Art Machine
Just another former infatuation junkie

Bush is stating that the threat of another terror attack is very, very real, prompting me to ask the question:

Real compared to what?

Real compared to Weapons of Mass Destruction^TM? Or real compared to, say, the “Big Tent” of the Republican party? What’s our basis of comparison here? What is real?

And don’t you dare ask me what my definition of “is” is. That one’s been tried before.

Before we start, let me just say: From a purely spin-related standpoint, I would advise the President – or any other politician – to avoid making any policy or moral statements in the same speech as the following:

I take personal responsibility for everything I say, of course.

Now, obviously, Bush is not familiar with the tale of the Boy Who Cried Wolf. Otherwise, he would be reluctant to go around making vague statements about possible attacks against America without offering up any intelligence or evidence to support it. Especially when people are asking

• Where are the weapons of mass destruction?
• Where’s the Uranium?
• Where’ the proof?
• Where’s the money that’s going to pay for all of this?
• Where are the pages that were cut out of the report? (Pick any report – they’re all missing pages)
• Where’s the beef?

In all fairness, Americans have been asking that last one for years, now. But the rest of them are all valid questions.

Also, you have to wonder about Bush actually stating that we should codify marriage as a “man-woman thing”. Then, there’s Bush’s response to questions over how he plans to spend over 150 million in campaign funds (direct quote: “Watch me”). Oh, and remember that whole bit about “If you don’t support our President, you don’t support our troops”?

Um, yeah, about that....

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