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Fred Barnes Prays for Big Event

by BooMan
Sat Oct 14th, 2006 at 01:54:30 PM EST

Fred Barnes is warning us.

The problem here is that national security isn't the leading campaign issue. And saying it should be won't make it so. What's needed is an event--a big event--to crystallize the issue in a way that highlights Republican strength and Democratic weakness. It was two events--the foiled British terrorist plot and the need to comply with a Supreme Court decision on handling captured terrorists--that led to the Republican mini-rally in September.
Of course there's little time left for a major event to occur. The North Korean bomb test wasn't big enough to change the course of the campaign. So Republicans may have to rely on their two remaining assets: They have more money than the Democrats and a voter turnout operation second to none.
Despite their commanding position with the election only weeks away, Democrats are fearful of a last-minute Republican gambit. What if White House aide Karl Rove has arranged for the capture of Osama bin Laden so it can be announced a few days prior to November 7? Rove is clever, but not that clever. Which is why Republicans and conservatives need to prepare themselves for bad news on Election Night.

You think we're paranoid? Fred Barnes is praying for a 'BIG EVENT'. That's about the same as advocating one.

Fred Barnes Prays for Big Event | 4 comments (4 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: Fred Barnes Prays for Big Event (none / 1)

This where the the limitations on 'creating reality' will show themselves, I s'pose.

by wilderness wench on Sat Oct 14th, 2006 at 02:00:33 PM EST

Re: Fred Barnes Prays for Big Event (none / 1)

Hopefully when they do cry "wolf" or rather TERRRERRR again that this time it is real.

The so called liquid bomb plot to blow up airplanes in August was debunked by the British Press on October 1st. The Pakistani version of The Observer debunked it on August 23rd.

British Army explosives experts cast doubt as to feasibility of story concocted on September 18th.

And the Christian Scientist Monitor got around to publishing the facts for the USA on October 2nd.

There used to be laws against yelling "FIRE" in theaters if a threat was not real! Do we have any laws that prohibits people yelling "TERROR" whenever they are falsely making that claim?

"The most successful politician is he who says what the people are thinking the most often and in the loudest voice." Theodore Roosevelt.

by Grandma M on Sat Oct 14th, 2006 at 02:53:57 PM EST

Re: Fred Barnes Prays for Big Event (none / 1)

If those laws do exist, they do not cover the actions of this administration. Laws, schmaws!

In any case, I personally doubt that this administration perceives any truly serious threat beyond the political realm. This is, after all, their very own Rapture -- unchecked ultimate power.
Addicts know no fear of their actions' consequence & therefore harbor no concern for the common good.

It's a shame they've so many willing tools at their disposal. Refer to Rapture, above.

by wilderness wench on Sat Oct 14th, 2006 at 03:13:47 PM EST
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I'm Praying for a Big Event Too (none / 0)

What is needed is an event--a big event--to crystallize the issue in a way that highlights Democratic strength and Republican weakness.

But I will settle for Fred Barnes's head exploding the day after election day.

A poor yellow-dog Democrat can pray, can't he?

50 states, 210 media market, 435 Congressional Districts, 3080 counties, 192,480 precincts

by TarheelDem (editor@thepartielion.com) on Sat Oct 14th, 2006 at 07:13:24 PM EST

Fred Barnes Prays for Big Event | 4 comments (4 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

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