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I will present the following without editorial comment, except to note that the following comes courtesy of John Aravosis, one of the left’s most prominent bloggers: (HT: My predecessor at this cozy sinecure, Mary Katherine Ham.)

Bush just invoked a Code Red terrorist emergency, our first ever.

And isn't it queer that the emergency is declared within a day of Republican party leader Ken Mehlman launching an all-out offensive against Democrats following Joe Lieberman's loss in Connecticut, an offensive in which Mehlman, the White House and Republican operatives are claiming that Democrats no longer care about national security or the war on terror…

Do I sound as if I don't believe this alert? Why, yes, that would be correct. I just don't believe it…

Bottom line: Joe Lieberbush lost. The message is spreading across the land that incumbents who embrace the president are in serious trouble. And the Republicans needed to divert attention, to stop this meme in its tracks, and lo' and behold we have our first terror alert that I can recall since the last election, and it's our first ever Red Alert! What a coincidence!

And here’s a sampling of his commenters:

LMAO, Shrub U are just a coward, you can't fool us anymore with this scare tactic hogwash !!

And:

Win-Win far as I'm concerned. If we're attacked, bad for them. If it's a Neocon hoax, bad for them.

And;

Recent advances in the public profile of the 9/11 truth movement, owed in part to C-Span's airing of the American Scholars Symposium and Oliver Stone's World Trade Center movie, have provoked a slurry of new hit pieces against 9/11 truth activists. Most are characterized by their twilight zone illogicality and inability to get basic facts correct.

Okay, I’ll make one editorial comment: Something tells me that before all is said and done, Ned Lamont is going to wish that he really did know nothing about bloggers.

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