The unscripted remarks of GOP presidential nominee George W. Bush are plagued by malapropism, mixed metaphor and grammatical butchery. But most people's offhand speech is sloppy, so despite the efforts of critics and foes to make much of these Bushisms, they seem to roll off the voters. When he said, "We ought to make the pie higher" (Feb. 15, South Carolina Republican debate) or, two days later, of then-opponent John McCain, "He can't take the high horse and then claim the low road," they still got the gist of it.
Of course, Al Gore has had his own slips to live down, including his claim that there was "no controlling legal authority" prohibiting his fund-raising phone calls from the White House.
