[lentulusgracchus]

I was thinking the same thing you are. It really sounds like Bush and Cheney have been expecting to get nailed since this thing began -- they may have access to some TS/SI/NOFORN appreciations of the progress of Al-Q'aeda toward procurement of a nuclear device that we haven't heard about yet.

The press is playing it as if the Administration were playing politics with it, just acting histrionic to keep up a war scare so they can get a budget through. Whatever, Daschle and company are not behaving as if they think the Prez is doing that, even though they are trying to start a debate. Which leaves us where? That Bush and Cheney think that the possibility of another big blow, possibly using something really nasty or really big, is the real deal.

The liberal media hacks are going to wind up looking really stupid, as well as crispy, if Al Q'aeda manages to bag DC. The upside would be that we wouldn't ever hear from any of them again -- and the survivors are going to really hate Arabs.

[anniegetyourgun]

You're right - they act as if Bush is just "playing war." I shudder to think it would take such a catastrophe to cause the so-called journalists in this country to wake up and smell the suitcase nuke.