Let's do the math. The 9/11 Commission report says there were 10 "missed opportunities" to forestall a major terrorist attack on America, 4 were during the Clinton years and 6 during George W. Bush's watch up until September 11. That is 4 times over 8 years, versus 6 times in 8 months.
This doesn't take calculus, or even algebra. What we're saying here is that on average every couple of years President Clinton missed an opportunity while Bush screwed up every six weeks or so. (And if we deducted for the weeks of vacation Bush took during that time it would be more like monthly.)
Now look at the newspaper headlines in the links below. (Although the Chicago Sun Times may not be owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp, it is the home of Robert Novak the right-wing columnist who outed CIA agent Valerie Plame.) Is it any wonder that half of all Americans still believe that Osama and Saddam were buddies, even though the Commission report conclusively says they weren't?
Calgary Sun: Report blasts Bush team
Chicago Sun Times: 9/11 report lets Bush off hook
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