This single sentence sums up the crux of Bush’s election plan:

KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine (Reuters) – President Bush warned Americans on Saturday last weekend’s terrorism alert was another sign the country was still not safe but said he was taking steps to prevent future attacks.

Be afraid, be very afraid. Be much too afraid to vote for anyone else, because we’re all about to die and only the Crawford Cretin can save us. oooooh.

And notice how it’s the terror alert itself — not the reality of the threat — that is the sign we’re not safe. In the New Speak, The Message is reality. Ridge makes an alert, Bush waits a week for the herd to get headed up, then he saddled up and keeps us mooovin’ along towards Nov. 2.

Meadow muffins.