Impact Of October Surprise Uncertain

[steve2470]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10553-2004Oct29.html

With two days to spare, the October Surprise arrived yesterday, but it was not the type either campaign had in mind.

Instead, it was America's most loathed enemy, injecting himself into Tuesday's election -- not with the bombs that preceded the elections in Spain but with a videotape taunting President Bush, Democratic nominee John F. Kerry and Americans generally.

As Bush and Kerry responded with dignified statements of unity against Osama bin Laden, the two campaigns struggled to game out their reactions, and to figure out how such a surreal event -- the feared, ghostly image returning to Americans' TV screens after a long absence -- would alter Tuesday's outcome.
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[fryguy]

1. what suprise?

who didn't know that OBL was responsible for 9/11????

[Mr_Spock]

2. LOL - I like you're attitude!

:D

[Child_Of_Isis]

3. And that he is alive, well,

and very healthy? I can't say that I'm surprised.