Bush's Poll Numbers Down, Threat Level Up

Anyone else notice the Pavlovian connection? Bush's poll numbers sink, Attorney General Ashcroft rises to announce new, imminent terror threat levels. What a coinky-dink!

Attorney General John Ashcroft said at a news conference yesterday that intelligence reports and public statements by people associated with Al Qaeda suggested that the terrorist group was "almost ready to attack the United States" and harbored a "specific intention to hit the United States hard."

What to do, what to do?? Trust in George W. to save us, is what.

Mr. Ashcroft said, "We believe the public, like all of us, needs a reminder." Oh. Got it!