"STEADY LEADERSHIP IN TIMES OF CHANGE"

I think I've just figured out what the Bush/Cheney '04 campaign slogan really means. "Steady leadership in times of change" (the sentiment behind it) -- "The US, since 9/11, is in a time of change, i.e., the greatest threat to our security is now stateless terrorism. But since we don't know what to do about it, we'll just keep on doing what we know best: fighting the New War with Cold War strategies and weapons. And oh yes, another feature of our 'steady leadership' is that it's the same leadership we had in Republican administrations during the Cold War. That's steady, all right.