So let me get this straight: The White House asked a private vendor to create that "Mission Accomplished" banner and deliver it to the aircraft carrier. But they had absolutely nothing to do with the fact that the members of the USS Abraham Lincoln hung it. It was all the Navy's fault. Well, sure, any idiot can see that.

And the fact that the White House had the banner made in no way connects the White House to the fact that the president stood in front of it for his beyond-tacky photo op. Sure.

This latest "explanation" from the White House confirms how stupid the administration thinks the American public is. And so far, the American public has proven them right.