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"We’ve never been stay the course"
The reason people like George Bush so much is because he is consistent and honest. He'll never go changing his story or lying to us like those icky Clinton people.

12/15/03

BUSH: We will stay the course until the job is done, Steve. And the temptation is to try to get the President or somebody to put a timetable on the definition of getting the job done. We’re just going to stay the course.

4/5/04

BUSH: And so we’ve got tough action in Iraq. But we will stay the course.

4/13/04

BUSH: And my message today to those in Iraq is: We’ll stay the course.

4/16/04

BUSH: And that’s why we’re going to stay the course in Iraq. And that’s why when we say something in Iraq, we’re going to do it.

8/4/05

BUSH: We will stay the course, we will complete the job in Iraq.

8/30/06

BUSH: We will stay the course.

Today

STEPHANOPOULOS: James Baker says that he’s looking for something between “cut and run” and “stay the course.”

BUSH: Well, hey, listen, we’ve never been “stay the course,” George. We have been — we will complete the mission, we will do our job, and help achieve the goal, but we’re constantly adjusting to tactics. Constantly.

Think Progress has the sources for all of the quotes.