The evolving job of GW Bush.

[Marr]

I noticed Bush tends to describe his "job" quite a bit, and I thought it might be fun to collect as many examples of this habit as I could find. He seems to have reconsidered his responsibilities and authority over time.
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"My job is to get good thinkers and get the best out of them."
August 2, 2000

"My job is to make sure no one forgets (that taxes are taken from peoples' earnings). We must be good stewards of your tax dollars."
February 17, 2001

"My job is to set priorities, focus on the priorities, and bring some fiscal sanity to Washington."
April 27, 2001

"It's my job to hold the line on spending the people's money."
August 16, 2002

"My job is to protect the American people."
March, 2003

"My job is to secure the homeland."
January 22, 2004

"See, his job is to ask questions, he thinks my job is to answer every question he asks."
January 22, 2004 (About a reporter)

"My job is to, like, think beyond the immediate."
April 21, 2004

"My job is to try to distill things down so that average people can understand it."
May 28, 2004

"I trust God speaks through me. Without that, I couldn't do my job."
July 9, 2004

"My job as President is to protect America"
September 30, 2004

"In my line of work you got to keep repeating things over and over and over again for the truth to sink in, to kind of catapult the propaganda."
May 24, 2005

"My job isn't to try to nuance. I think moral clarity is important... this is evil versus good."

"It's my job to continue to try to reassure them that we are winning and the stakes are worth it."
Dec 12, 2005

"My job is to educate the American people about the threats we face."
January 23, 2006

"It's my job to make it clear about the connection between Iraq and the war on terror. It's my job to remind people that progress is being made in spite of the violence they see. It's my job to make it clear to the people the stakes."
March 20, 2006

"It's my job to make the tough decisions necessary to protect the American people."
April 18, 2006

"My job is to do — is to do two things, one, remind people about the war on terror, and remind them that we're doing everything we can to protect them, so that they're able to go about their lives." (The other thing was to fight "Islamic totalitarianism").
August 1, 2006

[rock]

1. Wow, it is hard work

[jackstraw45]

2. Some other great ones...

"No one is going to threaten the governor of the state of Texas.... My job is to enforce the laws of the state of Texas. That is my job and that is what I intend to do. We're not going to let people come into our state, commit capital murder and get away with it." Dec 1998

"My job is to pick judges who are qualified to sit on the bench and that would be my criteria." - 1999

"My job as the president, should I be fortunate enough to win, will be to elevate our spirit." - June 1999

"My job is not to pit one group against another. My job is not to hold anybody up for score. My job is to appeal to people from all parts of society, to call on all of us to do our part to help usher in the responsibility era." - June 1999

"My job is to uphold the laws of our land." - October 2000

"My job isn't to judge somebody's heart." - April 2000

"My job is to ask two questions, sir. Is the person guilty of the crime? And did the person have full access to the courts of law? And I can tell you looking at you right now, in all cases those answers were affirmative." - 2000

"My job is to remind people that I'm going to be everybody's president." - January 2001

"My job is to represent all America and make the decisions essential to the future of this country." - October 2004

"My job as your President is to look at the world the way it is." - Feb 2006

[BurtWorm]

3. "My job is to keep saying what my job is."

[jackstraw45]

4. And it's HARD WORK...nt

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