I don't get it. Why would he have to fake an attack? I mean, seeing how good conservative Christians are such a persecuted minority and all, I would think that all he would have to do to invite a real attack is stand on a corner wearing his Jesus fish lapel pin.
It has become fashionable on the left and in Western Europe to compare the Bush administration to the Nazis. The comparison is not without some superficial merit. In both cases the government is run by a small gang of snickering, stupid thugs whose vision of paradise is full of explosions and beautifully designed prisons. -- Matt Taibbi