East West Institute|March 7, 2008
As of yet only one U.S. public figure—and hardly a mainstream one at that—Libertarian presidential hopeful George Phillies, denounced the Times Square attack as terrorism. Phillies made mention of the Times Square bombing in a campaign release, stating, "Since 1977, we have had by good count 'seven murders, 17 attempted murders, 41 bombings, 100 acid attacks, and 175 arsons' if we only count attacks on abortion clinics. We've also had attacks on members of minority religions, at least one using biological warfare. Against these terrorists, the Bush Administration is astonishingly ineffective" ("Phillies condemns domestic terrorism aimed at abortion providers," ThirdPartyWatch, March 6, 2008).
