Nincompoop

The question remains - is President Bush stupid or does he know he's lying all of the time in order to cover his imeptness?

From the Washington Post - click here to read more...

The job of a president," George W. Bush used to say almost daily during the 2004 campaign, "is to confront problems, not to pass them on to future presidents and future generations."

Astute observers may have noticed he's been saying that a bit less frequently these days. Yesterday showed why.

The president was over at the Washington Hilton, speaking to the American Hospital Association about his Medicare Modernization Act of 2003. "When I came into office I found a Medicare program that was outdated," he announced. Seeing this "not very cost-effective" program, he continued, "I decided to do something about it. And I worked with the Congress, and we passed critical legislation that modernizes Medicare."

An hour after Bush finished his speech, Treasury Secretary John W. Snow kicked off a news conference announcing the latest on Medicare's financial standing. The "modernized," cost-effective program is forecast to go belly-up in 2018 -- two years earlier than previously forecast.