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Sat Oct-02-04 10:49 AM
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Uh-oh the "October surprise" is now evident |
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Rove, Bartlett, and the RW machine woke up yesterday (Oct.1st) to realize that:
-their tired old white hat/black hat rhetoric isn't selling any more -their boy can't even master those talking points after spewing them and untold number of times -they only have a week to tighten up the strings on the puppet and get him ready for the "town hall meeting" (no matter how soft it is)
It's going to be a tough week especially since they only do the HARD WORK from 8-5.
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Sat Oct-02-04 10:50 AM
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1. Which?, Massive Voter Fraud? or MIHOP (again) |
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Sat Oct-02-04 10:53 AM
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Don't think I know that one.
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Sat Oct-02-04 10:55 AM
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6. Made It Happen On Purpose -- in reference to 9-11. |
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As opposed to LIHOP -- Let It Happen On Purpose.
For my money: Bush knew and the terrorists flew. Why else all the preparations for an airborne Osama attack at Genoa in July 2001 and Bush's month-long vacation in August. Washin'ton was plumb dangerous place to be.
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Sat Oct-02-04 11:30 AM
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18. Did you hear him slip up? |
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In the debate he said something about "what we knew on Sept 10, I mean the eleventh"
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Sat Oct-02-04 02:00 PM
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26. YES! That was toward the beginning. |
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He was making out something regarding "that was pre-Sept. 10 thinking." That was most telling -- Bush is the weakest link when it comes to presidentin' or treason.
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Sat Oct-02-04 10:56 AM
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7. Make It Happen On Purpose |
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Or the ever popular, Let It Happen On Purpose.
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Sat Oct-02-04 11:42 AM
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Starting with voter registration forms being thrown out for various reasons. Then onto the rigged voting machines, and whatever else it takes for that thieving lying conniving bastard bush to steal his way back into power.
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Sat Oct-02-04 10:51 AM
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2. I actually heard on either CNN or MSNBC |
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that * is used to pre-screened audiences and can't handle real questions. I was cleaning and had the TV on.
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Sat Oct-02-04 10:53 AM
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Sat Oct-02-04 10:56 AM
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8. all of his campaign stops |
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are scripted and pre arranged, so that * will be cheered ad loved no matter what. No one in this fake "reality" ever, EVER questions his leadership or anything else about HIM. And the moment Kerry did so Thursday night, he was shocked and awed :evilgrin:
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Sat Oct-02-04 11:04 AM
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12. Bush has become a political hothouse flower. |
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Or maybe a political bubble baby? Can't decide which sounds better.
But take him out of the artificial environment created for him by his handlers and it is like he's been transported to an alien planet.
This is a guy who has not spent a whole lot of time in that place most of the world likes to call reality. And as was made obvious by all the funny faces he made the other night, he definitely doesn't like it.
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Sat Oct-02-04 11:06 AM
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13. I like both -Welcome to DU |
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Sat Oct-02-04 10:55 AM
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5. I'm expecting a big cut in oil prices |
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I wouldn't be surprised if Bush held a big Rose Garden press conference in which he announced that he had "persuaded" the Saudis to cut the price of their crude in half, all because of his close relationship with the House of Saud.
Election in the bag.
Of course, what he forgot to announce is that the price cut is only temporary and that, coincidentally, the price goes back up Nov. 3...
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Sat Oct-02-04 10:57 AM
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9. I'm expecting a big "scandal" attack on Kerry |
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Sat Oct-02-04 11:09 AM
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16. Yeah more "forged documents" |
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something that is a clear set up
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Sat Oct-02-04 11:13 AM
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17. After CBS's "memogate," I think any "documents" that emerge... |
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...wil be subjected to lots of skeptical media scrutiny. They saw what happened to Rather, they're not going to risk being strung up. Provenances will be checked thoroughly, internal and external consistencies examined, motives questioned, etc.
Any charges will be hard to make stick, especially for something really explosive.
Which is not to say that they won't try, but it'll be much harder now.
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Sat Oct-02-04 03:14 PM
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27. I'm sure Rove has the resources for a fully credible forgery |
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No more "deliberate" hints that a few off-duty freepers ccan figure out.
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Sat Oct-02-04 10:58 AM
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Releasing lots of oil from The Strategic Oil Reserve, or at least suspending the filling of salt dome storage facilities that have never held a drop of oil ever before. To do such would have a real effect on oil prices. Downward.
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Sat Oct-02-04 11:33 AM
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20. It Would Take A Long Time For The Price Cut To Take Work It's Way Through |
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Sat Oct-02-04 11:56 AM
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25. Check Oil Prices Lately?? |
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Even if the Saudi said "All Oil For A Week For Free", it's too late now to affect the price of oil before the election. Remember, crude hit $50 a barrel last week...that spells $2.50 or more a gallon on the way and $2 a gallon norms across the country from now on. The prices are already written in...and even though the oil companies love Bunnypants, they're not going to lose billions to prop him up that way.
I almost expect an election-eve "mea culpa" from the Boy...with his base energized and ready to hop in the church buses, he'll do a last minute press conference and admit to "certain mistakes" and please, please, let him do his compassionate conservative thing. He'll really be the uniter, not the divider...a real tear jerker right out of Peggy Noonan's womb.
Also I expect a media barage of misinformation to the likes we haven't seen...confusing polls and attempts to depress voting...especially in blue-leaning red areas.
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Sat Oct-02-04 10:59 AM
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11. My thoughts are that another MIHOP won't happen |
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I think at this point it would only make him look weak and show the country that he can't protect us. More likely will be that they "foil" a (phony) attempt.
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Sat Oct-02-04 11:07 AM
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Hadn't thought about that.
But here's why I don't think Bush either MIHOP or LIHOP:
In The Winds of War and War and Remembrance by Herman Wouk, one of the characters, a fictitious German general writing after the war, criticizes conspiracy theorists who claim FDR knew about the Pearl Harbor attack and let it happen to guarantee US entry into the war. The character points out that if Roosevelt had known, it would have been far more efficacious to foil the attack rather than sit back and let it happen. The reasoning being, the mere fact of the attack itself would be enough to enrage the Congress into declaring war on Japan, and it would be far better to begin fighting the war in possession of the full Pacific Fleet rather than begin it having to rebuild most of the fleet.
If Bush really had known about 9-11 in advance, I have to think he would have stopped it. I don't like him at all but I don't think he's actually Satanic. And the mere fact that Al Qaeda had attacked us on US soil would have galvanized public opinion behind him.
Besides, the third hijacked plane crashed into the Pentagon, where it could have killed Rumsfeld, and the fourth plane, the one the passengers crashed in PA, may have been headed for the White House or Congress. I can't believe Bush would have allowed that to happen if he'd known.
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Sat Oct-02-04 11:48 AM
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You might change your mind after reading the link in my sig line.
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Sat Oct-02-04 11:07 AM
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15. I'm voting for Massive Voter Fraud here. |
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They've already done the groundwork. The jiggered "polls" that show this election to be "too close to call" is making the take-over plausable. please look: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x2441021
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Sat Oct-02-04 11:33 AM
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19. Isn't voter fraud a November surprise? n/t |
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Sat Oct-02-04 11:37 AM
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21. it`s going on now-the total destruction |
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of several cities in Iraq. he`ll declare the insurgents have been defeated..the press will ignore the massive car bomb explosions that will kill hundreds or thousands across Iraq on November first....
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Sat Oct-02-04 06:45 PM
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28. Factor in coup gov did not continue counter-terrorism |
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that Clinton had strongly structured. Richard Clarke's testimony --our own seen from outside even with that secrecy; they dismissed the Hart-Rudman Report and publicly conceded there would be a Task Force on Terrorism led by !! Cheney. He never called a meeting. Key persons giving warnings--"hair on fire"..certain FBI investigations cancelled.
Let it happen (something) just by standing down fits the compelling evidence. The "chatter" throughout early summer, the Aug 6 pdb with no beefing security--just got out of town..or into their bunkers. 9-11 comm had to conclude it could have--should have been stopped.
Extreme incompetence is even naive to conclude.
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