Wow. The president has been caught in at least one lie, and in trying to justify it, he says this in a Q&A:

THE PRESIDENT: Yes, Dana, one last question.

Q Mr. President, back on the question of Iraq, and that specific line that has been in question --

THE PRESIDENT: Can you cite the line? (Laughter.)

Q I could, if you gave me some time.

THE PRESIDENT: When I gave the speech, the line was relevant.

Q So even though there has been some question about the intelligence -- the intelligence community knowing beforehand that perhaps it wasn't, you still believe that when you gave it --

THE PRESIDENT: Well, the speech that I gave was cleared by the CIA. And, look, the thing that's important to realize is that we're constantly gathering data. Subsequent to the speech, the CIA had some doubts. But when I gave the -- when they talked about the speech and when they looked at the speech, it was cleared. Otherwise, I wouldn't have put it in the speech. I'm not interested in talking about intelligence unless it's cleared by the CIA. And as Director Tenet said, it was cleared by the CIA.

The larger point is, and the fundamental question is, did Saddam Hussein have a weapons program? And the answer is, absolutely. And we gave him a chance to allow the inspectors in, and he wouldn't let them in. And, therefore, after a reasonable request, we decided to remove him from power, along with other nations, so as to make sure he was not a threat to the United States and our friends and allies in the region. I firmly believe the decisions we made will make America more secure and the world more peaceful.

[emphasis mine]

What the fuck? Hussein didn't allow the inspectors in so we had to go in and bomb the living shit out the Iraqis to get Hussein out? Was I dreaming when, before the war, the moving and talking pictures on the television were telling me that the inspectors were in Iraq and weren't finding anything? Was I hallucinating when I was reading about our European allies wanting to give those inspectors more time to do things diplomatically and without the bloodshed? I swear I was awake and alert, I swear that these things happened. But the president doesn't seem to remember them. WHO THE FUCK VOTED FOR THIS GUY AND WHY IS HIS APPROVAL RATING STILL HIGHER THAN 50%?!?!?!?!

Sorry.

Oh, by the way, the above text is provided by the federal government via the whitehouse's website.