If terrorism doesn't scare you, maybe Bush will

[Robbien]

Jimmy Greenfield

Scared yet? Well, you may be soon.

What we almost certainly will see in aftermath of the alleged plot to blow up several planes en route to the U.S. is a thunderous response from President Bush and other Republican leaders.

With the midterm elections less than three months away, they will attempt to scare Americans into re-electing Republicans or risk facing instant annihilation at the hands of an evil and murderous enemy.

Choose us and live. Choose them and die. Your call.

Nice way to end the summer, isn't it?

Believe it or not, Thursday was actually a good day. Everbody in his or her right mind knows there are always terrorists plotting to attack the U.S., so it didn't bother me that some people were discovered to be doing just that. What made it a good day was that at least one government, even if it was the British government, knew how to foil a massive terrorist plot.

But back to the fear. President Bush gave a brief speech Thursday on an airport tarmac in Green Bay. In the speech he brought up 9/11, which, of course, for him, is a synonym for fear.

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The good news is Bush doesn't have the political leverage to scare Democrats into rolling over anymore. Just nine days after the 9/11 attacks, South Dakota Sen. Tom Daschle, then the Democratic leader in the Senate, said: "We want President Bush to know—we want the world to know—that he can depend on us. We will take up the president's initiatives with speed. We may encounter differences of opinion along the way, but there is no difference in our aim."

On Thursday, current Senate Minority Leader Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.), said: "The Iraq war has diverted our focus and more than $300 billion in resources from the war on terrorism and has created a rallying cry for international terrorists. This latest plot demonstrates the need for the Bush administration and the Congress to change course in Iraq and ensure that we are taking all the steps necessary to protect Americans at home and across the world.''

Hard to believe the contrast, isn't it? The Democrats, at least ones not named Joe Lieberman, know better than to trust President Bush ever again. I don't think the public will get fooled again by Bush's scare tactics.

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[AndyA]

1. The Terror Card. It's all the GOP has. That's it, there's nothing more

to offer. They will have to stand on this and grind it in repeatedly. Terror. Terror. Terror. Scared yet? Well then, you aren't paying attention.

They do not want facts to be discussed. Facts like Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11. And that terrorism has skyrocketed since the invasion of Iraq, it was the catalyst for the growing terrorist movement today. Thanks, George.

Our economy is slowing down, the cost of gas is sky high, we're in debt, this administration has bungled one thing after another, in an embarrassing display of incompetence and irresponsibility.

This is what we need to make sure people understand. Things are the way they are today because the REPUBLICANS were negligent in doing their jobs, and allowed them or caused them to happen.

They ignored the warning signs leading up to the 9/11 tragedy.

They started a war by invading a country that had nothing to do with 9/11, and meanwhile, the person responsible for 9/11 is still loose, plotting and scheming against us.

Thousands of our troops have been killed because they didn't have the proper body armour, but were sent into danger anyway. So much for supporting the troops.

Bush has lied repeatedly to us. Lying is a sin, a direct violation of the Ten Commandments. That should be driven into the skull of every Evangelical. Lying is a sin, just the same as Clinton cheating on Hillary was. No sin is worse than another, they are all the same.

We're going to hear a lot about terror in the coming months. We just need to be certain those who are preaching it to others understand our current situation is BECAUSE of Bush and the Republicans. They created this mess, they aren't protecting us from it. THEY ARE THE CORE OF THE PROBLEM.