drawing laughs while dancing on 3,000 graves:
October 16, 2001
REMARKS BY OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET DIRECTOR MITCHELL E. DANIELS, JR. AT CONFERENCE BOARD ANNUAL MEETING
He had always listed, throughout his campaign and since, the reasons why the nation might depart from this policy, reasons he had given as acceptable for running fiscal deficits: for war, recession, or emergency. As he said to me in mid-September, "Lucky me. I hit the trifecta."
http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/pubpress/daniels_conference_board_speech10-16-01.htmlNovember 28, 2001
Mitch Daniels Delivers Remarks To The National Press Club
DANIELS: Have not set a target figure. The president had said, throughout his campaign and long before these events were visible to us, that he hoped to always operate in the black and, in fact, at levels beyond the Social Security surplus, but that there were three conditions under which a deficit would be acceptable. Those being war, recession or emergency. And as he said to me, shortly after the 11th, "Lucky me, I hit the trifecta."
http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/pubpress/2001-61.htmlFebruary 27, 2002
President's Remarks at GOP Luncheon
And we've got a job to do at home, as well. You know, I was campaigning in Chicago and somebody asked me, is there ever any time where the budget might have to go into deficit? I said only if we were at war or had a national emergency or were in recession. (Laughter.) Little did I realize we'd get the trifecta. (Laughter.) But we're fine.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/02/20020227-6.html"You know, I..I was campaigning in Chicago, and, somebody asked me wha...is there ever any time when the budget might have to go into deficit. I said, 'Only...if we were at war, or had a national emergency, or were in a recession.' <pause for smirky laughter> Little did I realize we'd get the trifecta."
March 1, 2002
President's Remarks at Iowa Republican Dinner
You know, I remember campaigning in Chicago and somebody said, would you ever spend a deficit? And I said, only if we're at war or we had a recession or there was a national emergency. Little did I realize we'd get the trifecta. (Laughter.)
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/03/20020301-6.htmlMarch 27, 2002
Remarks by the President at the Graham for Senate Luncheon - Greenville, SC
Now, we've got a lot to do. We've got a lot to do. There's a lot to do at home. As you know -- let me put it to you this way. I was campaigning in Chicago one time and a fellow said, would you ever allow for deficit spending, would that ever enter your vocabulary?
I said, well, under certain circumstances: only if we're at war or there was a national emergency or there was a recession. Little did I realize we'd draw the trifecta. (Laughter.)
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/03/20020327-5.htmlMarch 27, 2002
Remarks by the President at Saxby Chambliss for Senate Dinner - Atlanta, GA
I'll never forget one time in Chicago when a reporter said, would you ever deficit spend? And I said, well, only -- only if we were at war, only if there were a national emergency, or only if there is a recession. Never did I believe we'd get the trifecta. (Laughter.) But we're dealing with it.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/03/20020327-10.htmlMarch 29, 2002
President's Remarks at Victory 2002 Event
You know, when I was campaigning in Chicago, in the general election, somebody said, would you ever deficit spend? I said, well, only if we were at war, or there was a national emergency, or we were in a recession. Little did I realize we'd get the trifecta. (Laughter.)
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/03/20020328.htmlApril 3, 2002
Remarks by the President at Fisher for Governor Reception
I remember campaigning in Chicago one time, and the guy said, would you ever deficit spend? I said, well, only if we were at war, or the country was in recession, or there was a national emergency. (Laughter.) I didn't realize we were going to get the trifecta. (Laughter.)
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/04/20020403-1.htmlApril 16, 2002
President Calls on Congress to Show Fiscal Responsibility
The recession -- no question, I remember when I was campaigning, I said, would you ever deficit spend? And I said, yes, only if there were a time of war, or recession, or a national emergency. Never thought we'd get -- (laughter and applause.) And so we have a temporary deficit in our budget, because we are at war, we're recovering, our economy is recovering, and we've had a national emergency. Never did I dream we'd have the trifecta. (Laughter.)
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/04/20020416-8.htmlApril 29, 2002
Remarks by the President at Heather Wilson for Congress Luncheon
You know, when I was campaigning in Chicago one time, they said, would you ever have a deficit? I said, I hope not. I said, I think it's important for us to make -- to work hard to have a balanced budget. But I said, yes, I'd have a deficit if I were the President only if we were at war, or in a recession, or in times of emergency. I didn't think I was going to draw the trifecta. (Laughter.)
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/04/20020429-4.htmlMay 1, 2002
Remarks by the President at Simon for Governor Luncheon
I remember in Chicago they said to me, would you ever have deficit spending. I said, only if there was a war, or a national emergency, or a recession. Never did I realize we'd get the trifecta. (Laughter.)
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/05/20020501-2.htmlMay 10, 2002
Remarks by the President at Taft for Governor Luncheon
Obviously, we've got budget matters. You know, when I was running for President, in Chicago, somebody said, would you ever have deficit spending? I said, only if we were at war, or only if we had a recession, or only if we had a national emergency. Never did I dream we'd get the trifecta.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/05/20020510-3.html
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