I have to admit, when he has to read a well-written speech, Bush isn’t half-bad on the stump. It’s when he has to speak off-the-cuff when he runs into trouble.
From a speech the president delivered earlier this week:
“The march to war affected the people’s confidence. It’s hard to make investment. See, if you’re a small business owner or a large business owner and you’re thinking about investing, you’ve got to be optimistic when you invest. Except when you’re marching to war, it’s not a very optimistic thought, is it? In other words, it’s the opposite of optimistic when you’re thinking you’re going to war.”
That clears everything up, right?