Sand In Your Eyes

Dick Cheney's puppet once again is struggling to throw the same old sand in the eyes of Americans.

The headline:

"Bush again links Iraq violence to 9/11."

The quote:

"Al Qaida is doing most of the spectacular bombings, trying to incite sectarian violence," Bush told a business group in Cleveland, Ohio. "The same people that attacked us on September the 11th is a crowd that is now bombing people, killing innocent men, women and children, many of whom are Muslims."

The reality:

Al Qaida in Iraq didn't emerge until 2004. While it is inspired by Osama bin Laden's violent ideology, there's no evidence that the Iraq organization is under the control of the terrorist leader or his top aides, who are believed to be hiding in tribal regions of Pakistan bordering Afghanistan.

Moreover, the two groups have been divided over tactics and strategy.

He's very stupid or he thinks we are. Either way, it explains why Bush's approval rating is now hovering around 29 points, about the IQ level of Charlie McCarthy.