Bush: Success is when violence is a nusance

In 2004 when Sen. John Kerry suggested America would be safe when the country gets "back to the place we were, where terrorists are not the focus of our lives, but they're a nuisance" the Bush campaign reacted with ad taking his words out of context and Dick Cheney called the remarks "naive and dangerous."

Yet how does Bush now describe success in Iraq? "The definition of success as I described is sectarian violence down. Success is not, no violence. There are parts of our own country that have got a certain level of violence to it. But success is a level of violence where the people feel comfortable about living their daily lives. And that's what we're trying to achieve."

So success is a level of violence where people feel comfortable about living their daily lives. Sounds like saying terrorists are not the focus of our lives.

Yet what did President Flip Flop say in 2004 was his goal for Iraq? "Our goal is not to reduce terror to some acceptable level of nuisance. Our goal is to defeat terror by staying on the offensive, destroying terrorists, and spreading freedom and liberty around the world."

But then who takes Bush & Cheney seriously? How did other Republicans react to Kerry's comment? "The idea that you can have an acceptable level of terrorism is frightening," said Rudy Giuliani.

So the question now is will the media remind those politicians of their words? Don't hold your breath.

It's much easier to beat up on a Democrat for making a common sense statement then to show a Republican is a hypocrite for first criticizing that statement for political purpose then later their policy is basically the same thing.