Continuing in the theme of "how in the world could an elected official be that deluded", we get a glimpse into Bush's economic vision, his sense of how things have gone over the last 6 years and why we are where we are fiscally.
MR. WILLIAMS: So, some people would say, well, if you believe in spending restraint, why haven't you vetoed one bill, you know, one appropriations bill?
PRESIDENT BUSH: Because the United States Congress that was controlled by Republicans exercised spending restraint. Now, I didn't particularly like – the size of the pie was what I requested. It's some of the pieces of the pie that I didn't particularly care for, but that is why the president needs a line-item veto, and that is why Congress has got to reform the earmark process. What the American people need to understand is that sometimes special projects get put into bills without ever having seen the light of the day. In other words, they don't get voted on; they just show up, and we need transparency in the earmark process, and expose the process to hearings and votes so that the American people will know that any project was fully heard on the floor of the House and the Senate.
His view would be laughable if it wasn't so incredibly sad. Alluding to the Democrats as the problem for the deficit, bloated budgets, unfunded war mandates and rampant 'earmarking' and last minute additions is irrational at best and wilful delusion at its worst.
* Not touching his need to make the pie higher.