Maureen Dowd, in her latest column tonight in the New York Times, takes issue with T.V. commercials run in Iowa by "the Bush crew."

She says:

"Since when have terrorists and tyrants announced their intentions, politely putting us on notice before they strike?" Mr. Bush says.

With this ad, Republicans have announced their intention: to scare us stupid, hoping we won't remember that this was the same State of the Union in which Mr. Bush made a misleading statement about the Iraq-Niger uranium connection, or remark that the imperial idyll in Iraq has created more terrorists.

Some people are "scared stupid" by Republicans. Others, who lived through Sept. 11, are scared by other things.