October Surprise Backfires
Well, whatever fears we had that Rove and his Orc Army would unleash some sort of October bombshell seem to have been just that -- fears. In retrospect, it's hard to believe that we thought that an administration that bungled a War (that they started!) could even be capable of something as inherently difficult as trapping Bin Laden, holding him, and then displaying him to the U.S. public. But, hey, when conservatives control the media, it's not surprising that even the Left bought into the notion of the uber-competent Republican Machine.
What is not surprising, however, is that the truth (that old GOP bugaboo) has found a way in this late stage of campaign spin. With Kerry's massive, rainbow coalition of the willing (and this one fights for good!) further moving away from Bush in all the key states, the Next President got the final boost he needed with al Qaqaa.
As usual, Talking Points has a great roundup of all the rapidly collapsing Bush Admin lies surrounding this debacle. So, let me get this straight: we went into Iraq to find weapons, and then didn't even protect those weapon caches that we were going there to destroy? Something tells me that even if we sent enough troops, this sort of thing would still have happened, though, as the Bushies were always more concerned with securing the Ministry of Oil than they were arms. Real or imagined.
Oh, and what does the MooneyTimes Fantasy Land Paper run in light of this massive story? A trumped-up bit of hearsay and conjucture that says that Russian Spec Forces helped Saddam steal away his weapons just before the American "liberators" got there. Never mind the fact that those al Qaqaa weapons were probably the very ones that we sold to Saddam in the '80s.
Still more hilarity in all this...
How about the fact that an administration claimed the support of Dictator-in-Waiting Vampire Putin just last week, now sends up this false story? Even I'm confused as to who exactly is "friends" with America. It seems to change with the hours.
The one thing that's not changing is Kerry's lead. And for that I can sleep well at night.
What is not surprising, however, is that the truth (that old GOP bugaboo) has found a way in this late stage of campaign spin. With Kerry's massive, rainbow coalition of the willing (and this one fights for good!) further moving away from Bush in all the key states, the Next President got the final boost he needed with al Qaqaa.
As usual, Talking Points has a great roundup of all the rapidly collapsing Bush Admin lies surrounding this debacle. So, let me get this straight: we went into Iraq to find weapons, and then didn't even protect those weapon caches that we were going there to destroy? Something tells me that even if we sent enough troops, this sort of thing would still have happened, though, as the Bushies were always more concerned with securing the Ministry of Oil than they were arms. Real or imagined.
Oh, and what does the MooneyTimes Fantasy Land Paper run in light of this massive story? A trumped-up bit of hearsay and conjucture that says that Russian Spec Forces helped Saddam steal away his weapons just before the American "liberators" got there. Never mind the fact that those al Qaqaa weapons were probably the very ones that we sold to Saddam in the '80s.
Still more hilarity in all this...
How about the fact that an administration claimed the support of Dictator-in-Waiting Vampire Putin just last week, now sends up this false story? Even I'm confused as to who exactly is "friends" with America. It seems to change with the hours.
The one thing that's not changing is Kerry's lead. And for that I can sleep well at night.
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