“A year ago my approval rating was in the 30s, my nominee for the Supreme Court had just withdrawn, and my vice president had shot someone. Ah, those were the good ol' days.”

—  George W. Bush

Radio and Television Correspondents' Association dinner, March 28, 2007
Bush delivers punch lines, Associated Press (via MSNBC.com), March 29, 2007, 2007-03-31 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17846185/,
2000s, 2007

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