Anyone else write off the election when the baseball player crashed his plane into the NY building?

[NNN0LHI]

I thought it was all over for us this election before we found out it wasn't terra. Man, I was really shook up that day before we found out what really happened. I admit it. I think I just about swallowed my tongue.

[Sadie5]

1. I'll admit to thoughts

that the Repubs would try to spin the accident into something else.

[OKNancy]

2. No

I don't think that way

[aquart]

3. No. But I'm still pissed at the ball player.

And FURIOUS that our airspace was left unprotected up to that moment.

[Hosnon]

4. Something Else: I was worried even after we found out it wasn't terror. However,

once we found out that it was a celebrity, I wasn't worried about its impact on the election.

I knew that the story would shift from: "Plane Hits Building" to: "Baseball Player Killed in Crash"

The fact that it was a celebrity dampened terrorism fears and shifted the focus of the story. Plus, it did a lot to keep conspiracy theories involving terrorism from taking hold.