At the clear risk of being illegitimate and reprehensible, I say President Bush, Vice President Cheney and others in their administration lied outright and deliberately deceived Congress and the American people in order to gain support for the war on Iraq.

“What is not legitimate — and I will again say is dishonest and reprehensible — is the suggestion by some U.S. senators that the president of the United States or any member of his administration purposely misled the American people on prewar intelligence,” Cheney said.

And he thinks we’re stupid. He really believes we are all stupid.