The Nattering Nabob

Kerry just attacked Bush for saying "900,000 small business owners" and pointed out that Bush's definition of "Small Business Owners" included Bush himself, because Bush has $84.00 in a timber company. Bush's response was to turn into a jester: "I own a timber company? How come nobody told me?" Then, after a long pause: "Need some WOOD?" (I'm not kidding, he actually said that.)

From factcheck.org:

"President Bush himself would have qualified as a "small business owner" under the Republican definition, based on his 2001 federal income tax returns. He reported $84 of business income from his part ownership of a timber-growing enterprise. However, 99.99% of Bush's total income came from other sources that year. (Bush also qualified as a "small business owner" in 2000 based on $314 of "business income," but not in 2002 and 2003 when he reported his timber income as "royalties" on a different tax schedule.) "

Bush should be ripped to pieces over this one.