*IF* there really is an Osama "October surprise", are you more likely to:

[dolo amber]

[Spider Jerusalem]

1. You forgot "scream"

[dolo amber]

2. I didn't forget, that's a given.

;)

[DelawareValleyDem]

3. IF?

It's already in the works:

<Rice and Rove at their daily morning meeting>

“Bad news, Karl.”

“What’s up, Condi?”

“The convention bounce wasn’t as good as initially reported. Zogby and Gallup have the race in a statistical tie. We’re back where we started”

<Rove nods head>

“You know what this means don’t you?”

“Yes, Plan B”

“Operation October Surprise”

“What exactly do we do? Another false terror alert? Uncover the WMD we planted?”

“Might not be effective enough. Time to roll out the big gun.”

“Defrost Osama?”

“Yes”

“It’s just as well. I was getting spooked knowing he was being kept down there”

“I’ll let Cheney know, and he can break it to the President”

<buzzes intercom>

<impatient voice> Yes?

“Mr. Vice President, about the polls. It looks-“

“For the final time Karl, f*ck off! I’ve already told you the Halliburton investigation is taking all my time!! “<disconnects>

<to Rice>

“Never mind, I’ll tell Bush myself.”

<Rice nods and turns to leave>

“Condi-”

<Rice turns back>


“ -about Friday night, you think you and I could.…”

“ Karl, we’ve been through this before. I’m not interested. Please find someone else to fulfill your jungle fever fantasies.”

<Rove lowers his head and paws at his desk as Rice turns away and quickly walks out>

[dolo amber]

4. *snort*

:D

I hope you are wrong...on SO many levels...:D

[noahmijo]

5. If there is then I will fully believe that Bush had knowledge of

9-11 all along. Right now I'm 50-50 that he knew.

[daddybear]

6. Your 50/50

AND MY 100 TAKES IT WAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY OVER the percentage THAT HE KNEW (AND DIDN'T CARE AS LONG AS HIS MONKEY BUTT WAS HIDDEN AWAY SOMEWHERE!)

[noahmijo]

7. Well at this point I'm split between either he knew or that he's

completely incompetent and didn't care.


Either one of those views equals a reason to shove him the hell out of office.

[Snivi Yllom]

8. scream

and piss fire

[AngryLizard]

9. Is there anyone who would believe that it was a coincidence?

Osama shows up in October, after three years of nothing, and the country's just supposed to think that's just the way it all worked out?? Come on!

[dolo amber]

10. Yes.

Not only are we *supposed* to think that's just the way it all worked out, I'd wager a VERY large percentage would. :(

[grace0418]

11. Actually I'd probably do both.

Maybe if we say it loud enough then it won't have as much of an impact when they do it. If we can somehow get the media buzzing about Osama making a sudden appearence in October, Bush will have to rethink whether he has anything to gain by pulling that trick after all.

[tom_paine]

12. It will be the bitter an cyncial laugh of a Soviet Citizen, though

Although we haven't even begun what for them was a run of 70+ years of tyranny.

How long will ours run, now that the Old Republic is dying, probably dead?

Also, I strongly suspect that we are going to go along with it, a la Germany and Imperial Rome, rather than begin the long, slow process of resistance, a la the downtroden Russian.

But I hope to be proved wrong!