Well, it's taken me seven years, but I think I have finally figured out President Bush.  All this time I thought he was just shamelessly lying to us, but as it turns out, he's just using a different dictionary than we are—one in which the words mean the opposite of what we know them to mean.

For example, today Bush had this to say about the passage of the GI Bill for the 21st Century:

The bill is a result of close collaboration between my administration and members of both parties on Capitol Hill. … I want to thank members who worked hard for the GI Bill expansion, especially Senators Webb and Warner, Graham, Burr, McCain. This bill shows that even in an election year, Democrats and Republicans can come together to stand behind our troops.

Now, I would define "close collaboration" as the coming together of multiple parties who put aside differences for a common goal.  Bush, on the other hand, thinks "close collaboration" means that the White House and Pentagon should do everything in their power to scare people into thinking Jim Webb's bipartisan plan to expand educational benefits for returning veterans would "harm" our country's troop retention rate.

And if I were to thank the Senators who "worked hard for the GI Bill expansion," I would probably thank the 75 Senators who initially voted in favor of the bill (not to mention groups like Vote Vets, WesPAC, IAVA, and Brave New Films, who brought it into the national spotlight).  Bush, on the other hand, thinks that "working hard for" means "voting against," as was the case with Lindsey Graham and Richard Burr.  Or perhaps "working hard for" means not showing up for the vote at all, like John McCain.    

I would NOT thank the people who hypocritically stood in the way of the GI Bill's passage time and time again.  Like McCain, who falsely claimed the GI Bill would "hurt the military."  Or McCain's toady Graham, who told Republicans to vote against the GI Bill and they will "get rewarded in the next election."

But, I'm not the president, and I'm definitely not using his twisted dictionary.