George Bush, Decider-in-Chief, November 30, 2005:

A clear strategy begins with a clear understanding of the enemy we face. The enemy in Iraq is a combination of rejectionists, Saddamists and terrorists. The rejectionists are by far the largest group. … The second group that makes up the enemy in Iraq is smaller, but more determined. … The third group is the smallest, but the most lethal: the terrorists affiliated with or inspired by al Qaeda.

As I said before, one of his more honest public-speaking moments. No hyperbole, no distortion. He frankly admitted “al Qaeda in Iraq” was the smallest group we’re fighting. He frankly admitted they have only a tenuous connection to the real al Qaeda, more of an inspirational relationship really.

George Bush, Dissembler-in-Chief, in Cleveland, July 10, 2007:

We didn’t get there in 2006 because a thinking enemy — in this case, we believe al Qaeda, the same people that attacked us in America — incited serious sectarian violence by blowing up a holy religious site of the Shia.
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I was deeply concerned that one of the objectives of al Qaeda — and by the way, al Qaeda is doing most of the spectacular bombings, trying to incite sectarian violence. The same people that attacked us on September the 11th is the crowd that is now bombing people, killing innocent men, women and children, many of whom are Muslims, trying to stop the advance of a system based upon liberty.

Mr. President, were you lying back then, or are you lying now? (Or — in a hat-tip to your unquestioned claim to be the lyingest president ever — have you never actually ever told the truth?)

How did “the terrorists affiliated with or inspired by al Qaeda” suddenly become al Qaeda itself, “the same people that attacked us in America”? You can’t have it both ways, you shameless unrepentant sorry-assed liar.

Why the hell won’t the media call him on it every single time he tries to pull this particular lie? (Which seems to be every single time he opens his mouth, lately.)

There’s no evading or obfuscating this. He’s impeached by his own words. It’s a glaring, direct contradiction. All the media has to do is bring out his own past words. Why are Jon Stewart and Keith Olbermann the only two people who are consistently willing to do this?

How could we possibly have deserved the media that we’ve got?