Yesterday evening, President Bush gave an address to the nation. He gazed solemnly into the camera and recited these immortal words:

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After a brief commercial break—during which Karl Rove carefully explained to the President that it was not that kind of address and the staffer in charge of the teleprompter was sent packing to Gitmo—Mr. Bush again gazed solemnly into the camera and said, “Today, we are safer, but we are not yet safe.â€? He then proceeded to take out dental instruments and torture Dustin Hoffman to ascertain if it was safe yet. Oh, wait…that was the movie, Marathon Man. I must have inadvertently flipped the channel.

So where were we? Ah, yes. Safer but not yet safe. If I am to get the President’s meaning right, we can only achieve safety by staying the course—in Congress. Because only the Republicans can make us safe. The Democrats don’t have the cojones for the job. They would turn America into one big terrorist-appeasing, flag-burning, gay-marrying nation. We can’t have that. If the Defeatocrats win, the terrorists win. It’s that simple.

Of course, so is Bush. In any regard, for another take on the safer-but-not-yet-safe gobbledygook and assorted other Bushwa, check out this clip from last night’s The Daily Show, courtesy of one of my favorite weblogs, one good move.