George Bush actually said...

"I challenged the Congress to 'pass a truly clean reconciliation bill that produces real deficit reduction -- without new taxes, without spending measures that increase the deficit in the future, and w..."

"I said that 'any such reconciliation bill should achieve at least the $14 billion in reconciled deficit reduction agreed to in the Bipartisan Budget Agreement.'"

"Let us also rededicate ourselves to sharing the love that gives greater meaning and joy to Christmas and to every moment of life."

"Just as one cruse of oil was able to lift the darkness for eight nights, so, too, can one act of kindness brighten the lives of others."