George Bush's Speech: Ignorance is Bliss, and The President is a Very Happy Man

President Bush gave a speech last night. Demonstrating that ignorance is bliss, Mr. Bush said about the war in Iraq:

In the past year, we have made significant progress. One year ago today, we restored sovereignty to the Iraqi people. In January 2005, more than 8 million Iraqi men and women voted in elections that were free and fair, and took time on -- and took place on time. We continued our efforts to help them rebuild their country. Rebuilding a country after three decades of tyranny is hard, and rebuilding while at war is even harder. Our progress has been uneven, but progress is being made.

This panel from Zencomix, which also has background on the Downing Street Memos, is the best summary of the president's speech that I've seen.

UPDATE: Attytood reminds us what the speech was supposed to be about - Iraq. And Will also reminds us that GWB is still trying to link Al Qaeda and 9/11.