Bush to Couric: "One of the hardest parts of my job is to connect Iraq to the war on terror."

Try, if you can, to remember those distant days of yore, way, way back to the nethertime of October 2000.  An eternity in political years, I know.  But those amongst you with a brain cell or two to spare may perhaps recall Governor Bush’s campaign’s response to his rather vacuous demeanor and lack of verbal acuity – “he may be dumb as a brick but that’s ok, we’ll put some smart folks around him to make all the decisions.” 

Of course, I may be paraphrasing a bit, but the question remains: with so many of those learned ladies and gentlement around him, why the hell is this guy ever allowed off script?!