So now Cheney is doing an "oopsy!" over his horrid implication that a vote for Kerry is a vote for terrorism. Now, according to the Cincinnati Inquirer, he says that what he meant was that "Whoever is elected president has to anticipate more attacks."

Right. When you warn voters that "making the wrong choice" leaves the nation open to another terrorist attack, there is no room for fancy interpretation.

The good thing is the relief we can feel that Cheney is incapable of being anything but his deeply toxic self, despite convention attempts to cast him as a PFLAG-sympathizing, thoughtful diplomat filled with warmth and humanity.

What the news media isn't doing with this story is considering the projective element of Cheney's remarks: that a vote for Bush is an invitation to more terrorist attacks. There are going to be more terrorist attacks regardless of who is elected--that should be obvious by now. But it should also be obvious that this administration's arrogance, contempt for other nations, and hell-bent PNAC aggression is an Islamic terrorist's dream come true.

It should be obvious, but it isn't.