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I'm sorry but there might be a misquote.
I was able to find an atricle.

http://www.independent-media.tv/item.cfm?fmedia_id=11803&fcategory_desc=Under%20Reported

"George W. Bush once joked before a Gridiron crowd, "you can fool some of the people all of the time, and those are the ones I have to concentrate on." That offhand joke accurately describes how Bush gains support for his Iraq policy.


http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/briefings/20010326.html


For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
March 26, 2001

Press Briefing by Ari Fleischer Aboard Air Force One En Route Kansas City, Missouri

(Blogger's note:
President Speaks to Employees of Bajan Industries in Kansas City, http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2001/03/20010326-6.html )

10:20 A.M. EST

MR. FLEISCHER: If I told you the President began his day with an intelligence briefing, would you laugh?
Q He went to the Gridiron.
MR. FLEISCHER: No sense of humor in the nation's press corps this morning. The President began his day with an intelligence briefing.
Q You can fool some of the people all the time -- concentrate on this.
MR. FLEISCHER: That's why I'm here.
Q We're not some of the people you can -- (laughter.)