A George W. Bush quote from October 27, 2003, recently unearthed by DubyaSpeak (with audio!):

It’s in the interest of — uhh — uhh, long-term peace in the world that we — uhh — work for a free and secure and peaceful Iraq. A peeance, freeance secure Iraq in the midst of the Middle East will have enormous historical impact.

Peeance? Freeance? What the…?

Sure, I often get my words garbled when I’m speaking, but I try to correct myself when I slip up this badly.

(If it weren’t for my horse, if it weren’t for my horse, if it weren’t for my horse…)

Oh, the irony. I rarely post quotes from AIM conversations, but this one was too good to pass up. I had been having some trouble accessing web sites, and wanted to see if one of my friends on campus was having the same problem. So I asked:

codeman38: is it just me, or is Mercer’s network being incredibly annoying right now?
*** You have been disconnected. Tue Jan 13 16:19:25 2004.

Guess that answers that particular question!

I know, I know, I’m way too easily amused…