Boo!

Two thoughts, each of of them frightening, occurred to me while I was listening to President Bush's coming attractions announcement on the upcoming testimony of his national security advisor. One is a quotation from a letter written by Clover (Marian Hooper) Adams while floating down the Nile in 1872 with her famous husband, Henry: "How true it is that the mind sees what it has means of seeing."
The other thought is that, to judge from Sen Kerry's recent appearances, the President seems to have a corner on the charisma available for the coming campaign.