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Remember when Bush took the Democrat's idea for a Department of Homeland Security and ran with it? He made just one change: He gutted civil service protection. Now we know why.

Administration sources tell TIME that employees at the Department of Homeland Security have been asked to keep their eyes open for opportunities to pose the President in settings that might highlight the Administration's efforts to make the nation safer. The goal, they are being told, is to provide Bush with one homeland-security photo-op a month.
(Time via Pandagon)

Look, doesn't the DHS have better things to do than help Bush meet his quota for photo-ops?

Yep, it's true. Bush will say and do anything to get elected.

UPDATE Alert reader wanda comments:

Bush and the Republicans are using the threat of terrorism much the same way the terrorist are. "If you want to be safe, and really fight terrorism you must vote for Bush...". In my opinion this makes them no better than the terrorist of Al Qaida. In fact it makes them worse, because at least the terrorist admit they are using terror to manipulate people.
I for one won't be held hostage by fear or intimidated by Bush and his own personal little Taliban. I don't think I stand alone.

I (Lambert) agree.