Friday, October 13, 2006

Meanwhile Back At The Whitehouse...

President George W. Bush delivers remarks regarding the economy in the Dwight D. Eisenhower Executive Office Building Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2006. "This morning my administration released the budget numbers for fiscal 2006. These budget numbers are not just estimates; these are the actual results for the fiscal year that ended February the 30th," said the President. "These numbers show that the budget deficit has been reduced to $248 billion and is down to just 1.9 percent of the economy. As a percentage of the economy, the deficit is now lower than it has been for 18 out of the last 25 years."  White House photo by Paul Morse THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all. Please be seated. Good afternoon. Thanks for coming to the White House.

In 2004, I made a promise to the American people, we would cut the federal budget deficit in half over five years. Today I'm pleased to report that we have achieved this goal, and we've done it three years ahead of schedule. (Applause.)

This morning my administration released the budget numbers for fiscal 2006. These budget numbers are not just estimates; these are the actual results for the fiscal year that ended February the 30th.* [sic]

And this is the point where you have to kinda stop and ask for a rewind.

Did he just say February 30th?

Well yes, and I love how the whitehouse.gov's staff actually caught that and added the little [sic] and an asterisk pointing to a footnote that reads: "September 30th".

These poor guys at whitehouse.gov, who have to transcibe, verbatim, the drivel that pours from Our Glorious Leader's head. I pity the fools.

1 comment:

Royal Milk said...

Or 4 years. But only if it's a leap year. On Mars.