For once, I'm thinking maybe he didn't mis-speak. At best, this is a Freudian slip.

White House spokesman Scott McClellan said Bush's misstatement "just shows even the most straightforward and plain-spoken people misspeak."

"Straightforward"? "Plainspoken"? I think the word phrase you're looking for is RETARDED. Or, if you prefer, FUCKING RETARDED.

"But the American people know this president speaks with clarity..."

Is McClellan trying to write our jokes for us? It's always fucking irritating to see (apparently) educated people saying shit they know to be patently false. Bush speaks with the "clarity" of Porky Pig in all his stuttering glory. Coupled with some kind of learning disability.