Dana Perino has some thoughts on terrorism, in particular the Ft. Hood shootings:
PERINO: And we had a terrorist attack on our country. And we should call it what it is. Because we need to face up to it so that we can prevent it from happening again.
HANNITY: I agree with you. And why won't they say what you just so simply said?
PERINO: They want to do all of their investigations. I don't know. All of the thinking that goes into it. But we did not have a terrorist attack on our country during President Bush's term. I hope they're not looking at this politically. I do think we ought it to the American people to call it what it is.
This isn't actually true of course, and other people have dealt with fact-checking this statement.
The Ft. Hood shooting initially inspired some rather interesting conversation on the right and left about the nature of terrorism and how it's defined. But Perino isn't actually making an argument about the nature of the attack, or attempting to determine what is terrorism or what isn't. She's just keeping score.
I'm sure Perino will bring the same morbid insight to her new position with the Broadcasting Board of Governors.
-- A. Serwer
