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Quote of the Day: Laura Bush

—By Kevin Drum

| Fri Apr. 30, 2010 10:29 AM PDT

From Laura Bush, in an interview with Ladies Home Journal:

George loves to tell the story of how all his Midland friends would come to the Oval Office and say, "I can't believe I'm here." And then they looked at him. Couldn't believe he was there either.

I think I understand how they felt.

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