Speechless

Someone on a mail list I subscribe to posted a quote from President Bush which was pretty much incomprehensible. I've read and heard some of Bush's inarticulateness, but this just seemed unbelievable. A bit of googling brought up the entire speech and question and answer period though. My source is no less than the whitehouse.gov site. So, now that its veracity can be confirmed, marvel at the linguistic prowess of the man the American people elected twice to lead our country. The question and answer are in reference to the president's plan to overhaul the Social Security system.:

"Q -- really understand how is it the new plan is going to fix that problem?

THE PRESIDENT: Because the -- all which is on the table begins to address the big cost drivers. For example, how benefits are calculate, for example, is on the table; whether or not benefits rise based upon wage increases or price increases. There's a series of parts of the formula that are being considered. And when you couple that, those different cost drivers, affecting those -- changing those with personal accounts, the idea is to get what has been promised more likely to be -- or closer delivered to what has been promised.

Does that make any sense to you? It's kind of muddled. Look, there's a series of things that cause the -- like, for example, benefits are calculated based upon the increase of wages, as opposed to the increase of prices. Some have suggested that we calculate -- the benefits will rise based upon inflation, as opposed to wage increases. There is a reform that would help solve the red if that were put into effect. In other words, how fast benefits grow, how fast the promised benefits grow, if those -- if that growth is affected, it will help on the red."

Yeah, I understand now, and I think that's a great plan Mr. President.
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