George Bush's Summer of Threat

Remember the Summer of 2001, which former CIA Director George Tenet described as the "summer of threat" and when his hair was "on fire", as signs pointed to an impeding terrorist attack?

Well, if you remember that time, you probably remember that George Bush stayed on vacation. Even after receiving the August 6 Presidential Daily Briefing entitled "bin Laden determined to Strike Within the United States," he stayed cool maxing and relaxing at the Crawford Ranch.

Well, he's got a different plan this summer.

It turns out that THIS is the "summer of threat" for George W. Bush.

Little Georgie is afraid the Republicans might suffer a meltdown at the hands of the voters in this November's mid-term elections. So the White House is sending word that Bush may very well cut his vacation time in Crawford short. White House officials believe a lot is at stake, and so they want Bush to cut his vacation short and get on the road.

It would have been nice if they felt this same sense of urgency when bin Laden was preparing to attack us. I guess that made no difference to them, though.

But the Republicans possibly losing one or both houses of Congress? The Bushies believe that's worthy of an S.O.S.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/editorial/hines/4040588.html