WASHINGTON (CAP) - Still smarting from the Katrina debacle, Bush administration officials have been fanning out over the past few days to offer assurance to Americans concerned about the possible find of mad cow disease in the United States. CAP News has pulled together some of their statements regarding this issue:
"Mad what?" - President Bush, Sunday as he arrived at church
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"Anyone claiming that the meat supply in this country is bad is aiding and abetting the enemy. I'm eating pot roast tonight. You think terrorists eat pot roast, Tim? Fuck no." - Vice President Cheney, Sunday on Meet The Press
"Screw the cow - I need to see a man about a horse." - President Bush, Sunday following a lengthy brunch
"I think mad is a very confrontational word, Bob. We prefer to think of them as just 'kind of angry' cows." - Scott McClellan, Monday's press gaggle
"Do you eat the steak you want? No, you eat the steak you have." - Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, Monday at a defense briefing
"Who the hell cares?" - Department of the Interior Secretary Gale Norton, caught cleaning out her desk on Monday
"I mean, heh heh, I don't think anyone could have seen this coming." - President Bush, Monday
"And when I say 'seen this coming,' I just meant that this is a viralism, very tiny. Can you see viralisms? No more questions, God bless America." - President Bush, Monday, five minutes and an animated discussion with three cabinet members later
"We're seriously looking at Iran." - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Monday morning
"We're seriously looking at North Korea." - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Monday afternoon
"We're seriously looking at... (note: at this point in time, her spring ran down and aides spent several minutes winding up a large key on her back before she was able to continue) ...Syria." - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Monday evening
"Johannsie, you're doing a heck of a job." - President Bush, Tuesday as he posed with Department of Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns in front of a pile of pig manure in rural Maryland
"I just want to assure this committee that all meat is taste-tested at our Guantanamo facility before it enters the US food supply." - Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, Tuesday, testifying before Congress
"If it is mad, we'll just send Dick hunting with it, heh heh." - President Bush, Tuesday as he posed with a chicken at Camp David
"I have seen this 'mad cow' video in question, and I don't think it's mad. A little klutzy, maybe. It could just be dancing, even." - Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, Tuesday from the Senate floor
"Mad what?" - President Bush, Tuesday night as he left the Oval Office for night-nights
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