Too Much Daytime TV
This repeat offense features Dubya speculating how "the enemy" of Sept. 11 incorrectly viewed the U.S. as soft, perhaps due to watching too much daytime TV.

1. You know, when the enemy hit us, I was amazed to read that they really thought we were soft. They kind of didn't understand America very well. They might have been watching too much TV or something. (Jan. 14, 2002)
2. You know, the enemy when they hit us on 9/11, really didn't understand America. They thought we were soft. I guess they were watching too much TV. (Jan. 22, 2002)
3. You know, I was floored to think about the attitudes of the enemy when they thought we were soft. I couldn't figure out which TV show they had been watching. (Jan. 22, 2002)
4. The enemy hit us. As I like to kind of tease the enemy, they must have been watching too much daytime TV. They thought we were soft. They thought we were materialistic. They thought we wouldn't fight for what we believed. They thought we would cower in the face of terror. And my, my, are they wrong. (Jan. 30, 2002)
5. The evil ones thought that we were weak. They didn't understand us. As I say, they were probably watching too much daytime TV. (Jan. 30, 2002)
6. You know, I like to put it this way: The enemy must have been watching too much daytime TV. They thought we were weak. They thought we would roll over by one single attack. My, my, were they mistaken. The enemy thought that we were too materialistic, too self-absorbed, that we would tire and weary. (Jan. 31, 2002)
7. You know, I like to tell people that the enemy must have been watching too much daytime TV. They thought we were soft. They thought we would weaken. They thought we were so materialistic that we'd be unable to put something greater than ourselves as a priority. But my, oh, my, did they make a huge mistake. (Jan. 31, 2002)
8. The terrorists are beginning to realize they picked the wrong enemy. As I like to put it, they must have been watching too much daytime TV. They thought we were soft. They thought we would roll over. My, oh, my, they haven't got us figured out. (Feb. 4, 2002)
9. You know, the enemy hit us, and they said, oh, this great country is going to wilt. They're not great, they're weak. I like to needle them by saying, they must have been watching too much daytime TV. (Feb. 5, 2002)
10. The enemy, in attacking New York City, made a terrible mistake. They must not understand what America's character is like. I like to say they must have been watching too much daytime TV. They — they miscalculated. They thought we were soft. They thought we were so materialistic and selfish that we couldn't think beyond ourselves. (Feb. 6, 2002)
11. You know, I don't know what went through the enemy's mind when they attacked us. I think they thought we were soft. I like to needle them by saying they must have been watching too much daytime TV. They probably thought that, oh, we'll attack and we'll just kind of roll over, gnash our teeth a little bit, wring our hands, mourn for the dead, and forget. Boy, they really miscalculated. (Feb. 6, 2002)
12. You know, the enemy, when they hit America, didn't understand us. They didn't think we were a nation that could conceivably sacrifice for something greater than ourself, that we were soft, that we were so self-absorbed and so materialistic that we wouldn't defend anything we believed in. My, were they wrong. They missed — they just were reading the wrong magazine, or watching the wrong Springer show. (Mar. 12, 2002)