Jun 03
…as Bush sought to sooth the nervous partisan folk who gathered in the field gazing upon the strange silvery metallic contraption, cries of, “that thing’ll steel are jobs” could be heard, he calmly explained that they should not rage against the machine, in terms only they could understand:
“And so the fact that they purchased the machine meant somebody had to make the machine. And when somebody makes a machine, it means there’s jobs at the machine-making place.”
– President Bush, at Silverado Cable Co. in Mesa, Ariz., on May 27.
As time went by they began to love the device they affectionately called “The Diebold”.
McClellan Recounts Administration’s Missed Chances After ‘04 Election - washingtonpost.com

