It's the economy ...

My god.

Look, I think that it's far more likely that President Bush flubbed his lines (as we know he's prone to do). Do you really think he's forgotten about World War II? He said "century and a half" - maybe me meant "half a century"? It's not like he said "since 1850" or "for the last one hundred fifty years." Maybe it was edited because they were aware that Bush fucked it up and then wanted it to be factually correct?

There are some things that I won't make excuses for. "Youthful indiscretions" and the like. But the fact of the matter is, it's <b>well known</b> that Bush has a tendency to flub speeches that have been written for him. He does pretty alright on his own, but when he's trying to remember these words perfectly (and is under enormous pressure to do so, knowing that idiots on message boards across the world will pick apart every misspoken word he utters), he makes mistakes and flubs lines. He's a human being. President or not, he's still prone to error. Stop making a big deal about the little things.