Bush and the bulletin

I so can't believe I found this one!

Remember George Bush? Not Dumbya, but his daddy Mad Dog.

Remember how great it was when he utterly lostimated in '92?

Everyone always says I'm just making it up when I talk about how Bush drew squares in the air when he described square objects.

Bush once claimed at a campaign stop in Ohio that he was an Ohioan because his father was born in the Buckeye State. When Bush mentioned Ohio, he drew a square in the air with his hands, to represent an outline of the state. (He apparently confused it with New Mexico on a map.)

In a 1992 televised debate against Bill Clinton and Ross Perot, the Leader of the Free (?) World used the same technique to describe a church bulletin, as he fumbled through an attempt to answer an audience member's question.

Everyone denies this. But once again, YouTube has saved the day. Fast forward to 1:38:



Funny thing is, I wasn't even looking for this gesture! I was looking for debates in general and just stumbled upon this out of sheer luck!

For his part, Clinton at least gave a coherent, fact-based answer to the questioner - prompting Bush to emit a stupid grin, which you can find at 3:47.