Bush's Veterans Day Speech, Or..

.."Still Obfuscating After All These Years."

Today Bush said this:

...[snip]And our debate at home must also be fair-minded. One of the hallmarks of a free society and what makes our country strong is that our political leaders can discuss their differences openly, even in times of war. When I made the decision to remove Saddam Hussein from power, Congress approved it with strong bipartisan support. I also recognize that some of our fellow citizens and elected officials didn't support the liberation of Iraq. And that is their right, and I respect it. As President and Commander-in-Chief, I accept the responsibilities, and the criticisms, and the consequences that come with such a solemn decision.

While it's perfectly legitimate to criticize my decision or the conduct of the war, it is deeply irresponsible to rewrite the history of how that war began. (Applause.) Some Democrats and anti-war critics are now claiming we manipulated the intelligence and misled the American people about why we went to war. These critics are fully aware that a bipartisan Senate investigation found no evidence of political pressure to change the intelligence community's judgments related to Iraq's weapons programs....[/snip]

Well, that's partly true. The rest of the story is that the Senate Intelligence Committee investigating whether or not the White House manipulated intelligence, and then bs'd Congress and you and me hasn't concluded part two of their report.

Apparently, George either forgot about, or didn't know about the Democrats reason(s) for the emergency closed Senate session of 1 Nov.

Update: Media Matters now has a bunch more material about this redirection on their site.