2nd Prez debate - did anyone else catch this...?

[Petra]

Early in the debate (which I'm only just finding the time to now watch), Bush answered a question with:

"After 9/11, we had to recognize that when we saw a threat, we must take it seriously before it comes to hurt us. In the old days, we'd see a threat and we could deal with it if we felt like it or not."


You could deal with it if you felt like it?!!


So, is that to say that he didn't feel like taking intelligence reports regarding and leading up to Sept 11 seriously? He allowed it to happen because dealing with it was not something he could be bothered with at the time?

WTF?!