But he tried to kill my daddy!

President Bush became infamous for saying these words to a camera. There appear to be many references on the Internet to the time when Bush said a very similar thing (without the word 'but') around September 2002, roughly a year AFTER the attacks of 9/11/01. But there seem to be NO references or videotapes of an incident that I happened to personally see MORE THAN A YEAR EARLIER, and BEFORE the attacks of 9/11. Until recently (2007) I was starting to wonder if I (and two friends, who also saw it) had somehow imagined the whole thing, because it seems so obvious that such a statement BEFORE 9/11 seems to imply that Bush clearly had a "personal grudge" and therefore a "personal motivation" for WANTING to attack Iraq, as though he already was then simply HOPING for some excuse for invading Iraq! And then 9/11 became a convenient reason for doing so, even though it was clear from the start that Iraq had absolutely nothing to do with the 9/11 attacks.

In fact, that PRIOR televised statement of Bush seems to show really strong motivation to lie to the American public regarding many things, such as first claiming that Iraq was involved in 9/11 (not true); that Iraq and Saddam were dear friends with Usama bin Laden (not true, especially since it was well known that BOTH had already tried to murder the other!); fictitious evidence that Iraq had WMDs and also an active program to develop nuclear weapons (all proven not true, even after destroying the career of Colin Powell); the claim that Saddam tried to buy Uranium from the country of Niger (proven not true); and MANY other examples, even continuing more recently, where the US government had Press Conferences in 2006 where they bragged about finding IEDs that were manufactured by Iran for use in Iraq to kill American troops (which was quickly removed from the air after people noticed the really obvious error where the manufacturing dates on the devices was written in the American sequence [month, day, year] rather than in the sequence that most of the world, including Iran, uses [day, month, year] which absolutely proved that the US government had FAKED those devices to try to blame Iran! This very last seems to be an example of the incident that I suspect may have happened in my central premise here, where all evidence of some actual events seems to have vanished from all available sources!


George W. Bush became President in January 2001. I am NOT a political person (just a scientist) so I rarely have political opinions about anyone or any Party, except regarding when things are done horribly wrong by someone or some group. I didn't think he seemed especially smart but otherwise I had no opinion of Bush, good or bad. But then during June of 2001 I was visiting with a couple friends while a TV was on. There was a TV interview of George W Bush, in itself a rather rare incident. In THAT conversation with some reporter on a National Network, we all heard Bush say regarding Saddam "He tried to kill my daddy!" I immediately said "My God! We are going to attack Iraq!" And then all three of us laughed about a President referring to his "daddy" as really a strange thing to say in that way.

Notice that this was THREE MONTHS BEFORE the 9/11 attacks. Within a few days of 9/11, Cheney and Bush were already referring to invading Iraq, and reporters would ask, "Did Iraq even have anything to do with the 9/11 attacks?" Of course, they didn't.

OK. None of this should seem strange, right?

EXCEPT for the fact that news reports of more than a year later (around September 2002) are the first ones that seem to be findable on the Internet, which refer to a slightly different wording of the "daddy" comment. Bush apparently said that statement (again) WELL AFTER the 9/11 attacks.

SO! Did my friends and I see some event that never actually happened in June of 2001? It seems inconceivable that the Internet would not have both a transcript and the actual Network video of something as rare as a televised News Interview of President Bush. I don't see how it could have gotten DELETED from all records! I could easily imagine that the Bush people would have wanted to delete it, but I cannot imagine any of the News Networks agreeing to do that.

It seems fairly certain that the interview was aired on either ABC News, NBC News, CBS News or FOX, as I don't think I watched any other networks at the time. (I later added the BBC News to my interest.) (I admit that someone else might have turned on that TV and it may have been some other network.)

Now, I KNOW that interview occurred, and so do my friends! But IF that interview occurred, how could it be possible that no one else seems to be aware of it? There couldn't have been ten Presidential Interviews in all of 2001! But, IF such an interview had not really ever happened, how could the three of us have discussed it? And how could I/we have already known when the comment was repeated late in 2002?

Maybe this is not a world-shaking problem! However, IF that interview actually took place, the implications are incredible. The fact that comment was made BEFORE 9/11 really made extremely clear to me that Bush really was hoping for some excuse to invade Iraq, and 9/11 then just happened to provide it. However, if my memory was totally wrong (which for a research Nuclear Physicist would be rather unusual!), and the findable references were correct, then Bush (in late 2002) seemed to just be adding to an existing (alleged) WMD issue with his personal feelings a year afterward. That is incredibly different!

So, if there is anyone who can figure out how to find any record of a rather rare Presidential Interview in June 2001 on a major Network, I feel that I can guarantee that that interview contains the exact sentence, rather casually said: "He tried to kill my daddy." I also remember that the reporter had a very surprised expression, while Bush had essentially none, except that strange smile he usually has. It was terrifying to watch, somewhat resembling the interviews with caught mass murderers who seem to have a very strange expression on their faces.

I would really appreciate if anyone can confirm this either way! If it can be confirmed that Bush gave NO individual interviews in June 2001, I guess I would have to accept it. Except I and others SAW it!


(Oct 2007). A wonderful person in Ireland apparently saw the same televised interview, and he did extensive research in actually identifying it! It HAPPENED! It occurred on the afternoon of June 14, 2001, during a mutual Press Conference of Mr. Bush and the Prime Minister of Sweden, Goran Persson. The Press Conference was about a number of subjects, including the Kyoto Protocol (which Bush would not agree to.) When the Press Conference was done, Mr. Bush thought that the cameras had been turned off, and he made that amazing comment regarding Saddam Hussein: "But he tried to kill my daddy" to Mr. Persson, which went out on live TV (which is what I saw a recording of).

As a scientist, this now brings up all sorts of NEW issues! First, the Official White House Transcript of that day does NOT contain that statement by the President! (Isn't an Official Transcript supposed to include ALL events that happened? Most even refer to coughs, sneezes and pauses!) Second, clearly, such an amazing, and strange, statement by the President of the United States, was certainly immediately shared with countless television Networks around the world, and so they should NOW all have copies of it in their Archives. However, it appears that there is NO videotape copy now in existence! Or even any REFERENCE to the event even having happened! How is that possible? I cannot even discover what Network's camera was still rolling when Mr. Bush made that comment! There are virtually NO records or references to that comment anywhere! A search on the Internet certainly has references to nearly the same comment made late in 2002, but the implications of him having said it BEFORE 9/11 seem to suggest the possibility that Bush was even then already looking for some excuse to attack Saddam, and that 9/11 was simply seen by Bush and his administration as the perfect excuse for invading Iraq. Even though Iraq had absolutely nothing to do with the events of 9/11, Bush and his group insisted that it was URGENT that they attack Iraq! Now it makes more sense WHY!

EIN News might have been responsible for the cameras that day, as they seem to have kept daily coverage of Mr. Persson, but I have been unable to find if they have any Archives of videotapes.

This is all VERY weird, especially since it has now been confirmed that we DID see the President make that strange comment THREE MONTHS BEFORE the 9/11 attacks!

Now, I want even more to actually see some Transcript of that portion of that meeting, and also actually see the videotape. As I noted above, the expression on Mr. Bush's face was incredibly chilling, as THAT was the reason I realized at that moment that he intended to attack Iraq.


This presentation was first placed on the Internet in 2004 (in my presentation of Deja vu phenomena) and then separately in this presentation in October 2007.

A second peculiar subject regarding President Bush, regarding some very scary aspects of the 2004 election process (and electronic machines) is presented at:

And the Deja vu presentation is at:
A new theory regarding the Deja Vu phenomenon



Link to the Index of these Public Service Pages

( http://mb-soft.com/public/index.html )



E-mail to: Public1@mb-soft.com

C Johnson, Physicist, Physics Degree from Univ of Chicago