Should it have the word "is" in it so you can parse that too?
Like I said, I haven't seen one article that claims Bush meant otherwise. This isn't about spin - it's about your attempts to pretend that the obvious isn't.
The obvious "is" consists of the fact that you cannot produce a quote to match articles saying that he said sucha thing.
It is you that parses when you make claim to W saying something he did not say. Until you can produce something other than commentary about what he said than admit you cannot produce a quote that bush made.