Polls are down, the terrah alert must be high

Preznit warns us against "the quiet life."

"There's always a temptation in the middle of a long struggle to seek the quiet life, to escape the duties and problems of the world and to hope the enemy grows weary of fanaticism and tired of murder," he said, seeking to address calls from anti-war activists for a U.S. troop withdrawal.

Let's get this straight. Is he saying that, like Ulysses strapped to the mast, he is uniquely able to avoid the "temptation in the middle of a long struggle to seek the quiet life, to escape the duties and problems of the world?" Because I was under the impression that he has, indeed, fallen prey to that siren song. And who, precisely, is he refering to when he tut tuts those who "hope the enemy grows weary of fanaticism and tired of murder?" Because I recall a certain warning ignored.

Duncan Black thinks this is just Bush's way of recreating when he's been told by his doctors to stay off the bike. Maybe. Does it have any other purpose? It makes Santorum smile, but are we as a nation still listening to this repetitive fear syndrome?

With continued unease in Afghanistan, an Iraq that is a Tet Offensive away from Operation Runaway, does the stirring oratory still move anyone?