“Again, he violated the one-question rule right off the bat. Obviously, you didn't listen to the will of the people.”

— George W. Bush

News conference (4 November 2004) http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27833-2004Nov5.html
2000s, 2004

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