Bush tries to top Rumsfeld's threatening rhetoric

Between August 31st and September 11th, the Administration will use the fifth anniversary of the worst attack ever on U.S. soil to appeal to the conservative base ahead of the November 7th midterm elections.  While all political analysts would agree that the President is trying to score some political points by giving these speeches, he ironically is asking the Democrats not to politicize the national security issue:

“These are important times, and I seriously hope people wouldn’tpoliticize these issues I’m going to talk about,” Mr. Bush said after afund-raiser at a house in Little Rock, Ark.

This follows a week-long push by Donald Rumsfeld to compare those who disapprove of President Bush's war policy with Nazis appeasers in World War II:

"I recount that history because, once again, we face similarchallenges in efforts to confront the rising threat of a new type offascism," Rumsfeld said. "But some seem not to have learned history'slessons."

He continued: "Can we truly afford to believe that, somehow or some way, vicious extremists could be appeased?"

On a positive note, at least we will get to see whether Bush's rhetoric can top Rumsfeld as the lowest of the low.  According to one source, Bush's speech in front of the American Legion begins this morning at 11 AM -- not that I will be watching.  Only watch if you are okay with your blood boiling in the morning.

This speech should go much better for Bush than his disastrous interview with NBC's Brian Williams because he will be in a much more controlled environment.