He's an idiot. Time for the Kerry campaign to use this comment and TAKE HIM OUT. And, oh yeah, he also finally admits that there's no actionable evidence that anyone is planning any attacks prior to our elections.
President Bush said in a television interview the United States was safer from terrorism but whether it can ever be fully safe was "up in the air."
Bush also told the Fox News Channel's "Hannity and Colmes" show to be broadcast on Monday night that the U.S. government had no "actionable intelligence" pointing to a pre-election attack in the works as happened in Madrid earlier this year to disrupt the Spanish election.
"We do believe that they have -- because of what happened in Madrid -- that they do think about whether or not they can try to disrupt our elections," Bush said.
He said there was "nothing specific" pointing to a pre-election attack but rather "a kind of general intent."
In the interview, taped on Saturday and released on Sunday, Bush said U.S. security was "much better" since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
"Whether or not we can be ever fully safe is up -- you know, is up in the air. I would hope we could make it a lot more safe by staying on the offensive," he said.
