Aides admit Bush stoking fears of terrorism for political gain

[Jon8503]

Dam, Can you believe this crap?
by John in DC - 10/7/2004 02:42:43 PM

UPDATE: I cannot believe this. The Bushies have just issued a terror warning about, you guessed it, Al Qaeda is coming to kill your kids in school. Gee, isn't it an amazing coincidence that the polls showed just a few weeks ago that "security moms" were freaked about the Russian school killings and that such security moms were more prone to vote for Bush because of the killings. And now we have the Bushies telling America's moms, out of the blue, once Bush's numbers are falling, that Al Qaeda is coming after your pre-schooler. No warning on this 7 WEEKS AGO WHEN THE KILLINGS ACTUALLY HAPPENED. No, the warning comes now, right before the election. These guys are scum.

Read this little tidbit buried in a front page Washington Post story today. According to Bush's aides, regarding the "big speech" he gave yesterday, "The strategy is aimed at stoking public fears about terrorism..."

http://americablog.blogspot.com/archives/2004_10_03_americablog_archive.html#109717327763260371

[roguevalley]

1. amazing, no?

[nostamj]

3. amazing? NO.

Hate FEAR and Ignorance is all they've got.

expect MUCH more... and, esp., EXPECT them to ***THWART*** a major attack...

[gratuitous]

4. Amazing? No

I mean, we've pretty much suspected all along that the surest way of telling whether the corrupt Bush administration is lying is when they say something. Amazing that they'd admit using terror alerts for political gain? A bit surprising, but not really amazing. Amazing that big media would note the admission, but not make a big deal about it? Not in the least.

Years from now, when conventional wisdom has settled on its judgment of the disastrous Bush administration, and so much of what is now hidden or obscured has been revealed, craven outlets such as the Post and the Times will trumpet how they were skeptical all along, and point to this obscure little tidbit about how they were on this bunch of liars like a terrier, never letting go and never giving them an inch.

I'd be happier seeing Scott McLellan strangled with the guts of Judith Miller (to paraphrase Voltaire).

[knowbody0]

2. cross walk guards issued bullet proof vests

[aden_nak]

6. The crosswalk guards in my town are too old to support kevlar vests.

[HysteryDiagnosis]

7. Cheaper to issue a new pResident. n/t

[sherilocks]

5. Custodians issued side-arms and brooms

Teacher training day...........at the firing range.

[Stephanie]

8. "The strategy is aimed at stoking public fears about terrorism"

They are so despicable I could just spit on them all. How I loathe them. And they even BOAST about doing this!

The strongly worded speech, which indicted Kerry as a "tax-and-spend liberal," was timed to deflect criticism of Bush's Iraq policy from such key sources as former Iraq administrator L. Paul Bremer, the U.S. weapons inspector and the State Department. A Bush adviser said the president hopes to change the dynamics of the race with more biting attacks on Kerry's record and trustworthiness and on what Bush charges is Kerry's reluctance to use U.S. military force to defeat terrorism. The strategy is aimed at stoking public fears about terrorism, raising new concerns about Kerry's ability to protect Americans and reinforcing Bush's image as the steady anti-terrorism candidate, aides said.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A10573-2004Oct6?language=printer

[louis-t]

12. I was wondering when the

"tax and spend liberal" label would come back. Why don't we hear about the "don't tax but spend anyway" bunch?

[yellowcanine]

16. I can't believe they would say this out loud to a reporter. Look for a

denial by Scotty tomorrow.

[Stephanie]

17. I can't believe it either! I really think that reporter should tell us who

who said it. I think it must be a CRIME to USE a terror threat to frighten voters!! And to admit it and boast about it!

[DELUSIONAL]

9. These creeps can't even be original

Anyone old enough to remember the "tuck and duck" films and drills?

The bad guys -- Commies -- Ruskies -- are going to drop a bomb at any moment and we have to be ready to "tuck and duck" under our desks.

Backyard bomb shelters -- bomb shelter symbols in urban areas to show where we could run when the bombs come.

The same idiots have just changed the name of the bad guys -- but the fear game is the same.

LEARNED HELPLESSNESS

Us Against Them

The OTHER is the bad guy

This is a major psy-ops by the Rove gang.

[louis-t]

11. Ahem, I believe it was

"duck and cover". I guess I am old enough to remember!

[punpirate]

10. I give it about a week...

... before someone hijacks a school bus....

Then watch the MSM go into orbit about the possibility of terrorism against children. :grr:

[Union Thug]

15. Think Operation Northwoods. /eom

[Mountainman]

13. What good is it if you're killed and you gave up your feedoms for security

[John_H]

14. Kick. Every Dem talker should bring this up today.