OUTLOUD ... You can't make this stuff up [USNWR]

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Out Loud from Washington Whispers

"I think—tide turning—see, as I remember, I was raised in the desert, but tides kind of, it's easy to see a tide turn—did I say those words?"
President Bush, asked if the tide was turning in Iraq

"We've got a raid going on right now, and I can't do anything for another 90 minutes. Can I call you then or is it too late?"
Marine Maj. Mike McNamara, in Fallujah, Iraq, to a reporter, on his election to the Grand Forks, N.D., City Council

"If we're going to have a state zoo, let's not have a sucky one."
Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, on plans for the Minnesota Zoo

"Basically MRE stood for Meals Rejected by Everybody or Meals Rejected by Ethiopians."
Gerald Darsch, director of the Pentagon's Combat Feeding Directorate, on battlefield rations called meals ready to eat

Sources: White House, Grand Forks Herald, Eden Prairie News, New York Times