"President Bush said Tuesday that an attack by Saddam Hussein or a terrorist ally "would cripple our economy," offering new justification for potential war against Iraq even as he said North Korea's nuclear ambitions can be curbed without military conflict."

Sorry, Mr. President, but we think the Republicans and your tax cuts for the rich are to blame for the sorry state of our economy. September 11 may have been a big factor, but we've still seen no evidence that Saddam had a hand in that.

Nor have we seen evidence that Iraq is planning an attack. The only person talking about going to war is you--by launching a pre-emptive strike. Maybe if you spent less time obsessing about Iraq and spent some more time with your economic advisors, or picked new advisors, we could begin the climb-out from the hole we're in.