Today, Cheney said that terrorists could bomb American cities with nuclear weapons and expressed doubt that Kerry could deal with that. That's a scare tactic - right? It implies that not only will terrorists strike if Kerry is elected but that he will be incapable of dealing with the catastrophe. But as with all the Republican rhetoric the logic doesn't hold. Terrorists could bomb American cities with Bush as president and Bush could do what he did during 9/11, continue reading a kiddy book. A nuclear bomb would make 9/11 look like a tea party. With Bush all we'll get is the Look of Grave Concern and a call for prayer. He proved himself incompetent with his pursuit of bin Laden. Today a terrorist group we're fighting in Iraq has pledged themselves to al Qaeda. The enemy is getting stronger while we stagnate.

And while Bush crows incessantly about his being a strong leader and leading the war against terror, fact is we've done some damage but not enough. Terrorists are getting stronger and cleverer. Bush has spent the last 3 years fighting terrorism while essentially ignoring U.S. affairs. Now he's running on a platform that claims he can fight terror and deal with U.S. problems. When did he gain this ability? Certainly not in the past 3 years. He's proven he can't chew bubblegum and pat his head at the same time. So either he'll ignore U.S. problems (again), or try to deal with more than he can handle and really screw things up. This has the makings of yet another Bush bait-and-switch.