More to the point, it is equally true that Bush desperately needs the terrorists. They are his last frail hope for political survival. They divert public attention, at least momentarily, from his disastrous war in Iraq and his shameful abuses of the Constitution. The "news" of terror -- whether real or fantasized -- reduces American politics to its most primitive impulses, the realm of fear-and-smear where George Bush is at his best.
AlterNet: Bush's Political Survival Depends on Terror Threats
THANK YOU. All I hear is NERG NERG NERG coming from DC.
At least the semester is about to start up again, and I can bathe myself in art school leftism. Delish.
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