Frank Rich accuses the GOP of being soft on – drumroll, please – “economic terrorism“:

The crisis is at least as grave as the one that confronted us — and, for a time, united us — after 9/11. Which is why the antics among Republicans on Capitol Hill seem so surreal. These are the same politicians who only yesterday smeared the patriotism of any dissenters from Bush’s “war on terror.” Where is their own patriotism now that economic terror is inflicting far more harm on their constituents than Saddam Hussein’s nonexistent W.M.D.?

My worry is that the “stimulus” is the real suicide bomb. And even Ahmed bin Jihad might be wary of folks promising him 72 trillion virgins.