re: I really dont give a damn about the wording... its the actions that count
"Humans were held slaves long after our founding, and women had no political power, and in fact it can be argued (well, no not just argued, but demonstrated as fact) that discrimination still exists- trust me, lots of new yorker bigots felt like they could confide their racist acts to me since I was a 'hick from oklahoma' and obviously shared their bigotry...."
You missing the point of what Bush said. Bush was talking about Ideals- things we have as goals. Things we want to achieve. He didn't say we had in the past realized these ideals or even now have achieved them.