Just read some of the sample pages from the The Presidential (Mis)Speak 2004 Desk Calendar. My gut hurts. The eleventh sample page:

"My trip to Asia begins here in Japan for an important reason. It begins here because for a century-and-a-half now, America and Japan have formed one of the great and enduring alliances of modern times. From that alliance has come an era of peace in the Pacific."

George W. Bush
February 18, 2002
A century-and-a-half of peace, interrupted by World War II. Speaking in Tokyo.