The "October Surprise" contest

[Cyrano]

Without a doubt, Karl Rove and Dick Cheney are putting the final touches on the "October Surprise" that will ensure victory for McCain/Palin.

So it's contest time. What will the "October Surprise" be? Will Alaska invade Russia? Will Sarah Palin reveal her Mensa membership? Will Bin Laden release a tape endorsing Barak? Who knows?

So let's hear what you think the "October Surprise" will be.

Oh, yeah. The prize for the winner will be hurrahs from 100,000+ DUers.

[gateley]

1. I think we can safely rule out Palin's revelation of a Mensa membership. nt

[Cyrano]

20. Republican Mensas get graded on a curve

[gateley]

32. No doubt. Otherwise I"m not sure they would be represented at all. nt

[Ian David]

2. Palin will be replaced with Chuck Norris. n/t

[Cyrano]

19. Wouldn't that be a kick in the teeth.

[benld74]

3. Its the Economy Stupid!!

[Cyrano]

22. Most people are too stupid to realize it's the economy

[EstimatedProphet]

4. McCain will do a secret deal that makes gas $0.04 per gallon

[Cyrano]

24. Shhhh. Are you trying to get him elected???

[Marsala]

5. Larry Johnson finally finds that tape. n/t

[denem]

6. With the Dow as it is, I don't want to think about October suprises.

The only one that matters is something that gets Mittens onto the ticket.

[butterfly77]

7. I have been noticing that ,...

the closer we get to the election there seems to be more conflicts, and Cheney seems to be doing something behind the scenes as he is traveling. I don't know specifically what it will be but it will have something to do with violence and war.

I have been watching cheney and some of the other players such as John Bolton and others you will begin to see a buildup on the news and more talking heads because they think that if they bring the issue back to war that McSame will get some sort of bounce.

[walldude]

8. Probably the same as the last two "October Surprises"

Oh yeah.. there were none.

[Cyrano]

25. No, but there were Diebold "November Surprises."

I really don't think McCain/Palin can win it. But there is no doubt in my mind that it can once again be stolen. And unless we can find some way to stop them, they'll do it again this year.

[Danger Mouse]

37. Obama and Biden will not let the election be stolen. Haven't you been paying attention?

[lutefisk]

9. Terror, terror, terror, and blockbuster negative revelations about Obama

All of which will be untrue, but after the election most people won't notice or care that the terror threats or Obama revelations were false.

FUD

[protect our future]

14. Wha??? you has stole my ideas!

We were typing at the same time but you were quicker at posting!

[Hugabear]

10. Israel will attack Iran

Which will in turn cause a huge flare-up in the Middle East, and we WILL get involved.

[protect our future]

11. It will be announced that the current administration has foiled

a serious terrorist attack in this country.

Or

Barack Obama will be accused of doing something illegal a couple of days before the election, and this accusation will saturate the MSM until the end of election day.

[Cyrano]

26. The most devastating terrorist attack on this country has been Cheney/Bush

And the what the MSM will do, right up until election day, is to continue to be silent about it.

[wvbygod]

12. Exposure of Democrats resorting to republican methods of destruction

The hypocrites will never inherit the wealth of the altruistic.

[joop]

13. Palin will remove her Scooby Doo latex mask and reveal

she's actually Bush.

Think of it--have you ever seen them at the same place at the same time?

[Golden Raisin]

15. Seriously, I would not joke about

an October Surprise. We're dealing with Cheney, Rove, Bush and the rest of that bunch. Anything goes.

[Cyrano]

28. Although my tone is light, I'm not joking.

As you said, "Anything goes." These swine will do whatever is necessary to win. What I'm really getting at here is, what will we do to stop them? Conversely, how far are we willing to go to win? And win we must. Or our country, as we know it, just might be finished.

[Virginia Dare]

16. Rove will endorse Obama...

crawl back under his rock and plot another repub takeover.

[irish.lambchop]

17. I think they'll try for a less evil distraction (not sure why, but . . . )

Bristol Palin and her boyfriend will be forced to marry on a beautiful Autumn day with TV cameras present and the focus will be on all the hoopla surrounding the wedding.

[Maine-i-acs]

18. Bin Ladin's corpse will be trotted out.

[Armstead]

21. That's what I'm thinking -- Or else he'll be captured alive

[Cyrano]

29. You can bet that's a real possibility.

The saddest part is that far too many Americans will actually buy this "Mission Accomplished" stunt.

[spinbaby]

23. McCain will drop out

Health reasons or worse. Palin will be so devastated, she'll drop out, too. The Romney Huckabee ticket will look so great after the senile old fart and the ice queen, that they'll coast to victory. Plus, they'll get the sympathy vote.

[democrattotheend]

27. They're going to pull some white girlfriend out of Obama's past

They'll find some white girl he dated in college or something and pay her to claim that he fathered an illegitimate child, which of course will be completely false, but they'll use it as a way to get it out there that he once dated a white girl, an image they know may not sit well in parts of the country.

[Cyrano]

30. I wouldn't put it past them. However, anyone offended by this wouldn't

vote for Obama anyhow.

A bigot is a bigot is a bigot.

[PlanetBev]

31. They'll open up another can of Rev. Wright on us...

just as a reminder.

[McCamy Taylor]

33. Israel will bomb Iran's nuclear power plant (with Russia techs inside).

Palin's son will be "kidpapped" by Iranians (actually he will be in the bunker with Dick Cheney) in retaliation. Fox News will start 24 hour/day coverage of Palin's bravery in the face of her "ordeal" (she will know that the "kidnapping" is bogus). Bush will send in troops to "liberate" the Palin boy a few days before the election in a scene straight out of Wag the Dog using a plan that John McCain is supposed to have thought up.

Because of the "hostage situation" all debates/campaigns/discussion of issues like the economy will be put on hold. If Obama supporters try to discuss anything except Iran and Palin's "ordeal" they will be condemned as unAmerican.


This is what I think Cheney would like to see as an October surprise. Whether the NSA, CIA and U.S. military will go along with it is another matter. If he tries something like this, I think there is a 66% chance that someone in the Pentagon will leak the story to Sy Hersch before it happens.


Oh, and it will turn out that the whole reason that Israeli Defense Forces helped Georgia get ready to attack its own civilians in order to provoke a war with Russia, was so that Bush/McCain could stir up anti-Russian sentiment in the U.S. so that when Israel bombed the Iranian nuclear power plant full of Russian technical advisers, people in the U.S. would not react with horror.

[Buck Rabbit]

34. Osama will be dethawed, and "Captured"

[Imagevision]

35. There have been those vids posted on YouTube, Bush canceling the election

because of an attack on Iran by Israel and of course the good ole US. must step up to the plate and be an ally that they are.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

36. McSame enters the halls of Congress, hand in hand with Osama bin Laden. n/t

[Dinger]

38. That's Easy

mccane drops out, bitchpig leads the ticket, and jebbie to the rescue!