Brendan Nyhan

Brendan’s Bushism of the day

Many of the so-called “Bushisms” on Slate are misleading, but this quote from the AP is real and actually made me laugh:

I want those who are questioning it to step up and explain why all of a sudden a Middle Eastern company is held to a different standard than a Great British company.

Update 2/21: The White House transcript puts it better:

I want those who are questioning it to step up and explain why all of a sudden a Middle Eastern company is held to a different standard than a Great British [sic] company.

Guess the administration isn’t altering transcripts today. (To my surprise, it turns out there are lots of “[sic]” annotations in White House transcripts.)