shiva2999
March 14th, 2008, 12:39:48 PM
I'm sure John McCain will be more surprised than anyone when the coming terrorist attack scares people into voting for him.
After all, the fact that the Cole bombing in 2000 and Osama's audiotape in 2004 scared Americans into voting for George Bush was just a meaningless coincidence.
http://www.reuters.com/article/bondsNews/idUSN1418633520080314
McCain says al Qaeda might try to tip U.S. election
Fri Mar 14, 2008 12:07pm EDT
By Steve Holland
SPRINGFIELD, Pa., March 14 (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate John McCain said on Friday he fears that al Qaeda or another extremist group might attempt spectacular attacks in Iraq to try to tilt the U.S. election against him.
McCain, at a town hall meeting in this Philadelphia suburb, was asked if he had concerns that anti-American militants in Iraq might ratchet up their activities in Iraq to try to increase casualties in September or October and tip the November election against him.
"Yes, I worry about it," McCain said. "And I know they pay attention because of the intercepts we have of their communications ... The hardest thing in warfare is to counter someone or a group of individuals who are willing to take their own lives in order to take others."
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After all, the fact that the Cole bombing in 2000 and Osama's audiotape in 2004 scared Americans into voting for George Bush was just a meaningless coincidence.
http://www.reuters.com/article/bondsNews/idUSN1418633520080314
McCain says al Qaeda might try to tip U.S. election
Fri Mar 14, 2008 12:07pm EDT
By Steve Holland
SPRINGFIELD, Pa., March 14 (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate John McCain said on Friday he fears that al Qaeda or another extremist group might attempt spectacular attacks in Iraq to try to tilt the U.S. election against him.
McCain, at a town hall meeting in this Philadelphia suburb, was asked if he had concerns that anti-American militants in Iraq might ratchet up their activities in Iraq to try to increase casualties in September or October and tip the November election against him.
"Yes, I worry about it," McCain said. "And I know they pay attention because of the intercepts we have of their communications ... The hardest thing in warfare is to counter someone or a group of individuals who are willing to take their own lives in order to take others."
...more...