, last pages even now are being written." 3. George W. Bush: Before Julia Child came along, no one imagined it could be so interesting to watch a meal being prepared."

  319. 9/26/08 [2989]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Harry S Truman: "...a full acceptance of the Potsdam Declaration, which specifies the unconditional surrender of Japan." 2. Dwight D. Eisenhower: "We must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex." 3. George W. Bush: The President, in a focus group, listens to a lady whining about her defective TV.

  320. 9/29/08 [2990]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 3. Uhh... first I... recognize... a momentous time..."

  321. 9/30/08 [2991]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Bill Clinton: "There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America." 2. Dwight D. Eisenhower: "The President and the executive branch of government will support and ensure the carrying out of the decisions of the Federal courts." 3. George W. Bush: "Thanks for comin', and so who do you work for? ... That means you sell lamps?"

  322. 10/01/08 [2992]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Dwight D. Eisenhower: "The President and the executive branch of government will support and ensure the carrying out of the decisions of the Federal courts." 2. Lyndon B. Johnson: "I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as your President." 3. George W. Bush: "I believe this economy..." (sorry, thought I had the tape started)

  323. 10/02/08 [2993]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Dwight D. Eisenhower: "The President and the executive branch of government will support and ensure the carrying out of the decisions of the Federal courts." 2. Lyndon B. Johnson: "I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as your President." 3. George W. Bush: "There are SBA loans for this, and I understand for some the word SBA means slow bureaucratic paperwork."

  324. 10/03/08 [2994]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Jimmy Carter: "The erosion of our confidence in the future is threatening to destroy the social and the political fabric of America." 2. Ronald Reagan: "Communism is another sad, bizarre chapter in human history, whose last, last pages even now are being written." 3. George W. Bush: "Doin' a better job of talkin' to one another. The left hand now knows what the right hand is doin'. (uses the wrong hands to demonstrate the idea)

  325. 10/06/08 [2995]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Dwight D. Eisenhower: "Our defense is not only strong, it is awesome, and it is respected elsewhere." 2. Ronald W. Reagan: "I am not frightened by what lies ahead, and I don't believe the American people are frightened by what lies ahead." 3. George W. Bush: "Uh, I think I got a B in Econ 101."

  326. 10/07/08 [2996]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Jimmy Carter: "The erosion of our confidence in the future is threatening to destroy the social and the political fabric of America." 2. Ronald Reagan: ""Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall." 3. George W. Bush: "I just didn't like goin' to school."

  327. 10/08/08 [2997]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. John F. Kennedy: "There are some who say that Communism is the wave of the future. Let them come to Berlin." 2. Ronald Reagan: "Communism is another sad, bizarre chapter in human history, whose last, last pages even now are being written." 3. George W. Bush: "I love to go walkin' out there, seein' the cows. Occasionally they talk to me."

  328. 10/09/08 [2998]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Dwight D. Eisenhower: "Ladies and gentlemen, I believe we can have peace with honor. I believe in the future of the United States." 2. John F. Kennedy: "We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard." 3. George W. Bush: "Um. The. Umm."

  329. 10/10/08 [2999]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Jimmy Carter: "The erosion of our confidence in the future is threatening to destroy the social and the political fabric of America." 2. Ronald Reagan: "Communism is another sad, bizarre chapter in human history, whose last, last pages even now are being written." 3. George W. Bush: "And, uh, it is a, uh, I think it's a, I think it is, it's uh, it's uh, these..."

  330. 10/13/08 [3000]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. John F. Kennedy: "This nation has tossed its cap over the wall of space, and we have no choice but to follow it." 2. Ronald Reagan: "Government is not the solution to our problem. Government is the problem." 3. George W. Bush: "I like to fish."

  331. 10/14/08 [3001]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself." 2. George Herbert Walker Bush: "And as President I can report to the nation, aggression is defeated. The war is over." 3. George W. Bush: "...that there be a stable Iran. Iran that is capable of rejecting Iranian influence. I mean Iraq."

  332. 10/15/08 [3002]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself." 2. George Herbert Walker Bush: "And as President I can report to the nation, aggression is defeated. The war is over." 3. George W. Bush: "These days he praises America's broad coalition in the Persian Gulf........ War."

  333. 10/17/08 [3004]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Harry S Truman: "The free nations have learned the fateful lesson of the 1930s. That lesson is that aggression must be met firmly." 2. Ronald Reagan: "Communism is another sad, bizarre chapter in human history, whose last, last pages even now are being written." (March 8, 1983) 3. George W. Bush: "Most of 'em, after they get over the initial shock of seein' the White House, are then comin' through the shock on wonderin' how the heck I got there." (from the President's Landon Lecture at Kansas State University on January 23, 2006)

  334. 10/27/08 [3005]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Dwight D. Eisenhower: "Our defense is not only strong, it is awesome, and it is respected elsewhere." 2. John F. Kennedy: "And therefore, as a free man, I take pride in the words Ich bin ein Berliner." 3. George W. Bush: "May God bless you, and may Glod bless the American people."

  335. 10/28/08 [3006]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Bill Clinton: "There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America." 2. Dwight D. Eisenhower: "Ladies and gentlemen, I believe we can have peace with honor. I believe in the future of the United States." 3. George W. Bush: "While these vacancies remain unfulfilled. Unfill. Unfilled."

  336. 10/29/08 [3007]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Harry S Truman: "The free nations have now made it clear that lawless aggression will be met with force." 2. Ronald W. Reagan: "I am not frightened by what lies ahead, and I don't believe the American people are frightened by what lies ahead." 3. George W. Bush: stammering... "I'm serious about it."

  337. 10/31/08 [3009]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Harry S Truman: "The free nations have now made it clear that lawless aggression will be met with force." 2. Ronald W. Reagan: "I am not frightened by what lies ahead, and I don't believe the American people are frightened by what lies ahead." 3. George W. Bush: stammering... "I'm serious about it."

  338. 11/03/08 [3010]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 3. George W. Bush: "Thank you all very much. Please be seated."

  339. 11/05/08 [3011]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. John F. Kennedy: "There are some who say that Communism is the wave of the future. Let them come to Berlin." 2. Ronald Reagan: "Communism is another sad, bizarre chapter in human history, whose last, last pages even now are being written." 3. George W. Bush: "I, uh, and by the way, the enemy made their position clear when they..." (stammering)

  340. 11/06/08 [3012]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. John F. Kennedy: "There are some who say that Communism is the wave of the future. Let them come to Berlin." 2. Ronald Reagan: "Communism is another sad, bizarre chapter in human history, whose last, last pages even now are being written." 3. George W. Bush: "The opportunity for people to realize dreams is just as real in Panama City, ....... Panama."

  341. 11/07/08 [3013]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "I pledge myself to a new deal for the American people." 2. John F. Kennedy: "This nation has tossed its cap over the wall of space, and we have no choice but to follow it." 3. George W. Bush: "Our panelists are about to fall out, wondering. Alright... The old guy said, 'You're just not a potted plant.' "

  342. 11/10/08 [3014]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. John F. Kennedy: "This nation has tossed its cap over the wall of space, and we have no choice but to follow it." 2. George Herbert Walker Bush: "And as President, I can report to the nation, aggression is defeated. The war is over." 3. George W. Bush: "Yes, sir. You're the guy. Are you the mic man or are you the questioner? Well... You're the questioner. Mic man? OK." (shrug)

  343. 11/11/08 [3015]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Harry S Truman: "The free nations have now made it clear that lawless aggression will be met with force." 2. Ronald Reagan: "Government is not the solution to our problem. Government is the problem." 3. George W. Bush: "Increased prosperity... it's mutually beneficial for Canada, the United States and, uh, America. I mean Mexico."

  344. 11/12/08 [3016]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Dwight D. Eisenhower: "Our defense is not only strong, it is awesome, and it is respected elsewhere." 2. Jimmy Carter: "The erosion of our confidence in the future is threatening to destroy the social and the political fabric of America." 3. George W. Bush: "I find it ironic... not ironic... just interesting, that 20 years ago, Mr. Prime Minister, you were in jail."

  345. 11/13/08 [3017]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Bill Clinton: "There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America." 2. Ronald Reagan: "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall." 3. George W. Bush: "My lawyer is a Latino."

  346. 11/14/08 [3018]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. John F. Kennedy: "This nation has tossed its cap over the wall of space, and we have no choice but to follow it." 2. George Herbert Walker Bush: "And as President, I can report to the nation, aggression is defeated. The war is over." 3. George W. Bush: "That's not a seersucker suit, is it?"

  347. 11/17/08 [3019]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Dwight D. Eisenhower: "Our defense is not only strong, it is awesome, and it is respected elsewhere." 2. Lyndon B. Johnson: "I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as your President." 3. George W. Bush: "Why should I care about Africa? What good does it do me?"

  348. 11/18/08 [3020]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Ronald W. Reagan: "I am not frightened by what lies ahead, and I don't believe the American people are frightened by what lies ahead." 2. John F. Kennedy: "The purpose of these bases can be none other than to provide a nuclear strike capability against the Western Hemisphere." 3. George W. Bush: "I can't imagine... well... uh, you know... I... but... that's..."

  349. 11/19/08 [3021]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Jimmy Carter: "The erosion of our confidence in the future is threatening to destroy the social and the political fabric of America." 2. Ronald Reagan: "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall." 3. George W. Bush: "He says quote, 'These programs...' he said 'the programs don't...' the programs quote... the programs quote' " (Oh, good Lord, how on earth am I supposed to punctuate this mess?)

  350. 11/20/08 [3022]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Ronald Reagan: "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall." 2. John F. Kennedy: "All free men, wherever they may live, are citizens of Berlin. And therefore, as a free man, I take pride in the words Ich bin ein Berliner." 3. George W. Bush: "The challenge facing the United States is that we have to be right one time. I mean 100% of the time."

  351. 11/21/08 [3023]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Dwight D. Eisenhower: "Our defense is not only strong, it is awesome, and it is respected elsewhere." 2. Lyndon B. Johnson: "I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as your President." 3. George W. Bush: "There's no, no borders been withdrawn in that sense, uh, Stretch, it's a, it's a, uh, it is a Kosovo's a, you know..."

  352. 11/24/08 [3024]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Ronald W. Reagan: "I am not frightened by what lies ahead, and I don't believe the American people are frightened by what lies ahead." 2. John F. Kennedy: "All free men, wherever they may live, are citizens of Berlin. And therefore, as a free man, I take pride in the words Ich bin ein Berliner." 3. George W. Bush: "I mean..." (stammering) "Tell me why I say..." (stammering, unintelligible) "I think they're cost effective."

  353. 11/25/08 [3025]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Ronald W. Reagan: "I am not frightened by what lies ahead, and I don't believe the American people are frightened by what lies ahead." 2. John F. Kennedy: "The purpose of these bases can be none other than to provide a nuclear strike capability against the Western Hemisphere." 3. George W. Bush: "We have researchers who have drilled into glaciers, isolated the DNA of mobile genes and pioneered the distributive feedback laser." (The President then raises his eyebrows in wonderment that he just said that successfully.)

  354. 11/26/08 [3026]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Jimmy Carter: "The erosion of our confidence in the future is threatening to destroy the social and the political fabric of America." 2. Ronald Reagan: "Government is not the solution to our problem. Government is the problem." 3. George W. Bush: "Uh, I, I, believe government ought to incent people to go, to be able to, have available, on incent... on a change in system..."

  355. 11/27/08 [3027]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Lyndon B. Johnson: "I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as your President." 2. Ronald Reagan: "Communism is another sad, bizarre chapter in human history, whose last, last pages even now are being written." 3. George W. Bush: "I... maybe you've never had a President say this... I have, like, no earthly idea what you're talkin' about."

  356. 11/28/08 [3028]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Ronald W. Reagan: "I am not frightened by what lies ahead, and I don't believe the American people are frightened by what lies ahead." 2. John F. Kennedy: "All free men, wherever they may live, are citizens of Berlin. And therefore, as a free man, I take pride in the words Ich bin ein Berliner." 3. George W. Bush: "Look, I did't like to take tests, either, but that's too bad."

  357. 12/08/08 [3029]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Jimmy Carter: "The erosion of our confidence in the future is threatening to destroy the social and the political fabric of America." 2. Ronald Reagan: "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall." 3. George W. Bush: (clip of the President, seated by Laura) gettin' down to some singer

  358. 12/09/08 [3030]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. John F. Kennedy: "This nation has tossed its cap over the wall of space, and we have no choice but to follow it." 2. Dwight D. Eisenhower: "Ladies and gentlemen, I believe we can have peace with honor. I believe in the future of the United States." 3. George W. Bush: "I'd be the first to admit to the kids here I didn't like vegetables when I was young. I've learned to like 'em. But I understand that they're good for you. Uh, that means not only vegetables, but fruits."

  359. 12/10/08 [3031]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself." 2. George Herbert Walker Bush: "And as President, I can report to the nation, aggression is defeated. The war is over." 3. George W. Bush: "The best way to defeat this enemy in the long run is to deny them the recruiting tools that are and, and recruitaments made, made possible by resentment."

  360. 12/11/08 [3032]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Lyndon B. Johnson: "I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as your President." 2. Ronald Reagan: "Communism is another sad, bizarre chapter in human history, whose last, last pages even now are being written." 3. George W. Bush: "But I also want to tell a story. And here's the story. My dad, like many of your rel... uh, uh, folk... who've got relatives here... many of you whose relatives who did the same thing who are... You're here... their relatives probably aren't."

  361. 12/12/08 [3033]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Dwight D. Eisenhower: "Our defense is not only strong, it is awesome, and it is respected elsewhere." 2. Ronald W. Reagan: "I am not frightened by what lies ahead, and I don't believe the American people are frightened by what lies ahead." 3. George W. Bush: "...doin' a better job of of talkin' to each other. The left hand now knows what the right hand is doing." (The President uses the wrong hands to demonstrate.)

  362. 12/15/08 [3034]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Dwight D. Eisenhower: "Our defense is not only strong, it is awesome, and it is respected elsewhere." 2. Jimmy Carter: "The erosion of our confidence in the future is threatening to destroy the social and the political fabric of America." 3. George W. Bush: "If you don't have any questions, I can tell you a lot of interesting stories. OK, I'll tell you a story. I was in Bucharest, Romania..."

  363. 12/16/08 [3035]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Lyndon B. Johnson: "I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as your President." 2. Harry S Truman: "The free nations have now made it clear that lawless aggression will be met with force." 3. George W. Bush: "They want us to leave. That's what they want us to do. And I think the world would be better off if we did leave. If we didn't... if if if. If we left, the world would be worse." (Once again, since airborne shoes are the topic of the week, we have FX shoes flying during the Presidents' remarks.)

  364. 12/17/08 [3036]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Bill Clinton: "There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America." 2. Dwight D. Eisenhower: "We must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex." 3. George W. Bush: "It's just a, uh, I, I can't answer your question beyond, uh, beyond that, that, you know, people just need to be... uh..." (Once again, since airborne shoes are the topic of the week, we have FX shoes flying during the Presidents' remarks.)

  365. 12/18/08 [3037]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Jimmy Carter: "The erosion of our confidence in the future is threatening to destroy the social and the political fabric of America." 2. Johnny Dark as Abraham Lincoln: "Fourscore and seven years ago..." (Johnny ducks airborne shoes.) 3. George W. Bush: "...concluded agreements with Poland and Czech Republic, to establish missile defense sites on their territories to help protect against ballissile missile attacks from the Middle East..."

  366. 12/19/08 [3038]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Dwight D. Eisenhower: "Our defense is not only strong, it is awesome, and it is respected elsewhere." 2. Jimmy Carter: "The erosion of our confidence in the future is threatening to destroy the social and the political fabric of America." 3. George W. Bush: "Our panelists are about to fall out, wondering. Alright... The old guy said, 'You're just not a potted plant.' "

  367. 12/22/08 [3039]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Lyndon B. Johnson: "I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as your President." 2. Harry S Truman: "The free nations have now made it clear that lawless aggression will be met with force." 3. George W. Bush: "...In places like Iraq's Anbar Province, people have seen what life under the Taliban looks like, and they decided they want no part of it. Actually, it was life under al Qaeda looks like." (As usual of late, each President's remarks are spiced up with airborne shoes.)

  368. 12/23/08 [3040]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Bill Clinton: "There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America." 2. Johnny Dark as Abraham Lincoln: "Fourscore and seven years ago..." (cut short by a flying shoe) 3. George W. Bush: The President, accompanied by Laura, is dancing along and playing a drum with some sort of native performance, who knows where.

  369. 12/26/08 [3041]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Lyndon B. Johnson: "I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as your President." 2. Harry S Truman: "The free nations have now made it clear that lawless aggression will be met with force." 3. George W. Bush: "Are you having burritos for lunch?" (all enhanced with FX flying shoes)

  370. 1/05/09 [3042]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Jimmy Carter: "The erosion of our confidence in the future is threatening to destroy the social and the political fabric of America." 2. Johnny Dark as Abraham Lincoln: "Fourscore and seven years ago..." 3. George W. Bush: "I appreciate... uh, the..." (all enhanced with FX flying shoes)

  371. 1/06/09 [3043]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Lyndon B. Johnson: "I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as your President." 2. Harry S Truman: "The free nations have now made it clear that lawless aggression will be met with force." 3. George W. Bush: "Um, first I recognize... (unintelligible... I'll have to swipe this one from Mike McIntee.) (all with flying shoe FX)

  372. 1/07/09 [3044]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Jimmy Carter: "The erosion of our confidence in the future is threatening to destroy the social and the political fabric of America." 2. Johnny Dark as Abraham Lincoln: "Fourscore and seven years ago..." 3. George W. Bush: "Uh, you'll be able to, uh, uh, you'll be able to see a technology, uh, a, a technology that will be, enable you to, uh, converse, converse with somebody on long distance, and it will seem like the person is right there in the room with you." (all with FX flying shoes)

  373. 1/08/09 [3045]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Harry S Truman: "The free nations have now made it clear that lawless aggression will be met with force." 2. Johnny Dark as Abraham Lincoln: "Fourscore and seven years ago..." 3. George W. Bush: "At one point in our history, we had too many Jewish people and too many Italians. We have to remember that." (all with FX flying shoes)

  374. 1/09/09 [3046]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Jimmy Carter: "The erosion of our confidence in the future is threatening to destroy the social and the political fabric of America." 2. Johnny Dark as Abraham Lincoln: "Fourscore and seven years ago..." 3. George W. Bush: "You don't like what we tell you to believe in... we'll kill you." (all with FX flying shoes)

  375. 1/12/09 [3047]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. John F. Kennedy: "There are some who say that Communism is the wave of the future. Let them come to Berlin." 2. Ronald Reagan: "Communism is another sad, bizarre chapter in human history, whose last, last pages even now are being written." 3. George W. Bush: "Ten years ago there were four, and today there are... yeah... a lot."

  376. 1/13/09 [3048]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Jimmy Carter: "The erosion of our confidence in the future is threatening to destroy the social and the political fabric of America." 2. Harry S Truman: "The free nations have learned the fateful lesson of the 1930s. That lesson is that aggression must be met firmly." 3. George W. Bush: "The best way to defeat this enemy in the long run is to deny them the recruiting tools that are and, and recruitaments made, made possible by resentment."

  377. 1/14/09 [3049]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Jimmy Carter: "The erosion of our confidence in the future is threatening to destroy the social and the political fabric of America." 2. Ronald Reagan: "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall." 3. George W. Bush: "Thanks for coming. Be seated. Thanks for coming. Welcome to the White House. Thanks for coming..."

  378. 1/15/09 [3050]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Harry S Truman: "The free nations have now made it clear that lawless aggression will be met with force." 2. Johnny Dark as Abraham Lincoln: "Fourscore and seven years ago..." 3. George W. Bush: "It's the first time we've been back to Texas since our trip to Africa, and you may recall we went to a park in Botswana."

  379. 1/16/09 [3051]: It's the final "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" (or so it was billed at the time). / 1. John F. Kennedy: "And therefore, as a free man, I take pride in the words Ich bin ein Berliner." 2. Ronald Reagan: "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall." 3. George W. Bush: "The issue of immigration stirs intense emotions. And in recent weeks, Americans have seen these emotions on display. On the streets of major cities..." (That's the end of it. Apparently the President was doing a sound check.)

  380. 1/26/09 [3052]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." 3. Barack Obama: "If we take action, we can create new industries and revive old ones. We can open new factories, and empower new farms. We can lower costs, and revive our economy. We can do that, and we must do that."

  381. 1/28/09 [3054]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." 3. Barack Obama: "...that there be a stable Iran. Iran that is capable of rejecting Iranian influence. I mean Iraq." (George W. Bush's lips superimposed over Barack Obama's)
1/16/09 [3051]: Segment Finale Tribute for "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches":
  1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself."
  2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country."
  3. George W. Bush: "Let me just remind you where we have been through. What we have been through.
  4. George W. Bush: "My dad, like many of your rel... uh, uh, folk... who've got relatives here... many of you whose relatives who did the same thing who are... You're here... their relatives probably aren't..."
  5. George W. Bush: "And, uh, it is a, uh, I think it's a, I think it is, it's uh, it's uh, these..."
  6. George W. Bush: "That there be a stable Iran. Iran that is capable of rejecting Iranian influence... I mean Iraq."
  7. George W. Bush: "Our people have done a really good job of hauling in a lot of the key operators: Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, Abu Zubaydah, Ramzi bin al-Shibh or whatever the guy's name was..."
  8. George W. Bush: "Thanks for coming. Be seated. Thanks for coming. Welcome to the White House. Thanks for coming..."
  9. George W. Bush: "If it feels good, do it. If you've got a problem, blame somebody else."
  10. George W. Bush: "...you may recall we went to a park in Botswana."
  11. George W. Bush: "Panama City... Panama"
  12. George W. Bush: "What you probably want to know is the three words I'm not gonna tell you." (The President raises his right hand and counts with his fingers to five, while saying, "I'm _ not _ going _ to_ tell _ you. That's five words." (Cue buzzer sound.)
  13. George W. Bush: "Uh, you'll be able to, uh, uh, you'll be able to see a technology, uh, a, a technology that will be, enable you to, uh, converse, converse with somebody on long distance, and it will seem like the person is right there in the room with you."
  14. George W. Bush: "Yeah... uh... I think... Tide turning... See... As I remember it... I was raised in the desert... But tides kinda turn... It's easy to see a tide turn. Did I say those words?"
  15. George W. Bush: "Let me. Let me. Let me. Let me."
  16. George W. Bush: "You you you you you you you you're weak."
  17. George W. Bush: "Doin' a better job of talkin' to one another. The left hand now knows what the right hand is doin'. (uses the wrong hands to demonstrate the idea)
  18. George W. Bush: The President, accompanied by Laura, is dancing along and playing a drum with some sort of native performance, who knows where.
  19. George W. Bush: Entering Marine One, the President bumps his head.
  20. George W. Bush: dribbles a basketball and loses it.
  21. George W. Bush: drops a Scottie dog.
  22. George W. Bush: drops something.
  23. George W. Bush: drops something.
  24. George W. Bush: can't get through doors on a foreign visit.
  25. George W. Bush: dodges an Iraqi's shoes.
  26. George W. Bush: "On the streets of major cities..." (stops and looks around... sound check)
  27. George W. Bush: young boy yawning and stretching behind the President
  28. George W. Bush: spits out gum on the White House lawn before entering Marine One.
  29. 1/26/09 [3052]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." 3. Barack Obama: "If we take action, we can create new industries and revive old ones. We can open new factories, and empower new farms. We can lower costs, and revive our economy. We can do that, and we must do that."   (OK... the show decided to sneak in a couple more!)
  30. 1/28/09 [3054]: "Great Moments in Presidential Speeches" / 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt: "...that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself." 2. John F. Kennedy: "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." 3. Barack Obama: "...that there be a stable Iran. Iran that is capable of rejecting Iranian influence. I mean Iraq." (George W. Bush's lips superimposed over Barack Obama's)   (This is really the last one... maybe.)


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VIDEOS



  • Final Episode  Jan. 16, 2009  11 MB

  • Teaser for the Final Episode  Jan. 14, 2009  4 MB

  • Tom Ruprecht on MSNBC with stories of "GMPS"  Jan. 16, 2009  56 MB

  • Tribute to the Long-Running Segment  Jan. 14, 2009  24 MB