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George H. W. Bush

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My dog Millie knows more about foreign affairs than these two bozos.
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Quoted in Barry Hillenbrand (30 October 2000), "Global Warnings", Time; attributed as a 1992 remark about Bill Clinton and Al Gore

 
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