By now you should know that it isn't about what the president *says*, it's about what he *means* -

as in how "Dave" means "Jeff,"

or how "Stay the Course" actually means "Adapt and Win"

or how "The British Government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa" really means "I would like you to believe that Saddam Hussein is preparing to kill you and your family. By the time you figure out that I have no evidence to support this and that I'm talking out of my ass, we'll be at war and past the point of no return. The republican-controlled congress won't hold me accountable, and on top of the thousands of dead American soldiers and hundreds of thousands of dead Iraqis, you'll end up owing somewhere around $1-$2 trillion.."

It's semantics really.

I'm sorry--that strikes me as super funny. I can just see the look on the poor sap's face.

Dave...Jeff...they all look the same to me. Right?

The Cheech & Chong reference in the headline made my morning. Thanks!

As a Democrat in Iowa's 3rd district (where JEFF Lamberti is running for Congress), this story only gets more entertaining every time I read it. Our Republican candidate for governor, Jim Nussle, didn't even come to Bush's appearance. Just think: the Republican gubernatorial candidate didn't appear when a sitting Republican President was stumping for Republican candidates in the capital city of his state.

Mr. President, I would like to invite you back to Iowa and Des Moines any time you'd like to appear!

Paraphrasing Shakespeare, "A skunk by any other name would stink just as badly."

Does it truly matter what a candidate's name is? Do voters really believe that Dubya, or ANY President, actually KNOWS each person that he's "personally" endorsing? Give me a break.

He's flown in, driven by motorcade, wheeled out onto the stage or the factory floor, handed comments to read (being careful to weed out the praise for "family values" if the candidate in question has a few PROBLEMS in that regard, like Pennsylvania Rep. Don Sherwood), posed for photos and finally whisked away to the next spontaneous and unrehearsed event.

Politics as usual -- only just a little less REHEARSED this time!

Is baby boy george Boosh, the texas twit, on the sauce again or what. His speech frequently sounds slurred and his mind is always wandering. He often seems almost incoherent and unfocused.Maybe he just has to many dead brain cells and will never recover.

That Jeff is Dave, that the earth is flat, that the sun rotates around the earth which was created in a weeks time with one day of rest, that dinosaurs and men lived together (of which fact he is a living example), that intelligent (like himself) design is responsible for development and progress ,and that God himself makes him do what he does. What a poor example of that "intelligent design" he really is! Right Joe?

...you know how the campaigner in chief likes those nicknames!

Will we ever know how many of the white house staff is whose actual job is to do GOP operations.

I know here in corrupt old Illinois its illegal to use government staff to do election work, but isn't that all Rove does? When he's not on vacation or going to diplomatic banquets or photo ops, isn't that all W does?

I'm not chiming in to agree that the boss is either ill-informed, mentally deficient or both. That's completely clear. I just wanted to say thanks for the Dave reference...takes me back...way back.

Decider, you can Decide on any name you want. Maybe he'll Decide to resign...

I'm afraid it's all too typical of George Bush not to know WHO he's talking about, much less WHAT he's talking about. The good thing, from my point of view, is that such an incident may well do more harm than good for the Republican candidate.

I couldnt make this shit up! How can someone so intellectually deficient ever be in charge of anything, let alone become president? I expect the spin masters will be telling us that Jeff's middle name is Dave, or that is the nickname the prez has assigned him. I cant wait to see the Daily Show tonight!

David