To fans of M.O. guest blogger and serial bigamist Jacob Gershman, this was by far the highlight of President Bush’s speech today:

I appreciate Carl Gershman.

It’s Bush’s seventh paragraph in this transcript. Carl Gershman (that would be Jacob’s father) runs some organization or other having to do with sweet, sweet democracy. Bush was speaking at Carl’s organization and apparently was supposed to say he appreciated … maybe something about Carl Gershman or something that Carl Gershman did. Instead, he simply announced that he appreciates Carl Gershman — apparently just for being so darned Carl Gershman-y.

Well, I have it on good authority from Jacob that Carl’s immediate family shares the president’s sentiment: They, too, appreciate Carl Gershman.