Hell, it worked the first time...

HOLY SHIT! Suddenly, as the veil of time drops...it's 0ctober 3rd...2001:

"Q -- ask your average American to do besides spend, to help?

THE PRESIDENT: Well, I think the average American must not be afraid to travel. We opened Reagan Airport yesterday for a reason -- we think it's safe, and that people ought to feel comfortable about traveling around our country. They ought to take their kids on vacations. They ought to go to ball games. The Mayor wants them to come to the Yankee games, of course. (Laughter.)

MAYOR GIULIANI: The World Series.

THE PRESIDENT: The World Series, yes. (Laughter.) No question he's an incurable optimist. (Laughter.) But people ought to -- listen, we ought to be aware in America -- we are aware; how can you not be aware that we've entered into a new era. The imagery is vivid in people's minds. But nevertheless, Americans must know that their government is doing everything we can to track down every rumor, every hint, every possible evildoer. And, therefore, Americans ought to go about their business. And they are beginning to do so. "

No wait...its today.

"'But this is a different kind of war. In the past, there was troop movements, or, you know, people could report the sinking of a ship. This is a war that requires intelligence and interrogation within the law from people who know what's happening. . . . Victories you can't see. But the enemy is able to create death and carnage that tends to define the action.

And I think most Americans understand we're vulnerable. But my hope was after 9/11, most Americans wouldn't walk around saying, 'My goodness, we're at war. Therefore let us don't live a normal life. Let us don't invest.' Mr. Bush calls it an 'interesting contradiction' that he wants 'people to understand the stakes of failure' in this conflict. But on the other hand, he also wants 'the country to be able to grow, invest, save, expand, educate, raise their children'. This is another way of saying how hard it is for a democracy to maintain support for a war without a tangible, ominous enemy such as the Soviet Union or Imperial Japan.

Could he have done more, as president, to win over more Democratic allies? 'I met with a lot of Democrats over the course of this war, and'--he pauses for the longest time in our interview--'you know, it's hard for me to tell, Paul, whether I could have done a better job. . . . I don't know. I just don't know'."

Interesting discussion at Qando over these statements.

It goes without saying that, with a crucial midterm coming up, the GOP and the President are scrambling to save their sinking ship, so it makes sense to revisit some of BushCo's greatest hits: However, I have the feeling this particular reissue will do as well as the Paris Hilton record.