MAINSTREAM MEDIA HAS NOT CONNECTED THE DOTS BETWEEN SADDAM'S JUDGMENT DAY AND THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS

[powergirl]

I don't know why I didn't figure this one out.

November Surprise?
Why Hasn't Mainstream Media Connected the Dots Between Saddam's Judgment Day and the Midterm Elections?

by Tom Engelhardt

The US-backed special tribunal in Baghdad signaled Monday that it will likely delay a verdict in the first trial of Saddam Hussein to November 5. Why hasn't the mainstream media connected the dots between the Saddam's judgment day and the midterm elections?

Here's how the story was reported pretty much everywhere: "An Iraqi court trying Saddam Hussein for the killing of Shi'ite villagers in the 1980s could deliver a verdict on November 5, officials said, a ruling which could send the ousted leader to the gallows…"

A possible death-sentence for Saddam and his top lieutenants on November 5? Now, shouldn't that raise a few eyebrows somewhere? If you happen to have a calendar close at hand, pull it over and take a quick look. That verdict would then come, curiously enough, just two days before the midterm elections. It's the sort of thing that--you would think--that any reporter with knowledge of the US election cycle (no less of how Karl Rove has worked these last years) would at least note in an article. But no, you can search high and low without finding a reference to this in the mainstream media.

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"For sure. That November 5 date is designed to show some progress in Iraq. This is the last full news-cycle day in the US before the elections. It'll be Monday. And the American public will see Saddam condemned to death and see it as a positive thing.

"When you look at polling figures," Horton said," there have been three significant spike points. One was the date on which Saddam was captured. The second was the purple fingers election. The third was Zarqawi being killed. Based on those three, it's easy to project that they will get a mild bump out of this.

http://www.commondreams.org/views06/1018-23.htm:wtf:

[gordianot]

1. Good catch, and if they somehow find Osama, well. n/t

[babylonsister]

2. WHY ARE YOU YELLING?

Of course they have. We have, and they read DU. Now, perhaps they don't want to 'mention' it yet. Remember, the last 48 hours pre-election are crucial.
I'm sure their only regret is that it isn't termination day.

[whistle]

3. I think MSM is ignoring the dots

[Sensitivity]

4. It's called a RNC GOTV event. Probably a set of them lined up.