more fear mongering from the bush/cheney administraion. i guess in election season you go with what you know and these guys have fear mongering down to a science. but i cant blame them for trying - its worked so well in the past and at this point, its all they have left to run on. http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/10/19/D8KS23UO1.html GOP to Air Ad Warning of Terror Attacks Oct 19 9:10 PM US/Eastern By JIM KUHNHENN Associated Press Writer The Republican Party will begin airing a hard-hitting ad this weekend that warns of more cataclysmic terror attacks against the U.S. homeland. The ad portrays Osama bin Laden and quotes his threats against America dating to February 1998. "These are the stakes," the ad concludes. "Vote November 7." Brian Jones, a spokesman for the Republican National Committee, said the ad would run on national cable beginning Sunday, but he declined to discuss specifics of the buy. The commercial tracks with Republican Party strategy to make the war on terrorism a central theme of this election. It will air as recent polls show Republicans losing ground as the party best able to combat terrorism. Last month, President Bush made the war against terrorism a recurrent topic in public appearances. But his message was drowned out by the e- mail sex scandal involving former Republican Rep. Mark Foley of Florida and by increasing fatalities in Iraq. The ad displays an array of quotes from bin Laden and his top lieutenant, Ayman al-Zawahri, that include bin Laden's Dec. 26, 2001 vow that "what is yet to come will be even greater." The ad also cites al-Zawahri's claim to have obtained "some suitcase bombs," followed by a scene that appears to show a nuclear explosion. Despite al-Zawahri's claim, portable nuclear devices are believed to be particularly difficult to produce and elusive to rogue regimes and terror groups. The ad is also featured on the RNC's Web site. The party said the ad, called "The Stakes," will be e-mailed to millions of GOP supporters, activists and the state parties. Democrats denounced the ad as scaremongering. "This is a pathetic move by an increasingly desperate GOP," said Democratic National Committee Communications Director Karen Finney. "Clearly Republicans are so afraid of their abysmal record they can't offer one example of what they've done to keep America safe." Former U.S. Navy Vice Admiral Joe Sestak, a Democratic congressional candidate running against incumbent Rep. Curt Weldon, R-Pa., said the war in Iraq has made Americans less safe. "It's disturbing that the Republicans in Washington are trying to reinvent history with this latest message of fear," he said.
Bush: No body likes us any more. What should we do? Chaney: Well Junior, we will have to try to scare the American people, the fear of he unknown and change is a strong one. Bush: But we've done that for 6 years now? Will people still by it? Chaney: What else do we have. Every thing we have told the people we stood for has come out as a lie. Bush: I getting a lot of pressure from the Defense Contractors and the Energy Companies and they say we still owe them. I'm scared . Chaney: Now Now Georgie.....the trust me the American people are stupid, they'll fall in line,....and if they don't there is always the electronic voting boths. (Ha Ha Ha, MOO Ha Ha Ha.)
id say pretty strong - it worked in 04. im sure osama will be more than happy to assist his buisness partner again. remember deputy cia director mclaughlin saying "Bin-Laden certainly did a nice favor today for the President"? or what about comments made by co-president bush regarding the timing of the tape - http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11604530/ President Bush said he believes his 2004 re-election victory over Sen. John Kerry was inadvertently aided by Osama bin Laden, who issued a taped diatribe against him the Friday before Americans went to the polls, The Examiner newspaper reported on Tuesday. Bush said there were “enormous amounts of discussion” inside his campaign about the 15-minute tape, which he called “an interesting entry by our enemy” into the presidential race. “I thought it was going to help,” Bush said. “I thought it would help remind people that if bin Laden doesn’t want Bush to be the president, something must be right with Bush.” what im really concerned with though, is another terrorist attack before the elections. it makes me nervous when rove talks about an "october suprise".
Very High I figure in Oct of 2008 they will let him out of the locker they have him in and parade him around for the world to show they have 'captured' him ASIDE: The Fear Mongering, it reminds me of the commercial for the Christmas play in SCROOGED Rocket River
Speaking of terrorists, and not to derail the thread, but has anybody noticed the little reported news event of a few days ago that the Saddam verdict will be read on Nov 5? Sounds pretty convenient to me. A sentence of death two days before the election will surely be the lead in the last news cycle and will knock the probable democratic landslide off the front page.
I haven't been following too closely... but hasn't his trial been sort of a sham? Dead lawyers, witnesses, family members and such? Not that the man is any thing close to innocent. I don't think this country gives a flying crap about Saddam now that he isn't running Iraq.
And lets not forget the judge that was kicked off the trial for, "gasp" actually showing impartiality towards the defendant. The US didn't like that too much.
did saddam ever get to defend himself? if i was his lawyer i would bring up the fact that the u.s. aided him in committing some of the war crimes he is charged with.
