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And, yes, I DO take it personally: Fear has been very good to Karl (and Dick and George and Don and...)
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Monday, July 17, 2006

Fear has been very good to Karl (and Dick and George and Don and...)

so we can expect a continual parade of boogeymen from now until the november elections...
Vice President Dick Cheney told Republicans on Monday to keep security issues prominent ahead of November's elections and condemned Democratic calls for a timetable on troop withdrawal from Iraq as "a bad idea."

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Cheney's comments on security issues echoed White House political adviser Karl Rove, who has called Democrats weak on national security and urged Republicans to stress President George W. Bush's leadership in the war on terrorism ahead of November's congressional elections.

"Either we're serious about fighting this war or we are not. With George Bush leading this nation we are serious and we will not let down our guard," Cheney said, adding America's enemies were "still lethal and still desperately trying to hit us again."

every time they open their fear-mongering mouths about how scared we ought to be and how king george and dr. evil are going to protect us, we're supposed to pee our collective pants right on cue... karl obviously thinks there's still a lot of mileage on the manipulate-'em-with fear ploy... but maybe, just maybe, the good folks who've been dozing in front of their tv sets are starting to wake up... maybe...

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