Clap-Trap Roosting

So, Do You Feel Safer Now?

“ It's reflection time at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. When the inhabitants of the white house and their minions are not milking their fading authority to smash and grab as much as they can, they are busy spinning history to describe their positive accomplishments. All they have is the fact that we have not had a major terrorist incident "on U.S. soil" since 9-11. For this, they figure, Americans should be expansively grateful to the lamest duck. And a very weak hand it is. It's sort of a perverse variation on "Other than that Mrs. Lincoln, how did you like the play?" Other than 9-11, we have been pretty safe during the Bush years, huh? Challenging the "Bush made us safe" meme is not merely a matter of partisan squabbling. The meme is intended as cover for an astoundingly broad range of failed policies, arguably the worst of any presidency ... [The Democratic Strategist Challenging the 'Bush Kept Us Safe' Meme, December 2008]