“I view it as a wake-up call,” Bush told reporters during a visit to the Santa Monica mountains, adding that the blackout was “an indication we need to modernize the electricity grid.”
-President Bush, August 15, 2003

“Our nation has been put on notice: We are not immune from attack. We will take defensive measures against terrorism to protect Americans.”
- President Bush, September 20th, 2001

“The recession — no question, I remember when I was campaigning, I said, would you ever deficit spend? And I said, yes, only if there were a time of war, or recession, or a national emergency. Never thought we’d get — (laughter and applause.) And so we have a temporary deficit in our budget, because we are at war, we’re recovering, our economy is recovering, and we’ve had a national emergency. Never did I dream we’d have the trifecta.”
- President Bush, April 16, 2002

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Economy Bottoms Out Under Weight of Massive Deficit
November 14, 2003 - … “This was a shocker,” said the President. “No one could have foreseen that fiscal irresponsibility would lead to an economic crisis, but we’re going to respond forcefully.” Bush went on to say that the economy might be helped by a new round of tax cuts…

U.S. Getting Less Support From Key Allies, Hampering War on Terror
January 4, 2004 - … President Bush was caught off guard by the sudden lessening of strategic assistance, but he vowed to react strongly. “Obviously, this was a little unexpected. Who could have predicted that France, Germany, and all those other guys would start acting like this? But now we’ll work to fix things…”

“Star Wars” Test Destroys Butterfield, Iowa
March 24, 2004 - …the President authorized the test on Thursday, despite some warnings that firing a missile straight up into the air might have some unexpected consequences. “Clearly, there wasn’t any kind of intelligence failure here,” he said. “Never did I dream that an object that was fired into the air would eventually turn around and come back down. But now we know, and we’re working to resolve the problem.”

Covert Military Strike Goes Awry
April 6, 2004 - …the raid on the suspected hiding place of Saddam Hussein was ordered by the President at 4:30 AM, Baghdad time. Special Forces advanced under cover of night but were detected when the sun unexpectedly came up. “Wow - that was a shocker,” said the President. Who could’ve seen that coming? Just bad luck, I guess. We’ll look into it…”