Well, gol danged. I just finished reading an article in the Washington Post that implies very stronly that because this is a report by the Senate and *not* the 9/11 Commisssion's *final* report that the Bush folks see no reason why they should give up 2/3's of the Big Three (mushroom clouds, WMD and Saddam/Al Quida/9-11 Connection). And since the Comission's *final* report will not come out until after the election we'll be Bush pounding the WMD themes while Cheney pounds the Saddam/Al Quida Connection theme...

("As Rationales for War Erode, Issue of Blame Looms Large", by Dana Milbank and Walter Pincus, Washington Post, July 10, '04, Page A-1)

Boy, if this isn't a sad commentary of the dumb downdedness of the folks that Bush expects to vote for him then what is?

Bush: "Don't worry, Dick. Just keep hammering on that Al Quida thing and I'll work 'um with the WMD stuff."

Cheney: "Ahhhh, did you read the f**king paper this morning? It says right there that this stuff we've been telling folks ain't f**kin' true!"

Bush: "Not to worry, Dick. These folks that vote fir us ain't as smart as animal crackers."

Cheney: "F**kin'-A, they ain't. Hehe... hehe..."

Bobert