Recent references to Donald Trump\u2019s bizarre ramblings in interview transcripts (Trump\u2019s NYT transcript: Read it, and weep for our country<\/a>) make one yearn for a kinder, gentler time.<\/p>\n

In 2001, Richard Thompson, a cartoonist for the Washington Post, published \u201cMake the Pie Higher.\u201d It is a wonderful mashup of actual quotes from George W. Bush.<\/p>\n

Read and let your mind drift away from Mr. Trump.<\/p>\n

Make the Pie Higher<\/strong><\/p>\n

I think we all agree, the past is over.
\nThis is still a dangerous world.
\nIt’s a world of madmen
\nAnd uncertainty
\nAnd potential mental losses.<\/p>\n

Rarely is the question asked
\nIs our children learning?
\nWill the highways of the internet
\nBecome more few?
\nHow many hands have I shaked?<\/p>\n

They misunderestimate me.
\nI am a pitbull on the pantleg of opportunity.
\nI know that the human being and the fish
\nCan coexist.<\/p>\n

Families is where our nation finds hope
\nWhere our wings take dream.
\nPut food on your family!
\nKnock down the tollbooth!
\nVulcanize society!
\nMake the pie higher!
\nMake the pie higher!<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 — George W. Bush (true quotes, as organized by Richard Thompson)<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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