In January 2000, George W. Bush made a campaign stop at the Chamber of Commerce in Greater Nashua, New Hampshire. Bush sympathized with the toll which the recession was taking on American workers:

"I know how hard it is," Bush declared, "for you to put food on your family."

[Among the long list of classic Bushisms? "Will the highways on the Internet become more few?," "Education is my top priority -- however, education is not my top priority" and "

[America must] keep good relations with the Grecians."]