The Terror Card

Once again, Osama bin Laden has proven himself to be Bush's best ally and friend. In an ill-timed release of a tape, the man Bush once promised to get dead or alive proved that he is indeed still alive. He reminded us of the existence of smart people who are out to harm us and he set the stage for the GOP to once again start playing the terror card.

We haven't had a heightened terror alert since the election. The Administration hasn't raised the threat level due to Bin Laden's tape either but let the polls start showing the Republicans are losing the Congress. Today Rove advised Republicans they should use terrorism in their campaigns, a prelude to Administration support for orange terror levels? Don't be surprised if you see it. There will be more trumped-up events in New York and Washington now that Republican morality has been proven as hollow as a megachurch on Christmas day, it's about the only so-called Republican value they have left. Under their rule, earmarks have risen from 1,400 to about 14,000, a factor of ten. So much for small government and fiscal responsibility. Their "reform" has brought us the K-street project and pay-for-plan, a culture of corruption on the scale of Nero's Rome. Terrorism is about all they have left.