GOP memo touts new terror attack as way to reverse party's decline

[mia]

A confidential memo circulating among senior Republican leaders suggests that a new attack by terrorists on U.S. soil could reverse the sagging fortunes of President George W. Bush as well as the GOP and "restore his image as a leader of the American people."

The closely-guarded memo lays out a list of scenarios to bring the Republican party back from the political brink, including a devastating attack by terrorists that could “validate” the President’s war on terror and allow Bush to “unite the country” in a “time of national shock and sorrow.”

The memo says such a reversal in the President's fortunes could keep the party from losing control of Congress in the 2006 midterm elections.

GOP insiders who have seen the memo admit it’s a risky strategy and point out that such scenarios are “blue sky thinking” that often occurs in political planning sessions....

http://www.capitolhillblue.com/artman/publish/article_7639.shtml

[Ignacio Upton]

1. Why am I not suprised?

I don't believe that 9/11 was LIHOP, but I'm not so sure about the next terrorist attack.:scared:

[cantstandbush]

2. I don't believe this. Even this admin. is not that stupid to put this in

a memo. this has to be phony!

[Ignacio Upton]

4. Karl Rove circulated a memo back in January 2002 detailing something simil

ar. Their plan was to politicize the 2002 Midterms with terror, and it worked.

[President Kerry]

5. agreed. privately you bet they're thinking about it.

But if it's made into a written document and uncovered, heads are going to roll.

[okieinpain]

26. that's what I'm thinking

[Martin Eden]

3. Watch out for MIHOP

The frst question to ask when something happens is, "who benefits?"

[prescole]

6. LIHOP? MIHOP? Anything to do with IHOP? nt

[Carrion]

13. IHOP

Made It Happen On Purpose.

Let It Happen On Purpose.

[Betsy Ross]

20. Made me hungry for pancakes. n/t

[Ignacio Upton]

7. Check out this paragraph:

"Other Republicans, however, worry that such a scenario carries high risk, pointing out that an attack might suggest the President has not done enough to protect the country."

This sinks any possible chance that the next terrorist attack will be MIHOP (I don't believe that they can pull one off anyway) and especially after Katrina sunk his numbers in preparedness I don't think that Bush would take such a gamble.

[TomPainesBones]

10. And I don't think it "validates" Bush's war on terror either.

If anything another attack would punch a hole in the 'fighting them over there so we don't have to fight them over here' mantra once and for all.

[havocmom]

14. If Cheney faces indictment, you can bet he would MIHOP all over

the place to have an excuse for Martial Law and keep his ass outta the slammer. He does not care about anything but his own criminal cabal. Over 2000 US troops and untold thousand innocent Iraqis already dead for his purposes. Why think he has ANY inhibitions? He has never given that impression.

[JWS]

8. Is this source credible? Can you find me one that is? n/t

[Ignacio Upton]

11. Capitol Hill Blue has had some credibility problems

before.

[JWS]

15. I have trouble taking this information at face value for that reason.

I saw this posted on another thread recently and I think there were the same problems. It shows from katrina that that expectation isn't true anyways. After the hurricane, his approval just dipped even lower...

[understandinglife]

27. WilliamPitt on CapitolHillBlue.com -- fyi

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=5297986


Peace.

[pinto]

9. BS. n/t

[DaveColorado]

12. Let's see a pdf of the doc

I don't believe they'd be that stupid.

And yeah, I'm up for some IHOP.

[tularetom]

16. I like tinfoil hats as much as the next paranoid

but I gotta tell you I don't this gang is capable of pulling off something like this. The more I think about it the less I subscribe to LIHOP. These asswipes have fucked up everything they tried to do. They even fucked up fucking up social security for chrissakes. I don't think they could organize a panty raid let alone orchestrate something as complex as a large scale terrattack. I mean yes they are evil but they are far more incompetent even than evil.

[Nostradammit]

31. This gang pulled off the theft of two presidential elections

Gained the House and the Senate and are now shaping the SC for the next generation. They've actually done pretty well for a pack of criminals.

The more I think about it the more I subscribe to conspiracy. They just pushed too hard to fast and are now hanging by a twig over the canyon.

[norml]

17. Recommended!

Bad results only validate that they are bad leaders.

[brentspeak]

18. This is CapitalHill Blue. Quoting this source could blow up in one's face

Zero credibility.

[IChing]

24. Although I don't doubt they would do this CHP has

No place in LBN, I take half of what they say, such as * drinking and rages and know that there is truth to the reports but never place it in LBNs only as possible speculation in GD or GDP.

[grasswire]

19. I smell Rove

Smells like a plant to me. Next they'll find something wrong with the font and call it a Dem trick.

[TankLV]

21. And you all called us "MIHOPer" crazy.

Looks like we're vindicated more with each passing day.

And still the sheeple and whore media give this bunch the benifit of the doubt?!


They should be screaming for ALL their removal from the top of their lungs!

But all this quite posturing is tacit approval of the plan.

[Thom Little]

22. My faith in the pukes is restored! BARF!

[expatriot]

23. "a risky strategy " WTF? nt

[AndyTiedye]

25. Will Congressional Repubs Now Investigate The Leak of this MIHOP Memo?

[cosmicone]

28. How can we get the MSM to report this?

It is afterall a WRITTEN memo!! It can't be just a delusion of "libtards" as the dittoheads call us!

[keopeli]

29. Prediction: another attack would yield Bush Impeachment

Think about it. Bush policy defenders say we're in Iraq to fight the war over there instead of over here.

If another attack happens on Bush's watch, America will blame Bush for not making us safe. I think even my parents would turn against him.

This article is a bunch of pipe dreams anyway. MIHOP will not happen. People are paying too much attention to it now to let that pass.

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

30. But wouldn't that NOT validate the war on terror

and show the country we aren't safe under bush? :shrug:

[daleo]

32. Bush/Republicans - Wouldn’t it be nice

Wouldn’t it be nice if there was a terror attack
Then we wouldn’t be out of power too long
And wouldn’t it be nice to be voted back in
In the kind of world where Bush belongs

You know it’s gonna make it that much better
When that attack keeps us together

Wouldn’t it be nice if we could wake up
In the morning when the bombs all go boom
And after having spent the day together
Hold each other close in the Situation Room

Happy times together we’ve been spending
I wish that every attack was neverending
Wouldn’t it be nice

Apologies to the Beach Boys.

[The Roux Comes First]

33. I;m not sure I have the proper reserves of cynicism to deal with this:

It was a lot easier in HS, when sarcasm and cynicism were the natural defenses against that alien out-of-touch adult world. Hell, I remember being tagged as editor for a theoretical never-published HS newsletter by the name of "The Baneful Sarcasmer." A natural gift it was.

But these days, "younger than that now," I am at a loss to understand whether the usual suspects are inviting or fomenting an attack on our home turf. Are we back to August 2001? How much intel has to be ignored, how many weeks of brushcutting (in November??) can George get away with? Can FBI and CIA be counted on for "Get Smart" - level pratfalls?

How about if they just find a new asteroid with a disturbing path - wouldn't that work just as well?

[goforit]

34. ARREST all these bozos for threatening American Citizens lives

just to gain political clout!!!

They are mass murderers!!!!

[maddezmom]

35. locking

Capitol Hill Blue is not a valid source for LBN.
discussion here:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=5328924