Scaring the Bejeezus out of 'Merica

You hear the nutball screamers on the right say, "How DARE you say Bush uses terra'ist alerts for political gain."

It should be obvious when Tom Ridge said last week, "But we must understand that the kind of information available to us today is the result of the president's leadership in the war against terror" . . .

Nope, not political at all.

Want the truth? Look at THIS AMAZING CHART

Some things stand out to us at PTS:

- Whenever Shrub's ratings dip, there's a new terror alert.

- Every terror alert is followed by a slight uptick of Bush approval ratings.

- Whenever there are many unfavorable headlines, there's another alert or announcement.

- As we approach the 2004 elections, the number and frequency of terror alerts keeps growing, to the point that they collapse in the graphic. At the same time, Bush ratings are lower than ever.

Now, we find out that the Bushistas did not warn Las Vegas of potential attacks.

What the he** is going on up in DC?

-Prodigal Son