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The White House is changing the name of “the war on terrorism” to “the struggle against violent extremism.” And the “war on poverty” is now the “tussle of insufficient funds.”

-- Will Durst, The Progressive.

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UPDATE: Bush, however, likes to be The War President, so he went out of his way Wednesday to say "war on terror, war on terror, war on terror" in a speech. NY Times story.

Wonkette offers a synopsis of the speech:

"We're at war," he said. Then he reminded us, "We're at war against an enemy." And in case people weren't listening, he said, "Make no mistake about it, this is a war." Then he outlined what we're going to do "to win this war on terror," explaining that "part of winning this war on terror is to remind others of what's at stake." But who is the war against? It's been 2 seconds so you may have forgotten. Ah: "This war is against killers who hide, and then they show up and kill innocent life." Feeling vengeful yet? Because "Iraq is the latest battlefield in the war on terror." Of course, there are consequences: Those "who have lost their lives...in this war on terror have died in a noble cause." Bush then revealed what he, personally, is doing for the cause: "We got a big task in Washington, D.C., and that's to remember the stakes of the war on terror."