Bush, George W.

Translated into English, the French portion of an American product label reads: 'We are sorry that our president is an idiot. We did not vote for him.'

Email euphemistically summarizes the life and times of 'Chadsworth Gore,' supposedly the great-great uncle of President G.W. Bush and a horse thief and train robber to boot.

Forwarded email describes a personal encounter with President G.W. Bush at St. John's Church, Washington, D.C.  True story!

According to a viral "news story," former President George W. Bush mistakenly cast his vote for Barack Obama in the 2012 election.

In which we attempt to draw a distinction between presidential folklore and boldfaced lies.

According to this forwarded email, President G.W. Bush was recently (dis)honored by tribal elders at a Native American gathering with the Indian name "Walking Eagle."

According to this forwarded email, President G.W. Bush declared his favorite Bible verse to be John 16:3 ("And they will do this because they have not known the Father nor Me").

Authentic photo circulating via email shows President G.W. Bush hugging 15-year-old Ashley Faulkner, the daughter of 9/11 terrorism victim Wendy Faulkner.

You'd think Americans would have grown weary of "Bush is an idiot" jokes by now, but the popularity of this forwarded email suggests otherwise.

TRUE: Mysterious billboard sighted off Highway I-35 near Wyoming, Minnesota features a picture of George W. Bush with the slogan "Miss Me Yet?"

"I [G.W. Bush] am writing you in absolute confidence primarily to seek your assistance in acquiring oil funds that are presently trapped in the republic of Iraq...."

According to this email rumor, President Bush paid for the funeral of 6-year-old Sam Kettler, who drowned in a water tank a few miles from the president's ranch in Crawford, Texas in March 2004.

Attributed to G.W. Bush: "As people do better, they start voting like Republicans, unless they have too much education. Then they vote Democratic, which proves that there can be too much of a good thing. After all, it is easier to govern sheep because they don't have to think."

Did President Bush really say in a speech to a right-to-life group that "all human beings begin life as a feces"?

TRUE. Emailed photo shows President Bush running beside U.S. Army Sgt. Mike McNaughton, who lost his leg in a land mine explosion in Afghanistan.

Circulating via email, a photo of George W. Bush and Laura Bush visiting a victim of the Ft. Hood shootings. Accompanying text says the visit was impromptu and the White House asked the Bushes to leave.

Email flier purports to demonstrate that there were more U.S. military casualties under the Bill Clinton administration than there have been during the Iraq War under George W. Bush.

Forwarded email compares the alleged cost of Barack Obama's 2009 inauguration to that of G.W. Bush's second inaugural festivities in 2005 and the disparate media reactions to same.

During a state visit to England, President G.W. Bush goes on a fateful coach ride to Buckingham Palace with the Queen of England and a farting horse.

Email flier compares the eco-friendliness of Al Gore's Nashville, Tennessee mansion to that of President George W. Bush's ranch in Crawford, Texas.