Exactly, Amelia. And doesn't every agency with issues addressed in any SOTU speech have to sign off on them?
I don't understand why people are so eager to assume President Bush is a liar, or a buffoon, or someone who can't pay attention. Maybe this is just as simple as it looks on its face.
I didn't say that Bush was any of these, and I know that you would realize that - which is why I have you on my ping list. :-)
What do you say about this?
Yes, yes, yes!!!
The problem here is that there are some people on one side who will attempt to make it appear as if the President intentionally lied and there are some people on the other side who will deny that there was any mistake at all.
However, when all is said and done, if the White House handles the issue properly, most folks will understand that it is, as you say, "just as simple as it looks on its face."
If you'll notice, many of those people are either Democrats, or they are far-far-rightwingers who are very frustrated because no one conservative enough to make them happy is likely to win a national race in the U.S.*
*If you'll notice, many of those people are very nasty to, dismissive of, or condescending to most of the other people in the U.S.A., then they wonder why no one joins their cause - it must just be because they see the truth and everyone else is too ignorant, selfish, materialistic, or whatever to see it, right?