Here are words I never thought I’d write: I am grateful to MoveOn.org. They really brightened my day. In fact I was chuckling out loud this morning as I read their newest ad in the New York Times. In case you missed it, it features a comic-book style conversation between President Bush and Karl Rove.

Bush: Karl, after Iraq, they’ll never elect a Republican in ’08.

Rove: Threaten Iran. Talk about World War III.

Bush: But now everyone knows they’ve stopped developing nukes.

Rove: We never let the truth stop us before.

Pretty clever, huh? The MoveOn folks need a course in remedial ad-writing if they think that’s either witty or catchy. It’s funny, all right, but only inadvertently, because it’s so lame. At least it’s not as offensive as their last foray, which branded General Petraeus as “General Betray Us.”

Beneath this witless exchange there is a headline: “The Bush Legacy: Waging War for Political Gain.” Naturally the group can’t remotely substantiate that allegation. Do they really think that Bush invaded Iraq in 2003 because he thought that would be the best way to win re-election? Oh yeah, fighting Iraq really did wonders for the re-election prospects of his father.

Now, MoveOn.org has the gall to claim, Bush is plotting war on Iran for political gain—even though he doesn’t face re-election again and even though it’s perfectly obvious to anyone that, even under the best of circumstances, any political gains from an attack on Iran would prove extremely fleeting.

The ad concludes with a ringing call: “George Bush Must Be Stopped.” Of course, Bush will be stopped from attacking Iran—not by Moveon.org but by the National Intelligence Estimate. But perhaps Moveon.org can claim credit and continue fleecing its credulous donors for more funds to run ads like this. At least I certainly hope so, because more from Moveon.org is the greatest gift its political adversaries on the right could possibly receive this holiday season.