Hoaxworld: The next terror attack.

Capitol Hill Blue -- not everyone's first idea of a trustworthy source -- says that the G.O.P. is circulating a memo offering W advice on how to reverse his political fortunes.

The closely-guarded memo lays out a list of scenarios to bring the Republican party back from the political brink, including a devastating attack by terrorists that could "validate" the President's war on terror and allow Bush to "unite the country" in a "time of national shock and sorrow."

The memo says such a reversal in the President's fortunes could keep the party from losing control of Congress in the 2006 midterm elections.

Most readers of this column will presume that any such attack would be a hoax perpetrated by pro-Bush forces.

Of course, many will also presume that Capitol Hill Blue has perpetrated a hoax.

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