Astounded

I realize it's a short clip, but can any additional context actually save this from eternal mockery?

 

Any? Any at all?

And I'm not talking about the "tens of thousands of people who come there every year would not exist” part, though you know what would have happened if Bush said that. No, I'm talking about government spending becoming so entrenched that even freakin' cowboy poetry has become a sacred budget line. 

If we can't cut that, can anything be cut?