So when is the "October Surprise," and what will it be?

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[goclark]

1. Rove and his elves are busy as little fat bees

Trying to pull another rabbit out of the hat.

I'm just praying they run out of rabbits.

[wakeme2008]

2. Attacking Iran is the ONLY

thing I can think of BUT I would bet Rove is having second thoughts about that now.

[tridim]

7. I think you're right

They might have called it off because it was nullified by the flood of GOP bad news, or because it wasn't big enough to eclipse the Foley story.

[napi21]

3. Don't you believethe Foley story IS the Oct. surprise, just on the

other sisde of the fence this time?

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9. If that's it, I want my money back. I don't see how it will change any

votes around the country - Joe Blow in Montana sitting there saying, "Wow, that Foley thing has me all shaken up. I better vote for a Democrat instead." I just don't see it.

[napi21]

11. I don't think it will happen like that. I think the Pubs who are real

RW nuts will be so disgusted with the PUB Party, they will refuse to vote at all! Remember, soooo many of them voted, even stood in the rain to wait, just to vote agaoinst the Gay Marriage ammendment? This kind of stuff is very important to them. You will NEVER get them to vote for a Dem no matter what happens, but they WILL stay home!

[The Magistrate]

4. Foley Is It, Sir

What they had planned was the conviction of Hussein by mid-October, and his hanging around Halloween. It will still happen, but hit like a spit-ball....

[patricia92243]

5. Bomb Iran so everybody will rally round the commander-in-chief and our

boys at war.

[whistle]

6. It most certainly will be in October, as to what it will be, it will have

...to top a sex scandal!

[Dem2theMax]

8. It will be this Friday.

What will it be?

Hastert will quit in the VERY late hours of Friday. A traditional Friday night news dump.

Then the repukes will sit with fingers crossed, hoping that the country will not have the mental fortitude to remember the Foley sex scandal 48 hours later.

I got news for them. :evilgrin:

[DURHAM D]

10. You are watching it.

This Foley problem has given Rove a great big fat opportunity.

They are kicking out Haster and will do a big public purge of all gay Repub staff members on the hill. They might also out a few Congressman (even if they aren't gay) if they have an appropriate super conservative to take their place. Believe me - as we speak they are taking a look at every congressional seat and they are looking at the state laws regarding replacement, staying on the ballot, etc.

They will replace Hastert with someone approved by the Christian Taliban. Bush will support the purge. Cheney will support the purge. Fox will support the purge. Pat Buchanan will support the purge. Tweety will support the purge. This will really get out their base. The only question, do they have enough time for the
conservative rehab to become obvious to all.

As I write this Joe Scarborough is bashing Rosie - he does it every night. In other words, Joe got the memo. TIME FOR THE PURGE !!!

[nevergiveup]

12. Not necessarily in this order

but all happening the week before election. 1) foiled terrorist attack 2) new Osama tape 3) Rumsfeld's resignation

[spanone]

13. It'sgoing to have to be big and involve lots of deaths.

These are desperate, cornered animals.

[Individualist]

15. Unfortunately, I think you're right

Vicious animals and violent criminals are most dangerous when cornered. I believe it will also involve implementation of martial law by the first of November.

[think4yourself]

14. OOOTB

Osama Out Of The Box.

But they kinda screwed themselves by saying there's going to be an October Suprise© 'cause now it will be so obvious. Joe Lunchbox ain't buyin' it no more.

[Boo Boo]

16. I think the torture bill was it. /nt

[Golden Raisin]

17. Rove probably has something big

planned --- maybe Iran. But you can now bet your bottom dollar that in a post-Foley Congressional Page Scandal world, Rove & Gonzales are now furiously combing through whatever sexual (or otherwise) dirt they've accumulated through their domestic spying programs on Democrats.