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William Safire, whose editorial "opinions" always seem to bear a striking resemblance to Bush administration talking points, manages to do it again today -- but this time with an unintentionally humorous twist.

Picking up on (or more likely reading the same preparatory memo as) George Bush, Safire's Rove echo is summarized by the Times thusly:

The Year of Fear
October 20, 2004
By WILLIAM SAFIRE

...the Fear Room at Kerry campaign headquarters is on a hair trigger to turn any breaking news into a personal threat.

You an oldster? The fearmongers' pitch is that President Bush is plotting to snatch your Social Security check....You a youngster? The fearmongers noticed an urban legend floating around the Internet about a ''January surprise'' to bring back the draft and throw you into the first wave into Falluja. ...You got a cough? The Fear Room says it is probably the flu and that anti-health Bush stole your vaccine...

...My advice to voters in this political Year of Fear, as well as to journalists and our sources, is from Joshua 1:9: ''Be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed.'' Courage and freedom will win, and the purveyors of panic will lose.

Got it? John Kerry is a "fearmonger" and a "purveyor of panic" for warning Americans about Bush administration policy.

Meanwhile...

By Andrew Welsh-Huggins

Oct. 19, 2004 | Carroll, Ohio -- Vice President Dick Cheney on Tuesday evoked the possibility of terrorists bombing U.S. cities with nuclear weapons and questioned whether Sen. John Kerry could combat such a threat, which the vice president called a concept "you've got to get your mind around."

Yeah, that Kerry, he sure is a fearmonger.

Memo to Safire: Retire.

Additional memo to Safire: we don't know or care if we used "thusly" properly above. Retire.